ORPHANS' ANNUAL HOLIDAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 23, 28 January 1922, Page 5

ORPHANS' ANNUAL HOLIDAY.

< AMP AT MOT-UT^IU. yfce other clulclren more favourably circumstanced, the - orphan can appre cjate the attractioos of r home, ntwi wlien the ?ixty-ftve little ones retwned to the. Orph*? »onic *t Pap*toe.toe laa« evening after their Chrietmaa holiday they openly expressed their hanpineef j at i+Vym tiftir <M pl*c*e vnce more au<l (tujabyrnt were their fnces yrhich showed that the summer eun haf indeed" been * jahining on them in th< I sheltered coy* of Home fiey. lor Cher« J it vfu that tfeey li>i4 «pe.nt i»ur )»eek» in a «e*iri«l*- rautp. Taken down by the K>rry Company ai the end of December they were aceoni modated in fifteen Ixtl t*»»tf« lent l>y thi ttofence Ik-pnrtrweut. atfid a lw«« miKjUie W|t Uited lvi~ *tur«w lmh general purposae. 4 French h.os ivitnl tent presented to the home b< the Church of England Young MenV I Stßiety »erved tiie purpose of at I admiuist-rittive Work. »»d being &tt*c i with windows w#* HjjUt. *ad airy « inea! time*. Tvu cows ririyop from tj>« lionie J'arm to Orajtei landing were taicet on thn ferry there, and these supplied the uvznp vdlii milk during the et«j Jat MntutHK'pu. &t»re« »n« proviwon; I were to the island <wice c »jeei gratie by {the Ferry Cpmpwjy ito.amer and Mr. E , . A)i«ou ou the uowji wvird and the return journey in th< ariangeinoiits wade for (lie arcommoda tioiv <if the i'vpiieitf. K.xuurejoii ji,uiS picnic fwtie» whict v'wjt*rt the hay thie month also took m. interest in the little one*. The children had ttp-o swims almost every d»y. and the health generatl-y was excellent VegetaWes from t)ip farm garden were received twice a week, and to facilitate the. cookjng 01? food a range w»g pro vided in * properly arranged cook hou«e. also furnishes with two portable copper*. A'l drinking water was at-ertlned-