WOOLWICH & SANDHURST
CADETSHIPS AVAILABLE. TO YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS. Wellington, Feb. 7. The Government has been advised that a limited number of cadetships to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst are available to young New Zealanders on the nomination of the Governor-General. These cadetships are granted for the purpose of training officers for the British regular army and applications will be considered from only those gentlemen who wish to make the Army their permanent profession in life. Definite regulations governing the admission oi candidates by nomination lo these colleges have been laid down by the Army Council and only those candidates who fulfil these conditions will be eligible for nomination. Cadetships are not open to sons of parents whose connection with New Zealand is merely temporary or official. The course of instruction lasts 18 gionths and the next course begins on September Ist. Applications must be in by February 15. Candidates must be between the ages of 18 and 19 on July Ist. Parents have to pay the cost of the passage to England, fees amounting to £125 per annum, and personal expenses during vacations.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 47, 7 February 1928, Page 5
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