HELPING THE CHILDREN.
A movement which has grown in importance over a number of years is known as the Far West Children's Health Scheme. Each year, under tlio supervision of a Methodist clergyman and his wife— ministraiits to people in the baek country of New South Wales— a number of children are brought from the remote districts where life is hard. and given some weeks at the seaside, accommodation being provided in school buildings vacated by the scholars for the midsummer holidays. c"
them see the ocean for the first tin: Hospital treatment, given voluntarily ! medical men. is also provided, ;■ ■ w,
as dental ami optical attendance. .\ complementary scheme lias been evolved by which city children, in poor circumstances, arc 'sent to tl:i country.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 49, 27 February 1935, Page 5
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123HELPING THE CHILDREN. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 49, 27 February 1935, Page 5
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