TO THE DOMINIONS—Safe refuge in the Dominions for 20,000 children between 5 and 16 years of age for the duration of the war was announced in London recently by Mr Attlee, after publication of a Government report on the scheme. Passages both ways were to be free, but some parents were to be asked to pay 6s a week for their upkeep. As tills photo shows, a huge crowd lined up for information outside the Children's Overseas Reception Board office.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1940, Page 7
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80TO THE DOMINIONS—Safe refuge in the Dominions for 20,000 children between 5 and 16 years of age for the duration of the war was announced in London recently by Mr Attlee, after publication of a Government report on the scheme. Passages both ways were to be free, but some parents were to be asked to pay 6s a week for their upkeep. As tills photo shows, a huge crowd lined up for information outside the Children's Overseas Reception Board office. Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1940, Page 7
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