DESERTED WIVES.
Some extraordinary revelations are 1 about to bo made in connection with thetmigratiun from Scotland fcnystho * Westminster Gazette" of June 21). It has been ascertained that the number of deserted wives and families who have been thrown' upon tho rates in Glasgow is so largo that the annual cost is estimated at between ,&5000 and JiGOOO; Inquiries m other parts of Scotland have brought out the information that in proportion to, the population the percentage of desertions outside Glasgow is even greyer, so that it is computed that (lie public expenditure due to this cause in Scotland must be between JEaO,OOO and .£40,000. Tho figures are so striking that there may lie a"disposition to regard them as grossly exaggerated, but, according to the 'Glasgow Herald," tho data appears to bo beyond challenge.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 10
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134DESERTED WIVES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 10
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