FUTURE RAILWAY KIMS. - , EDUCATION A TOUR FOR YOlffltf MILLIONAIRES. Mr George J. Gould t his sons, Kingdoog aged 16, and Jay, aged 15, and their tutor, Mr Huntsman, are undertaking, an American paper reports, a tour of the Gould system of railways, embracing thousands of miles. The tour will last two weeka t and mucA of it is being made at a speed of 60 miles an hour. / Mr Gould is usually accompanied on these annual trips' by his wife, but the .present tour of the heirs to the Gould milfjons is being undertaken to instruct them in finance and railway management. The large table in the observation room, of their father's private car is littered with maps and charts showing the points of interest on the Gould system. Mr Huntsman has a complete collection of books to aid him in instructing, his young charges in the. things their father wishes them to know. As they speed through the vast territory traversed 'by the Gould lines the boys will be instructed in the industries and commercial features of the country. Mr Gould took up similar studies when he was 16 years old, and he means to give his sons the same training that was given him b/, his father. . . .
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7731, 15 June 1903, Page 2
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209Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Star (Christchurch), Issue 7731, 15 June 1903, Page 2
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