First Batch Expected from Britain in July Ottawa, June 28. The first 3000 British children being sent to Canada for the duration of the war will arrive in mid-July, Mr. Thomas A. Crerar, Mirister of Mines and Resources, informed the House of Commons yesterday. Additional groups, he said, would arrive at intervals of five days until July 25.
Mr. Crerar declared the British Government had been unable hitherto to estimate the total number coming to Canada, but he felt it would reach "very large dimensions."
Canada was prepared to receive any number of British children. The initial number the Dominion awaited was 10,000. but the number was not limited in any way.
Great Britain, Mr. Crear added, should release funds for refugees who could not support themselves in Canada. A Dominion-wide organization would be established to su-
-|mervise' the distribution of children, which would be carried out by provincial welfare bureaux.
Earlier yesterday, he conferred with provincial Ministers to consider plans "for a greatly expanded movement sheld it become necessary."—Reuter.
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