SOCIAL WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 5

SOCIAL WORK

ACTIVITIES OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND

IMMIGRATION POLICY.

In his presidential address to the twenty-fifth Synod of the Auckland Diocese, Archbishop Averil], after speaking of the many changes which had occurred during the year in educational institutions, as well as in other departments of the church's work, the Primate said that the Social Service Board had come into existence, but was only in its infancy. The purpose of the board was to unify church work, to prevent overlapping, to make social work better known, to act as an advisory body to social workers, and to take steps for the improvement of the financial position of the Papatoctoe Orphanage, Richmond Eoad Children's Homo, and St. Mary's Home at Otahuhu. The supporters of these institutions should not be limited to church worshippers. Referring to immigration, the Archbishop said that the Diocesan Immigration Committee, working in close cooperation with the parent society in England, had done a great amount of really useful work during- the past year. They had decided to specialise in supporting the migration of boys for work on farms, and had already received and placed 55. As far as could be gathered, the first batch of 25 were making good. Excellent reports had been received from the employers and the boys themselves. They were, looking forward to the visit of the Bishop of London in connection with the Church of England Empire settlement scheme, and it was hoped that he would address a mass meeting on this important work. Bishop Ingram intended to be in Auckland from 3rd to 7th March, and his visit would do much to help and encourage them in an earnest desire to be of some real use to the Old Mother Country in the solution of one at least of her many difficulties.