CHILD REFUGEES.
LIMITED TRAVEL FACILITIES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 11. The United Kingdom Government has now advised the New Zealand Government that children being sent to the Dominions under the British scheme must -travel in escorted ships, says a statement issued by the Government during the week-end, in which encouragement is given to New Zealand families who have been anxious to provide homes for British children who can safely be removed from the danger zone.
During the war period the number of ships suitable for carrying children and travelling under escoit is limited. It is consequently necessary to postpone the scheme in its original form in order to avoid holding out undue hope to parents in Great Britain and those who proposed to care for them in the Dominion. The very large number of persons who so generously offered I.<> receive children will, however, like to know that within the convoyed shipping facilities available every effort is being made by tbe authorities of Great Britain to send children overseas.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 217, 12 August 1940, Page 6
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