THE MAORI LEPER.
LIFE ON QUAIL ISLAND. . CHRISTCHURCH, January 3. The young Maori leper patient w&t*. was isolated on Quail Island early mt November has been settled for the ase fortnight in the small cottage which was specially built for his aocommodatioj!.Everything .has been done to make mnH as comfortable as possible. . The cottage has one room, and ifi nicely furnished. HI is fitted with a. both, &qd has a verandata along the front. The young Maori and the other leper have become quite friendly* and spend a good time each day in conversing with each other, their houses bein* situated close together. There as httte dhang© •noticeable in the condition of either gatieatt
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 38
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114THE MAORI LEPER. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 38
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