ORPHAN SONS OF SOLDIERS.
INSTITUTION AT RUSSELL.
(BY TKJ.>/;R*PH OWN rORRFSPON'nFNT.] KAWAK.WVA. Wednesday. The official opening of the Salvation Array Institution at Russell for the orphan sons of soldiers took place to-day, the ceremony being conducted by Commissioner Hodder. in the presence of a large number of residents. The institution, consisting of house and grounds, was the gift oi Mr. E. M. Whatman, of Master-ton. The building, which is to lie enlarged, and will be under the supervision of Adjutant Chapman, "ill accommodate 21 boys between the ages of two and ten. Although all inmates need not necessarily be sons •>!' soldiers, preference will be given to such It, is proposed eventually to train the boy a to farming lire.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16310, 17 August 1916, Page 8
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119ORPHAN SONS OF SOLDIERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16310, 17 August 1916, Page 8
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