CHARITY TOWARDS LEPERS.
SIR M. POMARE’S APPEAL. By Telegraph.—Press Associstloa. Wellington, Last Night. In a statement issued to-day, Sir Maui Pomare, as the result of his reient visit to the leper station at Makogai, draws attention to Some urgent requirements there, including wireless and an ice plant. He makes an appeal for a hall iri which to instai the cinema already provided, and also for funds for* a rest home for the nursipg sisters of the Order of Mary, whoso work and devotion is worthy Of all help. '■ ; There are now over 400 lepers on the inland,: including about 100 from Samoa (look Islands and Niue, and a few from New Zealand.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1926, Page 13
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