"You have a good building and a gopd staff, but the trouble ia that when you get a really good girl she man-ies in a fortnight,’ aaid Mr. A. Nixon to the council of the Auckland Sailors’ Homo at a recent meeting. Mr. Nixon Baid that eeamon were on a different footing from what they were thirty years ago, and would not take kindly to an institution they looked upon as a charitable one. Ho advised tho council to give the home an hotel atmosphere, instead of that of a "hard-up home," as oven though the charges might have to bo comparatively high, he believed the msitution would gain an increased reputation Mr. Nixon’s views were not taken altogether seriously by some of tho members who criticised the effectiveness of hin advice, and one speaker expressed the opinion that in time of financial depression tho sailor would no doubt ful to what had been dubbed a ' charitable institution."
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 229, 22 June 1921, Page 5
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188Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 229, 22 June 1921, Page 5
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