Children’s Home
An 18-acre farm at Governor’s Bay has been purchased by the Cholmondeley Memorial Children's Home. The property is above and across the road from the one already owned by the home. One of the few reliable springs wh ; , is also the source of the home's water supply, and home’s pumping equipment are on the farm. . The property will be leased on a five-year term, the president of the home (Mr C. L. Paterson) says in the report he will present at the annual meeting of the home next Saturday. Occupancy of the home increased in the last year by 474 child-days to 7511, Mr Paterson said. The average stay of each child also increased by almost a week to five and a third weeks, he said.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31631, 18 March 1968, Page 14
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128Children’s Home Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31631, 18 March 1968, Page 14
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