“HERITAGE” AND ITS WORK FOR WAR’S FATHERLESS
The Hamilton Branch of the Heritage Movement covers the Waikato, King Country, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty and Hauraki Plains areas. At the annual general meeting, held in the Hamilton City Council Chamher the annual report recorded a further year of quiet efficient welfare service for the children of servicemen wlio did not return. In such a widespread district much of the work is carried out by correspondence, but the report records close contact through visiting the families scattered throughout the area, the secretary having travelled over 4150 miles by car during the year without any charge against the funds.
In the 16 branches of Heritage throughout the Dominion there are 2458 children in 1512 families. Of this number 265 children in 163 families living in 70 different towns or townships are covered by the branch whose headquarters are at Hamilton.
The type of work carried out by the branch included advice to war widows on legal and property matters and help with housing problems; applications for rehabilitation benefits for study courses and’ for war bursaries for children attending secondary schools; help with holidays, school board, ng fees, dental assitance, medical costs, music and elocution fees etc. The expenditure of the branch in th way of direct asistance totalled £sf) for the year. This amount would have been much higher . except for substantial allowances made by many professional men. The Hamilton Y.M.C.A’A helped with holidays for some of 1 the boys at their Xmas holiday camp at Waiomu on the Thames coast by remitting the charges. The financial statement records a small credit balance on the year’s working this being due to many donations received from interested organisations and supporters and to an increase in the members. Membership stands at 225 an increase of 71, the larger number of the members being in Hamilton. The increase in membership during the year is due to the interest of many of the Rotary Ciubs and other organisations in the different towns.
The weaker sex is the stronger sex because of the weakness of the stronger sex for the weaker sex.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 61, 9 November 1949, Page 4
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354“HERITAGE” AND ITS WORK FOR WAR’S FATHERLESS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 61, 9 November 1949, Page 4
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