A FAMILY EQUALLING A TOWN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19365, 23 July 1925, Page 7

A FAMILY EQUALLING A TOWN

Imagine a family which requires 1,000 gallons of milk per day! \ou mothers and you darners of socks and stockings what think you of 10,600 holes to be darned every week and 7,300 pairs of boots to be mended frequently, and all too frequently il the children are healthy and full of vigour as children should be.

This family would fill 18 churches each seating 400. 36 trains carrying 200 in each would be required to transport this family. The family to which we refer is the Barnardo family consisting of 7,300 children, and to realise its size you must think of a town of 1,460 houses with the average family of 5 in each, land, and of the ancient borough of more than double the population of the borough town of Buckingham in England, and o fthe ancient borough of Cardigan in Wales, and is double the population of Dunbar in Scotland. It equals the population of the cathedral cities of Ely in England, and Armagh in Ireland. It about equals Fremantle (east and north) in Australia; Pembroke in Ontario, Canada; Grahamstown (European) in South Africa; the British population in Hong Kong; and it almost equals the town of Nelson in New Zealand. Imagine running a town of 7,300! Imagine feeding a town of that size! Dr Barnardo’s Homes are making their annual appeal for half-crowns to feed their big family. They appeal for birthday gifts in memory of the founder, the late Dr Barnardo, the man with the great heart who loved little children. Last year 444,146 halfcrowns were sent in by 67,361 generous friends all over the world, and wo are asked to make the needs of this j family known to all lovers of little I children. Cheques, bankers’ drafts, orders and postal notes should be made payable to “Dr Barnardo’s Homes Founder's Day Fund” and addressed to Dr ' Barnardo’s Homes, 18-26, Stephney j Causeway, "London, E.I. |