THE RECEIVING HOME
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Why is this institution situated in a closely-populated residential quarter? Surely the Minister can spare sum. cient time from the war to shift the home to a suitable position. The present rendition of a Receiving Home, in Tiuakoriroad, is a failure. Tt is also a, nuisance to the neighbours. The kiddies collected from all quarters, strangers to each other. are naturally somewhat unsettled. Turned out each morning about 6 for two hours, they present a'programme of vocal effort most varied and entirely disagreeable. The playground is a strictly negligible quantity, mostly devoted to the drying of garments. The incongruity of such an institution being on its present site is so monotonous that we have'well nigh ceased t<j wonder. I do wish some prominent citizen—say, a bishop or a union secretary—would shake tilings up. In . that wish there may bo hope.—l am. etc., RESIDENT. P.S.—You niay imagine the effect of the before-mentioned vocal efforts on any invalid or infirm person in the neighbourhood.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 46, 22 February 1917, Page 5
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169THE RECEIVING HOME Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 46, 22 February 1917, Page 5
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