Newspaper Article – Randall and France House

Work For Children

A little girl of Randall House, Napier, with Jiggs, everyone’s favourite at the home. Randall House is one of two homes administered by the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Homes Society.

A group of girls and boys at Randall House.

Boys at the entrance to France House property

Two sets of twins at Randall House

SIXTY YEARS OF SOCIAL SERVICE:  THE HAWKE’S BAY CHILDREN’S HOMES

Randall House in Napier caters for children of all ages and the 27 children at present there range from 2 to 16 years. Placed high on the Napier hills and set amid spacious grounds, Randall House overlooks a lovely panorama [of Hawke’s Bay] with Napier city in the foreground. At the age of 11, boys move from [Randall House]

SIXTY YEARS OF SOCIAL SERVICE:  THE HAWKE’S BAY CHILDREN’S HOMES S[…]ES ITS ORPHANAGE WORK WITH INSTITUTIONS AT NAPIER AND ESKDALE

[…] to use the sewing machine

Boys at France House with the trolleys they made themselves

The milking herd of France House on the bank of the Esk River.

Children in the grounds of Randall House, Napier, formerly the home of Lady McLean.

A cheerful trio at France House

[SHOWCAS]ES ITS ORPHANAGE WORK WITH INSTITUTIONS AT NAPIER AND ESKDALE

[to France Ho]use, a farm training establishment at Eskdale, north of Napier. Set [in the fertile] Esk Valley, the home trains boys in orchard work, agriculture and pastoral farming. Controlled by the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Homes Society, the institutions are maintained by the incomes from legacies and public subscription.