FLOCK HOUSE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 140, 10 December 1926, Page 9

FLOCK HOUSE

WONDERFUL SUCCESS

JENOSTURE WELL REWARDED

BOYS AND GIEIiS HAPPY.

f f «The success of. the Floak. House j*aeme oi! immigration, under the •*|w Zealand Sheep Owners' Ac'JTowledginent of Debt to British men Fund, .is shown almost by appreciations of the kind Vjjboys and girls brought out, and '•'I the work to : which they have Mien to naturally and willingly; ■■He annual repprt of the operations jQe fund'for thd twelve "months end-

3th June, 1926,: states that the work' /|hed to the . selection, equipment, 5] emigration of boys and girls for jjing at Flock, House Station and ' Flock House hasnow become the mount work of the London AdvisCommittee. Iri the selection of the committee has tho assistance le Society for. the Oversea Settle- ; of British Women, which acts on If of the Ifoung "Women's ChrisAssociation. Each application a boy or girl for participation in icheme is made the subject of extive inquiries in the locality in h the boy or girl resides,- and is very carefully considered by the lon Committee before being finalccepted or rejectod. All partici■Ja must primarily be sons or daugh|of British seamen who lost their I or became incapacitated, as the of injuries received at sea dur|the war. Thoy must be of good lacter, intelligent, and healthy, and fj a genuine desire for life in the (jtry. The committee is, careful not spint the prospects, in New Zealand bo glowing colours,, but to impress ■111 applicants that their future will determined by their own industry, ft, and determination to succeed, leasing feature of the past year been the number of applications ■X brothers and sisters of boys who 59 to New Zealand with previous Its, showing clearly that such boys confident of a happy future in New Jand, and wish their brothers and Irs, and later their mothers, to share ■I future.

M TRAINING OF THE BOYS. *^;stpefience' has proved'that the sys?\jof training-is sound, and that the ,':iter number of the lads proved use-. t-'Hfarm assistants. ■ It has been der however, that to obtain the very •;*itest efficiency possible in the '■M)d for all the boys, and the closest' j.jperation of the foremen, a more in- ". Jdual oversight, is necessary. With ;>' rJ in view the staff at Flock House !;;';j been increased by the appoint:.pjt of a principal, who is the Chief. y.jer in charge of Flock House, and ■• ; ! f j is directly responsible to the trus'J.iL through'the managing trustee, for {(operations there, and in particular ii the training pt the hoys.. The ;'-js work, as before, at'all the'opera■,'|s of farm and station life under with the particular,' foremen to jjm they are allotted for the week, ; I receive instruction from the: ■fore■*A and the farm manager, but they

I also directly under, the eye of the i ; : i|cipal, who is' continually watching ;.&t progress, directing, the instrue'4, seeing, that each- and every lad . ;|imes as proficient as possible in the 'Sent and first duties of a competent sn assistant, and who personally in'J|cts the lads ' individually and colIJively on practical and theoretical Ining. .i^^-;':r«(r":!;---r.;:r ;^'-;iv- ... ijiDBR THOROUGH SUPERVISION. .gjnder the new arrangement no. lad for employment until the rAcipal certifies that he is fit and my, and can' competently perform the i^ies that are expected of him. For >1 position, the trustees were able to ■^kin the services of Captain F. H. Bilvyton, N.D.A., N.D.D., who has had *i|e experience" in the command and ruction of men and youths, and theresults are confidently expected. principal-has as his':first assistants !he training of the boys the farm ager, who ■is responsible through to the- trustees for all details of station management, and the direczp of the work of the foremen and M boys, the housemaster; who' ia rei^nsiblo for the discipline of the lads, f'"1 ames master and assistant-instruc- „ and has many other and multifariM duties, and the matron, who is the Jlise Mother, and who looks after the %' moral and physical welfare. Dur- •| recreation hours the'boys are coach,|and encouraged;to. make themselves ■Jficient in tennis, cricket, and fbotih in season. Their growth and dei'opment at .F.Jock House has been tet marked. . . , ;| TRAINING OF GIRLS, *Jn the same, manner as the boya, the 41s are allotted weekly to the various Siea attached ■to the., establishment 'IGirls' Flock House. In the hostel ■1y are taught all domestic dutiesLiking, washing, ironing, general ijsework, sowing,. dressmaking, homeising, etc. Outside they are taught"i jmilk, look after the'"calves,.separate, ! ■fke butter and'cheese, look.after poul'A and chickens, prepare, sow, . and. ■Ip in order, yoge.tablo and. flower gar•ls, lawns, etc. The matron has the "jp of an assistant matron for instruc■>h. in the hostQl,. and of an instmct'•■s for dairy and poultry work,.'and'a ".'denor. The girls have taken ens'isiastically to the work, and tho;first '< ;een girls to go out to employment vre boon a credit to Girls' Flock i use, and to the sound and careful '■■ truction they have received.

IN EMPLOYMENT.

One hundred, and ninpty-oight boys, ■^o havo.complpted.their initial train- ■; at Flock -Bouse, are now in employ-., ': nt in va.ri.ous paris of the Dominion,

i follows: —Auckland,.. 4;, East.', Coast. 3d Poverty Bay, 32.; .North Tarauaki, <\ AVanganui, 11; Hawkes Bay, 61; jMrarapa, 21; Manawatu-Wellington, ,S Marlborough :and- Nelson, 15; Cami'lbury, 33. Total, 198. f'iFifteen girls, having completed their qining at Girls' Flock House, are in '■■ .ployment .as- -follows:-—East Coast Id Poverty--Bay",-8? Hawkes Bay, 3; "- ellington-Manawatuy 2; Wairarapa, > Total, 15;'. lir''avery caso'where-a' •1 has a b'rothery- it- has ■ been found issible to" place.: her in satisfactory ;iployment either on tho same farm her brother or on a-Biarbyfarni-or ution. '.'.y'., ■".'■'■' ' ■". .-- ' '