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Southland Times, Issue 2142, 28 June 1875, Page 3

What became of tee Smart Boys. — Sir Hercules Eobinson, the Governor of New South Wales, has let the cat out of the bag (says " Cumer" in tho Weekly News), and disclosed where we get all the fellows from who are bn aking stones in this colony. At the last Sydney TJniverBity examination he Bpoke as follows : — " Eeal life is essentially a race which tests endurance more than speed. The dashing, clever young fellows who have the reputation at school or college of being able to do almost anything, are often nowhere, whilst the dull, slow lad comes to the front, and attains success and a name. What is more common, when a man has achieved distinction in any walk of life, than to hear old schoolfellows say, " How well So-and-so has got on is it not odd ? We none of us thought there was anything in him ; on the contrary, we thought him decidedly stupid, and look at hitn now ; whilst there is poor So-and-so, from whom we expected such great things, who could carry all before him when he tried — there he is, poor fellow, breaking stones in New Zealand, or t doing odd jobs in Fiji!' (Laughter.)" Henceforth, know all men by these presents, that many poor fellows now stone-breaking is New Zealand are college-bred.