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At Wellington, Mrs. White was welcomed to the home of Mrs. M.
H. Tuxford, where she spent several months, and from which head-
quarters she went out from time to time to speak to little companies of
believers in Petone, Ormondville, Dannevirke, Palmerston North, and
Gisborne.
Before returning to Australia, Mrs. White attended the second New
Zealand camp meeting, held November 30 to December 12, 1893, in
a sheltered suburb of Wellington. There were in attendance double
the number that had been present at the Napier meeting. Elder O.
A. Olsen, president of the General Conference, arrived during the
early days of the meeting, and his labors and timely instruction were
of untold value. He brought cheering reports from the great mission
fields that he had recently visited; and he appealed to the young people
to fit themselves for service in the closing work of the gospel.
From Wellington, Mrs. White, in company with Elder Olsen and
other laborers, hastened to Melbourne to attend the first camp meeting
in Australia.
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