FLOCK HOUSE BOY
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY This story; of; how a Scottish boy from Helensburgh, has made good overseas is told to English readers by the New Zealand High Commissioner, lhe lad in question went to New Zea land under the New Zealand Sheepowners' scheme in August, 1924 As a beneficiary under this scheme, he was trained at. flock House, and a year after he landed, being then 17 ye ars of age, he was apprenticed to a farmer in the South Island. After completing .this engagement he sent to Scotland for his brother, and the two have gone into partnership in a farm at Havefoek This. enterprise has been possible througL the thrift of the Flock House lad m putting by his wages'. The two boys have now sent for their mother and younger brother, and in a little while the family, after five years, will be ro-united in their new home. An. excellent example is thus afforded of the opportunities open to hard working, thrifty- boys who are accepted under the New Zealand Flock Hause scheme.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 10
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179FLOCK HOUSE BOY Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 10
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