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"T 1\ R 1\ N 1\ K I 1\ N." CONTENTS.

Acknow ledgments Agriculture Board of Governors Cadet Notes Camera Club Concert Notes Cricket Editorial Exchanges Football Form Averages George Bendall House Notes Library Notes Masters, Past a nd Present Old Boys路 Notes Preparatory Notes Prospectus Roll of Honour School Institutions School Notes .Shooting ...

Staff Subscriptions Swimming ...

Tennis Term's Diary The Easter Tramp The Taranakian

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SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS. FIRST TERM, 1917.

LESTABLISHED

Prefects'--

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BoARDERs: C. C. Yates ( Head House Prefect ), C. Mc Kay, E. L. Ta nsey, A . R. Callancler, Vv. M. Atkinson , S. F. Drak e. A. McH a rcly.

BOARD OF GOVER NORS:

DAY BoYs :

J. J. K. Terry ( Head Boy), 0. W. Bayly.

School ContingentD. H UTCHEN , EsQ. (C iw irnltlll.} DR. E . F. FooKES. T . G. HIRST, EsQ.

E. P. WEBSTER, ESQ. S . Fox, EsQ. R. vV. D. ROBERTSON, EsQ. S. G . SMITH, ESQ.

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F . W. ATKINSON, ESQ .

H. TRIMBLE, ESQ. L . C. SLADDEN , ESQ.

Secretary and Treasure\路 : W . BEWLEY.

OFFICER COMMANDING : Captain 'vV. H. Moyes .

SECON D IN COMMAND : Capta in A. H. Ry de r.

Sergt.-Ma jor : C. C. Yates.

Q.M.S. : J. J. K. Terry.

No. 1 PLATOONPlatoon Commander : Li e ut. C. H. Wynyard.

Platoon Sergt. : E. L . Tansey .

Section Commanders : L a nce-Sergt. : R. M. Rockel.

Corporal : N . Fookes.

Lan ce- Corporal : R. Leala nd.

Lance-Corporal: D . F. C. Saxton.

No. 2 PLATOO N-

PRI NCIPAL: vV. H . MOYES, M.A., B.Sc. ASSISTANT MASTERS :

R. H. ROCHEL, M.A .

A. S. BANNATYNE, M.A.

A. R. RYDER. M.A .

C. H. WY NYARD~

C. G . BOTTRLL, M. A. V . S . McMURRAY .

Section CommandersCoT pora l : D. Doile.

Corporal : S. F. Drake .

Lan ce-Corporal : K. B rokenshire.

Lance-Corporal : F. Train.

No. 3 PLATOON-

R. KIDD. PREPARATORY DEPARDIENT : C. A. McKINNEY.

P latoon Command er : Mr. V. S. McMurray.

P latoo n Se rgt. : \ V. M. Atkinson.

MISS BANWELL.

Platoon Commander: Mr R. D. Kidd.

Platoon Sergt.: H. H. Go ss.

A. M. BRADBURY, Ar t Master.

Section Commanders : L a nce -Se rgt. : K. Clemow. 路 Lance-Se rg t. : A. R Ca llan de r.

Lance-Cor po ra l : J. M. Hine.

Lan ce-Cor po ral : \N. H. H e nson .

vV. M. FALCONER, F.l.A. (N.Z.) Commercial Master.

No. 4 PLATOON-

MISSES DOWLI NG AND PIKE AND MESSRS. R. N . RE:-.:AUD AND F. W. G. MCLEOD , Music.

MISS HuMPHRIES, Dancing Instructress.

Platoon Commander: Mr. C. G. Bottrill.

Platoon -Sergt. : 0. Bayly.

Sectio n Commander s : Lance-S<"rgt.: A. McHardy .

Lance Se r gt. : C. M c Kay. Corpora l : C. C. H erbert.

Lance-Corpo ra l : H . Bryce.

SCHO O L I NSTI TUT I ONS .

Mag azin eB usine ss Mana ger : Mr. R H . R•Jck e i.

Cric ket Com mitt ee :'l-1r. C. G. Bottr ill (C hairm an), C. C. Yates (Secr etary ), S. Drak e.

C. Mcl{; 1y.

Foo tbal l Com mit teeMr. A. R. Ryde r (Chai r man) , A R. Calla ncler E. L. Tanse y, S. Drak e, vV. M. Atkin son (Secr etary \. F. Tnlin , . R Scow n, H. Bryce .

Selec tion Comm ittee : Mr. Rycler, J. ] . K. Terry . C. C. Yate; .

Capta in 1st XV.: J. J. K. Tern .

Vice- Capta in 1st XV. : C. C. Yates .

Capta in 2nd XV. : F. Train .

Vice- Capta in 2nd XV. : M. Osbo rne.

Swi mm ing Com mitt eeMr. C. A. McK inney , (Chai rm·m ), Mr. V. S. McM urray , C. McK ay, (Secr etary) , 0. Bay ly, E. L. Tanse y, A. R. Ca ll ande r , H. H. Go ss.

Cam era Club Com mit teeMr. vV . H . Moye s (Chai rn)an) , R. Scow n (Secr etary), F. Train , E . L .

Tans ey, I. M. Gui ld. A. E. Rey nolds .

Fina nce Com mitt eeMr. R. H. Rock el (Chai rman ) , C. C. Yates (Secr etary ), H. H. Goss , W. M. Atkin so n, J. J. K. Terry . A. R. Calla ncler.

Libr ary Committee_:_ Mr. C. H. Wy n ya rd (Cha ir man) , J. M. H ine and S. Spen ce (Libr arians ), S . D rake, E. L. Tans ey, C. McKa y, R. M. I{ockel, N. Wadd le.

Ten nis Com mitteeMr. V. S. McM urray (Chai rman ), H. Bryc e (Secr etary), S . Drak e, W. M. Atkin son, A. R. Calla nder, C. C. Yates , J. M. Hi ne.

Con cert Club Com mit teeMr. C. A. McKi u ney (Chai r man) , Mr. C. G. Bottr ill , R. Bo tham ley, H. H. Goss, C. C. Yates .

Sho otin g Com mit teeMr. R. Ki dd (Chai rman ), C. C. Yates (Secr etary ), 0. Bayly, E. Boult on, E. L. Tans ey.

PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL.

Edited by the Boys of the New Plym.outh Boys' H igh Schoo l aud Published twice a year during the continuauce of the 1{7ar.

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T he Subscri ption is 3/- per a n n um (postage included), and should be forwarded to the" Business Manager, Taranak1an, Boys' High School, New Plymouth."

Subscribers will please notify any change of ad dress.

EDITOR IAL. HE Education Departmen t has. not yet given its sanction to· the plans for the new School, which have been for some time drawn up by the Board's architect. The Departmen t considers that the scheme of the Board is too ambitious, while the latter consider s that the expansion. of the School in all activities during the last few years is more than likely to be maintained .

In any case the Board is anxious that a building should be erected in keeping with a rapidly increasing town and a rapidly expanding district. We believe that it is the desire of those interested, and these ·a re not a few, that the equipment of the new School should be equal to that of any other Secondary School in the Dominion, and that it should embody the latest improvemen ts.

The Education Departmen t is averse to the inclusion of an Assembly Hall in the new building, considering it more or less of a luxury. Possibly, too, the War has increased the difficulties of obtaining money. We have, therefore, thought it not out of place to point out the importance of an Assembly Hall to a Secondary Sch ool.

In the first place an Assembly Hall is necessary for all school functions. · Prize-giving s, addresses, concerts and all the numerous gatherings of various kinds· should most ·certainly be held on the premises. One not unimportant part of a boy's education consists in bringing him into contact, as far as possible, witli leading men of the day and of public standing. The Governor and

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the Prime Minis.t er should not be mere abstractions Highly educative, too,. are .addresses by, say, noteri ~ra.vellers or by men_emment m art, science, or literature.

Without an Asseml:ily Hall it is difficult to see how this part of a boy's education can be canied out.

Further than this, it is .essential that the whole school should J:>e :ass~mble~ once a day. Few who have had an;y expenence m ~econdary Scho?l wo~k will dispute t~IS. rhe day begms far better With th1s corporate gathermg. :Prayers are .read, and the headmaster has an op~ortumty ?f address·i ng the whole School, or of arrang:mg co-ordr~ated s?hemes without any loss of time and wr.thout any dr~locahon. Two or three minutes thus spent m th~ mormng, when the whole School is. thus assem?led w1ll s~ve endless trouble and confusion . Then, the.re IS the all-Important matter of "esprit de corps," whrch can b~ muc.h better fostered by such an assembly t~an by 4eah~g with smaller aggregations. 'l'rue educatwn consrsts m much more than mere book-learning. .. This. brings .us to another point, that of training in mtrzensJnp. It Is desirable, tfor this end, to make the ~chool as. sel£-co.ntained as possible. By doing this it rs ~ar .e::sier to mcul?a~~ the principles of loyalty and of mdividual respons1b1h.ty to the. community.

The res~lts of loyal and of disloyal actwns are much more e~srly seen, and the self~sacrifice and hard work of indiVIduals~ for the common weal stand out in clearer relief.

The schoolboy .is the citizen and leo·islator of the future a!-lc~ the. c~nn~uni.ty, in self-interest, must see that thi~ CIVIC trammg Is given as fully .as possible to its youth. It ~nay be thought t~at by making a school self-contained m the manner whwh we have indicated there is some danger o.f a spirit of. parochia~isl!-1. springing up. This can be guarded agamst by JUdrcwus. leadinO' on the part of the sta:ff; and it is perhaps· better that th~re should exist this narrow spirit than that there should be an a?s.ence of the development of what we might call "the Cl vrc sense."

It has been .said that the ~nglish student goes to Oxford or Cambndge to a cer·tam Colleo·e these simply because his ancestors for generations past have gone there. The Gen;nan stu~ent &'oes to a certain univ~rsity beca;use of the mst~uctwn grven by some special professor, and when th1s professor removes to another imiyersity the stude~t f?llo:vs him thither without any feelmg tnwal'ds the mstrtutwn he is leaving. In short th~

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7 German exhibits the instinct of the dog, while the Englishman exhibits that of the cat . Now, there is much to be said for this cat-like instinct, and it is this, we think, that should be encouraged in our schools .

These are, rightly, the days· of attention to the physical welfare of the young. It is highly desirable that the class-rooms should be thoroughly flushed at every interval. Every boy should be turned out into the fresh air for the whole interval. Now, where is the boy to go in wet weather? In Taranaki we have many wet days; provision should be made accordingly. The Assembly Hall a:ffords just the place of relief . In view of the present financial difficulties the Assembly Hall should, for the present, be used as the school gymnasium. Later on it might be possible to erect a separate gymnasium, but ~eantime we have no .means . of carrying out the very: rmpo:ta~t. ~ork of physrcal traming, except under senous chsab1hhes.

A school which has no Assembly Hall must allow its pupils to make use of the clas~-rooms more or less as miniature 0O'ymnasiums . Boys wrll be boys, and must be allowed to work o:ff their superfluous energy by vigorous physical exercise, and but little consideration is necessary to see that a class-room is by no means a proper playground.

Besides the. probable ~amage to furniture and apparatus• a~d the mcreased ~rfficulty .of e:ffective supervision, there 1s the moral questwn of traming in respect of places and pro·p erty. .

If then the Assembly Hall is so necessary for dayboys, I~uch ~ore necessary must it be for boar.ders. Indeed it is not ton much to say that no boardmg-school can be considered properly equipped unless it possesses an Assembly Hall, as. all the arguments in the case of a day-school apply here with doub~e force. The preparation of thH boarders can be done m the class-rooms, but the only alternative for the acc?mmodatio~ ?f boarders in the evenings or on wet days 1s the provrswn of sufficient sitting-rooms; and this, ~n _addition to the extra expense, would be ton inconvement.

For boarders the School is. the home for the whole of the workinO' year and the influence of environment on the youthf;_l cad hardly be over-estimated.

The younO' should be brought u1p, so far as is possible, in pleas~nt and lovely surroundings.

Too often is this important fact lost sight of. 9ne has o~ly to see the hideous buildings usually provrded for pnmary schools

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~nd for the teachers . . We a~·e not arguing for a traininO' m art, but we certamly thmk that the time ha o when the people of New Zealand should dema~sd cfh~ all schools should be better and more artisticall buil~ and that some attempt should be made to fo t ! . th' f ,.d . . s e1 m e y?un!J. some t~elte o ~n edm the.n· schools; if then schools 0 1 :r~ ~ t' Y par a by dqmppe nothmg in this most desirable cat~ e onl~t· Whe ar~ thoroughly convinced thuaetcthion . e ~x I a expenc l ure t us mvolved wo Id b . than Justi:fied. u e more

In New Zealand everythin ~ is et ver · we have scarcely yet had timt to y new! .and or the sanctity conferred by ti 1 < ve aWny tr~ditwns th · fl · d :6. · me a one. e miss h ere e m u ~n~e m e mte, perhaps, but not th 1 of old ~mldmgs and of old institutions It . e ess re:=t:fil, cent thmg to be looked dow " .

Is a magm story," to trea.d those corrido~~o:hic'tv h::pbrts o!d ~n d en .for centunE:s by the O'reat and O'Ood f een ro to sit where sat M ol o o our race ' . hi . d ore anc to worship where Wicli:ff' '~'~ OIS ppe . We can have none of these thin()> h . ~ long years to come. But we think that th me fm H all should be the repository of all th < • • bel ssebml bly of th S h 1 d · e VISI e em ems sh oulJ b~ h~m~n th~f ()>~~ aims and aspirations. H ere pictures and h~nours' obo~~ds o~n~an:s and of classes, v~l ua ble Hncl in t~resting records. Th ~~e ~1lrs~e:~l t otfhr piesent of .the clomgs of the past, and the silent infl o e thus exercised must inevitably work for nothinO' I utehnce f or good . o e se an

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A suggestion h as been made by the Efficienc B 0 cl thah t~e Slptem ber holidays should ne curtaile/ to ~~e wee- m ,ore er that. the Summer holidays may be len thi~d.\ ~ke bxtra hme. t~us available could the;i be ~tily e oys for giVIng a~:>sistance to employers who on accotl~nt of the large nmnber of their employees that'· !1ave en 1sted are exp .· · d'ffi . carryino· th .. b . ' < • enen?mg I cu1tv In on en . u sme~s With anythmg like complete efficie~c :M:uc~ I~ heai d of the shortao·e of labour and th' h 0 a O'e If t · · IS S 01 o ' I rea11Y exists, Is a very serious ' matter not onl to the. employer but also to the State. This seems es ~ ally tine o~ farmers. Just about Christmas there s~:::s t~ come ~.lush of worl~ that must be attended to. There :~:k:~eanng, haymakmg, harvesting and the kindred

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If, therefore, a shortage of labour for these operations does exist, the proposal of the Efficiency Board 'voulcl seem to be a wise one, and all concerned would be most willing and ready to fall in with it. But there are one or two considerations to be taken into account.

In the first place, there must be an assurance that the shortage of labour really does exist.

So far as we can ~ather, this has not been proved. We may be wrong, but m any case the dislocation consequent on the adoption of the suggestion of the Efficiency Board must be justified and compensated for by the certain knowledge of the alleged shortage . No doubt, however, the Board has at its dispo sal the means to obtain definite information. But the point should be settled at the earliest possible moment in order that proper arrangements can be made in good time.

This brings us to our second point. If the scheme is to be put into operation, definite co-ordinated arrangements must be made well beforehand; otherwise waste of t ime, energy and money is sure to result, and but little thought is required to enable one to see how absolutely essential at this time is the avoidance of every species of waste. Employers, especially farmers, who wish for the services of boys temporarily released, should put in applications for such assistance before a certain elate. This cla te should be not later than July 31st, if possible. This -would enabl e schools to go on with their regular programme, should but few or no boys be applied for. To assist both the organisers and the employers a printed form of application could be issued. On this form would be questions to which brief and definite answers could easily be given. But the great need is that of definite organisation. 'rhe allocation of the boys to the different employers could easi ly be made a matter of mutual a~·­ rangement. Both employers and boys have often, as IS but natural, decided preferences.

Again, boys are not skilled labourers, and those who employ them must recognise this. A boy cannot b e expected to do work which is clone by men who have had years of experience. Neither has a boy the set frame aucl powers of endurance that a grown man u sed to hard physical toil has. A boy should not be asked to get up nt fo ur o clock and work right on till six in the evening .

The task is beyond the powers of any but very exceptional boys . The generation to come must not be allowed

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t~ grow up with that droop of th h gmg ·o f t~e feet that ~e :too oft e s oulders and dragoverwork m the youn 0' Not en thee as the result of can justify that. "'· even e present necessity

Employers recoo·nis.ino· th r · . labourers m ay perh~ps at" tim! rmrt_atw_ns of boys as rate the usefulness of their s be l!J-clm~d to underand pay them an adequate ~~l~~orTI JUvemle assistants pretty sure that any bo h "' i le employer may be holidays either is keeny '~ vo unteers for work in the !n each case the bo h~s as.1 a.1 stro!lg se_nse of duty. mcentive to do his· ?est :U hrmself. a_ powerful worth no small amount 't an ls {ery wrllmgness is show that we are pointinO' o af emp o:ve~;. I;u order to "lie .may mention a case th~~ hno mere rgms fatuus," notrce. Not Ion<>' a<>'o as come _under our own made an o:ffer t~ a"' sb~n emplofier reqmred labour and less than one-third of th~g, :ffwe -grown Jad of a wage labourers. Further comm ot _ered to ordmary unskilled en rs unnecessary .

Farmino· is the t · Zealand, and must alw~o~ bnnpoTtant i~dust.Ty in New else is neglected and hasyt e s:ffo, 'Ye ~-eheve. \iVhatever th. . c rn mgs, f arnung must not o su:ff er , AItne present ' . s t a t e of nectecl with the productio su _1 o~cupatwns conor amusements Come last n ~Istnbhhon of lux uries se_heme is evolved it wiil .lie toe thopf t, eTefore that if a wrll <>'o or at an t e mms that the boys necte~l 'witl~ farmi~gr:a e, to occupations intimately con-

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If there is any real need f ., J boys can give "lie sinceTel h 0'1. any lelp that schoolon, uud that a definite co-or~in~led th}; they ;vill h_e calle_d ately formulated. Some sacT·fi : s_c eme wrll be Jmmedrand boys by this alt t• r_ ce wrll h_e macle by paTents proved by tl c • eTa lon m a Toutme that has been le e:s:penence of many year t b tl b n l nt no one will do other tl . . s o e Je est. thus. a:fforded to do some lli~tj'eJ~]c.e atft~e· opportunity Empne. e nng or our beloved So far some eighty boys hav 0 ,· _ . . if theset,ha~e allocated to ,c;uih hlP ee~r;~uy~~s t~~~yr nshamelsd. d o some lllO' towards 1 · ou labour. The"' nnmher 0 £'£tv; 1~;i t 1: al!.ege~ shortage of to be co?sidera bly increased' so s~~ne~rr~ _ls lretty sure a defimte co-ordinated schem l s lh, lS ~nown that opera.tion. e Jas een put into

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THE l'ARANAKIAN .

In consequence of the rise in the pri~e of paper and other necessary material we have been compelled, with the greatest reluctance, to reduce our annual issue to two numbers. vVe shall issue one number at the end of each half year, for the present. We hope that no further reduction in eith er the number of issues or in the contents will be necessary. We may point out that we are doi..ng only what we believe practically every other Australasian school magazine is doing. In fact many such magazines have made more drastic reductions than h as the "Taranakian." We ask, therefore, the indulgence of our readers in this matter. In the two annual issues we intend to supply all the matter heretofore contained in the three annual issues.

SCHOOL NOTES. The School Brass Band are plodding along1 steadily, and are consistent in their attendance at rehearsals twice a week. Arrangements. have been made fQr the l ads to have a practice by themselves for half an hour each evening, the players having made sufficient advancement to enable them to do so. The personnel of the Band, now that it has assumed ·definite shape, is given for record purposes, as, of course, the formation of such a body as a School institution is making school history :-Cornets: Osborne, Wills, Gilbert, \ iVard, Jones, Johns, Knuckey, and Yates; Tenor Horns: Blane, Pope, and Hutchen; Baritones: Bedford and Rawson; Trombones: Beckbessinger and Bryce; Euphonium: Duckworth; Bass: Spence. Yates and Beckbessinger aTe taking pTiva te l essons, but doubtless their seTvices will be at the disposal of the Band on high days and holidays. Two new pupils (Bmckebush and Goldsw'orthy) have . been emolled, but they have not had instTuments allotted them so far.

Judging by the dTilling the tl ads are Teceiving in the shape of bugle marches, Mr. M'Leod should soon have the l:ioys out on the parade ground, thus enlivening the Cadet parades. 'rhe Tuck Shop has come, and the cry of "Two liquorice straps," "Peach Tipe, please," can be heard on any weekday after £ouT o'clock. The habit of eating, we have

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reason to believe dates bade to antiquity. With the habit of eatin O' ar~se the tnck shop, which is to be found With the where numbe~s of schoolboys congregate . ori 0O'in and history of tuck shops we are not concerned, but the significance of the saying, "Come over to the tuck shop" must be apparent to .all who have received the . invitation . With all the painful proceedings of the day's school forgotten in peaceful oblivion the two link arms and saunter across the cricket :field. They continue on unti~ they arrive at a knot of boys gathered round a r ed building. If the young plutocrat shows his opulence in his swagger to the shop, the crowd make way, chee1:y alutations are exchanged, and the boy of the moment (probably J ones tertius) advances to the counter. With a movement similar to that of an American hustler, he :flings on the counter a crisp brightly · coloured Postal Note, leans on the counter with his left elbow, crosses his · legs, and with loftily raised chin he says in a voice which rings with importance, "\Vhat are you going to h~ve, Big Face?." Big Face advances, looks at the colour of the Postal Note and calls foT a Horehound Beer . . The colour of the nbte influences his choice for Horehound Beer .is more expensive than, say, P each Ripe. J ones iii. is not influenced b:y ~he tenor of th~ note; his palate responds to only one dnnk, and forthwith he calls for Peach Ripe. · To the small boy glasses ai·e unknown rec eptacles; h e only knows that the bottle has. a conveniently sized 11ec.k:, and he has an elastic mouth. After on·e swig at his bottle our worthy may chance to gla:qoe round at the L::uot of boys. To tho ·e from whom the nfOl'ementioned salutations have been cheeriest he issues an order to "Name yo.ur Rot-gut." Monastic -discipline has given to these. .fortunate ones the habit of obeying or~ers by instinct. AH,er sundry purchases of Stickjawettes, Billiard Balls, Plain Tabs, vVnlnut Creams, etc., our hero • ''soon outlives his usefulness.'' H e perforce retires to the background, there to amuse himself by spraying the hair qf ,some small boy with any surplus Peach Ripe. Tomorrow . h e joins the knot of boys who act as no4ious Weed exterminators in the region of the Tuck Shop. It is he who ·now gives the cheery, salutation to all new-comers.

Miss Bedford is in charge of the Tuck Shop, ancl" many are the .boys who have unsuccessfully attempted to lead her to .believe that. a greater number or Walnut Creams should be given for the humble penny. It is war time, and in war time economy must prevail.

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Anzac Day was celebrated t his year on April 23n1.

In th e morning we were all sized up and marched round the ground to get us a bit used to marching, for we had not done any company drill before . In the afternoon, under the char ge of Lieutenant Wynyard, we marched down to the Soldiers' Club, where we were joined by the returned soldiers , veterans, territorial s and town cadets.

From th e Soldiers' Club t he parade marched to the Coronation Hall, where t he .Anzac Commemoration Service was h eld . Sever al stirring addresses were given by local gentleman, amongst th ese was a stirring address given

by Ch aplain-Captain Evans, who路 has lately returned from the war zone. He related to us many touching incidents of endurance and unselfishness exhibited by our wounded soldiers . Finally h e appealed to the young men present to take up arms in the fight for liberty and justice. Following this: was th e "Dead March in Saul," and the.

National Anth em, given by the New Plymouth Citizens' Band. :M any and varied are the mounts which convey our "brain-fagged" you ths to the "house of toil." Among the lat est additions are several motor-cycles, which seem to give great satisfaction, even though engine trouble i. experienced now and th en . These "motor hogs" vie with one another in speed around the racecourse, which , it seems, may be utilised in many different ways. Those members of the VIA. formerly well versed in the art of horse-racing, have now turned their talents in the direction of motor-cycle racing, and many and heated are th e arguments that ensue. One of our Masters, who felt in a "Speedy" frame of mind, returned this term with a Dou glas, commonly called "The Sewing Machine ."

On th e first day h e was sporting his newly-acquired "toy" in all directions, b ut sad to relate, his machine became as a mule and refused to budge, even though it "l'."as pushed several miles. The following morning our budding motorist wheeled iliat stubborn machine Clown to that well-known instit ut ion, the motor garage. The mech anic, after a short examination, found that our "speed-hog" had been trying to run 路On kerosene !

Another Master, envious of tl1e prowess of tke owner of th e "Douglas," borrowed the machine for a spin. He ro Lle up Avenue Road in goocl style, and on the way back turned soma h andle or other, and the machine r e ponded with a jump and was so on going some 50 or 60 miles an I n less time th an it takes to write this he was hour.

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down at the School, but did not know how to stop. All the taps, etc., were t~uned one after the other, and finally, when well down Elwt Street, he found the riO'ht one.

We s:t:Lalllong remember his triumphant cry of 'i',I can't stop it_!" a;s ~el dashed past the group of admiring spectators m h1s mvoluntary speed-test.

After the destruction of the School and our subsequent ~emoval to the racecourse buildings, we found ourselv.es ~n urgent nee~ of. some means of proclaiming the begn~nmg and termmatwn of each period. We started o:ff w!t4 a bugl~, but owing to the collapse of our bugler's blowmg capa~1ty we were left stranded. The gap was then. ~lied with .a small bell of very limited sounding quaht1es. B~t smce the ~orms were very scattered, it v~ry often fa1le.d to mak~ Itself heard, especially if any wmd was blowmg. So It was. disposed of, and by the courtesy of S~. Andr.ew's Church, who lent us a large bell, w~ were agam provided for. This bell was hoisted on a tnpod stand which, if it was not a thin()' of beauty was nev:ertheless, serviceable. But after so~e use the t~ngue: whwh was very rusted, d~opped out, and we were reduced to the . n~ces~Ity -of a.rm!ng ourselves with the tongue ~nd stnkmg 1t on the mside.. Nevertheless, it has proved Itself, for we no longer contmue our studies for ten min(useful?) ·o vertime owing to our failure to hear the

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. ~ ow that Winter is approaching rapidly we are begmmng to. feel the cold weather very much. Situated as we are m .the Racecourse, we are exposed to almost every col4 wmd. The cold is especially felt in those rooms whwh. have concrete floors, and it has been suggested that, If these floors were covered with sacks the comfort of the scholars would be materially incre~sed.

As there are ~t present none in the rooms we have to warm ou:r:selves by running round the Racecourse two or three .times ( ?). Doubtless, however, the heaters will soon be mstalled. On June 11th and 12th a bitter southerly gale sprang up. Such was the intensity of the wind that some members of Form VIA ., which is situated in t~e upper story of the Stewards' Stand, were almost seasiCk With the constant rocki~g to and fro of the building.

However, by co~stant exe_rmse we manage to keep fairly warm. Yet ~~1lst dreadmg the cold weather to come, we are all waih~g for the time when we shall be comfortably housed m our new buildings.

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He was a new boy, and had evidently not been used to correction . Moreover he was stalwart and full of the independence of youth . Only once or twice had he visited the Stationery Room,. but evidently he was slow at recognising faces. On one occasion he took a short cut across a barrier erected to keep traffic o:ff · a track that threatened to become permanent beneath the tread of innumerable feet . One of the Senior Masters corrected him. This correction he resented, for the confided to his mates that "The .olcl chap that kept _the .shop was too smart." A mere tradesman must not venture to take upon himself any of the functions o£ a Master.

That great event-tlie New Boys' Concert-to which every newcomer looks forward with misgiving and dread, has once more successfully taken place. Each new boy was requested to render as tunefully as he could a song consisting of not less than three verses. About a fortnight was allowed to the boys to1 choose and to rehearse their songs . Then on an appointed day they were assembled in the IIIB. room by the committee, consisting of the Prefects, who took tlieir place at the head of the room, and called out in alphabetical order the names of the performers. The singing, generally speaking, was fairly good, but there were, however, a few items that resembled recitations rather than songs. One of the new boys uttered in his song, as a revenge, many embarrassing remarks concerning a certain Prefect, who, in his consternation tried to hide himself behind his chair.

Taken on the whole, the concert of 1917 was just as good as, if not better, than its predecessors.

Owing to the shortage of boarding room at the beginning of the First Term, it was deemed necessary to rent Niger House again. There being ten of us there, only one dormitory was required, the remaining rooms of the house being occupied by Mr. Ward. This term, however, room has been made in the old boarding house by turning the music room, perhaps more commonly known to the Sixth Formers as VIB. Study, into a dormitory.

Thus, so far as we can see, Niger House has been abandoned for eve_r as a School building.

At the beginning o£ this term improvements have been started in Hendry Street, at the side of the Old House. The large macrocarpa trees have been felled and the stumps taken out and drawn away by traction eno·ines. The road has been levelled, and metalling is now in progress. We hope at the end of some weeks to se.e it

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During the. felling of the trees one unforcompleted . tunately fell across the electric l.ig1J.t wires connected to the New House . As this happened late in the afternoon repairs could not be effected before night, and cons equently the New House was thrown into darkness . One Sixth Form boarder, however, constructed some r ude candlesticks , and IilO we were able to h ave t ea at t he ~sual ~our. It cannot be said that the candles in their Improvise~ stands are ~s effective luminants as the ordinary electnc bulb. What must our ' an cestors h ave had t0 endure from feeble lighting?

On 'ruesday, Jun~ _12th, the Rev. F. H . Spencer, th~ Agent for the Bntish and Foreio·n Bible Society pmd the S_chool a visit and gave an address· on the work of the Society. The aim o£ the Society is to promote the brotherhood _of man by a recognition of the Fatherhood of God. ~his can be done only by a knowledo·e of th e revealed v\ior~ of God _as contained in the Bible. Further, the. Somet:f, by Issuing transla,tions of the Bible o~ of ~ortions of It, promotes and assists the work of misswnanes to. an extent that is impossible in any other wa;y:. In spite of the war and its claims the output of th e Somety ~as sh~wn a h~rge m~rea_se. Milli?ns of copies of the Bible, 01 of port_wn~ of It, m ab out sixty different la n~uag:es have been distnbutecl am_ong the troops of the Alhes smce the 'Yar br<?ke out. Chma and Japan appea r to be the countnes whwh at present ar askin()' for th e larg~st supply. To~~~y the ~ociety ll:1s in haul the productiOn of four. milho~ copies of the Bible for China alon e. A very mterestmg account of the methods and progress ~of the Society is regularly supplied in "The Bible m the World," a small periodical issued in London and sold at one penny per copy.

The sheep whose _shearing caused so much interest at the end of la_st year Is now no longer a denizen of these parts. It _survived the o-p eration of beino· shorn and for ~ome consi~erable, time throve vigorously . But' one day It see~ed swk. 'Ihe _symptoms "-ere a large swellin g of the throat, accompame~ hy much protrusion of the eyes .

We ca:me t~ the conclusiOn that the compla int was exophthal~? g'OI~re. Death soon supervened, and a verdict that It nad ched of the above complaint was returned .

The fle ece of the sheep "':eighed just over nine pound and was so~d for 13s 3d. Tlus being a species of windfall was sp~nt m the purchase of an old and very excellent engravmg of the statue of the great W illiam Pitt in

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Trinity College, Cambridge . It i s at all times well to keep before us the memory of the great founders of the Empire . This picture wil~ form some sort_of h:umble companion, artistically speakmg, to the fine histoncal engravings presented by Mrs. and the Rev. Archdr.acon Evans.

This year has 'IYitnessed the introduction . of a new system of marking into the school. E_ach p~1p1l has.been supplied with a "PreparatioJ!." Book, m ;vhlC~ the Form time-table and the work set for each mght IS entere ~.

On the last page eolumns are reserved for the place m the Form during the week, remarks for the _week, and the si O'nature of the parent. These books, If properly kept, ~ill be very useful ~n futur~ life. as references.

Besides these, each Form IS supphed with a book for the marks obtained each day, which are entered by the Master taking the lesson. Needless to ~ay, these new institutions were received by a stonn of disapproval from a certain section of the community who, no doubt, for~­ saw that the presentatio n of their weekly report to then parents might be accompanie d by some embarrassm ent. · Both drill and shooting have suffered this t erm owing to the difficulty of obtainin~ rifles. The School possesses on ly twenty of the Lee-Enfield pattern, _an~ ~hese are kept over at the Racecours~ for musketry tra~nmg. For practising for the Impenn:l Challenge S~Ield . Match several rifles have been obtamed, but the chief ch:fficulty was to ·get one sui tabl e for rapid firing. . The DefeJ?-ce Office issu ed two Morris-tube s, and a Wmchester n:fle was purchased with another hea_vy rifle of .22 bore.

These, we hop e, will prove suffiment for our purposes.

Aoout the middle of last term a start was made with out of the grounds about the New ~ouse. laying the 'l'he workmen began levelling the ground. on the NorthEast side of the dormitories for a tenms court. One Sr1turday afternoon each D?Y put in ha~f- an)10ur's work on the court, and by evenmp: a matenal ch iterence had been made. When fini sh ed the court was enclosed by a low concrete wall. The surplus earth was taken to the front of the House to- form an embankmen_t overlooking the gully . To the righ~ and left of the mam entra:nce the sm all lawns are showmg a good growth of giass already, and in the Spring ougfl.t to present a very pleas.A.s. tlie sectiOn on A venue Road was in 0' appearance not School prop~rty, a road was made from :f!:endry Street past the m ain entrance and terminated at a cucular ~ower bed ~ t the g orth end of the tennis lawn. About this bed

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vehicles can turn. Many arguments arose between Mr :.Uoyes and some boys who thought themselves motor ex~ ' t pert~, as to whether a car. could turn about it 0 As ~t proved, cars can ene_ucle it with ease. A rs!~Ii d rustic fence was erected Eelow the embankm t roses a_re to be grown about it. It is to be h end, tahn at ope they will be a success .

The_ first half ·of the year is often eo ·d the settlmg-down period Perhaps th. . nsi ered to be , Is Is one reason why . £ b h th ere ave een ewer gleams of sunshine . th I e c assh m rooms than usual. However w h intellectual feats. A senior ~las e ave d af one ?r two matter of obsolete expressions ~h w~s tha mg With the curred the expression: To r~:ffl e1m(t e t~xt-book ocl e I. 0 ~wag_g~:r) · Of course the :Master with hi s .u sua untimely mqms1hveness asked "Wh t · o· a 1S swagger?" "To carr;, road! was the ans>~-er mucli t 0 th I y a swa., on the e g ee of tbe class ' . . . b . . ~n the same class one stud t chv1dm&' his attention between th=~o:ilia~n seredd to be 1 'dan fan some engrossmg spectacle outside Ho k o old that h~ai you cannot expel nature with a ra.~e P1 c or , and so it ll proved. This youth being asked what w~s u%:linJ.:. so su_av~ and correct, on lessly replied "Two dooo h "'· up hh1s mterest, thoughtoS av1ng a anoo of a ooame " ' "',. .

French as she is understood "Il ; eshrare qu Il pleuve en Egypte" was rendered "It : . 1s raredt · at he- weeps for Egypt " L t . on we liad ''Il a ei · d d s hg~r aient le.urs portes fermees" turned "Th "' ey o uar e t e1r farm doors ." . . · I .

The ±ollowmO' is the t t f Issued by the National Effi . "' B oard ex \Vo a Circut ar t h c1ency et'may sba e t at the circular arrived too late for · any ac wn to e !aken with respect to the May hol'd and Christmas holid~ ay~ . lhe matt~r of the- September ys IS 1scussed m the Editorial in this issue.

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It has been suggested to this Board that durinO'

~he Eresent war. conditions the assistance of th S o

oys and Girls attendin<>' the Seconda:r Seh enbfh utflised with mate~ial benefit to 1he cs~~t: th' urmg~ . e-. ong.summer vacation, and that f . or IS purpose It Is desirable that the h I'd 10r

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It Id s'!1gested that the period during whicli "'Ir s could be of the ~reatest $ervice would abe

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This matter has been submitted to the Hon. the Minister of Education, and he replies suggesting that I should ascertain the views of the various High School Boards of Governors and their Principals, as he feels that they would be in a better position to furnish information regarding the proposed re~rrangement of the holiday terms than the Minister 1S .

As arrangements will shortly have to be made for the May holidays, this matter is one of great urgency if any benefit is to be obtained from the scheme this year, and I submit the matter for your consideration, trusting that your reply will be favourable, and that your Board will be able to fall in with the suggestion, which is made in the best interests of the Dominion .

Since Niger House has been given up and Montosa has been taken over, the residence there has been occupied by Mr. Wara. This is a great convenience, as the house is on the actual property used for grazing and agricultural purposes. An additional convenience is the fact that this property practically adjoins the School grounds, there being but a stree_t betwee_n the two areas. \Ve have never ceased to regret that the founders of the School had not secured in actual school-ground the whole area now represented by the two properties combined. This area is not one rood to9 smal} for a properly equipped !lJOdf?!'l! s94ool,

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This T erm has seen still further improvemen ts in the Gully. 路 A good deal of excavation has been don路e accordin g to a comprehensive plan, and the soil has been u sed to fi1l up quite a large portion of wh~t was for so long swa:inp. \ TV e are now feeling the benefit of the cuttingoff of the perennial stream of water from the drainage of the R acecourse and the adjoining ground. We shall, in all probability, be using- the practice-wic kets in the Gully during the coming cncket season . The completion of the filling of the r emainder of the swamp and the terracing of the sides now seems within measurable dist ance . When the work i&fini shed we shall h ave a football g round unsurpassed both for its convenience and its b eauty .

Negotiation s are still in progress for the erection of the n ew building . The Board of Governors is doing it s utmo st to secure a building that shall be in keepin~ both with t]~e r equirements of an efficiently equipped school and with the r equirements of the town and district. So far no路 finality ha s been r eached. The o1d School was burned clown nearly a year ago, and we are still the g uest s of the Taranaki Jockey Club. To judge from present appearances we shall b e in our present quarters till the end of 1918 . rrhe clm;ation of the war is telling mo-re and more h eavily on the price of all commoditie s . No doubt there h as b een a certain amount of ex ploitation of the public, and it is certain that the war has made the fortunes of not n. fe w. But the rise in prices is inevitable. As a School we ar e intimat ely concerned with the increase in the price of books and stationery.

These have gone up m at erially, and ther e seem s every prospect of the prices risin g still higher . It th er efore behoves everyone to exercise the strict est economy. The Statiemery Departmen t of the School h as done~ all that is possible to keep clown prices and to inculcate economy. We hope therfore that par ents and boys alike will understand why the stationery n.qcounts ar e perhaps larger this year, and tend to become sti.lllarger. The School ~akes as few changes as possible in the t ext-books used an~ encourages the careful preservation of books by boys, in order, partly, that these books m ay b e passed on second-hand to a future generation of scholars.

Towards the end of the first Term the Minister of Education, accompanie d by Dr . .Anderson, the Director of Education, :paid us a visit in our temporary quarter~.

PRIVATE L. PATERSON. PRIVATE E. MASON.

LANCE-CORP ORAL H. MACKIE. PRIVATE A. MARFELL.

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The Ministerial party inspected everything and all the classes at work. They then visited the site of the fire and had an interview with the members of the Board. A deputation of citizens waited upon the Minister in connection with the new buildings and put the case before him both from the standpoint of the School and from that of the town. The Minister showed himself unsympathetic, and in the evening he held a conference with the Board . 'rhe M.inister contends that the Board's programme is too ambitious and ins.i sts upon a material reduction in the plans prepared by the. Board's architect.

The present stumbling block is the Assembly Hall, which the Minister considers a pure luxury, and which the Board considers a necessity. The matter is discussed in our Editorial in this number.

During the last Term of 1916 the present boys of the School despatched through the local Patriotic Committee a small Christmas package for every Old Boy at the front. We were particularly desirous to let our Old Boys know that we remembered them, especially at Christmas . So far as we have been able to ascertain not one of these packages has reached its destination. Consequently our disappointment is threefold :-First, the Old Boys must inevitably feel that we have no thought for them; secondly, there is the waste involved; and thirdly, there is the uncomfortable feeling that there is some gross . carelessness or worse outside of New Zealand.

THE ROLL. This now stands at 248; 82 new. boys having been enrolled, while 52 left at the end of 1916. The full roll is as follows : FORM VIA. *Atkinson, W. M. Bayly, 0. W. Brokenshire, K. Brydon, I. R. *Callander, A. R. Fookes, N. C. Lealand, R. *Mackie , D. G. D. Saxton, D. F. C. *Tansey, E . L. Terry, J . J. K. *Yates, C. C.

FORM VIB. *A tkinson, P. Bayly, G. F. *Beckbessinger, E. *Boon, G. *Boulton, E. *Calder, H. C:lemow, K. Denny-Brown, D. Doile, D . *Drake, S . F .

Gilbert, A. V. *Goss, H. H.

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Greine·r, R. Hamling , E. Herbert, C. C. *Hine, J. M. Howell, R. G. G. Johns, H. M. Knapma n, J. Morey, C. "M'Hard y, .A. M'Hardy , 0.

Ogle, S .

Pitt, H. *Roberts , K . C. lto;;kel, R. M. *Scown , R. Sturteva nt, B . *Train, F. *Winfield, C .

FORM V. *.Allemann, S .

Bellringe r, N .

Boon, .A. Boon, .A. R. Grayling , B. H. *Guild, I. M . *Harriso n, R . I. *Henders on, J. 'Hen son, W. H. Jillett, J . W . *M'Kay, C. *Moore, G. H. W. Newell, C . .A. Noble, C . .A. *O'Hallo ran, L. *Pope, E. R. *Reeves, E. L. *Reynold s, .A. E. *Rigg, C .

Sampson , L. Sindair, R. 0.

Smith, C. R. *Sutherl and, R. Waddle, .A. '~r ebster, G. P. Young, .A. W. *Zinsli, C. R. FORM IVA. Bedford, E. · *Cachem aille , M .

Ohapman , P . *Christie, .A. Hill, C. J. *Horne r B

Johnso~ ,

C.

Kyngdon , C. L.

Moroy, H . B . *M01·ton , H. *Spence, C. *Smith, P . *Smith, S. S. *'l'rain, S. White, S. E. *Wil1s, R. FORM !VB. Alien, K. Blane, P. G. H . *Blundel l, R. *Bryce, H. Butcher, C. Clemow, J. *Fox, K. Goldswo rthy, R. *Guscott , P. E. Hughes, .A .

Hutchen , B. *Jones C. *Knucke y, E . R. L ash,._E. G. *Lee, tl,. *Mar shall. R. *Meikle, D. *Morison , D. C. *Old, c. w.

P ease, R. H. *Sarten, R . H .

Taylor, W. Ward, R. White, C. G. Whittle, R . J. FORM liiA. Anthony , M .

Baker, K . D. *B arak, l\f.

B erridge, W. Blanche tt, E. Boon, H. *Brunett e, G. A. J. *Candy, R . .A . *Ducker, K . .A. *Fookes, C . .A. Gilbert, .Alf. Hayclen , S .

Hill, F. R. *Hutchin son, A. *Hunt, H .

Kidson, C. *Kingsto n, J . R. Lints·, R .

Malt, L. *Messeng er, E .

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"M'Neil, A. D .

O'Brien, R. O' Dowda, R . *O'Hallo r.a n, K. Rea, W. C. Smart, E. C. *Snowdo n, 'l' . .A. Sutton, D . W. Waters, E . *'Valter, J .

Ward, K .

White, E . H. Wright P. Yates, R. FORM !liB. Alien, L. A. Bird, H. Blanchar d , H .

Brackebu sh, A. Y. *Brown, C. *Burkha rdt, I. V. Case, L. Chong, .M *Oole, E .

Cleland, A . *Donald , R. *Fox, D. Greiner , I".

Guddopp , K. Hamblyn , N .

Healy, W. *Herbert , S. Hoclder, H. L. Honeyfie ld . H .

Hughes., C. Johnson, P . *Mitchel l, N. M'Rae, R. Moss, C. *.iVfu sker , R . *Osborne , M. P enman, D. *Rawson , L. R!@aud , I. *Smart, C. Short, W. Smellie, R .

W ebber, H. C. W est, K . *Waiter , A. *' Vyborn, G.

THE LOWE R SCHO OL. F ORM Ill. *Botham ley, R . *Brenna n, A. *Duckwo rt h , C. *Forb es, T. Griffiths, P. Holden, H. Hasell, T. Johns, 0. *J ack son, S. *Jury, D. *Mackay , W . *Moyes, A. *Nicholson , W. *Noakes B . *Pease, L. *Prideau x, E .

T eed, L . *Water son, G. FORM IIA. *Arthur, R. llutler , F. D olby, R. Emmerto n, C. Fookes, S .

*Mackay , D. Neal, K. Prideaux , J. lwberts, H . *Robertson , M. Watkins , I. *William s, F. FORM liB. Blunde ll, F. B .

Carthew , V .

E llis, S . *Fussell, E . *Hooper , B. Hutchen , S. Kebbell, M. Ly·son s, M. *MacLean , W. Millar , N. *Martin , H. C. *Robinso n , K. Saxton, C. Scanlon, B. Scanlon , J. Thomson , H. w .elch , R.

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FORM Il. *Barrell, C. Bellringer, H. Fookes, K. Fookes, G. MacDiarmid, N. l\i'Neill, H. Walk~r, G.

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Bradbury, D.; Dobson, L ..; Good, E . ; Graham, h ,; Huggard, F . ; Jury, L.; Mornson, R . ; Seamark, F . ; Amor, z.; l\'['Kean, A . ; Mounsey, A.; Bennett, R.; Buxton, P.

Gilmour, C. Jones, I. List, R. 1\i'Neill, C. Sladden, P. Bell, G.

The following are the successes· gained by the School in the various public examinations held at the end of

1916:-

FORM In.

Elliot, E. Fookes, H .

FORM lA. Jackson, E. Davi~s, 0.

Strong, J. Garner, H. Bell, D. *Indicates Boarders.

The following boys entered the School in the first term of the year :-Sinclair, R. 0.; *Lee, C. H.; Baker, K. J?.; Boon, H.; *Brunette, G. A. J.; Blanchett E.· B~rnd~·e, W.; *.Ducker, K. A .,; Gilbert, Alf.; *Hunt: H.; R1ll, :B. R.; K1dson, C. ; *Kmgston, J. R.; Lints R. · "'~1es.senger, E.; Malt, L.; *M'Neil, A. D.; O'Dowd~, 0'. ; *Snowdon T .A. ,· Sutton ' D .

0 Bnen, R.; Rea, W. ' S · t E . c . ; *\V alter, J.; Waters TIT E. · Yates R · v1.; mar, Anthony, M.; *O'Halloran K. · WriO'ht' P : Allen' L . : ' .' ' "C. 'J.; . *Burkhardt, ' . d , H . J . ; Blan~hard, H .'; *Brown, B ll' I. V.; Case, L.; Chong, A. M.; *Cole E .· Cleland A · .' ' N.; ' . *D ona ld , R . *H . ; G remer, L.; Guddopp,' K. Hamblyn, F. Healy,,W.; Herbert, S.; Johnson, P.; *Mitchell, A. N.; M Rae, R.; Moss, H. C.; *Musker, R.; *Osborne, M.; Pe~man, D.; Renaud, I. ; * Sma~·t, T . C.; Smellie, M. T.; raylor, W.; Short W . · Webber ' H . C. '· West ' ' .'

J A . ; *Wybor~, l Br ackenb~1sh, A. Y.; G.; vv a ter, . ~ *K . ! * UT B1ennan, A., N oakes, B.· Pease L. · *PndeallX' E . ·' ' *Hooper, B. ; ' V.; G . ; *Arthur, R.;' Carthew, lln:-xr t , v_v a erson, M1ll~r, N . ; Thomson, H.;_ *Fussell, E.; *Barrell, C. ; Dav1es, 0.; Garner, H.; Elhot, E.; Fookes, H.; Jackson, E.; Strong, J. *Indicates boarders.

The following boys left at the end of 1916 :-Ellerm W · K1'dd R' N.; Ruse, A.; M'Murray V. S. · EwinO' ' . "' W.. 'P.; Whit' Traill, ' G. H.; .

D . ; Pl A. H.; Rodger, · npps!

P.; Barnett, E.; T. tle, E.; W1lson, R . A.; Hamerton, Brooker, A.; Fox, R. N._; Moverley, B.; Sole, L . ; Thomas, K.; yvay, C.; White, J.; Wyborn, J . C.; Amor, M. ; Brokenshue, N.; Fouhy, J. C. ; Fouhy, C. B.; Bryce, L.; Burkhardt, B.; Ducker ' C.·' J ohns ' E .,· Sole ' I .,· W oo d , L . H . ; Amor, W.; Bayly V.· BeO'O'S D · Ell1's ' . ' K.;' ' L . "" ' . Russell, J . ; F usse ll , L . ; Hughes, A.; ; Thomas,

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Matriculation and Allied Examinations .-T. E. Hamerton, R. Kidd, R. L ea.land, D. G. D. Mackie, A. Phipps, G. H. Rodger, D. F. C. Saxton, E. Tansey.

Partial Success for the same Examinations .-\V. M. Atkinson, I. R. Brydon, N. C. Fookes.

Auckland University College Terms.-Secon d Year: V. S. M'Murray; First Year: 0. W. Bayly, J . J. K .

Terry.

Public Service Senior.- N. Ellerm (partial pass).

Public Service Junior.-R. Howell, C. J . Way. [Only a. few candidates sit for this examination, as all those who are successful are expected to accept positions in the Public Service if su ch be offered them. So far remarkably few boys from this School have shown any inclination to enter the Service, realising its serious limitations .]

Senior National Scho1arship.- D. G. D. Mackie.

Junior National Scholarship.- A. Candy, J. W. Jillett.

ACKNOWL EDGMENT S. Mr. George Grey, who was for some considerable time a member of the Board ·of Governors, has most generously presented us with the sum of three guineas for prizes for essays . \Ve can assure Mr. Grey that we are deeply grateful to him for his kindness, and we feel sure that the stimulus· thus given will be productive of material benefit to both Schoo1 and. scholars.

After consultation with Mr. Grey it has been decided that there shall be no prizes, a senior and a junior .

The senior division will comprise Forms V., VIB. and VIA.; the junior Forms IIIB. to IVA. The writing of the essay will be compulsory for every boy, and the essay itself will be written in school under supervision, towards the end of the Term. Boys are expected to prepare the subject beforehand and to write the

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 26 actual essay without notes or assistance of any kind. The subj ect chosen is "New Plymouth; Present, Past and Future as a Sea-Po.rt.'' The essays will be judged by som.'eone not connected with the School.

We are very grateful to Mrs. and the Rev. Archdeacon Evans for the gift of three large and remarkably fin e engravings of the Coronation of Queen Victoria, Marriage of Queen Victoria, and t h e Christening of the Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII. The engravings are splendidly framed, and apart from their great historical interes-t, are very valuable from an; artistic point of view. They are now hanging on the walls of the School Dining-Room. ·when the new building is completed they will probably be transferred to the Hall.

Mr. D. Hutchen, Chairman of the Board of Governors, has very kindly donated a guinea for a prize for literature. The prize will be awarded at the end of the year. vVe heartily thank Mr. Hutchen for his kindness.

Mr. F. Farrell, of Eltham, has presented us with a valuable medicine ball . This the Football Team is finding very useful. We tender Mr. Farrell our heartiest thanks for his gift .

Mr. W. N. Ewing has always been a good friend to the School, and he has added to his many former kindnesses by presenting along with Mr. George Smart of Stratford an excellent ri:fle. To both these gentlemen we tender our };leartiest thanks. The gift is all the more acceptable as good rifles are now so very difficult to procure. The gift was just what the Shooting Committee wanted.

Mr. W. Collis has presented us with a framed photo of his son, Q.M .Sergt. D . L. Collis, who gave his life for country and freedom last year. We are very grateful for the gift, and shall always value it as a memorial of an Old Boy who did hiS! duty.

Mr. H. Collier has very kindly presented the band with a euphonium. This is a very welcome addition to our list of instruments, and we tender Mr. Collier our best thanks for his kindness and thoughtfulness.

W . E. Rawson (Judge Rawson of the Native I.Jands Court) has been kind enough to give uSl a football. We are uarticularly grateful for this timely gift, as most of our ~footballs were destroyed in the fire. We only hope that this ball will often b e touched down over the opponents' line by our fellows.

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FIRST TERM, 1917 .

Form VIA.-Average 54.2. 1 K. Brokenshire, 75 .9 per cent.; 2 C. Yates, 69.4 per cent. , Form VIB.-Average 54. 1 A. M H ardy, 71.5; 2 K. Clemow, 70.1.

Form V.-Average 69.4. 1 C. A . Noble, 90.2; 2 R. 0. Sin clair and N. vV addle, 85.

Form IV A.-Average 63. 1 S. Wliite, 76; 2 C. Kyngdon, 73 .

Form IVn.-Average 50 . 1 C. White, 72; 2 R .

Blundell, 67.

Form IIIA .-Average 66. 1 M. Barak, 90; 2 E. Smart, 83 .

Form IIIn .-Average 49.4. 1 A. Waiter, 80; 2 C. Smart, 69.

PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Form III.-Average 69. 1 W. Mackay, 84; 2 H. Holden, 78.

Form IlA.--o-Average 66. 1 F. Williams, 80 ; 2 K. Neal, 78.

Form lb.-Average 70. 1 M. Lysons, 91.5; 2 W .

MacL ean, 84.4.

Fo~m II. -1 H. Bellringer, 81.9; 2 K. Fookes, 72.3.

Form lA.- 1 P. Sladden, 77.4; 2 H. Garner and C. Gilmour, 75.7.

Fo-rm In .- 1 H. Fookes, .75. 7; 2 J. Strong, 68.2.

SHOOTING. FIRST TERM, 1917.

On Tuesday, February 2~th, a meetin.g. of all those who wished to take up shootmg on the mmrature· range was held in Form IliA. room on the Racecourse· to elect a committee. As a result, Yates, Bayly 0., Boulton, a~d T ansey were elected, with Mr. Kidd as Chairman .

For the first month or six weeks in the ';I'erm we were unable to obtain any rifle tha~ would b~ smtable for practice, and as ·a result the . shootn~. g practices were not started till much later than m previous years·,

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How ever, after much porin g over catal ogue expe nditu re of a consi derab le sum in teleg rams s and the , Mr. Kidd recei ved a catal ogue ment ionin g a rifle appa rently more appro priate for our use than a:rry we had seen hithe rto.

We imme diately wired for it, and its prom pt arriv us great satisf actio n, for we were. all keen to al gave enter the lists again to emul ate our last year' s perfo rman W e immediate ly comm enced the tedio us ce. "wee ding out" the bad shots from the fiftyproce ss of keen youn g mem bers who all desir ed a place or sixty otlier of the t eams . The Term was well advan in one or ced be£or~ we had finish ed this task, and, in the mean time, new rifle was too heav y £oT many of the youn as the ger boys to hold stead ily, we purch ased a small , lignt Winc heste r, and with it obtai ned excel lent resul ts.

A few clays befor e the end o£ the Term Field Day out at the Rewa Rew.a ~ange, and we held a targe t for the .22 calib re rifles.. Mr. Kidd presierect ed a this field of opera tions , and an excel lent clay's ded over pract ice resul ted .

The amm uniti on is a heav y item_ this year, thoug h it is consi derab ly cleare r than it has been but alowin g to the gener osity of tbe Finan ce Com hithe rto , mitte e we h ave h ad no short age. Indee d, the difficulty seem s to be to obtai n a perm it to buy it, :for the neces sary perm ission was not g rante d until we point ed out that it as dang erous to store 10,000 round s of small was not cartridges in a fireproo·f build ing as ~t was to store a much quan tity of bi~er amm uniti on in a part-wooden large r build ing like the Drill .tiall.

Duri ng the holid ays we mana ged to obtai fine rifles from the Defen ce Depa rtmen t, andn £our very prog ress. in the shoo ting was at once notic eable a mark ed . We also obta1n ed a s:q.~.all er rifle for the Junio rs to use, as the .303 size were rathe r heav y for them unde r the new regul ation s.

The Cana dian style, which was allow ed last year, h as now been prohi bited , and conse qu ently we shoot o:ff our elbow s. At first this cause d a littlehave to incon venie nce, especially to the new shots , but now all settle d down to it and find it almo st as easywe h ave as the other way.

With this new style we can hardl y hope excel lent resul ts as we obtai ned last year, but £or such the shoot ing is n everth eless very satisf actor y, and we shoul d main t ain, to a certa in degre e at least , our reput ation as a shoo ting school.

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The usual quota of new boys and boys who have no} hot befor e has been added to the team s, ~nd some o ~hese have prove d them selve s as good as, II not bette r than, most of the older shots . . , N ll the comp etitor s for the vano us tea:ms are t a J:O'~~tpitch of expec tation , for it is nearly_ time for ah t~ams to be chose n . The·r esult s of the vano t ~itions will be publi shed in next Tel'm 's Magau~ comlhe mat ches do not take place till the end of the zme, as mont h: . 0 the fil' st Satur day of last Term _we took a: workm~ bee ac~oss to the minia ture range and there put m good rninO''s work cutti ng the grass on t?-e moun s an Ib~ in~ the £ern which h as sprun g up smce l ast seas~:m, ~u~p~£ the space ' betw een the targe ts and the shoo tmg moun d. · f t Unfo rtuna tely, our cleve r devw e or re u~m'nO' our "'b ro·ets was broke n l ast year and h ad not . smce e~n ta "'cl d 0 r "Eno ·inee r" undertook to fit It up agam men ! Hhou he p~t in anoth er posf and put on son;te but,h . g t'll h ave to pause after every shot till £res wuh e~s ';!ns ~p to the moun d and seen the resul t. some one . 'fl £ th H earinO' of our difficulty in obtai mng n es dl e etition~ Mr. Ewiu g and Mr. G. Smar t very m y ~ffeJe d to w~·ite Hom e to Engl and an d ordehr on~ t~. be . cl s eciall £or us, so that it wou1d b e_ ere m Ime fa~ :exl seaso~. ~ eedless to sacly, wel!Y~fupy t~kcee ~~i~ this very thouO 'httul o:ffer, an wou I e o . . 1 0 . t . f thank in 0' these gentl emen for their time y oppor t um y o o o·ift. o At the Grou p Rifle Meet ing on the _Rew~ R ewa R at New Y ear sever al of our boys comp eted with the ange following resul ts : No. 1 MAT CH. Grou ping, looyd s. ·, second-class figur e targe ts; five round s.

Priva te E. Boul ton (4th) ....... ....... .. . .. ..... 20 Serg eant W. Ewin g (5th) .. · .... ·...... .. .... .. .. 20

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No. 2 MAT CH. . lOOyds.; second-cla ss figur e targe ts; five ApplicatiOn round s.

Priva te E. Boul ton (lgt) ....... ...... ... ....... . ~~ Serg eant W, Ewin g (3rd) · .. · .. · .. " .. .. .. · · · ..

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SHOOTING.

No. 3 JHA'f CH. Application 500yds. ; first-class figure targets; seven rounds.

Private E. Boulton (1st) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 28 Lance-Sergeant 0. Bayly (3rd) . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . 27 Colour-Sergeant V. S . :M'Murray (4th) .. ... . 27 No. 5 MATCH. Snap-shooting, 200yds.; second-class :figure targets; SIX seconds' exposure; five rounds.

Lance-Sergeant 0. Bayly (2nd) . . .. .. . .. .... . 23 Co~our-S ergeant V . S. M'Murray (4th) . .... . 20 Pnvate E. Boulton (5th) . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . 20 Cadets' Gold Medal, presented by Officers of the 11th Regiment for Aggregate .

Private E. Boulton . . . . . . ... ... ... . . ... . .. . .. . . . . . 93 The following letter h as been reeeived from .llisley Camp, Brookwood, Surrey, dated March 31st, 1917.

Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Surrey, March 31, 1917.

Captain W. H . Moyes, New Plymouth High School Cadets, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Dear Sir,I beg to. acknowledge the receipt of your application for prizes won by the New Plymouth Boys' High School Cadets in the Imperial Challenge Shield Competitions (Senior and Junior) for 1916.

In view of th.e conditions at present existing, I think .

It ~ould \Je unwise to send the two Silver Challenge Shields out to New Zealand, having regard to their value both sentimentally and financially, and after communi~ eating with the High Commissioner for New Zealand on the subject, I have forwarded to you through that office · the following : 1 Bronze Repl~ca, Imper~al Challenge Shield, 1 Bronze Rephca, Impenal Challenge Shield, 11 Silver Medals, Imperial Challenge Shield, ~ Bronze Medals, Imperial QhallenfJe Shield 1

Senior.

Junior.

Senior.

Senior,

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9 Silver Medals, Imperial Challenge Shield, Junior.

First Prize £ 15, Imperial Challenge Shield, Senior.

Third Prize £5, Imperial Challenge Shield, Senior.

First Prize £ 15, Imperial Challenge Shield, Junior.

Special Prize of £20, awa:ded by Colonel ~chumach~r to the unit for securmg first and thu·d place m the Senior Competition and first in the Junior.

I trust these will reach you safely.

I would like to take this opportunity of congratulating you and the members of the teams upon t.he success you and they have achieved .

Yours faithfully, L . R . CROSSE, Lt.-Colonel, Secretary N .R.A.

TERM'S DIARY. February 8-School re-opened for current year.

February 26-28-Plate-diving competitions in Henui.

March 1-Half-holiday. A. and P. Show.

March 5-Swimming Sports at Breakwater.

March 7-Swimming Championships at Baths.

March 8-Cricket, Masters v. Boys.

March 10--Tennis, Masters v. Boys .

March 21-Holiday on occasion of arrival of :first direct Home boat at New Plymouth.

Water football competition won by School team.

March 29-Cricket match v . Inglewood . . .

April 6-10-Easter Holidays .

April23-Anzac Day. Parade and address m CoronatiOn H all. .

April 24-Tenn Exa:n~nations began: April 27-Visit of Mm1ster of Education, accompamed by Director of Education.

May 3:_Broke up for Term Holidays.

May 24-Resumed school for Secon~ Tenn.

May 31-Football match v. Athletw Rovers. W. on by 12-3.

June 4--Holiday. King's Birthday.

June 11-13-Furious mountain gale.

June 16-footba~l matc4 v. Wai:mate , Draw, 3 all.

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PREP ARAT ORY NOTE S.

The roll number has now reached 68.

New boys admitted this term were_:;-B ell i., Bell ii., -Brenn,an Waterso n, Arthur, Mackay n ., Noakes, Pease :li. , Ellibt, B:ooper, Miller, Thomson , Martin, Bayly, Barrell, Davies, Gari\er, H. Fookes, and Strong.

At the end of last term Miss Winfield , of the Lower Preparat ory, left u s and Miss Bamvell has taken her place. Miss vVinfield w.a s t he recipien t of a silver vase from the Preparat ory ·boys'. ·F,OO'J;'BALL. On May 30 a general meeting was h eld for the purpose of electin g offic~rs for the ensuing season. Captain, l\1ackay i. ; Vice-CaJ?tain~ Duckwo rth; Committ ee, Noakes, Jury, Bothaml ey.

Football · h as begun in · earnest now and already we have played several matches .

One June 5 Preparat ory beat Boarders by 3 to 0.

On May 29 Preparat ory defeated Day Boys after a most exciting .game . oy ·14 to 13.

Mackay 1. landed a very _welcome goal just on .the call of time .

CRI CKET. In the · middle of last term we played our annual match against Inglewood and suffered defeat by one run.

S\:VIMM ING .

In ·the recent Life-Sav ing Examina_tion the followin g Preparat ory boys · s'ecured Certifica tes of Proficie ncy:F . Willia~s, . Forbes, .Waterso n, '·Duckwo rth, Watkins , and Hooper.

In the long-dist~nce s~imming W aterson swam 666 yards, .N oakes 466, yards, ·Griffiths 433 yards, ·Hooper 433 yards; Jury · 400 yards, Duckwo rth 600 yards, J ackson >1:33 yards, Pease 333 yai'ds, Nicholso n 200 yards, Robinson 266 yards . . . · . . ~ On Februar y 29 a team from the Preparat ory School won the water football tournam ent which was h eld in the surf near the Breakwa ter. · The .team consisted of Forbes, \Vatkins , Dltekwo rth; Bothaml ey, Mackay and Noakes, ~nd each was :presented with a silver watch.

LIEUTENANT L. G. GOSS.

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This year we are taking an Elementary Science Course instead of Agriculture, and we are much interested in the subject, for which :Mr. :Moyes takes us.

Since the beginning of the year there have been introduced Preparation Books. The idea of keeping these books is to indicate what progress we are making in our work from week to week. :Marks are given for most of our subjects and the competition for a high percentage each week is keen.

SWIMMING. The Handicap Events of the Annual Swimming Sports were held at the Breakwater on :Monday, :March 5. 'rhe weather was all that could be desired and an enjoyable day resulted for all concerned. This year a new locality was decided upon for the sports, and by the court &sy of the Harbour Board the competitions were held in the stretch of water between the Breakwater and the 路wharf, and so successful was the innovation that it is almost certain to be adhered to in the :future. A temporary platform was rigged up between the Breakwater and the Wharf. From this the races were started. The distances were marked o:ff along the vVhar:拢 by :flags, and all the events were keenly contested. This year, owing undoubtedly to the conditions of the weather and the ease with which the spectators were able to fo llow the races, inducecl a l arger attendance of spectators than on previous occasions. As we were unable to get balloons this year the Balloon Race had to be eliminated . \iV e wish to thank :Mr. Swanson 拢o-r his kind donation of one guinea for the Swimming Fund. This year it was decided to divide the Long Distance Swimming into two competitions-a senior and junior-and to路 utilise :Mr. Swanson's donation for the purpo<;e of purchasing two medals, one for the Senior Champion and one for the Junior Oh am pion.

The results of the Handicap Events are as follows:30 YARDS OPEN. First Heat.-0. Fookes (7sec.) 1.

Also started: Spence (2sec.), A. M'Hardy 3, B. Johns 4, Oalder 5, F. Train 5, \ iVinfield 6, Gilbert 6, K. Roberts 6, and J. Walter 8.

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Second Heat.- Malt (8sec.), C. Smith (4sec.), and.

Brokenshire (1sec.) dead heat. Also started: Goss (scr .), R. Boon (2sec .), Sampson 3, S. Train 5, Waddle 6, Noble 6, Robinson 7.

Third Heat.- L. O'Halloran (3sec.) 1. Also started: Ogle (3sec.), Bryce 3, Rawson 4, Donald 5, W" est 5, Oleland 6, Smellie 6, 路Messenger 7, Lints 8 .

Fourth Heat.-Kyngdon (4sec.), 1. Also started : M'Kay (2sec.), N. Fookes 3, Homer 4, Cachemaille 6, Bro.wn 6, Fox ii. 6, Wyborne 6, Brunette 7, R. Ward 8.

Fifth Heat: W atkins (5sec.) 1. Also started: How ell (3sec.), Fox i. 4, Guscott 5, Allen 6, Butcher 6, Old 6, Christie 7, Williams 8, Snowdon 8.

Sixth Heat.-Bothamley (6sec.) 1. Also started: 0 .

Baily (2sec.), Doile 4, Hutchen 5, Jillet 6, Moore 6, Sutton 6, Hayden 6, L. Greiner 7, L. W ebster 8.

Seventh Heat.--Walter i. (5sec.) and Penman (6sec.) dead heat 1. Also started : Denny Brown (3sec.), C. Morey 3, Harrison 4, Terry 4, Rigg 4, Guild 5, Hooper 7, Gilbert ii. 8.

Eighth Heat.-Boulton (4sec.), Allemann (4sec.), $utherland (5sec.) dead heat 1.

Also- started : ' H ine (4sec.), Zinsli 4, Kingston 4, O'Dowda 5, HiH 5, Newell 5, Gri:ffiths 8.

Ninth Heat.-G. Boolll (7 sec.) 1. Also- started: Osborne (6sec.), Reeves 6, Sturtevant. 6, Clemow 6, P. Atkinson 7, Young 7, R. Greiner 7, G. Bayly 7, Blane 7, Wills 8.

Tenth Heat.-D. Mackie (7sec.) 1.

Also started : Jones (6sec.), R. Ward 6, Hamling i. 6, Johnson 6, Pope 6, Renaud 6, B. Boon 6, Bellringer 6, Reynolds 6, Candy 8.

Eleventh Heat.-Chapman (8sec.) 1. Also started : Bedford (7sec.), Henderson 7, G. Smart 7,, H. Morey 8, Beckbessinger 8, R. Blundell 8.

FinaL-Malt 1, Watkins 2, Bothamley 3.

Won rather easily.

PREPARATORY BOYS' RACE.-30 YARDS. First Heat.-Bothamley (1sec.) 1, Kebbell (4sec.) 2, Ro-binson (7sec.) 3. Also- started: Prideau:s: (scr.), Duckwo-rth (2sec.), Gri:ffiths 3, S . Hutchen 3, C. Sa.xton 4, Nicholson 4, vYalker 6.

Second Heat.-Watkins (3sec.) 1, Jackson (6sec.) 2, Fo-rbes (5sec.) 3. Also started: Hooper (6sec.), Waterson 6, Teed 6, Emmerton 6, Hasell 6, Williams 7, Roberts 7.

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F inal.-Bothamley 1, Watkins 2, Jackson 3 . .A good race.

60 YARDS OPEN. First Heat.--L. O'Halloran (1sec.) 1, R. Boon (~sec.)

2 Also started: Henderson (2sec.), Bedford 3, Watkms 3, Guscott 3, Donald 3, Waiter i. 4, Oleland 5, K . Ward 6, Malt 8.

Second Hel:l.t.-G. Boon (3sec.) 1, C. S:nith (5sec.) 2.

Also- started : 0 . Bayly ' (scr.), Brokenshi~e (scr.), F. Train (2sec.), At_kins~n i. 3, Ch~pman 4, Rigg 4, Young 4, Sno路wdon 7, Lmts 1, Waltern . 8.

Third Heat.-Kyngdon (4sec.) 1, N_. Fookes (1sec.)

2 Also started: G. Bayly (3sec.), Hme 4, Smart 4, Rawson 5, West 5, Hayden 5, Bellringer 5, Sutherland 5 O'Dowda 6, Brunnette 8. ' Fourth Heat .-Doile (4sec.) 1, 0. M'Hardy (5sec .) 2.

Also started : Spence (1sec.), Goss 1, Osborne 4, Reynolds 4, Sturtevant 5, K . 路F ox 6, Blane 7,, Hooper 7, H. Morey 8.

Fifth Heat.-M'Kay (4sec.) 1, C. Herbert (4sec.) 2.

Also started: Denny Brown (6sec.), l3oul~on 6, C. ~orey 6, L . Greiner 6, Ogle 1, K . Roberts 7, Wmfield 7, Hill 8.

Final.-L. O' Halloran 1, B. Boon 2, M'Kay 3.

M'Ei:ay got away well, hut in the run home was beaten .

LONG DIVE. Howell (2ft.), 30yd. 1ft., 1; B. Hutchen (4ft.), 2; Rockel (scr .) 3.

NEW BOYS' RACE.-30 YARDS. First Heat.- Malt (7sec.) 1, B. Boon (5sec.) 2. ~l so sta.rted: C. Smart (3sec.), J. Waiter 4,_ Sutton 4, Kmgston 4, C. Fookes 5, R. Ward 5, E. White 6, Snowdon 6, Candy 6, Rea 6.

Second Heat.-Burkhardt (3sec.) 1, Osborne (2sec.)

Also ~tarted : Smart and Spence (scr .) dead h eat 2.

(3sec.), Ducker 4, O' Dowda 4, Lints 5, HIIl 5, Brown 6, Cleland 6, Gilbert ii. 6, Brunette 7.

9 Third Heat.- :J'Iessenger (5sec.) 1, Donn1d (5sec.) "'路 Also started: Johnson (4sec.), C. Hill 4, Wyhorn 5, Salter 5, D . Fox 5, E. Blanchard 6, Hooper 6, W aterson , Hamling ii . 7, Barak 7.

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Fourth Heat.-Renau d (5sec.) 1, Penman (6sec.) 2.

Also started : L. Greiner ( 6sec.), R . Blanchard 6, J ones 6, M'Rae 6, Meikle 6, K. West '6, Smellie 6, S. Herbert 7.

FinaL-Malt 1, Messenger 2, Renaud 3. The winner shows promise as a swimmer.

200 YA.RDS OPEN. M'Kay (scr.) 1, Henderson (9sec .) 2, 0 . Bayly (scr.)

3. Also started: C. Herbert (scr.), Goss (scr.), C. Smart (6sec .), R awson 9, K . West 9, Sutherland 9, Cleland 12.

'This proved a good race, but at the finish M'Kay came away and won with a little to spare.

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INTER-FORM RELAY RACE .

Form V. (M'Kay, O'Halloran, Reeves, R. Boon) 1; Form VlB. (Doile, Goss, Herbert, M'Hardy) 2. Also started: VIA . (Bayly, Fookes, . Brokenshire, Saxton); IVA. (Spence, Wills, Homer, Kyngdon); IVB. (Ward, Blane, Bryce, Hutchen); IliA . (Smart, Boon, Kingston, Lints); IllB. (C. Smart, Osborne, Wyborn, Renaud) . \Von with a little to spare .

CORFU DIVE .

Twenty-seven competed in this event, which proved very interesting. Eight boys remained in the final, which was decided in the New Plymouth Baths the following Wednesday evening.

GREASY BOOM. Nineteen boys competed in this event, which caused considerable amusement, and was won by Grayling.

BACK STROKE.-30 YARDS .

First H eat.-B. Boon (2sec.) 1, Lints (3sec.) 2, Mitchell (2sec.) 3. Also started: L. O'Halloran (scr.), R. Boon (1sec.), Guild 1, 'Terry 2, Smellie 2, K. Ward 3.

Second Heat.-Osborn e (1sec.) 1, Zinsli (3sec.) 2, 0 . M'Hardy (3sec.) 3. Also started: C. Smart (2sec.), Reynolds 2, Blane 3, Hooper 3, Donald 3, West 3.

'Third H eat.-H. Ward (3sec.) and A. M'Hardy (2sec .) dead heat 1, D. Saxton (3sec.) 3. Also started: N . Fookes (2sec.), Rockel 2, S . Johns 3, BouTton 3, R. Clemow 3, Pope 3. A very close finish .

FinaL-Saxto n 1, 0. M'Hardy 2, A . M'Hardy 3.

The variety of styles in this event caused much amusement.

HIGH DIVE. Spence 1, Forbes 2. Alsd competed: Lints, Cleland, C. Smart, Burkhardt, H. Ward, Brokenshire, G. Boon, Goss, Grayling. The two placed men tied and had todive again to decide . The diving from a height of about 20ft. was good.

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PREPAHATO RY BOYS' RACE.-60 YAHDS. Watkins (scr.) 1, Forbes (2sec.) 2, H. Hoberts (6sec.) 3. Also started : Bothamley (2sec .), Jackson 4, 'l'eed 4, Hasell 4, Emmerton 4, Hooper 5, S. Hutchen 6.

ViTatkins crawled in fine style, and won by about ten yards .

BREAS'l' STROKE.--30 YARDS. First Heat .-Zinsli (3sec.) 1, B . Boon (3sec.) 2. Also started : Reeves (scr.), Saxton ii. (1sec.), Rigg 2, Sampson 3, Sutherland 3, O'Dowda 3, J. Walter 4, Moore 4, 0. Smith 4, K . Ward 5.

Second Heat.-Lints (5sec.) 1, F . Train (2sec .) 2.

Also started: K. Clemow (lsec .), Blane 2, R. Greiner 2, C. Morey 2, Boulton 2, Gilbert i. 3, Prideaux 3, Renderson 3, Rea 3, Ducker 4. 路 Third Heat.-Spence (scr.) 1, M'Rae (3sec.) 2. Also started : Howell (1sec.), Ward 2, Butcher 2, Jensen 2, Cole 3, A. Walter 3, H. Uorey 4, Brunette 6, Walker 8.

Fourth Heat .-B. Hutchen (6sec.) 1, Howell 2. Also started: Rockel (3sec.), C. Smart 4, Knapman 5, West 5, Donald5, Burkhardt 5, Barak 6, R. Hoberts 6, C. Fookes 6, Hill 7, Sno-wdon 8.

Fifth Heat.-A. l\I'Hardy (4sec.) 1, Jackson (8sec .)

0 Also started : Bryce 4, Atkinson i. 5, Heynolds 6, Young 6, Pope 6, Chapman 6, Meikle 6, \Vyborn 7.

FinaL-A. M'Hardy 1, Sa:s:ton 2, Zinsli 3. The winner, swimming strongly, was too good :for the opposition.

PLAT'E DIVING. Ducker (7 points) 1, Duckworth (5) 2, Jackson (5) 2, Burkhardt (4) 3. Also started : Heeves, Waterson, O'Halloran, Zinsli, Renaud, Horner, Harrison and Lints.

LEARNERS' HACE .-20 YARDS .

First Heat.-Hill (1sec .) 1, Barak (scr.) 2. Also started: Johnson (scr.), Lash (1sec.), Hamling ii. 1, Cole 1, S. Herbert 2, Snowdon 2, Gilbert ii. 3, Malt 3.

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Second Heat.-S. Ellis (1sec.) 1, S. Smith (1sec_. ) and G . Fookes (2sec.) dead heat 2. Also started : S. Tram (scr.), Christie (scr.), Kebbell (1sec .), Lysons 1, Merton .

1, F. Blundell 2 1 Carthew 3.

Third Heat.-Candy (2sec.) 1, Cachemmlle (1sec .) 2 .

Also started: All en (2sec.), Welch 2, Jury 2, Nicholson 3., Scanlon 3, Robinson 3.

Fourth Heat.-Forbes (2sec.) 1, Brown (3sec .) 2.

Also started : West (2sec.), D. Fox 2, Noble 2, Jillett 3, Sutton 3, J. Walter 3.

FinaL-Candy and Cachemaill~ (dead heat) 1, Ellis 3.

An interesting finish, the judge bemg unable to separate ' the first two.

100 YARDS OPEN .

First Heat.-G . Boon (6sec.) 1, C. Smith (11sec.) 2, Doile (4sec.) 3. Also started: Sturtevant (5sec.), Reynolcls 6, Young 7, Zinsli 8, Hayden 9, Rawson 10, Cleland 11, Lints 11. Won easily.

Second Heat.-Broken shire (6sec.) 1, N. Fookes (6sec.) 2, Spence (6sec.) 3. Also started : Denny Brown (9sec .), Boulton 10, Bellringer 10, Donald 11, Sutherland 11, Henderson 11. A close finish.

Third Heat.-M'Kay (scr.) 1, 0., Bayly (scr.) 2, C. Herbert (scr.) 3. Also started: Goss (scr.), Rowell (2sec.), Meikle 4, Blane 5, K. Ward 9, Malt 11 . Won 3 Th 'K . easily. e Final.-Broke nshue 1, B. Boon 2, M ay. . winner, who swam with an easy action, obtamed the verdict by a length.

CHAMPIONS HIPS. The Championship Events were comp.e~ed for on \iV ednesday evening, March 7th, at the Mu~Impal Baths, ' and the weather was all that cou~d be desu.ed . . There were so many entries for the Jumor C~ampwns.hip that it had to be swum off in heats. A considerable Improvement was noticeable in the times for the short races . .

The Championship results were: C. M'Kay (Semor Champion), L. O'Hallo~an (Junior Champion), E. Messen O'er (under 14 Cham pwn) . "'The Old Boys' Race was keenly contested,. the result being as follows: Howell 1, Ho:ffmann 2, Gibson 3.

At the conclusion of the Sports, Messrs. Schwartz and Christiansen gave an interesting exhibition of fancy

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39 attentively most was swimming and diving, which watched and keenly appreciated by the spectators.

The officials were: Messrs. W. H. 路Moyes (starter), A. R. Ryder (call steward), R. H. Rockel and C. G. Both路ill (judges), Messrs . M'Kinney, vVynyard, lVI'Murray, and Kidd (stewards), Greiner and Bennett (timekeepers).

The results are as follow : -

CHAMPIONS HIP EVENTS. Senior Championship .

25 Yards .-M'Kay 1, Callander 2, Spence 3. Time, 15 2-5sec .

50 Yards .--M'Kay 1, Spence 2, Callander 3. Time, 36 1-5sec .

100 Yards.-Spenc e 1, M'Kay 2, Bayly 3. Time, 1min. 24 2-5sec.

Junior Championship.

25 Yards.-L. O'Halloran 1, Reeves 2, M'Hardy 3.

Time, 25 2-5sec.

50 Yards.-L. O'Halloran1, Reeves 2, Doile 3. Time, 39sec.

75 Yarcls.-Reeve s 1, L. O'Halloran 2, Doile 3. Time, 1min, 3sec.

Under 14 Championship. . 25 Yards.-Botha mley 1, Messenger 2, Sutherland 3. .

Time, 18sec. . 33 Yards.-Botha mley 1, Messenger 2, Boon 3.

Time, 25 2-5sec.

66 Yards.-Messe nger 1, Boon 2, Sutherland 3.

Time, 1min . 6 2--5sec.

Senior Championship Points.-M'Ka y 18, Spence 10, Callander 3.

Junior Championship Points.-L路. O'Halloran 13 ' 路 Ree-ves 11, Doile 2.

Under 14 Championship Points.-Mess enger 11, Bothamley 10, Boon 4 .

OTHER EVENTS. Corfu Dive.-Rawso n 1, Morrison 2.

Musical Lifebuoys .-First heat : C. Smith. heat : B. Hooper. Final: Won by C. Smith.

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Awkward Entry.- Won by Osborne.

This year a much larger number secured passes in the different examinati ons for Life-savin g than in previous years. The Boarders' classes. were held at the Baths every Tuesday and Thursday mornino- and the Day-boys ' class on Monday and w' ednesday b~Iternoons after school.

The examiners were Messrs. Walker and Christiansen :for the practical work and Dr. Blackley for the · physiolog y.

The results of the examinati on were as follows: Honorary InstTUcto rs' Certificate s .-Claude M'Kay and H. Goss.

Teachers' , Certificat es.-Claud e M'Kay, H. Goss, Brian J ohns.

Bronze Medallio ns.-Maur ice Osborne, Ian Renaud, Basil GI~ayling, Stuart Spence, Roy Wills, Claude Kyngdon, Bnan J ohns, Derek Denny-Br own, Fredk. Train, Beresford Sturtevan t, Reginald Howell, Philip Atkinson, Edward Pope, Edward Reeves, Cedric Zinsli Lionel ' O'Hallora n , R onald Boon, Hugh Bryce .

Proficienc y Certificat es.-Mauri ce Osborne, Ian R.enaud, L eonard R awson, Douglas Meikle, Cecil Fookes, Eric Smart, Kenneth Ducker. Herbert Boon, Stuart Spence, Roy Wills, Claude Kyngdon, Brian Horner, Bruce Hutchen, Derek D enny-Brow n, Reg. Howell, Philip Atkinson, Edward Pope, Ronald Boon, Hugh Bryce, Twysden Forbes, Waterson , Frank Williams, Cecil Duckwort h, Basil Hooper; Cecil Smith .

Elementa ry Certificat es.-Mauri ce. Osborne, Ian Renaud, Colin Smart, Arthur \Valter, Douglas Meikle, Cecil Fookes, Eric Smart, Kenneth Ducker, Herbert Boon, Stuart Spence, .Roy Wills, Claude Kyngdon, Brian Horner, Sydney Tram, Derek Denny-Br own Reginald Howell, Philip Atkinson, Edward Pope, Ro~ald · Boon, ~ugh Bry?e, W aterson, Twysden Forbes, Frank Wilhams, CeCll Duckwort h, Ivan Watkins, Basil Hooper, Cecil Smith, Surrey S. Allemann .

A large number entered for the long-dista nce swim- · ming, for which certificate s are awarded by the New Z_ealand Amateur Swimmin g Associatio n . The Associatwn . award three ~lasses of certificate s: (1) Beginners ' Cert~ficate for a dis~ance of 100 yards; (2) Proficienc y Certificate s ~or a distanc~ from 100 ya-rds to a mile; and (3) Certificate of Ment for distances over one mile.

The results are as follows: -

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LONG-DI STANCE SWIMMI NG. Senior Championsh ip.

Distance.

Miles . Yds. Name.

446 3 C. M'Kay K. Br.o kenshire ... 3 33 1 A. R. Ca!Iander A. M'Hardy . .. ... . 0 1333 G. Boon ........ .. .. 0 1066 933 H . Bryce ....... ... . 0 800 F. Train ... ....... .. 0 800 A. Reynolds .... .. 0 666 E. Beckbessin ger.. 0 600 R . Howell ......... . 0 Junior Championsh ip·.

Distance.

Miles. Yds .

Name.

700 M. Osborne . ........ 2 J. Hende1'son .. .. .. 1 1066 C. Zinsli . . ... .... .. . 1 1000 666 L. O'Halloran ...... 1 E . Reeves . .. .. .. . . . 1, 553 466 M. Guild .. . .. . . . . . . . 1 266 K. Duck er . . .. . . .. . 1 66 D. Denny-Brow n.. 1 1333 S. Hayden .. .. .. . . .

1266 G. Wyborn .........

1266 P. Chapman .......

1200 E. Pope . . .. . . .. . . .. .

1200 S. Train .. .. .. ... ...

1200 R. Boon . . .. .. . . . . . .

1133 I. Renaud .. .. .. . ..

1066 M. Sutherland . . . . .

1066 C. Kyngdon . . . . . . .

1000 R. Donald 946 P. Guscott

Yards.

933 B. Boon .......... . ..

933 B . Hutchen ........ .

933 0'. Smith ......... .

933 A. W aiters ....... ..

833 I. Burkhardt .... ..

800 L. Ra.wson .. .... .. ... .

800 I. Harrison . .. .... . .

733 C. Malt ........... . .

666 R. Wills .. ......... .

666 C. Smart .......... .

666 G. Water·s on ...... .

600 C. Duckworth ..... .

600 R. Lint9 .. ......... .

533 N. Mitchell ...... .. .

533 C. Rigg ... ........ ..

533 S. Jackson ........ .

500 c. Old ... ........... .

500 S. Herbert .... ... ..

466 B. Noakes· .. .... .. .

466 B. Horner ........ . .

438 P. Griffiths ..... ... .

400 D. Jury ............ .

400 K. O'Halloran ... .

400 L . Teed .. .. .... ... ..

333 C. Fookes· ......... .

333 S. Hutchen ...... .

333 L. P·e ase .......... .

266 K. Robinson ... .. ..

266 C. Rea ... ..... .. .... .

200 J. Waiter . .. ........ .

200 A. Snowdon .. .... .

200 W. Nicholson ... .. .

133 B . Hooper ....... .. .

M'Kay. C. Senior Champion: Junior Champion: M. Osborne .

HOUSE NOTES .

At last our numbers have reached the one hundred mark : 103 .Boarders were on the roll very shortly after the re-opemn g of School. Both the New and Old Houses are completel y filled, and at the beginning of the year most of the weekly boarders occupied two rooms in Niger

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House. However, at the beginning of the Second Term several rooms were :fitted out as dormitorie s in the Old House; so- that Niger was not needed to accommod ate the week-ende rs .

That our ranks have been .large~y swelled this year may be seen from the followmg list of new boys : Tansey, Goss, M'Hardy (i.), Arthur, Brown, Baker, Burkharcl t, Brennan, Brunette; Blunclell, Boulton, Cole, Donalcl, Ducker, Hooper, Rerbert Hunt Kino'ston Lee M'Neill, Mitchell, Musker, Mack~y (ii .): Noakes, O'Hal~ loran, Os borne, Pease, Robertson , Martin, Smart, Waterson, Snowdon, vVyborn, Walter MessenO'er Barrell A very lurg'e proportio~ of thes~ Boon, Brackebus~1. boys, as usual, hml from South Taranaki; but it is noticeable that the Auckland quota is increasing steadily.

On our return to School at the beginning of the year two new House Masters with whom we were found we not altogethe r unacquain ted . In fact, we found that two popular memb~rs ·Of our last year's School communit y h a.d been appomtecl to positions on the Sta:ff. vVe take th.ls . opportuni ty of welco~ing N~r. M'Murray and Mr. K1cld to our estabh shment m then' new role as wielders of the rod.

Thi~ year ha~ se~n the Tuck-Sho p properly started.

The bmld~ng, wh1eh 1s on the north side of the Cricket Ground, 1s always thronged with a noisy crowd of l~mlfFY B.oa~'ders, all clamourin g at once for their par~lCU"ar dm.nhes. Nowadays one does not h ear the almost mcessant mterrogat ion of the Boarder of last year , "Can I go clown to Tea-Pot's ?"

At the end of the First ·Term lawns were laid clown around the New ~ouse and paths and road ways definitely :fixe~. A tenms court haS! also· been laid clown. The grass l_ll these lawns is. coming on well, and in a very short tune the surrounclm gs of the New House will present a pleasing appearanc e.

At .the beginning of the Second Term a start was made w1th the formation of a new road runnino' alono'side the Old ~Ol~se . A large pine-tree was felled a~cl bro;_ght clown w1th 1t the electric light wires, so- that the New House was left in the dire predicame nt of havinO' to use candles. . The cancl~e-sticks were. particular ly ~rtistic; they co~1Slstecl of a p1ece of wood mto which three nails were clnven. Candles were f.orcecl between the nails, and the :final result was very sat~sfactory . There were quite a number of large ~tumps m· the proposed line of the

HOUSE NOTES.

43 a utilise to road, and to- remove these it was necessary mechanism of piece this say, toNeedless . engine traction did not waste a great deal of time in removing these obstacles. , However, one particular ly stubborn stump refused to budge until it had bToken several times a wire rope used in its removal.

Several concerts have been held this year . As usual they have been entirely successful . It has been noised about that the Masters are going to give a display of their vocal powers in the near future.

One evening, asl Mr. Moyes was out, the Master on duty read prayers. This Master, whose name bears a strange resemblan ce to the technical term for a place in which grapes are cultivated , chose to read us the story of the rich man who hired labourers to work in his "vineyard!" We would like to remind this Master that the pun is said to -be the lowest form of wit.

The wave of advancem ent in means of locomotio n has not left our School unaffected . Motor-cyc les are now makino' their appearanc e. Recently, the Master in charge of the"' Old House purchased a speedy-lo oking steed on which he often takes a cruise up to the Mountain , whence he returns with vivid tales of glissading and other forms of enjoymen t in the snow. His machine, however, showed at :first a strong inclinatio n to do with one cylinder what it is supposed to do with two. Its owner could not remedy the trouble, and at last, in desperatio n, souO'ht the advice of "Deedle," our motor expert .

"D~edle" traced the trouble to dirt in the "carburet ter," and since his mechanic al skill ( ?) remedied that defect, the motor-bik e has given no trouble.

DurinO' the First Term, Reggie, the fox-terrie r who joined us last yeai·, swelled our roll by presentin g four h ealthy pups to the establishm ent. These four young canines a:fforcl a ·great deal of amusemen t to everybody by their antics. In the words of one of our number, they are continual ly "having a hang of a go," whatever that may be.

DurinO' the Second Term a representa tive of the Persian variet; of the feline species came to make his abode with us. He too- makes himself very popular by prowlinO' around the dormitorie s at night. However, one night wl~ile he was performin g this escapade he was captured by a certain youth who, in his wrath, hurled the unfortunate "puss" out the window.

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We have in o·u r midst a certain youth who is generally known as the Bush-Lawyer! He dearly loves to swot hard and, we have it on reliable authority, that his favourite mode of doing this is first to send a small boy for wood and coal. to make a fire. ·when. he has bro.ught it, send him for more. 'l'hen pile a huge piece of coal on the fire, draw ::m armehair as close as possible to the furnace thus created, rest the body in the chair and the feet on the . mantelpiece, get a swot-book, and then gaze in the fire and dream about-we_ will not say what.

However, we would not recommend tliis methol of doing preparation to an'yone who is not the possessor of an iron constitution such as belongs. to our Bush-Lawyer.

The garden round the Old House is now assuming a beautiful aspect under the tender care of the House Master. Any boy wl10 runs across a lawn has to pay dearly for his folly. Evidently this fact inspired one youth to plant on a stick .i n the centre of a bed of chrysanthemums a piece of paper bearing the inscription:" To my Garden. · A poor thing, but mine own."

Needless to say this label 'd id not long remain to amuse · passers-by.

The Prefects in the New House had, at the beginning o£ the year, rather a trying experience owing to the efforts of a small boy, who evidently fancies himself something of a musician, to play the "Double Eagle ." 'I'his yo·uth was practising this march with a view to swelling the· pro·g rilmme o£ a fn tute ·concert. Nevertheless, his first attempts at what· :was evidently intended to be a stirring march were extre:)llely nerve-racking ' About twenty-five Boarders · went to the Mountain at Easter, where a very enjoyable time( was spent. The jom'ney to Egmont Village was clone by motor, but all of us 'walked the distance ·b aok to School. On:e of our number,: who is renowned as having walked all over Ruapehu, went to bed for a fortnight after trap1_ping home.

It -is surmised that for onGe, at any rate, he overdid it. · N ciw that our numbers are so gTeatly increased \\l'e miss the' Gymnasium more tll an 8'i1er. :On wet nights the· Libra1·y is generally filled with a none too quiet assem·blage o£ youths, and both Mar>ters and- Prefects have plenty to do in the way of wielding weapons of torture.

However, a shed has been erected next to the Preparatory 0

QUARTERMASTER-SERGEANT G. M. BECK., PRIVATE B. STODDART. PRIVATE C. W. FAIR. PRIVATE F. S. GRAYLING.

HOUSE NOTES.}

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Class-room, and llas been fitted with elect.ric light. H ere all pugilistically-inclined Boarders settle their differences, and here also members of our Band very often exhibit their musical skill.

Nowadays there are too many Boarders to allow of all of them doing Preparation in the Prep. Room . So the Preparatory boys now do their home-work in the Library. vVe are pleased to note that M:'Kay, O'Halloran (i.), and Messenger each won a Swimming Championship.

Boarders have thus won all three Swimming Championships . In the long -distance swimming 1 Boarders also did very well.

The first matches of the Football Season were as usual a Senior and a Junior Boarders v . Day Boys m atch .

Th ese were played at the end of last Term. Boarders won both match es . Several of the- Senior Boarders were unabl e to play owing to illness .

Early in the Second 'l'erm the Junior Football Competitions were started, and th ere a.re three Boarders' teams taking part in the, two competitions.

Evidently as a result of his arduous "swot," our aforementioned Bush Lawyer considers the partakin&' of u little light ( ?) refreshment not at all out of place before h e r etires to the well-earned oblivion of slumb er.

So it has been noticed that he regularly hies himself to the Dining-room at a rather late hour to pick up a few crumbs (not of knowleflge). One night he must have been extremely thirsty, as he, was observed in the act of sl aking his abnormal thirst by the simple expedient of raising the milk-jug to hi s lips and draining its contents, to his own satisfaction and, incidentally, to his observers' amusement. We· can quite understand that our Bush Lawye,r would be able to put away l arge quantities of milk, as .it is rumoured that he hails from a "dry" ountry.

During the First 'l'erm we saw the scr eening of "The Rescue o.f the Steffanson Expedition ." This picture was very interesting, and gave us au idea of the terrors and h ardships of the Boundless North.

During the Second Term we experienced a severe wind-storm from the, Mountain. This wind upset things not a little. It was impossible for us to do any drill in th e morning s b efore breakfast, so we were permitted to stay in bed half-an-hour longer than u sual. This was a not unwel come ch ange. One dormitory in the Old House had an exciting e·x perience, as the w.ind carried off one of the windows of the "dorm." All the doors on the

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CRICKET.

south side o£ the New House were kept closed, so we were obliged to enter the Dining-ro om through the, front d_oor 0 £ the House. However, we should be thankful that such gales are few and far between.

CRICKET. Since the local competiti ons had long since been abandone d we found o·u rselves with no outside fixtures for the XI. 'We managed to arrange several matches with some of the remaining eillthusiasts in the town, and on one occasion were visited by an Inglewood team. We returned this visit the following week, and would like to record our appreciati on of the geneiJ:ous hospitalit y accorded us .

In place o.:fl the usual net practices, in which only a comparati vely limited number can participat e, we instituted this 'l'erm a series of matches between teams representing the districts from which our numbers are chiefly drawn·. These we found more successful than the old method in stimulatin g that keenness for the game which Taranaki ai:rt seems· somehow to chill.

At the end of the season the central pitch was dug up, re-levelled and so·w n. As a result we hope to have next yeaii a wicket as nearly perfect as matting can be.

We opened the year with a match between the First XI. and a team picked from the rest of th~ School. The pitch was not in perfect order, but notwithst anding, some good cricket was seen . The following is a detailed report of the scores : (FIRST XI. Yates, c. Bryce, b. Mr. Wynyard 36 Goss, c. Mr. Bottrill, b. Mr. Wynyard 5 Terry, c. Po·pe~, b. Mr. Bottrill ...

14 Fookes, b. Mr. M'Kinney 4 M'Kay, b. Mr. Wynyard 10 Reeves, c. Mr. Bottrill, b. Mr. M'Kinney ...

0 Gr~iner, c. Mr. M'Kinney , b. Mr. Wynyard 2 O'Hallora n, b. Mr. M'Kinney 0 Hine, b. Mr. Wynyard ...

4 Wills, c. Spence, b. Mr. M'Kinney 0 Christie, not out 0 Extras 10 Total The bowling analysis was not taken.

85

REMAINDER~ OF SCHOOL. Mr. Wynyard , c. Terry, b. Goss ...

Mr. M'Kinney , retired ...

Mr. Bottrill, b. Goss J ones, b. Goss Pope, c. 'rerry, b. O'Hallora n Osborne, c. and b. Yates Spence, b. Yates 'l'rain i., c. Wills, b. Yates \V alters, not out

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69 56

20

0 0 1

8 0 2

• 'Total for nine wickets . . . 156 The ne:s:t match was one which had long been looked forward to by both Masters and Boys, but the laurels went to neithel', side, as the match had to be abandoned on account of the rain .

Yates 42, Fookes 12, and M'Kay 13 did most of thei scoring for the Boys, while Mr. M'Murray 36, Mr. M'Kinney 28, and Mr. Bottrill 15, accounted fm' most of the Masters' sc.ore. The deta iled scores were :BOYS. Yates, b. Mr. Wynyard 42 Goss, b. Mr. Wynyard . , .

0 Atkinson, st. Wills, b. l\lr. vVynynrd 1 Terry, b. Mr. M'Kinney 7 Fookes, b. Mr. Moyes ...

12 ~1'Kay, st. Wills, b. Mr. Wynyard 13 Scown, b. Mr. Wynyard ...

4 Greiner, c. l\fr. M'Murray , b. Mr. ViTynyurd 1 Reeves, st. Wills, b. Mr. Wynyard 5 Drake, b. l\lr. M'Kinney 2 Hine, not out 0 Extras 9 Total Bowling analysis. -Mr. \iVynyard, seven wickets 40 runs; Mr. l\f'Kinney , two for 16; :Mr. Moyes, one 10; Mr. M'Murray , none for 11; Mr. Bottrill, none for 1\.[r. )lr.

"Mr. Mr.

\iVynynrcl, M'Murray , M'Kinney , Bottrill, c.

l\IASTER S. l.b .w. , b. Goss . .. b. Goss c. Goss, b. M'Kay Fookes, b. M'Kay

96 for for 10.

3 36 28 15

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Mr. Moyes, c. Goss, b. Scown Wills, not out ...

Spence, not out Extras ...

9 5 2

13

Total for five wickets ... 111 Bowling analysis .-Goss, two wickets for 39 runs· M'Kay, two £or 38; Scown, one for 12; Yates, none fm 9: SCHOOL v . NEW PLYMOUTH. Mr. Wynyard, b. Ba.in .. .

Mr. M'Kinney, b . Bain .. .

Goss, b. Knapp .. .

Mr. Bottrill, b . Bain . . . . ..

Mr. M'Murray, c. Kidd, b. Knapp Yates, b . Bain .. . . ..

O'Halloran, c. M'Donald, b. Knapp Terry, l.b.w., b. Knapp M'Kay, b . Bain Scown, b. Nicoll Reeves, not out .

Extras Total

4 9

19

16

17 0 0

1

12 10 1 14

... 104 NEW PLYMOUTH.

Nicoll, b. M'Kay ... . ..

Oliver, l.b .w., b . Mr. Wynyard ...

Knapp, c. and b. Goss ...

Bain, run out . . . . ..

Elliott, b . Mr. M'Murray O'Byrne, c. Mr. Wynyard, b . Mr. M'Murray Billing, c. Goss, b . Mr. M'Murray Kidd, c. Yates, b. Mr. Wynyard ...

Ewing, b. Mr. Wynyard ...

M'Donald, not out .. . .. .

Wills, c. Yates,, b. Mr. Wynyard Extras ... ... . ..

Total

5

23 54

16 6 0

0 1 0

3 2

16 ... 126

.A second match between Masters and Boys was half-way through the Term, but this also remained unfimshed . The Masters compiled 68 mainly through the e:fforts of Mr. M'Kinney 16 and B~rg 19 . Tlie Boys

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49 replied with a total of 72 for eight wickets . Yates 20 M'Kay 15, and Scown 16 did most o£ the scoring, whilst :for the Masters, Mr. Wynyard and Mr. Bottrill shared the honours with the; balL Return Match.-School v. New Plymouth:SCHOOL. Mr. Wynyard, b . Bain Mr. M'MurrayJ c. O'Byrne, b. Christian ...

Yates, c. sub., b. Knapp Go ss, run out . . . . ..

Mr. Bottrill, run out Terry, b. O'Byrne M'Kay, l.b.w ., b . Christian O'Halloran, not out Scown, run out Reeves, b. Graham Greiner, b. Bain Extras

0

37 6 0 57

3 0

10 7 7 1 4

... 132

Total NEW PLYMOUTH. H eskett, b. Goss' Knapp,. c. Mr. Wynyard, b. Mr. Bottrill ...

Bain, b . Mr. Bottrill Nicoll, c. and b. Mr. Bottl·ill ...

Graham, c. and b. Mr. M'Murray O'Byrne, b. Mr. M'Murray ...

Ryan, c. Mr. Wynyard, b . Mr. Bottrill Christian, c. and b. Mr. M'Murray _ Hughes, c. O'Halloran, b . Mr. Bottrill \Vills, no-t out Spence, c. and b. Mr. Bottrill Extras

70

10 35 0 25 7 7 0 5

15

8

11

... 193 Total Bowling analysis.-Terry, no wickets :for 17 runs; Mr. Wynyard, none1 £or 19; Mr. Bottrill, six £or 84; Goss, one for 22; Mr. M'Murray, three for 19 . .An hglewood eleven paid us a visit. Unluckily we had bee·1 playing for but a short time when the game had tQ· Q(J a.l:la.~qoped on account of -the rain. Batting

C~ICKET. 50 first School compiled 129 with the aid o£ Mr. M'Kinney 45 Nir. M'Murray 41, M'Kay 14, Mr. Both·ill10. lngl e,w~od h ad 63 to their credit for the loss of five wickets when rain prevented further play .

The following Thursday we returned the Inglewood 1·eam' s visit. Our opponents treated us in the1 good old lnglewood style, with the result tha-t we had a most enjoyable outing. As for the play, alas! the asphalt pitch had us completely fluster ed_ Goss, Yates and :M'Kay were all caught in slips in the\ first two overs.

A .s tand by Mr. Bottrill 41 and O'Halioran 16, brought our total to· a modest 87. However, the pitch proved too fast for the lnglewood team also, who were dismissed for 43. The sco·r es wsre : SCHOOL. Goss, c. Clegg, b. Sutherland ...

Y ates, c. sub., b. Harkness M'Kay, c. Harkness, b. Sutherland Mr. Bottrill, b . De Launey Scown, b . Harkness Fookes, b. O'Byrne O'Halloran, b. De Launey Reeves , b. O'Byrne ...

Drake, b. O'Byrne· Wills, not out ...

Hine, c. Nichols, b. De Launey ...

Extras . . . .. . . ..

Total

0 0 0 41

5 0 16

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...

0 .10 6 6 87

Bowling analysis.-Harkness, twn wickets for 21 runs; Sutherland, two £or 19; O'Byrne, three for 17; De Launey, three £or 23.

INGLEWOOD. Clegg, b. Goss Scott, b. Goss ...

Sutherland, b. M'Kay De L auney, b. Goss Harkness, c. Wills, b. M'Kay O'Byrne, b. Goss \Villiams, b. M'Kay J. Nichols, run out

1 1 18 2 5 1 2 9

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Total 43 Bowling analysis .-Goss, four wickets for 22 runs; M'Kay, four £or 19. 'rhe last game of the season, played against New Plymouth, turned out the best o£ the season . Batting first, School compiled 156, m ainly through the assistance of :Mr. Wynyard 40, Yates 27, Goss 30, and Mr. Extras 30.

The following is a detail of the scores :SCHOOL. Mr. Wynyard, b . M'Donald Yates, c. M'Murray, b . Elliott . ..

Mr. Bottrill, l,b,w ., b. Bain Mr. M'Kinney, b. Bain ...

Goss, b. M'Murray Terry, b. Knapp ~f'Kay, c. M'Donald, b. Oliver ...

O'Halloran, c. Knapp, b. Hughes Sco-wn, 1:). Oliver ... . .. \i\Tills, c. Hughes, b. Bain Reeves, not out Extras ...

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40 27 1 0 30

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Billing, b . Goss M 'Murray, run out Bain, b. Go ss ...

Knapp, c. Goss, b . M'Kay M'Donald, b. Goss Oliver, not out Elliott, b. Goss Hughes, b . Goss Ryan, b. Goss Pope, c. Scown, b. Goss Knuckey, c. Scown, b. Goss Extras

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3 0 0 0

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1 Bowling a.nalysis.- Goss, eight wickets for 35 Tuns; one for 31 ; 'r eny, none for 26 ; none for 30; Scown, none :£or 10 .

. · THE lNTER-P l{OVINC IAL CONTEST S. The teams were :-North: Comprisin g North Taranaki and Auckl and.

South: Comprisin g Wellingto n.

Central: Gomprisin g Central Taranaki . W aima:te: Comprising the Waimate P1ains . .H,es ults ::_:_South defe,ated '\•V aimate; North defeated Sol1th; · North defeated Cen-tral; Waimate defeated Central.

North , with two "Urins, therefore won the ·competiti on . .

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ex~ent owing to· the fact that it has· been ·fo und impossibl e

to· replace a good deal · of the apparatus destroyed by fue. ··An attempt was· ·made to purchase a suitable, enlarger,· but for · some time 'without success . We are glad to say; however, that just a's we had given up all hope of obtuining th-is, we heard of one for sale in Hawera.

This ·has be,en .. purchasecl, and arrived at the School a co:uple of clays .ago . It h as not yet been fi ttecl up in the Cl.a'rk -room, but we hope to see it in use within the next weel't. It i s much superior to the old apparatus, a,ncl t h e f:htb·is lucky in havin·g been ablf'! to buy it. l

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For the Easter exeat we had planned our time-honou·r ecl .trip across the Ranges to. Kahui. House, but unfort unately the wBather on · the Thmsday . a£ternoon was too wet . . Good Friday was. not much better, and in consequence some 26 of u s, .Masters and boys; set out in C[trs for Egmont Village, .en route .for the North House.

Thence the ma jority of us tramped the ten miles to the Housej save a few fortunate and weaJthy ones in the l ast c'a r, who went as far as the Gate . However, Fortune, in the guise of a small ma.i den, came to the aiel of the tired rearguard at the first mile peg, ap.cl &wags were most gratefully got l'id of. What the geese in the crate

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beneath them said is not on record. During the afterno on the fog came down, and some were not sorry of the excellent excuse to stay in front of the fire.

The weathe r was much better the next day, and we determi ned to try the ascent. As there ~as exceedi ngly little snow on the Mounta in we picked a track to the west of Humph ries' Castle to avoid the scoria and, after some four hours or intermi ttent climbin g and resting (during which canned pineapp le was much in evidenc e) r~:ached the lip of the crater. So little snow was there that we had the almost unprece dented experie nce of climbing direct from the Lizard instead of followi ng the wired track which towered some fifty feet overhea d. Unfortunatel y the view was largely spoiled by the cloud masses racing past and the wind was distinct ly cold, but we stayed l ong enough for lunch and hockey on the ice, and all enjoyed the opportu nity of seeing the summit under such abnorm al conditio ns. The descent was' easilv and rapidly accomp lished down the scoria ridge. Te'a followed, and that was succeed ed by a dance in the big room, in which visitors at all three houses particip ated.

Easter Sunday was spent ci.n quiet fashion round the House except for a few energet ic membe rs of the XV. who tramped to Bell's Falls.

The 1\Ionday was devoted to a tramp to Dawson 's Falls, new ground for most of us. Unfortu nately heavy clouds t hreaten ed all day, the seven miles seemed leagues and the wind' was cold . Still, we had arrange d for dinl•.er. Our disappo intment was comme nsurate with our nnticipa tions when we found we h ad arnved too late, and had to solace ourselv es with afterno on tea and the remains of the "duff."

At 4 p.m. we commen ced the return journey and t.he reargua rd had scarcely pa,:.sed the Mangon ui' Gorge when the fog blanket settled down tltickly . The more energet ic arrived back before nightfall, but, it. was seve~ ere the last straggle rs, aided · by a lantern ·'chmly burmng ," emerge d from the bush. Despite a certain unconfe ssed wearine ss th~ idea o:f a dance · was welcom ed with enthusi asm, for was it not the last l:ight?

The next day was thoroug hly wet, and it was a much bedragg led and muddie d line of straggl ers who arrived home -:tbout 3 p.m. Still we had a better Easter than our f«::kle climate usually grants and hope, this next exeat, to renew our acquaintan ~e with Egmon t under its more normal snow-cl ad state .

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LIBRARY NOTES.

As the first term is the shortest, the average for each boy is consequently rather low, being only 5.6 books .

This term we requested the Finance Committee to supply us with leather-bound covers for the magazines.

These were duly granted us.

Upon the recommendation o.f M1. Ryder, it was decided to subscribe to the New Zealand Faqner for the benefit or the agricultural students.

At the beginning of the Term Drake, who· had been made a Prefect, resigned his position as Librarian and took a place on the Committee. As Librarian, Drake did some very good work, and we were sorry to lose him.

Hine was appointed Librarian, with Spence as Assistant Librarian. During the Term Goss came in to board, and consequently ceased to act as the Day Boys' representative on the Committee. The Committee met and decided unanimously to elect Waddle to the vacancy The following books have been added to the Library during the last six months : Science.-Geology (Processes and Their Results) (Earth History I. and II.), by Chamberlain and Salisbury.

History and Geography.-Russia of To-day (Fraser); On the Side of the Angels at Mons (Beg bie) ; Carthage and the Carthaginians (Smith).

Language and Literature.-Hydriotaphia and the Garden of Cyrus (Sir Thomas Browne); Religio Medici (Sir T. Browne); The Story of English Literature, 16251780 (Edmunds and Spooner); Foreign Debt of English Literature (Tucker); 'T he Age •of Dryden (Garnett); The Age of Milton (:Masterman) ; Readings in English Literature (Murray); Milton-Paradise Lost (Verity); Characters (Butler); Elements of Style (Rannie); English Satires (Smeaton); Holy War (Peacock); Readings in English Literature, I. and II. (Murray).

Poetry and Drama.-Comus (Milton); Sonnets (Milton); Arcades (Milton) ; Lyrical Poems (Herrick) ; Complete vVorks of Chancer; Paradise Regained (Milton) ; Lycidas and other Poems (Milton); Samson Agonistes (Milton), Areopagitica (Milton); Dry den's Poetical Works.

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55 Useful Arts.-The Way of the Red Cross (Vivian and W illiams).

Biography and Correspondence.-Comrades in Arms (Captain P. Willett); Lives and Complete Angler (Walton); Milton (Brooke).

Fine and Recreative Arts.-Systematic Drawing · (Ryan).

Philosophy and Religion.-School Classics (Hill).

Miscellaneous.-Outing Magazine, 1889-90 1891-92 · Cowley's Essays (Gough). · ' ' Prose Fiction.-The vVatchers of the Plains (Ridgwell Cullum); When I was Czar (A. W. Marchmont) · Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush (Maclaren); The Lon~ Labrador Trail (D. Wallace); Faith or Men (Jack Lon~ don); The Riddle of the Sands (E. Childers); The Chronicles of Don. Q. (K. and H. Pritchard) · Tlie Westerners (S. E. White); The Secret Seaplane (Guy Thor:ne); T. Tembarom (Burnett); At the Villa Rose (Mason); The Marriage of William Ashe (Mrs . Ward); The Fusing Force (Chapman); My Lady of Doubt (Parrish) · Round the World in Seven Days (Strang); From Dart~outh to th~ Dardanelles; Laddie (Stratton Porter) ; The Spy (G1lson); An Enemy Hath Done This (Hocking) .

Juvenile Fiction.-The Ghatterbox, 1915; The Prefect's Uncle (W oodhouse) ; Treasure Island and Kidnapped (R. L. Stevenson); The Last Struggle (Ellis) · Tom W allis (Becke); The Mystery of the Sea (Haynes): Sons o.f the Vikings (Ballantyne); Sir Nigel (C. Doyle): . We have m~ch pleasure in acknowledging the followmg presentatiOns of books :-When I was Czar· Faith of Men; An Enemy Hath Done This; T. Tembar~m · At the Villa Rose; The Marriage of William Ashe; 'The Westerners; The Way_ of the Red 9ross . (presented by Mrs. Robertson); Beside: the Bonme Bnar 'Bush; My Lady of Doul;>t; The Fusmg 1Force; Laddie; The Long Labrador Trml; The Prefect's Uncle (presented by Mr. Moyes); The Secret Seaplane; Comrades in Arms (prese:nted by Miss Winfield); The Spy; Treasure Island and Kidnapped; The Last Struggle; Sons of the Vikin"'s · Sir Nigel; Russia of To-day (presented by A. Candy); 'The Chatterbox, 1915 (presented by D. Jury) · Systematic Dr:.twing; Outing Magazine, 1889-90, 1891-92 (presented

by Mr. Hutton); parcel Scientific Americans (Mr. Goss).

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. GEORG E. . BENDALL.

We have just received from Mr. W. E. Bendall a cheque for £50, a .bequ13st to the School by th e will of an Old . Boy, George Bendall. He enlisted early and made the supreme sacrifice before he had been at the front ·many weeks. We feel a · difficulty in expressing our gratificati on at the· spirit which prompted the gift. It is not the .m agnitudB of the gift for which we feel grateful, but it is the ·kindly feeling this evinced that moves us. ..

With the two exception s of the General Excellenc e Cup a;nd the Honours Board destroyed in the fire, both pr:esen ted by Dr. •F.ookes, the School has until this year received no donations for the establishm ent of prizes or honom:s for· what we might term "the inner working" of the School. We have a considerable number of tropbies, most generousl y presented for outside activities by kind friends. · It is intended to invest t)le sum bequeathed to us, and with the interest to establish an annual prize for literature , to· be called the "Bendall Memorial Prize."

TENNI S. This Term has ·seen a marked increase in the number of members of the Tennis Club. Since we came back from the 'Christmas holidays we have had over forty members. During the Third Term of last year very little tennis was played, owing to the wet weather, but on res~1ming , this Ter.iu the l adder matches were commence d . .' · We w~re sorry that we had, to part with our Chairn).an, Mr-. Sear:Ie, whose good work placed the Tennis Club on its present footing, but his position has been ably filled by Mr. M':Wlurray. · ' ·· There are only two courts fit to play on at present, and the asphalt one is getting ' very rough: We hope that ·it will have another coat of tar soon. The g rass court >yas much better . this year, and was used 'by all the.p1ayers. The :result 'was< that the grass became very brown and dry,· so we had to· stop playing on it every afteriJ.OOn and reserved it for Thursday and Saturdays . · . · ·Dy.ring the. First Teim· w:e arranged a match with the Masters. This was played on the town courts one Saturday morning . The weather was perfect, and some very interestin g games resulted .

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Rockel .. .... .. .. . . ~ v.

Bottrill .. .. ....... . v.

W ynyard .. ....... . 4 v.

M'Kinney . ..... .. . 7 v.

Moyes ......... ... . 9 v.

M'Murray ....... . . 7 v.

Kidd ...... ......... . 7 v.

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Callander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bryce . ..... . ...... .... .

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Hine and Reeves . . . . . . . . . . . .

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RESULTS. Masters ............ . 93 games 7 sets.

Boys ........ ........ . 65 games 5 sets.

At the end of the season we received a challenge from the Girls' High SchooL We were sorry that we could not play them then, and consequ ently the match had to be postponed until the Third Term. There will probably be some very good ladder matches to enable some of the keen "tennis players" to get in the team.

Soon after we came back from Christmas vacation a few of the no·b le Sixth Formers were gated, and while all the rest of us were at the Show, they helped Mr .

Moyes to cut and mark out the grass court. The Committee look forward to the future gating of some of the Sixth Formers at the commencem ent o£ the next season.

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This report is being made practically in the beginning of the football season, and consequentl y only a few matches have been played and the teams named are not permanent. The real footb all report will appear in the next number of our Magazine.

Several of last year's team have left us but, counteracting this, those remaining have gained both in strength and weight, and we expect this year's fifteen to be up to the standard of last year's . The forwards are heavier

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as most of the old t eam have gained a good stone, while the new forwards are certainly a hefty crew . The chief fault in our forwards seems to be that th ey do not pack together and use their weight to the advantaooe they should. We are glad to. notice in our forward~ however, some of that "elan" which is so essential t~ good footb allers.

FIRST XV. v. ROVERS .

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This year h as seen a great ch ange in' our backs and consequently we were afraid they would not be up to last year's standard. However, there is much good material and with a few weeks of the systematic trainin"" which they are now undergoing they will, no doubt, improve considerably. The chief blunder made by our backs is that they do not run straight and thus force their winoos on te>' the side line. The backs are faster this year a~d should give a good account of themselves when we play our School matches at the end of the Term.

BOARDERS (10) v. DAY BOYS (8).

Our football season was opened on Thursday, the â&#x20AC;˘ 19th of May, by a match between the Boarders and Day Boys. This match is played annually at the opening of the season and is looked forward to with very keen interest by both sides .

The Boarders kicked o:ff with the wind and a forward rush headed by Goss carried the play into their Here Scown picked up smartly opponents' quarter. and scored, M'Kay converting with a good kick. For a while the play was alternately up and down the field, when, from a scrum near the 1ine, the ball was whipped out to Scown, who cut in and again scored. M'Kay converted and, shortly after, half-time went.

Osborne, who had r eceived a severe kick on the knee, retired, and the Boarders were forced to pl ay the second half with one man short . Soon after resuming, Terry scored near the corner, his kiek at goal failing .

The Boarder forwards then pushed up the field, but were brought back by good line kickin g. Here Terry secured, passed to Bayly, to M'Hardy, who scored between the posts and converted his own try. From t he quarter-way Drake broke through, but was neatly collared by Clemow. Severalline-outs followed, and time was called leaving the Boarders winners by ten points to eight.

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On Thursday, the 31st of May, we played a friendly match against the Rovers. School kicked o:ff with the wind and, as a result of playing an open game, Osborne, the left wing, scored . M'Kay failed to convert . From the centre of the field Callander kicked and following up \Yell took the ball over the touch-line, causing Rm ers to force . On resuming, M'Kay secured :from a line-out and, dribbling down the field, scored near the corner, but his kick failed.

At the commencement of the second half smart play

by School caused the Rovers to force repeatedly. From midfield a forw ard rush brought play well down the field and Fox scored near the corner after a fine dash through the opposing backs. Bryce failed to convert. A very clever piece of play followed. Brokenshire, securing from the scrum, set a passing rush going. The ball went right out to the wing and returned through Yates to Goss, who scored near the posts . Terry's kick failed.

The Rovers, determined to score, swept up the field and, after a fine run by Cliff, Singh scored. The kick failed, and shortly after time went leaving School the winners by twelve points to three. :FIRST XV. v. OLD BOYS. (Won 8 to 0.)

On Saturday, June 9th, we played a town team representing the Old Boys. Owing to the war, sufficient Old Boys could not be got and consequently several outsider s were playing.

Old Boys kicked o:ff against the wind and play was carried to the School twenty-five, where a penalty gave Sykes a chance to goal, but the kick failed . Good linekicking followed, and a forward rush by School brought play into their opponents' quar,ter. M'Kay had an attempt from a penalty but failed. School kept play well in t h e Old Boys' twenty-five until a force relieved them.

A few minutes after a good passing rush saw Drake score at the corner. ~I'Kay converted wit.h a good kick, and soon after the whistle sounded for half-time.

On resuming, School attacked vigorously, and 'fown were compelled to force. Give-and-take play followed, School h aving a slight advantage. A good passing rush

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was spoilt by a pass forward. Repeated line-kicking followed and after a strong forward rush the backs secured the b~ll and Drake scored at the corner. Jl.f'Kay failed to convert . Sykes then broke away well for Old Boys but passed forward. After this forvvard play predominated until the whistle blew with the scores eight to nil in £flvour of School.

FOUR'fH 12 v. FIFTH 10.

The only Form match played this year was one between the Fourth and Fifth li'oims. The game was very closely- contested, the :Fifth leading by one point till the last minute, when Fox scored for the- Fourth.

JUNIOR FOOTBALL. 'fhe First and Second Fifteens compr-ise the first group. All other football is considered Junior Football.

Following the scheme adopted last year, junior football is divided into two grades-Senior and Junior. Teams are made out from each grade and play-off a competitio~ between themselves. This scheme answers very well, as It ensures a full team turning o-u t every nio'ht and gives some o.b ject for which to train. A boy play"s in the position ~or :vhich ~e is best ~tted and consequently develops .m hio/ play m ~hat particular place, fitting him for the hme when he will be called to play tin the First Fifteen.

The Senior Grade consists of four teams, namely:Boarders A .- Boon (captain), O'Halloran i. Harrison, Atkinson ii., Brackebush, J ones, Sutherland, Henderson, Knu ckey, Roberts, Allem:mn, Burkhardt, Chapman, Hine, Donald and JU 'N eill.

Boarders B.-Winfield (captain), Cancly, Fox ii., Sarten, Calder, Smart, Wyborn, Pope, Guscott \ Valters i., Lee, Zinsli, Blundell, :Mackie, Homer, Mess~nger.

Day Boys A.-Ward (captain), Brown, B'o on i., Sturtevant, Rockel, Hayden, Young, E. Smart, Hutchen, Blane, \V ebster, Jillett, Morey) Bbncharcl, Healy.

Day Boys B.-Renaud (captain), Newell, Kingclon, Bedford, Yates, Smith, Sampson, Greiner i., M'Hardy ii., Clemow ii. , Pease, Grayling, Whittle, Rae, vVright.

The Junior Grade consists of three teams, namely:Boarclers. - Fookes ii. (captain), ·waiters ii. , O'Halloran ii., Cole, Rawson, Brown, Herbert, Hemt; Baker, Brunette, Train ii., M'Neil, Barak, Old, Mitchell .

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61 Day Boys.-Hughes (captain), C. _White, E. Whi.~e, Noble, Lash, Morey ii., Ward ii ., Lmts, Hamblyn n., Penman, M'Rae, Allen, O'Dowcla, Malt, Cleland .

Preparatory Fifteen.-~f ackay i. (captain), vVat~r­ son, Pease, Noakes, Brennan, Pncleaux, . Jackson, Williams, Rob erts, Jury, F?rbe~! Duckworth, Bothamley, \Vatk:ins, S. Fookes, Mackay n.

The following are the results of the matches played to elate:Senior Grade.

Boarders! A 19 v . Day Boys A 0 .

Boarders B 3 v. Day Boys B 0.

Boarders A 6 v. Boarders B 0.

Junior Grade.

Prep. 14 v. Day Boys 13.

Pren. 3 v. Boarders 0.

Boarders 6 v. Day Boys 3.

Two Junior matches-Boarders versus D ay Boysbave been played this year. The first symbolised the upenino· of the Junior football for the season, and the 0 second was played on a Thursday when there was no other bigger match. Boarders won the fir.st game, and t]Je second, after a very hard fight, ended m a draw.

FIRST XV . v. WAIMATE. On the Saturday during the Winter Show we played a friendly ·match with \ Va imate. It was arranged to play at the Pukekura Park but, as the g.rouncl was covered in long rat-tail and could not possibly be marked out, \ve played on our own grounds. .

School kicked off with the wind and a good hne by Callander brought play well up the field. .School began to open the game, but the rushes were spml~cl by faul~y passin o·.

A forward rush headed by M Kay agam brougl~t School into a good position, but ~hey wer: pushed back by repeated attacks of the vV am~ ate foi>vards. Another passing rush bro-ught plal mto ~he twentv-five, but W aimate were relieved by M Kay bei~g penal1sec1 for off Ride. A goocl. kick. ?Y Ya tes agam brought School into a favourable. positwn, and from a Rerum near th e line our h alf w-luppell t h e ball out to f'allamler, to Bayly, to Terry, w~o scored near the corner. M'Kuy's kick failed. \iVmmate were kept hard

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pressed, and M'Hardy, following up well, dribbled the ball over the goal-line, but Waimate forced smartly.

From a scrummage near half-way Tansey broke away, but was collared, and half-time sounded with the scores : -3 to 0.

Considering the strong wind blowing in favour of School three points was a very small lead, and it was feared that the second half would see Waimate win. Our team, however, made up their minds this would not be the case, and put every ounce of their strength into· the following struggle.

From the kick-o·:ff M'Hardy and Terry worked well down the field, ~ut were brought back with a good kick by Hughes. Forward play predominated, and Klenner, the Waimate half, showed marked ability. School were penalised, and from nearly half-way Waimate kicked a very fine goal, thus equalising the scores . A passing rush by School brought play down the field, and Callander marked and, no whistle going, made a very fine dash through the opposing forwards, but was collared by Linskey. Yates saved a nasty forward rush by a good kick and our forwards, headed

by Goss and Tansey, again brought play down the field, but were driven back by good 1ine kicks. M'Kay saved an awkward position by a neat mark, and himself lined well. The game was then up and do-wn the field till a good kick by YateS) brought School into a favourable position. The backs fumbled the ball, and W aimate broke through and forced School back to their twentyfive. Callander marked, and a good kick by M'Kay relieved the tension. Each side, lustily cheered by the spectators, tried hard to score, but time went with the play at half-way, leaving the game a) draw-3 to 3.

CONCER T NOTES. Fortunately this year we possess more talent in the musical line than last year, and as a result there ha~ been very little difficulty in providing well-filled programmes on the four occasions on which we have held concer~s. It is regrettable though, that so many who are qmte capable of rendering items still hold back out of mode~ty or want _of confidence in their ability. It is a spl~nd1d opportumty fo~ the you~g performer to gain expenence and confidence m appeanng before the public.

The Band is still in its ~nfancy, and as yet our concerts have benefited but little from it. However, we are

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At present we la re working up a Nigger Minstrel Show, which is to be presented on June 30th. The second half of the programme is to be taken up by a Farce, ,vhich the Day Boys are contributin g. We hope this innovatio·n will be successful 'and prove a forerunner to further concerts of a similar nature.

The first conc;ert was held on Saturday, February 24th. The programme was as follows:1. Pianoforte Solo .. . .. .. . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. Y ates .

2. Hecitation . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lysons.

3. Violin Solo .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . .. .... . .. . Bothamley.

4 . Song .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. Mitchell.

5. Recitation .. .. .. ...... .. ...... ... .. .. .. . Candy.

6. Piano Solo . . . . . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pease .

7 . Song .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. . Cachemaille.

8. Pi<'l.no Solo· .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . Zinsli .

9. Chorus . . . .. ... . .. .. . ... ... ... .. .. "Tipperary ."

10. Song ..... .. . . ..... ... .. ........ Mr. M'Kinney.

11. Recitation .... .. ................ ........ Noble.

12. Recihition .. ... .. .. .. . .. .... .. .. Goldsworth y.

"National Anthem."

The second concert was held on Sa-turday, March lOth. The programme was as follows:1. Pianoforte Solo . . . .. . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . .. N eal.

2. Violin Solo .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. . Bothamley.

3. H.ecitation .. .. .. . ... .. .. ... .... .. . . .. . Williams.

4 . Pianoforte Solo .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .... .. .... . Butler .

5. Heei ta tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lysons .

6. Reading .... .... ......... .... ... . Mr. Bottrill.

7. Pianoforte Solo .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. .. .. . . Morey.

8. Song .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. Cachemaille .

9. Recitation .. .. .. .. .... .. . .. ... . . .. .. .. Rawson .

10. Song .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. .. Mitchell.

11. H.ecitation ................ ............ Herbert.

12. Song ................ ...... .... Mr. M'Kinney.

13. Hecitation .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .... . .. . H. M'N eill.

14. 'Cello· Solo ................ . .. .............. Hockel.

15. Recitation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. N eal.

16. Pianoforte Solo .. .. . .. .. .... .. ... ... . .. . . Yates.

"God Save the King."

CONCERT NOTES,

The third concert was held on Saturday, March 24th . 'l'he programme was as follows :1. Pianoforte Solo . ... .. . ... . ... ... .. . ... . . Yates ..

2. Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herbert : 路 3. Recitation . .. .. ... ... .. . . .. .... .... .. ... Candy.

4 . Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1\i'Rae. 5. Dialogue . . ... ."..... . Both amley "and Forbes : 6. Son~ . . .... .. .. .. ......... . .... .. .. ...... . Chong.

7. Remtation . ... ... .. .. .... . ... . .. ... ... Walker.

8. Song ... .. ... ... ....... . .... ...... ... .... Horner.

9. Pianoforte Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N eal.

10. Recitation . . .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . Elliot.

11 . Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . Mitchell .

12. Recitation . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Kebbell.

13. Descriptive Song . ..... .... .... . ... ... ... . Goss.

14. Recitation . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saxton .

"God Save the King." 'fhe fourth concert was held on Saturday, June 2nd.

Programme was as follows : 1. Pianoforte Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y ates.

2 . Choruses .. ... . .. .. . . Led by Yates and Goss.

3. V.iolin Solo . ... . .. ... . . ... ... .. . . . . . Bothamley.

4 . Reading .. ... .. . ... .......... . ...... .. .... 路 Noble .

5. P ianoforte Solo ...... . .,...... ... . ...... .. Zinsli.

6. Heading .. : ...... .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . Mr. Both路ill.

7. Song . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... . . Herbert.

8. Hecitation . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell .

9. Pianoforte Solo- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O'Halloran .

10. Song . . ... .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . Cachemaille.

11. Hecitation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... Candy.

12. Song .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . Go ss.

13. Recitation . .... ...... .. . . .. . Mr. M'Kinney.

14. 'Cello Solo .............. .. ................. Hockel.

15 . Recitation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. Lysons.

"God Save the King."

AGRICULTURE. The following is a brief summary of the work done last season:Area A.-i-acre. .

M:ixture.-Cocksfoot, Perennial Hye, Italian Rye, Cowgrass, White Clover, Trefoil and Prairie Grass. 50lb. per acre.

AGRICULTURE.

65 Manure.-2cwt. super, 1cwt . blood and b one.

Observations .-Poor strike of seed, but t hickened out in autumn.

Area C.-!-acre.

Sown with the same mixture of grass seed and manure, but sown at the rate of 70lb. of seed per acre.

Obseryations.-Good growth of clovers.

Area B.-1 acre .

Plot 1.-t-am路e. Carro-ts- Matchless White.

Observa"tions.-These were a great success, and a portion of these have been fed to the cows.

Plot 2.--t-acre. Swedes.

Observations.-W ere rather disappointing, due to the dry weather experienced after sowing .

Plot 3.-!-acre.

Wheat (Huguenot).

Manure .-1cwt. super.

Observations.-Sown in autumn for spring feed for 1917. Good growth showing.

Area D.-Marlborough Lucerne .

In sowing the Lucerne a quarter of an acre was ~own in rows and the other quarter .o f an acre sown broadcast. The advantage was that the Lucerne in rows could be kept free from weeds in its earlier growth. Another noticeable feature in the Lucerne plot was the fact tha.t the area whicb' had Lucerne in two years ago came away faster and had a deeper green co~our _and a healthi~r l ook. This shows that Lucerne reqmres macul ated so1l.

Area E.-t-acre.

Divided into 1-20 acre plots.

No. I.-Timothy Selection. This has been well cut back for the winter.

No. 2.-Matchless White Carrot. 5oz .

Manur8 .-70lb. super, 40 bonemeal, 12t sulphate of ammonia .

(24Mb . of above .)

These did not turn out as well as the others in Area B. No. 3 .-Sinclair's Champion Carrot, 5oz .

Manure.-As for P l ot 2 .

These also did not give as good a result as was expected.

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AGRICULTURE.

No. 4. -J ersey Queen Mangel, 6oz.

Manure. -As for Plots 2 and 3.

No. 5.-Jersey Queen Mangel, 6oz .

Manure.-14lb. super, 5 bonemeal 21 sulphate of ' ammonia, 12lb. salt.

These two plots turned out well, but the last mountain wind has somewhat spoilt the look of this crop in blackening the leaves.

No. 6. -Prizewinner Mangel, 6oz .

Manure .-As for Plots 2, 3, 4.

No. 7.-Prizewinner Mangel, 6oz .

Manure. -22lb. super.

These plots also· turned out well, but the leaves were blackened.

No. 8.- Sugar Mangel, 6oz.

Manure.-As for Plots 2, 3, 4, 6.

No. 9.-6oz.

Manure.-22lb. Ephos .

To this crop was added salt, which showed a marked difference in the size of the Mangels.

Of the cows, Brindle was dried off at the beginning of the Second Term, and another cow bought to replace her. Daisy and Polly are still milking exceptionally well The new cow bought is a for this time of the year.

Jersey, and she has been given the name ·Of "Fatty."

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No. 10.- White Horsetooth Maize, 7lb.

Manure.-21lb. super, 15 sulphate of ammonia. 'fhis was an excellent crop and kept the cows going for some time.

No. 11.-Sudan Grass, llb.

Manure.-12lb. of mixture in Plot 10.

Exceeded expectations. Two cuts were taken off this plot. No doubt this grass will be used more in Taranaki in future years.

Plot 12.-Maize Local Variety, 7lb.

12lb . of mixture in Plot 10.

This plot did fairly well.

Area F.-Formerly the old garden, but is to be sown in Oats and V etches to clean it up .

FARM NOTES. Al the beginning of the year the two pigs presented

by Mr. ;Le:pper were sent ~o the Bacon Factory. We are now enJoymg the, bacon m the boarding establishment.

To replace these p1gs, four yo\lll"' on·e:;; we1·e bought, and ~rE;) ngw beint5 fattened,

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The following is the amount o£ milk given by the cows from February 19th to April 30th :Fatty.

Lb.

Week ending

Brindle.

Lb.

Daisy.

Lb.

Polly.

Lb.

Feb. 19 26 " Mar. 5 12 " 19 " 26 " 2 April 9 " 16 " 23 " 30

169 166 180 186 184 184 138 140 121 91 112

185 182 242 217 202 228 163 142 153 143 113

141 135 168 158 153 152 154 144 128 117 95

213 186 162 128

1671

1930

1545

689

"

Total amount supplied, 5835lb.

CADET NOTES. Drill this year has consisted mainly of recruit drill.

As soon as we came back from the Christmas vacation the Company was split up into 14 recruit squads, each under an N .C.O. Nine squads co·n sisted of trained Cadets and six of recruits. During the first term, a competition was h eld between the squads . There were two competitions -one for trained Cadets and one for recTuits . Following are the results :Place

Squad

L.-Corp. M'Kay Corp . Rockel .. .

L.-Corp. Doile-..

4 Sgt. Atkiuson, ..

1 2 3

Slow Turning Saluting March

Quick March

Total

10

10

10

10

40

10 9 9

9 8 8 8

10 9 7 6

9 8 10 8

38 34 .

34 31

9

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· 1 ·Sgt. Tansey ·... .

2 ·tJorp . Clemow .. .

3 ·· .€Jorp . · Go ss ..... .

Slow Turning Salutin g March 10 10 10

Quick March Total 10 40

6

8

6

1

6

6

61

6t 6t

6

1

4

27 25

23~

N'o marks were allotted for tbe word of command of the N.O.O., but only on the. m erit o-f the teams . . ·. Towards the beginning of the year we obtained about 20 ri;fl.es. Th~se .came in useful fo-r the class-firing which took place on the Rewa Rewa Hange.

Each day' a squad has been taken by Lieut. \Vynyard for musketry. This seems to be much more interesting than squad drill.

On Anzac Day, the whole Company paraded, 180 strong.. The Company marched with all .the other Companies .of the town through the principal streets, and thence to the Coronation Hall, where a service was held.

At_ihe beginning :of the Second Term the Company was formed into platoqns, and so, once a week, Company drill is done. Although the Company drill is not perfect, ·there is great hope o·f our having a very good Company'- before the end of the year.

MASTER~

PAST

~ PRESEN~

Ladies first always. 1\'liss \ iVinfield, who has been in charge of the Lower P1;ep . since the beginning of 1916, left a.t the end of the First Term. In bidding her an editorial farewell we wish to express our regret at her departure, and can assure her that we only hope that she will remember us as long as we shall remember her. It is always a misfortune to lose a teacher who. has not only done good work' but who has won the respect and affection of those under his or her charge. \Ve hope to be able i1i ' our next number to give our readers some information about Miss \Vinfield's future career. At present we wish her ever:y happiness. · !ir'iss \Vinfield's place has been taken by Miss BanwelL, who h,as very high English qualifications along with considerablr:l New Zealand experience. vV e tender her a hearty welcome, and trust that her stay may be pleasant to u·s · all. ' LIEUTENANT H. V. SEARLE.

.. .MASTERS , PAST AND

PI<ESENT.

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This Term many, if not all, of the Boarders have the persGnal acquaintance of l\Iiss B edford. The importance of the institution over which l\Iiss 13edford presides fully merits the mention of h er name here under th e title of this article. Indeed, we have heard that not a few Boarders consider th at she is the most important member of the sta:ff. That b eing the case we welcome her to our numb er and hope that long may she continue to conduct, with the same sense of the grave r esponsibility that ha s hitherto characterised h er work, the gastronomic educa tion of her clients. m~d e

Lieut. Espiner, who "·as badly \\ouncled at tb e Front in France, has returned to New Zealand , and is still at his father's home. H e ha9 not yet completely r ecovered from his wound, but we sincerely hope·that he will before long be his olcl self.

Li eut. Searle, who went into camp in October, 1916, p:1icl u s a visit during the First T erm. H e left New Zealan d with his R einforcement at the beginnin g of Jun e.

H e mad e a non-stop run in his swift Ford from Feath ers ton through the Manawatu Gorge to New Plymouth.

Evidently h e came across no Keating's Powder o·n the road. vVe h ave much pleasure in announcing bis engagement to Miss Annie Bu1larcl, daughter of G._H . Bull·m l, Esq., New Plymouth. ·vire heartily welcome to the School Mr. A. S. Bannatyne, who has taken Mr. Searle's place. Mr. Banna tyne is an Old Boy of Charterhouse and a graduat e of Glasgow U niversity. He has had· considerable experience in teaching, and has travelled. \Ve hope that his st ay with us may be long.

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At the beginning of the year two of our Old Boy were appointed to the sta:ff, and h ave already given u s a taste of their quality and of their keenness in all t hat concerns the welfare of the School. The n ew boy,, of course, know and address them as :Mr. ~l'Murray and Mr. Kidd, but the senior boys and, we regret to h ave to add, the Masters, constantly mak e slips and speak to or of "Bob" and "Mac." Mr.'M'Murray is about to go into Camp, and ~Ir. Kidd i s anxious to follow hi s example, as soon as h e reaches the age-limit. Meanwliile we are glad to h ave them with us, and feel t h at they are integral parts of the School.

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Mr. D. E. Hutton has been with us almost from the date o£ the separation o£ the Girls' and Boys' Schools. ~e has taug~t the drawing ever since then till the beginmug o£ the present year. Not only has he taught his classes, but he was unwearied in his efforts to help in any way , and only those who are in.. the inner knowledge o:£ th.ings really know what he did . vVe cannot say good-bye Wlthout r ecalling all these instances o£ his kindness anU ''"ithout th:.m king him h ere £or them all . '' e shall miss l1 im very greatly. ~e h as gone to live in 'Christchurch, and we can assure lnm that "l'i·e shall always keep a lookout :£or any news o:£ him. :Jlr. Hutton' s place ha s b een taken by · Mr. A. M. Braclbury , to whom we t ender a hearty welcome. \¥ e hope he will be long with us as our Drawing Master.

Mr. Diprose is in camn with the 29th Reinforcements at Ta~uherenikau as a -Corporal.

OLD BOYS' NOTES. LIEUT. -COLONEL IVAN STANDISH. W e clip the follo,Tin g from the lo cal ·preSS. rrhe ·record is one o:£ whic:h any man may well be proud ; aucl th e ]JOnour conferred on an Olcl Boy is reflected on the School with which h e wa s connect ed. K eecl we say that ever y boy , past or pr esent (nncl Masters are either old or present boys) is proud of the honour and offers his l1 earty congratulations to an Old Boy on his well-earned decoration ?

In the King'-s Birthd ay Honour.s Lislt announced a day or t 11·o ago there occurred the n <! me of Colonel Standish among other recipi ents •of the Order of St. Mich a.el and St. G.eorge (O .M.G.) .

Thi s is Lieutenant-Colonel I van Standish . son ·Of ":\Irs . Standish . of Ne11· Ply~n outh. Colonel Sta ndi sh who ,,j]] be 34 years: of age in Decemb er next, left a s .a major of artill ery 11·ith the :Main N ew Zealand Expeditionary F o rce. H e is an old N ew Plymouth High School boy, and for a tim e wa.s n.<;sisting his brother sheep-farming a.t Tarata. After serving in the South African 'War he r eturned t o N e11· :lenlnnd ancl joined the P ermanent ATtiller y, m~ d his pl'og ress has been rapid . Som e tim e ago h e \Ya s award ed the D .S.O .

I t is ''orthy of passing r ~·m a rk tlHtt Dr. Truby King and.· Ooloncl Standi sh ~trc t he fir st '.ranuw], i-born m en to· r eceive the C.l\1.G.

Anot11er distingu"ish ed honour has fallen to an Old Boy . The :Militar y Cross has been conferred upon W. E.

OLD BO YS' NOTES.

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Moor~ .

H e entei:ecl the. School in 1893 and was lat ely in practwe as a sohmtor m Auckland. We h ave r eceived no details as to when ancl how the distinction was won .

Gorclon. Beck was up on final l eave in the early part of June. H e paid u s a visit while h e was in New Plymouth. He left New Zealand with the 21th Reinforcem ents . He went into camp originally as a Private in th e 25th Specialists' Machine Gun Company , but is now Quartermast er-Serg eant of E Company in the 21th R einforcem ents . · This year he complet ed the Senior Public Servi e E xamination in six subj ects, three o:£ which are also S~uth Ken sington . Ex ml?-ination . subj ect s . He h as pro~n se d t~ ."nte u s from time to· hme ancllet us know any 1tem s of mter est that come under his notice. . Ser gea nt John Hiorns Mancler (B Company, 27th R em:£orcemen t s) , has been a Jlpoin t ecl Second-Lieu tenant on prob ation and posted tn the 31st R einforcements. . C orporal~· 9": ~· Sinclair (" Jimmie" ) has · also r eceived a comm1sswn m the same draft.

H aro-ld Clarke, who went with the 7th R einforcem ents, is still at the front and so far has come throuo·h sa£~ly . His photo appear s in t his nu~Ib er. P rior to his enh st~ ent he was in .J.:>ractic.e .with hi.s brother Cyril as a dentist at \ V"h angarm. Cynl1s car rymoo on the practice alone during his brother 's absen ce. "' Eric Colsou ,.n ts , when last heard from still at Slino· Camp en g aged in t he wmk of training . ·' "' His s pecial 11··ork i · instructin g in ba yone t fighting and physical drill. '.rhe \Y eather ''"as ver y c old , and a great d eal ·of rain of ten preventmg t h e bayonet drill. The J:etter r eceived yest erday was \Uitten on Oct ober 18th, when Eric says : " Things over here are just about the same. The 15th ·R e inf orcements have been h er e some time , .and \Ye expect 16ths an y day . I'm \Yondering ho11· you ar m an aging t o fill up t h e R einf orcem ents in rew Zealand , and it is r emarkable what a number •of men ther e ar e in t h e draft> her·e of extr ~m e ages-eit h er ve1·y young m €'11 or old g rey-head ed ones ."

H e h as b.een ?hafing fo r .a long ti~ e at not getting away to the firm~· ~m e, :£orgettmg , possibly, that someone must cl? the tr~mmg. But. ther e eems at last a prospect of lns smelhng powder m Fran ce . According to his last l etter h e had spent a clay or t wo in Birmingham. vV.hile th er e h e ventured to visit some people who were r elat ed

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to :frienus o:f his in New Zealand . He was received with the i1tmost cordiality and treated right r oyally. H e was much impressed with the splendid .grou nds and buildings .

Camp seemed rather tame after tbe entertainment of the holiday.

Through the kindness o:f Mr. H. B. L epper we have been pe1·mitted to publish the following letter, upon which ;t woi.1ld be impertinence for us to comment:8th Battalion. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, , 40th Brigade, 13th Division, Mesopotamia, Sept. 25th, 1916.

Dear Mr. Lepper,-Your nice le tter of the 5th August received this morning. Your son was killed in an lmfortunate r ever se we had on 'the 9th April and owing to the Brigade's .sudde~ ' dispatch to anoth er_nction your son'.<>: body wa.s ~uried by another Brigade, nnd the only n ews we had o.f him after we lelft was. that his body lwd b.e~n found and buried I?Y a chapla.i:t.l of the 7th Division.

I ca nnot express 'in writing the sympnthy expressed by the fc.IY. -of liis fellow officers w]w \Yer-e left at the Battalion's loss in the deatl1 of your son . H e wa,s such a fine specimen of, manhood, }rind hearted, brave as a lion and g.eJn.er-ous beyond words .

Regarding his effects, we sent -off .a ll that h e left at the dump·, but heavy baggage was .l eft _at Basra ·,a nd instructions were given to have. it f·o rwardecl to you. I understand his camera was left . in his heavy baggage, and he may have left the articles referred t'o in ydur"letter. Nothing is. knoll'n .of them l1ere .

vV e1 wer-e not permitted to erect .a cross to his memory owing to the prevalence of Arabs digging up the bodies and stripping them of their ciothes. You IYill understand how readily we \\'Ol)ld have clone so (and had th grave photographed) when I say h e 1\'1\S one of the most r espected officers in tl1e battalion. H e lived an .honourable and straight, life and died a hero. He was eight times .o ver t h top of the trenches, and w-ore the rew.ard for bravery on hi . breast.. Your .s-on took a photo of a group of our officers on boan1 tlw Briton, and it should have been in hi s came~a undeveloped. If it turns up .s afely would it be too much trouble to ask for n copy of . ame, a;~; ·only four .of them now· remain.

'Vill you once mor on behnlf -of hi.s fellow officers accept our deepest- sym p,tthy an_cl give the snme to the r est -of your family .Believe· me, Yours sincerely, T. J. GRAHAM, Capt. and Adj., R.W .F.

LIEUT.-COLONEL I. T. STANDISH, C.M.G. (Artillery),

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OLD· BOYS' NOTES.

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73 Pei.'cy J ackson has been appointed manager of the New Plymouth branch of the Union Bank of Australia.

For some time previous he had been sta tionecl at W airoa, Hawke's Bay. In the Senior Public Service Examination held in January, Charles E. H. Putt secureCL a partial pass .

Leslie Hill, who left with the :Main Body Expeditionary Force, has been granted a commission on the field in France.

Dr. S. L. Serpell, who was in practice at Mangaweka, has removed to Te Kuiti.

D. N. MacDiarmid h as removed to Khartoum in connection with his work as field-secretary for the Y.M .C.A .

So far he has been working in Upper Egypt, but the work there has ceased temporarily and is to be prosecuted in Khartoum with fresh vigour.

MacDiarmid greatly enjoyed his life and work in Upper Egypt and was at all times in:. the best. of health.

In£ormation has been received by his parents that Lieut. R. L. Okey is returning to New Zealand. on duty and is expected to. arrive in Auckland shortly.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Gordon Beck spent a few clays in New Plymouth on his final leave. He was present at the football match School v . Athletic-Rovers.

George Hooker has just gone into camp with the 32ncl Reinforcem ents, in the Engineering Corps .

Gunner L. W. Hooker has arrived in England with the 22nd R einforcements. He was·, previous to his enlist. ment, teller in the Bank •of New South Wales at Carterton.

Corporal Eric Grant is in hospital in France su:ffering from a slight attack of fever.

We regret to- have to record the death of Frank Garcliner, who was transport clerk at Greymout-h in the district office of the New Zealand Railways. He had had a serious illness in the summer, and was compelled to take extended leave. He thought that he had recovered suffi iently to r esume duty, but died suddenly on May 22ncl. He was married to Miss Ethel Ab bott, of New Plymouth, and leaves three children.

Private A. R. Bayly, of the 27th Rei:p.forcements, has been promoted to the rank o:£1 Lance-Corporal.

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Captain Sten. Hurle was wounded in an attack on ~ailly-S~illisel on February 28th, and was for some t1me an m:n:ate of the Empres~ Eugeuie's Hosjlital, Farnb?rough. rhe wo~md was shght, and was caused by a piece of shrapnel. m the ear. No doubt. it .is, judging ~rom the tone of his me~sage, he~led by this time; and he IS no doubt once more m the thwk of it. . Major C. ~ · Cornwall, .who went through the East Af1~wan c~mp.a1gn and sub sequently volunteered for ~chve serv1c~ m France, has been appointed a full Major m the Impenal Army.

Lieutenan t D . .A.. Lusk (Imperial Camel Corps) was "·otmded recently in Egypt.

Private L. G. Eyre receiv'ed on March 28 a slight scalp wound and was admitted to hospital in Fra·nce. · He has now reoovered and is on duty once more.

Keith Matthews , who has for some time been working on. a war inveJ?.tion, ~a~ cabled for by the Admiralty and sailed almost Immecha tely for England. It is understood that the invention is very highly spoken of and has passed all t ests successful ly.

While ·On final leave, h G. Goss was one of the After some fifteen team of Old Boys who played us. months of instructin g in the Military Camps of Trentham , Featherst on, and Tauheren ikau, he sails with the 27th lleinforce men ts.

Writing from France -on March 20th, V. Kirkby says : "Things out h er e are not too cheelrful, as it has been so very cold and raining 'good-oh! ' It is us eless telling, or trying to tell, where we are and what \Ye are doing, a.s it would only be scratched out again by the censor. .A.s. I was going down - Street in - -, I ran across a chap. who was smiling from ·e ar to ear . .A.s h e came n ea rer h e put out his• •old 'mud-hook, ' and you can guess how surprisecl I was when I saw it wa.s WiUie Guild. Well, Willi·e and I l1acl .a great time that night. We went nncl had a good feed '()f chips, .e ggs and steak, which cost u s 5 francs 50 cents. each. Kindly remember me to all friends in New Plymouth."

H. L. Lucena ("Lucy") has had considera ble difficulty in obtaining a suitable rifle for us in Christchu rch.

But he has succeeded at last. He has been shooting at the Red Cli:ffs range with success, making a possible at the snap-shoo ting. The trouble is to borrow or get a

OLD BOYS' NOTES:

75 rifl e. "Lucy" is hard at work on his engineerin g course. · Hard work is va,r ied at times by reducing ihe numbers of rabbits on the Port Hills.

Leslie :Nlarfell ("Bill") is still fa rming at Toko, and condole s with us on our difficultie s in connectio n with our buildin"' · but his innate optimism emerges as h e assures us th~t "things ought to be all right when you get the . new building. " He wishes to· be r em em hered to all his old Masters.

Alan Brooker ("Snowy" ) is now at work in Aucka.nd has now shaken do·w n. He found the prelimi~ary office-work a little irksome at first, hut that is over now. He intends to attend classes at the Seddon }lemorial Technical Classes in evenings.

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H. L : Cook, who enlisted some time ago, sat for his commissio n last February and came out first among tP,e 67 candidate s . He is now with the 27th Reinforce ments, \Yhich sailed about the beginning of June. \Y e haYe received from Mrs. Hamblyn, of Henwood Road, t he sum of £10 :from the pay of Corporal C. J. Hamblyn. This is the sum which "ViT eed" pr~sented as a shootincr prize. vVe have preferred to menhon the crift here as it is a matter of an Old Boy. All connected ~'ith the School, and especially those who knew him, deeply appreciate his thoughtfu lness .

A.lf. Honnor is still with Bignell Bros. at Awakino .

This is the slack season and only pottering jobs are hein"' done. Things seem fairly primitive up there yet.

The ~oads are very bad, and motorists are adv·i sed, even if they do take Fords, to bring with them spades and trace-chai ns. Honnor tells us that he and the other men had a row with the cook because they found out that h e had been usin"' their mugs for shaving and had put them on the table "'without washing them. Such are ·· the amenities of pioneer life.

Mr. Pridham writes from \Vhitehall , Weston under . Penyard, Ross on Wye, Hereford, England, acknowled ging the receipt of the "Tara.nak ian.". Although he recognises only two names of those. w1th whom he was associate d-Messrs . Ryder and K1dd-he feels a personal interest in the School and wishes us all further success.

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"Tommy" J ohns writes from Ohinepoutea, Ruatorea, to say that he has gone on the land and is learninO' £~1·ming. .He is l earni;ng shepherding at present, and hkes .the hfe. We notice a note of regret~ in his letter at bemp: no longer at school. H e wishes to be remembered to all who knew him, and, in particular he states that two of the Masters are to be toid first, that he has not forgotten how to make oxy()>en and second that ' he still knows where the Great Ban;ier is.

Donald Grant is in the .office of Mr. Harold 'rhoms'o n, solicitor, Inglewood. He has lately taken up golfing, no doubt to obtain a more lurid and forcible vocabulary.

Lieut. Gil. Hawkins, who retumecl to 'rrentham with the rank of Reg·. Sergeant-Major, received a commission and has ~gain left for the front.

R. D. Kidd is on the staff ·of his old School. His association with the other Masters has not produced a mark~d effect on "Bob's" sporting temperament .

Lieut. D. A. Lusk, of Oaonui, who is attached to the Imperial Camel Corps, is returning to· New Zealand permanently unfit as the result of a gunshot wound in the chest received. at Gaza.

Selwyn Candy is at present residing at Belfast, South Canterbury, where he still takes a keen intei·est in rifle-shooting.

Willard Ewing holds a position on the Electrical Staff of the Borough. He hopes to go into camp in August.

Reg. George• is manager -o f the local branch of the Ridd Milking :Machine Co. Jack Gibbons enlisted at Auckland with the 22nds, and has so far escaped any wounds or sickness.

David Brown, who resigned his _p osition in Messrs. \Veston and Weston's office, enlisted with the 5th Reinforcements and has since seen much fighting in France. On recovering from a 'vound he was given a position in the New Zealand Records Office in London.

Harry Outfield is m charge of Mr. Newton King's business at Inglewood.

Frank Clemo11· has a position in the State Fire Insurance at New Plymouth.

Newton Quilliam, who recently enlistetl at Ne"· Pl;ymouth, was passed as fit for active service. He has been gr::mted three months' leave to sit for 11-is medical exam . at Knox College, Dunetlin.

Lieut. A. IL Standish, of the Arm;y Sen-ice Corps, left for the front with the 24th .

Hugh Bradbury, wh6 enlisted with the 20th Reinforcements on arriving in. Englanrl was prevented f1o1n going to Fra;nc;:e with his reinforcement on account of having contracted mumps .

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E . C. Stanley, who has been wounded twice is once more at the front. His father received a phot~ of him lately and tells us that he "notices that he is now wearing three stripes," a well-deserved promotion say all ·of us .

At the recent election for two members for the New Plymouth Harbour Board the poll was headed by C. E. Bellringer. vV e teuder our sincerest sympathy to Norman Day on the loss of his wife, who died at \ Vellington on April 8th.

At the conclusion o.£ the ordinary business at the Taranaki Hospital Board this morning, Mr. F. C. J. Bellringer, who for the past ten years has ·occupied the posi tioll of Chairman and is now severing his connection with the Board, took the ·o pportunity of thanking the ) Board for the courtesy and assistance they had alway:, extended to him. He regretted very much havino· to sever his connection with the Board, and said he w~uld always look back with pl~asure to his association with it.

He referred to· the· erection ·Of the new Hospital, and said that when he first joined the Board he recognised that better provision would have to be made for the treatment of the sick, and was glad to see that the town and district had a Hospital to-clay of which it mio-ht feel _ju~tly proud. 1fr. Bellringer also expressed his ~p­ prema.twn of the treatment he bad always received at the hands of the employees of the Board. Each· member of the Board expressed sincere regret that Mr. Bellringe'r had decided not to seek re-election. H e had made an ideal Chairm an, and he devoted a great deal of time and thought to the affairs of the Board. It was a great loss to the town and the district generally that Mr. Bellringer was resigning'! from the Board. He had renclerecl most valuable service .-Taranaki Herald.

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Erni e Axm stron g, form erly on the staff \ Vest on and vVeston, enlis ted as an N.C. of l\less rs O., and wa~ last h eard of from Sling Cam p. . Lieu t. Cha~. :Sayly, leaving: hi s farm tame d a comm issio n at Hom e m the Devoat Toko , obman ry and was recen tly h eard of from Palenshir e Yeostine . . Lieu t. Jack , Bul~ard, who. wa s form erly in :Mr. Ha1o ld ~homson s off;ice; went mto camp as ah K .C.O. and recen red a comm issio n. · . . Albe rt Bayl y went into camp with th e 26th Remfor ceme nts and was looki n g very fit after camp -life when up on final leave. ~. A. Br~lC.e, our ers~w hile footb all stud png med1em~ at Qmn cey, F lorid a. captain, is now get to th,e froyt m the Amb ulanc e Corps He expe cts to short ly .

L. G. Eyfe , who left us to- enlis t in the midd le of ln.st. y~ar, was wound ~d on March 28th .

Fort unat ely h~s lllJl~ry .''as not seno us, and he was his duties. m the .Tunn ellin g Corps after able to- resum e four week s in the H?sp ital. . His lette rs sbo' ' that he still takes n grea t mter est m the Scho ol. ' . V. Pa?l has been prom oted to the rank of Lieu tenan t. He IS very popu lar with his men. mem ber of the victo rious "All Blac k" team He is a which h a~ put up such a recor d in Engl and. bes. Ryan is now stati onm aster at His broth er Geor ge is now prac tisin g law :Morrinsville. on his own acco unt at Haw era. · V. vV. L. Stanton ha~ been •gran ted leave from the Cent ral Scho ol and went mto camp at the end of May. vV: H. J enkin son was at last time of writi n"' havin "' a rest m Engl and . · His w.oun d was luck ily very sligh t. . ~ideon Pott is in .England also . One e boys writ mg from there ment wns that ·P.ott has ofth been prom oted to the rank ·Of Com pany Serg eant- Majo r.

"He is a very good one too," adds the write r. · · John Grey left ·with the 22nd Rein force ment s. H e was last hear d of at the front . .

P: Wrig ht left Strat ford Distr ict High Scho ol at the end of last year. He takes a k een inter est in golf ano latel y made a recor d for the Well ingto n Link s,

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Mov erley , who was in t~e p~armace utica l cl~ss; whil e at Scho ol took P . S. Ohve r s place at Davi es Phar macy .

Stan . Hoby , Gunn er N .Z. A;rtille~y, writ~ s that h e is to be Bom bard ier. He men twns mter aha that he was cong ratul ated three time s for his gm~Somm e. 'rhat he is as well as h e says Islaying on the ampl y born e out by his weig ht now bein g 13st. lOlb. R . G. B . Sinc lair, who went into camp with the Dun edin quot a of the 27th Rein forcements,. o·et to the fron t with that force , but on bemexpe cted to to th e rank of Seco ml-L ieute nant has b een g prom oted kept back .

T. V. Tuoh y resig ned his posit ion .in tl~e Depa rtme nt to go· into camp . He was marn Rail way ed sl)or tly befo re l1e l eft New Zeala nd.

D. Pate rson , who wa s farm ing at T arata , has recentl y gone into camp .

D. Winf ield ha s been trans ferre d from Depa rtme nt, \Vell ingto n, to the J,and s and the Mari nE> Deed s Offic e, New P lymo uth.

'1'. Furl ong recen tly sold out his tobacconis ~'s business and is now devo ting himself to publ ic affan s .. He is one of the N ew Plymoutl1 Trus tees on the Effic iency Boar d.

H. H. Gibs on resig ned his posit ion in Mr. New ton Kin" ''s office to "'0 into Mr. D. Hutc hens He ~ompleted his0 Matr icula tion Exam inati ' l aw o:ffi.ce. on l ast year.

J . Tuoh y was recen tly trans ferr.e d to- Auck la~d.

He has been prom oted and is now m the Oper atmg Room .

J. H. :Nlander has b een prom oted to the rank of Seconcl-I,i euten ant.

K. C. Jury is still on the staff of J. H. Cook and Co. H e is now aotin g as traveller for the firm.

Trev or Haw kes has been trans ferre d to " ·ood brnn ch o£ Mr. New ton King 's busin the lngle in New Plym outh h e tciok a livel y inter est ess. ·whil e in golf and i·; now repu ted to be the "vill age cham pion .'

R. C. Adla m, who went to Samo a with the E;xpeditiona r'y Forc e has, after a l?erio d of schoo l-t.ea chmg at Strat ford D.)I. S. 1 again eiJ.hsted.

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80 L. A vann still r etain s his position in the A O'ricultur~l Del?artl,ll e~1 t. He pai~ a visit to New Ply~outh durmg his Chnstmas vacatwn and again on his final leave.

P. 0. Grey is managin_g clerk at Adams and H arley, N els_on . On account of his eyes, h e failed to p ass the medical test.

R. 1\I. J ackson, who up to the time of his enlistment, held a position in the National Bank is now in England training preparatory t o depa.rting for France. _ R. S . Campbell is working on his .f arm at Opunake.

He has taken up racing with enthusiasm and finds it a

paying proposition.

R. E. Dowling, who left New Zealand with the First Expedi~ionary Forc_e, ":as invalided home early in the year and Is now worlnng m ~fr . F. Hall's J>harmacy.

'I'. J. E llis \vas badly injured in t h e foot at the front and soon after aniving back in New Zealand resumed work at his old position in the Public Works in \'iTellingtolli .

C. vV . Fair enlisted early in March and is in the 28th lleinforcement. \~Thile on his final leave a few weeks ago he visited his former m a tes at School.

H. Broadmore holds a position in the local branch of the Lands and Survey Department.

R. J . Broken. hire, w1o hurt his foot while play. mg footba~l :for. Old ;Boys and was consequently unable to leave with h1s Remforcement, is now in England. in EnO'land G.. Chong was at last time of writinO' t:> t:> H e r eexpec t mg to . go to the front at. any minute. m al:ks that 1~ was rath er a comcidence that Strathie ;Ewi~g and himself s~1~uld J:ave found themselves playmg m th_e same positions m a recent football match, as they did when. representing School, 1913.

R . Monteath writes from Sling Camp:- \Ve, t he 19ths, m'e in England at last, after a long but good t np. It took us about eleven 'reeks to get here but we werti held up ~t different ports . They kept us for sev~nteen days at Capetown, .and we had a very good time there. We u sed to get leav-e -e very day, and so had plenty <Jf time for a good look round.

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these places did we get ashore. After t h at we went on .a zigzag course to avoid submarines , and finaUy landed in Plymouth on J a.nuary the 29th. It' s very cold here, for everywhere tli.e snow is two or three inches deep . \Ve felt it very much after being in the tropics .s o l-ong .

They rub the drill into· u s a i-o t h ere in the bull-ring, as they call the parade ground. Thel'e are 11UndreCLs of instructors h ere ,rho ta ke us in small squads for different thing.s, like bayonet fighting, shooting, bembing, machine-gun, ga-s sing, a nd -other things.

They .shake u s up properly . T-ell Mr. Searle if he is there that h e will be drilled by sergeants and corporals when he gets here .

The C.B. ·i s given for any little thing, .and is no joke, as one h as to run up .e very half-hour with a full pack on his back to t he Orderly Room. Ther e are dozen s of aeroplanes flying round all day, as the aerodrome is n ear-by . I under stand that we .are 'to ·be h er e for nearly a month , -after which we get about fo ur day ' leave t o London , and t h en go. to France. Bill Eyre ha.s just g-o ne over th e other night to France, and " J enky," who is going with the second draft of the l 8tl1s to the front aga in, leaves in ahout a week. He is sitting here with me and writing letters also, and wishes me to r emember him to you :md .all 'h is old friends

Lieut. Strathie Ewing writes from Fr'l.nce on Februar y 2nd saying that at the time. o£ writing the w~at~er was fine but very cold . Many pools were covered :Vlth Ice twelve or ei (J'hteen inches thick, and when water IS wanted holes lm;e to be cu t. There was a tank in the camp which " ·as one solid blo ck of ice. The weather was at the same time bright and clear, ancl the only unpleasant thin o' was the extreme cold . Everyone in the Company woulcl be glad to· be back in New Zealand again, and is fully conYinced that France is not as good as New Zealand. vVriting on March 3rd, he says that he .is at an Officers' Rest Home in a l arge chateau at L a Motte . The invalids (if we may call them so) ar e very comfortable there . The ca u se of Strathie's presence there was n severe cold cauo·ht, in a very wet trench . · He had b een for somE' dnys in a front tre1~ch about 200 or 300 yar~s :from th e German line . Prevw u. to that h e had been m the reserve lin e, where th e work was harder than in the actual front line. Troop s new to th e life at first amuse. the older h ands by cluckinO' at every shell, but familiarity soon does away with that. Many a peep -is taken and · many a round of amm:'mition fired _over tJ;Ie top of the trench in spite of the nsk. The penscope IS a ver y u se-

OLD BOYS' NOTES. 82 ful appliance, but does not gi:ve the view that one gets by peeping over. In some places the opposing trenches are only 60 yards apart, and then peeping is still more dangerous . vVhen the German s use h eavy sh ell on the British tren ches a reply is m ade 'b y our h eavy artillery, and if six or eight German shells come together out go es an S.O .S . m essage " and ever ything is tm;ned on to him ." tltrathie bought a pair of trench boots r eaching up to his knees for 15 shillings and a very useful sleeping bag for 65. Gum boots are alway s worn in the tren e;hes . ·writing ag ain on :March 19th h e says that he had quite r ecovered , and was once more at his post. 'rher e was little doing at his sector a-e the time of writing . li f ootb::d l t ournam ent had taken pbce among a number of t eams, and several of our Old Boys were playing for one team or another. Crick et , too, was talked of as soon as th e weather settled. At the time of writing it was cold, windy and ch an geable . W e notice the ver y appreciative tone in which a " h ot ba th " i s m entioned .

Private E. Mas on, who l eft with the 21st R einforcemeuts, h as written a ver y interesting letter describing the voyage to England. From this letter we t ake the f ollowing extract s :• W-e .sigh ted the Ca pe -of Good H ope at -d awn, and a ll that day ,sailed along the coast. Late in t he forenoon we sighted Ta ble Mo untain , and at 4 ·o 'clock " -e en tered t lw h arbour of Capetown.

The Healt h Office r oam e on board and gave u s a clean sh eet. So we IYer e able to bert h at once alongsido .a ooaling wharf . As soon as "-e wer e t ied up a lal'ge number ·of nigg-er s beg an t he coaling .

After seeing na tives of bot h Au stralia .and Ahica I am convinced t h at t h ey cannot be compared to t h e Maoris either p1tysically or mentally . \ V.e got leave t o go a shore at 9 o' clock , and after b u in ;~ t hree weel"s at sea you -can guess that " -e 1teade d stra ight f-o r a restaurant . W e found m eals exceedingly d ear at Capeto1r n On t he other h and , fruit is ver y cheap, especially gr apes, which are only a penny or t "·opence a pound , "-hile t h e qua lity exceeJ s t hat of tl1e N e1Y Zealand gr apes. ~l a ny a pound of g rapes 1 h ad in South Africa. On the next m ornin g 1\·e ma rched t hrough tho city to t he Gardens , 1r here "-e IYer e di smissed t ill 11 p .m . Some of u s wen t one 1ray .and som e anothe r . A few of my . mates and I went out t o Camp's B ay f.o r a mot or run , then t o Muizenberg and -o n to t he 2foo . I t hen r etur n ed to the city to do some .shopping. Unf-ort unately we -s tayed ·only one d ay at t h e Cape, otherIY ise I should 1tave climbed to the top of T able Mountain to see t1te country beyond. At the t ime of our ·st ay Capetown was full of

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khaki from Australia, New Zeal and -and South Africa . In the evening we sailed. There were five large transports escorted by a cruiser. 'fhe transports · wer e arranged in two lines corn para tively close together , while the cruiser head ed the pwcession in the centre. At ti:ll.1 es we wer e so close to the Ulimaroa that we cou1d hail tho se on board of 1ter. .

Over fift y naval men IYho had been -on service in various parts joined us at Capetown_ They IYer e ,a, very m erry cr e1Y and helped to make our monotonous life a plea sa nt one.

A few cla-ys after leaving port we ·entered the Tropics, and a s lYe neared the Equator the weather became exceedingly hot , -o ften too hot to eat. During t his time our clothing consist ed of a hat, a •s hirt, .a nd a pair of ·shorts . Even then w-e per spired con·s ider.ably, especially if tl1er e was nothing t o do. The sun b{-o;;-ned us ver y much , but that did not affect our h ealt h in <{i1y IYay . A fe ature of t he Tr-o pics IYas the sun sets, which wer e simply beaut iful. As soon a s the .s un had gone down vivid fla sh es of lightning would illuminate the clouds thr-o ughout the night.

On our voyag e the ·sea in the Tropic.s was for a week a s calm a s a lake . ·when lYe cro ssed the Line, F ather Neptune came on board and cnrri ccl •o nt the ce remony in his cutomary manner. The J acktarB 11·cr e entrust ed to do the ducking and .shaving, and they carried out their r esponsible ta sk ll'ith exemplary efficiency. All h and s enjoyed the. pr-oceedings .

1 About a fortnight after leaving t he Cape lYe -s igh ted land once more . 1hi s t ime it 11·a.s the 11·est coast of Africa. Toward s th e end of one day the transports wer e form ed into -o ne long line and , h eaded by the cruiser , we all sailed into the port of Freeto11·n , the capital of Sierra L eone. The town is .a ·small one, 1Yith a, popula t~on of about 11.000. mostly natives. The st aple production is f ruitbanana s. coeonuts, et c. The port is noli' cont rolled by t he Admir alt~- a s a coaling and 11·atering sta t ion. Although \Ye h ad to stay there for t 11·o da ys , 11·e- 11·er e not allo1Y ecl to land on a ·count of th~ pre1·alence of di sea se . So 1\'e amused ourselves by ro wing .about from t rans port t-o transport and talking to our comrades. 'fhe natives crowded to the tr an sports to sell fruit . This ll'e found ver y dear . However , I bought <some coconuts, a.s they keep \Y ell ~n _ t h e hot 11·eather. The entrance- to the port is rather pretty . On t he stm·boarcl side ar e some islands cl-othed in green and dotted h er e and. t here with n ative huts neatly t hatched. IV also passed a Ge rman tradin g steamer hard and fa st •o n the r eef near t he entrance. \Ve left F reetown in .the .sa.me line form ation as before, and '1l ere- we are at sea at the time of writing. We ar e now almost

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twelve hours behind New Zealand time, .a nd have run into the c.: old weather again. \Ye carry our lifebelts with u s wherever we go, and no light whatever is allowed ·e xcept those below .

Corporal 0. J. Hamb1y n writes from Billets m France :You will be ·pleased to hear that after a long spell of several months in the trenches we luwe come back a few miles to another small village wher e we are tra ining for a few weeks. '\Vhat happens t hen remains to be seen , but I suppose we shall be back at it again. Our t rainin g now consists m ainly in r efre shing drill, and goodness know s the companies n eed it a.> t hey are just about all new m en. We L E.wi s gunner s ar e busy, when not on company parades, training the batt alion in the u se of the gun . We take about lifty at a tim e and put them t hrough n. f.ew days' cours·e, th<>n let them have .a fe11· Touncls •o n the range . l\I·o st of t hem get n. very fair idea of the gun, .a nd the knowledge will come in ver y handy should we be wanted to do our bit of " pushing" again. And I quite expect to have to go in again .soon. Oh, well. we ca n but go on and t ake. 1that ' s coming . If we are " marked fm· it," as the boys say , we shall surely get it, so what i;s the use of \\·orrying. I'm .sure I 'm not th e ·One t o do that, a nd I haven't -seen the chap that does .

I believe they had some rain back your way .and a. f c,m· flood s . '\Ve have had several small falls .6f snow , .a nd the ground is white.

A bit ·of snow-balli ng has been possible, but it is: a hard matter to keep warm, especially the f.ect , while on pa.rade. L ecturing do esn't give one a chan ce t o move about. However , a good fire no11· and then makes all the differ enc10. One of t h e worst days I have had lat ely was when we went .out wiring up to the r ear t r ench es . It wa~ just ra ining lightly when we .s et ·o ut ·early in t he morning. '\Ve got tO an R.E . dump and each man (there wer e a. 11undi·ed of u s) picked up a coil of wire or ir·o n -st ak es .and tramped off t hrough mud and slush up to· wher e we h ad to work.

Ther e we started off in tll'e nties , .each twenty having about seventy yards to do. We ll if it l1ad been fin e that was no hard job, but the cold r ain turned to rain and sleet , with a driving r ain . Good weath er to handle rusty barbed wire and stakes- I don't think!

We k ept going, though half frozen and wet through; but when it began to snow in ~arnest we chucked it .a nd •Set off home, about half a dozen miles t he way we had to go. I know most of us got into bed, and my mate and I got across the -street into a FrenehIYoman's shop, wher e we dried our clothes . Such is life on certain da ys , but usually we are well ·off . A happie·r crowd you couldn't find , and wh atev13r comes you can depend we'll make the best of it.

One thing, I can always mke up a good old smile, and find that it carric,>s a ohap a good w.ay. ·

LANCE-C ORPORAL W. F . KELLY.

PRIVATE H. CLARKE.

PRIVATE F. J. ROWLAN DS.

OLD BOYS ' NOTE S. ss· I was glad, as I believ e I told you before , to hear of the boys' success in the shooti ng. Indeed , I .am proud -of the old school , and wish it all t he luck and prosp erity it deserv es . They wer e happy days I spent there, and I shan't fo rget them . We've got to get throug h with this job , a nd until we h ave settled it I can only look forwa rd with pleasu re to the time when I shall be with you again. I can .see some very hard work .sticki ng out for me, but I h ave learnt a great deial h er e, and feel .~ ur e that I will be able to work with 11 will at anyth ing . I'm asham ed to say I n ever did that while at school . You knew that, of course , I suppose. That is lookin g a long way ahead , but what do es it matter , the J.onge.st day has nn ·E'n d. nnd so will this affair.

I must .say "au revoir " now, ~1r. ::\1oyes . P lense remem ber me to th e boys, and especi ally to ::\Irs. l\Ioyes . Wi t h best of good wishes for the .s uccess -of tbe n ew school.- Y.ours sincer ely, ''"WE ED.''

Sapp er Irwin Howe ll writes from Codfm·d : I am writin g these few lines to see how I st and with regard to the subscr iption s to the "Tara nakia n," as I am afraid I have been rather n eglect ful of late. If y-ou would ·soo hmr I stand and send my accou nt in to m y people I \Yill mTang e with them to fix it up for me.

I have just been r eading t hr-o ugh one cf the r-ecent Schoo l :\Iagn:r,ines, and it \ \"aS with deep r egret that I r ead ·of the disastrou ~ fire you have had , but was indeed plea.seid with the pr.o gress t he Schoo l ha s made in the Ja.st few years, , and feel ·s ure that it can now hold its own with any other Secon dary School in the Domin ion.

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Being attach ed to the Auckl and B attalio n, I did not come in touch with many cf the c ld boys while I wa.s over in Franc e, but since comin g over to Engla nd I h ave met severa l ·of them at differe nt times. I met Capta in-Sur geon I. E. Faris while in Arme ntiere s in Franc e, but Inter h e went into hospit al to under go an opera tion and is now in charg e of the .surgic al ·s ection ·Of the New Zealan d Conva lescen t Camp at Hornc hurch , in Essex, Engla nd. . · While in the 2nd Londo n Gener al Hospi tal I went with a party one aftern oon to the Londo n Oper a House and then to the New Zealan d Hoste l in Ru ssell Squar e, where I met Miss. Grant , late of the High Schoo l, Mr. Nolan of Hawe ra, and one or t\"I"O cf the -old boy.s, one of whom wa.s Da.vid Brown , who gave me Mr. Pridh am's addre ss , but as yet I. have not had a chanc e to look him up.

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From London I ~--el!lt to the New Zealand General Ho-s pital in Brock enhur.st, Rants, where I met M'lsaac and Oliver, and also Miss Grant again, but this time in the role of official visitor to the hospital.

At present I am in a light training camp h e.r e at Codford, where they prepare u s for tha heavier work at Sling Camp after we come ·out of hospita l. I have- m et a great many of the old boys her e, including Outfield, Molloy, Co lson , from Sling Camp, Jenkinson, Hooker and .several othe11·s I cannot eaU to mind at present. They are allloo1.-i.ng fairly w.ell and , judging hom appearances, thoroughly enjoying life over h ere in this country.

We h ave got the worst part .of the winter over now .a nd most of u s have felt it fairly sev·e r e, not being used to having the snow lying thick on t he ground for weeks at a time, but things are getting much better now, and the last few days have brought a ve.ry .agreeab1e change in the weather.

I will bring this to a close now· , hoping I have not taken up too much of your time, and ''ishing to be r emembered kindl y to Mr. Moyes , the Masters and1 the boy.s .

was gorgeously beautiful, everything being so "finisheq" looking.

It w.a s easy to see wh ere our "Landscape Targets" originated. .Uter s ix weeks ' stay at Sling Camp I \Yent over to France in charge of a party of troops- an interesting trip . The country we pa,ssed through wa.s not n early so " finished" as England, and all t hat I have see!ll. of France -so far makes IH·e wonder why the French do not ·s imply give the whole show over to the Huns.

But that is perhaps beca u se I have .seen only the worst part of the country and under t he woi·st conditions. Nor w.as I impr€1Ssed f!l 1·ourably with the people with whom we have so far come into con tact, but that is because only the lo"·er cla.s ses of farmers and fg:r m-la.bourers are about h ere, and the-y arc a mixture of French and F lemish. The lnng uage i.s difficult to understand, as there is so much patois 8poken. I lnlve been rubbing up my French, lea rnt at the " High," and find it very useful. Only this evening I h ad to translate .a letter .one of my men received from a French g irl. I find it a jolly sight easier to make the people und·elr stand 11·hat I say than to unde rstand them . They .speak .so quickly and my vocabu la ry is strictly limited, and th e verbq are my "betes

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Eric Colson writes:-

Codford, April 9, 1917.

I think I have .a lready told you that I ·am now in t he ne'' Brigade they have formed here, and as .s oon as we are~ properly trained , ·e tc., we shall go str.aight to France •o r s·omewher e d esperate . We may be h er e two months; if ,so we .shall get the good weather coming on. I am in the Taranaki Company of the Wellington B attalion, which is under Colonel Fletcher, and New P lymouth is well represented in the Company. Lieutenants Bullard and Laing, Sergeant-1\llaj.o r Rocbuck, Lieut . Fraser, also Roch the refer ee, and many others perhaps you would not know. In other Battalions are Lieuts. Arden and 'Valter Matthews from Inglewood . I have met hundreds of acquaintances about here of late too numerous to mention. Lieut. Laing is my platoon officer, a good man of experience, and we have a vm·y good co~pany of men her e, and the sooner we get a~Yay the better I thmk, as I am anxious to get doing my bit .a t the· front after being so long on the training staff .at Sling and h ere at Codf.ord.

In our last issue we published extracts from. the diary of Captain A. Ma_cDiarmi~. I~ thi~ we contmue ]J is narrative from the time of b1s arnva1m F:ngland :-

'Ve landed autumn was a can be done in landsca pe was

in Plymouth. The trip through Devon m the .e arly revelation and an inspiration in the way of what the way .of agriculture by a large population. The utterly diff erent fr.om that of New Zealand, and

On reaching Francfj in October I put in six days at the Base Cam p, where all Reinforcements are put through a course at the "Bull Ring." and on October 13th I joined up the Rifle Brigade at a little village near the Beilgian frontier. I arrived there late at night afte.r a long tramp over the paved roads, and wa.s posted to the command ·of D Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd N.Z. Rifle Brigade. I slept that night on the stone-flagged floor of a farmhouse, and had my first introduction to what Bairnsfather calls the "rectangular .s mell." All these farmhou ses are built round three or four sides of' a rectangle, the centre of which is a huge pit varying in size up to 40 feet by 20 . Into these all stable manure, stable bedding, pig-stye muck, hous e refu se and drainage are put and .allowed to r·o t until the early sp'r ing, when the manure is put on the fi elds and ploughed in . The farmhouse well is always situated right alongside these "rectangular smells," so you can easily understand why so many of the pumps are condemned by our medical men, ana the battalion has. to get water from its water-carts. Just a·s I write there is a ghastly cold wind blowing.

This hut is in an adv.anced state of leakiness and my brazier is not burning too well, so I must turn into my bag and try to get warm there.

Continuing the letter next day he writes:I joined up the Battalion ·On its way back from the Somme, and th e following day, 'October 14th, we were on the move .and \Yent by foot and motor lorry to a little village about 6000 yards

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behind the actual line. Began to realise mor e fully that I was getting near the actua l thing from t he boom of t he guns· and solitar y graves dotted at interva ls along the roadsi des; all the grou nd m~ passed over had been fought over two years before . Next day I saw several new sigh ts . An aer-oplan e being shelled , a man strippe d to the waist s itting in t he .su n and clearin g his shirt of lice, chu rch parade under the lee of .a h a)'stac k, a 6in . howitz er in action, and picked up the positio n of my billet wit h map and compa ss.

At this billet we put in .severa l days' trainin g, an d on October 21st I was told to report up in the trench es to inspec t the par t of t he line I \Ya-s to take over. Accord ingly, after a long hot march , at 9.45 a.m . I st epped into fhe first .actual •commu nicatio n trench I had bee n in , and after about half a mile of it, report ed at t he Headq uarter s o+ the Compa ny I wa.JS to relieve . Some S\\·ank that Headq u arter s I can tell you . Abou t l Oft. x 12ft., t\Y·O bunks, a table, board floor , glass window (about one foot square ) and a lace curtai n l()f uncert ain age . Went all throug h the Compa ny sector of trench es and had a look at the H un parape t.

It \Yould be difficul t to imagin e .a nythin g more differe nt from t he trench es we have in Trenth am than these are; in fact, t hey •a r e not tr enches at all, but breast works ; the ground is too wet to dig any depth. On my way back to billets I saw an uncom mon and most enthra lling sight. ·A plane, marked with the British colours , fie \\· r ight overhe ad from the Hun lines and made for one of our captiv e balloon s a good distan ce .a way. When ·i t got nea.r I h ear d a r attle of machin e-gun fir e from the air and sudden ly saw a little puff of •smoke fr-o m the balloo n, rind the plane turned tail. In a very few second s the balloon w.a.s an appa lling ma ss of flames and started to fall fa st er and fa ster till it• disapp eared from sight .

The plane, its work done, went h ell for leathe r back for the H u n lines; but sudden ly, appara ntly fr-o m nmYhere, anothe r plane appeared a•s a speck , g rowing rapidly bigger and bigger , until presently, h aving grerrte r speed than the Hun, it overto ok it, and both started man-o euvrin g for positio n . Our machin e gaine d the ,,·eatl1er gauge, and a f ew rounds of machin e-gun fire .spat ou t. almo.st directl y -o ver my head , but to the great disapp ointmen t of those of u s \Yho were watchi ng, our plane immed iately afterw ards shee red off and fl e\Y away, \Yhile the Hun g-ot safely home again.

It wa s the most thrillin g and disapp ointing sight I ha.ve ever seen , and I wa s never near er foul-m outhed cursin g as wlien t he H u n g ot a\Yay. I ha,·o seen many lumdr eds -of planes since then , bu t n ever an-oth er aeria l duel.

On Octobe r 25th our battali on took I()Ver a section of the line, and I had my first experi ence -o·f trench warfar e which, on that sector, w.as normally very dull .

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Had my first experi ence -of being und er .shell-fire on the 27th, and to t ell the truth I rather -enj-oyed it, with .a good t hick parapet in fr-ont and a good parade s behind . It is excitin g work h earing the ~hells \\·hizz ovetr and w-ondering \Yher e they \Youlcl land.

The u sua l period ical -spells in the trench es and billets contin ued ti ll about Janu ary 8th , wh en -our Brigad e was pulled out for a 16 day s' r est some few miles back from the linet. The r.e st con sisted of -solid t ra ining ev-er y cl ay, but \\·a.s a, tonic after t he inevita ble slackn ess of all ranks after so long in the trench es.

After the r.e st 1,-e moved into the line again a littl e farthe r .along from our old sector, and there I put in the colclest time I've ev-er kno\Yn. li'or fiv e week s t h e ground ,,·as cover ed with snow, and there were h eavy frosts daily f.or the lliJst four weeks , and those of u s who had n ever been throug h .a Contin ental winter befor e got an eye-op ener in the \Y.ay -of cold . P.o nch and ditches ,,·er e frozen , goodne ss knows how many in ch es tl1ick , and we had great fun, and many falls, sliding on the pond,~ . Washi ng and makin g my toilet in the mornings .at the d-oor of m y dugou t \\·as .a. painfu l p rocess . My batma n u sed to bring m e hot water in a cam·as bucket , .and befl()l·e I had finishe d \Yith it the bucket 11·-ould be fr-oz en to the con cr et e, shaving b r ush stiff a s a board , co mb cover ed with particl es -of ice after I had done my h a ir, and my fing er s cold bey-ond \Yord-s .

The b read \Y as f r-o zen , bully belef was full of granul ated ice, fountain pens ,,·ould freeze if laid on tl1e table f-o r a few minu te_s, and even the \\·ater in my felt-co vered water- bottle was fr·ozen m m y dugou t. I never want anothe r experi en ce like it.

Dunng that cold spell the Hun treated u s to a gas bomba rdment and inflicte d .s everal casual ti es -on a Compa ny on my right. \ Ve got a whiff of it over our lines, but nothin g to worry .abou t.

T\\'o or three nights after t hat t hough , \\·e did have to 1\·orry, aiS at 1J p.m . he gave u s tho heavie st artille r y fir e the Drigad e had had since the Sornme. I \ra s jus t turnin g in. when sudden ly the Hun started chucki ng stuff -over as hard as h e could , so I got ou t and 1·an a long t o the signall ers and wired throug h the S.O .S. message . This, with u s, is not a signal that we are " in ext r emis," bu t is a call for our artille ry to paste all they can into No Man's Lan d, a s a heavy sudd-en bomba rdmen t on front and suppo rt lines and Q.T.' s usuall y is the prelud e to a raid. Our gu ns opened up in fin e s tyle, and things were merry for about h alf an hourguns, machin e O'Uns and L ewis guns all going their darnde st, and then gr aduall y t h inO's quiete ned down . ·vv.e learne d .soon that li'ritz had attemp ted to r~id the Compa ny on our r ight, bu t had had no succes s, and all his heavy fire had resulte d in only two slight casu alties with u s.

N ext day we very gladly handed -over that sector to anothe r Battal ion , a.nd .shor tl y after that ou r whole Divisio n was relieve d by a n ew "Tonu ny" D ivision . \Ve move d , by a two days' t r amp,

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to a totally new .sector, where we are now, and it's ,a h - - of a sector-a tremendous amount of artillery activity. As I write the hut is in a continuous rstate .of tremor from the heavy stuff Fritz is pitching over .at one •of our heavy batteries which has been aJ?noying him. W e !had a bad introduction here, too. Relieved a " T-ommy" Brigade late one -evening in inconceivably bad trenches and next n<orning were properly raided by Fritz, who got the Company on my left rather badly . They put a box barrage on the front and support lines and C.T. of my Company, so that I could get no information through -either to front or r-em· from my dugout, "·hi ch wa s situated between front and s upport lines. By J'ove, they did shake thingrs up for a while, .a.nd things were mighty unpleasant. My Company has been wonderfully fortunate, and we are looked on a-s being very lucky while I have been with them in the line. In five months we have ><mly had <One man killed, and H e was my Company clerk his case was mighty hard indeed. and had just br-o ught me the -daily routine -orders and was going up the C.T. to his dugout in the front .line when a "Rumjar" must have bnded on the 1side of the parapert right by him and killed him instantly . A "Rumjar" is a Hun medium trench mortar sh ell and i s wonderfully like the -e arthenware rumjars both in sh ape and .size-the eff-e et is qmte different and most unplea-s ant.

The "Min.nie" is the heavy trench mortar ·s hell and is what we l1ate more than .a nything else-except perhaps the users of them.

I can tell you we 11··e re h eartily glad when this last trick in the trenches cam~ to an end; m-ost of us were nervy a nd pretty well \Yorn out. The trenches were in a ,shocking state; so bad tha t 11·e could -o nly keep the m en in the fronrt line for 24 hours at .a s pell, and then relieved them from the supports. W e had to \Year thi'gh gum boots continuously, .and for .s cores of yards had to \\'acl e through mud and .s lus h up to our kn ees . I have seen men go into holes in the trench almost to the waist. Other parts the mud \Yas the con sistency of very thi ck treacle, and each step was an effort. Being very short -of officel'S I ha{! to take a trench watch day and night, and my word three hours tramping backward s and f.orwarcls along that trench at night time, visiting the sentry groups, wa.s no joke. Us ually about 11 p.m. my observer and I l\sed to call at the S.l\1.'.s dugout for a stiff nip of rum.

\iV. H. Jenkinson ("Jenkie") writes from Sling Camp:! h ave been keeping a diary this year, -so ca.n tell you fairly exactly what h as been ha]!>pening for the last month or .so. New Year's D ay I \ra s in Codf.ord. I think there is only one place in Englanii that is "·orse than Cod ford .and that is this place (Sling).

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him to rec~m~end me for leave. This he did. H e gave me seven day•s, and 1t d1d no_t take me long to push it through the Orderly 1-toom. I have .a fnend or two among the clerk-s . Thursday morning I left for Burnley, via Bnstol and Ma.nchest~r . I spent a. few hours in Bristol, but as I had been there several times before I wa.s not very much interest ed. ~ristol is not a bad place though.

I have had many a jolly week-enc, .,llere. Manchester wa~ my next stop, and I ·stayed ther e four days with some people whom I had met on my last visit to, Manchester, a.nd as you may guess I made the most o.f my time. I visited all the .a rt galleries and musenms an:d ,o ther places of inter est. Although I had such a good time in Manch ester , I must say I do not t'hink it comes up to other towns I have visited. It iiS too .smoky .a nd business-like . Burnley was the next to\vn I visited. It is a typical Lanca.shire cotton town.

It is funny to soo the people g,o ing home after a day ' s work with their clogs and s hawls . I have r elations in Burnley, and I had spent a coupl e of days ,,·ith them when I .suddenly decided that I ,,-,o uld like to see Live rpool. So -off I went by the n ext train. I forgot to sta.t~ that bef•o re I left Burnley I had wired to our Headquarters for an ex tension -of furlough. This was granted, giving me ten days instead of .seven. I h appen ed to have an acl,dres·s, given to me befme I left N ew Zealand, of some people in Liverpool, .so the fir.st thing I did w.as to hunt them up. They proved to be very nice people, and I .stayed with them for a day or so.

Liverpool is a fine plac~; in fact to my mind it is one of the finest to\\·n s in England. The docks are \Y ell worth visiting. I was lucky enough to meet a gentleman who was on the "Dock Board," so you may be sure I made the most of my time and went over them thoroughly . I spent three days in Liverpool, a.nd saw most of the sights worth seeing. I hope to go there ngain one of these clays. If I nm lucky enough to get back to "Blighty," this time I intend to go to Ireland when I g-e t furlough. If I ever gert to Irel:md it will be via France, for I am going over to France again in ten davs' time. I left Liverpool and went back to Codford via London a-nd Walton-on-Thames. l arrived back a day late. Of course I was on the mat for it, but I had an excuse r eady (you know what I am lik-e for excu ses) nnd got off Scot free .

As soon as I got back to Codford it ,struck me that it wa,s a bout time I did som(\thing, so a.s my kn ee ha{! been lasting fairly 11·ell I went up to the doctor and told him that I w.as fit for France.

Two days later I came to this place and have been training ever since . Drill! Drill!! Drill! ! ! I am fed up with it. I dream about it. For almo-st a month I have h eard of nothing else but " Left, right! Left, right!" " Hold y-o ur h ead np !" ''Eyes right!" et c., etc. Thank H eav-en! I have .almost finished with it now.

I have now finished my training and am once more a "trained soldier." I expect leave .any day now-then, wh at oh! for France.

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This l1as been the coldest winter that England has experienc ed for over twenty years, and the Salisbury Plains. are the coldest parts ·of England , .so y-ou can see that training her e is no·t all "apples and pea rs ." For the last three week s it has been freezing day and night . '.rhe water in our fire-buckets is froz en solid.

W e often take t he ice out, but in two -or three days it is. solid again. · For ·Over .a 1reek lYe have had frozen s now on the ground, SO' y-ou may gues·s •One gets very cold when going through a course ·of mu sketry.

I IYill give J'">O U some idea of tl1e training we do here, as I knmr you "·ill be interest ed. To start with, there is the muchdreaded " Bull R ing. " H ere we go thr.o ugh bayonet drill, "physical jerks," .squad, platoon. .a nd company drill, besides gas and bomb practice . Everythin g is done at the double in the " Bull Ring." Bef.o re fi.nishing one's cour.se one ha·s t.n go through "ga.s" and t hrow t hree live bomb.s. The ga:s is the ordinary chlorine gas.

It is in a ga s chamber , and we have to go in this chamber with our gas helmets ·on. The bomb.s .are the ordinary Mills ' mark five .

I got "firs t class" for thr-owing, so I have .a chance of being made a bomber.

Some t ime during n ex t \Yeek I am goi ng on four days' embarkation leave . · I intend to visit friends in London and \Valtonon-Thame s.

I saw a School Mag. the other day-the fin t l have seen s ince I left New Zealand, ancl I see that t he new Boarding House is now finished. It ~eems to be a ·splendid place. There are a good many Old l3oys in this camp, including "Monty" (l\1-onteath) , Eric L epine, Billing, Ben Acllmn , Eric l"tolands , Brokensh ire, Li eut. S. Paul, Lieut. N . Little, Grant, N. F . Skelton, and several other s . \V e often get together and have a chat about t he ·old Scho ol.

I must cLose no11·. Give my kind est r ega rd s to the M asters and boys .

PriYat e Hownrd Mackie \\-rites from \Valton- onThames, March 15 :About a month ago I r eckoned that I ttad had long enough in hospital and ca mp doing nothing, and decided to try for furlough, .ancl then go on to Codfo rd for training.

Hmrever , the doctor con sidered my hand 11·as not fit for stretcher- bearing and might n ever be again , and thought that it wasn't fair to me to have to go on to Codford, handicapp ed as I was. I tried him twice, but h e w·ould not let me go, ·so finally I told him I wanted a staff job if I co uld\ not go .on to Codford , so h e got me to apply for a job her e . He recommen ded it, and finally I was advised that I wa s to be tran sferred h!lre.

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After getting furlough I headed for Scotland again, intending to visit Edinburgh , Gla sgow, Inverness and Aberdeen . All of these I managed except Inverness, for which I had hardly .enough t ime.

I left camp on the Friday afternoon , February 23; ·s pent the weekend in London; 11·as in Edinburg h till Friday, :March 2; put in Friday .a nd Saturday in Gla8gow; h ad Sunday in Edinburgh , and the r est ·of the time 11·as .spent in 1VLethlick or ·else in travelling , until I finally land ed bacL: her·e at 2 p.m. -on Saturday, March 10.

I left for Edinb urg h, from King's Cross, by t h e 10 a.. m. train on i\londn y , and arriv ed in Edinburgh abo ut 7.30 p.m. Colonials coming ·off t he t r.a in there ar e met by two gentlemen from the Victoria L eagu e Club f.or Over seas So ldiers , and if t hey have no"·here arranged to stay at, are conducted to qu arters either in H.utland Square or at Ramsay Lodge , n ea.r the Castle. I landed up at H.am say Lodge, and a nice comfortab le place it is. The ladies 11·ho serve the meals .and do the cooking, .e tc. , are all volunteer s, ancl a r e very kind indeed , and the place is just like a home. Tm-iff was : Beds l .s Gel, breakfast ls 3d , dinner l s 6d , tea l .s, which wa s very r easonable considerin g the price -of foodstuffs here now , ancl also that the m eals were first- cla•ss. Also, there i s a fin e cosy IITiting room, a reading room , and .a billiard room on the premises, so t hat you can see it is quite up to date . Tuesda y I s pent strolling round Edinburg h with an Australian boy, getting to know t he lie of the to11·n . On \Vedn esda y severa l of us-Canad ians, Australian s, and New Zealander s-went out to the Forth Bridge.

On Thur8day the Australian .a nd I vis ited tl1e Castle. St. Giles' Cathedral , Holyrood Palace, and 11·ent a. good way up the path round the Sali sbury Crag8, but could not get on to Arthur's Seat, as they have .anti-aircr aft guns there now. I bought a camera 11·hile in Edinburg h and took a. couple of photos of Ramsay Lodge , ·One of Holyrood Palace, and one of the city, bu t n either of the la st two turned out any good owing to wrong fo cussing. W ell, I went to Glasgow on Friday morning, and put up at t he Welcome Club (Fo r overseas soldiens) in Sa uchiehall Street . which is run m.uch afte r the style of those in Edinburgh . In t h e afternoon I took the car to one of t he termini and , after a pleasant .stroll, land ed in Ca mbu8lang . Passing a .s chool ther e I hear d some fine singing, so I ventured in and met th e h eadmast er, Mr. Buchanan , 11·ho made me most welcome . H e took me to t.he class which was singing, a.nd made them s ing .a gain for my benefit, .a.nd showed me right through the ,school. Strange to say , Ernie Whyte, who was in the Medical Corps with me in Trentham .and in No . 3 Field Ambuln.nce. is a great friend and regular correspon dent of Mr. BuchaJ1an' s . I h ave a very cordia.! invita.tion to visit them again and to see t hrough the school in working hours, whenever I am in Glasgow again. On Saturday morning I went to see the University ,

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but t he Art Galler y and Museum being open , and near to the University, I spent two or three hours looking thr-ough them instead.

The Art Gallery .a nd Museum is a beautiful building, and they have a splendid collection of pictures, and also of birds, anima.Is, curios, etc. , t hat go to make up .a museum . That p.a rt of the City is vm·y pretty, with its fin e parks, and the University is beautifully . situated on a hill, with plenty of open space around it. If only Marischal College, from Aberdeen , could be put ther e, instead ·of the building they have now , I don't beli eve that ther·e would be a fine r umve r.sity in t h e world . In t h e afternoon I went to see a football match , just to see " ,soccer" as it is played in S ootlanclth e home of t h e game, and I was surprised to •s ee a crowd ·of 10,000 or so watching ·one of the ordinary cup matches. It was a good game. h owever , and worth watching. I met a Seotty at the match , and we h ad t ea. together; then we bot h had to catch t rains, mine going back t o· Edinburgh at 9 o 'clock. On Sunday morning 1 went to the service in St. Giles' Cathedral, and n ev.e r have .seen .a ·church .so well packed . I did not m anage to hear much ·of t h e se rvice, 110\Yever , as the stone pillars in the centre seemed t o sto p the 1Souncl.

On l\lonclay morning another Australian and I caught an earl y t1 ain f.or Aberd een , and arrivecl'ther e about mid-cl ay . On t h e journey we got into conver sation with a Scotty in the F old Artillery, who had come ha ck from France 'to sit f.or his commission , .and also with a Scotch gen t leman , .a nd when \H~ got out at Aberdeen t his ·old gen tleman invited u s t o com e and 1mve dinner with him at a tea-room, which we did , and a fin e dinner we had.

F rom Aberdeen t his Australian .a nd I journeyed t o Methlick und er ra t her unfavourable circumstances . Vl/e got to Uclny in a snmnto nu, or r eall y a blizzard , and fouud that we had n early four hours t o wn,it f·o r the m ail car . HmYeve r, some kind folk took us in for n. '" ann by t heir fire, and afterwards we disoover ed that the seat s on the m ail car wer e all booked up , so we h ad to hir.e ,a car instead to go there. W e got put o ut at t h e foot of the Buckie Burn, and going up the brae it was all we could do to face the driving snow. Aga inst the. dykes th er e were drifts of ,s now four fee t deep, s o you can ima gin e wh at it "·as like . N ext day it was s nowing .still and quite .as cold, so \Ye only ventured out as far as the village, .a nd for th e r est of the t ime ·sat round the fir e mostl y.

I st ayed on t ill Friday m orning , and on t h e W ednesday afternoon paid a visit t o th e Cha pel P ark folk (relatives). On Thursd, y there was a patriotic sale and concert a t Methlick , and luckily it was a fine, sunny day, although there was _still plenty of snow about.

They had a m ost successful day, r eaHsing over £650, which wa.s very good for a small district like Methlick. One stirk (bullock) brought £46 (sold only ·Once) , and a goat (sold several times)

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brought £40. I ha? my camera with me, and took •s ome snapshots, several of whwh I am enclosing.

N_ext morning J had to be down at lVIethlick Post Office .a t 6.15 a.m. for the car, and it was indeed a k een, fro.sty mornincr. Our · car developed a leak in the radiator, and fhey had to aet ~nother cue to take us on afte~· \re had travelled half-way, but .;e managed to got the tran~ Ill t1me. I had a •Couple of homs to spend in Aberd een , and_ four or fiv e in Edinburgh, a.nd then , travelling all mght? landed Ill London ·o n Saturday morning at 8.30. Spent 'the mornmg there, .a nd got back here at 2 p.m.

Well ,_ U~is is_ ~early a for_tnight that I have been her.e now , and the hfe 1s smtmg me .allnght. I .am on general duties which mcludes c!eanmg bath-rooms, sweeping, putting up tents, co~l heavmg, slnft mg boxes, stretcher-b earing, etc., but this last I a.m unabl~ to do. I can manage th~ coal shovelling and carrying all right, so :}OU see I am not 1SO handicapped .as you might think. However we don't ge~ worke? very hard, and as we. get good food and hav~ good beds, hfe LS fmrly plea~ant. Mos.t ·of us on the staff .a re sleepmg at Outlands Park Hospital, over a mile from here, •s o that we have a mce httle a a d h f . \Yalk down to breakfast in the mornm· ., , .11 ome a t er tea at ~Ight. Midway between the two places is a. fin e l~ouse turned m to· a "Y.M.. C.A .," .a;nd it is the cosiest and nicest httle _place of _i~s kind that. I_ have seen. It h as a ver y cosy club loom, wntmg r·oom, dm!llg room, and other rooms, and another chap. and I have ·s tarted a photographic studio in one of the rooms, w1~h the permission •of the ladies in chm·ge . W e get plenty ·of musw there, and the place is just like .a home ; .so much so, that •So far I have spent .a.ll my evenings ther e . \Vn.tm~ a week later, Private Mackie •s ays :- Over h ere we are begmnmg to xealise there is .a war on. Although we h ave not had to go hungry yet , we are having our r.a tions cut down and have been accustom ed the last few months to having ver; htt.le s~ga~·. Latel y we have been several d ays without potatoes . .

'Pnvate ~lacl;: I e furt her mentions that as a n ew brigade of t~fantry from the New Zealand er s i s being made up a n e\1 Ji'1 eld Ambulance is also being got together from the con~alescent men. H~s hand , however , is not recovered, and he will probably be ll:ept m England f.or a while.

ROLL OF HONOUR. "FOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE. "

BOLLIN0"ER , G. _W. , Lieutenant . ~George Bollinger was m the service of the Bank of New South '\Vales and wal; stationed at Hastings when the war broke

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put. He.le; ft. with the Main Body of. the Exped itionary Force and took part in the landi ng at Gallip oli . .After servin g th.ere for six month s he was invali ded to Egyp t. On being promo ted to the rank of Sergt .~1ajor he 'r eturn eel to New Zeala nd to take up commissi oned rank in one of the Reinf orcem ents. He wa~ .~gain in the thicke st of the fighti ng when h e g_av~ his life for the cause .

WOUN DED.

Kirkby , V., Pvt. Hurle, S. , Capt. · . Richar ds, L. C., Sergt .

J\l[a't thmrs, A. B. , Sergt.

l\Iatikie, Hm1·ar d , Pvt. Eyre, L. G., Pvt. Ewing , K. S., Lieut.

J enkins on, IV . H. , Pvt .

ON ACTIV E SERV ICE.

Al' ann , -L ., Pvt. Blyde, W . H ., Pvt. · Bollin ger; H. , Pvt. Bates, T. H ., Pvt .

Bayly, A. R., Lance- Carp.

Bewle y, A., P vt.

Clarke , E. F .·, Lieut.

Car ter , S. G ., Pvt. Cook, H. L., Lieut. · Dipros e, A. W ., Corp. · ll'air, C. IV. ,. Pvt. ·Gr ayling, F. S ., Pvt. Gray, A. 1 Pvt. Hooke r, G . B., Pvt Hendr ickson , c :, Pvt. ~elly ; V{ F. , Lance- Corp.

King, T . L. , Pvt. Mande r, J. H. , Lieut.

Morey , Alf. , Pvt. Martin , V . H. S. , Pvt. Mason , E. , Pvt. Oliver, P. S. , Pvt. Paterson, D. , Pvt. Peppe rill, C. E., P vt .

Teed, D. L. , Pvt. Serpel l, S. L. , Med . Corps.

Sincla ir , R. G. B ., Lieut .

Stanto n, V. W. , Pvt. West, V. 0., Pvt. \Vrigh t, C. G. R. , Pvt. Wells-, Decim us , Pvt. Tuohy , T. V., Pvt .

\ Ve know that the above list is incomp let e, and lYe would take it as a gr-eat favour should any enors or omissi-ons be pointe d out.

EXC HAN GES .

We have to ackno wledg e with thank s the receip t of the follow ing exch anges :-Ne w Plym outh Girls ' Schoo l Maga zine, Scind ian, Torch , Palm erstonia11, High Canterbu ry College Revie w, Nelso nian, Waita kian, Ashb ur-

" Jrc J!rlrlu."

LIEUT ENAN T G. W. BOLL INGER ,

EXCHANGES.

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toni~n, Sout,hla~dian, Christ's College Register, Christchmcl~ 'Boys H1gh School Magazine, Timaruvian, King's Collegian, Auckland Grammar School Chron1·cle W 11· .

Ot ago B oys ' H.1gh School Magazine. ' e mgt oman,

SUBSCRI PTI ON S. The Business Manager begs to acknowledo>e with thank s, receipt o£ thE_J following subscriptions ~M. J. Smith, '11, ' 18; W. 1\Ioyes, sen ., '16, ' 17; L. Richards, ' 16-'20; D . Paterson, '16; N. Greiner, '17; V. S. hl'Murray, '17; S. Grayling, '16, '17; H. Grayling, '16, '17; C. vV. Fair, ' 16, '17; A. Honnor, ' 17, '18; J. A. Roberts ' 17; R. L e Pine, '17; D. S. Sykes, '16, '17; D. Grant: ' 16, '17; R. Matthews, ' 16, '17; H . J. M. Wells, '16, '17; C. Kirton, ' 17-'22; K Dowling, ' 15, ' 16, ' 17; S. Blackhall, ' 17; K. vV. Jackson, ' 17; A. h Death, ' 17; G. Graham, '16, ' 17 ; G. Brown, '16, '17; M. L epper, '16, '17, '18; P. Hunger, '16, ' 17; K. A. Murray, ' 17; E. R. Hooker, '17; F. Stohr, ' 17; F. l\i. Standish, '16, ' 17; S. 0. Skelton, '17; L. l\1:. Horrocks, ' 16, ' 17; vV. E . Jo.nes, '17; Martin "Mulloy, ' 17, '18 ; L. Teed, ' 15, ' 16 ; G. Morey, ' 15, '16, '17; vV. Clemow, ' 17 ; B. Norman, '17, '18, ' 19; R. A. Wilson, ' 17 ; J. T. White, '17; N. F . Little, '16, '17; A . F. Little, ' 16, '17; L. H. Wood, '17; L. Hughes, '17; L. King, ' 16, '17; A. Brooker, '17, '18; K. R. Lye, '17; A. Bewley, ' 16, ' 17; L. J. Sole, '17; P. J . O' Carroll, 17; \V. C. \Veston, '17; A. M . Sutherland, '17; H. B. :\Ioverley, ' 17; R . B. Fussell, ' 17 ; R. Foreman, '16, '17 ; J . B. Roy, '16, '17; L. Mar£ell , '17; G . Clinch, '16 , ' 17 ; W. E. :Moore, '17; L . B . Horrocks, ' 17 ; H. R. Billing, '17, ' 18 ; R. Harvey, ' 17; L. H ooker, ' 17 : P. Barnett, ' 17· C. O'Carroll, '17, ' 18; B. Newsham, '17; J. Dockrill, '17; G. H. Rodger, 17; K . Duckworth, '17; A. MacDiarmid, ' J G, '17; H. Hine, ' 17; G. Shaw, ' 16, '17; R. English, ' 17 ; J. H . Kendall, ' 16, '17; F. C. Kelly, '16, ' 17, '18 ; Hon. 'r. Kelly, ' 17, ' 18; C. Norris, '17; L. Bryce, '17; H. 1iiurray, '17; C. P . Bates, '1,7; F. E. Clark e, '17; L. Love11 , 'l6, ' 17 ; Vl. Alexander, ' 16-'23; Vv. P. Okey, ' 16, 17 i C. J. Way, ' 17; D. Bradbury, ' 17; H. Lucena, '17; Nirs. Newell, '17; R. Kidd, ' 17; T. E. Ham er~on , '17; E. C. Stanley, ' 16, '1'7; H . Dempsey, ' 16, ' 1'1; J. C. Wyborn, ' 17 ; D . Winfield , '17; G. Mason, '17; L. E . .Jury, '17 ; B. J . Wilson, '11; H. Blundell, ' 16, ' 17 ; F. King, ' 17 ; Mrs . ,Tenkinson, ' 17; W. H. J enkinson, '17;

SUBSCRI PTIONS.

PROSPEC TUS .

J. Sha;, '17; L. H. Russell, '17; W. E";i~g, '17; W. F. Kelly, ' 17; A . Healy, ' 17; F. Ruggard , ,11; R. Gusco~t, ' 16, '17; G. }1. Beck, '17; C.;[. Ducker, 17; F; N. Whitcombe, ' 17; C. Healy, '16, '17; C. P. Baker, 17; H: L. Cook, '17, ' 18; }1. Harker, '17; N. Ellerm (two copies) .

the si.te appears to. be :;tn excellen t one, healthy and commandmg: a splendrd VI~w. The front portion is mostly two-.stoned, con?rete prllars from. the main entrance supportmg a fine httle balcony, whwh gives addition al attraction to the building .

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PROS PECTU S. NEW PLYMO UTH HIGH SCHOOL .

(Establis hed in 1882).

THE NEW PLYMO UTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOO L is situated on what is probably one of the finest Standing on the school sites in the Dominio n. adge of a plateau t~at stre.tches inland from the coast, it comman ds a magmfic ent view of the town and the ocea.n on the one hand, and of ~f't . Egmont on the other. It .Is within 15 minutes ' walk of the Post Office and the Railway Station, and is within two minutes ' walk of the farfamed Pukekur a Park. 'l'HE SCHOOL GROUN DS cov~r an area .of 17 acres, which are laid out in lawns, tenm~ ?ourts, cn~ket ground In addltwn to this; . 8 acres and agricultu ral plots. leased for the ,agncu:t ural been ~ave Sc~ool the g adjoinin work in connectw n with the School. A fmther a1ea of 11 acres next to the School has been permane ntly secured for football grounds.

THE BO'ARD ING DEP ARTM~NT _is under .the s~per­ vision of the Headma ster, whq 1s assis.ted by six,_ resident Masters . There are two houses adjoinm g each Oohe:r:, one beino- the house occupied all along and the o~her bemg .a fine ~ew building containi? -g 35 rooms . . VIe:ws of .this buildino- both of the extenor and of the mtenor, appear in this i~sue of the Mae-azine. There is ample accommodation in the two houses for betw~en 90 and 100 boarder~.

All domestic arrangem ents are m charge of an expenenced Matron.

The followin g is a brief descripti on of the Principa l's house, taken from the "Tarana ki Herald" :Built of reinforce d concrete , with rough-ca st finish, it is indeed an imposing structure , .P~obably ~negualled by anything of its kind in the Dommw n. It IS situated only a very short distance from the School proper, and

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Inside, the plast~r finish, with Oregon panellin g, is extreme ly hand~ome m appearan ce . On the ground floor the fi.I~st. rooms mspecte d we_re the private sitting rooms and dmmg-ro om for the Pnncipa l, Prefects ' room and then the splendid , large dining-room to seat 200 boys. 'l:here is a semi~circular bay window in front, and at the side there are wmdows whereve r practicab le, so that there Is an abundan ?e of light. ~his portion is only one-stori ed, and the room I~ of .good hmght, grealty assisting ventilatiOn . ?-'he design Is good, and the room is, in every respect, rdeal for the purpose for which it was designed .

Then, jutting out ÂŁrom the eastern end to the north, is .the. most striking portion of the whole building . Dormitones for 24 boys are here, 12 beds being on the 15o-round The position is such th at the floor, and 12 upstairs . dormitor ies get the benefit of the snn all day long, and they are wonderf ully airy and well lighted. The health of the boys has been the first consider ation, and it is safe tG say that no school in New Zealand can boast of better dormitor ies. A small wardrob e is provided for each boy and quite near to the dormitor ies are shower-b aths, etc: Cther rooms on ~he. se~ond floor include the sick bay (three beds), Prmcipa l s quarters (four bedroom s), and a. vy-ork. room. On the eastern .side of the building proVlswn IS made for another "wmg" to be built at some tim e in the future.

Altogeth er, the accomm odation ~ ould hardly be improved upon, whether from the point of view of the Principal, the boarders , teaching staff or domestic staff. 'fhe uew boarding -house, it is not too much to say, could not he surpasse d anywher e in the Dominio n. It is a valuable ~,cquisiti.on to the School, to New Plymout h, and to laranalo .

BOARD ER' S OUTFIT .

School Uniform One Dark Suit for Sunday Three Uniform Shirts One Overcoa t Two Uniform Knickers Three pairs School Stocking sTwo pairs Boots

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One pair House Shoes One pair Rubber Shoes One School Cap and Badge One Leather Belt .

Two Pyjama. Suits .

Two Soft Shuts smtable for Linen Collars Two Sinalets (if worn) Eight Handker chiefs Four Collars All ~rtic l es mus t be mal·ked inside the

PlWSPEC TUS.

Three Bath Towels One Necktie (black pre£erred) Brush and Corn b Clothes Brush Tooth Brush Tooth Powder One pair Braces One Prayer Book One Boot Outfit di'sti.nctl y and a list fixed trunk.

The school is divided into:-

(I.) The Upper Schooi. -This consists o£ Forms :·, .

VIA and VIB. In th~s d~partment boys are prepared for the followin g examma twns : (a) Junior U ni versi ty ~cholarshi P. (b) Taranak i Scholars hip. . . (c) Matricul ation. (d) Enginee ring Prehmm ary. . (e) Solicitor s' Gene~·al ~nowledge. (f) *Entran ee Examma twn for Dunhoo n Military .

College. . . (g) Senior Civil Serv1Ce. (h) Pupil Teacher s' Entrance Examma hon. *'l'his examina tion is h eld in Dece~ber o~ each year.

The subjects are (compuls ory) Enghsh, History, fle~ mentary ~fathematics, Geograp hy, Genera~ Kno:vle ge' (optiona l-two of the followin g) Mathem atics (Div. II.), Physics, Chemist ry, French or German.

The course at Duntroo n extends over four year~,. anJ from the day o.f their admissi? n to the Roya~ 'Miht~ry College, cadets need cost theu pal"ents nothmg. h 'l~e Governm ent provides £200 a year for each boy, w o moreove r, able to contribu te from the ag!3 o£ 16 t? ~ e Public Superan nuation Fund. On completi On of tramn~g at the Colle"'e at the ag·e of 20 or 22 yea~s, the cadets w1l} join the N :'w Zealand Staff Corps, with the rank o Lieutena nt at a salary of £2?0 per a.nn1_1m. At the u~hl rate of promotio n they w1ll attam m seven or e1~ t ears the rank o£ Captain at a salary of £350. a,.;Hl suco£ £415 a~t~; ~essivdy the rank of ~1ajor with ~L salary 15 years' service, of Lieutena nt-Colon el at £600 a£te1 _..., yea'rs' service, and of Colonel at £750.

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101 Forms of consists This Schooi.(11.) The Middle

IliA., IllB ., and I V., and prepares boys for the Upper School. 'l'he followin g examina tions may be taken by pupils in this section of the School :Senior National .

Bayly Memoria l Scholars hip. t:ienior .l!'ree .Place.

Public Service Entrance (formerl y called Civil Service Junior) . 'l'HE PREPAR A'l'ORY DEPAR TMENT .

Scope and Aims.-T he aim of this departm ent, which is organise u separate ly from the Upper School, is to By combinin g prepare boys for secondar y educatio n. with the ordinary primary school syllabus the innumer able advantag es offered by a secondar y school, it so prepares boys that, on leaving it, they proceed to higher The courses o£ work with a minimum of interrup tion. study of the Middle and Lower School dovetail, and, a::; the preparat ory syllabus is not fixed by the Educatio n Departm ent, it can here be modified to suit indiviuu al 'l'he elements o£ French, Latin and Elerequirem ents. mentary Science are taught the pupils by those mastprs who will subseque ntly take them for advanccc l work. thu» the continui ty o:f study is uninterr upted.

Organis ation.-'r he schools consist at present of 61 pupils, of whom 20 are boarders , who are subject to ordinary house disciplin e, includin g special supervisi on o:f The lower division of the school preparat ion of work. consists o£ 21 pupils, varying in ages from 8 to 12 years, while the upper division prepares boys for Educatio n Special Board Scholar hips and proficienc:v certificat es. schemes of work, covering the whole preparat ory progress o£ a pupil, are in operation .

Class Rooms. -The class rooms are new, large ::~.nd They have been specially desi~ned for this handsom e. departm ent, and are finished in asbe tos and oiled rimu.

The low r division room i fitted witb modern hyloplat e blackboa rds :for drawing purposes , while the teaching of geograph y and history is helped by an electric arc lamp and lantern. All the apparatu s necessar y for geograph ical and scientific work i provided .

Llbrary .-The departm ent h~1s a special library of its own, and the reading matter provide(! is care:fullv · supervise d.

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Cames.-'rhe Lower School enters teams in the local football and cricket competitions, w.hile every boy physically fit takes part in these winter and summer games. In conjunction with the Upper School, the boys All the pupils, play in groups suited to age and weight. without exception, frequently do some gymnastic work and physical cul ture .

Cadets.- 'l'hose boys who are old enough drill in No. 2 Company of the School Cadets, while the smaller boys receive the elements of drill in special sq uads.

Boarders.-'l'hese pupils are provided wit:P. a separate dormitory from t he r emainder of t he school, and in all r espects, except as regards length, preparation classes are subject to the ordinary house discipline of the school.

Playing Fields.-'l'he playirig fields are spacious, and include an excellent cricket ground, as well as tennis court and miniature rifle r ange. 'rhe teachers in charge of this department have had The boys thus special training in primary school work. lutve the benefits of a secondary school training in the way of gymnastics, drill, and the supervision of all school g-nmes.

COURSE OF STUDY. To the U ppel' an cl Middle School there are three sides, viz.: (1) The Classical; (2) The Agricultural ; (3} 'l'he Commercial.

The Classical Side.-Subjects of Instruction: English, French, Geograpl1y, Arithmetic, Chemistry, Latin, History, Algebra, Geometry, Elementary Physics, Trigonometry, H eat, Elementary Mechanics, Drawing, \i'iToodwork .

The Agricultural Side.-English, Geography, History, Algebra, Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, Botany, Agriculture, Dairyin_g, Animal ~hysiology, Chemistry, Elementary Mecham cs, Book-keepmg, Drawing, Woodwork.

The Commercial Side.--English, Geography, History, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geom~try, Trigonome~ry, Book-keepmg, Mechamcs, Elementary Chemistry, Shorthand, 'rypewriti ng, Commercial Correspondence, Drawing.

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SCHOLARSHIPS. P~pils attending the School may compete for the followmg Scholarships:-

(1.) dunior National Scholarships.-rhese vary in value from £5 to £35 per annum. They are tenable for three years and are open to boys under 14 years of age.

(2.) Senior National Scholarships.-Open to. boys

un~er 16 year~ of a_ge and tenable for two years.

Value

vanes from £o to £35 per annum.

(3.) Bayly Memorial Scholarship.-Open to boys under 14 years of age and tenable for three years. Value £10 per annum .

(4.) Taranaki University Scholarships. - Tenable for four years. ,Value £60 per annum. These are awarded on t~e r~sults o~ the Junior U niversity Scholarship E~ammatwn, and m order to obtain one a candidate must gam a plf:tce on the credit list of that examination . rhe scholarshlp_s a;re open to all canuidates who have attended a school w1thm the 'l'aranaki Provincial District fo r not less than two years and are between the ages of 16 and 19 years 011 _the _1st day of December nearest to the date of the examma hon. _(5.) dunior l:Jniversity and Senior University Nat1onal ScholarshipS.-Value £50 per annum for three years.

FEES (Per Term).

Tuition-£3, reducible to £2 10s if paid within 31 days.

Board- £15, reducible to £13 if paid within 31 days .

Weekly Boarders.- .£12 J Os r educible to £11 if paid ' within 31 days.

Extra~Dinn er for Day Boys,

£2 2s; Music, £2 2s; Boxmg, 10s; Dancing, 15s.

Subscriptions.- Games, 4s; Library, l s (for boarders Is 6d) ; Magazine, ls.

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