RHODES SCHOLARS
■ OBLIGATIONS TO NEW ZEALAND jo.XLY IF OPPORTI NITIES OFFER I Per Pre,, A»sorutl un .| AUCKLAND, May 15. Nev, Zealand PJiodes scholars are morally bound to return to their own country, only if there arc opportunities awaiting them when they arrive," said Dr. W. E. Henley, formerly of Wanganui, and a Rhodes scholar, who returned by the Monowai. He was asked to comment on a statement cabled from Australia which was reported to have been made in an interview that he was returning to New Zealand because he felt that Rhodes scholars were under a moral obligation to return to their own I countries. “That is only half of what I said. I added that an obligation existed only if there were opportunities for them,” he said. He knew of several who had returned to the Dominion only to find that, there was nothing for them to do. Rhodes scholars seemed to return to the larger countries, including South Africa. Canada, and the United
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 113, 16 May 1939, Page 12
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