BRITISH CHILDREN
ARRIVAL OF FIRST PARTY ALL HAPPILY PLACED ■ (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON. Oct. 1. General satisfaction was expressed at a meeting of the British Children's Reception Committee to-day at <he complete arrangements made for receiving the first party of evacuated children to arrive "in the Dominion No hitch had occurred to mar the successful carrying out of any of the plans upon which 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 advantageously placed. . The Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, has received the following cablegram from Lord Provost Dollan, of Glasgow:— “Scotland knows her children are safe and happy with Dominion friends. The city thanks Miss Johnston for her leadership and New Zealand for its hospitality.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24418, 2 October 1940, Page 8
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136BRITISH CHILDREN Otago Daily Times, Issue 24418, 2 October 1940, Page 8
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