BARNARDO CHILDREN.
AUSTRALIAN SETTLEMENT SCHEME. (ST CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTRIGHT.) ' (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received October 15th, 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 14, The Barnardo Homes Council, after a consultation with Mr Green, ex-presi-dent .of the New South "Wales Children's Eelief Board, decided to finance the erection of six: cottages in New South Wales, in which to accommodate and educate 150 child migrants from ages eight years to ten, till they reach f urteen years, contributing 10s to 12s weekly for tlio support of each. This is instead ef retaining the children in England till they reach the age of fourteen, and foreshadows the creation of a Barnardo settlement in Australia • to which it is intended to send increased numbers over fourteen. The cottage plan awaits the State Government's Approval. Mr Green, who extensively investigated child migration, left for Home via Canada.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19132, 15 October 1927, Page 17
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