IN ISLAND CAMP.
LADY ALICE FERGUSSON AND PARTY. [THE PRESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, January 7. After arriving at Maungaturoto from Auckland by train yesterday, Lady Alice Fergusson and a of friends motored to Marsden Point, where they boarded the Whangaroi Harbour Board's launch Kunri, and vero taken out to Hen Island, where they will camp for about a week. The camp was pitched about a fortnight ago, under the supervision of Mr W. M. Fraser, honorary curator of the Islands. Lady Alice Fergusson, who is a keen naturalist, wishes to observe the fauna and bird life, some of which is indigenous to Hen Island, and is not found even on the adjoining Chickens Island. Arrangements have also been made for fishing. The Governor-General and her Excellency will officially visit Whangarei on Monday week.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 16
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133IN ISLAND CAMP. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 16
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