LOSSES IN FLYING
CHRIST'S COLLEGE OLD BOYS
, (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ; . CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. "It would be a sad thing for this school if it turned out hoys whose only motto was 'safety first,' " declared the headmaster, Mr. K. J. Richards, at the Christ's College prize-giving in TCferring to the deaths of two old boys, members of the Royal Air Force, in aeroplane smashes during' the year. "Last year I spoke with approvaJ of the number of boys who wore going Home to take up commissions," eaid Mr. BichaTds. ''During the past three years this school has been hard hit Tby the number of young old boys lost in accidents in. the Eoyal Air Force, but I do not believe this will deter ethers from entering a profession which must bo well supplied, even if it ifl more hazardous than other professions. [While we deplore the loss of these young lives, we remember them with pride, jind hope that a- due proportion of boys will never be lacking when adventure ifer-danger points the way. 1'
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 11
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174LOSSES IN FLYING Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 11
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