A £5000 GIFT
FOIt SALVATION ARMY MATERNITY ; ; HOME; i\ !■ , Brigadier Bray, of the Salvation Army, rotumed from Gisborne yesterday, whither ho accompanied Commissioner 11. C. Hoddeiy who presided at the opening of the new ..maternity home in Aberdeen Road there. This is a fine home, eapablo of -taking in fourteen cases at once, a. home which was evolved out of -the old Nurses' Home, ■ which . was-attached to. the hospital. The home is to be at. tho disposal, firstly, -of. single...girls who. may have got .into, jroiitylcj secqnijly, poor and needy, w r omeii;..jand, thirdly,' ordinary maternity 'cases... Jts construction was • niade possible by the generosity pf the late Mr. Edward Mu?phy, of the East Coast, and the new home 'was .opened' by little Beatrice Murphy, daughter of Mr. William Murphy, and granddaughter of the donor. Many members of the Murphy family honoured the occasion with their, presence. ' j. For Ko|rae ' tjme pjist - the *Sal>;atiom Army has hack a.: Sa.marilan Homo for helping the young people along the right path, which institution-will not be interfered with in any wdy through the provision of a maternity home. Brigadier Bray, superintendent of tho property branch, will leave "for Dun«din nn Mondav evening, and will spend tho Christmas in Cliristehurch.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 72, 18 December 1920, Page 11
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206A £5000 GIFT Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 72, 18 December 1920, Page 11
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