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differ ence as is indica ted by the eight point 'lead which Auckland gained . It is with great pleasu re that we congra tulate those winmemb ers of the Prepar atory Fiftee n who succee ded in represchool ry prima ki Tarana North the ning their caps for see sentatives . It gives the coache s great satisfa ction to suothe for ·woll augurs nnd reps., the in g these boys playin c ss of the School First Fiftee n several years hence. During the first term holida ys seven N.C.O . 's underms. went a course of instruc tion for second ary school non-co The course lasted a fortnig ht and was divide d into three r in group . One group was instru cted in infant ry, anothe That these mu ketry, and the third in physic al drill. emcourse s are of great benefi t to N.C .O. 's need not be of way t correc the .O. N.C phasis ed. Beside s teachi ng an him gives also it squad a cting instru and and comm giving a a a great deal of confid ence when he is called upon to drill to were 's . N.C.O of r numbe A bat." own his "off squad get have gone in the second term holida ys but they did not away. On June 20 we were favour ed with a lecture by Mr. es Durrad . He is a missio nary in Melan esia (New Hebrid His and Solom on I slands) and the surrou nding islands . In his conclu ding lecture was ind eed very interes ting. r emark s h e mentio ned the fact that he hoped some of those pr sent would becom e missio naries sooner or later as more miswere urgent ly needed . . Even if they did not becom e nmissio the elp h ally materi would they ed hop he s . ionarie ary activit ies. Consid erable amuse ment was caused recent ly by the the fact that a strayin g calf decora ted in large letters w1th . name of one of the boarde rs was seen on the cricke t ground been had who boys, two l:iy up clean'd The myste ry was So expert painting sports hurdle , makin g a confes sion. they had that brush the of use the in e had they becom fudecide d to label the calf for Jim as a contrib ution to his turP purebr ed J ersey farm. On July 9 the School First Fiftee n journe yed to Haw era to play their annua l match with Wanga nui Colleg iate School led The weath er was fine and the game fast. The School h at half-ti me by 8 to 3 and Iost finally by 8 to 1B. All throug own their inside held ganui n a. W had the first half School ted half. In the second spell W anganu i added two conver that after and s, minute ten about in score tries to their thou~Sh s hool tried nard they were unable to penetr ate the defenc e of the White s .
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The School went en masse to see this match . In or~er g to facilit ate this a specia l train was run to Hawer a, leavm uth Plymo New to ing return and New Plymo uth at 7 30 a.m. about twelve hours later. On behalf of the boys we m~stg thank those Hawe m parent s who attend ed to the caterm the arrang ement s for so large a numbe r and also for . day that on us to ed extend they e warmt h of the welcom On July 16 the intern ationa l fixture Spring boks v. ura Tarana ki was played on the Sports G~ound in Pukek cona such of g handlm the ate facilit Park. In order to course of people fifty of the senior boys fro~ t~e School were asked to· act as ushers and so help to pack m the crowd . of 15,000 specta tors who were able to get to see th~ match t~ey ~mce eaten been.b never had boks Spring Seeing that the side r;et foot in Austra lasia and also that no mtern atwna l good a to d fo~·war looked ne everyo ki, Tarana had ever beaten fully match and so it turned out to be. B?th sid_es were any had s~de. r nB1the tim~ of sound the at extend ed and m points registe red agains t them. This J::?-atch will hve long clean and fine a as It saw who us of those of ries the memo exposi tion of Rugby . Mr. Pienaa r, captai n of the Spring ooks , ~nd princ~p_al of the second ary schools in Cape_to~n, paid us a VIsit on of one o?ly the Friday before the match . This 1s pe~·haps the g occasio n this year when ther e h as been anythm g _approachm ~ th~r day this on Even. Form. a full muste r of the Sixth Owing to the vanety of the studie s were two absent ees. ns pursue d by the memb ers of the Sixth it never so happe that all are presen t for the same class. During the t erm it •was decide d to obtain stockin gs for of the Second Fiftee n. They consist ed. of al~ernate hoops broad has _ n Fiftee First black and white, t in. wide. The narhoops on jersey s and stockin gs and tiie Second Frflee n row hoops. During the second term the comm ittee i~ charge ?f the ens Old Museu m offered the School the geological speCim ~J accept S~hool The lll:. Musell the which form ed part of the genero us offer a.nd now the speCimens are m the chemis We age. adva~t to seen be may they try labora tory, where us wish to thank the comm ittee very much for their genero gift. The second term ended sooner than usual owing to _the t fact that the First Fiftee n had to play a ~atch agams was match This term. the of end the at e Nelson Colleg