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FRIENDS OP THE FRIENDLESS
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IPKLM.I.YVllOX OP INI AXT I-Il'H
I'lic Kcv. I). A. ( .iincron, director of Home Missions of the 1'icsbjterian Church of Y letona, iiait.-d on Hie 1'rcmior (Mr. Ucnl) je'sterdiiy to ask, on behalf of the I'resbylei lan Sisterhood at Warrnambool, for a. giant in aid of ii building for mater- nity mid infant asjlurn «oik.
The sisterhood, Mr. Cameron c.plnincd, is conducted tinder (he auspices of the Pre-. bjterian Chinch, and is managed by ,i non dciiomiu.ifioual committee. It wa. founded five .vein s ago, and is maintained solely by Warrnambool ,md Western. District stib sctibets. It provides "heiter and help for fi ¡endless women mid their infants until they can otherwise be proiided for.
In making the application, Mr. Cameron said unfortunate, women, who often were not abandoned women, were sometimes di ¡ven from bail lo worse by neglect and scot ii. Tile institution was an effort to give them a second chance, and to encourage the good left in tlieni.. The child nlso, inno- cent of wrong itself, would have to bear mi-, descried reproach. It was the duty of all to see that.if it had lo suffer thus it would nnyliow get fair play through care in infancy for mental und bodily soundness. Both mother and infant should have the best chance for health nilli strength. JÍ the mother lind to support herself and her child, as she often lind, she should icceive proper care, anil so be really able to stand wolle and responsibility. .,
Testimony wa« quoted from Mr. Waller Manifold, -W.I..C, ¡lud Messrs. Donald Mac- kinnon mid Mobil Murray, M.l-.A.'s, us to Hie gooil being done, lind Sir Alexiindcr-l'en cock, "M.I-.A.. who wns present on other departmental business, added his assurance of the good lepule of the institution.
Mr, lient, in teply, ¡.aid (hut it must be eleni ly understood that by past legislation be was debarred fioni giving slate aid to re- ligion under any guise, and that he* would not consider the church side of the question
«t all. As the mercy und the merit of the work deserved so would he ti cat it; One proviso he would make-there must be no elaborate iiccmumoflnlioii in Hie institution lor those who served the "uflering. The money must be spent for the well-being of the patients. The cost of the building now contempla (eil would bo £1,000. lie would give X2S0 if those interested! would raise another £7.0. The money was lo be for Hie sick, the helpless, and the feeble.
'Mr. Cameron thanked the Premier, and withdrew.
When in England recenilv, Mr. Cameron brought the sisterhood under the notice of Lildi' M'llwruilh, who said Hint she «otild give 50 gtiiuens towards i a building ' mid another BO when it was ' itctiinllv stinted. Mrs. A. C. .¡lillington, of Ballangeich Station. Warr- nambool, and Mrs. Walter Manifold, Wol- laston, both members of the tommittcc of the sisterhood, lune piomised .t'fiOenqh. Tn nil, before the systematic canvass was made,
£-°>0 was in hand.