BRITISH CHILDREN
PARTY FOR AUSTRALIA. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 25. A party of 28 British children arc at present in Auckland on their way to Australia under the Fairbridge Farm Schools scheme. All the children were selected before the war started and have not been evacuated from England because of it. The conductor, of the party (Air L. H. Mclntyre) explained that 19 boys would be trained under the normal Fairbridge system for farm work while nine girls..would be prepared for domestic service. They range in age from six to 13.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 229, 26 August 1940, Page 9
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92BRITISH CHILDREN Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 229, 26 August 1940, Page 9
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