HELPING THE YOUNG

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 149, 27 June 1933, Page 11

HELPING THE YOUNG

SOUTH AFRICAN METHODS

NO COLOUR LINE DRAWN

(Specially Written' for "The Post.") CAPE TOWN, May 5. An. interesting visit paid in Johannesburg was to the Children's Court. This is fairly formal, as the Magistrate found that the children, particularly the native ones, were better impressed with a certain amount of ceremony, and he was sure it had a distinct value. The Court is held at a suburb, only necessary people being allowed in, and no Press representatives. Not far off is a beautiful home for children, built on tho same plan as the, old Goldie's Brae house in AVellington, all facing the sun, and with a lovely, view. It was tho former home of a 1 doctor and his wife, who presented it for indigent and delicate little ones, and it is managed by a committee of ladies, headed by a former New Zealander. .•An address heard at the City Hall, given by the organising secretary of the National Health Society, was very interesting as showing the wide work done for children of all nations and colours. Mention was made approvingly of the New Zealand Child Welfare Act, and it is hoped to establish the principje of boarding-out, instead of so many institutional homes, following the New Zealand precedent. The National Council of Women has a strong branch in Kimberley, also St. John Ambulance Brigade, and there are many kindly associations of women working for the good of tho people, who are suffering from tho prevailing unemployment and the closing down of so many of tho de Beers activities. MJ-I.C.