"WAIFS AND STRAYS" AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 6

"WAIFS AND STRAYS" AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

Sir—ln a recent sermon by Bishop liverill on what the Church of England 'is doing for her soldiers, mention was made of the Church of England Society for Providing Homes for Waifs anu. Strays (commonly called "Waifs and Strays" Society). This /'splendid societv," as the Bishop justly terms it, has not only at present about 1200 of its old boys serving in the Army and Aavy, but aleo shelters among its family oi nearly 5000 childreu, many hundreds or invalid or unprotected little ones of soldiers and sailors on active service, who can thus in the case of broken oi unhappy homes feel that their children ore placed in good and safo keeping, while the fathers are risking their lives ior the Empire. ! ■ It may not bo generally knon.i that there has existed for a good many years in New Zealand a branch of " v ;aifs oud Stravs," under the organising secretaryship" of the Eev. C. E. Livesey (now resident in London). As a collector and secretary iu'New Zealand for tho last ten years, L make this appeal to all frieuda and supporters in Wellington of the society's work—and 1 know that there are such—who only require to know now and through what channel to send assistance in ordei to show, their practical sympathy. ■ . ,',.,, In the homes, thousands of children, who would otherwise suffer, want or worse than neglect, are cored for aftd brought up in bright surroundings, to be good' citizens and worthy of the sacnfico that their fathers are in .so many cases daily making for them and ior■Uβ. To put the matter on Mother, grouml. Is not the child-life more than ever precious to tho nation at a time when our race is being terribly dopleted by this a f U LuW ? not wish to. see one diverted -from our admirable Neu Zealand institutions for children with their just claims upon us, but is,»<*?. " ofc also something to spare for the children of our brothers of the Old Counti? & V in the homes, and even from tho very poorest of the community-. P I shall be clad to receive doaation*froni pennies npwirds-and to fulilv riorticiiVirs to any who aro interested to £dta?" to help on this splendid work and I would beg such to send their Wions parly, so that what assistance we can Afford may reach tho society's headquarters at a time when the, hardihfpsof tho English winter added to tWo of tho war, increase the urgency of their needs, and therefore tile acceutableness of the cift.-T am, etc., E. H. EUTHERFURD,

Hon. Collector for "Waifs and Strays." Communications to l>c addressed to Mrs. -J. S. Butliorfurd, Victoria Avenuo, kemueva, Auckland. ~