THE AMOKURA'S BOYS.
Per Preee Association. WELLINGTON, June 15/:. This morning the Governor (Lord Plunket) went aboard the Amokura to present his gold medal to the boy George Woods, who, for good work and exemplary conduct in the past twelve months, was recommended for the honj our by" the whole ship. t <b. Lord Plunket stated that since the inception of the Amokura 91 boys had : been enrolled, 43 had been discharged, 34-had followed the sea, and three had gone into the Royal Navy. The lack of school work on the boat was referred to by His Excellency, who advised that the boys should be trained on shore on the lines that prevailed in ah English college, ami, on the ship, for Tacticalwork. He congratulated the officers' and boys on the work which had been done, and hoped that-the boys .-would', always remember that they were-:pio-neers of the nayy and mercantile marine of th? dominion. ■■" ' '••>•: :'^ Blair !Gullen, the runner-up, will also' receive a medal promised by Lady' Plunket.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7822, 15 June 1909, Page 3
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168THE AMOKURA'S BOYS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7822, 15 June 1909, Page 3
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