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Laser copy. Negative held by Aexander Turnbull Library.

Six unidentified women in nurses’ uniform stand in the dining hall at the Boys Training Farm at Weraroa, after it has been prepared for Christmas celebrations. There are flowers and bottles of drink on each table and at the end of each table is a board with a knife for carving meat. Paper decorations, flags, greenery, flowers and two banners proclaiming “A Merry Christmas” make up the decorations. The interior of the building is wood which has been painted. A patterned linoleum covers the floor.

Caption reads: “Boys Training Farm – Wereroa – Dining Hall”

1 B&W photocopy

Christmas celebration preperations.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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buildings,
government uniform,
horowhenua,
institutions celebrations - christmas,
nursing,
wereroa training farm,
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