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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16837, 28 December 1928, Page 5

Too much is heard about the drudgery of farm work, and about the impossibility of a boy doing well on the land, according to'Mr. Noel Gibson, headmaster of the Dilworth school. Speaking at the prize-giving ceremony (reports the Auckland Star), he pointed out that though there were certainly hardships, a boy who hud grit could qake a success, though ho storied without influence or capital.' He gave two instances iron) the school itself.' One lad, who left at the age of 15, was now firmly established on the land/and owned 187 acres with buildings and stock. Another hoy, through exercising thrift, had been able to purchase 200 aeres of land, and was now his own master, and doing well. Three new ships have been ordered by the Union Steam Ship Co., Ltd., to meet the increasing requirements of trade (states Shipping and Commerce ol Australia). One is understood to fee a replica of the Aorangi, on (he Van-couver-Sydney run. The Aorangi has been, and, as a matter of fact, still is, a successful and popular ship on the Pacific, and her almost five years' service mitßt have given her owners all the information and data they could need in connection with the advantages or disadvantages of rootoyahip operation. It h known that, the company favor the motor-ship. The Niagara will he with drawn from Ihe Vancouver run, her place being taken by one of the now vessels. Another of the new ships will lx> a fast turbine ferry of £OOO tons for ihr service between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The arrival of this ship will release the turbine ferry, Maori, which will then take the place'of the Oonah in the MelbourneJDasnianian trade,