AT THE REFUGEE CAMP

Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1931, Page 6

AT THE REFUGEE CAMP

QUARTERS IN NEW PLYMOUTH PEOPLE COMFORTABLY SETTLED. ARRANGEMENTS AT PAVILION.

The notes of a gramophone were ths first signs of life heard at the refugee camp at the East End pavilion,. New Plymouth, last evening. £Chen a torch flashed and one of the volunteers on police duty asked one’s business. Inside, the pavilion was like a roomy housi for a very large family, very snug and compact. Three long tables were neatly set for breakfast. A niirse was busying herself with remedies for a small patient with a headache. A door from the dining-room led conveniently into the kitchen. Five big gas stoves stood next to the wall and in a corner was a big gas copper. Cubicles were ranged on either side of the passageway arid families were going to bed. There arc over SO people at the eamp. There are two inhii and one boy but most of the people are brothers with families of four and five.

A wide space has been left in between the cubicles for a lounge. There the women sit, listen to the gramophone, and do fancy work for which material is kept at the canip. There is ri bookstall, and there are small toys for the children.

A concert is to be held at the camp \ to-morrow evening. The people themselves are very haj>py with the arrangements. The children are delighted with the beach and the swings. Altogether there is remarkable order and even comfort. One or two prams are needed for children used to sleeping in prams.

ANOTHER QUOTA FOR INGLEWOOD.

SMALL CONTINGENT LAST NIGHT.

Another small contingent of visitors from the earthquake region of Hawke’s Bay arrived at Inglewood by the mail train last night frohi Palmerston North. The party, which comprised three ladies and two children, was met on arrival by the Mayor (Mr. J. W. Winfield), the Rev. Thompson (secretary of the local relief committee) and Capt. Jamessbn, of the Salvation Army. They were then motored to the private homes where they are to be billeted during their stay.