ORPHAN GIRLS.
LONG VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND.
SYDNEY, Aug. 25. Diana and Rosemary Fetch, aged nine and seven respectively, arrived in Sydney to-day by the liner Nestor. Later they are going to New Zealand. Their father was formerly the manager of a large tobacco plantation in Nyassaland, Africa, and was stricken by malaria. He was dying when the girls’ mother was killed by lightning. 'I he father then died as the result of shock, leaving the orphans at the mercy of the world. Friends located relatives at To Kuiti. The children were looked after by passengers on board the Nestor. The girl’s grandfather, Mr W. L. Fetch, met them there and will see to their welfare on the voyage to New Zealand*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 231, 26 August 1930, Page 7
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122ORPHAN GIRLS. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 231, 26 August 1930, Page 7
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