HEROIC WOMEN
RETURNING TO MAKOGAI
K.IND.N EISS APPiRBOTATTD re ini„ vr , mn--Crow, •xnonlatii.r AUCKLAND, May 7. Yesterday there sailed from Auckland by the Aorangi two ladies whose courage enables them to live lives of self-sacrifice. They are 'Sisters Suzanne and Theodore, of the leper station on Makogai Island, not far from Levuka. They have been on holiday to New Zealand, the first rest that either has had for many long years. •Neither lady would say much of the great work that is going on at the station, 'but -both were unanimous in wishing the people of New Zealand well for the splendid response that each year greets the Christmas appeal for the inmates of Makogai.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 8 May 1930, Page 5
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115HEROIC WOMEN Hawera Star, Volume L, 8 May 1930, Page 5
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