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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 73, 19 December 1928, Page 9

Too much is heard about the drudgery of farm work, and about the impossibility of a boy doing well ou the land, according to Mr. Noel Gibson, headmaster of the Dilworth School. Speaking at the prize-giving ceremony (reports the “Auckland Star”), he pointed out that though there were certainly hardships, a boy who had grit could make a success, though he started without influence or capital. He gave two instances from the school itself. One lad. who left at the age of 15, was now firmly established on the land, nnd owned 187 acres with buildings and stock. Another boy, through exercising thrift, had been able to purchase 200 acres of land, aud was now his own master, and doing well. >