The Daily News. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1913. BILLETING THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 8, 10 June 1913, Page 4

The Daily News. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1913. BILLETING THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.

We hope there will be a generous and quick response to the appeal made by His Worship the Mayor in our advertising columns this morning for assistance in billeting those-of"the school children who are unable, make the trip to New Plymouth in the one day: on the occasion of the visit of the Dreadnought. The parents of the local school children have generously'agreed to put up about 150, but, as' far as can be 'gathered, there will be nearly double this number to provide for. We trust the appeal will not fall on deaf ears. Tlip billeting of the children may, at a time like next week, .entail some inconvenience, but there are few homes that- could not manage to put up one or two children for. one night only. Other towns —Greymouth and Westport ijvere the last to be mentioned in our telegrams—have cheerfully undertaken j what they have regarded as a privilege land a duty; and what'they have done i can surely be accomplished with equal 1 success by New Plymouth, a town never .behind-hand in proffering hospitality to . visitors. There will/ of course, be heavier calls than usual on an occasion like this upon the hospitality of local homes by ' outside relatives and friends, but putting up the children. on th-j Monday evening preceding should not interfere very mucn with their arrangements in that respect. The children are expected to reach New Plymouth at about 5.00 on Monday, when they will be marched to the Drillshea, where the little visitors [ will be handed over to the cere of their hosts, who will be asked to return them early next morning. This will, therefore, entail iliiifcr. the providing of tea, .jjed and Dreakfast. The headmaster of the Boys' High School (Mr. Moyes) and the headmistress of the Girls' High School (Miss Grant) have kindly placed rooms at the disposal of the committee, wherein the children may "camp" for ..the night, but the committee naturally ~prefer to have the children billeted amongst the townspeople if it can managed. As we said at the outset, we hope thei;e will be a tjuick arid'generous response to the Mayor's invifa'tion. Particulars may be forwarded v to the office of our contemporary or this office, where they will receive attention. The public throughout the province are ■ naturally anxious to obtain information as to the running of the trains, th« boats to the Dreadnought, the arrangements at the wharf, etc., but all these will be announced in a day or two, as will the general arrangements regarding the school children. This can be said with confidence: that all arrangements are in as forward a state as possible, iand that it will not be due to neglect, in the preparations if everything on the big day does not pass off successfully.