FIRST VIEW OF CITY
PITCAIRN RESIDENT
ENTHRALLING EXPERIENCE
(By■ Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 24. For the first time in her life, a resident of the lonely Pitcairn Island, Mrs. E. Brown, saw' the wonder of a large city on her arrival in Auckland by the Tamaroa tonight. Although several Pitcairn natives have recently .visited the Dominion, the isolated community of about 200 people still regards sucn a journey with keen interest, and, in spite of several journeys made by Mrs. Brown to Taniti and other islands, she. was enthralled by Auckland's myriads of lights as the Ta-maroa-drew to her berth. "There is no time for loneliness on Pitcairn," said Mrs. Brown in an interview. Tending garden and land, in an almost', self-contained community made the day full from morning until dark. • ~ Leaving her husband and four children on' the island, Mrs. Brown was picked up from an open boat b the Tamaroa to undergo' a surgical operation in New Zealand. She left Auckland by the Limited express tonight .tor Wellington, where, she will ts admitted to hospital.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 17
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177FIRST VIEW OF CITY Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 17
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