THE POOR AND NEEDY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4068, 21 March 1892, Page 2

THE POOR AND NEEDY.

Proposals oftheTOrarapa North Ooanty Counoll. The following is a copy of the circm lar forwarded-to the Wairarapa South, Hutt. Horowhonpa; Orotia, Waipawa, and Hawke's.Bay County Councils) and the. Town, Clerks ofMieterton and Wellington by the Wairarapa North County Oounoil, with reference to the proposed ; of a home for tho poor and needy

11 At a'meeting, of this Coantljhe Chairman (Mr W.H, is also a member |of'the' Ntirth' Wairarapa Benevolent Institution bu.tors' Trust,. drew the. attekiqii' of the Oounoil to the;growing demands made upon the Truac for Charitable Aid, and intimated - his opinion that some departure from the present ays* tem of OhaVjtablp Aid djstribijiioii 'must shortly he adopted, fqp "several reasons, {n this district the number of ; deserted .wives and children,' ba«. sides many indigent , persons-'wliO require as.iistance from the Trust, is considerable.'. inore'asing : as well. The'plan'adopted is to board them out at : v&ridns private .homes, whenever | this can be done, Unde r; t'his plau it

is frequently difficult to find persons willing to take charge of the applicant for aid, and still more so to find proper and suitoblo guardians. Children, under these circumstances, are frequently improperly looked after, and aro not uudor rucli restrictions as it is advisable they should be in order to insure their becoming useful and wellbehaved citizens. It is found also that Hmthe system of boarding out is an exone, under which it is not improbable that others besides those immediately deserving of aid derive aotual benefit from the public purse. ~r It is not suggested that this has been found to be. tho case in any instances which have come under the notice of the Trust in question,' but that the system is one out ol which such an evil would readily spring up. The North W»-irarapa Benevolent Trust is ot opinion that the establishment of a " Home" for the poor would in the end be mom economical, and would ensure more efficient, uniform, and trustworthy management of those whom it becomes nccessury to support, than any other system which can be adopted, and while regretting the existence of a law which appears to be fast creating a pauper popular tion in this Colouv, it is certain that the position must be faced without further delay. Under these circumBtsnces lam directed to ask your .Council to consider the question, and 'to be good enough to inform mn . whether the) are prepared to join the ®er contributing local authorities in thia district in erecting and maintaining a suitable establishment for the reception and euro of the aged and poor, who may be found deserv • ing of public Assistance,—(Signed) F. 6. Moose, County Clerk,"