SOLDIERS' WIVES.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13659, 30 August 1916, Page 4

SOLDIERS' WIVES.

DESIRE TO LIVE IN WELLINGTON (I'rr I'ri'.ss A.-sni'iiiliuii) WrXLIXdTOX, August iS. Oiip exju'iiiMH-i' of the Wellington War Relief Association is Hint, owing In tin' jii'iixiniity of the ramps lo W' l 'l" lington there is ;i growing luiulcnry for .the wives of soldiers who have enlercil t-iini|i hi taki' up ilii'ir siliotlo in tin 1 city. This is responsible In some extent 'sit least for the shortiigc of siiiiill house iieeoiiuiiiiiliitioii. This Jul' many reasons is to lie deprecated. As I'iir as the women are concerned, such a change in their lives is consiilereil to he inadvisable. The absence of a hushand in camp or at the front is a Mil'lieii'nt alteration in a womun's iilV without the many cha/igos entailed by taking up a new place of residence, She lias to pay much higher rent in Wellington than she did before, and Hie inllux lends still further to harden vents generally. Such are the ilill'icullies encountered in getting accommodation Hint she ol'tcii has to be satisfied with iiiiythiiifr she can get in t ln* way of shelter, Then again, till' piici's for must "uoils for domestic consumption are higher here II in 01-ln'f places, ami 'there is always the teuiptatiou lo spend mure in unnecessary directions in large cities than in smaller towns iir in the country. Children, too. very often sull'er from the change lo more cramped surroundings, and doctors' ;iihl chemists' bills naturally follow. Tor these and other reasons which might be jiivnn the association wishes lo discourage soldiers from transferring their wives and families to Wellington whilst they are in camp or abroad.