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Welcoming Scottish children, 1940

Welcoming Scottish children, 1940

Labour Prime Minister Peter Fraser (centre) and National Party leader Adam Hamilton (second from right) – both of Scots ancestry – join a crowd of Scottish children in Wellington on 27 September 1940. The young visitors arrived under the Overseas Reception Scheme.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: 1/2-058471; F

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John Wilson. 'Scots', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/scots/10/1