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From former Gisborne resident, Mrs Pamela Rubright, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, U. S. A., is this picture of her son, Brian, and his partner, Madelene Choate, on the night of the school "prom". The dance is considered the night of the year by the students, and is given by the junior class for the graduating seniors. Mrs Rubright hopes to pay a visit to her home town, Gisborne, in the near future.

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Mrs Clarke, of Cook Hospital, sent us this picture of three Gisborne orphan children, Lenny, Richard, and Warren, who are now happily adopted into the home of Mr and Mrs Dick Mokaraka, of Marton.

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Hori Karaka Tamihana ("The Roving Hori"), sent in this snap of the memorial gates at Mangatuna, on which are inscribed the names of members of the Maori Battalion from that district who were killed in the Second World War.

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"Waiting for a bite" is the title given this picture from Mrs J. Howell, 510 Aberdeen Road, of young Russell Hope hopefully fishing in a stock trough on his grand-dad's farm at Taruheru.