Society's Wastrels

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13704, 19 September 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

Society's Wastrels

The chief features of >. the "annual Summer gathering - of', the Clirfetian '.Social Service Union, which society. ai-ths :at training unemployable-youths atfd. fi&it j to become «elf-supportlng, : and. oaanfc »for [ and educating epileptic children, .which ! took -place - at Liugfield, were the: openi ing of a new home for epileptic ; boya i bj' Lord Burghclere, and the opening ot.' % new wing to tha school by Lady JJtvrghi .clere. ,- ' - *.-■ >. "■ •< i -Mr J. Y. . the chairman of the Liugfield Committee of the uniou.'pte- [ sided, and amongst those were Sir [Clifford J. Corv, Bart., M.P., andftlw Rev. Dr J. B. Paton. ' _ " - The chairman said the past year's work had befen, highly sfitiSfaetory, 5? ; pqt cent, of the men having besn reoover&t from being tinemployables to become"; "employable and responsible citizens. "Mw»t of those who luid been reclaimed,. he said, had been emigrated to Canada. " ■ Mr Cory said it was extremely- gratifying 4o Jea.ni that in no iiseianeehad a msn been sent- bafck by the authorities in jDiJiada. If the Government could ; see\ita, i way to grants the union some d jsciplinary ! powers something mightho donefortbe other 43 percent. of tlt\r men. , Lord Burghclere, previous to. declaring the • boys' home ©pen, said ?he. was certain of the fact that forty-four poor Jittle ...children would, in addition to thosej already in the home, be rescued front misery. ; JU?d helped towards a better sphere iiijife. The work of the Christian Social Service Union was a. noble work. Speaking of the nnemployablcs; ; his lordshipv saici if they could' rescue thcfce of society, tht>y could- mike them. —ot at any rate, some of *them~ and useful niembersi community, they \ronld have far in solving the unemployed -qiwstioW.'"., ■ , speaking, on the Prevention of CHmra Bill which lias recently been Sntfod\)oea>iti 11ve House of Commons, ' Lord/ Bftrghfciere said without hesitation that the Bill -Was a rectfgnifcion of the great- worktho ffiflsi*training colonies had done. (Ctoeers.) j . £'• Lady Burghclere, in opening the ■ new - school foom. said the building fand-befcome neeflSßary in order to .-meet the eXtfa amount of accommodation requited r by;th« increased number of children in thehonrt* which' had been opened that afternoon. The cow of the new home; has beenaljoli t £1500.; towards which Mr John Cory, of Cardiff, has given r »;•> ;r At the end of last year tl»r« children !n residence at. Lingfieltl. During the year twenty-sevton left, halt of left mainly owing to improvement. "