Starved Children.
AN IMPORTANT, SUGGESTION. INVESTIGATION PROMISED. London, March 28. In the House of Commons last night Mr J. Keir-Hardie raised a discussion felative to underted school children. Dr J, T. Macnamara stated that there were a million children attending schools.in Great Britain who were not adequately fed. Sir John Gorst suggested that the Poor Law Officers in areas where distress was known to prevail should provide meals for the children, and charge the parents with the cost. Sir William Anson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Board of Education, thought Sir John Gorst'e suggestion was worthy of consideration. He promised to confer with the Local Government- Board on the subject, but pointed to the danger of undermining the independence and self-reliance of parent* so as to break up family life. If: the House acted rashly, the country might be committed to free meals for such children —and then clothes and boots would be demanded.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3503, 30 March 1905, Page 3
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153Starved Children. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3503, 30 March 1905, Page 3
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