THRILL FOR BOYS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23489, 28 October 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)

THRILL FOR BOYS

YOUNG EXPLORERS. EXCITING VOYAGE HOME DODGING THE SUBMARINES JPORTY - FIVE English public schoolboys, who took part in an adventurous trip to Newfoundland, returned to London last month after a thrilling voyage. They heard by wireless of the outbreak of war when they were in the middle of the Newfoundland wilds. On their return journey in a British liner they took it in turns to keep watch with field glasses for enemy submarines, doing two-hourly shifts throughout the 24 hours. The liner, zig-zngging on a devious route, took weeks longer than usual to reach its destination. As soon as it docked telegrams were sent to the boys' parents who had been unaware of thoir sons' whereabouts. Day and Night Watch The boys left England on August 1 in the ' Public Schools Exploring Society's expedition under the leadership (if Surgeon-Commander MurrayLdvick, who was a member of Captain Scott's last expedition and who founded the society. Surgeon-Commander Mnjray-Levick said, when interviewed, that the boys had had a voyage which none of them was likely to' forget. "Each one took bis turn on watch both by day and night." he said. "It was valuable experience for them and they showed up excellently, accepting all their responsibilities in a proper spirit." The party included boys from Eton. Rugby, Charterhouse, Marlborough, Winchester and secondary schools at Oxted Runcorn and Sheffield.