SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATOION.
YOUNG FOLKS FROM ISL___n>«__
Twenty-two young folk from the Wetti crn Pacific Islands of Fiji, Tonga a_4 Samoa, ranging from 13 to 17 ye»rfc 0 { age, arrived at Auckland this morning. by the Navua. They have- come to continue their education at the secondsrv schools in the different parts q*-the North Island as the current seaee! year has .just commenced. Five will go to the Sacred Heart College, Ponsonby: five including four Tongans, to the M.A. College, Hastings: three to .St. Stephen's College, Parnell: two to the Ladies' College, Bemuera: two t 0 St. Mary's Osl* legs. Ponsonby: and two to the Convent at Napier. The remaining three h«ve not decided what school thoy will attend The number includes representatives of several different races and nationalities, five being Samoans. three of wfam are going to St. Stephen's, three facia* Germans, four Tongans, one a FrenchSamoan, and one an Ameriean-Samean and the remainder British. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 28 February 1923, Page 8
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156SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATOION. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 28 February 1923, Page 8
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