BRITISH CHILD GUESTS
NO HITCH IN ARRANGEMENTS [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, October 1. General satisfaction was expressed at a meeting of the British Children’s Reception Committee to-day at the complete arrangements made for receiving the first party of evacuated children to arrive in the Dominion. No hitch had accurred to mar the successful carrying ont of any of the plans nponwliicli the Internal Affairs and Child Welfare Departments had worked. It was stated that all of the 89 children who had come to New Zealand had been happily and advantageous!v placed. ' The Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, has received the following cablegram from Lord Provost Dollan, of Glasgow;— “Scotland knows her children are safe happy with Dominion friends. The city thanks Miss Johnston for her leadership and New Zealand for its hospitality.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23696, 2 October 1940, Page 12
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132BRITISH CHILD GUESTS Evening Star, Issue 23696, 2 October 1940, Page 12
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