COMING TO NEW ZEALAND.
ORPHAN GIRLS FROM AFRICA. (Received Monday, 9.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 15. Two girls, aged nine and seven, Diana and Rosemary Fetch, arrived in 'Sydney to-day by the liner Nestor and are going to New Zealand. Their father was formerly manager of a large tobacco plantation in Nyasealand. 'He was stricken by malaria. The girls’ mother was killed by lightning and the father died as a result of shock, leaving the orphans at the mercy of the world. Friends located relatives at Te Kuiti. The children were looked after by the -passengers aboard the Nestor. A grandfather, Mr. W. L. Fetch, met them here and will see to their welfare on the voyage to New Zealand. . 1
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Wairarapa Age, 26 August 1930, Page 5
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120COMING TO NEW ZEALAND. Wairarapa Age, 26 August 1930, Page 5
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