At the Wellington factory lunch room; left to right: Caei Te Aho (Waihua), Teia Pomana (Nuhaka), Aroha Te Aho (Waihua) and Lybia Huata (Huramua) Mr White promised the parents the girls would be properly trained for their jobs, that their welfare would be looked after outside working hours. He met them at the train, advanced them two weeks' wages, drove them around on a tour to see the city; took them to their lodgings he had arranged. The question of accommodation cost him a lot of trouble—Mr White had to do a good Caeo Te Aho finishing a garment. deal of persuading to get the girls into the very reputable hostel he had in mind. Things went very well in this hostel until there was a change of manageress and the girls found they could not get on with the new matron. In any case they did not altogether like hostel life and preferred to go flatting. Mr White told Te Ao Hou he spent a good deal of time trying to find flats by answering newspaper advertisements. He wrote as many as 10 to 20 letters a week; got some replies, had long discussions with the landlords and was usually successful in persuading them to take the girls. Some of them are still living in these flats, as they proved very good tenants; in other cases when the flats were only temporary, the girls moved to Pendennis hostel which meanwhile had reopened. Meanwhile Mr White is looking for more flats in wellington. (Any offers?)

THE GIRLS SETTLE IN WELLINGTON It turned out that the girls learnt their job quickly; more quickly that the average, they were first put in a factory where the work was simple and straightforward, this is the Kilbirnie factory where our photographs were taken. Some later graduated to the city workshop which produces the more elaborate designs. Apart from fourteen from Wairoa the company employs a number of Maori girls from other centres, including Auckland. Some of these were placed through Maori Welfare. (Concluded on Page 62)