Commerce offers greater rewards than the halls of learning; the man who measures yards of tape across the country is as well paid, in many cases, as is the man who uses the tape and theodolite of the surveyor. The result is that young men of conspicuous ability, who should remain as invaluable assets to the country, are trained by poorly-paid professors and lecturers only to take their departure to other lands which more adequately recognise the worth of high qualifications. Such instances are too numerous to be regarded with complacence. Young New Zealanders are to he found exercising tlleir skill, and profiting by their New Zealand training in almost every part of the Empire and in many foreign lands as well. What this means to the country of their birth and training may not easily he estimated. lhw emigration of our best will continue until New Zealand learns that only the best is worth while—and that 1 is worth paying for.—Auckland ‘bun
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1928, Page 1
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211Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1928, Page 1
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