1922 The Taranakian Vol. 11, No. 1 May

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EDITED BY THE BOYS OF THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR.

TAftAHAMI H&"ALD P'RINT.

THE

"TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS.

Agriculture Notes Annual Swimming Sports Births, Deaths .and Marriages Board of Governors Boxing Notes Breaking-up Ceremony Cadet Notes Concert Notes Cricket Notes Donations Editorial Examination Results Exchanges Football Notes Form Averages Libr a r~路 Notes Life-Saving H ouse Notes Medical Operation in the Sudan Mr. A. R. R.yder's Farewell Notice to Subscribers Old Boys' Cricket Club Old Boys' F ootball Club Old Boys' Notes Old Boys' Surf Club Obituary Preparator~r Notes School Institutions School Gymnasium School N ote.s Shooting Notes Sports Dinner Staff Subscriptions Tennis Notes The Roll Vvar Memorial Fund

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SCHOO L I NST ITUTIO NS. FIRST TERM , 1922. [ ESTABLISHE D

1882.]

PREFECTS .

Head Boy.-T. N. Foden.

Da y Boys.-J. Brodie, R. \V. Bellr:inger, L. Dinniss, L. Abbott, K. Taylor, C. Lash, I. Palmer, R. Brewster.

BOARD OF GOVER NORS: J. DR. E. F. FOOKES.

S. Fox , ESQ. (Ciwirmau .)

A. MORTON, ESQ.

L. C. SLADDEN, ESQ.

H . TI~DWLE, ESQ. F. W. ATKINSON. ESQ.

S. G. S)!ITH , M . P.

E. P . WEBSTE!I. E~Q .

House.-R. W. Brown, R. Rickard, J. D. Mackay, J. Palmer, R. W. Mason, T. 'L. Penn, ,V . E. Alexander, H. 1. Mclvor, R. H. Christie, J. Fraser, J. E . Eaves, A. M. Moyes, Ray Syme.

L. A. NOLAN, ESQ.

COMMITTE ES.

A. E. WASHER, ESQ.

Football Committee.-Mr. Papps (chairman), R. W. Brown, T. N. Foden, J. Brodie, R. RickaJ.·d, J. Palmer, K . Taylor, W .

Alexa.nder (secreta1·y). Captain First XV. : H. W . .Brown.

Secretary and Treasu r er :

E. LASH.

Cricket Committee.- MI·. Bottrill (chairman), R. Brown, I. Palmer, J. Brodie, K. Taylor, T. Foden, B. Rughes, U. Lash (secretary ). Captain First XL: I. Palmer.

~fa££: PRINC IPAL : W. H. MOYES, M.A .. B.Sc.

R. H. ROCKEL, M.A .

C. G. BOTTR ILL, M .A. A. w. DIPROSE , M.A. .-\.. J. PAPPS, B.A.

ASSISTANT MASTERS: MISS

J.

McLEOD, M.A

G. 13EIITRA:-<D, (C Certificate).

R 0. C..\ l ARKS, M.A . \V. G. \ VILK IE.

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AGRICULTUR E:

J.

W. CONNELL.

CmiMERCIA L:

F.

J.

EGGLI>TON.

PREPARATOR Y DEPARTMEN T.

G. H. POPE, MISS K. DRAWI NG :

CA~IPBELL,

MISS

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CAMPBELL.

Camera Club Committ ee.-Mr. Moyes (chairman), L. Christie, R Syme, J. Jackson, A. Moyes (secretary).

A. M. BRADBURY (Part T i me Master).

MUSIC:

RESIDENT Musrc MASTER 1\1JSS DOWL!NG (Violin) .

J.

Swimming Committee.-Mr. Eggleton (chairman), K. Taylor, C. Collins, J. Brodie, J. Palmer, R . Rickard; 'f. Foden and R. Brown (joint secretru·ies) .

Library Committee.-Mr. Wilkie (chairman) , R. &llringer, R. Brewster, J. Brodie, A . . Brodie, S. Fookes, J. Fraser, R. Julian, L. Christie, R. Vi'. Syme, R. Mclvor, R. Dolby, J. Palmer.

Shooting Committee.-Mr. Bertrand (chairman) , L . Abbott, R. Rickm·d, J. Jackson, W . E. Alexander, J. D. Mackay; H .

Mason and T. Penn (joint secretru·ies) .

Finance Committee.-T. N. Foden (chairman) , J. Fraser, J. Brodie, I. Palmer, R . Brown, T. Penn (secretary).

Concert Committee.-Mr. Dobson (chairman) , W. Alexander, T. Foden, A. Kidson, W. A. Brodie, M. Bree, G. Lamas (secretary).

DoBSON, L .T.C. L.

F. W . G. McLEon !Wood and Hrass).

Magazine Committee.-Mr. V.Vilkie (chairman), J. Brodie, L. Din· niss, R. &llringer, J. D. Mackay, A. Brodie, H. I. Mclvor.

R. P. Mitcalfe·, T. Penn, R. Brown, T. Foden, J. Moorhead: R. Caugbley.

Poundkeepe rs.-J. Fraser, H. Mitcalfe.

SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT,

Officer Commanding.-Captai n A. J . P apps.

Physical Drill Jnstructor.-Lieutenant F. J. E ggleton.

Contingent Sergt.路Major.-Sergt.-Majo路r F oden, T. N. Contingent Q.M.S.-Q.M.S. Alexander , W .

Assistant Q.M.S.-Corpoml Mason, H. Orderly Room Corporal.-Corporal Lomas, G. No. 1 Platoon.-Lieutenant G. Bertr and.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant Brown, H. W. Section Commanders.--8er geant Rickard, H. J ., Taylor, K., Moyes, A.

路w., Cor porals

Palmer ,

Drummer.-Kebbel, M. Bugler.-Wilson D. No. 2 Platoon.-Lieutena.nt A. W . Diprose.

Platoon Sergeant.--8ergeant Abbott, L. Section Commanders.-Ser geant Ma.ckay, J . D., Corpor als J ack son, J ., Penu, T. L., Lash, C. Drummer.-Moss A. BugJer.-McNeill, H. No. 3 Platoon.-Lieutenant R 0 . C. Ma rk s, D.C.M. Platoon Sergeant.--8er geant Bellr inger , R Section Commanders.-Ser geant Dinniss, L., Corporals Griffin, A., Mitcalfe, H. P., Shaw, J .

Drummer.-Jeffries, E. No. 4 Platoon.-Lieutenant F. J . Eggleton.

Platoon Sergeant.--8ergeant Brodie, J .

Section Commanders.--8ergean t Christie, R ., Corpor als Palmer, 1.

W ., Bre wst er, R., Holden, H. Drummer.-Gilmour , C. No. 5 Platoon.Platoon Sergeant-Sergeant Collins, C. Section Commanders.-Sergea nt Brodie, A., Corporals McMahon J ., Fraser, J ., Barnett, C. 0 .

TED F ODEN (Head Boy, 1922) .

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SCHOOL CA DET CONTINGENT. · A. J . Papps.

Commanding.-Captam.

Drill lnstruc t or.-Lieutenant F. J. Eggleton. r -Sergt.-Major Foden, T. N. sergt.·Ma Jo. ~tiiiQPIIIL Q.M •.

Q M s Alexander, W. 5 - . ..

Q.M.S.-Oorporal Mason, H. Room Corporai.-Corporal Lomas, G. No. 1 Pfatoon.-Lieutenant G. Bertrand.

Platoon Sergeant ·--Sergeant Brown, H. v.r.

Section commanders.--Sergeant Ricka.rd, H. W., Corporals Palmer, J., Taylor, K., Moyes, A. Drummer.-Kebbel, M. sugler.-Wilson D. No. 2 Platoon.-Lieutenant A. W. Diprose.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant Abbott, L. Section Commanders.-Sergeant Mackay, J. D., Corpoa·als Jackson, J., Penn, T. L., Lash, C. Drummer.-Moss A. Bugler.-McNeill, H. No. 3 Platoon.-Lieutenant R. 0. C. Marks, D.C.M. Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant Bellringer, R. Section Commanders.-Sergeant Dinniss, L., Corporals Griffin, A., Mitcalfe, H. P., Shaw, J. Drummer.-Jeffries, E. No. 4 Platoon.-Lieutenant F. J. Eggleton.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant Brodie, J. Section Commanders.-Sergeant Christie, R., Corporals Palmer, 1.

W., Brewster, R., Holden , H. Drummer.-Gilmour, C. No. 5 Platoon.Platoon Sergeant-Sergeant Collins, C. Section Commanders.-Sergeant Brodie, A., Corporals McMahon J., Fraser, J., Ba.rnett, C. 0.

TED FODEN (Head Boy, 1922).

h School Edtted by the Boys of the New Ply 11'/0Uth Boys' Hig year. a twice a11d Publis hed VoL. r 1.

MAY .

1922 .

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and sho uld be The Subscri ption is 3/- per annum (pos tage inclu ded), Hi gh School, fo rwarded to the路路 Busin ess Manage r, Taranak 1an, Buys' Subscri be rs will please 11otiiy any change oi New Plymou th." address .

EDIT ORIA L. ( R. W. B ellring er. )

DU A'l' IO N, t o-day, is almos t an univer sal passio n. 'l'h erefore >ve fe el justified in touchi ng on this oftdiscus sed and vital subj ect.

B roadly, educat ion may be d efined as the art of cultis vating and trainin g the m ental , physic al and moral power a from , But . bilities capa nt inhere their forth g by bringin aim knowle dge of history we 'd early see that the particu lar social l genera the on s depend and , with varies on of ducati onditio ns for which t h e individ ual is b eing prepar ed. Thus, aim in e to-day we ar e living in a moder n democracy, the place his e assum to ability should be to fit a man of ordina ry but in u h a d emocr acy. Geniu s is the birthri ght of a few, which of means by ion educat l genera good all may acquir e a the tru e sue ess may be achieved. The victori es of scien ce, these -all mind triump h s of the soul , the achiev em ents of the n eed have rrwoth ed out the rough pathw ays of life. No m an founda The ee. fr is ion be ignora nt if h e would not ; educat should it and ; before went who tion h as been laid by those be for us to build on it a n oble edifice. of In the entire pro c~ss of educat ion two sp ecies we place, mph a is m ust be distinguish ed . In the first . hould po sess t h e civic empha sis which in ludes the ability ody to vote intelligently; to take an active sh are in local-b al, politic the ently intellig and t govern ment ; and to unders

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EDITOR IAL. 6 social and industrial difficul ties of our age and time.

S e.cond~y, we must consider the persona l emphas its. From thts po.n~.t of view, educati on is .to be valued as d evelopi ng the abthty to r eason and to thmk in a logical system atic manner , no less than for d evelopi ng a. critical impart ial J. d _ m~ . ug

Now , let us ju~ge whether the ability to acquire and p erf~n~r t~ese functw ns requires a vocatio nal trainin g, i.e.,

spemah satt.on at an early age in the trade, business or profe swn whteh one i~t~nds to pursue ; or whether it requires .a ~eneral non-sp emah sed human itarian trainin g . After a stn ct survey of the elem ents and injunct ions of both method s we fa~o ur the. l~tter, ~ince several natural objecti ons against vocatw g an se from the industr ial point f · F" t nal ·tramm l" 0 VleW. trs., spec~~ tsed trades t end to die out or are dep endent on fashwn s. Ihus, wh en the deman d for an article declines the arttsan s are th.rovvn out of employ ment; but deprive d of the b e~ efi ts of. a wtder educati on , they are withou t resourc es and dnft der eh ct s on the storm-t ossed waves of life. Second ly, no sch~ ol could . h ~ve departm ents enough to give each pupil a vocatw nal trammg , for trades are so varied. For exampl e the ~econdary school of t o-day h as attained its maximu~ wo,rkm g ca~acit y althoug~ the curricu lum consist s only of t~r~e cou~ses:-Comm ermal , Classic al and Agricu ltural. :E mther , hfe ts not a series of waterti ght industr ial compartments . . A general , non-sp ecialised human itarian trainin g ho·wever, possess es m any far-rea ching advant ages For · 't we ar e b · t msuses ance 1:: roug ht m o contact with books- the ·s tore-ho of ~owled g.e a?-d the though ts of master minds of all a es B~ogr?'pht.es mduce us to admire noble lives, and s uch gad: mt~·atwn l S . the first step toward s being noble ourselv es· for u~ e~s o~r tdeals are of the highest , our acquire d knowl~dge w~ e o no use . From the pages of the world 's histor we ar e able to .~a~~ to heart the lessons of empires pastyand present , then r.tse and fall , and the causes ther eof. R efl ect~~~ton t~~ d~ch~e of ? ati~ns of the past , we clearly perceiv .· a r_oa e ucatwn 1s the only great panace a of oure n atw.nal tlls. For by this syst em the countr does no a m at erialist ic people but a.n intellec tual on! :apable ~f the further ance of n ational prosper ity. Furthe r m studym g modern languages we are making a genuin~

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7 attemp t toward s promot ing interna tional peace. Th~ knowi l'd~;e gained concern ing for eign customs preven ts mrsund erotandin gs and friction , and above all h elps to break down the inher ent conservatis~ of a r ace.

But we must r em emb er that we are living in an age of transiti on. I s ther e nothing to sugges t a paralle l betwee n our age and that of Wat Tyler ? Just as the old social order, :Feudalism, was broken down and was r eplaced by anothe r syst em , Individ ualisrn , so to-day ~dividua~is~ is b eing Lt uil5kly supplan ted by some oth.er somal orgams atwn . .Therefor e, if ch anges are to be evolutr onary and not r evolutw nary , men must h ave educa.ti on enough to study and appreci a.t e these errors of the past , and moreov er understand the causes and course of the econom ic conflict s of the presen t d ay .

Again, one of the great est hindran ces to the progr~ss of the world is the class distinction-a state partly due to bias, a uatur~l quality , and partly due to ignoran ce. The only . olution to such a difficul ty lies in a broa der educat ion-an educati on that giv es that elem entary trainin g in Econom ics whi ch alone can provide reason able r em edies and enable one class to see the viewpo int o.f the other. Indeed, it is t h e great est class-leveller. The pr esent is but the accumu lation of the past; the futur e will be the accumu lation of the pr esent. Thus, since to-day we ar e ma.k ing the futur e , our educati on must be faultles s. Abqve all it must include an ncleqna te knowledge both of history , of elemen tary econom ic principl es, and of the constitu tion of the State.

Finally , we should r em ember that our educati on is not confine d t o ,s chool or coll ege . There, the right princip les are instille d . There also we sh ould acquire a firm basis for our.. cultur e. But. educati on is not a questio n of months , but rather a questio n of a lifetim e. Nature enfor ces such a truth upon us at every turn . For exampl e, a tiny acorn may become a mighty oak, with bran ches spreadi ng fa.r and wide into the for est ; but hundreds of years h ave t o pass b efore it attains to a strengt h and solidity that is pro·v erbial. In a similar manne r, the develop ment of our own intellect is accomp lish ed by a gradual acquisi tion of knowledge as we rub should ers with men in other walks of life.

W e do not wish to app ear hyp er- critical , but we assert that ther e is still much to be clone; ther e ar e still abunda nt opportu nities for improv ement in our policy of educati on ; but so long as we make a non-sp ecialise d huma.n ita.r ia.n trainin g our definite object there can be no fear that the yo uth and manho od of New Zealand will fail to be improv ed.

EDITOR IAL.

BREAK ING-UP CEREM ONY.

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BREA KING -UP CERE MON Y. (L. Dinnis s .)

The br aking- up cer emony and distrib ution of rizes l took pia · on Tuc ·d£1:Y evenm g , D ecemb er 13. The ass~nb M/ hall wa e;rowd_ d With p arents , old boys and fri ends. ·a· d. an of the Board of Governor·s J. S . l~ ox, chmrm · , presr e h ·t d d Fox, Sir Basse tt e ~d w~ ~p~ 1?n ~ e stage by Mrs. ~Slip t e Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson ) Dr F \~a r , s le, A . E. W~sher~ oo b' ~ef· trh·. B. C·d· SlfaGdden , H. Trimb overno rs) p · J · H · Wh r't e J H ( m m rs o e oar o ' W D R ob ertson , E. Lash (secr QUI'll' etary to the B~ard · · Gear e th · Mr of Govem ms), R. H. George and g , e prmcrpal (Mr . Moyes ), and m ember s of the st~f£.

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. !'he singing of the Nation al Anthem opened th pro~ bato~ the under estra, Orch ce dmgs . The School f G. Lamas , played severa l selecti ons and th b usly r endered the School song .. Forty Years One', oys vigoro CHAI RMAN 'S ADDR ESS . .

The Ch airman expres sed hi . 1 a r eprese ntative attend an ce. He ~-e~ ea_s:rre at seem g such suevery the on ~.arked r· the d thanke and year l cessfu their gr eat i~teres t in the School. i~ncrhal .and staff for ledged a?know aum~n ~ of er Minist the of ce n the assista . al ~ducatwn .m provid inab . t'wn of a hosprt funds for th e erec m connectwn with the · boar·di ng-h ouse . "m'r en t wn of th e S ch ool ' s fine p erwas made ·. . th a winnin forman ce in tition. Mr. Fox alsobstrees~~v:~r sh S~re~d shooti ng _compe but smm, gymna a o ee n ~ fi esent r the of in vi ew it futile to appeal ~ 0 the G~~~ :~~estringe ncy consi~ eredthe d~ng, conclu In . nt. . wh s bo the urged chairm an 0 were leavm g to keep m touch y with the School.

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HEAD MAST ER'S REPO RT. the f or·t·re th annua l r eport of th S h 1 In presen.tina b 1\!r. ""' e c oo , LI. m oyes wrshed to thank th supparted the School. I£ w.a s th~se who h ad so _loyall_y deught that the financral pressio n would be sure to h ear 's attend ance and tha t the s:~:of marked_ effecto n the y with nction ?OllJU lJ?, t~oujf of s school na boardi large other a with open , n o~~m~ t :h much deplet ed roll. o H e was alad so, been not ad ·LSb a th ho~t throug had School and the e year een comfo rtably full.

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The roll numbe r for the year was 383 , consis ting of .198 day boys and 185 boarders . The roll numbe r for the Upper School was 276, and for the Prepar atory 107.

In the Upper School , Mr. H V. Sear·le and Mr. H. L. were Calder had left at the end of 1920. The vacanc ies atory Prepar the In on.

Egglet .

Mr fill ed by Mr . Papps and s School Mr. Pop e fill ed the vacanc y c·a used by Mr. N . Day' r esigna tion.

Owing to the large number of pupils taking music it Dabwas found n ecessary to appoin t a music m ast er. Mr. n. positio the fill o t chosen was , nd Auckla son , L.T.C .L. , of h ad Mr. Moyes expres sed his thanks to Mr . Rena ud , wh o taken t his work for the last nine y ears .

H e deeply r egr etted having to report that Mr. A. R. join Hyder h ad r sign ed his positio n on the staff in order to Cience S ! enior s . as School ar Gramm and Auckl the of aff t h e st for m as ter. Mr. R yder h ad b een connec t ed with the School most a f himsel proved had e tim that during and years, 12 good .. e;apabl e and effi cient master. In biddin g Mr. Ryder all bye, h e wish ed to ext end to him his sincere thanks for .

School h e h ad done for the 'l'he f::l chool had every r eason to b e satisfie d with the tiUCces s achiev ed in the annual exami nation s. In the Junior for Univer sity Schola rship, Ronald Syme was placed first ate. the Domin ion, being 200 m arks ah ead of the n ext candid edH e establi sh ed a r ecord by the p ercent ages h e obtain per Latin 94.6 p er cent., Fren ch, 88 p er cent., Chemi stry 96 cent.

In the ame exami nation W. Aldis was placed on the for cr edit list but , owing to his r esiden ce in the provin ce rSchola aki Tar·an a for ble ineligi less than two years , was . ship.

Seven t en boys obtain ed Matriculation , and sixtee n acoth ers gained partial passes . This large propor tion is third e wer ates candid the alf h that fact the by counte d for it year boys . The prescr ib ed course covers four years, and the pass y usuall who ability ional except of is only boys exam in ation in the three years . .

EXAM INATI ON RESU LTS. F Corkill , J. Brodic , C. Bm·ni tt, R. B ellring er, J . D. , Macka y and J. Wilson gained Senior Nation al Schola rships rship.

Schola al and R. Dolby a Junior Na.tion

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BREA KING -UP CERE MONY .

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The followino· have p assed sectw ns for the clegrees of M .B. and Ch B oB ·D · S ., B.A., dB E LLB B S · ., .

J . H me , J. Willis, D. Jillet t N B·u·' . . c., an . . . :, B. Wr~son, 0.

B~yly , C. Noble , H. Calde r' C . W~ ~nl~er R. Grerner, L. ' e lllK . c'l K e RIChardson, R. E. Pop ' · emow · al?-d R .

Brok ensh·ne · G s·m e1an· LLB his' leted . J. Terry comp . . ., and A. Wllso n, : T. E. Ha.m erton and R B. k d the final ro ~nst~rre have passe of the Law Profession al ..E xamr . na wn. 'l'h e success of D. G D M a l y-Bro wn deser ves speci al m entio n . Th f ~my and D. Denn heade d edly epeat r ~as rmer Co!leo rbur:y Cante at s his classe one was latter the ~n , ~e dist· d of the three who gaine mctw n m the first profe ssion al exam inatio n.

fici 81~~ ~:ed ~~e~~~~t~~Ja~:~artmentt,

26 pupi! s gaine d procomp e en cy certrf icates .

SCHO OL INST ITUT IONS . . . .

Four teams wer e enter ed for th e T. aJana Umon y Rugb kl h fourt and third The . comp etitio ns gra es were won by the .

1st and 3rd fifteens r the Prepa ratory won and , ky~ly espec the Prim ary Schools ' firs t fiftee n suffer ed ~he . . n ~!r~ ofc~~ defea t at the hands an~ Au cklan d Gram mar, but was successful agal?-ur Colleg eanur Techn ical Wang t. .gams ge.

Colle n College and Nelso

. in ,shooting . twn tt · d a·rstmc The Schoohl had aaa· o m a ame Of 27 bo .

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Rfl Group the at ed et comp o w ys at eetmg e ~ .

B M list prize the on were Hawera, 26 ~ont~heJTa~·a­ naki S~nior 9ade t Cham pionship .and.· . ~~-rvers e umor Cham prons hrp. School won th Ch Shiel d Press ch 8ch~r 'bln~t e of out 1 67 of with a score 1 ZeaNew the In · e po~~ a , h land Secon dar s 1 ead h the at was l Schoo n etrtw comp s oo c y of the li,st.

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.. b In life-s aving and swim min gel 22 for the o_ys q_uahfiecl·t'fi d bronze m edallion ' ')~ 7 wer·e m awar e swrm mg cer I cates , · . es icat certif 's and three gained instru ctor .

The cTicket h ad sh own a mar k ed Impro vem ent but the fir st l

by Wang anui ed t defea again s heles evert n waR C~ll e;eev en . . by the death had bee n occasroned F eelin·gR ·of. deep r earet o f. of Jack O'N er'll ' a b oar·d er at the School lom m enmgf rtr. h· d The new to all wh~ knew hi~~. o rs eath came as a great shock

CERE MONY .

11 grown had iation Durin g the year the Old Boys ' Assoc a matte r for and expan ded, and Mr. Moyes consi dered it d it such a behin had l schoo a congr atulat ion that so young d also to wishe He . boys old c ergeti body of young and en School the ed assist had who s friend and ts • thank the paren with donat ions . man and In concl usion he wishe d to thank the chair ance. assist their for rnors Gove of m embe rs of the Board rt suppo the for n ciatio appre his ss expre to H e also wishe d d carrie had t ender ed him by the masters and prefe cts who on the work in the house : BREA KING -UP

SIR BAS SE'lT EDW ARD S' ADD RESS . " Youn g Sir Bass ett Edwa rds referr ed to the boys as ring. gathe the in nt eleme rtant Brito ns ,'' and the only impo New in be to and nt prese be to ed H e said h e was pleas the e wher town a seen not had e h ht thoug e h Plym outh, as kept, well so dell!S r ga. the buildi ngs wer e so clean and n eat, ntme nt were and wher e the appea rance of h ealth a.ncl conte ipally of princ den, r ga. ar simil a so mark ed. B efor e him was heart s into up grow would hoped he which gs, young saplin would they hoped He . ry of oak r eady to defen d their count to the ged belon and , ns Brito e wer they that t never forge likely to see. great est Empi re the world has ever seen or is war and was le terrib a from ed emerg just had c r 'rhe Em.pi lties as in difficu her come over deepl;y in debt, but would less there doubt and , ended yet not was flr W times past. day lads nt prese the of many would com e a time when e did not h but ry; count their d defen to upon called would be doubt their loyalt y. the boys Conti nuing , Sir B asset t said h e had no doub t st such amid and pla.ce iful had a happy time in such a beaut done not ha.d who those urged e H . gs undin surro deligh tful was This year. next r bette their best to try again and do ded depen e futur whole their and , d groun ng traini their great d forme they which cter chara on their indus try and on the ing could learn to ed inclin y deepl e wer who Those l. at schoo occup y the obtai n such an educa tion as would fit them to just as that said tt Basse Sir land. the in ns statio high est deterand ure pleas with s game the boys had playe d their throu gh game the play would they hoped he so , mina tion • life.

Cheer s were then given for Sir Basse tt.

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BREAKING-UP CEREMONY.

BREAIGNG-UP CEREMONY.

PRESEI TATION OF PRIZES. Mr . l''ox pre ented the sc~ola~tic. priz~s and Mrs. George the sport priz s. The pnze list IS as follows:-

Dux, l\1. Barak.

Head Boy 's Prize, J . Henderson.

Dr. J:'ookes ' General E xcellence Cup, T. N. l<''oden. l•'orm \T (Mr. Fox 's _Prizes) .-Languages and Liter:=.vtur ', W. Aldis; Mathematics and Science, M . Barak. ]<'orm VA . (Mr. ~ladden 's Priz es). - R. Hea 1, I. Mcivor :2; Lang uages an~ Lrterature, A. Brodie ; Mathematics and Scien ce, A. Brodie.

For~ V~.-L H erdman 1, M. Standish 2; Languages a nd Literature , J. Lysaght; Mathematics and Science L H erdman. , ·

. Form IVA.-W. Nash 1, M. Lysons 2; Lanauages and L1teraturc, W. Nash; Math ematics and Science, l:'urdie.

D.

. ~or~1. IVn.-A. B etts 1, B. Gibbs 2; Languages and Lrteratur e, N. Lovegrove; Mathematics and sc·e A B etts.

I nee, · Form IlL\.-C . Strombom 1, J. Mountjoy 2 · Lanauages and Literature, J. Mountjoy; Mathematics and' Scien"ce C Strombom. ' · . ~on~ IIIn.-:-T. Hair 1, D . ~auks 2; Languages and LitClatme, H . Brown; Mathematics and Sci'ence J G 'ld , .

UI . . Form IIIc .-R. Payne 1, G. Bayly 2; Lan auaaes an d Literature, G. Bayly; Mathematics and Science ,0 R. "Payne.

Drawing .-Form IV. , M . Bree; Form III., R. Bates .

Aariculture.-F orm V., D . Ballantyne · Form IV H, Caughley; Form III., T. Hair . ' ·' · Commerce.-Fo rm V., I. P almer · Waugh; Form III., C. Baunton. '

Form IV. , F.

White M emorial Prize.-W. Aldis.

B endall Memorial Prize.- R. B ellringer.

Preparatory Department.

Form II.-Honald Buick , 88.9 p er cent ., 1- ; ! T er en ce Sym e , _86.9 p er cent. , 2; Ernest J effries, 85 p er cent. , and Tom Silson, 85 per cent. , equal, 3 .

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Form IIA.-Percival Grover 1, Harold Fookes 2; tSpecitu progress , C. Robb.

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Form IIn.-'.rrevor Bayly 1, Robert Fletcher 2; special , Chris . Griffiths and Alex. Hutchen .

Form I.-Robert B ennett and D 'Arcy J ackson , 81 per cent. , equal , 1.

Form IA .-Edmund Harvie, 84.5 per cent ., 1 ; John H etherington, 81 p er cent ., 2; special progress, Guy Harvie and .Harold Thomson. ·Form ln.-Fenton Barrack, 83 ,9 per cent., 1; Moyes, 80.2 per cent., 2 .

Peter

ATHLETIC PHIZES. tl euior Cha~11pionship, H. Brown; Junior Champion::;hip, R. Brewster; Under 14 Championship , S. Cottier; under 12 Championship , L. Barlow; Under 10 Championship , H. Thomson; 150 Yards Open, S. Lealand; 100 Yard.s under 15 , C. Tate ; 100 Yards Senior, R. Atkinson; 440 Yards 8enior, R. Atkinson; 100 Yards Junior, B. Ma.hraj ; 440 Senior Championship Shield, H . Brown; 120 Ym·d.s Hurdles , senior, H. B rown; Long Jump, senior, H. Brown; Long Jump, jumor , H. Brewster and P. Pop e ; 440 Yards J uuior , R Brewster ; 880 Yards Junior, R. Brewster; 'l'hro\ving Cricket B all , junior , H. Brewster; 75 Yards under 13 , .F. Bar~r ack; 100 Yards under 12, F. Barrack; 880 Yards tl eb.ior (Mason M emorial Cup) , J. H . Nicholson; 75 Yards under 14 , 8 . Cottier; 100 Yards under 14, S. Cottier; 220 Yard::; Op en , C. F. H awkes ; High Jump, junior, F. James; High Jump , ::;enior , C. D. Collins ; 50 Yards, 100 Yards, and '75 Yards under 16, H . Thomson ; 50 Yards under 11 , J. P erry; Three-legged R ace, J. L aw and ·D. G. Grant; Potato R ae:e, K l\Ia uri; 50 Yards under 12, A. Washer; 120 Yards unl r 12 , L. B arl ow ; 100 Yards Old Boys (Mr. Pridham 's Cup), J. Whittle ; 220 Yards Old Boys, C. Kyngdon; 220 Yards under 14, R. Buick ; On e Mile Op en (Dr. Fookes' Cup ), W. Al dis ; Senior Steeplech ase and Bryce Cup , E. G. Smith ; Junior Steeplech ase (first ) , A. Field ; Junior t eepl ch ase (. econd), J. P alm er ; F astest 'rime, Junior t pl e h as , T. Bellringer; Thowing Cricket Ball , senior, J. Pnlmer ; Sack R ace, B . Blundell; First Championship H eat , Junior Cup (B eckbessinger Cup) , J. R evell.

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BREAK ING-UP CEREM ONY.

SWIMM ING PRIZE S. .

Ch pionship T . Foden (Sykes Cup and emor . a~ham pion~hip , K. Taylor ; Under 14 ChamP.ewte~); Jun~~ on. Fir t, One L ength , R. Christi e; Fir,s t, 1 plOD h1p, E. K M' euli · First Breast Stroke R B iley · rs · Rac , · ' ' · ' ~e for Plat s and 100' Yards Op en , T . Foden; Back DiVI~! J Ly aght; Gr easy Boom and Barrel Race, S. ~~ .' D~ck a.n d Drake ~a~e an.d Awk~ard Entry, B. H :r. Corfu Dive, L. Chnsti e; Ribbon Dive, L. Raw,s on; H~[ Div , K. Taylor; Two L engths, H . W. Rickar d; Life..:in" up L . Rawson ; Grey Cup (R elay), '1'. Foden , Col~i~ 0 Ri ·k~.rd , Rawso n; O'Hall oran Shield (Inter- Form Rel~y), Form VA. (Foden , R awson, Wood , Rickar d). · BOXIN G PRIZE S. Senior Champ ionship , J . W. P almer (Lepper Cup and Pewter ); Junior Champ ionship , T. Foden ( idd Cup and Medal) ; Under lOst . Champ ionship , F . D avis; Tarana ki Boxing Associa tion 's B ant am-weight E vent , H. W. Bickar d ; Under 9st. Champ ionship , E. G. Gibson ; Under 7,s t . Championshi p , S. Cattier ; Under 6st. Champ ionship , A. Hutch en .

SHOO TING P RIZES .

Senior Miniat ure Champ ionship , H . Rickar d (S earle Cup and Pewter ) ; Junior Miniat ure Ch ampion ship , M .

Lysons (Hamb lyn Cup ); Under 15 Champ ionship , M. Lysons (Loved ay Cup) ; Under 14 Champ ionship , C. Wills (McLeo d and Slade Cup) ; Long Range Champ ionship , G. Hughso n (MacD i arm id B elt and Pewter ) ; K elly Memor ial Cup, M. Barak; ~ady Godl ey Cup , senior , ~I. B ara~; La_dy Godley Cup, JUmor, R. Caughl ey; Tarana kl Ch ampwnship , Senior Cadets , M . Barak; Mr . Firth 's Priz e for Most Improved Beginn er , W. F oote; Sole Cup , best N .C. O. , Sergt .Major T. N . Foden.

SPECI AL FOOTB ALL PRIZE S. Best Forwar d in m atch against W anga.nu i College (Mr. R. Palmer ' · Prize), M. Barak; B est B ack in the same match , J. Brodie (Mr. Palmer '.s Prize).

THE MAYO B ' S REMA RKS .

His W orship the Ma.yor (Mr . F. E . Wilson ) congrat ulat ed the boys on h a.ving comple ted an other year . H e h ad won ered how in the midst of so m uch s port they found time for the more serious side of life- school work- but the fine

OBITUA RY.

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record the Princip al h ad r ead proved that they did so. His Worshi p wished the boys the best of holidays and then r eferred t o the recent visit of the Govern or-Gen eral and Lady J ellicoe.

H e rem edied the omissio n h e h ad made in not convey ing previou sly the Govern or-Gen eral's congrat ulation s to th e. boys. His E xcellen cy had also r em arked that before coming to New Plymou th h e h ad always tliough t anothe r . chool wa s the finest in the Domin ion, but after seeing the New Plymou th Boy,s' High School he did not know to whom to award the hon~ur s .

The preeedi ngs eonclud ed with the 1s inging of the Nationa l Anthem .

OBIT UARY. MR. PERCY SMITH , F.R.G. S .

lt is with feelings of deepest r egret that we r ecord the death of Mr . Percy Smith, on e of New Zealan d 's m ost distinguished gentlem en. His death h as occasio ned a loss not only t o this town and D ominion , but al~o, we confi.dently assert , to the nation. It is probab ly for h~s valuab le liter ary work that Mr. Smith will be r em emb er ed in years t o com e .

During his 45 years ' work in the Govern ment service, durino· which t im.e h e rose to the positio n of Surveyor-Gen eral, M~. Smith becam e deeply interes ted in t h e geology and in the Native race of t h e country in which he was carryin g out his import ant duties . His inter est in the Maori r ace was r espon.·ible fo r a visit to Polynesia in 1897, in order t o unravel the myster y of t h e origin of the Maori. A monum ent to his valuabl e work r emains with us in " H awaiki " or "The \Vhence of the Maori. " This is but one of many valuab le works by the same author . Mr. Smith was the founde r of t he Polynesian Society , and as editor of the Polynesian Journa l , contrib uted articles of great value and inter est on Polyne sian ethnolo gy. Not only was h e a F ellow of the Royal Geographical Society sin ce 1880, but he was also a. m ember of many Rimilar societies in differ ent parts of the world. In .·pite of the many calls upon his time, h e did not neglect his duty as a citizen ; and besides being for many yea.r,s a m emb r' of th e Board of Govern ors of this Schoo l-in which h e has always display ed a keen and active interes t--he was a valued m emb er of the Pukeku ra P ark Board and Egmon t Nation al Pa.rk Board , and first preside nt of the A>stronomi-

HOliSE NOTES.

16 · h . d M : Thi School remembers wrt gr 3:trtu e .. r . cal . o.ctety · .ft 5 to the School Lrbrary , and hrs unfarlmg t::inuth _m any gr . . latina to our welfare . We join with . t •t·cst m all matter r o . d Ill c . . f thi town in recordmg our eep -regret at t h e the ~·ttlzf·n ° 1. ~idst of so distinguished a gentleman. pu ·smg rom ou

HOUSE NOTES. (J . D. Mackay and I. M civor t)

lthou 0ah chool did not start until F ebl'Uary 14 many of us were back to boarding school life a few day,s before that date. The fir st few days at the beginning of anoth er y ar are bu. y days for ' ' old hands '' and often miserable days for "fre h rs . " While the former are greeting old acqu ainta n· and establishing themselves with a proprietary air, th latter wander around in the vain hop e that amongst the many unknown th er e may be one whom they recognise, or whom they may approach for a little conversation, without which all boy arc miserabl.e.

Often between two equ ally lonely boyR an exchange of confiden ces takes place and a fri endship which often lasts throughout school life, and after, i eRt abli h eel.

ThiR year , with ono or two exceptions, the loneliness did not secn'l to surviv e the first dav of sch ool. The dormitories wor e mi. ·takonly considered by ~ome to b e the portion of the boarding-house sot aside for the special delect ation of new boarders . I'rofects h aRt en to di sillusion boys of this idea.

It was n ccos ~ ry to appeal to something more eff ective than a Rlipper to convince one of us that h e was not intended for a wire mattress acrobat .

All n ew boarders do not at fir st appreciate the very benefi cial and invigor ating effect s of the cold shower. 'l'he comment. which can b e h eard above the din of the show er room on the fir . t r:hornin o- bear t estimony to the courageous natur e of " boy. " "Cold ?" "No! I could stand it fr eez ing."

Contrary to th e fears entertained at the end of last year, t h er e h a. again boon an increase in the roll . The numb er of board ers is this year 158 . Although the number of pupils nttcnding th e School h as increased ·it will be seen that the honrd t'S arc not m or num erous than form erly. The fact is t h at th e boarding est ablishment is comfortably full and cannot conveniently accommodat e more.

INTERIO R OF HOSPITAL.

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HOUSE NOTES .

W h en at the end of last year Mr . Wilkie, who was m arried during the Christmas h olidays, ,severed h~s connection with the boarding school, we thought we should be without a House JY~aster in the ' ' Old House. " However , Mr. R. 0.

Marks, M .A., lat e of H amilton, h a,s r ecently been appoin t ed to the position of House Master.

W, e extend a h earty wekom e to Mr . Marks, and trust that h1s s t ay w1th us may be a long and. pleasant one.

Muc;h amusem ent was afford ed by the New Boarders ' Concert, which was h eld in. the Assembly Hall on the evening of Saturday, March 11. All boys who h ad entered the Upp er or Middle Sc;hool this year h ad to undergo the ordeal of mounting the wooden h orse placed on t h e stage, of giving their full n am e, dat e of birth and place of residence, and then of c;ontributing a song or r ecitation. After this they had their hair well greased with Jim 's lat est brand of hair oil , which was a m ixture of soft soap and honey .

One spng contributed by on e of the older boys, who gave his date of birth as the year 1896, and his r esiden ce as "Mosquito Ranc;h ," was c;onsidered exceptionally good and it brought forth roars of laughter from the audien ce.

The song was called "An Ode to 'Banana Jim ' " (composed by the author of " Jimmy the Bull " ).

Ev en gr eater wa the amusement wh en on e of t h e yo unger boys , who was h aving his h air gr eased, 路s uddenly dipp ed his h and into the gr ease pot and unexpectedly let " Banana Jirn" h ave his share of it.

One Sunday morning a notable W elshman was h eard to 路ay in a rather serious tone : "I ain't going to Church no more Sundays . " Exactly wh at h e meant, we sh all leave to our r eaders to find out for themselves . '!'he ' 路old white h oss" which brings the m ilk up to School from the farm each night and morning must h ave been feeling rather frisky wh en h e tried to climb through t h e window into the laundry . 'l'h e result was that two or three p anes of glass were broken , whilst h e, himself, r eceived as punishment quite a numb er of cuts on his h ead and no.se .

On e of the very small boys, on seeing tl:;te o10od pouring forth frorn the horse 's wounds, collapsed and h ad to b e taken to the hospit al in a fainting condition.

Mr . Moyes allowed all tlie boarders to go clown to the station on the evening of the home-coming of the First XI. from t h eir vi torious trip to W anganui. W e gave them a h earty welcome back and carried several m emb ers of the t e路am shoulder high.

HOUS E NOTES.

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On the 28th of F ebruary w e were all t aken _to see H l\I S Ch atharo, which wa~ an chored a.~out two. miles out . .f h. ·t In the m ornm g we wer e lmed up m front of m t e r eam. · 1 t f 35 d b t he School and draft ed o~~ m o s oh ,h ~y oy$ an db oak.r d . th r Aft er arnvm g on t e w ar f , w e wer e t a en 0 ~rs ~ J:ch:s· out to the C~atha m , which as our time was .Y ' t d t o a ~ach p arty , w e had to IJtnl e efore bout twentyd m mutes 1for · ' . M any boys h avina ma e a comp e t e msp ec t wn I enve b "' the r eturn trip su ff er e d f rom " m a l d e m er . " Th ey w er e ~:unt d by such r em arks as " H ello! Mac. H ave ,some salad oil melted butter , or chocola t e cr eam s?" W e claim that fe~ r boaJ.·der s than day bo;ys wer e sea-sick .

On the mornin g of April 1st , one of the boy,s in No. ::l dormit ory awaken ed his neighb our by asking him to do him a favo ur . H e wanted this boy t o h elp him to carry a case of apples up fr om the tuck-sh op . H e was t o be r ewarded with sever al apples fr om the case. So eager was the second boy to court the favour of the proprie tor of the apples that h e offer ed t o get the case himself . H e was broken -hearted wh en someon e showed him a calenda r.

When the School crick et team travelled t o W an ganui on e of the m embers though t h e would h ave a bath. Leavin g the wat er runnin g h e went t o discuss the oncomi ng m atch.

Being engage d in a lon g discuss ion h e forgot about his bath , and wh en an an gry lady cam e st orming up the passage to say : ' ' Who h as been floodin g my bedrqo m ?'' the unfortu nat e boy h ad t o st amm er· an apology . H is bath wa,s a " big wa,sh . ou t," as a humori st r emarked.

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CRIC KET

NOTE S.

(J. Brodie .)

W e may safely affirm that this term marks the end of the m ost su ccessfu l season '~ crick et the School h as y et exp erien ced. Althou gh con sider able improv em ent in School crick et was noticea ble by the end of last 1s eason , it was n evertheless evident that much gr eat er improv em ent w as n ecessar y t o produc e a t eam equal or sup erior t o those of other schools , which in some cases ar e n ot so h andicap p ed by climati c conditi ons .

This year , h owever , School h as sh own wh at r esults m ay be achieve d by dogged p ersisten ce ~nd p ersever an ce, In the Provin ciaJ Senior Compe tition

CRI CKET NOTES .

19 th e t-eam h as h eld its own and by defeati ng W anga.nui Colleae h as sh own itself t o h ave at last attain ed the s t andard 0 to which it h as aspir ed. Much of the cr edit of this p erforman ce r est s with Mr . ~ottrill , .who , only by con stant a~te_n­ tion and p atient coachin g , h as made the t eam wh at 1t IS. Th e membe rs of the t eam ar e unan imous in thankin g him for his untirin g efforts .

FIRST XI. AVERAGES .

B ATTIN G .

TotaJ runs. No . of Innin g,s. Not out . Aver age.

26.2 2 15 L ash , C .

340 1_7 .6 3 14 Taylor, K. .. . 193 16 .3 2 Brown , H ... . 171::) 13 13.5 Palmer , I. W . 21o 0 16 12.2 Brodie, J. 3 14 134 7.5 P almer, J 0 75 10 7.4 Mah r aj , B . .. .

0 8 59 7.0 Brodie, A . .. .

2 7 35 6.0 Hugh es, B .. ..

2 36 8 J effri es, E . .. .

6 .0 3 9 36 6. 5 Rickard , H. 2 0 13 BOWL IN G. P alm er , I. W .

L ash , C ..... .... .

Hugh es, B .

Brown , H ... ....

Mahraj , B .

Tot al Runs .

287 89 128 200 284

No. of W ick et s.

40 12 16 17 16

Average.

7.2 7 .4 8.0 11 .8 17.8

SCHOO L v. W AN GANU I COLLE GIATE SCHOO L .

(Mar ch 9 and 10.)

The annual m at ch against W anganu i College , r esultin g in a win for Sch ool by 10 wicl-::et s, was this year played at W anganu i. ·w eather <.:onditi ons wer.e p erfec~ OJ?- both days, a light breeze blowin g a<.:r oss the Wick et re~Ievm g the h eat of t h e sun . In t h e first innings W an ganui compil ed 'd7 , H ar e (20), L an ce (18) and Gieson (17 n ot out) b eing thE\ on ly players t o att ain double figures .

School th en b atted and aft er a fine first wick et p artnership o.f over 50 , eventu ally r ealised 1!)8.

L ash batted alm ost rig~t through the innin gs for a :finely played 55. P almer, I. , with 24 and Tay: l ar (19) w er e the n ext m ost :Su ccessfu l bat sm en . W anganm

CRICKET NOTES. 20 again batted and were all out for 74, leaving School 14 to mak in order to win. This was aec.;omplished without the lo of a wic.;ket. 'l'hroughout the match, aided by the br !6 , Palm r 's bowling had the Wanganui batsmen cratehing .

H e 路anied oft" the bowling honours with ti wick t 路 for 54, aoly seconded by Mahraj with 5 for 65 .

WANGANUI. First Innings.

Rewitt, b. Palmer B.arcourt, c. Jeffries, b. Mahra.j Ta.verner, b. Palmer Hare, b. Brown Craig, b. Lash Lance, b. Mahraj Lomie, c. Rickard, b. Ma.hra.j Sladden, b. Palmer G.ieson, not out Ritchie, b. Palmer Ta.tham, b. Palme r EJo..-tras Total

9 7

0

20 10 1tl

3 6

17 6 0

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97

Bowling Analysi ~ .-Palm er I., 5 for 27; Mahraj , 3 for 40; Lash, 1 for 5; Brown, 1 for 11; Rughe s, 0 for 13.

Second Innings.

Hewitt, not out ...

HarCQUrt, b. Pa.lmer Taverner, run out Hare, b . Palm er ...

Craig, Lb.w.," b. Palmer Lance, c. Palmer, b. Mah.ra.j Lourie, b. Mahra.j S laclden, c. Brodie, A., b. Rughes Uieson, c. Brodie, J., b. Palmer R itchie, b. Rughes Tath am, b. Bughes Extras Total

06 9 4

13

0 0 0 7 3 0 0 2

74

Bowling AnaJysis.- Palmer, I., 4 for 27; Mahraj, 2 for 25; Jlughes, 3 for 7; Lash, 0 for 5; Brown, 0 far 8,

CRIOK Fil' 'l'EAM- FIRST ELEVE N, 1921-22.

E. J effri es, J. Brodie, H. Rickm路 d, B. Hughe s, J. Palmer , A. Brodie, H. Steven so n, K. 'ra.ylor, C. Lasb , J. Pa lmer (captai n) , H. Brown (vice-ca ptain) , B. Ma.hraj .

CRICKET NOTES. SCHOOL. First lnnings.

Lash, c. Lourie, b. 'l'atham Palmer, I., c. _._uw:court, b. Lourie Taylor, b. Lourie ...

Palmer, J., b. H~witt ...

Brown, b. Lourie Mahraj, c. Taverner, b. Lance Brodie, J., l.b.w., b. Lance Hughes, not out . . . -...

Brodie, A., run out R ickard, c. Hare, b. Lom·ie Jeffries, c. Lom·ie, b. Sladden Extras 00.

00.

00.

11 55 \!4

19 5 ll

15 3

15 4

5

0 \!

158 Total Bowling Analysis.-Lour ie, 4 for 43; Tatham, 1 for 34; Lan()j3, 2 for 26; Hewitt, 1 for 27 ; Sladden, 1 fa~· 26.

Second Innings.

Lash, not out 8 Palmer, I., not out 6 'l'otal (for no wickets) Bowling Analysis.__,__Lourie, 0 for 4; Tatham, 0 for 10.

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SCHOOL v. NEW PLYMOUTH A. (Novembei· 19, 1921.)

Won by 71 runs on first innings.

New Plymouth opened , scoring 83, Inch 18 (not out) and Ferry 16 being the chief scores. Palmer took 6 wickets for 18 and Mahraj 2 for 18.

School responded with 154, composed chiefly of 35 by Taylor , 24 (not out) by Jeffries, and 21 by A. Brodie.

Clarke, with three for 27, and Bragg, two for 41, sh ared the bowling honours.

SCHOOL v. WESTERN PARK. (December 10, 1921. ) 'Won by 29 runs on first innings.

School batted first , making 91, I. P almer . (24) and Lash (18) making the highest scores . Halley , with five wickets for 21 , was most , uccessful with the ball.

W estern Park then batted for 62, Clarke (16) and Robertson (11) being the only batsmen to reach double figures.

For School , Hughes captured five wickets for 26 and Palmer two for 23.

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CRICKET NOTES .

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SCHOOL v. URENUI. (November 26 , 1921.)

SCHOOL

NOTES.

(R. Bellringer and J. Brodie.)

Lost by 14 runs on fir st innings .

Urenui opened, scoring 56, W . H . Fuller (18) and Managh (19 not out) obtaining the high est scores. Hughes took six wick et s for 22 and Palmer three for 19.

School replied with a poor 42, of which Lash with 13 was the only batsman to attain double figures. O 'Neill and Blundell captured all the wickets with six for 22 and four for 18 r espectively.

SCHOOL v. URENUI. (February 25 , 1922.)

Lost by 30 runs on first innings .

School opened, compiling 69 runs , J. Palmer (28), 'fayJar (12) and J. Brodie (11) being the only batsmen with double figures. For Urenui, Foreman took five wickets for 19 and 0 'N eill fiv e for 33.

Urenui then knocked up 99, of which Sarten made 21 and Blundell 17. Mahraj took four wickets for 32 and Brown four for 25.

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS .

(January 4, 1922.)

Lost by 32 runs on first innings .

School opened and wer e all out for 78 , the chief scores being Taylor (19) and Hughes (15 n ot out). For Old Boys the most successful bowlers wer e Bottrill fiv e for 26 and Osborne five for 36 .

Old Boys replied w ith llO, B ewley ( 45), Bottrill (21 ), and J:>apps (21) h eading the batting list. Palm er took six wicket s for 22 and Hughes two for 33.

SCHOOL v . NEW PLYMOUTH. (Mar ch 5, 1922.)

Lost by s ix runs on first innings .

School batted first for 137 , I. Palmer (24), J. Brodie (22) and Taylor (19 ) being the chief cor es. For New Plymouth, Halley took two wick et. for 21 and Kingston one for 2 .

New Plymouth then made 143 , H alley (60) easily topping the score, followed by Nicholls (21) . Lash took three wickets for 15 , Brown three for 31 , and Palmer three for 34.

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L eave-taking is seldom a pleasant function, especially so when far ewelling a master who h as endeared himself to all.

Thns it waR with infinite r egr et that we farewelled Mr .

Ryder at the close of the third t erm of last year. No great achievem ent was ever accomplish ed without assiduous car e and h ard work; and the high esteem in which h e is h eld is undoubtedly due to these two sterling qualities. During his long connection-twelve years-with u s h e was instrum ental in r aising the standard of football, cadet work, shooting, and scholastic excellen ce . W e take this opportunity of extending to Mr . Ryder our sincer e wishes for his future happiness and prosperity.

Advantage >Yas taken of the occasion of the Sports Dinner to farew ell Mr. Ryder, when the boys, as a s mall token of the r egard in which they h eld him , presented him with an entr ee dish and tray. Previously Mr . Ryder h ad been the r ecipient of a fountain p en- the gift of his colleagu es on the staff .

Mr. J acobsen, M.A., of Napier, who was to have filled the vacancy caused by Mr. Ryder's r esignation, is unable to accept the appointment, which h as been offered to and accepted by Mr . A. G . J ohnson, M. Se. , of the staff of the King Edward Technical Coll ege, Dunedin. Mr. J ohnson expects to take up his duties on July 1.

It was intended to r e-open school on Februa.ry 10; but, since the use of the School grounds had b een promised to the Springbok athlet es on that date, the opening was postponed until February 14. Even then, the arrangement of forms and distribution of stationery provided a few more hours of welcome respite .

Nominations from the School for the Amateur Athletic Club 's m eeting were fairly numerous; and School competitors wer e con spicuously successful in their events . Although the runners w er e h andicapped by a str on g wind sweeping across the track , comp etition was very keen. It is hoped that this visit of the South Africans will gr eatly stimulat e interest in athletics.

The truth of the assertion that in times of great excitement or emotion the actions of a p er son become distinctly erratic was borne out when about 100 youthful milita1¡y

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aspirants prepared to fill in the registration forms £or the Cadets. One ch erub , eager for the fray , wrote in answer to the question , R esiden ce : Home; in answer to Next-of-kin: Father; Age last birthday: 14 years 3 months. Another blushing penman who went "de mal en pis, " described himself as married . However , all present signed the oath of allegiance, and as a result the School contingent ~s up to its usual strength.

Considerable interest was cr eated in New Plymouth shortly after our r eturn to school by t h e arrival of H.M. S .

Ch atha.m, on bunday, _February 26. On Monday~ weath_er uonditions were very bad, and sinue (no berth bemg av~Il­ able) the Ch atham was anchored in the stream, mspectwn by the townspeople was out of the question. Tuesday, how ever was one of our real summer days, clouded over and opp~·essively hot, but minus wind and rain. ~umour h ad it that the School might hav e an opportumty of mspecting the vessel; and when a message came for assembly on the p arade ground few there were who did not kn?w th~ r eason. In fact , we grieve to ,s ay there were some signs of unseemly and untimely rejoicing. Be it said, however , to the credit of the VIth . Form and Lower Prep. (Alpha and Omeaa) that they co uld n ot t ear themselves a.way from their studi~s ( ?) , and both arrived t en minutes late. We were informed that Mr. C. E. Bellnnger had Jtindly gr anted the use of the H arbour Board launch to take the boys out to the Ch atham . 'l'hrough this thoughtful kindness we were able to sp end an interesting and instructive half-holiday~ and we take this opportunity of t endenng our grateful thanks.

The annual swimming sports were held on Friday, Mar eh 3, at the Municipal Baths. The weather early in the morning was very unfavourable, but as the day adva~ced the conditions improved and were all that could b e d esired .

Close finish es, showing eviden ees of car eful handicapp~ng , were the outstanding feature of the sports. The champiOnships were h eld on the following Saturday night, and excellent races were witnessed . ']'h e annual m eeting of those interested in the library was h eld during the middle of the term; and we are pleased to say that there was a large a.ttenda:nc~- In the _past the library has been n eglect ed by the _maJonty of the day-boys, but thi·s year interest ha-s b een stimulated.

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'l'his year the annua-l cricket match against Wanganui College wa~ held at vVanganui. The r esult was exceedingly satisfactory, School ·winning the match by 10 wickets . Batting first , Wanganui made 97, and School replied with 158 . Wanganui , in their second inning,s, cornpiled 74, thus leaving School 14 to make, which was accomplish ed without the loss of a wicket. Th e trip was exceedingly enjoyable, and the t eam wa.s royally entertained. Our short sojourn was full of incident, esp ecially at the hotel.

One morning the ground floor residents r eported having felt an earthquake at 11.30 the pr eceding night. However, it eventually transpired that an el~v en stone member of the t eam had been entertaining his comrades with a gymnastic exhibition on two bed post s, by standing vertically to the floor on his h ands, one on each post. H e succeeded in proving conclusively , Newton 's law of gravitation. _Another unofficial report is that one dark- eyed representative ha.s been created Knight Commander of the Bath. For corroboration or interpretation of the above apply to m emb ers of the t eam. (Vide " House Notes " .-Ed.) Boy~ '

We wer e much impressed by the beautiful buildings and grounds of the College. The visit showed us not only the room for improvement in our own grounds, but also their potentiality_ We greatly admired the n eat picturesque little pavilion , and on the afternoon of our arrival had the privilege of witnessing the finals of the College boys' swimming sports, h eld in their own baths . While fuliy aware of, and truly grateful for, the movements afoqt for the erection of the Memorial Gates and a n ew gymnasium, we hope we shall not be censured for crying " E xcel si or _" W e must thank Mr. Saunders , of W anganui , who very kindly took the whole t eam to the pictures on the night after the m at ch. W e are indebted in a similar manner to Mr. Saunders, of New Plymouth, for r ewarding us with another such outing on our return. W e are extr emely grateful for these thoughtful acts , not only because of our pleasure, but also because they show us that we ar e not altogether forgotten and th at our townsp eople ar e t aking an interest in us. 'l'he n ew boy-s ' concert was held lat e in the term. However , not one of the unwilling p erformer,s possessed that witch ery of voice which would make him the r ecipient of spontaneous ovations. Rath er did they "grate on their scrannel pip es of wretched s traw'' and make the most unmu~i cal c_roaks. H?wever , the ordea.l safely passed , they may view with lofty disdain the uninitiated next year.

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Mareh 27 h er alded the dawn of a n ew footb all season .

At 4. 15 p. m .. on e viewed m erry youths robed in variou s colo urs h ast enmg t o the footba ll fi elds with joyful shouts .

At 5.15 a mot ley band wended ther way silentl y to the >:> how.en; . H oweve r , after a few weeks of car eful traini na0 we did not feel the eff ects of the vigorou s practi ses . . 'l'he E ast er holi~ays wer e observ ed for the usua( p eriod , 1. e. , from Good Fnda y to the follow ing W ednes day . As usual: the weath er could not. be d es~rib ed as deligh tful ; n everth eless all thorou ghly enJoye d th~<s welco me break in the t erm .

Shortl y after E ast er Mr. M arks joined the staff.

It is our pleasant ~uty t o ~elcome him t o the Schoo l and expre ss ~ hope t~at his st ay will be long and pleasa nt. His vigoro us u:;rtere st m cadet work and s ports will b e esp ecially appre ciat ed .

On Frida y aftern oon, April 21, the entire Schoo l att ended the fun eral of the lat e Mr . S. P ercy Smith . The decea sed gentlem an h ad been for severa l y ear s a m emb er of the Board of Gover nors . . On An~ac D ay , April 25, the Schoo l cadet s parad ed and t ook part m the proces sion from the .Post Office to R ecr eation Gr ounds . After the march p ast , the parad the e was dra\: n up before the saluti ng base , where an impre ssive serviCe :vas h eld. The st at e of the weath er slight ly m arred procee dmgs, a.J?-d we wer e compelled to wear our overco ats.

A.ftei: the ser vice we were m arch ed from the "" R ec . " and ch sm1ss ed .

At last we h op e t o enter the School, our boots fr eed from t hat r elentl ess, t en aci?us Taran aki m ud. In the past, parts o~ th~ area surrou ndmg the Schoo l h ave been quagm ires nvallm g the famou s mud-h oles depict ed by Capta in B airns father . ~ow, we .view with pleasu re the workm en busily en gaged m r em edym g these defect s. Neat cobble stone bo 1: _ ders ~ave been form ed , and the p aths ar e now in the proces s of bem g aspha lted.

The exclam ations and verb al direct ions of the m en enga~ed on the aspha lting work round the Schoo l have occas~onally filled a sign ifican t p ause in class work. On one o.c ca~;on the cl a~s was receiv ing instru ction in ' ' P arty PolitiC~, . and h ad JUSt b een ask ed the questi on: " What is a politiCal party 's ' m ai~ plank ' ?" Unexpect edly the r espon se cam e throu gh ~he wmdo w from outsid e : " That piece of four by three l::iy the wall.' '

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On anoth er occasi on , f9llow ing on the pause create d by the q ue>:>tio n " What wer e the last words, of Simon d e Montfort befor e h~ perish ed on the field of Evesh am '?'' .the_re carll:e the unint ention al r espon se , " Wher e 's some ml for thrs squea ling wheelb arrow ?''

W e have notice d that some boys do not seem to posses s the intellectual ability which m ak es the t eachin g to them of 'l'hore m IV . a pleasu re to their m ast ers . R ecentl; Y one bo.y h ad invok ed the ,,;rath of his master, who finally m d espair rem arked : "I wonder what you 've got inside that craniu yours !' ' A most appro priate answer was forthcoming m of from outsid e : " It's full of water ." (The last r emark had appar ently been intend ed for the enli~htenme nt ~f someo ne puzzled by th e weigh t of the hollow 1ron roller bemg used on the paths .)

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NOT ES.

(P. Mitca lfe.)

W e ar e sorry to say that the end has come to a ver_y ~uccessful t ennis season.

Our asphalt court h as b een m areat dem and, and h as not been allowed to r est during the ~ry weath er ; while the grass court at " F airfiel d " was b eginnina to show signs of weari ng owing to the strenu ous contestR p . which have b een enJoye d there.

The 1921 champ ionshi ps could not b e finish ed last year owing to the bad weath er , but they wer e k eenly contes t ed during this t erm. In spite of our fr equen t endea vours , the rain did not permi t us to finish the senior singl es .

The followin g wer e the winner s : Senio r Singles (not played off ) .-L . Christ ie, Ballan t yn e , P enn , M ackie, Blair.

Senio r Doubl es .-J . Shaw and Alexa nder.

Junio r Single s .-J. Shaw .

Junio r Doub les .-J. Shaw and Alexa nder .

There was a. great numb er of entrie s for the Taran aki secon dary school s' t ennis tourn amen t , which was h eld during this t erm . Ther e wer e two events , single s and doubl es, both of which wer e won oy boys of our School.

The winn ers wer e : Singles .-B allant yne, who b eat L . Christ ie, 6-2, 6-4.

Doubl es .-Ba llanty ne and Griffin , who beat Mitca lfe and P enn, 5-6 , 6-4, 6-4.

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Owing to unfavoura ble weather we were not able to play the annu al match against the Masters. We hope to be a ble to try our skill against them in the third term.

FOOTB ALL

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(R. Brown.)

W e very much regret that Mr. Ryder , who has been our coach for n1any years, has left us . As was shown by the progress m ade by the t eam last year Mr. Ryder has proved himself a very efficient coach .

W e . now hear that h e is coaching the Auckland Grammar first fifteen, and we wish him every success with the t eam .

This year the senior group is being coached by Mr. Moyes and Mr. P app s . Under their coaching we are looking forward to another very successful season. Owing to winter setting in ea.rly , we started footb all b efor e half-term, and after Ea.ster the comp etition games were in full swing. This season the first fifteen are playing in the first junior competition-a grade hi gh er than they wer e playing in last yearth e second fifteen in the second junior, and the third and fourth fifteens in the third junior comp etition.

The season opened with a n ew boys' match , which en abled us to grade them accordingl y.

On April 5 a seven- a-side t eam consisting of Brown, Foden, Shaw, Alexander , Brodie, P aterson. and Brewster journeyed to Okaiawa to play in a even-a- side competition.

Tn th e first round they drew to play Okaiawa A, and d efeated t,h em by 8 points to nil. Brown and Foden scor ed tries, one of whi ch was converted by Brown.

In th e second round they played J oll 's and were defeat ed by 13 points to 4. For School , Brown drop-kick ed a goa.l from the field.

SCHOOL v . OLD BOYS. (Won 16-8.)

'Phis was played as a pra.cti ce match on April 8 on the R acecour e, and proved a very fa st and open game ; but School being the fitt er t eam were victorious . F or the first m at ch of the season both our backs and forwards played exueptionally well. For School tries wer e scored by Abbott (2 ), R evel] and Brown (1 ), two of which wer e conv erted by Brown . For Old Boys , Syk es and M cGregor ,s cored . Doile converted one.

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FOOTBALL NOTES.

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F IRST F I FTEEN v. OLD BOYS .

(April 22-Won 24 to nil. ) Although this m atch was played in showery weather , both the School backs and forwards h andled the ball well, and proved too good for their oppon ents. For School tries were obtained by Abbott (3 ), Brodie, Foden and Alexander (1 each). Brown, Foden and Brodie converted tries.

SECOND FIFTEEN v. TUKAPA. (Won 6 to nil.)

This proved a very strenuous contest, but School wer e s uperior in the for wards . Tries were obtained by B ellringer 路 and Mauri.

THIRD FIFTEEN v . STAR. (Won 20 to nil.)

This was an easy victory for the third fifteen.

La sh scored three t.r ies and Dinnis one.

P etty converted one, while P etty and J effri es kicked pen alties . . FOU RTH FIFTEEN v. OLD BOYS .

(Lost 4 to nil.)

Old Boys kicked a goal from the field.

SPORTS DINNER. (W . Aldis .)

L ast t erm that important function , the Sports Dinner, was held on the evening of D ecemb er 10. Wtih the accompaniment of good things-liquid , solid and musica1-the evening passed pleasa.n tly and quickly .

After the usual loyal t oast, proposed by the Chairman (Mr. Moyes), C. F ookes proposed the h ealth of the First El even and the First Fifteen , which was r esponded to by I. P almer and H. Brown on beh alf of the First Eleven and First Fifteen r espectively .

P robably on e of the most important and popular toast s of the evening, th at of "Mr. Ryd er ," was then proposed by Mr. Moyes . Mr. Moyes, in m entioning Mr. Ryder 's coming departure, r ecall ed the unce3ising and conscientious efforts of tb_e latter in the m anifold branch es of School activiti es with which h h ad been connect ed. In his r eply

SPORTS DI NNE R.

ANNUAL SWIMMING SPORTS.

Mr . Hyder thanked the assemblage for the expression of goodwill manifested towards him in the way his toast had been received, but expressed his deep r egr et at severing the bonds which h eld him to a School where h e had laboured so long. Mr . Ryder was presented with an entree dish and tray, presented by the School, and with a book of photos of the " ~ elson 'l"rip, " presented by the First F ifteen.

W e t ake this opportunity of thanking the judge of the diving events (Mr . P. Mathieson), and the time-ke~p er s (Me;,srs. V. Dalgleish, N. Greiner and J . Be~nett , JUn ._) fo r the very efficient manner in which they earned out their duties.

The officials were :-Starter , Mr. W. H. Moyes; marksm en Messrs . G. F. B ertrand and F . J. Eggleton; call ~tew'ard, Mr. A. Papps; judges, Messrs. R. H . Rockel , C. _U .

Bottrill and G . H. Pope; offi cial recorder, Mr . A. W. Diprose · finals, Messrs. J. W. Connell, W. G. Wilkie and J. Dob~on · judae of diving , Mr. P. Mathieson; time-keepers, Me srs . 'f. B ~nnett, j un. , N. Greiner and v . D algleish . The Swimming Committee : Mr. F. J. Eggleton (chairman), 'l'.

Foden , H. W. Brown (joint secretaries), J. Brodie, C. Col lins, K. Taylor, I. Palmer and H. Rickard.

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'l'he toast of "Th e Sports Champions " was then proposed by L . Rawson, to which T. Foden r esponded on behalf of th e ch ampions generally.

M. Bar ak then proposed " The School ," to which V. H enderson replied.

After a pianoforte solo by Mr. Dob.son, J. Brodie proposed the h ealth of ' "Boys Leaving, " to which C. Drader, as the representative of this section of the gathering, replied . .' ' Sch ool I~stitutions, '' proposed by J . Nicholson, was replied _to by U. Hughson on behalf of t h e shooting teams, and by P. Urii"b.ths on behalf of the Library Committee. 'lhe toast of ""'l'h e Master s" was t h en proposed by B. Noake~, ~ho amidst hu~?rous r emarks, expressed t h e boys ' appreciatiOn of the untmng efforts and willing sacrifices made by the Mast ers for the h a.ppiness of the boys and the pTogres;, of the School. Mr. Rockel r eplied on behalf of the Masters.

J . H enderson then rose to propose the h ealth of Mr. and l\lrs. Moyes , a toast to which ther e was, as always, a hearty re~pons e . After Mr. Moyes. had r eplied, Ma.sters and boys JOmed hands and , accompamed by the orch estra, which h ad done much ~? make the evening pass pleasantly, sang "Auld L~ng Syn~ , . and ~,pleasant and m emorable evening closed with the sm gm g of God Save the King."

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SWI MMING

SPORTS.

(T. Foden .) 'l'h e annual ~wimming sports were fixed for Thursday, March ~ · but owmg to unsuitable weather they were postponed t1ll the next day, Friday, which dawned clear and sunny. The _Pleasant ·s unshine, which lasted all day, made the sports enJoyable to both sp ectators and competitors.

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R esults: 33} Yards Open Handicap .-First h eat: M . Robertson (7sec.) 1; time, 28 2-5sec . SecoJ?-d h eat: C. Cooke_ (9sec.)

1 ; time, 28sec. Third h eat: Ogier (7sec.) 1; time, 26 3-5sec. Fourth h eat: Aubrey ( 5sec .) 1; time , 27sec. Fifth h eat: L Christie ( 5sec .) and R ickard ( scr .), dead heat, 1; time, 26 2-5sec. Sixth h eat: C. Tate (5sec.) 1; time , 27sec.

Seventh h eat: Sim cock (7sec.) 1 ; tim e, 26 3-5sec. Eighth h eat : Penn (4sec.) 1; time, 29 1-5sec. Ninth heat: J .

Shaw (5sec.) 1; time , 25 2-5 ec . Tenth h eat: J. W. Moorh ead (7sec·.) 1 ; tim e, 27 4-5sec. E leventh h eat: J. J ackson (7sec.) 1 ; time., 27sec. Final: J. J ackson 1, C. Cook e 2, C. Tate 3; tim e, 25 3-5sec Preparatory 33 i~ Yards Handicap.-First heat: J. Law (3sec .) 1, A. Hutch en (2sec.) 2, McGinty (4sec .) 3; time , 33 1-5sec. Second h eat: F . C. Gilmour (3sec .) 1, T. Bayly Final: (5sec.) 2 , R. Flet ch er (scr. ) 3; time, 32 2-5sec.

Bayly 1, Gilmour 2, F letch er 3; time , 30sec.

66! Yards Op en H andicap. -First h eat: Rickard (scr.)

1; tim e, 57 4-5sec. Second h eat : Collins ( 4sec .) 1; time, 'l'hird h eat: Foden (scr.) 1; time, 57 4-5sec.

56sec.

Fourth h eat : Taylor ( 4sec.) 1; time, 57 sec . Fifth h eat : Sixth h eat: C. Tate Aubrey (9sec .) 1; time , 58 4-5sec .

(9sec .) 1; time , 56 2-5sec. S eventh h eat: G. Fookes (9sec.)

1; time, 61 4-5sec . Final: 'l' ate 1, Taylor 2, Fookes 3; time , 56sec.

New Boys ' Race (33t yards) .-First h eat : P eyton (Ssec .) 1, S. Smith (9sec.) 2, T. 0. Jones (4sec.) 3; time, 29 4-5sec. Second h eat: P enman (scr .) 1, Gordon (10sec.)

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2, Hill (7sec.) 3; time, 33 3-5.sec .

Third heat: Marshall (9sec.) 1, Mahoney (8::;ec.) 2, W alker (7sec.) 3; time, 27sec. Final: Marshall 1, P eyton 2, lVIahoney 3; time, 26 4-5sec.

L earners' Race (width of baths) .-First h eat: Trueman 1, Law 2, lVIorgan 3 ; time, 10sec . Second heat: lVIcDougall 1, Mills 2, B. Cooke 3; time, 9 4-5sec. Third h eat : Yorke 1, J ohns 2, Caughley 3; time, 10sec . Final: lVIcDougall 1, L aw 2, Trueman 3; time, 10sec .

Breast Stroke (33t yards) . -F irst h eat: Robb (10sec.)

1, C. Lash (6sec.) 2; time, 30sec. Second heat: Standish (10sec .) 1, J. Brodie (6sec.) 2; time, 33 2-5sec.

Third h eat: Insull (7sec .) 1, Penn (2sec.) 2; time, 33sec. Fourth h eat: C. Cooke (7sec .) 1, G . Moorehead (7sec.) 2; time, 34 4-5sec. Fifth h eat: S. Hutch en (5sec.) 1, J. Pease (8sec .)

2 ; tim e, 33 1-5sec . Sixth h eat: R. Flet ch er (10sec.) 1, Grant (7sec.) 2; time, 33sec. Final: Robb 1, S. Hutch en 2, P enn 3; time, 29 2-5sec.

100 Yards Op en H andicap.-Fi rst h eat: Rickard (2sec.)

1, Taylor (5sec.) 2, H awkins (14sec.) and Ogle (llsec.) dead h eat 3 ; time, 1min. 28sec. Second h eat: Foden (scr .)

1, G. Fookes (16sec.) 2, Gibson (llsec.) 3.

Final : G. Fookes 1, Taylor 2, Ogle 3 ; time, 1min. 28sec.

Preparatory 66} Yards.-Rob b (scr.) 1, Gilmour (1sec.)

2, A. Hutch en (2sec .) 3. '. rime, 63sec: B ack-stroke 33~路 Yards Handicap ._;F irst heat : Sutherland (4sec .) 1, Blundell (5sec.) 2, G. B ayly (5.sec.) 3; time, 38 4- 5sec. Second h eat: S . B ellringer (4sec.) 1, Curtis (6sec.) 2, J. Shaw (,scr. ) 3; time , 4 1 s~c . Third h eat: M. Fletcher (5sec .) 1, Prideaux (7sec.) 2, H erdman (scr.) 3; time , 35 2-5sec. Final: Fletch er 1, Blundell 2, Sutherland 3; time, 33sec.

3.

Diving for Plat es .-Brokensh ire 1, Foden 2, L . Christie

Corfu Dive.-Penm an 1, Christie 2, W augh 3, G-rant 4.

Inter-form Relay Race (33t yards each man) .-First h eat: Form VI. 1, Form Hie. 2, Form VB. 3; tim e, 1min.

43sec. Second h eat: Form IVB. 1, Form VA. 2; time, 1min. 41sec.

Final: Form IIIc. (Hawkins, Sladden, Murdoch , P eyton) 1, Form VA. (Foden, Collins, Taylor , Brown) 2, Form VI. (Brodie, H erdman, P enn , Rickard) 3; time, 1min. 46sec. This race aroused trem~ndous interest.

Greasy Boom.-Bal lantyne 1, Aubrey 2, Rainger 3.

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200 Yards Open H andicap.-Fo den (scr.) 1, Collins (7sec . ) 2, Sutherland 3. Time , 3min. 16 4-5sec.

Long P lunge.-Fod en (44ft. 3in.) 1, Taylor (41ft. 9in.)

2 , Brown (39ft. 9in.) 3.

CHAMPIONSHIPS. The championshi ps were decided at the Municipal Baths under uninviting weather conditions.

Some keen tussles, which in no way lighten ed the work of the judges, were witnessed by the spectators . The officials were the same as those for the sport:s , with the addition to the judges of Mr .

A. R. Standish . W e wish to expr ess to him our thanks for acting in this capacity. R esults:UNDER 14 CHAMPION SHIP. 25 Yards.-R. F let cher 1, Sladden 2 , Robb 3.

Time, 17sec.

50 Yards.-Slad den 1, Flet cher 2, Robb 3.

Time, 39 3-5sec.

75 Yards.-Sla dden 1, Fletcher 2 , Robb 3.

Time, 62 1-5sec.

J UNIOR CHAMPION SHIP .

25 Yards.-First heat: Gibson 1, Penn 2, Ogle 3 ; time, 16 3-5sec. Second h eat: H. H awkins 1, S. Hutchen 2, R evell 3; time, 16 1-5sec.

Final: Hawkins 1, Revell 2, Gibson B; time, 16 3-5sec.

50 Yards.-First heat: Gibson 1, Ogle 2, G. Fookes 3; time 38sec . Second heat: R evell 1 , L . Christie 2, H awkins 3; ti~ne, 36 1-5sec . Final: R evel! 1, Christie 2, Gibson 3; time, 36sec.

100 Yards .-Ogle 1, G . Fookes 2, L . Christie 3.

86 2-5sec.

SENIOR CHAMPION SHIP .

Time,

25 Yards.-Fod en 1, Rickard 2 , Collins 3.

Time, 13 4-5sec.

50 Yards.-Fod en and Ricka.rd (dead heat) 1, Taylor 3. Time, 31 1-5sec .

100 Yards.-Fod en 1, Ta.ylor 2, Rickard 3. Time, 75 1-5sec.

200 Yards.-Ta.y lor 1, Foden 2. Time, 2min. 55 3-5sec.

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OTHER EVENTS. Long Plunge (final) .- Brown (1ft.), 39ft. 9in ., 1 ; Foden (scr .), 39ft. 5in., 2. ' Awkward Entry.-J . Palmer 1, Waugh 2, P . Pope 3.

Open Dive (final) .-Petty 1, Taylor 2, Penman 3.

All the placed boys gave a good exhibition.

Final Ribbon Dive.-Bro wn 1, Collins 2, Hawkins and Foden (dead heat) 3.

R elay Race (33! yards each man) .-School (Foden , B ickard, 'r aylor , Collins) v. Old B oys (McH ardy, Morrison, Kyngdon, Sykes), dead h eat. Time, 81 l-5sec.

Old Boys' B ace (33t ya.rds) .-Colema n a.nd Kyngdon (dead h eat) 1, Morrison 3. Time, 20 2-5sec. 'l'he championships resulted as follows, points being allocat ed on the 5, 3, 1 principle :Senior.-F oden (17 points) 1, Taylor (9) 2, Bickara (3) 0.

Junior.-B evell (8 points) 1, Ogle and H awkins (;} ) equal 2.

Under 14.-Sladden (13 points) 1, Fletcher (11) 2 , Bobb (3) 3. 路

LIFE-SA VING. A life-saving class has again been h eld this year, to which Mr. Eggleton has been instructor. Our thanks are due to Mr . Egglet on , who h as sacrificed much of his time in the inter est s of this class . The following certificates have been gained : Hon . Instructor 's Certificate .-T. Foden and C. Collins .

Teach er 's Certificat e.-C . Collins.

Bronze Medallion .-F. B . Blundell and H . Hawkins .

Profi ciency Certificat e. -G . Fookes, F . Blundell, K. Bobinson, E . Gibson, H . Hawkins, P. Sladden , S. Wyborn , J. Penman and F. W augh .

Elementar y Certificate s .-G. Fookes, J. P almer , F. Blundell , K. Bobinson , E. Gibson , E. Brokenshi r e, S. P eyton , H. Hawkins, J. P ease, P. Sladden , S. Wyborn , J. Pen_man, F . vVaugh , G. Grant and E. Green.

In addition t o these 40 boys gained long distance swimming certificat es, the distan ces ranging from i mile to 1~ miles.

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BOXING

NOTES .

'l'h e interest aroused by the boxing champions hips, which were contest ed last term, goes to ,show that boxing is ~ till a popular form of sport in the School.

On account of the htrge numb er of bouts to be decided , some of the preliminat .)' bouts wer e d ecided on the evening of Tuesda.y , November 15. Hesults were as follows: First Bout .-Field v. Nolan: Won by Field, ma.i nly through the influence of a left .

Second Bout .-Hutch en v. B arlo"w: Barlow won the fir~t round , but .tlutchen more than even ed up in the n ext two.

Third Bout.-Ha wken v. Fookes: Very mediocre display; won by H awken. Fookes should give up waving his arms about and pushing.

Fourth Bout.-Fl etch er v . Cooke: Easily won by :Flet cher. Cooke s hould r em emb er that boxing consists of attack as well as defen ce, and covering up and making a m ere 路 'chopping block ' ' of himself is not boxing.

Fifth B out.-Law 路v . Cattier: Won by Cattier, who promises well. L aw will improve, but will have to learn to ~ tand up straight.

Sixth Bout.-Fi eld v . Hutchen: Won easily by Hutch en , who had the advantage of Field in weight, reach and skill. Nevertheless Field gam ely las拢ed the three rounds.

Seventh Bout.- York v . Hawken: Won by York , who led in the first and third rounds, the second going to Hawken. . L ack of experience lost for H awken, who -should have kept at York when h e was tired , inst ead of giving him time to reeover .

The championships were decided on the evening of Saturday , :November 19, in the Assembly Hall , in the presence of a large number of spect ators, consisting of pupils of the School , their parents and friends. A pleasing featur e of the contests was the expedition w~th which the different events were dispatched . The absence of any delay between th e bouts made the exhibition much more entertainin g from a spect ator ' point of view.

Messrs. Baker and E ggleton act ed as judges, Mr. A. R Stanclish a. time-keepe r , Mr. Papps as call st eward, Mr .

Pop e as glove st eward, Mr. Wilkie as official r ecorder , and Mr. B ertrand as r esult st eward. Brodie, J. , Fookes , C ., Hawson , L. , and Nicholson , J . H. , acted as official seconds.

Mr. Winiki officiated as refer ee.

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BOXiNG NOT:E:S.

W e have to thank the Taranaki Boxing Association and Mr. R Inch , the form er for the loan of the ring a,ppointments and the latter for erecting them.

Results were as under:UNDER 6st.

Final.-Hutc hen (5.6) v. Yorke (5.13): This proved a very fast and inter esting contest , the refer ee awarding the bout to Hutch en, who stood up well to his h eavier opponent.

UNDER 7st.

Final.-Cott ier (6.5) v . Flet cher (6.12): This proved another interesting cont est. Flet cher appeared t o do most of the leading in the earlier rounds, whilst Cottier had an eff ectiv e smoth er . In the final round Cattier showed to better advantage and was awarded' the verdict.

UNDER 9st.

First Round.-Gibson (8.9) beat Stewart (8.10 ) ; W ebb (8. 7) beat Sutherla!ld (8.10). . Final.-Gib son bea拢 W ebb after a very even three rounds, in which both fol.lght cleanly and openly.

UNDER lOst . .

First Round .- Davis (8.10) beat Hughson (8 .12) ; Scanlan (9.3) beat Meuli (9.5).

Final.-Dav is beat Scanla.n. This proved another very exciting contest. D avis made the pace very willing and led throughout, though Scanlan st eadied him with a straight right, and mixed 1t well.

UNDER 11st .

Final.-Rick ard (10. 1) defeated Pease (10.0) after a very close a~d even bout, there being little to choose between the boys.

UNDER 12st .

F irst Round.-Fo den (11.4) beat Brown (11 .2) after a clean and willing contest. Drader a bye.

Final. -Foden (11.4) beat Drader (11 .2). This proved another fine bout. Drader h ad the advantage of reach and appeared to make good use of it. To the layman it appear ed as if h e had the better of the contest , but the r eferee awarded the bout to Foden.

SCHOOL HEAVYWE IGHT CHAMPION SHIP .

F inal.-Palm er (11.4) v. Hooper (13 .6) .-Palmer, despite the great disadvantag e in h eight, weight and r each , stood well up to his man and mixed it freely, gaining the verdict after three good round's.

CONCER T NOTES.

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At a general meeting h eld on April 2 the following uommittee wati elected : -Mr. Dobson (chairman), T . N. J<'oden, W. E. Alexander, G. E. Lomas (secretary), W. A. Brodie, M. Bree and A. Kidson .

This year has brought great ch anges; our "star " artists -Pease, Barak, H end erson and othens-hav e left us, but n is to be hop ed that some of the younger boys are r eady to take their places .

'I'h e last concert of last year was h eld on November 19, at 7.45 p.m. 'l'h ere was a large crowd of boys, parents and fri ends of the School present.

Every item was encored. 'l 'h e local parodies wer e very well r eceived, especially Monte Barak 's " D ay After D ay."

The following is the programme :-(!) Ovetture, 路路 stars and Stripes," Orchestra; (2) song, "Wh en we've company at our house," L. Pease; ( 3) song, " In victus, ' ' G. E. Lomas ; (4) cornet solo, "The Lost Chord" (Orchestra accompanim ent ), S. Woods; (5) song and chorus, "Pip pip , toot toot, goodbye-ee, " L. R awson and chorus; (6) local parody (to the tune of " Three B lind Mice ") , Airey, Barak, Henderson and Fookes; (7) selection, "Friendly Gr eeting ," Orchestra; (8) song, " D ay After Day," M. Barak; (9) recitation (humorous), K. Neal; (l 0) song, "Something Oriental," G. E. Lamas, song and chorus, "Beware of Chu Chin Chow, " F. Williams and chor us; (11) pianoforte solo, " Mazeppa , " M. B r ee; (12 ) chorus, "Fr eckles, Raggin' thro' the Rye ," etc., the Boys; (13) selection, "La Serenata" (Braga), Orch estra; (14) du et, "First Love," L . Pease and L. R awson; (15) song, "Cobbler's Song," G. E. L omas; (16) chorus, "Molly o' More, Oh Lady," etc., the Boys; (17) song, " Whispe1:ing," L. Rawson; (18) son g, "Oo la la, W ee W ee," L . P ease; (19 ) chorus, "Soldiers' Choums" (from Faust), Company ; (20 ) selection, "The H ome Coming March," Orch estr a; "God Save the King."

THE ORCHESTR A. A number of our players left the School at the end of last year-G. Hughson (second violin ), H . Livingstone (clarinet), S. Woods (cornet), C. Fookes (flute), J . B ennett (' cello ), and K. Neal (drums). Four of these, however , were kind enough to come back to bhe Orchestra and h elp us again this year. W e d esire to take this opportunity of thanking them for their valuable assistance.

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CONCERT NOTES.

'I'he instrumentatio n this year is as follows :-First violins: S. Cattier , H. McNeill, H . Moverley, J. McMahon.

Second violins: V. Mitchinson, M . Thomson, V . Fookes.

Viola: W. A. Brodie. · 'Cello: J. B ennett .

Flutes: C. Fookes, T. Fookes , J . Lysaght . Piccolo: D. O'Halloran .

Cornets: S. Woods, A. Kidson.

Drums, et c.: K. Neal.

Piano: M. Bree. Conductor: G. E. Loma·s.

L ast term the Orchestra. played at two School concerts, the Sports Dinn er , and the annual prize-giving ceremony.

Th ey also played at a three-act play, ' ' Billeted,'' which was given by Mrs. W eston in the Empire Theatre. The following is an extract from " Reflections " by " John Doe": ''Since writing the above I h a.v e seen the amateur players· production of '' Billeted,' ' and I would like, if I may, to congratulate the Boys ' High School Orchestra and their conductor on their playing, and also to congratulat e the School.

It is a fine thing to h ave an Orchestra manned and conduct ed by the boys, and they show promi-se of development into an excellent Orch estra .. .. Music is evidently recognised as a proper part of a lib eral education at the School, and there is perhaps some r eward in the knowledge that a most pleasant performance, and an enjoyable evening, was r endered all the more enjoyable and pleasant for the large audiences at the play, by the Orch estra.''

At the beginning of the year the Board very kindly grant ed us some money in order to purch ase a side drum stand , a cymbal holder, and some jazz instruments. These instruments will no doubt help to brighten future con certs .

It has been very amusing to listen to the r emarks passed by different members of the School con cerning these instrum ents . One individual wish ed to know whether music · could ·be got out of such things as a " two-toned wood-block. " 'l'HANKS. We wish to thank Mrs. George for the loan of several good pieces of or ches~r al music, and Mrs. Brien for lending us a good deal o£ m usic for choruses; also Messrs. Quinn and Kenny , Chas. B egg and Co., and W ebley Sons and Gofton (Christ church ) for gifts of orchestral music .

The first concert this year was h eld on Saturday, M ay 6, at _7.45 )>.m . Th e following is the programme: -(!)

Selectwn , Everybody Calls Me Honey," Orchestra.; (~) song, " P eggy O 'Neill, " Murdoch ; (3) recitation, Moyes and ~ield ;" ( ~) chor~s, ',: Swanee," etc ., The Boys; ( 5) s election , Kiss a Miss; Orch estra; (6) song, "Chili Bean, "

LIBRARY

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W. Alexander; (7) song, " Germs, " Banks; (8) selection, " Ohio" (one st ep), OI:ch estra; (9). duet, " It's t~,e Onl;y Way, ' ' Davies and Robmson; (1?) pianoforte sol? , D?ge ~ March , " M. Bree ; (11) song, Oh! Mother , I m Wild, B rindle W . Foote and P . Hawken; (12) song , "Young Tom o' D evon ," Mr . Marks ; (13 ) selection , " Temptation," Orchestra) ; (14) song, "Laughing Vamp," Peyt~n; (15) violin solo , "Cavallier R ustican a," W . A. Brodie ; ( 16) chorus "Kiss a Miss, " et c., The Boys ; (17) selection, " Chariot R ace" (march ), Orch estra; (18 ) National Anthem .

LI BRARY

N OTES.

(J . W. P almer.)

For the last two years the Library has been carrying on under the manaaement of the committee. W e started this year with a ne~ly-elected committee, as none of the last year's boys r eturned; but we ow e a great deal to those who did the work in the Library last year , as it h as en abled us to start right off the mark A meeting of the committee , over which Mr . Moyes presided , was h eld at the beginning of the term , and a change of magazines was made. New rules were also made. The Daily News and the 'l'aranaki H erald are obtained daily and th e Auckland Weekly News every week As we are still sh ort of class-rooms the Library is used by boys with free-periods, and by special classes .

Although no n ew books have been purchased this year , m any books have been added to the Library oo a r esult of the gen erosity of Mr. F . Kelly, wh o has h an<1somely donated the following books . W e desire t o thank Mr. Kelly and to express our appreciation of his generosity :- "Plutarch 's Lives," Plutarch; " Selections from Grave and Gay " (Vols .

1-3) , D e Quincey; " Schlegel 's Dram atic Literature," Schlegel; "Schlegel's Philosophy of History ," Schlegel ; '' Sartor R esartus L ectures on H eroes,'' Carlyle; '' Coomassie and Magdala," Stanley; " Imaginary Conversations " (Vols .

1-2), Landor ; " Ninevah" (Vols . 1-2), Layard; " Bibliography of New Zealand Literature," Hocken; " Buck's Theological Dictionary ,'' Henderson; ' 'Lives of Eminent Englishmen" (Vols. 1-8), Cunningham; " Hallam's History of England " (Vols. 1-3) , H allam; "Hallam 's Literary History" (Vols. 1-4), !Iallam ; "Celebriti es I have known "

SH OOTING NOTES. PREPARATORY NOTES.

40 (Vols. 1-2), Lord L ennox; " Life of Edward Irving " (Vols.

1-2 ), Mrt>. Oliphant; "Hise of the Dutch Republic," Motley; .. Little L essons in Scientific Eating" (Vols. 1-12) , Christian; "Horae Subsecive," Brown ; ' ·'rh e Two Paths," Ruskin ; · ''l'he Ring of Claddagh, " Fitzpatrick; " Mesopotamia and Assyria, '' Fraser ; ' ·Wanderings of a 'l' ailor,'' Howitt; "Breakfast in B ed ," Sala; "Encyclopaedia M etropolitana, " Coleridge; " Travels of Marco Polo ," Murray; " History of the Conquest of P eru " (Vols . 1-2), Prescott; " Old Drury Lane" (Vols. 1-2) , Stirling; " The Cornwallis Corresponden ce" (Vols . 1-3), Ross; " History of Frederick the Great" (Vols. 1-4), Carlyle .i "Ammonia R efrigeration," Redwood; " Arithmetic of Electrical lVIeasurements," Hobbs; " Cyclopedia of Agriculture " (Vols. 1-2), Morton; " Pr actica~ Irri gation," MeKeague; "Fr en ch Tract s," O 'Connell ; " Manual of Geology," Jukes; " Mechani sm of the H eavens," Olmsted; "B act eria and their Products ," Woodhead; "Lord B eaconsfi eld ," Apjohn; "Humboldt' s Letter·s " (Vols. 1-2), M . A. Couper; "Chemistry, ·· Brande and Taylor; "Polit ic· ians of 'ro-day," R eid ; " Whewell 's History of the Inductive Scien ces" (Vols. 1-2) , Whewell ; "Hallam's Middle Ages" (Vols. 1-3) , Hallam .

The total numb er of books now in the Library is about 1700 , an increase of 50 since last _y ear . vV e are pl eased w see that the n ew boys h ave taken an interest in the Library and have now increased our members to about 250.

Every morning and evening the pap ers are placed on the reading table by the monitors on duty. The magazines are at the sam e time distributed round the table.

The Library is op en four times a week for boys to change their books .

PREPARATORY

N OT E~

A sadly deplet ed Prep. on opening day! " Tiko, " ." Ikey," "Boose," and several other boys have left School and some 30 others h ave been promoted to the Upper D epartment. At present 78 boys are on the roll .'

Newly admitted this term were:· · Boarders .-Gordon, H., Mahraj, R., Duigan , D., W est ern , T , , J ohns , D. , Forsyth, R ., Gray , I. , Hume, R ., l\ifcLean , V.l ., Wilson , A.

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D ay Boys .-Saunders, G., Harvie, M., Mackay , I ., Okey , V. During the t erm Hammond (Lower Prep .) removed to Marton.

At the annual examination (1921) excellent results were aehieved , no less than 28 proficiency certificates being gained , while the Inspector 's r eport was eminently ,s atisfactory , In sport the crick et team was very successful? winni~g most of their matches . Three of the Prep. boys gamed their caps in the First XI. At football too the Prep. 's success was very marked.

They won all their gam es . and in playing off for t_he prima:·y sc:hool champion ship defeat ed Eltham by 11 pomts to ml.

Our team this year is very much lighter . We have played one gam e (at Waitara ) and lost by 6 points to nil. Probably we carried ' too many "barrackers," but they all enJoyed the outing.

At School we are busy with r evisionary work in anticipation of the t erm exam., whi~h will shortly tak~ pl~ce.

One very popular lesson-first penod after prayers-Is smging . Some of the boys h ave good ears, some have good lungs .

By the way , " Why should footb allers make good singers?" "They ar e always on the bawl. "

SHOOTING NOTES. (T. L. Penn and H. W. Mason .)

Miniature range shooting formerly taken by Mr . !'apps h as this y ear b een taken over by ~r. ~ ertrand. Owmg to his increased activities in connectiOn with the School, Mr. Papp s h as b een obliged to r elinquish h1s position as coach on the miniature range . We very much regret to lose hnn, because, as is sh own by the r esults of the t eams last ;yea~, h e h as proved him self to be a competent and enthusiastiC coach. W e sincerely hope th at in the third t erm Mr. Papps' m any duties will allow him to retain hi . . postion as our long ranae coach. W e welcome the able assLstance of Mr . B ertra~d and h ope that his inter est in us will b e r epaid.

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SHOOTING NOTES.

SHOOTING NOTES.

The resul~s of the Imperial Challenge Shield , which did · out till the end of last year, show that the s ch oo1 IS c.:om~ not . . . t th f once aa folThe s. pnze-winner of list the m e or e . a ,am . · lowmg are the r esults :-

No .

No. No .

No .

No.

SENIOR COMPE1'I1'ION. Place.

Team.

1 Platoon , A t eam-22nd 1 Platoon , B t eam-35th 62nd 2 Platoon51st 3 Platoon82nd 4 Platoon-

Average.

88.2 86.3 82.3 84 79.5

J UNIOR COMPE TITION. No . 1 Platoon-8th ···· ········ ···· ···· ···· ··· ·· ···· 87.5 No. 2 Plat oon-9th 87 .1 ········· ·· ·· ·· ····· ··· · No . 3 P latoon-23rd 84.5 ·· ····· ··· ··· ·········· ······ ·

Name.

B ~th N~. 1 P latoon s, senior and junior , ,secured firs t

places m their respective competitions for New Zealand .

. On Novem ber 26 the Secondary Schools ' Mat ch was B ewa R ewa R ange ' with Lieut · L · And rews as umfir ed at th ·· pn e on e m ound and Lieut. A. Smith as umpire in the E butts . The t eam h ad been coached by Mr P a pps. d xcept . for a t ricky wind at. 500 yards the cond't· . The goo e wer IOns I fi. t . . rs practice. consist s of five deliberat e shots at 500 ards the -second ~Ix shot s rapid at 300 yards , and the thit~ fiv~ · N l' figure at 200 yards shots at a silhouette o- s m.oas ' wmd · · a a or• oth er h elp was allowed . The fall · oau,es, o-wmg Is a copy of the individual scor es : Nam e.

C.S.M. B arak , M. Q.M.S. Hughson , G. Sergt . Noakes , B. ...

Corp. P enn , T ... .... ...

Corp . J ackson, S. Corp. P almer , J .

Sergt. Abbott , L .

Corp . Mason , H. Grand total

500yds.

(20) 15 16 13 15 14 13 15 16

300yds .

(24) 22 17 20 It> 16 19 19 13

200yds .

(1 5) 15 15 15 16 15 12 g

19

Tot al.

(59) 52 48 4t:l

46 45 44 43 41 367

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L at et, when the results cam e out, we were very pleased to see that we had won the competition . This Secondary Schools ' Mat ch has only been t aken up in the absence of the ' ·Schools of Empire" Match , which we hop e will soon be revived . W e take this opportunity of thanking Lieut. L .

Andrews and Lieut. A. Smith for their services in acting as umpires. 'rhe W eekly Press Shield was fired for on December 10 with Lieut. L. Andrews as officer -s uperintendin g. Although the t eam put up a very cr editable score it secured only second place . W e t ake this o-pportunity of congratulati ng the New Plymouth Technical Co-llege on their fine performance.

This m at ch is fired on the 25 yards range ; it consists of seven shot s delib erat e (with one sighter), and ten shots r apid in ninety seconds. ·The scores were P,iven as follows:-

Corp . Alexa.nder L-Corp. J ackson Ca det Knuckey Cadet Smith ...

Cadet Lysons .. .

L.-Corp. Chivers Ca det Ta it Cadet Steve nson Ca det Foote

Age. (yea.r s ) 15.10 15.9 13.9 14.9 14.3 15.11 15.2 15.10 14.7

Slow.

4444444 4444443 4444444 4444444 4444444 4444444 4344344 4442444 3443444

Poss.

(28) 28 27 28 28 28 28 26 26 26

J:'oss. '1'1.

(40) (58) 40 68 4444444444 40 67 4444444444 67 39 4443444444 67 39 4444344444 39 67 4444444443 .

66 38 4444444433 65 39 4444344444 63 37 4443344344 63 37 3344344444 Rapid.

658

Gr and tot al Av era g~

65.8 (Possible 68.)

'l'lie Kelly Cup , originally presented for the highest scor er in the " Schools of Empire" Match, was , in 1921 , donat ed t o the high est scorer in the " Secondary Schools'" Comp etition. As may be seen B arak was th e winner and m ore worthy of m ention is the fact that in the m at ch B arak' s scor e was the high est for New Zealand.. Noakes and Hughson also put up a very creditable performance , being only four points behind th e winner .

1n th e MacDiarmid B elt Competition the original condit ions were as n early as possible adher ed to. Usually aper t ure sights and slin gs have been used but, owing to the fact th at tb er;e waR no " Schools of Empire" Mat ch this year , the expense of purch asing aperture sights was not indulged in.

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SHOOTI NG NOTES.

Service sights and slings were therefor e used. The conditions of the match were that bhe competi tor,s had two shoots at both 200 yards and 500 yards , t en shots and one optional sighter being allowed at each shoot. At the end of the first day's shooting Noakes was leading by two points from Penn.

The followin g day, after the first practice , Hughso n was leading, with Foden two points behind. In the final practice Foden and Hughso n both m ade the same score, thus leaving Hugh son the winner , with Foden second and Penn third.

The followin g are the scores: Name.

200yds. 500yd路s. 200yds. 500yds. 'l'l.

(40 ) (40) (40) (40) (160) ., Hughso n , W . \J .... 32 35 37 31 135 Foden, 'l' . N. 35 29 37 32 133 P enn , 'r. L .......... 39 30 37 ~6 129 At the conclusion of the long-ran ge shooting it was decided to give the markers a competi tion themsel ves in r eturn for the gr eat help th ey had so willingl y given by going out in the early morning to mark. Mr. Papps kindly donat ed prizes for fir st and second .

Ten shots at 200 yards wer e fir ed , but McGuin ness, B etts and Tait each secured 35, so it was decided to have five more shots. Scores :Nam e .

200yds.

200yds .

Total.

(40 ) (20) (60) Betts, A . . .. .... .......... . 35 20 55 Tait, V ......... .... ... ..... . 35 1\) 54 McGuin ness , S. 35 17 52 L ast year the L ady Godley Cups were tne cause of keen comp etition among our sh ooting enthusia st s. On Novemb er 28 the Senior Cup was fir ed for in four practices with 300 ammun ition on the 25 yards r ange, while the Junior Cup was fired for on the sam e day with the miniatu re range rifles .

No. 24 COMPA NY-LA DY GODLE Y CUP (SENIO R).

Name .

5 Slow. 5 Snap. 10 Rapid . 5 Snap.

Tl. (20 ) (20) (40) (15 ) (95 ) B ar ak , M .

18 19 40 15 92 Mason , H .

20 18 09 15 92 P enn , T .

20 19 37 15 91 As Mason and Bara.k each scored 92 points a final h ad t o be fir ed, of which BaJ.路ak was the winner.

WINN ERS OF DEVIJ\TibH SHIEL D, 1921.

IV. G. Hughso n, L . H. Abbott , T. L. P enn, J. J ack son, J. Palmer , M. Barak , B. B. Noakes , H . W. Ma on.

SHOOTING NOTES.

4s

No. 110 COMPANY-LADY GODLEY CUP (JUNIOR).

Name.

5 Slow.

(20) Caughley , R. 20 Smith, E. ...... 20 Ly so~1s, M .

20 J acbon, J. 20

5 Snap. 10 Rapid . 5 Snap .

(20) (40) (15) 20 40 15 19 39 15 20 38 15 20 38 15

Tl. (95) 95 b 拢1.

91)

TM other comp etitor s were well up , there being eight other boys whose totals were over 90. 'lo uonelude last year' s s hooting there was a meeting h eld at Hawera, in which many of our shooting enthusiasts particip at ed. 1'h e m eeting was h eld on November 25 and out of the 28 who journeyed there 26 r eturned with prize money . In the list of successful competitors the following are perhaps worthy of sp ecial mention, while many others wer e recipients of smaller amounts : Grouping.-Mason (2nd) , 15s, score Barak (3rd), 10s, score 25.

Application.-B ar ak (1 st), 25s, score Abbott (2nd ), 15s, score 20.

25 ~v

(possible); (possible);

Snap (silhouette) .-Rickard (l,s t), 20s, .s core 15 (possible) ; Griffiths (1st), 20s, score 15 ; Penn (3rd) , 10s, score 15.

Snap (figure) .-Abbott (1st), 25s, score 20 (possible) ; Barak (2nd ), 15s, scor e 20; Penn (3rd) , 10s, scor e 20 .

Hapid (mad minute) .-B arak (1st) , ~us, score 36; Noakes (2nd), 15s , score 35; Hickard (3rd) , 10s, score 34.

The aggregat e and Mr. Newton King's Cup resulted as follows :- Barak (1 st ), 25s, score 116; Hickard (2nd) , 15s, suore 112; P enn (3rd), 10s, score 110.

As soon as School commen ced a meeting of last year's shooting boys was h eld to elect a committee.

The committee at once commen ced work by trying out all the n ew boys . Last year 's sh ooting boys and the promising shots among t h e n ew boys were drafted into t eam s 路for further prn r ti e. Two n ew rifles wer e procured early in the term and so far h ave given . atisfactory results. A considerable amount of troubl e was experien ced in getting the sights fi xed. )Jut after wards shooting progr essed r apidly. Practice is now b eing carried on in earnest and 路keen competitwn for places in the t eams is displayed. The final choice h rus yet

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SHOOTiNG

NOT~S.

to be decided on the average of three test matches , which will be fir ed under the same conditions as the Imperial Challenge Shield Competition. As was the case last year, the two best scores in these t est m atches, together with the score ou~ained in the competition itself, will count for the senior championship of the School (the Searle Cup) .

These results and the scores of the five senior and· four junior teams which we have enter ed for the Imperial Challenge Shield Comptition will appear in d etail in our next issue.

The following is a letter r eferring to the Imperia.l Challenge Shield Competition, r eceived by the Headmaster from the Minister of D efence:Dear Sir,- The official r esults of the Imp€rial Challenge i::lhield Comp€titions for 1921 have just come under my notice. I am very pleased to see. such a large number of entries from your i::lchool and I should like you on my beh alf to congratulate the members of the various teams on occupying such prominent positions in the prize lists.

For several years past your School has been conspicuous for the n umber of representative· t eam s in these competitions and the e xce~lence of their shootin g, and I trust that when the results of this yea1·' s shooting are ma de known I will find th at the New Plymouth Boys' High School Cadets have been just as enthusiastic as ever and that th ey ·have achieved even grea.t er success than heretofore.

Lieut.-Colonel R. vV. Ffe nnell, who is responsible far and takes great interest in the promotion of these competitions, in bringing the results of la.st yea,r's shooting before his M a jesty the King, mentioned among other things the e xcellent scores recorded by the teams from your School. In r eply, Colonel Ffennell received the followin g message from the Private Secretary to H .M. the King: <t

"His Maj esty was much struck by the progress made by the New Zealand boys bot h in numbers and in quality of shooting, no less than by the high standard maintained by the Australia.n teams in the Senior Division.

"The Kin g notes with satisfaction th e good re sults obtained by those schools who head the list in their respective countries for general efficiency, and hopes that the less successful ones will continue to do their utmost to reach this enviable position."

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MR. WALTBR BEWLEY. With much r egret we have to record the death, which oeeurred on Saturday afternoon, January 14, 1922, of Mr .

Walter B ewley, for many years one of the best known residents of North Taranaki .

Mr. Bewley was born in Ch eshire, England, in 1855, and was educated at Greenwood College, Hampshire, and the Ow en College , Manch ester, and afterwards gained commercial training on the Liverpool Exch ange. In 1877 h e cam e to New Zealand by the ship Himalaya and settled in Taranaki, purchasing a block of 500 acres of land at Tariki, which he improved and farmed successfully for about sixteen y ears , when h e sold out and eam e to live on Smart Road , New Plymouth . A few years lat er h e entered into business as a land and commission agent in New Plymouth, and eventually established. an auctioneering business in conjunction with Mr. Griffiths, later acquired by Messrs. L. A. Nolan and Co., and now carried on by that firm, Mr. B ewley confining his attention to land and commission business and sharebroking, which h e carried on until a few years ago, when he retired on account of ill-health. A trip to England in 1915 failed to work any improvement in his h ealth, which has gradually fail ed since his return, and though he was able to get about until quite recently his strength h as lat ely failed rather rapidly , so that hiR death , which cam e quite p eacefully , was not unexpect ed.

Mr . Bewley took for many years an aclilve part in local government , and was an earnest and conscientious m ember of various public bodies . H e was for three years chairman of the rl~ara n a.ki County Council, was on e of the first country m emb ers of th e New Plymouth Harbour Board , a.nd a m em ber for som e years of the High School Board, to which body later h e becam e secret ary. H e h as also b een president and secretary of the Tar anaki Chamber of Commerce, president of the .n.gricultural and Horticultural Societies , and an active member of other institutions .

At the time of the P arihaka trouble in 1881 Mr. Bewley was conn ect ed with the volunteer forces and commanded a company from Inglewood which particip at ed in the proceeding when Te Whiti was arrest ed . H e was a pioneer in the dairyin g industry, assisting to est ablish the first factory at Inglewood in 1882 , and h e imported one of the first

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separators into Taranaki . H e was a keen sportsman, talr ing an activ,e inter est in crick et , golf, fishing, a.nd shooting In lt)82 Mr . B ewley married Miss Brind, a grand· ' He is survived by his widow , one son (Mr. Austin B ewley, of New Plymouth), and one daughter (Mrs . R. H. Quilliam, of New P lymouth).

•lu ttg hter of air James Brincl, G.C.B.

The interment was of a private nature. Hera.ld.

CADET

Tarana'ki

N OTES.

(A . Griffin.) 'l 'here are m any ch an ges to r ecord this t erm in connection with the Cadet work. Major Ryder has relinqui.shed his command and h as gone to the Auckland Grammar School , wher e we wish him all futur e happiness and prosperity. His place has b een ably filled by Captain Papps .

The School has been doubly fortunate in the addition to the st aff of Mr. Marks, who , though coming late in the t erm , ha · already shown himself an enthusiastic and efficient officer. An innovation is the N.C.O. training class . 'l'his, under the command of Lieutenant Marks, h as for its aim the training of the N .C.O 's . for commissions . 'l'he three companies of last y ear h ave been welded into one. 'l'his st ep has been eff ective, in that it has r esulted in a greater uniformity and cohesion of movement.

On the whole , satisfactory progr ess h as been made, but there is much room for improvem ent, especially in the smaller movem ents of the drill. ·

AGRICULTURE N OTES. (R. Caughley.)

Early in the t erm we attended a demonstration on the J ersey cow , given by Mr. Vlat son at Mr. Luxton' s farm at Omat a .

Unfortunat ely the clay was wet , but it did not seriously affect the attendan ce or the success of the m eeting . Mr. Watson said that Tar an aki was paxticularly fitted for J ersey cattle, and h ad con sequ ently b een the first provinre to show up their qualities . Mr. W at on is a strong upholder of the J ersey breed and st at ed that if only J erseys were bred in N ew Zealand , the country would double its

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present p ercentage of butter-fat. In demonstrating on the d esirable points of a J ersey , h e strongly emphas~sed the im portan ce of a good constitution , st ating that it was one of the most n ecessary features of a good producer. Mr . Watson then enlighten ed us on m any differ ent points about the cow vl'hich wer e ver y inter esting . The dinner supplied by Mr. Luxton did much t o r aise the dampen ed •s pirits of the gathering, and a h earty vote of thanks was pa·ssed to Messrs .

Luxton and W a tson .

In order to co-ordinat e theory and practice, we visited the W anganui F r esh Food Company 's butter factory, and followed the variou s steps in the m anufacture of butter from the time the cr eam was received , until the box of but~ te~· :vas ~il ecl up. w~ w~tched with interest the test for amdtty and the past eunsatwn of the cr eam. The churning t emp eratme of the cr eam-40deg. F.-was lower than we exp ect ed. 'l'h e proportion of salt, which was added in the form of a brine, was comparatively high, b eing 3 per cent. of the butt er. "!e ar e ind ebt~d to Mr. Grant, the manager , for t h e expl an atiOn of the vanous processes .

In March we visited the New Plymouth annual A. and 1) Sho ~· a t W aiwakaiho , and had a good look over the various stock entries .

Our entries for the cow judging competitions wer e unsuccessful , with the exception of Ballant yn e 's third place in the am at eur judging. W e enjoyed the ~· o ntrov~rs i cs over _the " best dairy cow, " which were very mter estmg . \Ve, m common with m any other<; , are of the opini on th at this class of judging could well be dispensed with , as it is practically impossible to· compare correctly animals of widely differ ent breed and type.

It serves n~ useful purp ose and often leads to unpleasantness. As ther e had been m uch wet weather that week , we were lucky to get a fin e day , and all had a very enjoyable time. _ The Prep arat or y boys ' plots, in connection with the Boys' and Girls' Clubs, have not r eceived much attention beeause the boys were not united in their efforts while the Chri stmas holidays w er e on. and after 1school they usually have foo tb all practices . As the soil is h ard to work some oEthe boys find it diHicult to k eep the crops fr ee from weeds .

However , th e m ajority of the competitors are very keen and we hop e to see some good roots when the time comes for the judgin[\ t o t ake pla ce.

W e are indebted to 1\>Ir. Olson for a lecture on the prin ipal points of the Ayrshire dairy cow .

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ROLL.

The roll now stands at 376, of whom 158 ar e boardens.

In the upper school there are 298 boys, of whom 126 are boarders; in the lower school' the numb ers are 78 and 32 respectively . The following is the complete roll:STANDARD l. *Field, A. Harvie, M. Nops, H. Saunders, G. *\Vestern, T. STANDARD Il. *Barrack, F. *Barlow. T. Brookni.an, D. H arvie, G. Le May, K. *Law, H. Mackay, J. *Moyes, P. Whitcombe, D.

STANDARD V. Allhusen , 8 . *Bayly, T. Clar ke, 0.

Cresswell, R. *Duigan, D. Davies, 0.

Gnffiths, C. H etherington, D. Hu.tchen, A. J a.ckson, E. McLean, M. Simons, G. ·washer, A. STANDARD VI. *Barlow, L. *Cooke, B. ·X· l),~lzeil ,

STANDARD Ill. Davies, J. Fairbrother, P. Harvie, T. Hetherington, J. Ha.mmond, D. Nolan, D. Okey, V. *Perry, J. Stronge, C. Thompson, H. *York, T. ·::;TANDARD IV. Bennett, A. Bennett, R. Brookman, N . *G01·don, H. Hetherington, A. *Hardwick, W. J a.ckson, D. *Mahraj, R. Palmer~.- F. *Shaw, J. Waddle, I. *;M'Gint~, E,

R.

*Easton, G. Fookes, H. ' Fletcher, R. *Forsyth, R. Gilmour, R. *Gray, J. Griffitb s, ·yr.,r.

Grover, P. *Hammonds, 0 .

Hine, E. *Hnme, R .

Johns, D. Li1m, C. *Le May, I. *Law, J .

List, R. *Lucena, G. Morgan, T. *McLean, W. *Pease, B. Pope, C. *Rohb, C. Stronge, J. *Smith, E . *\Vilson, A. FORM III C. Anthony, H .

W,

*~lair,

*Bayly, W. *Crawford, D. Corney, G. Cattier, 8. *Cole, S. *Collins, C. *D>tvies, B. ·*De Loree, R. *Fox, D. *Green, C. Hawkins, ·H. *Hastie, R. J effries, E. Jackson, A. *Knuckey, H . *Knuckey, F . *Miller, J. *Murdoch, R. Martini R. McNeil, C. Meredith, P. Palmer, J. *Peyton, 8.

P ease, P. *Pease, J. Richardson, A. *Smith , H. Smith, 8. *Smith, N. Sa.mpson, R. *Sladden, P. Shute, G. Somerville, D .

FORM III. B. Abra.ha.m, J. Alien , T. Baddeley, J .

Bellringer, T. Bithell, B. *Buchanan, W. Burgess, L. Burgess, M. *Burton, J. *Bm·well, F. *Carter1 8.

Christian, A. *Eaves, T. Goldsworthy, F. Godfre_y,~ T. *Gray, .t:L. *Grey, F. *Hammonds, J. Hawkings, J .

Lealand, W. Leech , E. *Ma.r·shall, H. *Moore, 0 . *Morris, C.

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MacDiaJ·mid, N. McNeill, H. *O'Dea, J . *Read, F.

~'!litter,

'IV.

Sampson , A. *Sherwood, N. *Stevenson, H. *Button, J. Thomas, A. Truernan, J . \Vebster, N. \Y oodharn, A. Wright, D. FORM III. A. Bailey, T. *Barak, V. Boyd, A. Bowen , E . *Brindle, 8. *Buick, R. Brewster, \V. Culvert, C. Collinge, B. *Ennis, L. *Fauchelle, E. *Fookes, A. Garner, H .

Geddes, M. *Ha.r·man, E .

Hill, L .

Insull, E. *Jones, T. 0 .

Medley, J. *Mahoney, J. *McMeekan, P .

Mill s, A. McCann, S. *Olson, H. O'Shea, B. P enman, J. Petty, A. Rakau, T. *Read, A. Roebuck, N. Rohertson, D. *Silson, T. Shaw, C. Sugden . A. *Syme, T. Telford , P. *Tonks, E. Thompson , L .

'J:uffery. L. *Wells, G. ·*\Vilson , E. *\Vyborn, 8.

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FORM IV. B. *Aubre y, R. Brien, J. Broome , D. Bleakle y, K. • *Carma n, P. Carr, J. Cooke, C. Deare, C. Doull, A. Duffin, J. *Ford, N. Fookes, G. Fookes , K. Fookes, V. Gowen, W .

Han·is, .:,. *Hawk en, P. Jones, T. *Lee, D. Leech, A. McDou gall, D. Moorhe ad, G. *Ogier , W. Rampt on, K .

Richar dson, L. ·*Riddle, J .

Rumba ll, H. Russel~ S. *Scott, li.

Sefton, M. Shaw, I. *Steven son, A. *Stewa rt, R. Button~ F. Tate, IJ. *"\Valker, A. *Wills, C. FORM IV. A. *Banks, D. V .

Bates, R. W. Baunto n, C. E. B~tyly , G. S. Bellrin ger, H. E. Benjam in, C. B. Brodie, W. A. Brown, H. H. Cartwr ight, G. A. Crawsh aw, H . *Fletch er, M. *Foote, W . H. Galbra ith , J . *Gibso n, E . D. *Grant, G. D. Groom bridge, W. M. *Guild, J. M. *Hair , T. W .

Hill, C. *Hutch i:nson, J. M. Insull, H. A. J ackson, C. L. Kedgle y, H. S. *Knuck ey, D. "\V. -r.Mahr a j, B. B. *Mason , E . B. *McGu iness, S. *McCa llum, J. M. Morey, G. W. Mountj oy, W. J. Moverl ey, A. vV .

Noble, W . "\V. *O ' Hallora n, D. C. *P ater son, J. A. Pep perell, I. T. *Phillip s S. W. *Ruthe rford, R. A. S haw, C. G. *Strom bom, C. H. *Suthe rland, D. G. "\Voodhouse, G. C. FORM V. C. Aver y, D ' A. Bellrin ger , S. G. *Blair, J. H .

Co.ttier , R. D. Dowset t, C. *Erlan dson, F. H .

Fookes, T. (j.

Geddes, J . H .

Hoby, B. W. G. Hutche n, S. W. J ensen, T. A. Ke ith, 0. A. K ebbell , G. M. Ken ny, J. H. Lovegr ove, N. S. *Mauri , K. P. Mills, C. B. *Ogle, J . W . *Revel l, J . D. Roch, N. '1'. G. Steffen sen, C. T. S utto~T A. M. *Ta.it, V . A. *Waug h, A. Le F .

McLean, D. • F ORM V . B . .

Blunde ll, F. B. Bree, M. D. Burges s, C. C. *Caugh ley, R. H. *Clark e, H .

Curtiss, J : A.

Dinniss , C. E. Evans, 0. A. *Guy, A. D. Hunt, H. D. *J ackson, J . E. James, F .

Kidson , A. L. Lealan d, S. Lysons , M. C. Mitchin son, V. Pope, P . 0 . *Pnde aux, J . G. *Raing er, 0 . W. ·*Read, H. C. Robert son, M. J . *Robin son, K. E .

Saxton , C. L . *Simcock, J. L. "-Binc lair, R. H .

Thornso u, McL. H. \Vebb, G. R. FORM V. A. Abbott, L. *Alexa nder, W . E. *Brown , H . Vi7 • Broken shire, E . *Clu:ist ie, L. Collins, C. Croft, C. *Foden , T. N. *Heycock, M. Hoby, R. Holden , H. Hughe s, B. L ash, B. Lash, C. Lamas, E. *Mason , W. H . *Mitca lfe, H. P.

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*Moss, A. R. *Palmer , J. "\V .

Robert son, M. Sha.w, J. *3:yn1e R 'l'aylo;·, K. *'l' hompson, J. "\V 7 \ eale, C. Wilson, D. FORM VI. Ballant yne, D. Bm·net t, C. Bellr inger, R. Brewst er, R. Brodie, A. Brodie, J. *Christ ie, R. Dinniss, L. Dolby, R. *Eaves , J .

Fookes , S. *Frase r, J. Griffin, A. H erdm an, L .

Jillett, D. *Julia.n, R. *Lysag ht , J . ·*Mackay, J. D. *Moyes, A. Martin, H. *Mcivo r, I .

McMah on, J .

Moorhe ad, "\V. P a lmer, I. W. -X·Penn T *Rick~.rd; H. W. *Stand ish , M. Smith, E . G. *\Vinfie ld, B. H.

*Indic ates Board er .

1'he follow ing enter ed during the First Term :Abraha m, J. , Allen , 1'., Antho ny, H. , Burton , J., Burge ss, M., Burgess, L. , *B uch an an , W., B ithell , B. , *Burw ell, F., Bailey, T . L. , Boyd, A., Bowen , E., ';Brind le, S. , Brewst er, W. , Corney, G. , '-'Crawford, D ., ':'Cole, S. , Collins, C., Collinge, B., Calver t, C., Croft, A., Christ ian, A., Carter , S., t.'Duiga n , D. , ':'D e Loree, R., Doull, A. R. , *Enni s , L., ':'Fox, D ., ''Fooke s, A., *Fauchell , E. , *Forsy th, R. , *Gord on , H., *Gr een , C., *Gr ey, F., *Gray , H. , Godfrey, T ., Goldsw orthy, F. , Gedde s , M ., Gray, J., Harvi e, M., *Hum e, R., *Hastie, R. , '"Ham monds , J. , Ha.w kings, J., *Harm an, E., Hill, L. , *J ones, T. 0 ., Jackson, A. , *John s, D., Kedgley, H ., L ea-

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THE ROLL. 54 land , N., ':'Moss, A. R., ':'Moore, 0., ':'Mahraj, R ., *Millar, J ., Martin , R , Meridith , P ., ':'Marshall, H., ':'Morris , C., McL ean, W. , ':'McMeekan, P., ':'Mahoney , J., Medley, J., ':'lVIcCann, S ., O 'Shea, B ., ':'O'Dea, J. , ':'Olson, H . , Okey , V '"Peyton S. P etty A. Penman , J. , Richardson, A., ':'Read, F., ',:'Ritter, ,;Rutherford, R , Roebuck, N ., ':'Read, A., R akau , T. , Rob ertson, D., Saunders, G., Smith , S., Sampson , R , Shute, G., "' Sommerville, D., Sampson, A., ;" Sherwood, N., Shaw, C., Sugden , A., Telford, P ., Thomas, A. , ':'Tanks, C. , Trueman, J. , Thompson , L., Tuffery, L. , *Wilson, A. , Woodham , A., Wright, D., W ebst er , N., ':'Weston, T. , ':'Wyborn, S. , ':'Wilson, E. , ':'Wells, G., ':'Walker, A. *Indicates Boarder.

W. ,

'l' he following left at the end of last t erm :-Atkinson, R. , Aldis, W ., Airey, N., Abram , J., Ambury , C. , Barak, M ., B endall , A. , B ennett , J. , Buchan an , A: , B allinger , G. , B etts, A., Burkhart, J. , Burdett, C., Corklll, F. J. , Crawshaw , R. , Calder , G., Chivers, E., Chapman, E. , C~anby , C., Drad er , C. , D avis, F. , D ailey, ~. , Dykes , J. ,, .Elhs, 0 ., Ellis, G ., Fell , A., Fookes, C., Gnffiths , E. , G1bhs, B. , Grayling, C. , Graver, G., Goldstone , M. , Gordon, C., Hugh, son, G., H enderson , J ., Hawkes, C., Honno~ , C. , Hone;Yfi eld , M ., Julian , F., Julian , A., Joll , W ., K1dd , P., Phllpott , H. , Putt, H ., P ayne, R. , Pm¡die, D. J ., P e.ase, L. , Livinaston R , Maxwell, H., Messenger , J., Manmng, H ., Mads~n , H. , Meuli , K., Martin , W. B., McNeice , C., Nicholson , J. H. , Noakes, B. , Neal, W. , Neal, ~. , Nash , W. , O'Sullivan , F. , Rawson , L. , Rea, R., R1ley, R , Rockel , A. , Rumball , A., Rogers , J. , Scanlan , B., Scanlan , J ., Smith, A. E. , Smith, W. , Snowdon , H. A. , Stewart, A. , Sarten, C., ThomaiS, D., Wheeler, A., Wood, S. , Williams , F. , W ells, L eo, Wyborn , S. The following have left during the t erm :-Lash, C., Hughes, B. , Sefton, M.

EXAMINATION

RESULTS.

The results of the D ecember examinations were particularly satisfactory. . Agai~ , . in . the J ur;tior ~ ';liversity Scholarship , School gamP-d d1stmctwn , AldliS gammg fifth

EXAMINATION RESULTS.

55 place in New Zealand. 'l'he following are the results of the various examinations : Junior University Scholarship .-W. Aldis.

University National Scholarship.-M. Barak.

Senior National Scholarship.-!. Mcivor, R. M. Dolby.

Matriculation and Allied E xaminations. - N . Airey, D. Ballantyne, C. Barnett, A. Brodie, F. J. Corkill, R. Craw shaw, R. Doiby, J. Eaves, C. Fookes, J. Fraser, E. Griffiths, L. H erdman , G. Hughson , J. Lysaght, J. Mackay, J . Moorhead, H. I. Mcivor , J. McMahon , K. Neal, T. P enn, R. R ea, H . W . Rickard , A. Wheeler, B. Winfield .

P artial Successes for the same examinations. - E. Brewster, G. Calder , R. Christie, F. Da.vis, S. Fookes, F. Julian, R. Julian, J. Manning, H. Martin , J. Messenger, A. Moyes, I. Palmer , L . T . R awson, A . .Rockel , E. G. Smith, A. M. Standish , F. Williams .

The following gained Proficiency Certificates . -W. Blair , W. Bayly, Ron. Buick , V. Barak , T. Bellringer , S .

Catti er , B. Davies , T. Eaves, H. Ga.r ner , M. Goldstone H. H awkins , M. Honeyfi eld , H. S. Knuckey, F . Knuckey : â&#x20AC;˘ K L eerh , H . McNeill , C. McNeill , N. MacDiarmid, R. Murdoch , J. Palmer , P. P ease, J . Pease , P. Sladden, C. Sarten , T'. Silson, N. Smith, W . Smith , H. Smith , T. Syme, H. Stevenson , J. Sutton, D. Thomas.

FORM

AVERAGES.

FIRST TERM, 1922.

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Form VI. -Not placed as some are doing 1special work .

Form VA. (average 67).-1, E. Brokenshire, 84; 2, M . Heycock, 81.

Form VB. (average 67.8) .-1 , M. Lysons, 81; 2, M .

Bree, 80.

Form V c . (aver age 67.1) .-1 , S. Bellringer, 75; 2, J. R evell , 72.1.

Form IVA. (aver age 65 .1).-1 , C. Strombom , 87.4; 2, C. J ackson , 78.

Form l'VB. (average 62 .1) .-1, G. Scott , 74.8; 2, W. Gowen, 68. 7.

Form IliA. (average 64.9) .-1 , E. Wilson, 84.2 ; 2, G .

Wells, 78.5 .

Form IIIB. (average 57.6) .-1, J . Hammond, 75 .8; 2, A. Christian, 70.9.

Form IIIc . (average 57.2) .-1 , W . Bayly, 74.4; 2, E. J effries, 72.6.

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OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

PREPARAT ORY SCHOOL. Standard VI.-1, P. Grover; 2, B. Pease. t;tandard V .-1 , T . Bayly; 2, S. Allhusen. t;tandard IV.-1 , R. B ennett; 2, D. Jackson .

Standard III.-1 , H. Thomson; 2, T. Harvie.

Standard II.-1 , G. H arvie; 2, H. Law, D . Brookman , P. 1v1oyes. ' Standm:d I.-1, M. H arvie; 2 , H. Nops.

DONATIO NS. vVe have to thank the following gentlemen for donations received :-Mr . Palmer, trophies for tl:j.e Wanganui match; Wisden 's (per Mr. Has ell) , cricket bat; Mr. F. Kelly, col] ection of books ; Mr. J . S . Fox, challenge trophymade in Scotland; Old Boys, framed photo of r eunion group; Eric Chivers, challeng~ cup.

OLD BOYS' FOOTBA LL CLUB. 1' h e fourth annual meeting of the Old Boys ' Football Club was h eld at the Soldiers' Club on Thursday evening (Mar ch 9) . An attendance of over fifty members was pret;ided over by Mr. C. H. Wynyard, in the absence of the Pret;ident (Dr. E. F. Fookes). In moving the adoption of the report and balance-shee t the Chairman remarked with pleasure on the enthusiasm which was evidenced by the large attendance . Referring to the past season, the Chairman said of the plp,y of the backs that, though their play had been of an open character, which had app ealed to the public, when it came to the t ight defence they did not show up to the best advantage.

Mr. Wynyard m r;Jntioned that men who had their h earts in footb all had mentioned to him th at they would like to see only two senior clubs in the town.

H e did not think the Club s hould take any action unless approached. They were a young club and though they might have some h ard struggles, it would not be long before the young players would grow up and take a l eading part in Ru~by football.

The motion was seconded by Mr. Blundell and carried.

OJ,D BOYS ' FOOTBAL路L CLUB. Senior Tea m - Season 1921.

Back Row: H. J. Boon , U. H . ' Yynym路d, F. Lo.vegrove, R.. Brokens hire.

Middl e Row: A. R. Ba.yly, J . Whittle, ' "路 Brown , V.r. Valentine, C. Clar e, R. Howell, H. Bayly.

Front Ro'": A. Ridge, H. Smith, M. Jame., D. Sykes, U. Stewart, R.. Blunde ll, R. Boon.

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'l'he election of officers resulted as follows :-Patron: Dr . E. F. Fookes. President: R. H. George, Esq. Vicepresident s:. Drs. Home, Wa.de and Brewster, Messrs. E. P. Webster, W. H . Moyes, 1:'. J. H. White, A. N. Ma.cDiaJ:mid, F. N. Whitcombe, A. Bewley, A. R. Standish, A. M . Bradbury, T. P. Anderson, G. Grey, D. Hutchen, R. H. Quilliam, F. Willis, A. Papps and J. B . Cresswell. Hon Auditor: J. Bracken Wilson. Hon. Secretary: R. G. Howell.

Assistant Secretary: A. C. Fookes.

Delegates to Rugby Union: C. H. W ynyard and R. J. Brokenshire . Executive: Messrs . D . Doile , D . Sykes, R. B lundell, C. H. Wynyard and I . McHardy.

GENERAL. It was decided to enter a team in each of the local competitions . 'i'he opening day for practice was fixed for .1\.farch 18. A large numb er of new memb ers was elected.

At the date of compilation of these notes the footb all season h as seen about one month 's competition football.

The Club's t eams have all met with success and at the present rl ate the senior team have an unb eaten record. 'l'b.e following is a summary of matches played by the senior t eam:April 22nd : v . L epperton , at Lepperton; won 3 points to nil.

April 29th: v. Ingl ewood, at Inglewood; won 11 points to 8.

May 6 : v. Okato, at I ew P lymouth ; won 11 points to 3.

May 13 : v. Star , at New Plymouth; won 6 points to nil.

OLD BOYS' CRICKET CLUB. SEASON 1921-192:.. .

ANNUAL MATCH WI'l' H HIGH SCHOOL (Oct. 29) .

Won by 30 runs on first innings .

School batted first and made 117. B est scores were made by Brown 64, Palmer ii. 23, Taylor 14.

For Old Boys, E ggleton (3 for 15) and Monteath (1 for 3) bowled best.

Old Boys compil ed 147 , the best scorers being Papps 23 , B ewley 52, Osborne (retired) 40. Lash (with 4 for 4) bowled best for School.

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OLD BOYS' CRICKET CLUB.

OLD BOYS v. URENUI (Nov. 5) .

OLD BOYS v. WESTERN PARK (Jan. 14).

Lost by 40 runs on the first innings.

Urenui in their first innings made 96 , the best scorer being Sarten (44) . Bottrill (with 7 for 57) bowled best for Old Boys . In their second innings Urenui made 79, Sarten again being .highest scor er with 24.

Old Boys made 56, Billing being the highest scorer with 16. For Urenui, O'Neil took 5 for 28 and Blundell 4 for 27.

OLD BOYS v. WESTERN PARK (Nov . 12).

Lost by 36 runs on the first innings.

Western Park, batting first, made 106 (R. B. Macdonald not out 50, Rob ertson 27) . Colson bowled best for Old Boys.

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Won by 34 runs on the fir.st innings.

W estern Park in their first innings made 87. A. B .

Macdonald (28 ) and Halley (19) were the best scorers.

Papps and Monteath bowled best for Old Boys.

Old Boys' first innings r ealised 121. Willis (20) and Quilliam (23) were the best scorers. R. B. Macdonald and Dinniss bow led best for West ern Park OLD BOYS v. WAITARA (Nov . 26 ).

Won by 4 7 runs on the fir st innings .

Waitara batted first and made 75 , Fuller (38) being the best scorer. Eggleton ( 5 for 15 ) bowled best for Old Boys.

Old Boys in their first innings totalled 122, Papps being the highest sr.orer with 59. For Waitara , Ros.s (8 fc31) bowled best.

OLD BOYS v. NEW PLYMOUTH (D ec. 3).

Lost by 194 runs on the fir st innings .

New Plymouth batted first and compiled 267 , the best scor ers.being Nicoll 56, Clarke 75 , F erry 51. For Old Boys, E ggleton (5 for 67 ) secured the bowling honours .

Old Boys mad e 73 (Greiner 20 , B ewley 18). For New Plymouth , Nicoll (7 for 21 ) bowled best.

In their second innings Old Boys lost 4 wickets for 98 (B ewley 22, Greiner 24, Bottrill 21, Monteath 23 not out).

OLD BOYS v. INGLEWOOD (D ec. 17 ).

Won by 108 runs on the first innings .

Old Boys, batting first, made 207 for 9 wickets (Bewley 80, Willir; 21 , Bottrill 26 , Papps 25 not out). For Inglewood, Gibson and CouttR bowled b est.

Inglewood made 99 (Pullen 25 , Starkey 20 ) . Bottril l and Papps bowled best for Old Boys.

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Old Boys made 70 (Bottrill 27). R. B. Macdonald ( 4 for 17) bowled best for West ern Park).

OLD BOYS v. URENUI (Jan. 21).

Won by 5 wickets and 3 runs on the first innings. . Urenui batted fir st and made 88, Blundell (37) being h1ghest scorer. Eggl eton (6 for 23 bowled Be.st for Old Boys.

Old Boys made 91 for 5 wickets (Bottrill 29 , Bil!ing 30) . Blundell (3 for 27 ) bowled best for Urenm.

OLD BOYS v. NEW PLYMOUTH lFeb. 4) .

Lost by 26 runs on the first innings. , Old Boys, batting first , m ade 77 (Monteath 15). Clarke (tl for 27) bowled best for New Plymouth. ~ e w Plymouth made 103 (Sheppard 24, Clarke 25 not out) . Osborne (6 for 40) bowled best for Old Boys.

OLD BOYS v. INGLEWOOD (Feb. ~u).

Won by 45 runs.

C?ld Boys ' first i?ni?gs r ealised 93 (Monteath 20, Bottnll 38). Second mnmgs : Three wickets fOT 38 (Papps 16 ) . Gibson and Coutts bowled best for mglewood.

Inglewood ,. in .th eir fir st innings , m ade 41 (Gibson 10).

In the ' econd mnmgr; they made 45 (Thomas 19, Starkey 10).

Osborne (7 for 19) and Greiner (3 for 9) bowled best for Old Boys . â&#x20AC;˘ OLD BOYS v. HIGH SCHOOL (lVIarch 4).

Won by 32 runs on the first innings.

High School batted first and made 78 (Tay1or 19 , ¡H 1 ug1es 15 not out) . Bottrill (5 for 26) bowled best for vtd Boys.

In the second innings School lost 5 wickets for 61 (Ln r;h 28 , Palm er , I. , 23). Monteath (2 for 3) bowled b est.

Old Boys made llO (Bewley 45, Bottrill 21 , Papps 21) l'alm er (6 for 22) bowled best for School.

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OLD BOYS v. WAITARA (March 11) .

Lo t by 72 runs on the fir st innings.

Old Boys, batting first, made 62 (Papps 21). In their s cond innings they made 99 for 9 wickets (Papps 28) .

Easton and Ross bowled best for Waitara.

Waitara made 134 for 7 wickets (Kingston 66, Southwell 27 not out). Billing bowled best for Old Boys.

AVERAG ES FOR SEASON . 1921-22.

Following is the list of Uld Boys ' averages for season 1921-22 : BA'l"TING. No. of Highest Not Name.

Innings. Runs .

Score.

Out. Average.

Bewley 11 253 80 0 23 Papps 9 161 59 2 23 Bottrill 11 189 38 0 17.18 Quilliam ... . . .

7 48 23 2 9.60 Os borne 11 88 40 1 8.80 Willis 11 84 21 1 8.40 Monteath ..... .

10 80 23 0 8 Billing . .. . .... .

10 70 30 1 7.77 Greiner ........ .

8 52 24 1 7.43 Eggleton . .. . . .

9 43 13 1 5.37 Colson 9 28 11 1 3.5 BOWLIN G. Name .

Overs.

Runs.

Wickets . Average.

Eggleton 91 243 24 10.12 Os borne 112 392 37 10.60 Bottrill 78 288 26 11.08 Papps 29 127 8 15.88

WAR MEMOR IAL FUND. Plans have definit ely been d ecided on by the executive for the memorial gates to b e er ected iri memory of those Old Boys who fell in the Great W ar . T enders have been called for the er ection of the gates and the work s hould be commence d â&#x20AC;˘ early in June . Diffi culty h as been experi enced in obtaining a compl ete list of tho e Old Boys who gave their lives on active service, and a list appears in this issue of the Magazine. If this list is incomplet e the executive would b e greatly indebt ed to any p er. on who could notify them of any omissions . Any omissions should be sent to the Secr etary, Box 69 , New Plymouth , before the middle of June.

SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.

61 Killed or Died of Wounds.- Ambury, R., Atkinson, S A., Bailey, RH ., Bendall, G ., Bollinger, G. W., Brown, D. H ., Burkhard t, A. P., Coates, F. H., Collis, D., Crone, C., Dustow , E. A ., Eyre, L . G., Grey, J., Grant, Eric, Grifliths, S. J., Guild, W. A., Hall, V. J. B., Harle, D. A., Hoby, S. Kidd, R. D., Kelly, 'r., Kimbell, E., Kirton, U., Lepper, H .

M. , Ma.su~ ~. 'l'. E. , McDonald , M. A. , Moore, W. E., Mulloy, W attie, Newell , R. D ., Okey, A., Okey, R. L., Okey, S. M., Paul , Sydney, Potts, C. H., Quilliam, Reg. P., Quilliam, U. W. , Rider, F. H., Rowlands , F . W., Serpell, S. L ., Sole, L. P. , Stoddarb, J. H., Taylor , G. B. R., W arren, L. A ., White , R. W . , Bollinger, H. There are still a large number of Old Boys who have not 1:mbs0ribed to the fund, and any further subscriptio ns should be sent in as soon as possible.

SCHOOL GYMNA SIUM. The want of a School gymnasium has been felt for some time and the Old Boys' Associatio n has now taken in hand the matter of providing funds for the erection of a gymnasium at the Sehool. It is proposed to nold a Gala Day or possibly a Gala W eek au the School some time in September of this year for the purpose of raising funds. Already a strong lach es' committee, consisting of Mesdames W. J. Penn (ch airwoman) , R. H. George (secretary ), T. P. And er.on , R. H. Rock el , A . M . MacDiarm id, A. B ewley , J. B. Crcs;;well , F. Willis, W . Bayly, Le May, J. Wilson, Barnitt, S. All eman , W. H. Moyes, Kirch er , P. J. White , and W .

W a.t erston , has been elect ed and is now working hard to m ake the Gala Day a success. At the end of last month a euchre and bridge party was run oy the ladies' committee and quite a good sum resulted. A produce stall will b e run at the Gala D ay and country Old Boys should keep this in mind , and when the day comes they should see that the sta ll is not wanting for supplies of produce.

MR A. R. RYDER 'S FAREW ELL. On January 18 , 1922, a gath ering of Old Boys was h eld in May and Arrowsmi th's Tea-rooms for the purpose of fare\Yf'llin g- Mr. Rycler, who was leaving to take up the position of fir;;t assistant at the Auckland Grammar School.

There were some thirty or forty Old Boys present and apologies

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were received from .s everal others . Mr . C. H. Wynyar d, in presenti ng Mr. Ryder with a liquer stand, and a silver bowl for Mrs. Ryder , expressed the apprecia tion of the Old Boys of the services Mr. Ryder had r endered to the School during the past twelve y ears, and wished him the best of s uccess in the futur e , and hop ed that some day we .s hould again see him on the st aff of the School. Mr . A. M. MacDia rmid, on behalf of the older Old Boys , also spoke.

The gatherin g ended with three cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Ryder.

OLD BOY S' SURF CLUB .

With the increasi ng popular ity of surf bathing at the Ngamot u beach during the pa-s t season , in the interest s of the beach, n ecessity d em anded that a Surf Club be formed.

A m eeting was accordin gly called for the purpose of forming a Club, and as the majority of those in attenda nce were Old Boys of the local School , it was unanim ously d ecided that a Club be form ed to be called "The Old Boys' Surf Clu ; Officers wer e elect ed as follows :-Pres ident: G. W. Palmer, E sq. Vice-presidents : Drs . W ade and Home, Messrs . K H . George, W. H. M oyes, A. R. Standisl i and W. C. W eston. Club Captain : A. H. Blenner hassett. Hon. Auditor : J. Bracken Wilson . Hon. Secr etary and Treasur er: R. G .

Howell.

Delegat e to North Taranak i R oy al Life-Sa ving Society: K . Kirk. E xe<!utive Commit tee : Messrs. K. Kirk , A. H. Blenner hassett , D. Sykes, R. Morriso n, W. Brown, J. ~ool ey , !路 .~cHardy , E . C. Coleman , and R. G . Howel l ex officw.

During the season the Club has taken a very activ e interest in swimmi ng through out the province and has sent represen t atives to sports to the various swimmi ng carnival s h eld in Taranak i.

TAB OH l'VIEMORIAL SHIEL D SURF COMPE TITION . 'l"his is the chief event of the year as far as surf r eel work is concern ed in Taranak i.

Two t eams were enter ed r e pre s entin~ the Old B oys' Surf Club.

Old Boys' " A " team were placed first in the comp etition with 117 points, while the " B " t eam. wer e placed third with 110 points. The followin g is the p ersonnel of the t eam s : "A" 'rea m.-H . Rickard , R. Morriso n , D . Sykes (captain). R. G. Howell , T. E. F oden , W. Brown, I. McHard y . " B " Team .-E. C. Coleman , F. C01路kill , R. Boon, I. Renaud , P. Trevalla , R. Macaule y , N. B . Howell.

OLD BOYS' SURF CLUB- " A" 'J'EAM. B

\Yim1ers Tabor Me moria l Shield S u rf Co mpetition , 1922.

Rick :trd, R . Morrison , IV. Brown, D. Sy kes, '1'. Foden, Howe ll, I. McRardy .

OLD BOYS' SURF CLUB-N o路. 1 RELAY TEAM.

\Vinners Grey Relay Race Challen ge Cup\ 1922.

C. Kyngdon, A. Blennerh assett, I. McB ardy, R. Morrison.

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GREY RELAY RACE CHALLENGE CUP. 'l'he Club also entered a team. for this race and were successful in gainmg the cup by a substantial margin . The .following comprised the relay team :-R. Morrison, A. H. Blennerhassett (captain), C. Kyngdon , I. McHardy. 'iho Club is to be congratulated on the very ;s uccessful season passed, and also on the interest displayed by members of the various teams representing the Club throughout the year.

A MEDICAL OPERATION IN THE SUDAN. (D. N. MacDiarmid.)

Kuku had a fl ea in his ear- at least if it wasn't a flea it was a tick Qr a grass seed or something else that should not h ave been there. H e wasn 't perfectly sure either whether it was in his ear or inside his neck ; all h e knew was that th ere was a tickling sensation and a buzzittg noise somewhere inside his black h ea.d and h e diagnosed it simply as a ii ea in his ear. Knowing him as I do I thought it was more than likely that h e was right.

Kuku det ermined to get rid of the unwelcome visitor and act;ordingly set about it in true native fashion. First he ~ont a little boy to catch a bl ack a.nt of a rather ferocious ktnd, on e whose chief pastime is finding out and carrying off all other insects, large or small, that it can find. Then he ~ plit op en a grass st em and ·fitt ed the body of the ant into th e fork thus formed. H e tied the ,s plit grass stem together 11·ith threa d , leaving m erely the head and legs a.nd mouth of the ant protruding. By this time the ant was feeling greatly outraged and thoroughly angry and was viciously opening >lnd :-;butting its mouth in its endeavours to come to grips with its en em y .

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'l'h e n ext process was to insert this animated forceps gently into the patient·s ear , on the Shakesperian principle of :-; nding another of the self- same kind "to find the other forth. '' For a minute or two all went well , and we ~ould only im agine th e frantic ,;earch that was going on in the dark reces,;es of Kuku 's ear.

But suddenly Kuku emitted an a ~;oni sed yell and jumped about two feet off his seat, and we fondly hop ed that the · ant had seized its quarry and that

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the tug-of-wa r h ad begun. But no su ch luck! The diagnosis must h ave been at fault.

Anyhow the soldier ant could appar ently see no n a tural enemy and according ly vented its ire on what it could see-the delicat e m embrane of the inside of Kuku 's ear.

OLD BOYS' NOTES .

(N.B . -Owing to the non-arriv al of several batch es of Old Boy correspo ndents ' notes, these notes ar e conseque ntly small.)

- -路J. E. Wilson (1886) , who h as been Magistra te in Auckland since his r eturn from Samoa, is at present relieving at Wanganu i. 路 John Dockrill , who served during the war as 路 a Captain in the R.A .M .C., has b een on a viJsit to Ireland .

S . Rollo , who h as been en gineering in town, is now fifth engineer on the s .s . City of Corinth. 路' Algy" Trail holds a similar position on the Port H acking.

J. H. Shaw , an old m aster of the School , who for the past year has been on the staff of the M elbourne Hospital as r esident surgeon, h as b een on a visit t o New Plymout h lately. H e has now left for England , where h e will undergo a post-grad uate course of study, after which h e expects to sp end two or three y ears in Vienna.

W e take the following clipping from the Patea Press: At the Anza c D ay service on W ednesday Mr . N. C. Harding told the Gallipoli story of Corporal Vincent H all , a New P lymouth High Sch ool master, who, with both thighs shatt er ed , r efused to take a drink that was offered him , stating that there were oth ers who n eeded it more than h e did. He subseque ntly died as a result of his wounds .

Owen Bayly, who is working w1th a firm of solicitors in Auckland , h as recently passed his final solicitors ' exam.

A. M. MacDiar mid was, at th e gen eral m eeting of the New Plymout h R eturned Soldiers' Associati on , re-el ect ed president of t b e association.

Roy Murray, who h as b een working in a solicitor 's office in Auckland , is now attending lectures at Victoria College .

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65 K en. MmTay is farming at Mangata wahiri, in the Waikato.

Miles Atkinson h as recently purchased a farm between H awera and P at ea . He is playing football for the Waimate senior fifteen and, according to the Taranaki Herald, h as not forgotten his High School training as far 31S tackling goes. Claude M cKay and L en. Hughes ar e also m emb ers of the sam e team.

Claude Morey is farming at Waipuku .

Eric Cole is working with W. G . Strange, ch emist, Haw era.

Seft. H erb ert i.3 farming with his brther at Otakeho.

H. I. Arthur is on the staff of the Bank of Australa sia at H awera . H. H asell is on the Bank of New South W ales ' H aw era staff.

J ack Ma.t thews is working with L. S. Young, Ltd. , printers, at Palmerst on North.

Rangi Baillie, who- h as been working over at Waipuku rau , has now r eturned to New Plymout h.

Kev . O'Hallora.n, who is attending the Auckland Training College, was in town in the middle of March.

Newton Mitchell , who h as 'been working at Patea, was recently in town with one of the pantomim e companie s .

D. G. D. M ackie , who is attending Canterbu ry College, was in town for the Christma s vacation.

F rank lVIace, who is in the National Bank, h as recently been moved t o Stratford .

Harold Grayling , who is on the staff o-f the Bank of New Zealand , is n ow at Wairoa, I-Iawke's B ay . " Sam" Corkill h as joined the local staff of the Bank of New Zealand.

Maurice Smith, h aving complete d hi's Training College co urse last year, is now t eaching under the Taranaki Education Board . " Burgo" Bruce is on the staff of the Awakino School. .J. H enderson , last year's h ead boy , is attending classes at the \""f..,Tellington Training College.

P et er Griffiths and M . Nicholso n ar e attending l ectures in m edicine at the Otago Universi ty.

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N . Hemin gway, who was a membe r of the School elenn in 1920 , was a member of th e South Tarana ki representative eleven .

Trevor Simpso n , wh o is on the st aff of the Auckla nd H erald, was in town r ecently on holiday s .

F. Train , who is farmin g at vVaitot ara, was in town during March. H e and his brother Sid. are both playing footbal l at W aitotar a .

Monty Barak and ' ' Mick'' Hughso n are attendi ng lectures at Canter bury College. Other Old Boys at Canter bury ar e J. M. Hine, K. D. Clemow , D. G . D. Mackie, H. L. Lucen a , H. J . Mackie, J ack Catana ch , Eric Smart and D .

W. Sutton .

Malcol m Suther land is workin g with I an P. Grant (anothe r Old B oy), solicitor , at Inglew ood. " Pat" O 'Carrol is on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand , a.nd is at presen t at Whakatane.

H . Madsen , wh o left school at t h e end of last year, is on the staff of Newton King, Ltd .

Cecil Fookes is on the st aff of Roy , Nichols on and Bennet t. He is secr et ary o·f the Old Boys' Footba ll Club.

Selwyn Candy is farmin g at Springf ield , Canter bury.

L oftus Russell , who is on the st aff of the E ast ern E xtension Cable Compa ny at Port Darwin , exp ects to r eturn to New Zealan d som e time in 1923 , after four years in Australia.

Norma n L eech , who h as been on the D efen ce Staff at Christ church , is n ow farmin g.

Frank K elly, who is on t h e reporti ng staff of the Taran aki H erald , leaves at the end of June for Canada , where h e intends •s pendin g six m onths at Winnip eg before proceeding to Englan d.

Cedric Newell is on the taff of the Tarana ki Herald .

Cyril L ash is now junior in the N ew Plymo uth S~!.ving s Bank.

Eric Lash, wh o h as been farmin g up the Awakin o , is now in the Centra l Pharm acies . K en. Neal is also on the staff of the Centra l'Pharm acy.

Lionel Teed , who h as been for a trip to Americ a and Europe , h as r eturned to New Plymou th, where h e is work!ng with his fatP,er ip. Teed and Co, ·

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Mark Anthon y, who h as been on the Post Office staff at W ellingt on , has been transfe rred to the loca-l staff.

Geralcl Ch on g is on the staff of the Friend ly Societi es ' Dispen sary in New Plymou th.

Eric E ll erm h as r ecently been appoin ted libraria n at the Carnegie Library .

Basil Graylin g who,wi th his brother " Snowy, " is farming at Brixton , h ad the misfort une to 1sprain his ankle in the first footbal l match of the season at L epperto n . W e are glad to see that h e is again able to play.

Phil. Atkinso n, who is with Nolan a.nd Co ., is this year playing foo tb all for L epperton . H e commen ced to play for Old Boys, but as the result of a prot est h e h as had to change over t o L epperton .

Trevor Hawke s is travelle r for the H awera and Stratford di trict of the Interna tional Harves ting Compa ny.

Harold Bluncle ll is farm ing a.t Okoke, Urenui .

Bruce Hutch en, who h as been attendi ng lecture s at Victori a. College, ts now on t h e staff of H. Hanna, solicito r , W ellingt on.

T. L. King has recentl y been transferred to the local branch of th e Bank of New Zealan d , from Auckla nd.

M. O 'Dowda is on the local staff of the New Zealan d Insura nce Co., Ltd. H. V. Searle, an ex-mas ter of th e School , is now on the t eaching staff of Nelson College .

P. H. M euli is n ow man ager for Harold Gibson , an oth er Old Boy , at M anaia .

W e recently h ad a visit from A. W. Greig! who was at School in 1897. H e is Domin ion r epresen tative for some h ardwar e and glass firm at W ellingto n .

L an ce 'l'eed is on the electric al staff of the N ew Plymouth Boroug h Council.

W . Aldis, wh o left School at t h e end of last t erm and is now att ending lectures in L atin , French , English and E ducatio n for the B .A. degree at Victori a. College, supplie s us with the followi ng n otes of Old Boys in W ellingto n:R. ·C. Greiner , C. Winfie ld and R. E . Pope ar e k eeping third year terms in the La-w Course , and Bruce Hutch en and

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Arthu r Ohris tie secon d yeal' ' t erms.

M. Oach email le, who comp let ed his Matri culati on las_t year '. is hi D enti try Cours e down h er e. Lonm er RICha comm~ncing rdson IS now a. labor atory assist ant in Chem istry , and is takin g ject at the Adva nced st age. Ron. Syme is t aking that s ubFrench and advan ced L atin for his B.A . Those advan ced at College inclu de C. Smith (who is a secon d year Train ing stude nt) , V. Bm·to n and J. H ender son. Dan. Raws on is worki ng in the solici tor' s office of J . P. Bunn y. Gran ge Wate rson is on the office st aff of the Gear Meat Comp any.

B ert Boon is atten ding Univ ersity lectu res at the Auckland Unive rsity.

At the Taran aki t ennis tourn amen t sever al Old Boys wer e comp eting, I an Gran t winni ng the handi cap singles , and h andic ap doubl es with Cliff Tate , and Jack Hine being runner-up in the h andic ap doubl es .

Eric Outfi eld , who is traveller for Archi bald Ola. r k and Sons in Wang anui , passe d throu gh town r ecent ly on hi's way to Auck land.

Alf. Grant , who was on the local st aff of the Bank of New South W ales , has r ecent ly been -trans ferred to Palm erston North .

Charl es Hill ~s now m anager of the Peop le's Pictu re Thea tre in New Plym outh .

Roy Hill is on the st aff of the Union Steamship Oo. at Welli ngton .

P. Kidd is on the staff of The 'r arana ki Agen cies , Ltd .

A. Gilbert is on the -s taff of W eston and Billin g, solici tors .

Owen Johns , who until r ecent ly atten ded Nelso n College, has now joined the E astern E xtension Cable Comp any at W ellington.

Char lie Drad er , vice-c aptai n of last year' s first fiftee n, is t eachi ng at Omat a.

Joe Mann ing, who left school at the end of last year , is t eachi ng at Midh irst.

Jim and Brian Scanl an ar e both atten ding W angan ui Collegiate School this year .

Edgar Oolem an is on the s t a.ff of the local Centr al School.

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Arthu r Gilb ert has finish ed his course at the W elling ton Train ing Colle ge and is now t eachi ng at York Road .

H arry Pitt is worki ng on his father 's farm at Mang orei lload John B ennet t is worki n g at his father 's wat chma king shop in New Plym outh.

H enry F alwas ser is on the local st aff of the N.Z. Hail ways . ' 'Bill " Noak es is worki ng with a hardw ar e fir m in Auckland.

8. W oods is on the st aff of Stand ish and Ande rson, solici tors , N ew Plym out h.

Ohat·lie Oranb y is worki ng on a farm at W angan ui .

Hui a. H oneyfi eld is farm ing outsid e of H awera . ln t h e Accou ntancy exam inations in Novemb er last the following Old Boys gained passe s :-L. Avan n, Book -ke~p­ ing st age 2; F . E . Olark e, Book -keep ing stage 2, M er cantil e L aw 2 , J3ank rupt c:y L aw, Audit ing, Comp any ·Law ; N. B. 13 ellrin ger , B ook-k eepin g 2, Merc antile L aw 2, L aw , Audit ing, B ankru ptcy L aw, and 'l'rust Comp any ee Law ; B r acken Wilso n, Book -keep ing 2, Merc antile L aw 2 , Audit ing, Comp any L aw, B ankru ptcy L aw .

In the L aw exam inations the follow ing New Plym outh Old Boys obtai ned passe s :-T. F . Merro n , Contr acts and Property 1 ; H . W. Kirkb y, Contr act s and Prope rty 1; J . D. Willi s, Oont ral!ts and Property 1, Torts , and R om an L aw ; 0 . G. Whit e, Contr acts and Crim inal L aw ; W. 0. R ea , Crim inal L aw .

The follow ing Old B oys obtai ned passe s in the Nove mber exam inations at Canterbury College last year: -J. M. Hine, R om an L aw , Int ernat ional L aw, Torts , and Contracts ; D. G. D . Mack ie, Secon d Professiona l B .E . ; K. D .

Olem ow, Secon d Profession al B. E. , with excep tion of Math emati cs .

R oy L ealan d , who is atten ding denti stry lectu res at Otago U ni versi t y, h as r ecent ly passe d the degr ee of B achel or of D ental Surgery .

R. H . E spine r , who is an ex-ma st er of the Schoo l , h as been award ed_ a travelling schol arship to Europ e.

Tom Om·kill is now m an-ager of the local bran ch of the Queen sland Insur ance Oo., Ltd.

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" Buster " White is on the st aff of Archiba.ld Clark and Sons, Ltd. , New Plymouth.

At the Novemb er examinations the following Old Boys obtained passes :-R H. E spiner , for M.A ., Latin and French ; R Syme , first section B .A ., in Latin, French and English, Constitutional History and Jurisprudence ; H. L. Richardson , section B. Se . , Geology and Physics ; R C. Gr eiqer , Contract s , Prop erty I. , Criminal Law and Torts; H. E. Pope, Homan L a.w, Criminal Law , Torts, Contracts and Prop erty I ; C. Winfield, Jurisprudence, Contract s, Criminal L aw and Torts ; K. O'Halloran , first section B.A.; J . D .

Clemow, section LL.B. ; L. O 'H alloran , section LL.B.; H. 0 . Sinclair , section LL.B.; C. J. H amblyn, section B, Agricultur e ; F. Boulton, for B. A. , Education and History ; H. L. Calder, for B. rt ., L atin and E conomics .

Ther e are several of tJJ.e Old B oys who have left School durin o· the past two years who have n ot paid the Association s"'ubscript ion . It ~s hop ed that all boys on leaving the School will become memb ers of t he Association.

The m embership sub scription is 5s, and should be forwarded to the Seurctary , B ox v J , New Plymouth.

BIRTHS. BOTTHILL. -At New P lym outh , on F ebruary 7, 1922, to Mr. and Mr s. C. G. B ottrill , a daughter .

LEPPER -At New Plymouth , on M arch 9, 1922 , to Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell H. L epp er , a daughter .

KIN G .-At New Plym outh , on J anuary 9 , 1922, to Mr. and Mrs . E. King, a son.

SIMPSON .-At Auckland , to Mr. and Mrs . 'l'r evor Simp son , a son.

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71 WILKIE-SHOH'l'.-At New Plymouth, on January 4, 1922, W alter George, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilkie, of New Plymouth, to Evelyn Lucy, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs . W. F. Short , of New .Plym outh. lVlOVTm LEY-WATSON .-At New Plymouth, on December 6, 1921 , H enry Baden , eldest son of Mr. and Mrs .

H. J. Moverley , of New Plymouth, to Isabella Watson , elder daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs . R. Watson, of New Plym.outh .

Mc.L'1 .LLUM-NEWEY.-At W ellington , L eslie, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs . Duncan McAllum, of New Plymouth , to Mavis, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H enry N ewey , of W ellington .

HILL-LI'l''l' L E.-At L epp erton , on December 27, 1921 , Roy Hill , of W ellington, to Elsie , only daughter of Mr. and Mrs . J. Little, Sentry Hill.

H AMER'l'ON-ESSE.-At Epsom, Auckland , on April 15, 1922 , Thomas Egerton , eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hamerton , of Inglewood , to Hita, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs . R C. E sse, of Auckland.

SALWAY- CORCOHAN .-At New Plymouth, on March 15, 1922 , G01·don , younger son of Mr . and Mrs . F . Salway, lat e of New Plymouth, to Margar et, third daughter of Mrs . Corcoran , of rtn aura, W estland.

DEATHS. S'l'AN'l'ON. -At Str:{tford Public Hospital , on April 27 , 1922, William L eo Vernon Stanton, son of Mr. and Mrs . W. G . St anton , of Mangorei Road , New Plymouth , aged 25 years .

SCOWN .-At K akaram ea, in May , 1922, Ray Scown , eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Scown , of Kakaramea.

KING.-At Stratford , to Mr. and Mrs. Truby King, a son.

KELLY .-At New Plymouth , on April 20 , 1922, to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Kelly, a daughter.

MARRIAGES. WILSON-HAI NES .- At Christ church, on J anuary ~6 , 1922, Thomas Wilson, of Makuri , to Miss H aines, of Christchurch .

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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Subscrib ers who h ave not already done so are requested to forward their subscriptions for the current year to the Business Man ager . It h as been possible to cm:ry on during t h e period of high co t of production only with the h earty "upport of Old Boys . W e ther efore ask you to continue to h elp us by keeping your subs . paid up to date .

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EXCHA NGES. W e beg to acknowl edge the receipt of t h e followin g exchang es :-'l'h e W ellingto nian, The Scindian , The Timaru vian, 'l'he Nelsoni an, The N.G.C. , The Canterb ury Agricul tural Co.Uege Magazin e, The Spik e, The Waitaki an, The Wangan ui Collegia n, 'l'h e 'l'orch Bearer, The King 's Collegian, 'l'he Sacr ed H eart College Magazin e, Aucklan d Grammar School Chronicle, P almersto nian, ~urist 's College Regist er , Christch ur ch B .H. S. Magazin e, Ashburt onian, Canterb ury College Magazin e , Otago Univers ity Review , <Jisborn e High School Magazin e, The Southla nwan, Otago B .H .S . Magazin e, Diocesa n High School Chronicle, The "Scott. "

SUBSCRIPT'IONS. 'l'h e Busines s Manage r acknowl edges with tnanks t h e followin g subscrip tions :-E. Coleman , '22; L . O 'Hallora n, '21 , ':22; J. D. Clemow , '22; C. Johnson , '22; S . Het¡bert , '22 , '23; R. Cocker, '22; F. Davis , '22; R. Matthew s, '19, '20 , '21; H. Hunt , '22; E. Olson, '22- '23; A . Parkins on, '22; C. Moss, '22; H . Goss, '21 -'27 ; 1). Guscott , ' 15-'21; C. Cranby, '22 ; C. Dunbar , '2:2 ; W . Aldis, '22; C. Norris, '22; R. English , '22; R. H. Bourke, '22 ; C. Nob"Te, '22; K . C. Hob erts, '22 ; F. E. Clarke, '22; L. Case, '22; C. Morey , '22; G. Fraser , '22; H. D empsey , '22; H. Morey, '22; J. Willis, '22; B. Burkha rdt, '21, '22; Miss Dowlin g, '21; H .

L. Cook , '21 , '22 ; F . D. J effri es, '22; N. K. M acDiarmid , '22; P . Fagan, '22; H O 'Loughl en, '22; C. A . M cKinney , '22; F. Dawes, '22 ; L. D. Neill, '22; C. Bates, '21 , '22 .

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