MATERNITY HOMES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 9

MATERNITY HOMES.

-\ v ' tfO £DITOBi ' \ ' ' Sir,— The attitude of .the Benevolent Board of Trustees. in regard to sending single, women to Hi* Govortiment Mater* nity Homes has be«n a matter iof some thoughts© me,, and tit was with pleasure I read your subheader of Thursday. « I cannot conceive that they Miv« any just •grounds 'for persisting in -trying ito have the' cases spokon of sent to Maternity Homes provided, solely to help ' virtflous and impeounious women, many of whoni possess' little except a respectable char" rioter. ■ It seems to me most unjust and showing excessive , thouguijlessnoss nnd i lack of. cojHttdorotlon to pronoge, suoh a I thing. , t , ,• J , | I feel sure, were the Government por« suaded to agree to such a proposal, that the Homes would only tave oocasionivl inmates, and would bo shunnod by tho vovy oncfl for whom thay wer© establish" ' od, and the.main object of their establishment would be annulled, They would set a .premium for breaking one of 6ur laws, It seems to me that as such cases are only occasional, the arrangement you mentioned would be adequate to meet their needr ■ , There seems to be sufficient prevision in the city for single .women In the first instance, for many o! whom we'have gym. pnthy, but When assistance is asked for a second time ,1 consider w« should first of all bo just to' those who are respectable and honourable, .although porhapg' poor, and, that, a think, was the reason for tlit>" establishment of tho Government Maternity Homes.— l am, etc, \ . LOOKING ON. Wellington, 23rd February.

A v«in of i porphyry olx inohes , wide has been discovered cm tho tlonison 'Bell mine, North Dundafl (Zeehan), about 200 foot, south of,, the big railway cutting, Tho formation carries 10 to 6.Q per cent, Fifteon sleameM have been engaged to load <ippl«s at Hobart for England. Owing to tho, very kte season, no ship« ments will bo made in February as heretofore. The annual report of tho Tasmanian National Council of Women attitod that though tho council had not achieved ns much, ns desired during the pnst year, they had donc^a fair amount of work, especially in connection with the housing of tho poor problem,