John Arnold<p>_The Evening Post_, 14 July 1924:<br> WOMEN IN PRINT.<br>…<br> The reason for the City Council’s refusal to grant a bus conductor’s license [sic] to Miss A. Russell was stated at the meeting of the council on Thursday; says an <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Auckland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auckland</span></a> exchange. [In response to Miss Russell, the Finance and legal Committee submitted a report] … to the council on Thursday, when it was recommended that the following reply be supplied: “That it is against the public interest and inappropriate in normal times and conditions to license <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> as conductors of public vehicles.” The recommendation was adopted without comment. The following resolution adopted by the Civic League was forwarded by that body:—“That this league protests against the action of the City Council in refusing a license as bus conductor to a woman merely on the ground of sex.” This was received.<br><a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240714.2.115" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news</span><span class="invisible">papers/EP19240714.2.115</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PapersPast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapersPast</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buses</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BusConductors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusConductors</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transport</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SexRoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexRoles</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a></p>