ENGLISH SCHOOLBOYS.
SUITABILITY FOR FARMING. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 24. The English public school boys brought out to New Zealand as farming apprentices under the patronage of the New Plymouth Chamber of Commerce were entertained on Saturday at a garden party as the guests of Mr and Mrs T. C. List. Fifteen boys attended, most of them being ones who were in the original party. The work of bringing out more boys would be continued, Government or no Government, said Mr R. S. Abraham, of Palmerston North, Dominion secretary of the Public Schools’ Association of Great Britain. Under such schemes the right class of boy was secured.
Mr C. Carter said that he knew of no better scheme than the Taranaki scheme for settling English boys on New Zealand land. Some of them now had farms of their own, but all were making good citizens. The demand for boys still existed, but the Government restrictions at present prevented the chamber bringing out more boys. Farmers sought English boys and Mr Carter thought that the labour market would not be affected if the chamber brought, out from 40 to 50 boys each year. He paid a tribute to Mr List’s interest in the scheme.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 100, 25 March 1930, Page 7
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202ENGLISH SCHOOLBOYS. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 100, 25 March 1930, Page 7
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