ST. MARY'S HOMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1922, Page 7

ST. MARY'S HOMES.

NEED FOR PI'BLIC SITPORT. j A review nf the work of the St. j ! Mary's Homes Institutions maintained : ! in the diocese by the Chureli of England \ I was made at tlie annual meeting at St. j Sepulchre'-. Chureli, Tuesday afternoon. I The report showed that although the j , receipts for the year had been rather I j less than mi the previous year, the i ; receipt of £ll)."iO from the response to j i the appeal un befialf of Protestant I orphanages and the savin? of £091 by, ' maniifrcnieiit of the expenditure, bad : enabled the Homes to get through :i j ■ diflieult year. Subscriptions X-147 and ! J fees of £ 1.02S from the Campbell Km . ; scry had i.i-en the cliief steady sources I lof rcviiuic. It wiie explained by (.'anon j C. .>. Tisdall. ill connection with the j work of the institution, that the -jirls ', were required to Sttl.V at the lume for si>; months rtfter continemein. whyn they ; : were jriven training and discipline which i I in most cases had been sadly lacki'ij; in | ■their early lives. When they went out j I lhcy left their children in the Campbell ! ! vviiiL'. (lining for their support, and | i soni' , of the i-hildren remained there for j j three years. For disciplinary reasons no girl was received twice at the home. The Campbell wing was rapidly growinjt, and at present contained "M babies. ! the chief problem beiuj; a number of i orphans. The work was conducted on | i the Plunket system, from whii-h ihej j I hod had some" fine results. At the I moment t lie , chief need of the v.'inj; was j 1 a piece of pasture land for the cows, | ' whose milk was necessary for the pro- ; j per feeding of the infants. An appeal j I was made by Mrs. A. (..'. Talliot for an | ! effort tn increase the membership of the | jSt. Mary's Association, in order to pro-! j vide a steady and assured income for , ! the home, and Bishop Avcrill supported | ; the appeal on tlie ground that the insti- j itutiun wns doing a Christian and a I • humane work. He suggested that retir- | ■ iutr colleelions might 1)p made at the j • clnirches for the purpost a custom | j wliieli !iad been instituted with success | ! in the Thames district. '