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NEGLECTED CHILDREN

I'KOPOSAL TO ESTABLISH HOME*,

The following is a copy of a letter Mr i. I '. T. iUwio is sending to memuers of the Wellington Hospital Board in support ol ms motion: "ihat inunediam steps he taken to estaoash Uuuies for neg-ecteu and deserted ctuidreu on land stutab.e for tnoir proper .training 111 VISCIUI occupations”:— Owing to tuo war upsetting society in all directions, causing u nooa of separations, divorces, ana illicit alliances, tne number ot neglected and. deserted cuudieu will mciease gieatiy, and proper provision must be nuioe lor tnem. aiie nation that neglects to lake proper care of Us cnildreu is a dismal failure, tne hrst and best asset oi a nation are Us young p;opio, consequently tucir proper leaving and training for useful occupations is the must essential of ail Rational undertakings. Trie social out, look of a nation that does not properly care for its young folk portends a future of blank despair which deserves to end in race extinction. Hay by day children are committed to receiving homos, and . there arc many waits and strays m addition to tnose committed which should bo sought and cared lor. The Hospital Board spends thousands annually tor the maintenance of these _a..men in private homes, and the wayin wml'h nia..j' me cu.iu tor is sliameTho proper thing to do is to house and cai.e ior theao in homes oviued nun managed by Uio board on laud suitable lor their proper training in divers farming and industrial callings. While rearing and training these children ah endless variety ot :ood necessities (milk, butter, cheese, t vegetables, honey, poultry, eggs, bacon, IrU’.ts, etc.) could be produced by home-made methods for tne children s own homes and the general hospital- The production of these foods would alford excellent practical training for the young folk, and in time the training farm would become quite self-supporting. When we allow these children to enter private homes, to in many oases suffer ill-treatment and shocking examples from temperamentally unfitted and often inebriated foster-parents, we damn their future lives for ever. We should end this bad practice at once, acquire a block of land for a training farm and endeavour to convert every boy and girl that comes into our hands into a most useful member of society, whose training and qualifications when adult age is reached will enable them to take up faming or industrial pursuits either jointly or severally on then own accounts. . , , . To-day the value in the labour oi ■committed children located on private farms and in private homos, whca©.sus-

tenance we pay for, is exploited and very cruelly so in some cases. Instead of the Hospital Board paying for tho sustenance of these, in many cases, most excellent young workers, their fosterparents should bo paying the board from 10s to 20s weekly for the services rendered by each one of these unfortunate-ly-placed children. Any further want of attention on the part of members of the Wellington Hospital Board on this important question will cause righteous anger and indignation to rise to the point of consternation' in the minds cf those who know how necessary it is to save the waifs and strays of this country from tho sad, sorry, and dreary lives they now are forced to endure. — (Signed) F. T. Moore. JohnsonviUe, May 30th.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10296, 3 June 1919, Page 8

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553

NEGLECTED CHILDREN New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10296, 3 June 1919, Page 8

NEGLECTED CHILDREN New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10296, 3 June 1919, Page 8

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