ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 173, 24 July 1942, Page 2

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Leyman—Parkinson.—The engagement is announced between Melva I. Parkinson, only daughter of Mrs. N. Parkinson, of Opotiki, and Second-Lieutenant K. H Leyman, N.Z.A.S.C., only son of Mr. H. M. Leyman, of Milford, Auckland.

Siddons—ToT>in.—Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Siddons, of Parrish Road, Sandringham, announce the engagement of their only son, Arthur Cuthbert, to Dulcie, only daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. W. Tobin, of Lambeth Road, M%mt Eden.

l/I\. AmiiniA >> - > MOTHERS AXD WAR WORK MELBOURNE, July 20. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr. Mannix. said to-day that he would regard with deep suspicion and grave concern any Government policy that would draw young mothers away from their nomes and children and embark upon the large-scale provision of nurseries and creches for children. The place df young married women with children was tne home and not the munition factory or any war service department, he continued. If women had to face war work it was a regrettable necessity, but surely the last women to be called on or to be accepted for any work that would take them away from their homes were young married women with families. Dr. Mannix said he hoped that Australia would set her face resolutely against any further attack on the sacredness of family life. The ideal place for the child was with its mother in the home, and not with strangers in an institution.