THE WAR AND MIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1915, Page 3

THE WAR AND MIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.

■L'-\ ;'i .1 11.--VKU.Yi.K M'HiUATIOX. To tli l "' Editor. : S'r,- in fitrtli t rokTiMK,' ti) my letter o." the -Uh in-i-.. I would now a-lc yon i > find vp;oe fur an appeal on heha'f, at .nice, nf ti'f ui-.v- of the filmier-- </ N'f\v X'-ahuid. and of thv wiilmv.; of \vN» iiavt- ftilivn ar.il will yet. fall in her d"t"no\ a> one of th" primary int'-nl'ioii- ui rnissi;i wa> to tran>iVr thc 1 Juininion to tin' (i. "ni;in I'mpiro. ']' i■ f l li -' tii'- out hivuk (i f hosulitii' l - \\v had 1 widow-, or rather more than t:ir cxo.'-'v of I 'inair, owr mn!o in-hahitaM-i (at home, and the munhc will he ti-;ribly increased bofor»pone.' U signed. Many thousands of the civilian whk.ws \\rrc yoiinj* wo'mcn of t' 1 ■ working: eku.-r-, hard-working, thrifty mul domesticated, mid practically the whoie n;f tin* war widow-, will he .equally dc-dia'hk- as homo helps, especially on larm--, wlo'ii the londi :'>s of the lite lt;tls to l'o to uiulortakn dome-!i,- wcllc, and th.> dillicultie* of inspci tii ?i drter peoph* from ending them •lit- 1 111' rentier's "wif 1 -also prefer. to iiave (■ i 1 assistance of a reliable woiiiii:i of lii-i- own -aye tt> that of a pirl requirir.j; in^tn:t.-tion and control. j The pv,mH Hid of a .-.core of widows, each wit-- out' child, lias been so satisf.ie- , tnry in Now f-Mjtith Wales that such ' woinr-t' arc now regarded as potential domi'sti" servants, and j>iven reduce:! fill" S a~ sue-h. with a corresponding re-i duct-on in the fares of tlie eliildren. I The latter act as an anchor to the ' liiotii, who does not want to so out at night ur to leave her situation at short not-iu. ricr interest in her child also removes much of tip loneliness women ' otherwise vxporienc-o in th,- baek'blovks. i •Will not Xew Zealand follow the ex- j iuivpY Of her Mother <tate and, after i plat-in;' out all her own b-reaved wo- 1 men. ec.ui- to the assistance of those who a.e left alone, from their husbands 1 havi-ns died for Xew Zealand and for the Eir.'pir«- at larjje? Rer-civiii;. centres and distri. t- for di.-tribution can now be j in advance. and enquiry will, ,shr>w how many widows witli one or ! two children can he received. It would ' be a .2iv.it advantage if those <,f "aoh , division at home could he placed out i in the san-e di.strihntin;r area. For ' e-catuple, widows of the Devonshire and Cornwall T!e»iini nts could he.nla.ed out 1 from X'W Plymouth. thoM- of the War- ' wicloiiiiv. fj. .in St-ratfu d. those of the Rova! West Kent in Cauteabiirv. those' of t!.e \\ilt~hires or tlxfordshires in Mariooivn.irh or Irom J.lonheini and so on. ' | n iroveineiit: would make for a I-niti'i! I'mpire. and reduce nol onlv our own -:;.<;r-0 ma I—, who i„ time coull thus hope to become .n.nftl'l fathers i wbici at pre-ent i- iuij.o~.il,| r . Written on o'-r (.lucen's b'l'tliihu'. surely this a ' peai v. ii! nr-t fa!] oil deal ears, but tile wmn.-n of Xew Zealand will do something for this si-t -v. n ! home.-T am. etc.. T'lK >S. K. SI'DIIWICiK. I?" Ort.-nt.il Street. Por-lar. London i* •Miiv ii. IMS. , '