VICTORIA MEMORIAL HOME, INVERCARGILL.
We have received the* annual report for the year ending July, iqi6. It is encouraging and highly satisfactory. This Home sets itself to aid any woman or girl who needs assistance, and much of its work cannot be chronicled under any head. Twentyeight women were received into the Home during the year. Of these, 14 returned to their homes, three went to other institutions, seven to s’tuations, and four remained in the* Home. Sixteen chldren pissed through the Home during the year. Ten of these were born in the Home. Of the 16, three were sent to other institutions, two boarded in licensed homes, ten were taken home with their mothers, one remaining in the Home. The girls arc* trained to domestic duties, and this ye ar, in addition to this, have been taught to sew :»nd knit for patriotic purposes. The Home has a nice garden, and grow vegetables for their own consumption. The bal-ance-sheet shows a credit balance of ,£205 iXs 2d.
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White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 259, 18 January 1917, Page 15
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168VICTORIA MEMORIAL HOME, INVERCARGILL. White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 259, 18 January 1917, Page 15
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