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The establishment committee of the newly-formed Pickering Street Free Kindergarten held its first meeting on October 14. The committee is, from left, in front; Mrs J. Kopua, Mrs R. Cairns (secretary), Mr W. Michalik (chairman), Mrs M. Koia (vice-chairman) and Mrs C. Outen. At back: Mesdames K. Poi, N. Schroder, D. Lancaster, Messrs D. Schultz, F. Williams and Mrs S. Coffey.

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Mrs Alfreda Bugden, Collins Street, sailed for South Africa on October 11. She will be visiting her sisters for a year, and en route will see her son Michael, in Melbourne, Australia. It is 25 years since Mrs Bugden arrived in Gisborne as a war bride from Cape Town.

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Ian Foxley, 23, son of Mrs P. G. Foxley, Muriwai, is now in Canada after being away from New Zealand for just on three years. He has been all over Europe, through Mexico, the United States, and is now in Canada, where he will spend Christmas in Vancouver. He is at present working in a logging camp and hopes to move on early in the New Year.

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Mrs Margaret Haigh, Auckland, (formerly Margaret Whitehead of this city) is pictured with her family Andrew (6), Sarah (3) and Jonathan (15 months). Margaret, her husband David, and children leave today (November 3), by air for the U.K. and Europe. They will spend Christmas with David's parents and relatives in Yorkshire, then spend a month in Europe, before returning home in February. Whilst in the U.K., Margaret hopes to have a first-hand look at the modelling and fashion scene.