LONELY ORPHANS
TRAGEDY IN NYASSALAND RELATIVES IN NEW ZEALAND. Pres* A*»ociation — By Telegraph—Copyright
SYDNEY, August 25. Two girls, aged nine and seven, Diana and Rosemary Fetch, who arrived at Sydney to-day by the liner Hestor, are going to New Zealand. Their father, who was formerly manager of a largo tobacco plantation in Nyassaland, was stricken by malaria, and lie was dying when the mother was killed by lightning. The father then died as a result of shock, leaving the orphans at the mercy of the world. Friends located their relatives at Te Kuiti, and the children wore looked after by passengers aboard the Hestor. Their grandfather, Mr W. L. Fetch, met them here and will see to their welfare on the voyage to New Zealand.
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Evening Star, Issue 20572, 26 August 1930, Page 9
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125LONELY ORPHANS Evening Star, Issue 20572, 26 August 1930, Page 9
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