By selling fruit and other island products to passengers on vessels calling at Pitcairn, a young native of that historic island collected his fare to New Zealand. He claimed that he was a member of the crew of one of the four sailing boats that made the famous trip of 150 miles to Henderson Island to procure miro wood which is used for making souvenirs for sale to tourists. The story of that dreadful voyage is an epic of the sea. The islander naturally has no trade, or has he a knowledge of any sort of industry or farming. He had had no experience of milking, pointing out, with a smile, that the cows on Pitcairn reposed in tins. However, the placement officer has arranged with a Wairarapa dairy farmer to employ him and to teach him thoroughly the dairying business.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3813, 25 September 1936, Page 12
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