FARM TRAINEES.
FLOCK HOUSE OPENED. (PBBSS ASSOCUTIOH TXLSOSUI.) MAETON, July 18. The Governor-General officially opened Flock House, . where 25 sons of British seamen killed or wounded in : the Great War are being trained in farming under the scheme of thj Sheepowners' Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund. Lord Jellicoe said two things struck him—the spirit of generosity which brought the fund into being, and the fact that during the slump the low prices obtained did not prevent the 2500 sheepowners from supporting the fund. The Hon. W. Nbsworthy, Minister of Immigration, said tho Department would assist the work in every possible way. ■
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18129, 19 July 1924, Page 13
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