ADOPTIONS
WELLINGTON.—Since it was decidtl to bring English children to New Zealand. theiWellington office of the Child Welfare branch vf the Education Department has been inundated with applications to adopt the immigrants. Nothing c-n be cfone until’details. jre available from Britain. Before 193 j the number of adoptions in any one yearMiaCf never exceeded 400. Since thevLthe figure has risen s&adily to 1383 in 1946' There have not been sufficient children available to ma?t the demand. JMm. *
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Northern Advocate, 7 May 1948, Page 9
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77ADOPTIONS Northern Advocate, 7 May 1948, Page 9
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