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British orphans as New Australians
Churches open new
homes for boy
ms
migrants
CEVERAL churches have undertaken the
responsibility of bringing out orphan boys from Britain and training them in
suitable occupations.
A number has already been sent to several church training farms.
The Presbyterian Church's training home for migrant boys, Dhurringile, Tatura, will be officially opened on Wednesday at 2 p.m: by the Rev. W. D. Marshall, past
Moderator. i
The farm is on the main road between Murchison and Tatura.
Its house is one of the old-time station homesteads, and is very suitable for a training home.
It will accommodate 30 boys, who, if they wish, will have the opportunity of learning occupa- tions other than farming.
"By the sea"
St. John's Home for Boys, Canterbury, a Church of England institution, has undertaken re- sponsibility for a number of migrant boys.
! This afternoon at 3 Archbishop
Booth will officially open a new cottage home, "St, John's by the Sea," at 184 Beach rd., Sand
I ringham, which will be an addi- J
tional establishment controlled ' ' by St! John's Home, Canterbury.
The home will accommodate 20 boys, and will be the third of a ' chain of "'homes run by St.
i John's.
i It will also afford an oppor > tunity of experimenting with a
cottage -unit.
Boys in city ,
With the Sandringham home
' it has now . been ' possible to ac- | I commodate a number ofrmigrant
' boys at Canterbury.
The superintendent at Sand- i , ringham is Mr. C. P. L. Char- i ; teris, who will be assisted by his
wife as matron.
! Th'is year is the 30th anniver- 1
sary of the opening of the first i 1 St. John's Home at Auburn. * i