WAR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
HAVEN IN NEW ZEALAND. INQUIRIES BY GOVERNMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. The possibility of British war widows and orphans, as well as refugee children from Allied countries, being offered a haven in New Zealand was mentioned by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr Fraser said the question had been under consideration for some little time by the Government. which was at present awaiting the result of inquiries from the United Kingdom. The British authorities had been asked whether a scheme of the kind would be likely to lead to useful results, Mr Fraser added, because if the difficulties could be overcome that might be one way in which the Dominion could help to a great extent. Mr Coates (Opposition, Kaipara), who brought up the question of Allied children, said he believed dozens of them could be taken in his own district, and if they could be brought to New Zealand in large numbers this would relieve the pressure on the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister agreed that the position of these children, as well as British widows and orphans, could be investigated.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1940, Page 8
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