MIGRATION
FREE l,li.’E OF DOMINIONS
LONDON. May 25. The Prince of Wales, president of Christ’s Hospital, presided at a gathering of 850 hoys in the great hall of the school at Horsham, where Lord Forster (late Governor-Genera! of Australia) delivered an address on Dominion migration. The Rev. P. T. 11. Clayton. Padre of Tuc 11.. was a notable guest.
In introducin';: Lord Forster, the Prince of Wales said tlie school had r scheme by which hoys shoving aptiture for farm work would receive training in agriculture,'-fitting then for life in the Dominions. Already a number of old boys bad found openings overseas. Ho hoped other public schools would follow the example, and institute similar schemes. Every year it was more difficult for buys to find suitable situations at Home, but as the vast resources of the Dominions were tapped they were calling for an increasing number of boys with a spirit of enterprise and adventure. M,v own experience.” said the Prince assures me that many of you would Ik' far happier in the free, vigorous file overseas than in a job in a hank or an nTr-e. Lord Forster recently had a successful term as Governor-General ol Australia, and the people there regretted his departure, hut wv at Home are the gainers. Besides being a great Governor-General, Lord Foster was a most popular man, and a great sportsman. When J was at. school there was a book we all had—and some ot us knew most of it by heart—viz.. Wisden’s Almanack.’ There is a lot about Lord Forster in that book.” The Prince of Wales concluded by announcing that lie had arranged with tdie headmaster for an extension of the summer holiday. Lord Forster said that when in Australia it struck him as unfair to a great Dominion to send there only those whom we could best spare. We should send some of those whom we would like to keep. He had decide-’ that when ho returned to England lie would put before the great public schools the immense possibilities before boys who made their homes in the Dominions. There was a far brighter future awaiting lads there than they could expect in many cases at Home. Capital was not so essential in attaining success in Australia- as character. If they had grit, determination, and reasonable luck a golden future awaited them in Australia,
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1926, Page 1
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