BRITISH CHILDREN
HOMES FOR 10,000 - OFFERS TO GOVERNMENT f [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPOBTEB] WELLINGTON, Thursday "Offers received by r the Government up to yesterday te> provide homes for British children Represented accommodation, for 10,000 children," said tho Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, to-day. He explained that 1844 nominations had been made . by New Zealand residents affecthifi; 3564 children in Britain, and of the unspecified children to come out.under, the evacuation scheme 5800 homes ittl the Dominion had been offered to • ; accommodate 6500 children. - - "The response of our people has heea magnificent," Mr. Parry continued. IT ; "The listing of .homes for the children is far from, complete, so the figures * given are not to be regarded as final. •• In spite of there being some real uncertainty until recently as to whether or not children would actually be coming to the Dominion, offers to take *':" : them continue? to be received." -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23748, 30 August 1940, Page 10
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