BRITISH FARM BOYS
| PARTY REACHES B.C. VANCOUVER., March 14. The first contingent of British hoys being sent to British Columbia for a throe-years’ training in agriculture are now on route to Agassiz. There are 22 lads in the group, all under 19, and their credentials pronounce them hoys of good habits and trainin'/. They will remain at Agassiz experimental farm until places are found for | them on British Columbia farms. I finder the plan of the Empire Settle mont Act of 1922. passed hy the British House of Commons, and under arrangement with Cumidiu i federal authorities, the British Columbia (hnormnonl has ; agreed to take 59 hoys anruallv. They j are paid at least C2 monthly the first year o f their training. El of which is set j aside in a l ank account for them. Their earning abilities, however, are not restricted. Tliev may he naid acording to their canal ilities. When the lads rem'b the age of 21. if they have saved £IOO. the Imperial authorities will loan them B r flO '| lie . purpose <■ the nlan is to interest British youths in land settlement.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17239, 21 April 1930, Page 14
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