Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1915-1923 i haere a Josey ki te Kura Kaupapa o Raro ki te Tonga, tae noa ki te 14 o ōna tau. I te tīmatanga i mahi ia i roto i tētahi wheketere, engari i te tau 1926 ka uru atu te wheketere ki te (National Strike
), na ka whakatau ia ki te whai i tana whaainga pono ko te tuhi me te whakauru atu ki te niupepa o te rohe hei kairipoata e mahi ana hei kairipoata mo te Poole Herald me te Bournemouth Times. I te tau 1926 ka wehe atu ia ki Rānana a i taua wa ano ka uru ia ki te Rōpū Kaimahi ahakoa i kiia ia he hapori wawe.