HOMELESS MEN
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—For some time we have been much concerned regarding our accommodation for unemployed and homeless men. Each of our men's institutions have been overcrowded for quite a lengthy period, and the position is now very acute. We shudder to think of men not having adequate sleeping accommodation on nights such as these. Lieut.-Commissioner Adams is now inspecting our home at Miramar with a view to extension, x and will prqbably have to erect a ; dormitory, but this, of course, will take time. At the workmen's home, Buckle Street, there seems to be no means of extension, and, therefore, if any of your readers know of any suitable building in the vicinity of the Buckle Street home that we could acquire, we would like them to communicate with us. At the present time at Miramar and Buckle Street we are housing approximately 150 men per night, and yesterday in the Buckle Street and Miramar institutions we supplied no less than 420 meals. We must find a means of meeting the need of these men, especially during the winter. We are doing our best, but are really hampered by not having sufficient room. Trusting some of your readers may be able to acquaint us of some suitable building.—l am, etc., GEORGE F. C. DRY, Men's Social. Secretary, Salvation Army.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 8
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