CHILDREN'S CLOTHES WANTED.
(To the Editbr), •■■ Sir,~As : lasf; year several ;of: your readers 3et me have leJEt-off children ?a ', clothing m • response to an appeal. , of mine, ; I am encouraged to . mate .a similar appeal before this winter coinmenpes; In districts like 'Port Muriri; and Westslipre there are at ways a certain nitinber of really, familijest; ?The mosj; , deserv-^ ing; casfs are; of teni married- womettv W^ose husbands; Vat^i alive rather than./ widows, f or; the latter; are entitled; i<\ a pension ipt}*^
child. I. am assisting thre<b families at present wheire the husbandfor different reasons does nojb contribute onV penny .towards the maintenance of his wife aiid children. One of women has bight children under fdiirteen years of age, the second four, and the third three little ones. In such cases •I find the, Foster and Colenso, Trusts invaluable,- but the biggest difficulty is to get clothing for the children. I -should be very -glad to receive ;parcels for this ipurpose.'-r-I am, etc., I F. B. REDGRAVE, • St. Andrewfs Vicarage, Napier.
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Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume X, Issue 11, 1 April 1920, Page 274
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172CHILDREN'S CLOTHES WANTED. Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume X, Issue 11, 1 April 1920, Page 274
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