Sir,—Let’s face facts. The
great bulk of welfare work done in Christchurch is done by Government departments and various church organisations. The City Council’s only major and continuing contribution to welfare is the work of providing pensioner housing, with the aid of Government subsidy. The only minor changes rnar’e since the new council has been in office is that two elderly houses belonging to the council have been let at a reduced rental: one, to a small group of Roman Catholics who conduct a team mission to the city’s youth; and the other to a small group of former patients from Sunnyside now back at work. Also, as an experiment, a small upstairs office in Victoria Street, has been made available to the Y.W.C.A. until June (when it will be demolished to make way for the Town Hall) as a place where young people requiring assistance may seek it. Too much should not be made of such modest results. —Yours, etc., NO NONSENSE. March 22, 1972.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32873, 23 March 1972, Page 12
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166Sir,—Let’s face facts. The Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32873, 23 March 1972, Page 12
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