BRIDES FOR CANADA
Mrs. Dutton Briant, Mayoress of Brighton, had the idea recently of forming a "Canadian Wives and Sweethearts Club." But she discovered, says the Daily Mail, that already 7000 Sussex girls have married Canadians, that 3000 of them have had babies, and that Brighton girls are marrying Canadian soldiers at the rate of more than 12 a week. Mrs. Briant's idea was to have some place where Canadian soldiers and their wives and sweethearts could drop in and, over a cup of tea, discuss their lives in Canada after the war. Such a move, it is hoped, would create friendship and comradeship which will stand these girls in good stead in their future homeland. But she admitted that she has under-estimated her task.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 81, 6 April 1943, Page 5
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