CARE OF CHILDREN
STATE DUTY IN WARTIME Sydney, June 14. The leader of the United Australia Party, Mr W. M. Hughes, said at North Sydney, that, if he had the power of a dictator, and the war were over, he would clear away slums around Sydney. These were a disgrace to the city and a danger to the development of the children who were to be the citizens of to-morrow. He was speaking at a meeting of the Care of Children in Wartime Committee, which aims at establishing a centre in North Sydney. Mr Hughes said he believed the care of the children ought to be the first duty of the State. Children were its most precious asset. If the mother was taken from the home to do essential work there should be someone to look after her children. Governments had a responsibility in -the matter which could not be evaded.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 30 June 1943, Page 5
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