CARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
LONDON, Oct. 27
At a meeting at the Guildhall to initiate a national campaign for the welfare of motherhood and infancy, Mr AValter Long said the fathers of the future would be greatly depleted, and it behoved us to see that the \voraeii and children were cared for.
The Hon. Mr Samuel said that while the population of Britain in a decade had increased by 3£ millions, that of Germany had increased by 8J millions. Much infant mortality was inevitable.
Messages approving of the movement were received from Queen Mary and Quen Alexandra.
The House of Lords- read a second ■time a Bill providing for the official recognition of a volunteer corps for home defence, comprising a quarter of d million.
The Government has appointed a committee to consider the employment of women in place of men enlisting under Lord Derby's scheme.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 28 October 1915, Page 5
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