Flock House.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20906, 13 July 1933, Page 8

Flock House.

A message from Falmerston North yesterday must have been greeted with quite extraordinary pleasure and welcome by many readers. It reported an offer to the trustees of Flock House, by English, Scottish, and Irish boys and girls trained there, to provide for the training of least sight sons of New Zealand returned soldiers during the current year; and they have subscribed the money for this purpose, in their own words, because We appreciate greatly in our hearts ail that has been done for us at Flock House and since through the gifts of the sheep owners of this country, 80d to ghow our gratitude we wish to do our bit to extend the benefits and happiness of the training at Flock House to the sons of those gallant New Zealanders who went so far, and gave their all so willingly for their own and our country. Zealanders have always Viewed with special sympathy and approval the Flock House scheme, which, designed to give a training and a career to the eons and daughters of British seamen who perished or wer© disabled in the war, specially expressed the Dominion's sense of her debt to Great Britain as the guardian of her lives and wealth on the sees; and they have been glad to see the scheme grow and succeed. But they have not perhaps realised the full depth end extent of its success until now, when this remarkable proof of it is given. The sons and daughters of Flock House have shown that it was built better even than its founders knew. They foresaw, certainly, its service to those they intended to benefit; they could not have foreseen such a turn of the wheel as brings the service back again to-day and brings with it Imperial reminders and hopes.