THE ORPHAN HOME.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 124, 28 May 1925, Page 8

THE ORPHAN HOME.

SIXTY-FIFTH YEAH CONCLUDED. ; SATISFACTORY PROGRESS MADE. A record of steady work and progress j; in the Orphan Home at Papatoetoe was j; contained in the sixty-fiftU annual re- , ' port presented to the Orphan Home ; : Trust lioar<l this afternoon. •| On March 31 last there were 40 boys : , and 27 pills in the Home, and 20 youths > ! and in pirls, who haj not yet attained [ j the ape of 21, remained under the care of the board. The tf-e of the dormi- • tories in the central block had removed the necessity for refilling accommodation to cliildrcn on the ground of insufficient accommodation. <">nc dcith «-i< recorded during the I year. It occurred in tlie Christmas ■ I pump at Motutapu, during an epidemic of acute intestinal trouble that affected I I several children and members of the : -tafl". and was the first deatli among the children of ihp Home for many 1 year*. Thanks were recorded for the [ k:n.lne = - of Mrs. Heid in permitting tin! camp on her property anil for her personal interest: and for the. frratuilfillS , facilities f..r trnnsnrt provided by the Dpvonport Rteam Ferry Company. A p.itisfactory report upon the health of the cliildren was made by Dr. Bpwps Minn, medici] ollicen. who said Hint ' the only time for any anxiety wj; at the commencement of the infantile paralysis epidemic. when several children were affected by an acute attack of fin influenzal type, which subsided in a few days. Recognition was made of the lons ?pr\"iep and care of thp scholars shown by Mr-. Ansenne, who bad reigned her position as mistre-s of the Home school. A pleasing incident was the presentation la-t, October of the Royal Humane RiK'ietv'* certificate to an old boy of the Home, Thomas T). Watts, for bravery in going to the nssistnnce of ! hi- employer when attacked and killed by a bull.' : An nnonymoiis donation of £2."n and Iw-iuestrt from Miss Minnie Burns i Cmiii, <". .7. r. Kollniul ' £15) nnd .To«pph New/ill i £51 were acknowledge. Other donations and fiihsorip- • lions amounted to £.VH. Within the next few months it was e\-p,.,te.l that the electric installation would be eonnpetPd with the I'ower Hoard's supply and thus enable the ureat of an engine driven especially for lighting purposes to he dispensed with. A moderate profit on the farm and pnrden was shown by the year's operations. In the enming year it was anticipated the pvpenditurc for repairs would be considerable, n- these had been postponed during the luiiMinp of the central block. A subsidy and a prant of »n area of land bad been made towards the erection of a railway station at Puhinui Road, ns ,i result of which the valllP of the board's property would be consubrablv enhancpd. Tlip Rev. \V. E. Oillam was thankpd for his many venri of service a? secretary and orpaniser, and the report also recognised the work of Mr. K. A. Water? whose death was recorded with | rcL-rct. ! The report concluded with thanks to the honorary medical nflir-fT M)r. Bpwps) the' Rev. l>. «. Small Held | i lecturer). Mi* = Ada Hooker (matron).; and to the members of the stafT.