NEW ZEALAND HOLIDAY
ABERDEEN SCHOOLBOY NOVEL COMMEMORATION (F.Uc. Tot. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Feed. May 20, 1.30 p.m.) 'LONDON, .May 28. An Aberdeen schoolboy will have a month's stay in New Zealand in partial commemoration of the New Zealand's \ Shipping Company's Otaid's light in wartime with the German raider Moewe.
Relatives of the late Captain Uissett-Smil h, Y/'., commander of the Otaki, in memory Of the light, presented Itoberl ' Cordon's College, Aberdeen, where Captain BissettSmith was educated, with a shield which will be presented annually to the boy pre-eminent in character, leadership, and athletics. The Shipping Company supplemented this with a free return trip. The first winner is the school captain, who sails on the Rangitata on June 24.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19338, 31 May 1937, Page 13
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