GIRL’S SAD PLIGHT.
HOMELESS AND FRIENDLESS. HUDDLED UNDER A HEDGE. NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. A girl aged 17, who was friendless and without money and was stranded in Hawera, was recently brought to the pitiful necessity of sleeping for two nights under the shelter of hedges in King Edward Park. She endured severe privations before the police took charge of her and sent her to hospital suffering from malnutrition and exposure.
It xvas necessary to keep the girl in bed for four days before she had fully recovered from her experience. Employment has now been found for her. The girl’s story is that she came from Ireland six months ago as a domestic servant; but lost her position. She became stranded in Ilawcra and her efforts to find employment Avere unavailing. In desperation she returned to the park, Avhere her suitcase. was, and huddled under a hedge.
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18103, 21 August 1930, Page 7
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146GIRL’S SAD PLIGHT. Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18103, 21 August 1930, Page 7
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