N.Z. POLISH CAMP
GISBORNEITE'S COMMAND Entering the gates of the Polish children’s camp at Pahiatua is like stepping into a foreign land. Although Hie buildings are familiar New Zealand Army types, they are all marked with Polish signs. Adults and children chatter in a foreign tongue. Nov; Zealanders at the camp say that at times they find iheir own speech affected by the broken English, and they have to search for words! The camp is under triple control. Major P. Fox ley, Gisborne, is the New Zealand Army commandant, M. Jan Siedzinski is the delegate of the Polish Ministries of Social Welfare and Education, and the Polish Hospitality Committee in Wellington, headed by the wife of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Fraser, organises the collection of clothing and toys. The committee also works in eon junction with a sub-committee in Pnhialua. which arranges picnics and visits to homes, and has a roster of bands and concert parties which are willing to play at the camp when the Polos are ready for such entertainments.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21633, 9 February 1945, Page 5
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172N.Z. POLISH CAMP Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21633, 9 February 1945, Page 5
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