AN INTERESTING RELIC.
Members of a Wanganui party -who visited Flock House last week were interested .in a piece of wreckage from H.M.S. Hampshire, which struck a mine off the Orkneys, north of Scotland, and went down with Lord Kitchener and all hands aboard. There were 1 three survivors. This grim relic of the war is displayed in the reception hall, and is a reminder of the part played by the British Navy and of the risks run to keep the gateways of the seas open. Originally, Flock House was founded on a fund established by New Zealand sheep owners in acknowledgment of the debt they owed to the navy. and boys whose fathers were killed or disabled In naval warfare formed the first contingents of lads who received their instruction under the Flock House scheme. In later years the scope of the fund was made to embrace sons of New Zealanders. It was also extended to give tuition to girls, daughters of British seamen lost in the wan
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20909, 17 July 1933, Page 16
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169AN INTERESTING RELIC. Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20909, 17 July 1933, Page 16
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