PERSONAL.
A cable yesterday reported that Miss Blanche Tobin, a member of the Church of England Zenana Mission, had been captured by Chinese bandits while going to her station at Kweilin./ Miss Tobin, who is a niece of the Rev. C. A. Tobin, of Burwood, was recently / in Christchurch on furlough from her mission station, which had been granted as a result of the disturbed state of China some eighteen months ago. About.. two months ago she received a from the bishop of the Chinese diocese in Which she worked requesting her re- • turn. She ,left'Christehurch about seven weeks ago/ Miss Tobin was reared pn Motiiti Island (Bay of Plenty), and until her departure on mission work had spent practically all her life among the Maoris. She was educated in Auckland, where she graduated M.A. For some time she was on the teaching staff of the Maori Girls’ College in Auckland. '■ a A - ’
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1928, Page 4
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