SCOTTISH SCHOOLBOY ON TOUR OF N.Z.

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22465, 28 July 1938, Page 15

SCOTTISH SCHOOLBOY ON TOUR OF N.Z.

* COMPANY’S GIFT IN MEMORY OF WAR EPISODE (PKESS ISSOCIiTIOH TCLPOtAU.) AUCKLAND, July 27. Wearing a kilt, a stalwart Scottish schoolboy, Douglas P. Fox, aged 18, was among the passengers when the Hangitata berthed at Auckland lorday after her voyage from England. Fox 1 is school captain of Robert Gordon s College, Aberdeen, and the winner for 1938 of the Otaki Shield which, carries with it a free return trip from England to New Zealand, He is the second winner of the shield. Definite plans for a commercial career have been decided upon by Fox. He said he intended to take a Bachelor of Commerce degree at London University on his return and then to take up commerce as a career. Before the Rangitata leaves on her return voyage next month Fox hopes to see a great deal of New Zealand. This is his first trip abroad, and he is anxious not to miss an opportunity of seeing what the Dominion has to offer. He was' not aware of what arrangements had been made for him in New Zealand; but said the Government was planning an itinerary for him. If possible arrangements will be made for Fox to meet Gordonians living in the Dominion. There are former pupils of the college in Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. The holiday which Fox is now beginning in New Zealand is in partial commemoration of the, gallant fight of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Otaki with tfie German raider Moewe in 1917. Relatives of the late Lieutenant A. B. Smith, V.C., of the Royal Naval Reserve, who commanded the Otaki and was educated at Robert Gordon’s College, presented to the college in memory of the fight a shield to be awarded annually to the boy pre-eminent in character, leadership, and athletics. The New Zealand Shipping Company supplemented the gift with a free return trip to New Zepland. 1