A NOBLE WORK.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10159, 1 December 1910, Page 6

A NOBLE WORK.

"Night and Day," the well-illus-trated quarterly issued in connection with Dr. Barnardo's Homes, is full of interesting matter in its Getobei number. The .Homes have now the three highest Royalties in the realm as their Patrons: the King and Queen, and Queen Alexandra. A new branch for incurables, situated at Harragate, has been given to the Institution by Sir James Roberts, of Binglev, and it was opened this autumn. It is beautifully fitted up, and sontains 45 cots. The Girls' Village Home at Barkingside (where 1300 girls reside in G5 cottages) is having its new Hospital built. The necessary funds have come chiefly from the proceeds of a recent tour in Australia by the Rev. W. J. Mayers with ten musical boys. Its name, "The Australasian Hospital," is to perpetuate the story of" its origin. The foundation stone was laid by Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, whose eloquent speech on the occasion is fully reported. "You see now, in the beginning of this structure which is to succour the sick, and you will see in the completed edifice of brick and mortar, a demonstration of the links which bind this great race together, however far its members may be scattered. The spirit which brings us together across the seas in the cause of Charity will be equally strong in all the vicissitudes of this mighty Empire, and the hand which is strntched forth to-day for the poor will be ever ready in defence of all that represents the glory, the traditions and the fortunes of this glorious race." The new Garden City for Boys at Woodford Bridge has begun to be. Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck laid the foundation stones of two of the first three houses there in July. It is expected that in another year many of the boys under the care of the Homes will be living there under rural conditions. The Homes have nine thousand children under their , care. About a thousand of these are babies under five years, .and another thousand belong to the afflicted, crippled, incurable class. The whole are dependent solely on the good will of the benevolent and kindly public. The Homes' new Report, "Seventy Thousand Rescues," is now ready. It is an excellent sixpenny worth. A copy of "Night and Day" will be sent gratis and post free to anyone who applies for it to The Honorary Secretary of the Homes, at 18 to 26 Stepney Causeway, London, E.