CHATHAM ISLANDERS
SCHOOL CHILDREN'S TOUR. (From Oce Own Cobeebpondent.) y OirFUSTOHURCH, January 9. v /, The child visitors from the Chat-hams are having literally the time of their lives. They., are spending strenuous days and nights in sight-seeing and the acquirement of utterly ;v,new experiences. Yesterday they motored fi;-; to Kaiapoi and inspected the woollen .mills *, and were entertained at lunch. In the after-c;;:; noon they were the guests of the Christ-,-. ,' church Fire Brigade, and they witnessed J a special turn-out of the brigade and had afternoon tea with the firemen. They then attended a special meeting of the City Conn- , cil to receive l an official welcome, and in the evening they went for the first time in their lives to a picture show. The portion,. " of the picture programme that appealed. '! most to them was the comedy. Mr Thompson, head master of the Te One School, says that one of his legs is black and bias--"!' as a result of the' punching he received from a scholar who was sitting next to him!-?;* finding this one of the means of manifesting his excitement.. ' --■■■> To-day the young visitors took advantage - ' of the privilege extended to them by the. ■ Baths Committee!, of the City Council' to attend the tepid baths. They thoroughly en- tjoyed the experience of .bathing in the baths, and were pai-tiouilorly pleased when a boll which is used for water polo was thrown; into the baths. They had a fine time throwing it from one to another.' Tie baths have - - been placed at their disposal between a-ni. and 10 a.m. daily. In the afternoon-' ■■ the scholars visited too confectionery and’->' biscuit factory of Aulsebrook and Co., over which they were conducted. This evening the hosts *of the individual members of the party saw to their entertainment. To-morrow they will visit the New Zea- - land Refrigerating Company’s freezing works at Islington, _ and in the evening they will attend a swimming carnival at the tepid baths.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18757, 10 January 1923, Page 7
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327CHATHAM ISLANDERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18757, 10 January 1923, Page 7
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