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CHILDREN FROM SCOTLAND

Party Arrives At

Gore

TWO BOYS AND THREE GIRLS

Five British children from Scotland—two boys and three girls—accompanied by their mother, arrived at Gore at the week-end to live in the south for the duration of the war. The children, who are the nephews and nieces of Mr and Mrs A. R. Mackay, Ardwick street, Gore, are at present living with Mr and Mrs Mackay. The children, whose ages range from eight to 13 years, had their first experience of education in New Zealand yesterday when they attended school. The two youngest attended the Gore Public School and the other three started at the Gore High School. The names of the children are Alistair,- lan, Betty, Moira and Sheena Mackay. Although their new surroundings are still a little strange to the children they have treated the experience as a big holiday. Three or four times they experienced air raids in their native city, Glasgow, but the war does not appear to have had any terrors for them, and they have taken it all more or less as a matter of course. Fortunately, no bombs dropped near their home, which was situated on the outskirts -of the city. While in London before embarking for New Zealand the children also experienced air raids. The children’s mother, Mrs Donald Mackay, in an interview at Gore yesterday said that the voyage to New Zealand had been a .wonderful experience for them, and they had enjoyed every minute of it. Nothing out of the ordinary occurred during the voyage and the sailors and ship’s company did everything possible to make life happy for the children. . During the journey from Christchurch to Gore, Mrs Mackay said, she and the children had a good chance to view the countryside, and she had been impressed by the similarity with her native Scotland. Mrs Mackay, whose husband follows the same occupation as his brother, Mr A. R. Mackay, a chiropractor, will be taking up house at Gore shortly.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19400918.2.42

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Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 4

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332

CHILDREN FROM SCOTLAND Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 4

CHILDREN FROM SCOTLAND Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 4

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