POORLY NOURISHED CHILDREN
'THE PINCH OF HIGH PRICES. ■■".I don't know whether anyone else has had tho experience," said Mr. George, Director oi the Auckland Tedhuical College, at yesterday's conference of technical cri'.lege directors,- "but I havo never known so many boys to faint after drill as I have this year. . . . And I'vo questioned thorn as to what they have had for breakfast. Porridge? Bread and jam, no butter as a rule.' What for luncheonr Bread and jam. again. lam satisfied that tho pinch has boon felt to a greater extent by the working classes owing to tho high cost of living than ever it has been before,, and niii more than ever convinced that tho solution of the problem is the Slate mainteiian.'o of a'l'l school children. I havo ne»er noticed 50 many poorly-nourished children before since I have been in Auckland." .^ On this subject Mr, Tomkies (Westport) said that never before had we experienced so many boys being taken away from school because their parents could not. manage; without the money they could earn as during the past six months, and in nearly every inslanco that step had been taken against the wishes of both the boys and their parents.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 296, 10 September 1919, Page 2
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202POORLY NOURISHED CHILDREN Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 296, 10 September 1919, Page 2
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