1923 The Taranakian Vol. 12 No 1 May

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

TAJtAIIAtU HattALO

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THE "TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS. Agricultme Notes Annnal S\\路imming Sports Breaking-up C&remony Births and Engagements Boxing Notes Cadet Notes Concert Notes Cricket J:\ otes Donations Editorial Examination Results Exchanges Football Notes House Notes Lord Jellicoe's Visit Marriages :1nd Deaths Notice to Subscr ibers Old Boys' Association Old Boys' Cricket Club Old Boys' Notes Preparatory Notes School Notes Shooting Notes Subscriptions Tennis Notes The Roll Unveiling of Memorial Gates ,

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35, 38 8, 14

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71 73 55 68, 69 56, 61 23 23 , 27 50, 53

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SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS. F I R ST T E R M, 1923.

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[ ESTABLISHED

PREFECTS. Head Boy.-H. V•l. Brown.

Boarders.-J·. D. Macka y, 'N. E. Alexa nde r . 1::1.. M. J. Mclvor, J. E . Eaves, A. M. Moyes, A. D. Guy , 13 . 1:3. Mahraj , L .

Christie. H. P. Mitca lfe, M. R eycock.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS:

L. A.

l'\oLA); , EsQ.

OH. E. F. FooKEs. H.

THI~IHLE ,

F W.

( 'lla i rulall. } L. C.

ESQ.

ATKINSON.

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H. A . BILLING, ESQ.

E. P.

w~:BsTER ,

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SI.AI>DE); ,

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]. S. Fox. E sQ. S. G. S~IITH. M .P. A. E. \\' AS IHII, ESQ.

Secretarv and Treasun·r : E. LASH .

~iaff: Pil ! NC IPAL: W. H. ~10YES. M.A ..

R. H.

A SS ISTA .' IT MA STEI< S: G. BERTHAND, (C

ROCKEL, M.A.

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PAPPS ,

Ct"rtificate).

W. G. \VI I.KIE.

C. G. BnTTR IT.L, M.A. A. W. DIPIWSE. l\J.A.

A.

B.Sc.

T. i\'1 . M cOo:o<.UD , ~ I A . .

E. V. E.

B.A. H .• L

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M. Fow um. R.Sc. B.A. (te;np•> ra ry) .

A G. }oHNso:o:, M Se. CALDEfl.

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AGRICULTU il E:

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CoM~IEW.:IAL:

F . J.

C o:o::O: ELL. EGGL Ji Tu K.

PHEPARATOI<Y DEPARTMEN T:

G. H.

PoPE,

DRAWI NG :

:v!Iss K.

CAMPBELL,

M1 ss E. CA~IPBELL.

A . M. BRADBURY (Part Time Master).

MUSI C :

RESIDENT MUSIC MASTER

MISS DoWLING (Violin) .

] . DoHSON,

L.T.C.L.

F. W. G. McLEOD (Wood and Brass) .

Day Boys.-S. F. Fookes (Head Day Bo:v) , J. T. S hnw, G. E. Lomas, A.. L . R erdmau.

COMMITTEES .

Football Committee.-Mr . P a pps (chairman) , B. W. Brown, J . .K Eaves, '\V. E. Alexander, L. Cbris tie, J. D. Ma ckay, J. A. Patterwn (secretary) , H. W. Brown (ca ptain F irst XV.).

Cricket Committee.-Mr. Bottrill (c hairm an), H . \V . Brown , V•l.

Alexande r, J. D. Macka y, C. Dinnis ·, K Jeffries, J. Palmer,. B. B. Mahraj (secretary) , H . \V. Brown (captain First XI.) .

Swimming Committee.-Mr. E ggle tun (cha irm an) , A. L. Herclman , L. Ohri st ie, E . Gib son , C. 'l'ate A. M. Moyes. H. iN. Brown (secr eta r y) .

Library Committee.-Mr. Wilkie (chairman), L . Cbristie, A. W. Rainger, M . Heycock, J. F. Lysaght , H. P. Mitca lfe, 8 . .l!' .

Fookes, R. M . Dolby, 0. Saxton B. Bellrin ger, H. M. l.

Mclvor (secreta ry).

Shooting Committee.-Mr. Bertrand (chairm a n) , J. D. Muckay .

J. E. Enve ·, L. Ohristie, H. M. I. l\1.cJ.vor, A.. lJ. Guy ; v\ . E. Alexand er and R. P. M itcn lfe (join t secretaries).

Finance Committee.-B . '\\. Bro·Wll (chairman ), B. B. Mnhraj , "\\.

E. Alexander, J. D . M acka.v, H. M. l. :Mc lvo r, A. M. Moyes (secretary).

Concert Committee.-Mr. Dob so11 (c ha irman ) . W . [!;. Al , xander. A. Broclie, E. J efl'ri e·, 1:-l.. M. 1. Mclvot·, D. O ' H;~II o r n n . G. E. . r~oma: (, ecr eta r y).

Magazine Committee.-Mr. Wi lkie (c hnirm nn), R. M . Dolb~·, H . \V. ;BroWll , H. M. I. Mclvor, W. E . Alexm1der, J'. D. Macka.y, H. P. Mitcnlfe, M. H e:vcoc k, J. F. Lysnglit, S. r.

Fookes, H. Bellrin ger, A. Brodie, l:'. Kidson.

Tennis Committee.-Mr. John so u (chairman ) , H. M . I. M.c l vor, L. Ohri tie, J . E. Eaves, J .' M. McOa llu m, H.. P . Mitc:-tlfe (secretary).

Poundkeepers.-0 . W. Ra in ger , J . P ense.

SCHOOL CADET CONTINt;ENT. Officer Commanding.-Captain A. J . Papps.

Company Sergt.·Major.-Sergt.-Mnj or Brown.

Contingent Q.M .S.-Q.M. Sergt . ~~r . Alexander.

• Assistant Q.M.S.-Cor por al D. G. Grant.

Orderly Room Corpora!.-Corpor al G. E. Lamas.

No: 1 PlatGon. Platoon Commander.-J,ieut. G. Be1·t rnnd .

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergt. J. D. Mac!m~·Section Commanders.-Corpor nl J. E. Eaves, B. B. Mahn.j, ,J P att er on, J. M. McCallum.

No. 2 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Mr. M. Fowler.

Platoon Sergean.t.-Sergt. H. P. Mitca.lfe.

Section Commanders.-Corp ornl s L. Chris tie, A. Moss, C. f:ltro mbom, C. Saxton.

No. 3 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Mr. H . L . Calder.

Platoon Sergeant.-Ser gu. S. F. Fookes.

Sectien Commanders.-Cor pornl s C. Dinniss, J. F. L ysaght, B. Lash, M. Bree.

No. 4 Platoo-n.

Platoon Commander.-Captain A. \""oT. Diprose.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergt. A. M. Moyes.

Section Commanders.-Co rpo rals H. M. l. Mclvor, D. Wilson, G. R. W bb, M. Robertson.

No. 5 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Mr. G. Johnson.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergt. J. T. Sha w.

Section Commanders.-Co.rpor als H . A. Insull, M. C. Ly sons, A. L. Herdm an.

No. 6 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Mr. P. M. :McDona.ld.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergt. A. D. Guy. Section Commanders.-Cm·por als M. Bellring r.

l!eycock,

B. Blunde ll, S.

Drummers.-E. Jeifries, H. McNeill, C. Gilmour.

H. W. BROWN. H ead Boy 1923.

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Ed1it:d by the Boj'S of the New P/)111/0IILh Boys' High School a 11d Publishc.f lwice a year.

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Tile Subscriptio n is 3/- per annum (ll<1 otage in c lu ded), and should be forwa• ded to the "l:lusiness tl !anager, Taranak1a11. BuYs' High School, Subscribe rs will please notify an y change o t :\ew Plym outh .' ' adclreso.

EDITORIA L. (R. M. Dolby.)

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of the mo.-t impo_rtant parts in the scholastic life of a secondary or even a primary school boy is played by Almost cv ry boy who has spent three or examinations . four yean; in a secondary .school ha s his progress tested at t h end of that time by som e examination, usually ma.tricuIt is generall y supposed that examinations are a lation. c·ompnrative1y modern innovation , but this is not really the l'asc , for they h ave been practised in China for many centur ie.- . It is on ly in the last fifty years or .so, however, that c:ompctitive examinations have been largely employed as a m eans of deciding appointments in the public :service. Such positions were formerly obtained either by influence or by .-ocial standing . It was obvious that some alternative t o t hi s unjust and ineffective system must b e employed , and up to the present examinations are the only method in use; Th e but of ·late years th ey have been everely riticised. deciding in examinations ·Phi ef substitute proposed for rtppointm ents in th e Civil Service or as a test on leaving sf'h ool or on enterin g the university is the leaving certific·ate. In its simplP-. t form this is a certificate awaJ:ded by t h e inspector and t each ers to all those pupils who are conTo Rider ed to h ave sp ent their time at ~S chool profitably. a e b should be of any gTeat pra.ctica.l use, however , there of branch each for grades different of numb er of ertifi ca t s school work. ~E

EDITOR IAL.

It is now n e;e ·sary to c_onsider the differ ent aspects of Lhe question mor, fu lly . In support of the system of examinatious ther e is much to b' said . In awqrdin g sch olarship s or decidin g appoint ments a e;ompcti tive examina tion provicl 's a, d.dinitc and more or 1 ss accurate m ethod of arran ging the c·tmdida tc::; in order of merit. . Again an examina tion , is a goa l to aim at and thus is an incentiv e to a. certain ;nnount of h ard work even if only for a time b efore the exam inatioD. In preparin g for an examina tion a large ttmount of memori sing h a to be don e and this pr ovides excellen t training in c01=1it ting any -fa ·ts to· memory , a.n xer c:ise which is som ewhat n eglected. Anoth er advanta ge is t h at a e;ertain standar d of t eaching is n ecessary and the syll abus fixes exactly what work is to be done in each subject which is taught.

On the other hand examina tion h ave great disadvan tao-es . 'l.''hey en com age the crammi ng of fact s which may not r em ain in the m emory for long aft er the examina tion.

This, as we h ave m entioned b efore, m ay be useful training for m morisin g fa cts which h ave n ot to b e retained for long but is not o-f great utility for any other purpose . As there is a set . yllabus of work the candida tes tend to confine themse lv s rigidly to these limits . This , however , is not an unmi xccl vi!. Another objectio n is that an examina tion often clot's not give a true est imate of tb e abilitie.· of the candida te m t h p articula r subj ect or s ubj cts taken. It is apt to test m emory rather t h an underst anding, theory rather than pra tice . Again , an examina tion t ests the last period of the school-li fe of a candida te .

By sudden great concentration and h ard study a boy may pass an examina tion without h aving an y solid groundwork to act a, a foundation to his claim s . If one boy passe· an exami.J.1a tion it does not in every case prove that h e possesse s more intelligen ce or ability t h an another who has fa.iled. The l atter may have quite as extensiv e a knowl edge of the subj ect and yet h ave fail ed throu gh inability to expr ess his lmowl edge con6sel y or h ec;ause b e h r:u:; not h app en ed to study som e points of the subject whi ch th e quest ions con cern. . A suggeste d alternat ive to su_ch a system is the leavingI'E'rtrfica,te. Instead of en cour agmg sudden . hart-liv ed activity jnst befor e the examina tion it is an incentiv e to st eady work through out sch ool life .

A leaving-certifica te certifies to t h e amount of work done during the wh ole of the boy's

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st ucli s instead of t e.· ting mainly work o-f t h e l ast few n wnths. A lcuviu n- certifi cat e is uL o a r ecord , not so much 0 of the boy's nbilil.) to m em or ise, :lS of his ·apubilit ies in all t h e bmnch es, both tbeor tical and pract ical, of the work " ·hic·h h e h a,; done . In an examina tion a candida te may s uffer from oervons n •,;s cmd ther efor e n ot do himself justice; t hi s c:nunot , h o,,·evor , happ en under a leaving- certifica te system.

On the oth er h;md. this ,;y:-.;tem has many disadva nt:1ges, on e of t h e greate.-t of \Yhich i.- the introduction of the quest ion , h 0 ,,· and by whom sh all the certificat es b e aw_arded ?

A ,.;taff of insp ect ors , ancl either various grades of cert1ficat es or a meth od of ass igning a numb er of marks for each subj ed, ,,·ould be r equir ed. Again , thi syst em is o-f ver~r littl e use in decidin g which , out of a lar ge number of cand1da.te~, is fit t o r eceive :1 sch olarship or obtain a position .

Th1s cliHi c· nlty would be part ially over ·om e by certifi c~tes with m arb for ea ·h subject ; but it would b ' v r y clducult to ass ign su ch rnr~rl;;,; fa irly and a ·curatoly .

On th e who le examina tions s 'em to b e th e mor satisfa c: tory syst em , for it may , afely b said tha_t even if J'I_lailY of th e c·anr1idatcs \rho fa il in an exam inatwn ar c n etth cr .· tupicl nor lazy, n everth el ess r~ hnost all t h ose wh o pass ar c of nt least avl•rage i'ltt ainm ents. Much of cours dep eml on tlw nature of th e question .. set.

An examin er ma.y set a qu ' :tion " ·bich ·oulcl b e answ er ed only aft er close and careful ,.;tudy, or b e m ay .· t one whi ch can b e a.n swered by anyone possessi ng intelli gen ce and some knowled ge of t~~ subjec-t. In fact xaminer s may t est ~emory Ol' a~1hty _to think.

'I'h e tTtO. t satisfactory solutwn o-f the dd'ficul~1 cs seem s to be a combin ation of· l eaving-certificates and sens1blc pxmninr~tions.

AP. p,n c·h a twofol cl sy .. t em would n eed a great d eal of developm ent anc1 t h onght ~t is to b e h~p ed t h at the problem will be taken up by erluc· a~10nal E'~1thu~w ?t~ ~n ~ exprrts wh o will evolve a m ethod :"h10h, V1~h1le chmm<J.t m., the \YC'alm esses of each r.;ystem, Wlll combme the _ ad:ra~­ t agE's to procluce a worlmble sch em e . In t~e _meanttm e 1~ 1s gratifvin g to notice that examiners a.r e mmmg at settmg papPr's 'vvhich t est intellig n ·e r ~t~er than m er e . m emory.

Fi nally lE't us r em emb er th at 1t 1s_ not _the p assm g ~f _an examina tion but th e knowled ge gam ed m the prepara twn that is of real value.

BREA KING -UP CERE MON Y. (M. Heycoc k.) , 'l'h:. prize-giv~ng and breakin g-up ceremo ny took place on l'b.msd ay cvemng, D ecember 14. Mr. ]!'ox chairm an f th_e_ ~oard of Governo~·s, pre. ·ided. Others on th~ .stage wer~: Hts Honou r 1\l[r. Justice Chapm an, Mrs. Fox, the Mayor and Ma~rm·oss, (Mr . and Mrs. J!'. E. Wilson ), Messrs . E. P. Web. W. Atkinso n, L·. A. "'{Cl, A. K Was~er, L . C. Sladde n,of Fthe Board) , Mr. La.sh ~oJa~1,_ a.r~cl Dr. :Bookcs (mor~1b~rs (seer otar.) ) , lVIr . M oyes (Pnnm pal), and membe rs of th € staff .

The proceeclings op ned by the singing of the Nation al During the evenin a Anthem , led by the School Orches tra. the School song0 and s ~~e Orches tra played everal election ' Forty Ycars On ," was sung by the boys.

CHAIRMAl~'S ADDR ESS.

The 9 hain:nan extend ed his welcom e to all presen t <\lld h e smd . thmr numbe rs were an indication of the increas ~ He thanke d the Old Boys mg popula rity of the School.

Gat~s! and Mr. Strong fo;· ial Mem?r _the d "ho. had. erecte th e mter es;t h e hAd tak n m the . pmtua l welfare of the bo~s- The hospr_tal, h e said , had greatly reduce d the n umb I of cas e. of sr kne.·s, a fa ct which reflecte d areat credit upo1~ the manage~ent of the matron (Mrs . L aw) . In conc·ludmg h comph ment ed Mr. and Mrs. Moyes on the work they had don~ for the School and said the School would stand as a lastmg memor ial to their gr eat labour .

PRINC IPAL'S REPOR T. In p:·e ~nting the annual report of the School Mr 1\Toyes smd rt was with pleas'u re that he had to r epo;t that In 1922 had been a ~o~t s uccessf ul year for the School. d, achieve been had · e .·uc rrll bran h os of actrvrty marked ful success most the s perhap as out stood year _Past ~nd the m the hrstory of the School.

The roll number: for the year was approx imately the f 1r same as that for 1921. There had been howeve r \~ng a Scho~l ~tory Prepar the ng attendi r J?-Umbe off. in the ' wr a corrosp ondmg increas e in the Upper School. . The personn el of the staff had underg one some change .

Mr : ~- R. Ryder, M.A., left at the end of 1921 to take up Ja ' posrtw n at the Auckla nd Gramm ar School and M 188 Th~ McLeo d, M.A., had taken up a positio n in Dunedi n.

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vacanc ies were filled by Mr. A. G. Johnso n, M.Sc. , and Mr. R. 0. C. Marks, M.A. 'l'hc re ults of the 1921 examin ations were satisfac tory, affordin g ample proof that. the work done in the class-ro oms was in no \vay interfe r ed with by over-in dulgen ce in sport.

In the Junior Univer sity Exami nation, W. Aldis gained fifth place for New Zealand , while M. Barak annexe d a ~ational Schola rship . 'l\vcnty -four boys passed the matriculation and allied examin ations und seventeen gained partial passes . Of the ::;eventc en vvho gained partial passes no fewer than twelve were in their third year and in his opinion scarcel y advanced enough for the examin ation.

H. M . I. l\Icivor and R . M. Dolby won Senior Nation al D. Jillett tlc.;holar~hips and E. G. Smith, R. Julian , and L . Dinnis s gained part of then· teacher s' D certific ate. pa ed hi~:> fir t term. in English , Latin, jurispr udence, and c;onstit utional history .

In tho Pr eparAtory l::lchool eighteen boys ga-ined proMr. fi(·icnc ·, three gained ·ompet ency, and three failed. tucongra be to was VI., rd Standa of ge ar ('h had J>opc, who P. lated on the progr ss h e had made with the ·tandar d.

H. with , ship Schola.r ial Memor Bayly th won ()-rover I~ook es .-econcl.

Sue ·c.-.- of th Old Boys. -K. C. Hobert s was awarde d the Sm •aton Hesear ·h l::lcholar ship in .scien ce; D. D enny Brown was promin ent in the examin ation lists; R. Symc o-uinccl :fir::;t- ·las:-: pus.-es in all hi subj ects, while M. Barak had been awarde d an exhibit ion in mathem atics and C. • ~ oblo a prcmi um in h emistry .

At outdoo r adiviti s th e School particu larly distinguish ed its Jf on the football ·field . The School First Fifteen the w -re winner.- of the second grade h ampionship , while The Fir t third.- amJ xed th fourth grade compet ition.

Fifteen al ·o defeate d Wanga nui and Nelson Colleges.

The standar d of cr icket h ad shown a. marked improv ement and the Tt'irst "El vc:n for th e fir st time defeAted Wan ganui Coll ege.

In sh ooting, th e School teams had ag:1in won succ s ..

The Govem or-Gen ral 's trophy was won by the School, and the teams in the Imp erial Challen ge Compe titions gained

BREAI{ ING-UP CEREM ONY.

BREAK ING-UP CEREM ONY. 10 fifth , ninth , t enth , elevent h and th' ·t fi.

. ~~~~~r 'pf:e~~tl~r~~1~1f~~i~:,en tieth , tw~nl; _:i~~ E;a~~~ ~~i 1~~~ In . . lif · . .c - ~avin oa and · .. · g, two boys qualifie d f .

Wlmmm 1 1: ·crtifica t es, on e for t eacher 's t;~lt ·~ · t~la~J~~~ bro~2c medallion~ , nin proficien cy certifif ·' • · en c cm ontary ccrtifi ·at es I ld't' o~·ty .boy~ qualifi ed for the c:crtificat e for lon~ a· ·t~ ac 1 _wn 1n1ng o- 1s ance swlm-

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. 'I 'he 'l'b ' s ~lOO ·l 1 0. b ~. . ~ c· h ostra d e~or vccl a .-pccial word of praise and h~~s ~ ~n~hn.s lllg that had done particu larly aood work • .

Y on· unsolfb hne ·s and k c nncs. a·" n1 ours of pl •as urc t o t h e r m;t of the School H_"' .,l~en man.Y m unted th Concer t Club on their splendi d wo~k~lso comph :For som e years past the ·yst em of solf- aov . .

I.J t;eu t o a ccrt•tin . t h c School " bernlnen . " extent · a d 0 P t ed m t tl tt .had . . abfur th·md· i.n that a ecu 1c uc: cl to a ll1lillll1 um d t t. h ab olish ed , and the prefect s ' powers had

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ln c.:ou c:l ucling h e wish ed a o·ain to . f.. . and parent s fo r don ation s and " )r izcs th an k l~l:'tnY nen~s t hanks 11·er e d ue to r fr J l\i I. " f. · In pa1 twular th a· or lan tern slides; t o. M~· .. G~ Ol; ;J ~· va.lua b:e colle ·tiou trophie s for the F irst I•'ift ceu and the ~~1:~1 E1or numero us l<'ox for n c;h allcu ac C' Up . t o l\ir< Osb . n sd eve.n; to Mr. c·ricJ,et bat s · to K rr . E .' Cll!vel'.' . · doinMe an to W ~sdcn 's for l .. ' r H arm an f . h 1 t~gf tl'OJ?htcs : and t o MisH P crcyan Smith and Mr It~Ol c ouatwn H of books For don atio f · · · e Y thank Messrs. L . ' . Sla.dd n , H . c~~i~r J~lzes th,ey had t o W. \tkmso n , and K . W ash er.

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'H ' l ).r"IA:N " ' ' ADDR ESS. Hi s H on our on ris inrr ·on h eal t hy an d c:he~rf l : ]\ c glf.a t ul a.t ecl t ll e parents on the .cl · u c.: one 1 10n o the boys vvho would be 11 C S~l ' a. grea t as '!st ance in the n ear f uture' to tl t cl' provm . . c.: . In orc1 l. tll a t h e m ight con aratula te 1etheown S han 1 on Its gen ral t on e, h e comp ar ed it t o h is Alma Ma re oo Melbou rne Gr h nt tc cl l d t_e ' the fir ·t .- · 't amm 1.w Sch ool ' \l·hich · "' n cc unna . · " .1 .0 <ll I opl' n l . H e t h en gave his iclerts on 1 " ·the Ill \\·lm·h h e s uao·cskcl t hnt IYhilc 1· . t ' ' . . . cc ucatwn on cc m a 10 11 .s11ould t end t o, . p C' l ~ 1lsc m som e thin o·;; thcr sh oulcl be o· • . . c·crtam extent f . 1 n · cl b ocn rallsa.twn t o a out of th~ aro~v . Ol 1e 1 ~c O:J:s an cl . men keep a littl . H e . :l mpathi sed m th thetob ack\\·ar cl boy '

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but, h e said , if that boy on c;e r.ealised h e was b ackwar d h e was h alf-way tow ards r cm edym g that defect .

He emphasise d the fad that w e must look for ward not m er ely to our own c;ar eer. but t o the gr eat things tha.t are going on around us and that no m atter what opposit ion w e ha.ve we must " sticl' to our job ·' and like a true English man " n ever ,;ay die .' ' H e ended his speech by r em arking that h e would feel himself fully r ewarded if an yt hing h e had said was of inter est or use to hi list en ers .

PRESE NTATI ON OF PRIZE S. Mrs . :Fox pr esented the sc;h olastic prizes and Mrs. Wilson the sports prizes . 'l'he prize-li st was a.s follows : Prepar atory Sch ooL-F orm lb: T. W est ern 1, A. F ield 2. F orm l a : H. L aw 1, P. Moyes 2. Form 1 : H. Thomson 1, C. St range 2. :Form 2b: N . Brookm an 1, D . Jackso n :2. Form 2a : T. Bayly 1, M . M cL ean 2.

F orm 2: P. Grover 1 , A. Wilson 2.

Sp ecial prizes donated by the Misses Campb ell.-:F on n l a. : Oral work , P. Moyes ; gen eral cxc;elle nce, J. Macka y . Form 1 : Or al work, V . Okey; diligcnc;e, J. D a.vi san d D. Nol an. Form 2b : Sp elling : N. Brookm an ; diligen ·e : H . M ahraj. Form 2a : Spellin g, 'l'.

Bayly; or al work , A. W ash er ; diligen ce , A . Hutch en.

Prizes donat ed by Mr. Atkinso n and Mr. W ash er for b est k pt agri ·ultura l plot s : A. W a h er 1 , M . M cL ean 2 . Music 'ertifica t c of t h Asso iat ed Board (el ementa ry divisio n): A . \iVil ·on. Musi · ertifi at oH, 'l''r inity College Junior Division p ass in piano p lay ing : W. Buch an an and J . Sutt on.

Upp er Sc;h ool. -Fonn 3d : A . S. Rich arcl•s on 1, B . Murdoc:h 2. :Form 3c : S . l\IcCann 1, A . K. Jackso n 2 ; languages and 1itcmtu r , S . McCan n ; mathem atics and scien c , A . 1\.. J ack ·on. Form 3b : N . Lealan cl 1, F. Truem an 2; languag s and liter atur e, F . 'l'ruem an; m athem atics and sc:ience·, A. Sam p on . Form 3a : E. Wi1.c;on 1, R. Buick 2 ; langu ages and literatu re, E . Wilson ; mathem atics and science, E. Wilson .

'I'bird Form agricul ture : R. Buick.

Third :Fonn book-k cping : \iV . B uch an an . Drawin g : A. E .

R ead. Form 4b : D . L 1, K. F ookes 2. Form 4a: C . H. Stromb om 1, H. A. I n. ull2 ; l anguag es and liter ature, W . J .

M ountjoy ; m athem ati s anl scien ce, C. H. Stromb om.

T<'ourth Form :1gricul t uro : '1'. W. Hair. F ourth Form boo];:k c ping : C . E. Bannto n. Form 5 : S . G . B ellringer 1, D .

P. McJJ an 2; m ath m atics and science , V . A. T ait and J .

H. Blair (equal ) . Form 5b : M. D . Bree 1, M . C. L ysons 2 ; l an gu ages and liter ature, G . R. \iVebb ; m athem atics and

12 scienc e, M. D . Bree. :Form 5a: lVI. H. Heyco ck 1, E. L. Brokcn ;;hiro :2 (i\h. :::lladdon '::; pri:6C:;) ; langua g s and literature, H. l) .i\Iitc:aHe; matho matie;s and .science, E. L. Brolwn :;hii·e . Fifth J<'onn agric ultmc : H . W. Brown .

Form G: R Bellrin o'Ol' 1, A. Brodie 2; langua ges and literat ure, H. J3ollrin gor; mathematics and :;cienc e, R Bollrin ger. i\Ir. Uollior':; pri:r,c for progre ss in musie;: D. Uuy. White Memo rial Pri:t.o: R Bellrin ger. Benda ll Mom.orial Prize: A. W. Uri!Tin . Gen eral Exe;cll en ·c Cup: H. W. Brown .

H ead boy for the year: '1'. Fodcn . Dux for the year: H. B ellringor.

SPOR TS

PRIZE S.

Shooti ng Uup::;, ot c.-:::lo arle Uup and pewte r (minia ture run gc, .2:2 , ::;cnior ) : '1'. L. P enn . Hamb lyn Cup and s ilver m edal ( .2:2 , under 16 champ ionshi p) : V . 'l''ait.

Loved ay Uup and silver m edal (.22 , under 15 champ ionshi p): H. l•'letd1 0r . MC"Lood and f::llade Cup and ::;ilver m edal (.22, under 14 ch ampion. ·hip): A. E. Heed. Kelly Cup and silver m edal (highe st score in D eveni. h Shield compe tition) : '1'. L. P enn and W. H. Nlason (oqua.l).

Lady Godley Cup and ;;ilver me;cbl (.303, 25yds ., senior ) : H . W . Hickar d.

Lady Godley Uup and sil ver m odal (.303, 25ycls ., junior ): W. A. l•'ootl! . l\1ae;DiarnJicl B elt and p ewt er (long range, 500ycls . unJ 200yd· ., 20 rouucls , two practic es ): A. D. Guy. N.C.O .

Uu1 for bc::;t N .C.O. : H. W. Brown . Gold medal (highe st aggreg ate, oroup ritle m eeting at Hewa H owa) : W. Blair.

Ath loti e; Sport:; Cups. -Senior champ ionshi p (Old Boys'r trophy ) : 1-J. \f../. Brown . Junior champ ionshi p: C. Gilmo ur.

Ullclc r 14 ch amp ionship (Mr. B ennett 's Cup): P. Grover .

Under 12 ch ampion . hip cCart r Cup) : A. Wa sh er . Under 10 champ ionshi p: H. 'l' . 'l'homp son.

120 Yards Senior HmclJ o;; (Mr . Noake s' Cup ) : B. W. Brown . 880 Yard.· S •nior (Ma. on Memo rial Cup) : H. \f../ . Brown . 440 Yard · ' onior (Old Boys· Shield ) : H. W. Brown .

100 Yards Juni or (Bcc.: kb essin g J' Cup) : C. +ilmom. 440 Yards Junior (Mrs. Botham le:y';; Cup) : C. Gilm our. 440 Yards Handi cap (Mr. IIarm an '::; Cup) : C. Woodh am.

Mile Senior (Dr. Fooke. ' Cup) : E. G. bmith .

J:r'astest tim e Senior Steepl e hm; (Brycj Cup ) : E. (:. Smith .

Senior Steepl ec·hnsc ' 11p: D. ] oborts on.

Jnn ior Sto plecha se (Mr. :\oak , · Cup ) : \ . Fif'lrl. Olcl B oys' H.:wc (Mr. Pridba rn's Cup ) : L . B. vVf'bstcr. l~ i r st boy to win th ree grade charnpion,.;h ips (Mr. Tl. !Inn's m edal): C. Gilmo ur, whose record is : 1919 , nndl'l' 12 h ampio nship ; 1920, under H ; 1922, under 16.

liB EXCEL LENCY MEili:TING THE ST-'\FF .

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13 Atl1letic Medals.-H. A. Insull (long jump senior , li50;yds. open) , A. l'etty (long jump junior), L. Richardson (tlSO.)· cls . junior , mile junior), P. Grover (10?yd~ .. a.~d :a:.lOycb. under 14, lOOyds. under 15 , fastest t1me JUmor ,; tceplcvha .· ), l'. Kidson (high jump junior) , H. Thompson (50ycls under 11 , 50yds ., 75yds. andlOOycls. under 10), H. W. Brown (440yds ., 880yds. andl20ycls . hurdles senior), C. Oihnour ('140yds. junior), C. D. Collins (high jump senior ), J. :PClT.)' (lOOycls. uncll50yds. under 12 ), 1' . Fookes (lOOyds. junior) , A \/Va,;her (50ycls. under 12) , J. Medley (75yds. under 14) , J. McJVIahon (100yd.·. senior ), D . McLean (120ycl ·. hurdles junior) , E. G. Smith (mile senior , fastest time senior steep lecha e), D. Robertson (senior steepleMeGinty cha,.e) , \. .Field (j unior steplechase) , E. (75yck uuder 13), D. Wilson (440ycls . senior hanclic:ap) , A. C. Wooclham (440ycls . junior hanelica.p ), F B ead (threo-legg cl race), H. S . Knuokey (three-legged ran·) , J. D. Bcvell (220ycls . open ), K. Mauri (potato under 15) , T. C. l'ct('(' OVUl' 15 ), C. otrombom (potato rac Bellrin g r (sa ·k l'i.l.ce), I. W. Palmar (throwing cricket ball , ,;c nior ), D. Cra1dm·d (throwina cricket ball, junior). InviOld tation HaC' C : 1.1. Gray (Hawera 'l'echnica.l School).

Jloys ' l~acc: L. B. W ebster. o11·immiug Cup,; .-Sykes ' Cup and pewter (senior Junior championship and c·ltampionship ) : T. N . Foden. >-< ill- r meda l : J. D . l{cvell. Fox Cup and silver medal (under 14 ·hampion .. hip ): P. Slaclden. O'H a.lloran Shield for Helay Ha c : Form 3 (H. Ha>vkins, P. Sladden, C. R. Murcloc·h , f:l. P eyton ) . Sm ith and Easton 's Life-saving Cup: T . :\. Foden.

Swimming Meclah;.-J. J. Ja ckson (33}yd•s. open handicap) , T. Bayly (33tyds . preparatory handicap), C. 1'at e (fi6~,y ck open h anclicap ), H. Marshall (new boys' race), D . i\Ic·Dougal l (I arnors' race) , C. Bobb (33~-ycls. breaststroke, fiG'i yd>-< . pr cparator,v h andicap) , G. Fookes (100yc1s . open handic::tp), M. Fl ot ch cr (331yd . backstroke), H. W. Brown (long plun ge, ribbon div ) , E. L. Brokenshire (diving for plates), J. P enman (corfu dive), D . Ballantyne (greasy boom), 1' . N . Foden (220yds. op en h andicn,p), J. W. Pa.lmer (awkw::trd entry) , A. P etty (op en dive). Old B oys' Race Kyngclon nncl Iii. Colernan (dead h eat).

(33)\ yck): Footbnll.- Mr. H . R. Gibson 's book , "Th e Hill," foe bo: scorin g mo>-< t points in th e K::1ponga seven -a-side tournn m cnt: '1' . N . F od n (lG points out of 22 ).

Criclcet.-Mr. A. Osborne'.· bat for most improved player in batting, bowling and fi elding: K. Ta.ylor.

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BREAKING-UP CEREMONY.

Boxing Cupl:l , ~t c.-Lepp er Cup (senio-r ch ampionship): ~ - W._ B rown. Krd~ Cup and -silver medal (junior champwnl:lhtp ) : E. D. Grbson. Chivers Cup and silver medal (under lOst. championship) : L . Ennis. Kenny gold m edal fm: most .·cienti:fic boxer: A. Field . Under 7st. cha.mpionshrp: A. C. W alker. Under 6st. championship: A. Field.

Under 9st . championship: S. H. Hutchen.

Under Sst. ch ampionship: H. Marsha.ll and R. Fletcher (equal). Under 5 ·t. ch ampionship: 'l' . Barlow. Gold medals won at the Taranaki Boxing Association's tournament: R. Fletcher (under Sst.) and E. Gib son (under 9st.) . 'l'cnnis.-'l'ennil:l Cup: D. Ballantyne.

General Excel] en e .- General Excellence Cup: H. W .

BrO\Tn. 'l' HE MAYOR ' S REMARKS. Hi.· \V or. hip the Mayor · aid it was his pleasure and duty to eongratulate all ·onnected with the School on the high standard r each ed that year , and h e stat ed that h e wished to r emind the boys that the ·s uccess achieved was due to both individual and collective effort. Mr. Wilson then con cluded by wi. hing the boys a plea ant h oliday. 'l'h c singing of th ceedings t o a close .

National Anthem brought the pro-

HOUSE

NOTES. (J. D Ma ·kay and H. lVI. I. Mci vor.)

This year choo l r -op en ed on 'lue. day , February 6, "·hen t1 large number of D C\T boarclcrl:l assembled . The total nut11bcr on the boardin g roll i. · now about 149 . 'l'his t erm Lwo n ow r - ·idcnt h ouse ma t er.· have joined w;. The.)· are Mr. 'l'. M. McDonald , lVI.A. , of Duneclin , and lVIr. lVI. J:Cow I er , B . Se·. , of Greymouth. W e ext end a h earty ll"clcom e to th em both and bope that their stay with us may be a long and pl easant one. l\fr. H. T,. nlder, an Old Boy of the chooJ , i.· at pre;:;ent tt·ac·hin g t ill the :u:rival from Nelson Coll ege of Mr. K cl'l' , " ·ho \\ "Ill take up r cs1dene e h ere n ext term. W take th is opportunity of con gratulating Mr. Calder upon aainina his B.A. degree in the • ovember examinations of last year~

1-tOUSE NOTES.

15 Mr . R. 0 . C. Marks, M.A., our r esident master last year , has t his year taken up an appointment on the staff of Scots College, Wellington.

Dming the Christmal:l vacation :five dormitories in the Old Houl:lC were completely r novated and thus they now pre,.;ent a very ·lean und tidy app ear ance . 'vVe hop e that in the near future t he remainder of the dotmitories will be renovated in a l:limilar manner.

A n ew laundry block is l> eing erected at the rear of the new house. As a large drying room is to be included this will be a great a.l:let in 11·et weath er. When this building is ~,; omplet ecl ther e IYill be gr eat r ejoi ·ing among the prefects, for then-.·o it il:l rumoured-they will be able to have at least ·' one" l:ltucly.

On tbe evening of the sw imming .·ports, on March 9 , thu n e11· boys' c·oiH: rt wus held. Of the varied vocal iterns, ~o m e \\"tel.' • r ·ncl crl'cl in very "OOcl style whilst some were of sul"h a dJRrttvter as to ·ure insomnia . Some good bouts of boxin g 11·cre nivcn by thol:le 11·ho did not f el inclined to sing Mr. 1\loye:-; nll01n~d the board rs to go clown to the Baths on t11·o Saturday evenings to se ;-;wimming carnivals in 1rhi("h ~o m e of the bettor l:l\\·immers wer e competing.

1lu ·b gr ·ate1: interest h al:l been shown by the boarders thi;-; term iu <·ridmt and t ennis, but in the latter game we ha vu been badly hancli ·apped by the shortage of courts, 11·ln<"h ~hortn ge, boll·'ver , will be r ectified during the year.

At the beginning of the football season basket ball came iuto vog n ' umoug many of those enthusiasts who wished to l>l'com e fit for the c·orning .·cal:lon.

Accordingly the lower uv nni ,.; <"Ourt wa;-; marked out for a basket ball court, which 11·ns "·ellr atronised eu ·h night aft er school. .A niOng;-;t tl\C houl:le prefect s the admini ~:;tration of corpora l pttuishm ent ht1" been lessen cl consid rably th1s term, 11·itb th e re:-;ult that each week-end :find, many unfortunate youth:; on the " gated " list.

Unknown to manv we had a secr et ·l:lOciety in our mid-st nnd thercfor it cam'' as a great . urprise to all when an effectivt: c·ouo 11·ns mndl' of th e m embers of the "Red Circle" ga ng. 'l''h cil:· h cndqunrtcr;-; had b,'en ;:;tab li sh ed above one of tliL' c ·l a~;-;-rooms in t he loft , wlwr many a h appy hour had twvn ;-;pent by t h c;:;c ingeniou s mi.· ·r ants.

Acces was gain cl to th eir quarter;-; by m ean ;:; of a rope, whi ·h was afterwarcls pull ed up out of sight. 'l'o further provide for their

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HOUSE NOTES.

wmfort t h ey had m ad e an attachment to an electric light holder and wired their commodious lodge room , and had provided them selves with a t able and chairs . After the " coup " the lead ers wer e n ext m orning cross-questio ned before the assembled school at roll call.

The annu al cricket mat ch aga.inst W anganui was this year played at Ne" · P lymouth in fine weather . The ma.tch, which was the mo ·t exciting one yet played against Wanganui , r esulted in a 11·in for School. Con sidering that we h ad est ablish ed a good lead in the first innings 'iVB should have won by a much gr eat er m argin . As it was we were lucky to w ~n ·a t all.

School again enter ed a t eam for the seven-a-side tournam ent which was h eld at K aponga on Saturday , March 31.

Although to get into training for tllis tournament meant :;tarting foot ball early in the season, the School team practised en t husiastic:all y, and although beat en by Joll's team acquitted t h emselves cr editably .

On t h e evening of o aturday , April 28 , the Concert Club pr esented to an enthusiastic audience of pupils of the School, t heir relations and fr iend:;, ·the first concert of the season nncl on e o£ the best yet pJ:esented. Our thanks are clue to t he Conc:ert Club fo r reliev ing t h e monotony of Saturday •venings for the boarder ·, and for providing an excellent entertainment for both boarders and day boys .

One n igh t about n in e o'c:Jock t h e brave garrison of No. 4 dormitory got o.nt of b cl and, after arming them selves 11·ith pill ows, knotted tmr cls and belts, these stout h eaJ.'ts c:1·ep t along the ·orridor. Valiantly they enter ed No. 2 dormitor · to show "·hat t hey were m ade of. 'rh e com bat began! Hrav •ly t h clef nders of No . 2. tried t o ward off the attack , but t hey w re n o m atch for the attacking party . On t his .·ubj ect, hO\YCV r. r por ts differ so t h at we feel obliged to refr ain fr orn m al\ing an unqualified st at ement lest we be char,;ecl '"it h partisanship . In t h · midst of the fight , h owever, a da rk an d imposing form ould be dimly seen coming t hrough t he doon1·a . 'l'his sh adow then became the foc us of many well -directed pill ows, and no doubt r ecollecting Fal. ·taff' s ad vi e, " Of valour the better part is discretion, " it m ov rl townrcls t h e door ngain. B ut did it disapp ear ? Oh n ! Tt tmn erl its h. n d. to t h e electri light ~witch and immecliatrl:v in t h e bri gh t li gh t n snm ed a hum an sh ape-a master 1 :;:\' •xt morn ing many wer e on t h e mat and consider ed t h ems ·lves extr em ely fortunat e t o get o.ff with a sever e admonition and a promise of som~thi ng wor.s e next time.

HOUSE NOTES.

17

Archimed es we ar e told rush ed into the street forg~tting t o slip on even the ·s oap .. Someone fron;t No. 2 dor~nt<;>ry, l owever in aivin a a pract10al demonstr at10n of the prm01ple Archi~1 ed~s inbthe bathroom, did not n eglect to do what t he great s ·i ·ntist forgot .

H e prove.cl t h e truth of th~ theory of displ a ·em ent and almost munclat ed t h e lower dormitory . " Du rro uts' · h ave onc:e m or e be ome popul.ar and with Jon rrcr e'~enino-s and colder week -ends, incr e~smg nm;nb ers of boarders f:i ~ d t h eir W'cl.Y over the hill t o cl1sa.p pear m r ec-esses in the hill- side . Some ar e worthy of a gr eat er name t h an "dugout " for they ar e as lu"?' urio~1 s as a parlour. ~e walls arc cover ed and adorned w1th p10t~r es ~nd . colour ed prints ; a fir e burns ?riskly in a~ ii:UP~OVlsed fir eplace ,.. and the li aht of the fire ~ -· r ender ed m s1gmficant by the bnghtness of electric light.

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One dor mitory thi . term h as been favou~ ed with a. visit fr om a r al ghost , who with slow stealth .'shd. unch allen ged the length of t he r oom.

It st opped st1l~ s1lent before a bed whose occ up ant was aw a.ke and stanng. H e ~~ last gasped t remul ou. ly, '·D ear Gho ·t, please go a:'ay . . It went.

B ut the order of its aoing was not as 1ts commg: So me in that dorm itory, in spite of wh at they h ave 1:ead re ·ent l;y in clas , h ave n o faith in ghosts . One ghost 1s a .-adder and a wiser s pirit.

A new boy thu: re aunts som e of his impr es~i?ns : " On t he first clay at . chool everything seem s so tmfa.Imhar t o ~h e new boy. One often sees group of n ew boys s~~ndmg around looking as if they had lost a five pound note.

Of xams . h e says : "Anot her t remendous obstacle to overc?me is t h e term exam. One has th e feeling of going down ~n a lift t o the bottom of th e class n ever to come up agam. \' erily, 0 )I ew B oy, you ar e not alone in this r espect .

TENNIS

NOTES.

(P. Mitcalfe .)

Th e end of a very pleasant t ennis season is fast approa ·hing. The n ew asphalt court h as been in gr eat deJ?land throughout the year and has been the scen e of m any mteresting and keenly contested games.

TE NN IS

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NOTES.

'l'hc dwmpionship s wer e d e ided during the term. 'l'he fix,;t t11·o round::; 11·ere played off on the asphalt court .

Through th e o·cnm:o>:ity of the commit ee of the town e;ourts 11·c 11 ere a !Jo11 cd t o play the finals on the Vivia.n Street c-ourh;. t:lom e v ry fine gam e.· were witnessed in the finals. 'l"h r e~· u lt · were : eni or 'ingl os b ampion::;hip.-J . Shaw.

Junior t:linales hampionship.-J. Pease .

Doub le::; Ch ampion ·hip.-Niitcalfe and Christie. 'l'hc f1nn l of tb c senior singl es, fouaht out b etween Sha\v and l\Iitca lfc, afforded a very good aan~e. Mitcalfe won the fi.r~t set 6-2, in which h ard hitting'\y both players was the du f featur of the set. Shaw managed to secure the n ex t t1To s ·t 6-3 , 6-3 , aft r long r allies .

MitcaJf and Christie won the first ,s et of the doubles from Mac:lwy_an.d Brown by 6-0. Mackay and Brown r eta lw~ecl b;y ll'lllnmg th~ s cond set 6-4. Both pairs played 11·ell m th .last s •t , wluch r e.. ulted in a win for Mitcalfe and Chrdi e by 7-5 . 'l'h e last set was charact erized by fine net-play on bo h side. ·.

P -as beat Strombom in the final of the junior s ingles, after a long and hard-fought match, by 10-8, 4-6, 6-3.

v\T C COmm en ced t\\O match es against the masters, but lYe w r e unable to finish either of them. In the first match '" lYon eight out of the twelv match s played . Our t eam was: Mitca lfe, Shaw , Christie, Mackay, Brown, Alexander , l\Iclvor, P ea."e and trombom . The followina ar e the r esults of th e match e which we h ad time to finish: Mr . J ohn. on beat Mitcalfe 9-4.

Mr. Rockel lost · to Shaw 5-9 . f Mr . Diprose beat Christie 9-8.

Mr. Eggleton lost to Bro11 n 2-9.

Mr . Dob son lost to Alexander 0-9.

Mr. Calder lost to Mclvor 1-9.

Mr . McMahon lost to O'Halloran 1-9.

Mr. Calder and Mr. Wilkie lost to M cl vor and Strombom 1-9.

Mr. E ggleton and Mr. Dobson lost to Ma ckay and Brovvn 0-9.

Mr. Diprose and Mr. J ohnson beat Christie and Mitcalfe 9-5 .

Mr. Rockel and Mr. P apps bea.t Sha.w and AlexandeJ 9-3.

llOXING NOTES.

19 'l'h c following t ('am of six r epresented 8choel v. Masters in our se oncl match :-Shaw , hristie, Mitca.lfe, Mackay, Brown , P ase. 'l'he r esults of the gamel:l which were complet ed are as follows : Mr. Bottrill beat Shaw 9-5.

Mr. P apps beat Maekay 9-3 .

Mr. J ohnson bea.t Chri ·tie 9-1.

Mr. Wilkie lost to P ease 2- 9 .

Mr. Diprose and Mr . Bottrill beat !Vbcka.y and Brown 9-5.

BOXING

NOTES.

(H. Brown.)

The large number of parents, Old Boys, and fri ends of th Sch ool wh o attended the boxing championships on Thursday night, November 16, and the enthusia,sm shown by th e boy th rnselves, goes to sh ow that boxing is still a popular form of .-port in the Sch ool.

Boxing d a ses ar h eld every Thursday morning at 7 o · ·lock , and we h:we to thank Mr. Eggleton, our instructor , for th e high !'\tandarcl \vhich the boxing h as now a.t tained, and al. o for th e many h our · h e has sacrificed in instructing u.

\V ar e indebted to the 'l'aranaki H erald for the following ar aunt of the championships :All the bout s were keenly contested, and while one or two of th boy did not di ·play a gr eat dea.l of s ien ce, they n verthele. ,. made matters willing, mixing things very freeThe anangem ents wer e admirable, the officials all ly . ra rrying out their duties in tb e same th orou ghly sati fa ctory mannCl' whi h i. ·ustomary with fun tions h eld· by the School.

'I'he prin ipa.l bout of the evening was that for the Sehool ch am pionship , in which H . Brown got the verdict Rfkr a very strenuou s t hree rounds with J. Brodie, who had previously defeat ed J . Palm er . There wa. very little differen ce b et ween the two boys in the first round , the second was slightly in favo ur of Brown , but Brodie got in some most eff ective work in th e third round , Brown b eing punish r d rather severely by a ·eries of w ell-judged upp er cuts.

While Brown was award cl the fight it could h ave only b een by the very n arrowest of m argins that h e won . Gibson , who is under lOst. , fought in the class for bo1s unqer Ust. , and

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NOTES.

nn11 exed this championship aft er two bright bouts in which h e f<ho\Y ed great promis , d efeating Foden and Rickard . l'ho under lOst. was won by Enni , a11d S. Hutohen annexed the under 9st . 'rhe best :fight of the evening was that between Fletcher . and .Mar;;halJ in the final for the under Sst. championship in ''"hi eh th ey fought a draw . 'l'hero was not a great deal oE \7fl l"i t y in the work of the lads, but they stood toe to toe urrd cl cliverd bl01v for blow to the fa ce , both !efts and rights. until punch es which at the outset were full of s ting had no virn in them at all , both :fighting themselves to a standstill. 'l'h cy had a. gr eat ovation . vV alker won the under 7st. championship aft er two good bouts . Thi-s lad nlso shmYs n great deal of promise .

Field, who won the 1md r ost. event , proved himself very popular with the c-r0\H1. H e w::ts wonderfully nimble on hi>s legs, and the way h e would rnsh in , land a blo-w and get away from trouble was a treat to sec. Hi s style, while not a-ltogether scientific from a box r 's point of vie·w , was very lever , and h e well d oserv cl tb e mecbl presented by Mr. J. C. K enny for th e most srientific boxer.

The ring wns kindly l ent by the 'l'aranaki Boxing Association and \Yas er e ·ted by Mr. R. Inch. To both the assocwtion and Mr. Inch th School wishes to extend warm thanks for their kindness . The officials were: Referee, Mr. 'l'. 'l'hompson; judges, Messr s . F. J. Eggleton and J. Conncll; m edical examiner , Dr. Milroy; :finals , Mr. Marks; .glove :;;t eward, Mr. G. H. Pop e (head), assj,sted by H. Mcivor and R. Syme; ·tim ekeeper , Mr. G. B ertrand; call st ward, Mr. A. J. P apps; seconds, J. D. Mackay , W. Alexander , R. Christie, and T . Penn .

D etails :UNDER 6st.

A. Hutchen defeat ed H. Fookes.-Fookes h ad slightly the be. t of mfltter in the fir st round , but in the second and third rounds Hut h en was r esponsibl e for most of the lead ing and gained the vel'dict.

A. Field clef atod I". Bflrlow.-Barlow had th e aclva.n tn,o-c in h eight and reach , but this did not deter Fi eld , who dan ·eel around and rush ed in fmm all unexpected directions.

Barlow ha s a, nir e style, but app eared to refrain from taking full aclvFtntRge of his weight . At the end of the third round the refer c was unable to separat the pair and ordered an· extra minu e round. Fi eld , who was wonderfully fit, made the pace willing and won .

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GOVEH~OR-GENETIAL

.路\DDHESSl NG THE CA DJI;TS.

BOXING NOTES.

21 Final. :Field defeat ed Hutuhen.-Field was again the smaller of the two, but h e kept Hutuhen very busy all through, leading well through out and putting up a good defen ce.

He fr equ ently uonnect ed wit h Hutch en 's face, whereas the latter found it almost impossible ·to break through Fi eld' ~ guard . Field won, the verdict being enthusiastically r eceived . ' UNDER 7st.

A. W alker defeat ed G . Gr ant.-'l'his bout was

confor ~mne h ard hitting . W a.lker wa.s inclined to ignore ·over and walked ~trai ght into Grant, as it wer e, putting all h e lmevv into rights and lefts. Grant now and again rush ed in wildl y, but Walker ucceeded in punching him off again. Ho h ad th best of the three rounds . . A. Sugden a bye.

Final.

Walker defeated Bugden. -Sugden showed good style, but Walker was too strong fo r him. and got the verdict after a lively three rounds .

UNDER Sst. ~p i u uous

R }<'letch er and H. Mar ·h all a dra.w.-This bout caused a gr eat deal of exuitem ent. In ach of the three rounds the uoys landed lefts and righ ts to each other's face in lightning'l'owards t h e close of the second round like su ccession. things appeared to b t uming to Flet ch er , but MaJ.·sh all wa · equal to the occa::;ion in the t h ird, and the r efer ee could n ot part them. He order ed an extr a minute, but as the boy::; h ad fought ::;uch a ::;tr enuous battle lat er decided to d eclare it a draw.

UNDER 9st.

K. Robinson defeated Smith .-This was a vigorous thr e round , both lads hitting out very h ard and freely conn ecting. Robinson won by a nanow m argin.

S . Hutch cn defeated A. B rodie.-Hutch en did most of the leading, h itting out freely, wh er eas Brodie did not put mueh ginger b ehind his blows .

E. M ason a bye .

Semi-final.

Mason defeated Robinson .-The first round was somewh at tame, but in t h e econd and third there were many lively exchange·, Mason having slightly the b est of matters .

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BOXING NOTES~

Final.

Hutehen defeated Mason.-Ma son had .slightly the best of the opening round. 'l'he second was fairly even, but in the third Hutchcn showed up to !lluch better advantage and won.

UNDER lOst. L. Ennis defeated F. Grey .-A vigorous three rounds, in which Enni.· fr equently punched Grey to the ring-side , thu laLter l.J ciug iudinud to wait for an opening to get in a knock-out. One u or twice he very nanowly missed, on one occasion ju~t graziug Ennis' jaw with a stinging right. Ennis won.

UNDER llst.

E. Gibson dcEeated T. Foden.-Gib son, it was announced , \\·as under lOst., but had enter ed in this division in order to m ake up a competition. He displayed greater knowledge o [ the art and d id some very effective work m attack, while also suct;e, 1-;fully coping with Foden when the h1.ttcr attempted to force things .

H. Rickard a bye.

Final.

Gibson defeated Biclmrd.-'l' he fir t two rounds were fairl y even , t hough Gibson again displa;r ·d the better ~tyle .

H e outboxed I ickanl in th third round and won the fighL. SCHOOL

HAMI 10NSHIP.

J . Brodie and J l'almer .-Palm er had the advantage in h eight , weight, and r aeh , but Brodie was wonderfully active, and generally succe ded in keeping him off.

Both ~topp d some \V ll dir 'cted blows, but Brodie gave the b 'tt cr exhibition and won .

Final.

H. Brown defeated J. Brodie.-1'h e first round wa s a lively one and both lad.·s aot in good work.

Brodie early landed a right and left, but Brown more than evened matt rs and the round ended slightly in his favom.

The second round was very fast, Broclie landing upper- cuts and Brown straight lofts and. ri ghts. This round was v n.

In th flnn.l rom1(l th re was .·ome hrtrd hitting , Brodie again landing with \\·ell judg0d 11ppcr-C' ut. , whi le Brown was hitting hm·d to the body. Brown ga ined the verdict, but it must have been, as ah·eady intimated , by the very narrowest of margins.

PREPAR ATORY

NOTES.

(C. Pope.)

Since the last publication Df the School Magazine the following boys, "Hatchy," · 'Bona1.· Law, " "_Roman Nose," and ome twenty others have been promoted to the Upper School.

Besides these several, including our well-beloved '· Katey, " have left.

1'he newly-admit ted boys this term are :-K. Andrews, C. Tait, B. Somerville, R . Beckbessing er, E. McCa.llum, G. K enny , J. Durham, Wynn Johnson, Wyvern Johnson, G. Hcakes , J. King , L. Han·is, J . Stevenson, A. Garmonsway , )l'. Fitzgeralcl, W. Walk~r, P. Raymond, A. Lile, A. Le May , E. Wilson, W. H enclerson, J. Fairbrother, L. Wilson.

Prep . retained their scholastic record and obtained very succe. sful r esults in their annual examination by the Inspectors . vVe have not played any competition cricket matches this term . 'l'he Primary School Competition was won by West End School.

At the School swimming sports ; which were h eld at the )l'ew Plymouth Public Baths on ~arch 23, Prep. c~.me ~ c·ond in the S hool Relay Race, bemg beaten by the S1xth l<,orm. W e a lso won the McHardy Shield. The team was: R Flet cher, E . McCallw.n, E. McGinty , A. Hutchen. .1\Ic-Callum won the Primary School Handicap .

Football bas commenc cl , and om first shield match was on April 21 against \Vaitara . ·v..re have two teams and play prac-ti e gRmes on 'Juescl.ays and Thursdays . l) rcp . now a. sembl at the Racecourse, because the Upper tkhoo] is OVC'l'Crowded, but when the neW Wing is completed we sbnH r turn to our old quarter , and although we 1sh all b ' glad to 1 av \V hall have regrets in losing such a splendid pla. o-round , and hall always have pleasant memorie:;; of the days when we were camping at the Racecourse.

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NOTES.

(H. B ellringer . ) Tuesday . February 6, saw the beginning of the first term-a term which has been satisfactory to masters and hoys alike. for , althouah there have been a few interruptwn s , school-work and sport have "pursued the even tenor of their way.''

SCHOOL NOTES.

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SCHOOL NO TES.

On account of so few having left last yea'J: and because· of the large numb er of ne\v boys the roll h as incr eased t o such an extent t h at the School ha:; been rai. Gd to a hi ah er grade .. To ("Omply wit h this, th e Preparat ory D ep art~ent r elmqmsh ed then· rooms m the o.J d Gymnasi um , to be quartered at the Raecc-ourse buildings . ·which were aenerous ly placed at the Sehool ·s disposal by the T'aranah.i J o~key Club .

As a furth er res ult of t h e pressure for room two n ew classroom, are in the course of being erect ed .

During the h olidays Mr. H . 0. C. Marks, M.li., our r ecent .Fren~h mast er , re · ign~d his position h ere to join th e .staff of _Sc?t - Coll ege, Wellmgt on . W e ta.ke this oppmtum ty of Wisbwg Mr. Marks success in his new position . 'l'his term ha:; seen an addition to t h e p ersonnel a.£ the staff in the personr; of Mr . MacDona ld , M.A., and Mr. Calder , B.A. 1\l[r. MacDona ld, wh o is from the South I sla.nd has taken up his c1utie" as F r en ch master. lVIr. Calder wh~ ha.ppens to be an Oid Boy of the Sch ool, was t eaching here three years ago, and t h en left for th e Universi ty . W e ext end a cordial " ·elca.me to them both . . Mr. Fowler , whom Mr. McMah on was r elieving, h as ar n ved, and took up his duties as junior French master on March 30. W e venture to express t h e hop e that his stay wit h u. will be a pleasant one.

Mr. K en, of the Nelson Collegiat e Sch ool will be h ere ' at the beginnin g of the second t erm. 'lo\Yards the beginnin g of the term the annual swim:;port.· were h eld at the Muni cip al Bath ·. Thanks t o ing m l\Ir . .1\Ioye. · and the ma:;ters ,,·ho so ably assisted him, t h e sports wer e concluded with their usual efficiency . Althouah a number of p oplc viewed the h andicaps , the champion ship event · a ttracted a fa r la1·ger number of inter ested spectator s .

On \i\Tedncsd ay, February 14, we were ar anted a h alf~1olida~r to vi::;it the _Sport · Ground, \vh er e th~re wer e sport: W c were inm \Th1 ch the Am n e an athlete· took part. tor e ·t ed if not gr eat ! impres eel by th e excellen ce of t h e prowe_~:-: · cli ·played by the visitol's . Most of the boys wer e mor e 1mpres eel by suc·h event as castina t h e discus throwing th e h amm er and the javelin , than" by the ,;sprint" events .

On Tuesday , :Febru ary 20, th e School was the scen e of an impressiv e ceremony . It was t h e occasion o.f the visit of his Excellen cy Lord J ellicoe, wh o h ad come to present to

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th e i::l ch oo l t h e sh ooting t rophy which h e had given for com petition . H e at the same t ime presented medals won_ by memb ers of our t eam:; in the Imp erial Ch allen ge Sh1eld Comp etition. Advantag e of his Excellen cy',s visit was taken to aet him to unv eil th e Memorial Gates, which had been ere~ted to the memory of " Old Boys " wh o fell in the Great War. Onc-e mar School h as been victoriou s in the annual c·ricket match wit h \i\Tanganu i College . After ha.v ing sustained four defeat. , we made an attempt to turn the t ables, and , in the last two years , have succeede d b eyond all ex-' pect ations. Last year the Coll egiate m et with ~. d ef eat. by ten wickets , and aga'i n this season, after an exCitmg fimsh , S hool won by two wickets . As the match was fini,s hed in the morning of the second day, the afternoon was taken up by a visit of both t eams to the mountain . In the evening h~tb t enms were entertain ed at a most enjoyable fox-trot party, arranged by Mr . and Mrs . Bartbmp and h eld at the rC'sicl en ce of Captain MacDiar mid.

W e t ak e this opportun ity of congratul a-ting Mr. C. G. Bottrill , I. Palmer , and C. Lash , all of whom pla.yed with meritorio us Ruccess in the North Tarana.k i-Wellin gton match . The experien ce gained should be of material assistan ce to them il). futur e . easons.

Once more t h e " tramp of the thirty good m en" is h ea.r d on t h e numerou s football grounds of the HacecouTse . The fir st fifteen hav e played two benefit m at ches in Pukekur a J)ark , on e aga inst the Old Boys, the other against Tuka.pa seniors. Althou gh defeated in the latter by a na.rrow margin , they show r emarkab le promise, since both teams are t wo Competit ion matche started on grades above Sch ool.

Saturday , April 28 .

Consider abl e ·work h as b een done in the Gully by the various classes and football groups. Everyon e h as worked like the proverbia l Troj an , with the result that. th e swamp ~ s On th1s "·ell on the road to b eing complet ely fill ed m. .:;plendicl site the School will one day h ave a fine sports rrround , the sides of which will be t erraced. It need ver y little imaginat ion t o foresee what a valuable asset to the Sch ool this will b e.

During the Easter va.cation , School sen t_ a team to Kaponga on Saturday , March 31, to take pa;t·t m the Ea t er Rcven-a-s ide tournam ent. Sch ool played a good game, but were beaten by Joll 's t eam.

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CADET NOTES.

CHOOL NOTES.

. Term c>xaminat ion s started on April 16 and fin' h d Apnl ~? · 'I'he , ,exams . as u:·ual have been the s~~r~e many howlers : -

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·.'l.,J oycl Ucorg wa s the ()'encral over both ll'ish and J~n glt. h soldiers in the r ecent Great War. " .P op e G . regory persuade d the Britons to "aive up the worship of tm gods . " " When Gray sp eaks of 'rude forefathe rs' he is say in g about the pheasant s (p easants) ."

Apparen tly Pegasus is not dead yet for one boy in a essay s,ays ;-' 'W e borrowed two of his horses and -set sa1~ up the guhes. ' "

''In Anglo-Sa xon p eriod the 'Times ' was circulate d.'' " Canon Law was a law drawn up by the King that . stated tha t a~ons wer e to be kept only by the King. This ~nabled t~~ Km ~ to subdu e hi turbulen t Barons by makin g breech es m then· walls.' ' Ev n in the " dizzy h eights" of the Sixth Form mistn kos an be m ade as is shown by the followin g:. _' 'A dowager ':'as a present or gift given to a person VC'l:')• often on marnage . " . " The Prince of Orange was William the Con ueror "ho cam e_ to. England and having beaten Harold ~cam~ I\mg and mt10dure d Fren ch laws and customs ." l<'iro. have once more made their appearan ce in the class 1:?om · and the weather is_cold enough for them to be appreCiated. Autumn has qmckly given way to winter since ~o:mt E gn:ont o~ April 8 r eceived Its first blanket of snow. ~~ 1 a weel,_ aftm that the weather was so dry that the · ,. , lOuncl coutmued dangerou s for footb all but since that su:~am W C' h ave had r ain which has oftened the ground to an ' 0xtcnt th at football practice is now in full swing.

On Wedn ~sday, April25 (Anzac Day ), the School Cadet ompany _f~ll m on the cri cket ground to m arch down the str.o~ · to JO!ll the processio n to the park, where the Anzac se1v1ce was h eld. The general parade a.nd processio n was the best Anzac parad e that has yet taken place here. . The n:rotor- cycle r aces :were for some days a fruitful snbJ ec? fm much learned d1scussio n and speculati ve comme~t m. the C?mp~n;y of motor enthusia sts , who were ver clc Id~d m tbmr opmwns co.ncernin g th e most likely type machme and the most satisfacto ry carburett or to employ.

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'L'h c Jo key Club's autumn meeting ~lso provided a topit· of wnversa tion for at least a few day-s. One youthful utb usiast o E about ten yea.rs asked ills mate : ' 'Which horse 11·ouJd you back in the Cup, Bill?" "Oh! I don't know. l was going to ba ·k .F leabite but it 's· been scratch ed . "

CADET NOTES .

(W. A. Brodie.)

When we were assemble d this year it was found that we numbere d 347 , the largest number of cadets we have ever had . .Only fiv e of last year 's N .C.O. 's remain, with the result that at first squad dril1 was rather weak, but it is much to the cr edit of the officers and N.C .O. 's that even with such a Jarg e ompany w expo t to attain the efficiency displayed Ill pr evwus years . 'l'he great event of the term was the visit of Lord JelliA guard of honour consistin g of a hundred picked coe. ead ts practised daily for a fortnight previous to his arrival , and in that short t im e accom.plished wonders in bayonet driJI , to which the majority of them were strangers. On the night of Lord J ellicoe 's arrival we paraded to the <Station, '"h ero he insp ect ed u. . H o also expressed h1s apprecia tion of our parading on such a boisterou s night, adding that h e wa. delighted with the physique and st eadiness of the comOn the followmg day the guard form ed pany on parade. the School grounds and were again inof dge up on the spect ed by hi · E xcellen cy. The guard was then moved in hollow square with the r est of the School a.nd we received the presentat ion of the shooting trophy won by the cadet corps in 1~21 . Finally the gua.rd lined the drive to the Boarding hou. e to await his E xcellency 's departure .

W r ar again indebted to our old friend Serat.-M ajor B ll for th boneficia.l N .C.O. class h eld every Friday. l<'or a fortnight before Anzac Day much attention was given to marching , in which there is much room for improvem ent owin g to th e younger cadets in the rear finding it hard to keep up .

The vacan y caused by the leaving of Sergt.-M ajor Foden has been ably filled by Sergt.-M ajor Brown. Alexa.ndrr is again Q.M.S. this year. The platoon sergeants are: No . 1 Platoon. Sergt . Maeka.y; No. 2 Platoon, S rgt. Mitcalfe ; No. 3 P latoon, Sergt. Fookes; No. 4 Platoon, Sergt.

Moyes; No. 5 Platoon, Sergt. Shaw.

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AGRICUL TURE

NOTES.

(C Saxton.)

NOTES ON 1'BE PO'rA'rO MANURIAL TRIAL. The ar ea of each plot was seventy square yards.

A space one foot wide was left unmanured between each pair of plots.

Tn 1921 the ground was ploughed out of old pasture and a crop of oats was taken off . During the winter of 1922 it was; plough ed, disced and harrowed . No manure was applied to the oats . The soil is a sandy loam typical of North Taranaki.

It has practically no shelter from southerly winds.

The potatoes were planted on September 29 , 1922. The variety used was Sutton 's Supreme.

Intercultiva tion and earthing up was continued until th e Christmas holidays .

The phosphorus and potash manures w er e applied at planting time; th e nitrogen manures were applied when the plants were above ground.

To control the blight, Bordeaux mixture 4-4-40 was sprayed on Decemb er 8, 1922. During the holidays blight appeared .

The crop was dug on February 10, 1923. A small portion of tub ers wa · found to b e affected with blight. No plot app eared to- be attacked worse than another.

POTATO MANURIAL TRIAL , 1922-1923 .

As the tabulat ed detailed r esults of this test ca.n not eonveni ently be set out on these pages the reader will b e able to follow the r esults by r eading in the following order: Plot ; Clas.· of Manure ; Form Appli ed; Cwts. per Acre; Yield in Tons p er Acre of Large; Small; Total; Increase over Control; Cost of Manur e p er Acre; Value of Increase; Gain per Acr e; P lace .

1. Nitrogen; Nitrate of Soda; 3cwt. ; 2. 7 large; small; total 4.4; 1. 7; £4 4s; £6 16s; £2 12s; sixth.

1. 7

2. Phosphorus; Superphosph ate; 6cwt.; 6.4 laJ:ge; l.o sm all ; total 7.7; 5.0; £2 4s; £20; £1 7 16s; first .

3. Potash; Sulphate of Potash; 2tcwt.; 3.3 large, 1.1 small ; total 4.4; 1. 7; £2 10s; £6 16s; £4 6s; fifth .

THE UOYEUNOU-GENE路UAL IN8PECT1NG THE OADETS.

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AGRICtJLTU RE NOTES.

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4. Nitrogen ancl Phosphorus; Nitmte of Soda and SupCl·phosphate ; 2cwt. ancl 4cwt. respect.; 6.1 la.rge, 1.3 small; total 7.4; 4. 7; £4 5s; £18 16s; £14 lls; third.

5. Nitrogen and Potash; Nitrate of Soda and Sulphate of Potash; 2~ cwt. of each; 3.0 large; 1. 7 s mall ; total 4 .4; 2.0; £5 10s; £8; £2 10s ; seventh.

6. Phosphorus and Potash; Superphosph at e and Sulphate of Pota -h; 4cwt. and 2cvvt . r espect.; 6.4 large; 1.6 small ; total 7.5 ; 4 .8; £3 9s ; £ 19 4s; £15 15s ; second.

7. Nitrogen , Phosphorus, Potash; Nitrate of Soda, Superphosphate, Sulphate of Potash; 2cwt. , 4cwt., 2cwt. respect.; 5.3 large; 1.7 small ; tota.l7.0; 4.3 ; £6 5s; £17 4s; £ 10 19s; fourth.

8 . Control; no ma.n ure ; Ocwt. ; 1.8 large ; .9 small; total 2. 7; increase 0; co.-t 0; value 0; gain 0; eighth.

The potato es in the exp erimental plots were dug at the beginning of t h e t erm and t h e plots were measured out and prep ar ed for an exp eriment in gr een manuring. The fol lowing crops h ave b een sown:A: B: C: D: E:

White lupin-Lupi nus albus .

Blue lupin-Lupi nus angustifolius .

Mustard-B rassica alb a.

Crim son clover-Trifo lium incarnatum .

Oat s-Aven a sativa.

Several annual sp ecies of the genu s lupinus are cultivat ed on t h e Continent as farm crops for gr een manuring.

They ar e exucptionall y rich in nitrogenous constituents and grow well on poor ;,;ancly ·oils, which m:e greatly In cnri ·heel wh en the lupins are ploughed in.

New Zealand the B lue Lupin has given excellent r esults in parts of t h e N L on Province, while the White Lupin is c·ommonly used in the orc;harcl.- in th e B ay of Plenty. Crimson Clover i · an annual of little value except as a green manurina crop. Mustard an be plou gh ed in six weeks after sowina .

As last year ' · manurial trial indicat ed that phosphat es arc of sp ecial value as a fertilizer fo r potatoes, we intend Plots will b e carrying th e trial a. step forward thi, year . planted in potatoes ancl various ph osphatic manures alone will be acldecl. In t his way we hop e to find out the best phosphatic manure for North 'l'ar ~na,lri ,

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CRICKET NOTES.

CRICKET NOTES.

Th e usu al cow-judging con1.petitions were held at the ~ew l)lymouth sh ow grounds. T'he following ar e the successful comp etitors : t:l cco udary t:l uhoohi. - J. D. Muckay fir路s t. l'rim ury t:lch ool 路.-E. W. McCallum third, . H. Gordon fourth , J. h aw fifth.

In the open c:om p etition , D. last year , gained second place .

CRICKET

Ball ~tyn e ,

who left s chool

NOTES.

(B. Mahraj .)

This t erm h as seen the end of another s u ccessful sea.son of cri k et. Th e l i'irst E leven not only met with success in the local comp etition m at ch es, but also proved victor.s in the College m atch. At the end of last year I. P almer , K. Taylor and J . Brodie left us , and onsequently we were cons iderably weak en ed. However, n ew boys came to light and p erformed creditably .

T"h e high standard r each ed is due largely to the excellent coaching given by Mr. L am bert, and to the k een enthusiasm sh own by the eleven itself.

W e take th~s opportunity of t h anking Mr. L amb ert. 'l'h e el even also wish to congratulat e our coach on his excellent p erforman ces against the Englishmen , and I. W . Palmer and C. Las h on their cr editable p erformances in the W ellingt on m at ch .

THE WAN GANUI MATCH. (Mar ch 6-7. ) Thi s year the annual m at ch against the Wanganui Collegi at e Sch ool was played on the School grounds , and aft er a very xciting gam e result d in a win for School. On account of t h e hot weather the wicket proved a little fi er y and area tly assist ed our fast bowler.

The toss was won by W an ganui, and Hare decided t o take fir t strike . The wick et , however , was a bit too fast ::md all were dismissed for a very low score of 30.

Their only player to r each double figures was H arcourt, who by solid play m ade 10. It was exp ect ed that School would put up a good tall:y, but all wer e disposed of for 64. P almer, who carried his bat for 21, employed stone-walling tactics,

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and again showed that h e is the right sort of player for 8peniug . 'l'h e other man to obtain double figures was Lash, who !mocked up a breezy 15.

In their seuond venture W an ganui gave a much freer display of batting . At the end of the day the board showed 119-8-25. The n ext morning the r emaining two wicket>; fell ch eaply and the W anga.nui innings terminated for 120.

Thus School needed 87 to win , which was accomplished for eiaht wick et s , thanks to Brown , who by sparkling cricket aclded 37, thereby pulling the game out of the fire.

The following are the scores:WAN GANUI COLLEGE. First Innings.

Craig, b. Mackay . ..

Ritchie, b . Mack ay Traverner , b. Mackay ...

H are, c. J effri e. , b. Mahraj H arcourt , b. J effries 'l'atham , c. Alexander, b. Mack ay L an ce, c . Pahner , b . Brown Orm on d , not out Judd , b. Brown Swainson, b. J effri es L~,1dbrook, b. J effries E xtras

3 0 1

3 10 4 2 5 1 1 0 0

Total ...

30 Bowling .- Mackay, 4 for 12 ; J effries , 3 for 5; Brown , 2 for 2 ; Mahraj , 1 for 11 .

Second Innings.

Craig, . B rown , b. Moyes .. .

38 Ritchi e, c. and b. Brown 15 Traverner , l.b. w ., b. Mackay 0 7 H are, F ookes, b. Alexander Harcourt, b. Mackay 5 Tat h am, b. Mackay 6 L ance, l.b.w. , b. Moyes 10 Ormond , St evenson , b. Mackay 25 Judd , l.b. w ., b. Mack ay 10 Swainson , hit wick et , b. M ack ay 0 Ludbrook, not out 0 4 E xtras Total .. . 120 Bowling.-JVlackay, 4 for 35; Brown, 1 for 16; Alexander, 1 for 5 ; M oyes, 2 for 10 ; Mahraj , 1 for 34.

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CRICKET NOTES.

SCHOOL. First Innings . lVIahl'aj , b. Lance ...

Palmer, J., not out Alexander , c. Traverner , b. Swainson Brown, c. Ormond, b. Lance J effries, c. Onnond, b. Swainson Lash, l.b.w. , b. La.n ce ... lVIitcalfe, c. Hare, b. Lance Mackay , c. Lance, b. T'atham ...

Steven son, c. rrraverner , b. 'l''atham Fookes, b. T'atham .. . .. . .1\{oyes, b. Tatham Extras

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CRfCI{ET NOTES'.

8CHOO'L v . URENUI (Nov. iS)'.

7 21 \:)

4 0 15 1

0 2

Won, 187 to 59. B est bowling: Brown, 4 for 8; Palmer, 4 fo r ~8. B est batting : Mahraj , 91; Brodie, 35; Cla.r ke, 25. f::lCHOOL v. WAYl'ARA (Nov. 25) .

Won , 82 t o 43.

B est bowling: lVIahraj , 6 for 20; Palmer, 2 for 23. Be.·t batting: Palmer, 27; Brown, 18.

3 2

SCHOOL v NEW PLYlVIOU'l'H (Dec. 2) .

u

Drawn , New P lymouth 165, School 78 for 4 wickets.

Be ·t bowling: Palmer, 5 for 68; Mahraj, 4 for 61.

Best batting : Palm er, 32; Bro\Yn, 24 not out.

Total ...

64 Bmding.-Swainson, 2 for 17; Lance, 4 for 36; Tatham , 4 for 11.

Second Innings.

Mahraj, run out 0 P alm er, J ., c. Lance, b. Tatham 1 Alexander , b. Swainson 10 Brown, l.b. w., b. L an ce - .. .

36 J effri e. , . Lan ·e, b. Hare .. .

0 Lash, b. Hare ...

12 2 Mitcalfe, not out ...

4 M ackay, not out Steven son , did not bat . ..

0 4 Fookes, c. Hare, b . Ta.tham Moyes, c. Traverner, b. Lance 6 E xtra.

13 Total for 8 wickets 88 Bowling.-Lance, 2 for 24; Tatham, 2 for 24; Swainson, 1 for 13; Ludbrook , 0 for 8; Hm·e, 2 for 7.

The second and third elevens showed a marked improvem ent in their crick et, and maintained their enthusiasm rigl:t. to ~he fi~isb The inauguration of the junior comp etltJO.?- , m whiCh they play.ed , will do more to h elp the gam e m the S ~hool and provmce than anything eLse. Th followmg f.ll'e the r esults of competition matches : SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS (Oct. 28).

Won, 163 to 78. Best bowling: Mahraj 5 for 27 · Palm er , 3 for 24.

B est batting: P alm er, 100 not out; Taylor , 36.

SCHOOL v . J NGLEWOOD (Dec. 16).

Wou , 95 to 57.

B est bowling: P almer , 5 for 25; Brown, 5 for 9. B est batting: Mahraj , 24; Brown, 23; Taylor , 22.

SCHOOL v. WAI'l'AHA (Jan. 13) .

Won , 171 to 93.

B est bowling : Palmer , 5 for 56; Mahraj , 4 for 35.

Best b atting: J. Palm er , 4 7 not out; Brodic, 28; I. P alm er, 44; lVIahra.j , 25.

SCHOOL v . WESTERN PARK (Feb 23) .

Lotit , 61 to 87. Bet:>t bowling : Mahr aj , 6 fo.r 20. batting : Palmer , 20.

Best

SCHOOL v . UHE NUI (Jan. 20).

Lotit , 73 to 93 . B st bowling : lVIackay, 7 for 22. Best batting : Broclic, 18; J. Palmer, 15; lVIahraj , 24.

SCHOOL v .

::mw PLYMOUTH

(Feb. 10).

Lo ·t , 71 to 88. Best bowling: lVIahraj, 4 for 40; Brown , 3 for 3. B st batting : rra.y lor, 27 ; lVIahraj , 14.

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS (Feb. 17).

Lost , 112 to 152. Betit bowling: lVIackay, 4 for 49; Moyes , 3 for 16. Best batting: J. P almer , 37; Brown, 32.

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CRicKET NOTES .

SCHOOL v. WES'l'ERN PARK (Feb. 23).

AN N OAL SWfMMING

Won, 112 to 61. Best bowling: Mahraj, 3 for 21 ; J effrie,;, 2 for 9; Brown, 2 for 9. Best batting: Mahraj, 07; Lash, 12; Alexander, 11.

SCHOOL v. INGLEWOOD (March 7).

Won , 106 to 32. Best bowling: Brown, 5 for 17; Mackay, 3 for 8. B est batting : Alexander, 42; Mason, 28 not out.

FIRST ELEVEN AVE RAGES (1922-23) .

BA'lv.riN G. Name.

lnniugs. Runs. Not out. H . :Score.

J:>almcr , I . W. 9 292 1 Mahraj, B. B .

19 391 0 Brown , H . w .

17 288 2 Clarke, H. 5 55 2 Palmer , J. 15 170 3 Brodie, J .

9 103 1 'l 'aylor, K. 12 119 1 Lash. B .......... .. .

7 52 1 Alexander , W. 12 103 0 Mackay, J. D . ... 11 60 4 Moyes, A. M. 9 48 1 J effries , E ........ .. 17 84 1 E-lteven on, H Y. 6 26 1 Fookes , K. 8 30 1 l\Iitcalfe, P . H . ...

9 25 2 Brodi , A. 8 24 0 Ma ·on , E . B. 3 30 1 ,;'Indicat es not out.

100'' 95 60 25 47 ~'

35 36 15 42 19 18':' 22 12 9 12 9 28*

Average.

36.4 20.5 19.2 18.3 14.1 11.4 10.8 8.6 8.6 8.5 6.0 5.2 5.2 4.3 3.5 3.0 15.0

BOWLING. Name.

Brown, H. W. J effries, E .

Ma lmy , J. D. Moyes , A. M . ··· ··· Malll'aj , B. B. Palm r, I. W .. .....

Runs.

Wickets.

161

29 11 32 7 51 29

71

217 KO

562 323

Overs. Maiden. Average.

47 28 68 13 130 81

5 5 10 1 9 8

5.5 6.5 6.8 7.1 11.0 11.1

SPORTS.

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'I." he annual swimming sports were held on Friday, i'.larch 9, uudei: ideal weath r conditions.

W c take thi · opportunity of thanking the judge of the diving events (Mr. P. Ma.thieson) and the timekeeper,s (i\l cs -r ::; . 1<' . U. F erry and J. B cnnctt, jun.) for the very ulb<:icut m anner m ,,·hich th ey carried out their duties . l'hc ·offi cial · wer e : Starter , Mr . W . H . Moyes; marksm en , l\1 ssrs . U. Bcrtra.nd and F . J . E ggleton; call steward, l\lr. A. J . Papp,;; judges , Messrs . H. H Hockel, C. G. J3ottrill , U. Pop e, und P. Mathieson; stewa1·ds, Messrs . A. J ohu ·on and J. Dob on (diving), W. Wilkie , T. McDonald ,md M •Mahon (lunch eon ), J. Connell (result), and H. L. Calder (fiu al); official r ecorder , Mr. A. Diprose; timekuupcn;, 1\lcssr::;. 1<'. ' . F erry and J . B ennett, jun.; comlllitL e ', 1r . .F. J. E ggleton , B. W . Brown, A. M. Moyes, A. L. H crdrnan, E. Gibson, C. 'l'ate, L. Christie, and E .

Brokcnshire.

B esults:38t Yard Op eu. - :Fir::;t h eat: 0. Moore (4sec.) 1; eight started ; time, ~3 scc.

Second heat: Ra.wson (5sec .) 1; eight ·tarted; t ime, 23 2-5sec. 'l'hird h eat: D. Hetherington (Gse0.) 1 ; uine st art ed; time , 24 2-5sec.

Fourth heat: Ho\\" ' 11 (6::;uc.) 1; nine .·t cu·t d; time, 23 1-5sec. Fifth heat: i::l. Hukh -u (lsec.) 1; eight st arted; time, 26sec.

Sixth heat : W att· (8 ·ec .) 1; nine ' t a,rted; time, 25 2-5sec. 'cv 'n Lh heat: Gib sou (scr. ) 1 ; eight started; time, 26 :c.-5.-c ·. Ei ghth h eat: H. W . Brown (scr.) 1; eight started; tim e, '27 3-5 ·ec: .

Ninth h eat : Collinge (6sec .) . 1; eight started ; time , '27 3-5sec . 'l' enth .heat: Simcock (3sec.) 1; eight st arted ·; tim , 26 3-5 ec.

E leventh heat: Spiers l-±sc . ) 1; nine . t arted ; time, 26 4-5sec.

Twelfth heat: Fo rd ( 5sec.) 1 ; n ine started; time, 27sec.

Thirteenth h rlt: B aunton (4. ec .) 1 i nine st arted; time, 27sec. Fourt nth h eat: L y ·aght (3scc.) 1 ; eight started; time , 25sec.

Fiftee nth h eat: D e J,or ee (6sec.) 1; nine st arted; time, 27.·cc: . Sixt cnth heat : W yborn (3sec .) 1; nine stru·tec1; t im e, 28scc·. Scmi-nn n.l- Fir. t h eat : Bowen 1, D. Hetheringt on 2, 0. l\loor · 3; time, 25 c: . Second h eat: Lysaght 1 , pier.- 2, :Ford 3 ; tim , 27 2-5sec.

Final: Bowen 1, L ysaght 2, H ctherington 3; time, 23 4-5sec; all who qualified startea.

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ANNUA L swiMM ING

sPoRts .

33~- Yards Prepar atory Eace.- First h eat: R. Fletche r (scr. ) 1, S. Hutchen (2sec.) 2, Gordon (4sec.) 3; seven ::;tarted ; time, 31sec. Second h eat : D . Hether ington (6sec.)

1, Sommc rville (4sec.) 2, McCa.Uun1. ( scr. ) 3; six started ; time , 28::;cc. Final: Hether ington 1, Hutche n 2, Somme rville 3; time, 28sec .

661 Yards Op en.-F irst heat: C. Tate (::;cr.) 1; niue started ; time , 55 2-5sec . Second heat: Ogle (1,s ec.) · 1; nine started ; time , 59sec. 'l'hird heat: Hawki ns ( scr.) 1 ; nine tarted; time, 58sec . Fourth h eat: Christi e (scr.) 1; t en ·tarted ; time, 58 2-5sec . Fifth h ea.t : Rawso n (lOsec. ) 1 ; t en ::;tarted ; time, 5Gscc. 8ixth h eat: Sladde n (scr.) 1 ; t en started ; time, 59 3-5sec . Final: Ta.te 1, Hawki ns 2, Christi e 3; time , 55 4-5sec.

New Boys' Haec, 33~- yards. -First heat: Rawso n (6sec .) 1, B eaven (3sec .) 2; eight started ; time, "1,7 3-5sec.

Second h eat: J. Thomp son (2sec.) 1, R. Field (3sec.) 2; nine tarted; time, 28sec: . 'l''hird heat : Wigg (2sec .) 1, E. 8omme rvill e (3sec:.) 2; eight started ; time, 29sec . Fourth h eat: 8piers (bee.) 1, W. P enman ( s r.) 2; nine started ; time, 27sec . Final Hawson 1, Penma n 2, Wigg 3; time , 26sec .

L earn rs' Hace (across the bath) .-Firs t h eat: Clive t:lha\Y 1, D . H etherin gton 2. Second heat: Johns 1, Gm·don ::l. 'l''hird heat: Morgan 1, cle Loree 2. Final: Morgan 1, de Loree 2.

33} Yards Breast. ':ltrokc .-l<'irst heat: J . Pea•s e (2sec.) 1; sev n staJ:tecl ; tim e, 36 ·ec .

Second heat: S. Hutche n (sc.; r. ) 1; seven started ; t ime, 35s c. Third heat: Slaclden (sc:r. ) 1; seven::; m·teil. Fourth heat : Suther land (scr.) 1 ; eight started ; time , 34scc. Fifth h eat: Morgan (3sec.) 1; eight start cl; time, 36 ec .

Sixth h eat: Rob ertson ( scr.) and Robb (sC'l' ) dead heat 1; eight started ; time, 34sec.

Sevent h heat: Grant (3sec.) 1 ; eight started ; time , 35sec.

Eighth heat: Hill ( 4;;ec.) 1; seven ·tarted ; time, 36sec. l<'inal : Suther land 1, Grant 2, Pease 3; time, 33 2-5sec .

100 tard · Op en .-Bow en (18sec: ) 1, P eyton (16sec: .) 2, Saxton (12 ·ec:.) 3. Twelve tartecl. A good race and close finish , Bowen winnin g by a touch from P eyton, with the t hird man close up. Time, 1min. 35sec.

661} Yards I reparat ory Ra ce.-A . Hutch en (7sec.) 1, R. Flet c:h er (::;c:r ) 2, E. W. 1\IcCal lum (scr.) 3.

Eight started . 'rime, 63sec.

FlRST ELEVEN, 1922-23. \\" .. \ltâ&#x20AC;˘x nnd e r , D. )LcL cn n , D. G. )la t"ki e, ..\. Moyes, H . Mitcnlfe, E. B. Ma son , J. Pnlme r. n. Mnhrnj , H. \Y . DrOII'It (en pt ain), E. J e ttries, H. Y. StevenSOJl. K . F oo kes .

D. La s h,

Oakley Studio , 1'\.P .

\ ANNUAL SWIMMI NG

SPORTS.

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Yards Back ·troke .-First h eat : Insull (scr.) 1; six started; time, 34scc . tlecond heat : Baunton (7sec.) and Prideaux (4sec.) dead heat 1; six started ; time, 39sec . 'l''h ird heat: Sa under · ( 4sec.) 1; six started; tim e, 37sec. l<'ourth heat : ::-;oonan (1sec.) 1; six started; time, 38sec. l~ifth h at : Galbraith (3sec.) 1; six .started; t im e, 41sec.

Sixth h eat : Groom.bridg ' ( 5sec .) 1 ; six started ; time, 40sec .

F inal: Saunder 1, Insull 2, Prideaux 3; time, 37sec.

Diving for Plate:s (t en tl:u·o\\·n in) .-W. Penman (10) l , Hobb (9) 2.

I nter-form H elay Hace, four la.ps of 33! yards.-Firs t heat: Form 5a ( Christie, Ogle, McLean, S. Hutch en), Sse ·. , 1; time , lmin. 45s ec.

Second h eat: Form 3d (J. Law, Wigg , Anderson, Black) , 16sec., 1 ; t ime, 1min. 41sec . 'l'hird h eat: l<'orm G (Brown, Robertson, H erdma.n , Evans) scr ., and :Form 4b (Noonan , Mmdoch, Petty, Penman), 6soc., equal, 1; tim e , 1min. 41 ec. F inal : Forn1 3d 1, Form i5a 2; tim e, 1min . 41sec .

Greasy Boom .-A . Fooke. 1, E uston 2, D . Wilson 3.

25 Yards, under 14.-First hea.t : Pankhmst. 1, H .

Fookcs 2, Dickio 3; t im e , 22s c. 'c ·ond heat: Lawr nee 1.

Ancl c r ~on 2, Stcffcns n aud Bullo·k (equ al) 3; t ime , 23 ·•c.

Fin al: Pnnkhurst 1, L rmrcn C'c 2, Andcr son 3; time, 23 ·cc.

220 Yards Op en -Ogle (6sec.) 1, Hawkins (scr. ) 2, H crdman (scr. ) 3. Tim e, 3rnin. 26 2-5sec . Fom started .

Ogl won by a third of a Jen otb , Hawkins beating the third man by about two yards.

C HAMPIO~SHIPS.

'l'h • championshi ps '" r e decided at the J\1Iunicipa.l Bath · under favourabl e \Yeatb cr condition. .

Som e keen tu slcs were witnessed by the sp ct ators .

The officials were the ,.;am a · those for th e . ports, with the addition to th e judge of Mr . A. R. Standi sh .

W o wish to express to him our thanks for actin g in t hi apa ity . B esults : 25 Yard· Championsh ip (under 14) .-A. Hutch en 1, N. l\IeCallum and Anderson dead h eat 2. Time, 17sec.

215 Ynnb Junior Championsh ip.-First heat: D. O 'HaJloran 1. P. Sladdcn 2, J . P enman 3 ; time , 16s ec.

Second h eat: C. Tate 1, E Gib son 2, W . Oale 3; time, 15sec.

Final: P Sladden 1, C. Tate 2, W . Ogle 3; time, 15sec .

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ANNUAL SWIMMING SPORTS.

EXAMINATION RESULTS.

:25 Yards f::lenior Champ ionship.-H. Hawkins 1, L .

Chri:;tic 2, H. Brown 3. Tim e, 15sec.

Open Dive.-A. P otty 1, 0. Evam; 2, W. Penman 3.

50 Yru:ds Championship (tmder 14) .-Anderson 1, N. M ·Callum 2, A. Hutehen 3. 'I"im e, 39 4-5sec.

50 Yards Junior Championship.-First heat: J. Penman 1, P. Sladd n 2, D. 0 'Hall or an 3; time, 37sec .

Second h eat: C. Tate 1, E. Gib:;on 2 , Vl. Ogle 3; time , 34sec. :Final: E. Gibson 1, 0 . 'l'at e 2, W . Ogle 3; time , 35:;ec.

Old Boy:;' Itace.-D f::lykes 1, R Howell 2, K. Taylor 3. iJO Yard:; Senior Championship.-L. Hawkin · 2, L. H erdman 3. Time, 33sec.

Christie 1, H.

Awk\,·arcl Entry off 8but -.-E. Gib.·on 1, B. Pease 2.

75 Yard· Championship (under 14) .-Ander:;on 1, N. .i\II<.;()allum :2 , A. Hutchen 3. 'l'ime, 66 3-5sec.

100 Yard · 8 eni01· Ghampionship .-H. Hawkins 1, L .

Herdman 2, L . Christie 3. 'l'ime, 80se ·.

100 Yards Junior Champion ·hip.-Fir ·t heat: G. Fookes 1, P . Sladden 2, J. l)enman 3 ; time, 84 4-5sec. o e<.;ond. heat: C. 'l'ate l , W. P enman 2, W. Ogle 3; tim e, 82sec.

Final: C. 'l'at e 1, P. Sladdcn 2, 'vV. Ogle 3; time, 85.- ec .

Hibbon Dive . -C Murdo ·k, 7ft. Bin. , 1 ; A. Petty, 7ft.

5in, 2.

Corfu Divo.-J. Penma.n 1, S. Wyborne 2.

DECEMBER , 1922.

University Entrance Scholarship s Examination.University National Schol arship: R W. Bellringer, 1650 marks. 'l'aranaki Scholarships : A. Brodie 1533, A. W. Griffin 1494, J. Brodie 1276.

Matriculation and Allied E xaminations (lVI. means pa:;::;ed matriculation; S., soli citor 's general knowledge; P ., m edical preliminary; A. , accountant's preliminary; Camp., complet ed partial pass ; P .P ., partial pass; P.P.A., partial pas:; in a ·countant's preliminary) : -lVI.S.P . : M. D . Bree , C. D. Collins, lVI. H H eycock, E . G. Loma.s, H. P. Mit<.;alfe.

I[ S : W. E. Alexander , F . B. Blundell, 0. A. Evans , B. G . La h , M. C. Lysons, M. R Robertson. M.: R H. Cauahl ey, R W. Syme, A. J. D. R evell.

Camp. : E. R Brewstcr , J. Brodie, J. E. Eaves, H . W. Martin, A. M. Moyes, J. V. lVI Mahon , J. W. Thompson.

Camp.

Ace. : I. W. P almer. P.P. : S. G. B ellringer , E. L. Brokenshire, H. Clarh;e , C. E. Dinni s, J. E. J ackson , F. Ja.mes, J. G . Prideaux, J. T. 'haw, K. R Taylor , R G . W ebb , D. M. Vlilson. P .P.A.: H . W. Brown , K. P. Mauri , J. W. Palm r , 0. W. Rainger.

Senior National Scholarship.-C. H. Strombom.

Proficiency .-L Bm·low, T. B ellringer, B . Cooke, G. Corn ey , R D alzicl , H. Fook s , R For yth , C. Gilmour , W .

Griffiths , P. Graver, J . Law, H . List , G . Lucena, T. Morgan , W. McLean , H. 01. on, B . P ease, C. Hobb , H. Stevenson , J. Strange, E. V. Smith , A. Wilson.

Compet ency .-D. Jolms, C. Linn.

:200 Yards Senior Ch ampi nship.-H. Hawkins 1, L. H erdmun 2 , L. Chri.-tie 3. 'l'ime, 3min . 15se ·.

Long P lunge.- . Hobb , 51ft., 1; L. Ennis , 48ft., 2; H. Brown , 45ft. , 3.

Aggregate Totals.

Senior Championship and Sykes Memorial Cup.-H .

H awkin ·, 18 points , 1; L. Christi , 10, 2; L . H erdman , 7, 3.

Junior Championship.- '. Tate, 1.1 points, 1 ; P. Slndclen , 8 , 2; E. Gibson, 5, 3.

Under 14 Ch ampionship. -Anderson , 12 points, 1 ; N. 1II Calium , 8 , 2; A Hutchen , 7, 3.

FORM AVERAGES. FIRST TERM, 1923.

Form VI. -Not pla ·ed as som e are doing special work.

Form \ A.-1 , J. L. Simcock, 77.6; 2, H. Hunt, 71.2.

Form VB.-1, C. H. Strombom, 80.3; 2, J. Mountjoy , 73.7 .

Form Vc .-1 , G. B ayly , K. Fookes , 66 .8; 3, E. Gibson , 64.1.

Form IVA.-1 , C. Calvert, 80.5; 2, E. Fauchelle, 79.8 .

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:FORM AVERAGES.

.Form F orm l<'o rm J.-<"orm J.-'< orm Form

LORD JELLICOE' S VISIT.

IVB.-1 , H. Immll. J. Miller , 73.6; 3, A. J.;"ookes , 72.8.

IV .-1 , E. J effri es, 63.4; 2, D. Somerville, 59.5.

IliA -1 , H Latter , 84.1; 2, R. Carey, 79 .2.

IIIn.-1. G. MacDiarmid, 76.2; 2, J. Ewart, 70.3.

JIIc .-1 , J . Stronge, 72.9; 2, R. Forsyth , 64.8.

IIJD.-1, H . George, 66 .9; 2, L . Rowe, 66.5.

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The presentation ceremony, at which his Excellency Lord J ellic;o \Hts pr e ·ent in p erson , took place at the School gn mcls in t h pr c ·ou <:e of a large numb er of inter est ed spec011 arriva l at the School , his E xcellency inspect ed ta.tors. the guard of honour , which \Va. und er the command of Captain A. J. l'apps. At the conclusion of the inspection , all the c·hool <:adcts wer e drawn up along three sides of a sqnnr , fa ing the School.

PHEP AHN l'ORY SCHOOL. i::itandarcl VI.-1 , i::i. Allhusen, 83 .9 ; 2, 0 . D avies, 80.5 tltundarcl V.-1 , ~- Brookman , 84.7; 2, D 'A. Jack:;on , 79.8. i::itandard IV.-1 , P. F airbrother, 77; 2, C. tronge, 75.8. i::itandard III.-1 , C. K enny, 79.2 ; 2, H La Vi· , 77.6.

Standard II.-1 , J. J.-<"airbroth r , 81.5; 2 , 'l'. W estern , 77.

St andad I.-1, 'l'. L e May , 67.4 ; 2, A. Lile, 54.

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LORD

JELLICOE'S

VISIT.

l'HESEK'l'ATIO ~

Ol<' T'HE C:l-OVERNOR- GENEHAL ' i::i CUP. U~VEIT1IX G OF 'lHE ME WR1AL GATES. (S. l<'ookes .)

F ebruary 21 , 1923 , was tb r ed-lett r day in the history of tb ' Suhool , fo r two reason· , fir st be a use Lord J ellicoe was her o to present hi. coveted shooting twphy, and secondly bo<; uuse it , -a.· the oc· ·a. ·ion of th e un veiling of the Memorial Gates er ·ted to the m m o r~- of Old Boys of the S hool wh o fell in the Gr at War. The ' ·hool h n · 'stabli.·h cl a r ord of consi ·t ntly good ·hooting, which has be n att ended on two occasions by ::;pec;ial uc esscs . In 1916, by nnn cxing both the senior and junior trophies iu th E mpire Chall n ge hield Comp eti tions , th S ·boo! s <;urocl fi n.;t pl ac for th Empire . Agaiu in 1921 , Lh ' boo] sc(' ur cl premier position for r ew Z a1:-tncl , ancl by cntcrin n- a lnr n-e numb r of sue essful t -am s, won t h handsome c-hnll eng c·up pres nted by th Gov ernor' ncra l (Viscount J llic-oe), and thus gain d the distin t ion o ~ having 1~ w Plym outh B oy· ' High School en graved upon it, on the first occ;asion on ' hich it was presented.

'l'HE PRESENTATION. Mr. M oyes, in addressing those assembled , sa id that h e \Yished t o express his thanks to Lord J ellicoe for being present that clay . It had been difficult for his Excellency to J ave W ellington and th e Schoo-l keenly ap preciated th -· kindl y thought that h ad prompted him to come to New Plymouth and make the presentation in person. The School had be -n the fir. t };' ew Zealand sch ool to- win the Governor(} n ral 's t rophy , but the presence of the Governor-General him self was a still gr eater pleasur , and all the boys present would always look upon that day a a memorable occasion .· On behalf of all tho ·e connect ed with the School, the speaker thanked Lord J ellicoe for the grea.t personal interest h e was taking in the schoolb oys of New Zealand. The School would try again to win th e trophy and hoped that the present would not be t he lnst o ea. ion on which the Governor- Gen eral " ·ould visit N w Pl ymouth to make the presentation.

HIS EXCELLENCY ' S ADDRESS .

L ord J ellic-oc, in r eply , said h e wish ed first o-f all t o c> xpr ss th e gratifi ation it afforded him' to crive to the New Plymouth Boys' High School his trophy . The history of the Jmp erinl Chall enge Shields Competition was possibly not knovvn t o everybody . The competition had been · tartNl in 1910 by Li eut. -Colonel Ffennell, and ever since its inauguration the New Plymouth Boys' High School had r-o nsistently occupied a very high place in the competitions.

On n enrl y every occa ion inc the competitions commenced th e Sch ool b ncl ocrupi ed premi r place in New Zealand, and in H:J16 th e Srh ool wns t h highe. t placed in the whole of His E xcellency ex(Applause.) t h e B ri t ish Em] ir pr r ssccl t h e hop e t h nt the trophy he wa pre entina would be nanin. won by th e School , and he ventured also t o hope that t h C' Srbool would beat its 1916 record and h ead again th e whol - of t h e s hools in the Briti h Empire.

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LORD JELLICOE 'S VISIT.

··Ifs up to this School to . how the oth er schools in New :0calaud ho11· to do iL, as you h ave done it already, " pro·ccdccl his Exc· ·lleucy . In 1921 · 'Yen out of the :fifteen New Z alancl priilc,; h ad been ,,·on by the cw Plymouth Boys' High SchooL H e b ttd roe iv cl a l ett •r from the •s ecretary of th • Imp erial 'h aUcmgc Shields 'omr ctition,;, who , after obscrvin o· that on g •ncral 1' sult · outh Africa r;tood easily fir st, .·tntecl that N c11· Zealand , by an extraordinary effort , hncl bounded into s · c:ond pln.ce , having enter ed 378 t eams, of \\·hi h 286 comp et ed in 1922, as comp ar ed with 130 in J921. 1\ w Zealand had won thirty-three prizes , whilst Austrnlia , which had hitherto been pre-eminent ever since th competitions started , ·w ent ba ·k to third or fourth place, tieiug with Great Britain. " ~ew ~ aland may well be proud of h aving b eat en the Mother Country so handsomely ," sa-id Lord J ellicoe. That was the r cord of the 1922 comp etition ·, in which N w Plymouth h ad been beat en by N elson , but hi s ExcelJ ene:y said h e did not imagine for one moment that Ne,v Plymouth was going to sit down under that beat.ing . H e hop ed that the omp etition b etween New Plymout h and Nel on would r esult in one of the two-he h oped it would b e New Plym outh-b eing the top s hool in the Briti. h Empir , and in that ·a e no one would give more h enrty congratulations than hims ·lf. (Applau e.) · 'I kno\1· thi School h as r e ·ord. in other ways than shooting," sa id Lord J lli ·oe . ·' L ast night and this afternoon I have witne.·. eel the teadiness of the guard of honour on parade, a nd if that i · any criterion of the spirit p ervading th School I say that spirit i very high , and, as his Maj esty 's r epr e entative, I h ave to express pride in what l have seen of this School.' ' The cup was t~en pre ented by his Excellen cy to the School throuah the h ead boy, H. W. B rown. The trophy is n hnndsomc on , whi h an y s hool should be proud to tr cas ur . On it i. en gr av cl it.· title , " The Dominion of New Zealand Challenge Trophy in connection with the Imperial Challenge Shields . " Underneath i · the inscription , " Presented by his E x ·ellen y the Governor-Gen er al, Admiral of the Fleet , the li count J clli co, O.M. , G.C.B ., G.C.V.O. , 1922. " On a silver -hield on the b a. e of the trophy ar e the words: "1921-New Plymouth Boys ' High School Cadets. "

LORD JELLICOE 'S VISIT.

43 J3rouzc m edals werB then presented by the GovliOrnor() ·nernl to the following , who were m emb ers of teams which oc·<: upi ed high po ~; ition s il1 the 1922 Imperial ChallengQ tlhi ·IJs Comp etitions :-Quartcrmaster-Se rgt. Alexander , tkrgeau Ls J3ro\l·n nnd Muckay, 'orporal. · Mo;yes and Mitt:aHe , 'ad •ts \ '. l•'ookcs, Hampton , Morc;y, Christie, Rainger , H. . t:ltcven;;o u , Uu;y, O'H a lloran, G-uild , Bree, vV. Broclic , l\I Ivor , l::l. H cllringcr , Foote, H. B ellringer. Si2..-teen other boys gun lin cd for m edals, but these have left the School.

Three ringing ·b eers for hi s Excellency concluded the ceremony.

UNVEILING THE MEMORIAL. 1'he unveiling of the M emorial Gates at the Boys ' High School on the o ea ·ion of the visit of his Excellency Lord J cUi o , brought to the School a large and r epresentative aath ering of the ·itiz en. of New Plymouth.

Th e Memorial Gat es, which h ave been erected at the entrauc' to the 8 ·hool, w er e provided by the Old Boy , as a perpetual and r:; ilent witness to the devotion and unselfish sac rifl c of their omracle who cro ·sed the Great Divide in ob eying their country's ·all to duty .

The ceremony took the form of n hort memorial service, in which the singing was led by the Se:hool Orch tra, which occupied the same position before th right wall of the gates, as the dais from which th' :m·v ic was onclu ted, did on the left. Immedintely in {ront of th se wer e seat ed the parents and friends of those Old Boys to \\·hose m emory the gates are erect ed.

The aatlwrin g of citiz n then closed in against the School Cndcts, 1\·ho formed a line four deep b ehind the •s eats.

On the dai: re t ed b efor e the gates wer e the GovernorGen eral (Viscount J ellicoe), the Ma.y or (Mr. F. E. Wilson), th Yen. Archdeacon Evans, Mr. W. H. Moyes (the h eadmaster) , lVlr. A. B ewl ey · (President of the O.B.A.), Mr. L. G . Sladclen (repr senting the Board of Governors), and the Governor-Gen eral 's private ecreta.ry (Captain Curtiss).

Mr . Austin B cwfey then bri efly annotmcecl the purpose for 1\·hich they \ver gath ered that clay, and expres. eel gratincntion thnt his Excellen cy had onferred upon Old Boys the honour of ace · ptina their invitation to unv eil the gates.

His Excellency then addr e sed the assembly, and said that although h e felt deeply the significance of those war memorinls with whi" ·h the Dominion was dottea , they wer e nlso a source of gr eat pride to everyone in the Dominion, becnuse of wh at they r epresented, and no memoriaLs were of gr eater importance than those attache<! to New Zea.l and 's

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THE SPORTS DINNER.

~chools.

A school lived on its history and traditions, which were important factors in moulding the characters of those in the school. Of all things that went to form character, the spirit of ::;clf-sac.;ri:fie;e wa::; most important , and what did thi:,; represent buL that spirit ::;hown by those gallant fellow,; who had s rvcd their King and country, and had suffered, fought, and died for others. In m.u· lives we could to some rxtent follow their example. ' ·God forbid," he said, "that ;yo u should have to follow their example in war!"

His Excellency then, turning towards the tablets on which were engraved the nan1es of the fallen, dedicated the gates to the memory of Old Boys and Masters of the School.

As he concluded, he r eleased the Union Jack which had cover ed the tablets and the m emorial stood unveiled.

Bugler P. Shepherd then sounded the " Last Post, " and as the last notes died away above the bared h eads of the assembled people , whil e his Excellency stood at the snlute, the scene ereatecl on the minds of tho e who witnssecl it an impression that would not oon be lost.

Prayers were then offered by the Ven. Archdeacon Evans, after which the cer emon y (•Oncluded with the singing of IGpling's "Recessional."

THE

SPORTS DINNER. (H. M. I. Mcivor.)

On the last Saturday evening of the year the most populnr event of t.he Sehool year , the Sports Dinner, was h eld in the Dinin g Hall.

Th er e were present about 150 boys who partook of an excel lent r epast, after which a. large number of toa. t s were honoured and replied to , whilst interrningl cl with these were m.usical items by the Orchestra unclcr t he ::tble baton of E. Lomas, and ongs by Alexander , Davi es and P cyton, all of whi h were encored . 'l'he toa t list wa · as tall ow.-: "The King," Mr. Moyes; Orch stral selection; " The School ," J . Brodie-response, Mr. Moye ; song, \N. E. Alexander; First Fifteen and First Eleven, H. Mas on-response, H. W. Brown (First Fifteen) and I. W. Palmer (First Eleven) ; Orchestral selection; "Sports Champion , " vV. E . Alexander ; song, B. Davies ; rrspo-ns , T. N. Foden; Orchestral selection; ''Boys Leaving," J. D. Mackay-response, H . · W. Rickard; song, S. Peyton; "Th e Masters ," R. W . Bellringer-response, Mr. Rockel : Orch e. tral selection; "School 1nstitutions," J. W. Palmer-r esponse, Mr . Wilkie (Magazine) , T. L. Penn (shooting) , R. W . Syme (Library) , E. Lamas (Orchestra); "Auld Lang Syne."

THE GOVEI:l NOH-UE ' EHAL, YISCOl' NT JELLlCOlf.. to t he Sc hool hi s t r oph~路 . " Ti :e J elli coe Cup."

P1 路-:o~ se n t in g

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THE ROLL.

'l 'h c roll uow .. t an cl at 389 , of whom 149 ar e boarders .

In th U pp er School there ar e 317 boy.s, of whom 121 are boarder>; ; in the Low er S ·hool the numb ers are 72 and 28 r espectively . 'l'he f<?llowing is the complete roll:STANDARD I. Le May, A. M. ·*Lile, A. B. ST A..t'l'DARD II. *Black, L . *Field, A. G. Fairbrother, J. ~·Fitz crera.ld , N. 0.

H ende r son, ~ . E. Sa.under s, G. B. L. Wilson, E. F . M. k \\ estern, T. S'l'ANDARD Ill. *Ba.rlow, T. J .

Brookm a.n, R. W .

Ga rmonsway, A. Gr ee nwood, D . M. Kenn y, C. J . *]~aw , H. D. M acka.y~.,...J. F .

Moyes, 1:'. S. ·* Steve nson, J. F . \ Vhitcombe, D. N . *IValker, G. N. STAND ARD IV. D a.vies, E. J .

Fairbrother , E. H. :Ffeth eringtm~ J .

Le May, K. ti .

Nolan , D. *P erry, J. Strange, C. R. 'J'h omson, H . L. -l:· Y orke, T. H .

Okey, V . G. STANDARD Y. Bennet , A. K. Brookm an, W. N. S. -x· r.;orclon, B . H. Ha.in. , R. L. *H a rdwick, J. H. W .

Hetherington, A. Jackson, D ' A. G.

*Jolmson, G. IV. N. *Johnson, IV. S. N. *King, A. J . *Ma.hra.j, R. McGinty, E. B. '~Realms, G. C. *Shaw, J . V. Stewar t, J. W a.cldle, I. B. P a lme r, F. L .

S'J'ANDARD VI. ·"An drews, K .

Allhuse n, A. S. Beckb essenger , H . ··w.

Clarke, 0 . IV. Cre sswell, R. M. *Duigan, J. D. Davies, 'l'. 0. S. ·*D urham, J. B. ¥.·Flet cher R *Gray, J.' D.' Griffiths, C. H·e t heri11gton, D. W. H ine, E. J. Hutcben, A. K .

J acksou E. R . C. Kenny, G. A. *McCa llum, E . W. McLean, M. D. Po-pe, C. H .

Simo ns, H. G. ·*Some rville B. E. ·x-'l'ait, C. \ ~ W. Washer , A. W. ·X·\Vilson, L . H .

F ORM IIID. B ull ock,_,, D. "Cooke, b. E. ·*Dal ziel, R . W. *Dob son, H . *Ea stou, G. M. George, H . V. H olmes, J . N. J e nkin. , A. R. ¥-· John s, F . D. ''J onas, B. G. *L aw, J. D.

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THE ROLL.

Le Mn~· , I. E. Linn , C. B. List , T. R. *Luceua, G. L. McCormnck, L. C. *McLean , R. 11.

Penman, IV. Plumtree, C. H. *Jlo,ve, L. IV. Staples, R. C. 'l.'i1ylor, P . R. \Vest , A. *Windelburn, J. A . R. \Yra y, A. G. FORM lllc. ·*Anderson, G. S. Baker, P. S. Black, S. A. *Carter, IV. H .. ·*Clegg, K. Crudis, F. L . *Davidson, J. IV. *Forsyth, R. J .

Gilmour, F. C. Griffiths, '' . O' C. Harris, R. T. *Hillinrd, J . G. Hoclge, C. A. Johns, H. F. Locke, A. R. *Martin, R. C. Mm·gan, T. D. J .

Parkin, D. R . *Pnrrot, ·w. D. .Pelha.m, H . N. *Penny, L. IV. *Robb, C. S. *Sheard, I. J. B. Spiers, S. D. Stronge, J . S. Telfo r cl, J. F. Smellie, H .

FORM IUs. *Barlow, L. R. Berryman, A . R. ·*Betts, I. C. *Beaven, J. H. Browne R . *Buist, 'ili. W. Campbell , C. G. Chiver s, P. L .

Clela.nd, F . *Oorkill, C. A. Dickie, I. Evans, A. E. Ewart, J. W,

THE ROLL.

*Ra.y ton , 'L'. S. D. Hill, N. IL *Honeyfield, E. L .

Lawrence, R. G. ''MacDia rmid, G. C. *O'Dea, R.. J. *Pease, B. H. Rawson, T. \\" .

Roger s, J. F. Sampson,_ S. H. Sn.r ten, vV. H. Steffensen, F. 0 .

W~· utt, H. F. FORM IliA. *Baxter R. J. Bensley, F. E. Billing, S. Bree, R. H. Cure~·, R. J. Da vis, F . L .

E lde r, B . D. Eu stace, J. C. Field, R. L. Fookes, H. F. Gmringe, H. H. Grover, P. G. Gruszing, H. K. *Hollings, M. C. '*Hooker, N. J. J ones, \\ . 0. *La.tter, H. B. McMahon, P. Olson , H. E. P ankhurst , R. D. .Pepper , l\1. D. Rogers, l\1. L. Scott , A. W .

T homson, J. S. *Utting, W. C. Vile, C. F . \Varner, J. E. *" igg, E. FORM IVc. Allen, T. Bellringer, T. C. Bithell, R. M. ·X·Collins, C. S. Cattier, S. W. *Cra.wford, D. 0 .

Corney, G. A. ¥cDavies, W . B. *De Loree, R. *Eaves, T. W. *Fox, D. A. Goldsworthy, F. R. ·*Hastie, R.

Rawkin:;s, J.

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Haw\dn s~,.,H. D. J effne s, .l!i. G. *Knuckey, H . S. MacDiarmid, N. liiL Martin, ll. A. McNeill, C. A. McNeill, H. Mereclith , P .

Palmer, J . *Peyton, S. *Pillay, V. M. S. Sa mpson, R. :H. Shute, G. F .

Sladclen, P. *Smith , H. N. *Somerville, D. Th01has, A . H. Thompson , L. J. Wehster, N. J. \Vooclham, A. C.

FORM IVl!.

Anthony, H . J. Ahra.ham, J. E .

Burgess, L . D. Bowe n, E. A. } 2ollinge,; B. E. Jii. ]!tnOl S, J_;.

*Fookes, A. C. *Green, C. Geclcles, M. Goclfrey, T. H. Hill, L. T. In sull, J. E .

Ja ckson, A. liL *Miller, J. R. *Moore, 0 . G. *Murdoch, R..

McCmm, S. *Noonan , R. *O ' Dea, J . K. Penman, J. J. Petty, A. *Pease, J. Richm:dso.n, S. A. *R ead, F. L. *Bitter, W. H. *Smith, N . G. *Suttou, J. H .

Sa.mpson, A. N. *Sherwood , N. J. Sugden, A . J. *Steven son, H. Y. Wright, D. FORM IVA. Bailey, T. L. *Baruk, V. S. "Batger, R. J.

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*Batger, ~- A .

Beverley, S. E. Brewster, IV. D. ·*Buchamm, W. G.· Burgess, M. R.. *Buick , R. F. Calvert, C. G. *l<'mwhelle, E. G<uner, H. L . *Hammonds, J . ~­ *Harman, E. G. *Jones, T. 0.

Lea land+. N. P. Leech, l!i. M .

Medley, J. S. *Olson, H. F. Ra.k au, '!.' .

Rawson, IV. R. *Read, A. E .

R.obertson, Don. Roebuck, N. E. Sbaw, C. F . *Sau nders, G. I. *Silson, T. *Syme, T. *Tonks, E. IV. Trueman, F. L. '1\lff·ery, L . B. *11 ell s, G. L. *IV~·born , S. R. FORM Vc.

Baylv G. Blenkley, K. Broom , D' A. Brown, Hbt. *Carman, P. Duffin , J. Dou ll . A. Fookes, G. Fookes, K. Fookes, V. *Ford, N. *Fletcher, l\1. *Gibson, E. K edgele:v, H. Leech, A .

McMillan , N. Noble, W. *Patter son, J. Rampton , K. Russell , S. Sutton. F .

Shnw, I. *Stewnrt, R. Tate, C. *Wnlker, A. *Wills, C.

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48 FORM YB.

*Banks, D. Y. Bates, R. W. Baunton, C. E. Bellringer, H. E. Benjamin, C. B. B10che, ,V. A. Cartwright, G. A. Oraw shaw, H. '-·J•'oote, Vv. H. Galbraith, J. *Grant, D. G. Groombridge, W. M. Hill, C. ~· Hutchinson, J . M. lns ull, H . A. Jn ck son, 0 . L. *Knuckey, D' A. W. *Lee, D. P. *Ma.hraj, B. B. ·* Mason, E . B. *l\~[ ·Callum, J. M. Morey, G. 0.

Mountjoy, Vl . J. Moverley, A. W. *O'Halloran, D. C. Shaw, C. G. *Strombom, C. H. *Suth erland, D. G. Woodhou e, G. C. *"\\Tatt., L. B. FORM YA. Avery, D. L. Burgess, C. 0. *Ohristie, L. Cattier, R. B. Crofts, C. J. Erlandson, F. H. Fookes, T . C. Geddes, J. H. *Guy, A. D. Boby, B . W. G. Hoby, R. P. Rutchen S. W. Runt, H'. D.

THE ROLL.

Kid son, A. L. Lovegrove, N. S. McLean, D. P. *Ogle, J . W. ·* Read, H . C. Robertson, R. M. Roch, N . 'l'. *Saxton, C. L. *Simcock, J. L. Smith, G. P. S. Smith, G. T. L. *'J'iplady, S. A. Thomson, H . M. FORM VIB. Be ll ringer , S. G. Blundell, F. B. ·* Brown, H.''· Loma s, G. E .

Golcling, E. I-I. Dinni ss, C. E. -l<·Moss, A. R. Moyes, A. ~·Pri d ea.ux, J. Robertson, M. J. *Rainge1_:. 0. W. 'Vebb, u. R. Wilson , D. M. FORM VIA. *Alexander, vV. E. Bree, M. D. Brokenshire, E. L. Dolby, R. M. .:·Eaves, J. E .

Evans, 0. I. Fookes, S. F. Herdman, A. L. ·><-Heycock, M. H. Julian, T. B. R. La sh, B. G. ""Lysaght, J. Lysons, M. C. *Mackay, J. D. *Mclvor, H. M. I. *Mitcalfe, H . P. Shaw, J. T. ·

*Indicat e: Boarder.

The following entered during the fir . t t erm :-'~Ander­ son, G. S . ; ':'Andrews, K.; Baker, P . S.; ':'Batger , R. J.; '~B atger, S. A.; ':'Baxt -r , R. J.; B eckb essinger , H.; ':'Beflvan , J. H. ; B ensley , F. E.; '"B etts , V . C.; Berryman , A.~·; Billing, S.; B lack , S. A. ; Bree , H. R.; Browne, R.; ':'Bmst , E. W.; Bullouk , D.; Campbell, C. G. ; Carter, W. H. ; Chivers, L. A.; Clelancl, F.; ':'Clegg, H. G.; ':'Cm·kill , C. A. ;

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Urudi;;, 1•' . L . ; ':'Da.vidson, J. W . ; Davis, F. L.; Dickie, I.; ''Dob;;ou, H. W. ; ':'Durham; J. B.; Elder , B. D.; Eusta.ce, J. U. ; ~van,; , A. K; Ewart, J. W.; Field, R. L.; Fairbrother, J. ; ':'.Fi tzgerald , N . C. ; Gamwnsway, A. ; Gemge, H. V. ; UoJding , K H . ; Uorringe, H. H. ; Gruszning, H : 1\.. . ; HatTi,; , lt . J. ; ':'Hayton, '1'. B. ; Hill, N. R. ; '"Hilliard, J. U.; Hodge , U. A . ; Holm es , J. N.; ':'Hooker, M. J.; Huin::; , 1>. L.; ':'Hollings, M. C.; H enderson, W. E.; ':'Honu.r:fielcl , E. L.; Jenkins, A . R ; Johns, H. F.; '"Jonas, B. U.; ':'John::;on, U. IV. N .; ':'Johnson, W . S. N.; Jones, W. 0.; K enny, G. A.; ':' King, A. J.; ':'Latter , H. B.; Lawrence, R U. A.· L e May A. M . · ':'Lile A B · Locke R A · ':'.lll artin, 1~; l\IIacDiannid,' G. c.'; .McCormack,' L: c:; ':'.J\1 ·Lean , B. W.; *McCallum, E. W.; McMahon, P.; ':'.\<oonan, R; Olson , H. E.; ':'O'D ea, H. J.; Parkin, D. R.; ':'Parrot , W. B.; I ankhurst , R. D.; ':'Penny, L. W . ; Pepper, ·M. D . ; P enman , vV.; P elham, H. N.; P lumtree , C. H.; Haw,.;on , '1'. \V.; Il.ogers, F. J.; Il.ogers, M. L.; *Reakes, U. C.; >:<I~ow , L. W.; S amp ~on, S. H.; Sarten, W. H.; Scott, A. W.; ':'Sheard , I. J. B . ; Smellie, H. J . ; '"Steven·on , J . F. ; Spiers , S . D.; ':'Somerville, B. E . ; teffenson, l~. ; ':'Saundcrs, G. I.; Staples, R C.; ':'Tait, C. V. W. ; '~'aylor , I':.. R. ;. 'I'homson , J . S.! Telford , F. H. J. ; ~'Tiplady , S. A . ; "·Uttmg, W. C. ; V1le, C. F.; Warner, J. E.; ':'Walker , G . N.; W est, A.; ':'Wigg, E.; ':'Windelburn , J. A .

R ; ':'W atts , L . J3. ; Wilson , E. F. M. ; Wrf1y, G . A.; *Wil,;on, L. H. ; W yntt, H. F . ':'Indicate.- B oarder. 'l'hc followin g Jdt at the end of last t erm :-Aubrey, R.; Abbott, L. H.; J3ayly , W. A.; Bay-ly , '.J.l.; Bm:rack, F.; Burll' ull , J?. ; Baddeley , J . E.; B ellringer, Il, . ; Brewster, R.; Hroclic, 1...; Hroclic , J.; B lair, J. H . ; Brindle, S.; Burton , J.; Blair , W. ; Cartm , S.; Collins, C. D.; Ca.ughley, R. H. ; Chri:tie, R ; Clnrk , H. ; Curtis J. A.· Christian A · Cook c, U. ; Dinni ·s, L. ; D are, Do~vsett, D. c'. F: ; !"oden , 'l'. ~.; Grey, I<'. V. ; Griffin A · Gowan W · Holden , H.; H air , 'l' w.; HaiTi ' 'J.;. Hammonds, Jadn;on , J. E. ; James, l~ .; J en sen , '1'. A.; Jones, T.; JilJett , D . ; Knuck ey, F. L. ; K ebb ell, G. M. ; K eith, 0. A.; l{ nny, J. H. ; L caland , S . ; Marshall , H. ; Martin , H.; l\Iauri , R. P. ; 1\:Iitchinson , V.; Mason, H. W.; Mills , C. B. ; l\Icl\llahon , J.; Morris, C. ; O' Shea , B.; Palmer, I. W . ; Pnlmer, J. Vv.; I'alm r. F. ; P nn, '1'.; Pope, P. 0.; Pease, P.; Hi ·knnl, H . W.; Robin: on , K. E. ; Revel] , J . B. ; Hich ardson , L . ; mith , E. V. ; Smith , E. G. ; Standish , M. ; Sym e, R. W . ; Steff ensen , C. L.; Sutton, A. M.; Steven-

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SHOOTING NOTES. 50 son, A.; 'l'ait , V . A. ; 'I elford, P . ; Taylor , K. R.; Thompson, J. W.; Veale, G. C. ; Waugh, A. Le F .; Wi1son, A.; Wilson, E. Left during last term.-Smit h, S. E.; Clifford , G . ; I<'raser, J.; Mc:Dougall , D.; Sinclair, R. H. Left during present term.-B rokenshire, E. L.; Guild , J. M . ; Smith, N.

SHOOTIN G NOTES. (H. P. Mitcalfe and W. E . Alexander.) 'l'h e vast ·hanges made in the condit ions for the Imperial Challenge Shield Competition h ave n ecessitated an early . tart with the shooting this term . Under the altered uondition the average score of the unit is judged by the avcrag or obtain ed by ach individual member of the unit. 'l"hi · m an.· that , to obtain a good average, every boy in tb s hooJ must fir e in the ompetition. Although this makes it mor difficult for a larg school like ours, we hop e, und -r the abl sup ervision of Mr . Bertra.nd, to r eta.in t h e h igh positions held by our t eari1.s of previou · years .

In ord r that ach boy may have the required amount of pra tice, it has been n ecessary for us to purchase thr ee IW\Y rifles and to ' xtencl tb range a C'On:iderablc distance so that six boy.· arc now u.bl to shoot at t h e sam e time. We have also prepared another rano·e which we . ba.ll use later forth final coac·hing of tb mo·r advanced t ea ms.

'The r esu lt s of th Imp rial Challenge Shield of last year have com e to hand and it e;an be . ecn that the School teams have again obtain cl high po ·itions.

'I'he l\Ia ·Diarmid Belt was fir ed for during the thira term at 1 '"a H cwa. Thi. match ·onsisted of ten rounds at :2UO yru:d.- and ten round: clelib rate at 500 yards on the fir,;t day, to b r ep -a t ed on the second day, making two practi,;e: of t n round · at ach rang . Slings and apertur e sights are a llow -cl , but as these wer e not available the com pet itor,; shot w ithout them. The best scor e were:200yd· 500yd ·. 200yds. 500yds .

'IotaL Nam. (40 (40) (40) (40) (160) Guy . .. .. . 25 35 26 31 117 Palmer .. . 20 33 28 35 116 P enn .... .. 20 34 26 32 112 Jackson 25 34 19 34 111 Mason . .. 23 29 27 32 111 Al@xander 21 36 25 30 111

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NOTES. 51 At the condusion of th e long-range shooting it was de ·ided to provide a comp etition for the markers in appre·iation of the assistance they had rendered. Five rounds d ' lib erat w ·' re fir ed at he three range ·, 200, 300 and 500 yards. The best s ·ores were :-

Nam e .

200yds.

Aubrey 1b Fletch er , 1t.

12 Ritter ··· ··· ···· ····· 13 Stewart .... .. ..... . 13

300yd:.

10 10 14 8

500yds.

12 15 9 12

'l'otal.

38 37 36 33

Somu boy~:. wer e unfortunate and were unable to r egister a hit at any range . 'l'h c lono-nmgc ·hooting in the third t erm of last year und 'r t he e±Ticient :upervi: ion of Mr . Marks.

Owing to the proverbial in ·lcm cncy of our weather and the near upproac:h of the exa minations , the tca·m which was to have fir ed in the Devcni,;h ~hi cld Competition s was unable to attain the r equired effi cien cy, and did not compete for the ,;hield .

Iu ~,; onnc ·tion ,,·ith this the K elly Cup , which was t o be ,,·on b;y th · high c~t s ·or in this mat ·h, wa · :fired for on the Hewn Hcwa nmo · aud l'c,; ult d in a tic between T. L. Penn and \V. H. l\Iason. 'l'hc match consisted of fiv e d eliberate slwtti at 500 ;prds, t h s >concl five shots rapid at 300 yards, and thu third fiv e : ltO.t s at a silhouette figur e a.t 200 yards. 'l'he ,;cores were:11·a~

500yds.

Name.

(20) Mason .. ........ .. 10 Penn ············ ·· 14 Ohristic, H .

6 Jack:ou ······· ····· 15 Robin ·on 11 Guy ............ . .... . 11 Ri ·kard . . .. . . . . . . . .

7

300yds.

(20) 14 13 16 13 13 12 4

200yds.

(15) 15 12 15 6 9 3 12

Total.

(55) 39 39 37 34 33 26 23

In both the .· nior and junior competitions for the Lady Ooclley up th . tandard of shooting did not compare favomably with the r sults of the previous year , which was due no doubt to lack of pra tice. 'l'he competition consist s of fiv e

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SHOOTIN G N01' ES.

rouud::; delib um Le, fiv e round :m ap at the target, five round::; ::;nap ut the figure, and t en rounds rapid, ma.k ing a possible total of 115. 'Jhe best ,scores were:H . W . Rickard ............ .. ... .

H W. Mason ... . ... . ......... .

R H. Christie .. ... ... ........ . .

(115)

83 82 80

The Junior Cup, which is usually fir ed with .22 rifles ,

11·ns this year c·omp et ed for with .30o rifles and conseque ntly

the scores ar e not so good.

'l""he best scores were:-

W. :Foote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

D. O'Hallor an . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . . .

W. Hitter . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . ..

80

79 78

'l'hc r csnl t;:; of th e team w hi eh cam p et ed for the Weekly l'rcs:-; Shi eld \\" er e \ cry . ati sfaC't ory .

The t eam obtained third place for th e D ominion and second place for the North I ~; land " ·ith a n average seore of 65.9 out of a possible of 68.

The follo"·ing letter of congratu lation was received fron1.

Lieut .-Colon el Il.. l\1. Ffennell in connection with the Imperi al Chnlleu gc f::lhi cld Competit ions :- " I write to congratul ate yom Sc·hool and ;yo ur Cadet s m ost h eartily _on the excel1 ent r esults obta ined by th m thi. year in the Imperial Challenge Shield Comp etitions . The qu ality of their shooting, as in past years . is nlm ost b eyond praise . I have not fa il ed to noti rc' t h nt in the ;:;onior c·ompetit ion they have \\' 0 11 fifth , ninth. tenth , eleven th , ancl t hirty-firs t priz es, a.nd in th e junior c·omp etiti on thirteent h and twentieth prizes. 'l'h total aver nge of 93 point · per boy out of a possible of 100 i ~; quite extraordi nary Rnd unequall ed , as shown on the final page of th e r eport , \\·h er e det ail ed sc·or es are given of the units throughout th e E mpire th at h ave most distingui sh ed t h em selves . I am surr . h mYcver , a. nn old fri end I may b e all owed to point out th e on o comp ar atively weak spot , which is th at onl;y 29 per C'rn t . of t h e t otal stren gth of your Cadets \l·a ~ firing . I h opr th at in th e n ear futur e n o unit in any p art of the Empire will h ave a ch an ce of winning the challen ge t rophy of t h e Governor- Gen eral unJ ess it enters prac ticall y the full lOO p er c nt. of its stren gth. You will , I am sur r, agree "~Yith m e t h at efforts should b e turn ed in the r1irrction of trainin g all anc1 of not training only some . In this way tb e higb er't effi cien cy will b e achieved. I am looking forward to the r eturn of 100 p er cent. from you for n ext year . ''

SJW ON D E LE Y E N , 19:22-23 .

H. F lete l1e r , H. Mc:Ne ill , C. Str ombo m, U. G r;1 11 t .

H. Bu ick. D. M c:Lea n, S . F oo kes (cnpt 1i11 ), C. E . D in11i ss, A. 路r ett_Y. Ab se nt : H. Bn tgcr. H. Catti e r .

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The foll owing letter of congratulation was received from hi::; Excelleney the Governor-General:-" 'I'h e ch allenge trophy in ·onnec:tion with the Imp erial Challenge Shield Competition:; whi ·hI have obtained from England, h as now arrived h er and is being forwarded to you by the D efence Department, the i'i mv. rlymout h H igh Sch ool Cadets being awarded the trophy for th e first year of competit ion, 1921.

I send my h em·tie ·t ·ong1·atulations to th e New Plymouth High Sch ool Cadet s for t h eir fine p erformance, which I b elieve they h ave beaten this year, and I h ope they have put up n score \Thich will tal;:e a lot of beating, in order that the ·wh ole standard of Cadets' rifl e ,s hooting inN ew Zealand may be raised . I know tha.t this High Sch ool has a gr eat r eputntion for rifle shooting and long ma.y it continue. "

ESSAY

COMPETITION.

In a letter to the h eadmaster of t h e School , Mr . T. C. List writes as follows : -" For some time past, as you know, T have been d esirous of en couraging your boys to take a keen er intere ·t in the history of their own country, and particularly of Taranaki, so rich iu events of importanc e and intere::;t. To this end I would like to present to yo u a couple of prizes, a fir st and a .·ceond, for the boys who show n ext year th best kno-;rJedgc of :New Zealand history, with spe(· ial relation to Taranab, the adjudication Lo be made by the masters , \vith or without consultation with myself , as you desire, and the es.·ays to be published in the 'News .· If ther e is any other way in which I ·an h elp in the boys pay ing gr eater attention to this important subj ect suggesting itself to yo u , kindly advise m e and I will be pleased to consider it. " W e \I' ish to express our sincere thank;,; to Mr. Li .. t for hi s kindly offer and trust that the uompetition will m eet 1,·ith t h e enthusias tic.: r ec-eption it deser ves .

CONCERT NOTES. (A. Kid·son .)

As vivid m emories of the n ew boys' con cert still exist it wi ll b e suffi cient to remark t h at this year's p erformance \Ya s as usu al a howlin g su ce. s .

It must not be thought, h owever, that the value of this function li es solely in providin g m erriment , for it is from suc·h performances that n ew singers are drawn .

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CONCERT NOTES.

'l'he p ersonnel of the Orchestra h as under aone a 0o-r eat <.; hange, for of <.;Oun;e each year take:; its toH f~om thc old pla yer :; and brings fr e~:; h one:; to st ep into their places . 'J'he present m ember:; ar e a,; £ollow:; :-Conductor G . Lomas · piano, D. Guy; :first :fiddles, A. Brodie, H. M~Neill , i::l. Cot~ t~cr , A . Movcrley and. Rogers; flutes, J. Lysaght a,nd T. l•ookcs; pw<.;olo, D. 0 Hallorun ; ::;e<.;ond fiddle·, V . l <'ooke,; , 1\.. Uroom bri_dgc, Bell and ~od gc; v iola:;, Strange i. and D. Hobert son; cello; i::ltronge 11 . ; drums, H. J etfries; cornets H : Dobson and A. Kidson. Such a large number gives pro: rn1se of good r esults . If t his institution and the rest of tb e Conc·crt Club 1\·ork together with their customary enthusiasm , much may be clone to wile away the lona winter niaht;:; rmcl make school life brighter. "' "' Saturday , April 28, sav1· the Assembly H all tilled with a n expect ant crowd . 'l'hat the n umb er of parents and friends of the S hool ,,·as the largest that evm attended our con certs ~p ah well for th e popularity and m erit of the pcl'forman c~:; . lh c foll 01nn g progr amm e \\·as render ed :-Sel ction , Orc·hcstra , ·'The Original :Fox-trot "; son g, Alexander , "Drak e's Drum "; recitation, Davies, Kipling's " If " ; selection , Orch estra , " Sweet Jasmin "; pianoforte duet , by Mr . Dobson and Ciuy; song , Davies , "I've got a Possie"; sona and c·h orus, Alexa?-dcr , "Pi~ pip ! Toot toot 1 Goocl-bye-e I" ; ~iolin solo, by Cott1er; selectwn , Orchestra , "'Waltz D anseuse''; song , An~l,erson; "Let the Re:t of t h e World Go By'·; qnartette, V\Ton t you bnng ba k th ose happy clays~"; son a, Da_vies, " If 7o~ 're going back to Dixi " ; p ianoforte solo, b':y Ramger ; vwlm duet, by Brodic an cl Mer eill ; selection Orch estra , "Colonel Bogey"; ch orus , "Ching Ch ona" · othe;. choruses by "Th e Bhoys "; ;;rational An them . M~st'of tlw items \Vcre well r eceived and dul y enc·ored , while the audien ce seemed especially pleased with a new singer, Andcrson .

As P yton h ad a bad cold on the n ight of the con cert h e was un able to sing . Not the least -ntertainina feature of the pro~ramme was the pantomime "·eclding, V:hich was st aged clm:mg one of the _c~m·u ses.. 'l'he bride carried a bouquet 1\'h iCh looked . usp1C10usly hke a abbage, while it is even rumoured that the ribb on which bound it had seen service a.· n la b. clust er.

MUSIC JOTI'INGS. It is_pl easi~g to note that inter est in music is b ecoming more umversal_ m the ~ch_ool. At one _time the ma·s tery of the latest r_agtlm e or ?om1 so~a was regarded as the very ronsurnmatwn of mus!Cal effim n cy . Now, however , more thoug~t a?d ·s tudy are given to p a sin g examin ation!' anq rntenn g mto t h e r ealms of cl assic compositions ,

OLD BOYS ' ASSOCIATION.

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ln the music exams . h eld in December last the followino pupil:; of Mr. D obson were among the ~:;ucccssf ul candidates~ 'i'.G.L. (junior practical ), J. Sutton (honours), Somerville (hon o ur ~;), W:rborn (honours), B uch anan (honours), Buicl' (honours) . W ells (pass), Fookes (pass) .

OLD

BOYS' ASSOCIATION.

J'residcnt : Austin B ewley . \'ic- e-Pres idents: C. H. W ynyarcl and H. R. Billing.

Treasurer: H. W. Kirkby .

Committee : R. H . George, A . M. MacDiarmid, E. D . Colson, E. 1<'. Fookes, R. A . Blundell , A. J. Papps , R. J. Brokenshir e. ' · Joint Secretaries : J. Brac:ken \Vilson and P. F. AtkinRon.

Editor Old Bo\·~:; · Column: Brack en Wilson , Box 169, N ew P lymouth."

The matter of compiling these notes is a difficult one ancl the \\' ork of the Editor would be considerably less if Old B oys wou ld fon1·ard any notes of inter est to Old B oys.

An C'ffort is a hYays made to make t h ese notes interesting, but it i,; impos: ible to keep in touch with all Old Boys, and consequent ly th er e are a lot of Old Boys who move about the c·ountry and their addresses not b eing communicat ed to the Association they ar e, as far as t h e Association is concerned , lo.-t sight of. Jt is desired that this ·should not happ en and "·here· Old Boys ar moving it would be a great h elp to the !'ecrctaries if they would for ward their n ew addr ess . It is hop ed dnring thi. · year to h old r eunions of Old Boy. in Auckland and W ellington, and possibly Dunedin , and if th i.- is clon e it i;:; hop ed that all Ol cl Boys wh o can will be present at the functions.

Will m emb ers plea:e note that the address of the Rclitor is now P.O. Box 169, New Plymouth.

'J'h e Old Boys' Ball will thi s year b e h eld in the first week of July and the committee are open to r eceive any suggestions for the running of the ball . . · There are a large numb er of Old Boys who left at the encl of last year who have not yet pa.i d their subscription to th e Association . Th e subscription i-s 5s and should b e for . 'lnlrded to the Secr etari es, Box 169, New Plymouth,

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

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OLD

BOYS'

NOTES.

57

Arthur B etts i · farming at Okaiawa. H e supplies us yith the foll owing uotes :- 'l'he following Old Boys are fa nning at Okaiawa: Andrew H astie, Aubrey t:lteven son, Cla ude M.cKay, Sefton H erb ert, Ron . W ells, J. Riddle, and t he 8n011'Cl on brothers. li.. Christie is in Gr eaves ' chemist shop. H. Glarke is on th »hlff of the Manaia School.

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'1\xl l •'od 8u , la~;t }8ar '~;; h ead boy, i~; attending lectures in Jaw at \'ic:toria GoJJ egc aud is in the offwe of Mr. A. Dunn , solic:itor.

M ich ael O'Ca llaghau i:; farm ing iu the Bay of 1-'lent:y dif;trict.

As usual Old Boys acquit eel t hemselves well in the i--loVL'm b r examinations, and a list of the successful Old Boys appears in another portion of this issue .

J. McMahon was relieving on t h e staff of the School th is yea.r .

Len. Abbott i~; on the staff of Ma.c.ky, Logan and Caldwell in town.

Clive Veale is working in t h e office of t h e Union S. S. Company.

Franl' J ames is on t h e staff of L. A. Nolan and Co. Other Old Boys in th e same otli ce are Fare] Sole, J. Eva, nnd Phil. Atkinson. · J. \V. Palm er , wb o leJ'u School at the end of last t erm, is now attending HmYkcsbury Agric'ultural College, Richmond , Sydn ey .

Coiin Mills and lVIayo Kobbell arc in th e main offi ce of ~e,Yton Ring, Ltd ., in town . )) Pop<', who left at the end of la ·t year, and J. \rVool(lridgo are in t h e wareh on e office of the sam e firm.

We r c('cntly r eceived a letter from D enis B ell , who is fanning near Hamilton. He 1' port.· seeing ·'Sugar " Cand:y in Hamilton on occasions .

Uorclon Beck (1911) i:; in the District Engineer 's Offic of t h e Hail way Department at \Nanganui.

J. W. T·h omp tion is farming wit h his father on Frnscr Hoad at Hawer a.

the

W hnve recently heard from Rob Hair , who is farming at 'Iaoroa, n ear Ta.ih ape .

Necl Smith , who left at th e end of last term, is teaching on the staff of the Central Infant School in town. Cliffo rd Hnwk s and Dougl as Jill ett ar e on th e teaching staff at W0 tEnd , and'.[' Jensen i · t aching at Warea..

Eclgar Coleman is now att ending the rr•raining College at A.uckland,

L ionel 0 'Halloran, "·ho is with J ackson , R ussel , Ostler and 'I onks, .'Olicitor», oE Auclrland, was in New Plymouth on h oliday,. Ja,.t month. He supplies us with the fo llowing notes of Old Boys in Auckl and :-"Bill " H arrison; B ort Boon and Edgar Coleman are attending the AuckJund T\:aining Co11egc and taking lectures at the University for their degre s . Ch arli ~ob l e has completed his B.A . degr ee and is at pre» nt teaching at Grey Lynn and taking lectures fm: his l\ll.A . Eric Whit e is in Miln e and Choyce's, and attending accountancy lectures at the 'Varsity. ·' Bill " Silson is work in O' fo r Hob -rtson Bros . Jack Clemow i · still >~·ith Nich olf;on and Gribbin , soli citors, and su cceeded iu aainina a sec·tion for his cl gr e last year. Hon . Sinclair is ~·ith I.feyburn , JVIcArthur and Boye. , tiOlicitor_ , and last yeaJ: pa ss . cl in four subj ects for his degree. H o. 1s p_laJ:mg foo~­ ball for 'Varsity senior» this year. Noel Atrey ~ " m Arcl:tb<.d d Clarke and Co .'s and plays fnr College R tfle:;.

BtU ~ oal~e~; Ch arli · K obl and Lionel 0 'Halloran are in the Goll O'C , Hifles second t am tbi year . John T rry is doing \\·ell ~vith Nic:holson cllld Ur ibbin and is taking a good dea l Owcn Bayly completed his LL.l3. of th eir c-ourt \York d ··gr·cc ln»t yea r and is now taking le tL~ l' s f?r his .B. A. . H e is still ll' it h t h e Coac-hin g Co il eD' . En Chtvers 1s wtth L. n. Nathan 's and is shortly lw in g moved to F iji. Ron . Symo is now assist ant-1 dur er in clas ·ics at the University Collcae . K it h Clcmow h as c-omplet ed bis course of engin eerin~ at Cant erbury Engin ori ng College and h as lat ely been " ·;rking up at Kct\l·a Kawa. D ave Penman is with J. J. Craig, Ltd. K ev . O 'H alloran , ucce ~led in obtaining ~n ­ other s 'c tion for h is B .A. degree and ts at pr sent teachmg at B roaclwood, in the Hoh:ianga district. Harold Grayling is on t h e Auc:klnnd staff of th e Bank of New Zealand. Jim Beve l! is also in the B:mk of cw Z ala.ncl.

H enry R ickarcl \\Titcs to sa h e is working in the Lands :1ncl S u.r vey D epartment, \rVellington.

H e t ravell ed with the W ellington seniors to Christchur h at E ast er and played \Ving-three-quarter for that t eam.

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OLO BOYS' NOTES.

W e have r ec.;cntly r eceived a lett er from J ack 13rod1e who i:; attending lecture:; at the Canterbury Colleae .

H~ and Eric Smart h ave been selected to go with the New ZeaJuncl Uni versity teqm to Australia this year. CongratulaLwn s to them both! Jack supplies the followina notes of O!U Boy.· in Uhristchuruh :- D. G . D. 1\!Iackie ~nd K eith Ulemow uo mpleted their final exam·. in electrical and civil cn~inecr_in g . r espectively last year . Harry Lucena is fiu1,.·d:mg h1:; ~1v1l ~ssoc t ate cxamr:; . this year. Eric Smart obt..:w c.d engmeen?g cntran ·e last year, and thi.· year take:; h t:; fir:;t profo:;. ·wnal. Monty Barak obtained a section in ]JU_rc m atl:emat~c:;, ph;ysics and ch emistry last year , and t hu; year ts takm g t h e advanced subj ects . "Mick" Hu ahson obtai ned a seution of hi. degree last year. Alex. Brodie is t aking leutures for his B.A. and B.Sc . degr ees .

V•.,T o have r 'C ntl;y r eueivecl a letter from 'l'ecl :Fodeu 11·ho is. 11·ith Mr. A._ Dunn, solicitor, W ellington, supplyi~g u :; 1nth the fo llowmg notes of Old Boys in the windy city:.. B ull:y ·' Dinni::;s is in t h e P ublic 'l"rust an d is attendiu " ~cc:ture~ ~t 'Varsit~"· Arch. _Griffin ir:; also at '\ arsity and i~ ~n t he \ ar.- ~t;y tlmds . Colm Smart is playing half for the V ur:;1ty r:;emon; a nd Maluolm Sutherland is their full-back.

1\cn. Robins011, who left last year (after nine years at S ·hool) is junior in the Commercial Bank of Australia .

Orange 'iiVaterson is .-till in the office of the Gear Meat Co. -~ rthm Chr isti is doing . w -11 at footba ll and plays fivoctghth for th e Hutt scmor". 'l'ed is playing for the Old Boys Club.

Tod Pope 11·as in town recently on holidays .

He sat for hir:; final law exarn . in 1\lfaroh and now has r e ·oiYod 11·ord that he 1ms sue ·essfu l in pa. sing in all subj ects.

Eric Cole, 11·ho is with Mr. W. Strange, chemist, in _Hawera, supplie · ~1s :1·ith th e following notes of Old Boys m H awera and eh ·trlCt :-Don. Jury is worl<ina with his fath er in town. Maurie;e Osborne, who h as b~en in the lol'al branch of th e Bank of New South Wales, h as 110w been moved to Dannevirke .

Frank Grant is in the National Bank and plays . en ior football this year. R. 1'ait is in the :Fanners' Co -op . Trevor H asell is in the Bank of Australasia. B.. Austin is in the Bank of New South WRles.

We h :we r er nt ly reroived n note from Howurd Richmond , " ·h o is n solic-itor in Au cklnnd . He states thut b e \Yill always be glad to m eet Old Boys in Au ldand , and su~gests th at a m eetin g of Old Boys sh ould be h eld there 1Th e1.1 the Sch ool team plays Grammar thi. year.

H is pres1dent of the Auckland Law So i ety and captain of th e Au ckland Golf Club.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

59 P hil. Grey, who h as been 'pract~sing as a solicitor in Auekland, is now in paJ:tnership with his father in New P lymouth. H e was runner-up in t h e 'l'aranaki golf ch am.p ionship h eld at Ne"' Plymouth at Ea ·t er time .

W . Aldi , who is attending lectures at Victoria College, s upplier:; us with further news of Old Boys in Wellington:J aek Henderson (head boy 1921) is keeping t en ns at 'V ar:;ity , in the arts c.;ourse , and plays footba.U for the 'l"raining 0ollog' ·oniors. G. Smith and J . Burton are attending 'l're~ining College and 'Varsity. 1'he following arc k eeping terms in law subj ects at the 0ollege : C. Winfield , Dan. Hawson , H. Houeyfield, lVI. . Sutherland, L.Dinniss, and A. H . Christie . L. H. R icharclson h as succeeded in taking hir:; B.Sc . degree and is at present working on his thesis for his lVI.Se;.

Seymour Clifford and Owen J ohns ar e in the East rn Exten.-ion Cable Company .

W e hav reuently hoard from B ill Noake., who is in t he National Insurance Company in Auckland .

He is playing for the Coll ege Hifle · second fifteen. H e supplies u:; with the fo llowing additiona.l notes of Auckland Old Boys :-Bob Bothamloy, who has been in the local office of H enry Berry and Co ., ha.- been transferred to W ellington . 'l'w ·s Forb e is at present assistant-treasurer to one of J. Williamson 's plays and was r ecently in Auckalnd .

Jim Hin e, wh o attenclecl lectures at Canterbury College_for the _past t11·o year s, .-ucceeded in passing anothor s •ctton for lur:; clogroo last year and is now in the firm of Hint.!, \ TOl'l1011 ancl HOI.varth, solicitors, Te Kuit i.

Ho wa:; in town for Easter and seem s to like 1~e Kuiti.

H erb rt J'v lartin , who left at the end of last year, is in Duff, Wynyarcl and Mac1d oy's, public a countants, in towu E. Bri n is in the wareh ouse oflice of Newton King, Ltd. Chal'lo. Uollin s 1s m the o±Jie;e of Mr. L . M. Moss, :;olicitor.

Hon. Grein er , who completed his LL.B. degr ee last year , i:; now in Croker and lVIcCormi ·k 's office, in town.

K n. 'l'a.-lor is in the Ban], of ~ ew Zealand. Other Old in t h e same bank n1·e R.on. B hmclell , Dick Doil e, T. L. Kin g nncl Sa m. Corkill . .

Tom C01·ki ll is in ch arge of the insurance department m B nrg ss, Frascr and Co., and at the Easter shootina m eet ing at Rowa I cwa he u cceeded in winnin 5a the cham~ pion.-hip belt.

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E ric: Colson , "·ho has been in the Ne,, - P lym.outh branc:h of the Uniou Ban k for the pa~:;t six c:eutly been tran sfer red to Te Ara or ,;even y ears , h as reroa , in the Ha.wke' s Bay di~tric:t, "·he re h e occ;u p ies th e po.·i tion of ac;co unta nt-t ell er . tiurr ey All ema n, who is in the miu gs, arc:h itec: t, Aucklan d , was offic e of Mr. J . 8. Cum hi s first prof essi onal exam ination succ essf ul in com plet ing in six subjec-ts u1 the Nov emb er exam arch itect ure, pass ing in s. ~o rm a n B ellri nger , ,,-ho is no\\· a qua lifie d acco unta nt, has l'Ommen cecl prac tice as a pub l ic acco lmta nt and aud itor in ~e"· P lym outh .

J. H. Con nctt , wh o has been ·hai rma n of the Tara nak i Uou nty Cou nc:il for som e y ears , was thi s y ear agai n r eclertccl chai rm an .

Yau gha n Kirk by, who h as been farm ing at P ung areh u , i~ at pres ent in tow n .

D. n. D. l\la ckie, who has been atte ndin g Can terb ury Eng inee rin g Coll eg la. t year , succ eed ed in passing h i .. fina l exa min at ion for th e degr ee of Bac h elor of Eng ineering .

D. P . Evn ns , who for som year s has been h eadm aster of. t he \V est End l:'ch ool , h as be en npp oint ed h cnd mas ter of th e entr al School.

Cfordon B eck , \Yho is in th Raih 1·ay Dis trict Eng inee r's Ofii. c·e at Wa.n gnn ui , has r ec eive d advi ce that h e pass ed in tiec: t ions A and B of the exam inat ion of th e Inst itut ion of CiYi l Enginee r: , Eng land .

Hem~- Calcler, wh o h as been fi lling a vaca ncy of t h e i::lch ool staff , ~~· as su cc-es sful in com p letin g his B.A . deg ree at the Nov emb er exam s.

At t h r life-. nv in g c;om pet ition <tt ~gamotu in Feb runr ;y two t eam for t h e Tab or Shield h eld s from the Old Boy s Life sav ing Clnb wer e enter cl and w er e sue- e:sf ul in gain ing first and scl' ond p lac es .

The team s wer e as follo·w s :-B . t ea m (firs t place) : Edgar Cole man Boo n , Ian Rcn a ucl , H . Ma ·aul , Sam . C01·kill , Ron . ey , I . cn. Abb ott, Leu .

Frc thcy . A team (s c:oucl pla.c ;e): Hon . Mo niso n , Dav c Syl< ,; , Cha rlie Collins , lteg. How ell , A. B lenn crha sset t. I. l\Ic:H ardy ancl V-l . Bro wn.

Brn ckcn vVilson, wh o for t h e on th e staf f of Duf f nncl W yn yardpast fonr y ears has been , C\1. P lym out h , has rece ntly obta publi c acco unta nts , in mnin of'fi e of N e\l·to n Kin g, Ltd ined a posi tion in the . H e \\·as sue ccss ful at the ~ov e mb er exam . in eom plct ing his acco unta ncy exam inati ons .

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THR l rNYE ILING OF THE. MEMOHTAL GA'l'ES. F ebrna ry 20, 1923.

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1. Palm er , (japtain of the First Eleven last year , is in the Borough Engineer 's office in town . ing outside of Hami lton.

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vV . Mackay is farm-

Alan Matthews is traveller for a. firm in the vVaikato district and ha.· hi. headquarters at Pukekohe .

B. Hughes is farming at Oma.ta.

Jack Willis , who was su ·cessful in completing his degree last year, is in th e offi ce of G . Grey, solicitor.

Loftu::; Hussell, who is in the Eastern Extension Cable Company, i::; now situated at Banjoewangi , Java.. In a l ett er ret: eived r ecently he giv :,; a very interesting description of the country and people.

Dick vVilson , who has a farm in the Masterton district, wm; in· to"·n r ecently.

Gerald vVeb::;ter, who is working in the Awakino district , "·as in town lately.

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l::ltanley Grayling, who is in the office of W eston and Billing, wa s .-uccessful at the March examinations in completing his law professional examina.t ions .

Mauric Cach maillo i · attending lectures at the Dun·din '\' arsity this yea.r.

W. Cra\Y::;haw i · on the lo al staff of the Bank of New l::louth Wales .

W . Guild is in the National Bank in town.

L. B . Inch , who wa.- ::;uc ·e::;sful in passing a section o·f hi;; law profe::;.-ional exam. in November , is now attending lectures at Victoria College and has a po::;ition in a solicitor's office in W ellington. :Frank K elly, lately on the staff of the Taranaki H erald, i:; at present visiting England and the Continent . H e wa::; for ::;ome months on th e staff of the Manitoba Free Press in vVinnip eg, and afterwards went to England, where h e \\'as on the Rtaff of the \iV olverhampton Express and Star.

H e recently ;;pent two m· three weeks in Germany and France, and in hi.- r ecent letters h e states t hat h e will be r eturning in September. V.,Tc >;b all look fon1·ard to having an artidc for Th e Tanmakian from him.

0. 1- \Tell , form erly on th local staff of the Union Bank and for s veral y ars in a simil ar position in Te Araroa (Ea::;t Cape) , ha;; been transferred to W ellington.

His place ha s been taken by anoth er Old Boy, Eric Colson.

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EXAMINATION RESOL TS.

UNVEiLING OF MEMORIAL GATES.

For B.A . and LL.B. E nglish . -Ow en Bayly (Auckland) , W . C. Aldis (Wellington). .For B.A. and B.Sc. Applied Maths . -K. O'Hallora.n (Auddancl ), A. H. Ryd er (Auckland). .For LL.B. Philosophy.-L. U . O'Halloran (Auddand).

'J'he m emo-rial arch ancl tablet;,; wh ich have been erected at the cntran t:e to th e New P lymouth Boys ' :ijigh School by Old Boys in memory of those of their old School comrades 11 ho fell in the Great \Var wer e unveiled by his Excellency t lw Govuroor-Ucncral on March 21, 1923. 'l''he weath er wa;,; beautifully fme aud t h ere was a large and representative A att ondaLH.:c , the cur cmony being a most irnpres ·ive one. platform h ad becu or ec.:ted a longside the arch , and accompanying hi: Exdleut:y wor e his Worship the Mayor (Mr. 1<'.

K Wilson), Chaplain-Colonel Evan;,;, Mr. L. C. Sladden (representing the High Schools Board of Governors), Mr . A .

Hewlcy (president of the Old Boys ' Association ), Mr. W. H. Moycs (principal of t h e School), and Captain Curtis (private secretary to his Excellency). Sea.t ing accommodat ion wn: provided immediately in front of the memorial for rdatives of t he m en who;,;e memory was b eing h on oured, a.nd the ret uru ed :oldiers on parade :;,tood alongside the platform.

Pupil;,; of the boys ' and girl;,;' .schools wer e present.

l <'o r B .A. and n.~ c . E conomics.-Owen Bayly (Auckhu~d ), J. W. J dlett (~ uw Plymo uth ), D. W. Saxtou (Dunudm) . l<'or .B .A. and B.oc. L atin.-W . C. Aldis (Wellington) . . l <'i r:-;t l>rofc:-;s ional Exam ination in Architecture, in six sub]ucts.~~- t:L Alleman (Au~kl and), Accountancy; L. W. Lovull , l<;t:o nomJ(·s, Book-k eepmg I.; J . B. Wilson Riahb "' ' and Duties .

LL.H. Degrc'e and Law Profo ·sional.-L. B . Inch Uoutracb, Property l. , Uriminal Law and Torts· Harold W . E.trkby , Ur im inaJ Lm1· and 'l"orts; F. S . Grayli~g, Contracts , l)rop ert,y 11. , 'l 'orts and h·ocedur e; C. \Vhite, 'l'orts and Proc edure; '1'. :F. Mcnon, Evidence Criminal Law and 'l'orts; J. D. W illi.·, l)roporty II. , Evid~nce, Criminal Law Hnd l'ro('cdw·c; 'vV. C. lka, Criminal Law .

For l\lcdi(' ine, Denti. ·try and Agriculture (Intermediat"' J ~xa nl.{;-J.~ . ":-T· B. Gritlith.- (Duncdin), Inorganic Ch em~st r.) : . J . <r. J< oulty, Bwlogy aud Inorganic Ch emistry; J. 1~. ;.i t c h o ~ so n. Bwlog,y and Or9an ic Ch emistry; D. W. ~ u Lto n (UantL'r bury), I ntcrnwclwtc Rxnm . for Bach elor of · Agn (' u] tur v. l'h~·s i n:. lL\. , B.fk. , rass Ciracle .-A. R. H;yder ( Au(' ld nml). 1\ f. Barrrk (Cnnt rhlll'. -), K C. Smart (Canter b lll',Y) .

. Inorg~n i (' Ch cm i.-tr;r for Engineering Entran ce Exami~ ~,<~b i OJJ.--;1> .c. Smart (Cant: rbury), Medical Interm ediate ; L. W. (riifl'iths (Otago), Bwlogy, Physics, Organi<.: ChelllJ:-;tr.)' ; \. . A. Ruse (Otago) , Organic Chemistry.

D 'L~ta l Jntrrm E)diate.-L. M. Cachemaille, Phy;,;i(js ln orgamc· _Chrmtstry; _1'. (J. Fouby , Physics; J. H. Nichol~ :-;on, l?hys1c·s. Tn orgn n1 c· Chemi stry. . Unfor tunnt:J ~, t h e rc~ nl ts of t h e Novemb er Law exami1~8ti ~n;:; n~. 'iVclhng_ton nnd Aur!d :md h11ve b een mislaid , but t,h ~ foll mqng obtmn ccl pn sscs m vnrious subjects :-C \V Wmfic lcl . 1\f. t-lnthe~·l fl:lcl. L . O'Hal loran , j_ D . Cl c~11 my. ' 011 L'll B11yly , \. . Chnstte, ancl A. B . Wilson .

'l'hc Sc·hool has a r ecord in the war of which it may j u;,;tl;y feel proud. A total of 282 old boys, including several masters , answered t h call in the Empire's hour of need, nnd they sa\Y service in mo:t theatres of the great world 's eonflict . Of these 45 paid the supreme sacrifice, and 64 were 11·ounded. T'ho mwciling ceremony took the form of a ;,;hort sl'rvicc , 11·hich was conducted by Ch aplain-Colonel Evans. · l'roceccling;,; (·otmttt.mccd with the ;,;inging of the N ationu l Anth em, led by t h e Sch ool Orchestra under the concluctor,;hip of G. Loma s .

Tlw h;pnn , "0 Uod our help in ages pa ·t," was then •mug and Chaplain-Colonel Evan;,; read the lesson , which was taken rrom the ·w isdom o[ Solomon, third chapter.

M r. A. Bcwley, president of the Old Boys ' Association, explained t he purpose. of the gath ering , :aying that the m em orial had been erected by the association in memory of those whose nam es <1ppcarccl on the tablet. -old boys and m mnlwrs of t il e stnff of the ::-lch oo l \l·h o nnswered the call of cl nty \l·h cn Englnnd nn d t b Empire were phmged in thr greatest m:n· th e 'IYorlcl bad eve1· seen . :M any h ad returned Rrtfelv ::mcl unharmed , some woulcl bear the wounds thev recei.ved unti l the day oE th eir death ; others had remained hind, and many little white (·l'osses unclor other skies marked

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UNVE I LiNG Oi<'

MEMOt<tAL GATES.

t h e p l ace~ 11·her r th ey fell . It wa · in honour of these last t hat they had m et together on th iR occasion. To the present generat ion no m cmori::d ,,·a:; r ea ll y n cec:;Rary t o r emind them of th e ~ e b oy ~ ,,·ho ''ould n ever r eturn. 'Th eir n1emory wou ld nh1·ays r emain fr rRh with thrm , hnt in t h e inter ests of future genL'l'<ltion,.; of boys wh o \l·o nl cl pass through the f:ld10ol it ,, . et~ felt thnt som e m em or ia l sh ould be er ect ed to n~ 1nin cl tlwm of th e sne rin c· e~ made on their b eh alf . 'l'h e r c;.;u]t wa~ tlw cr rl'tion of th e nwrn orinl gatmYa;y. It was to be hoped 1t 'Xoulcl serve as a p erp tual reminder of t h e duty they 0\Yed b oth to th eir King nncl c·ountry and perhaps make them h•a cl les.· selfi sh Ji ves and sacrifi ce t h emselve. for oth er~.

Mr. ~rn· l ry eon cl nclccl by say in g the Old Boys' As>'OC tatw n felt tt h ad hnrl n gr ent h onour bestow ed upon it by tlw ac<'eptan <'e of his Exc·c ll e n <'~- of th e invitation to 1mvcil t h l' m em ori rtl.

HIS EXCELLE:\CY 'S ADDRESS. } {i,; Exedknc·. · :-;n icl h e w i ~h e cl first of all to express his gra t ifi c·ation <1 t bein g nb le to ac·c·C'pt tlw im-itation with which he ,,·as hon oured \Yhen nsked to perform th e un vei lin g cer em ony .

"I fcl' l clcC'ply, ns I nm. s1Ll'L' c'vcrybody e],.;(' does the :-< ign ifi c<1nr·t' of t hese' 11·a r mem or ial,; ;,·ith 'whic·h thi .' fa ir I lomi nion i:-< rl otted. Up nnd clo\\'11 Llw length und bre adth of t be la nd ,,.,, :-;er c'\7 L' r~· n· lwrl' mem ori a ls s uc·h ns th at ~~· hi C' h 1 am abo ut to unYt' il. Tlw;:;c m m ori nls nr e sign ;:; of :-;orro,,a nd brok Pn lwnrts, but thr~: nn' nl;:;o a :-;onre of gr eat pride to L'VC'r:v~b o cl:· m t h r D omm ton beutn ;:;e of wh nt th0y r epre"'' nt. ~o nwm onn ls to m~- m incl nrr of gr entrr impor tan et· th a n t h ose nttn<'h r rl to ~l,,,. Zrnlnncl sC'h ools . b0cau se of a ll plac·es m fl c · o un tr~- t h r r c ~s none " ·h er e the spir it of loyalty nncl self-~at·nfi ee <'nn be better impl anted in the minds of h~tur 0 gc·nNnt 1011~ th an in th e atmo,phc•r e of th e .-ch ool , and of nil lll C'lll Or wls ut sc:hools I c·<111 think of non e mor e fittiw0 r than th e Olll' I h ave t h e h onour to unvei l h erP.

"B oys perh aps cl ~ not t hink VC'l'.)' n1.uC'h about the p as t or th e f11ture, hut \Yl1il c th ey mRy n ot he n'l·m·c of 11·h nt ifi formin ,g t h r i.r c·h nr nrtcr tl1e:' nr e insensibly nffcetecl by the n tmosph ~r c m IYlm·h t h ey h ve, n.ncl T do n ot t hink the boys of th e P' esP nt ot· futm·C' generatwn fi of N w T'lv mouth can p n"". clnil y t hrough this m c'rn orial an·h v.-ithout b einO' insen:-;Lbl aff edc'd by wh at it r epr esent. , by the spirit ; hich

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ha:; given birth to t his m emori al. A .-choollivcs on its history a nd i ::; tradition:; . It is the trudition::; of' a ::;chool which go ::;o Ear to m ould the c:lwrade1· of tho::;c who arc in it , and nfter all that i::; ,,-ht1t a sch ool is for , to m.ould a boy ' ::; charac·tcr :-<o that h e m a;y be f-itted for his futur e life. 01: a ll the thing,; whil'l1. go to form dwr twter there i::; n on e of gr eat er importan C'e t han the :-;p irit of se lf-,.;ac rifi t.:e, ;md ,,·hat do s t hi ,.; m em orial r epresent but the ,.;pirit of :-;elf-sacr ifi ce of t hosC' ga ll ant fell ows who at the ca ll of duty w er e r eady to give up everything for their C'Ountry and th eir King? 'fhey ,,·ent nncl th e lesson '"hicb ,,-e h ave to learn through th eir goin g is that of unselfi shness and thought for oth er s. 'fh e;y :-;uffer cl for others ; they fou ght fo-r others; th y died for other~ . and th e best way in ,,·hiC'h you who follow after them can honour th eir m em ory i:; by endeavouring to live up t o th eir example . In pea ·e you can do· that by thought for ot h er:-; and unselfi shness in yo m own beh alf.

In your clRil y I ives yo u t:<m to :-;om c extent fo ll ow the example . et by th ose \\·ho,.;e names are r ecord 'cl upon this m emoria l. ( locl forbid thnt either you or th ose that come after yo u sho\Llcl ever have to follO\·\· th eir exam ple in war, but sh ould that dir e n ' t'L':-<sity ever ari>' e this m en wrial will be a r eminclL'l.' t o y ou of th e ux ump l ' of th o:-< c IYho \\' L'nt before you , ancl will ,;how yo u lww yo u ,.;hou ld livl' nncl ho,,- yo u . houlcl cl i(• in ord er t o be worthy of th e sal'rifi c· ' ,,·hi<'h tb y made for you . . , H is Bxt·cl lt•nC'y t b en perform ed the unveilin g c·eremony , saying : ·'In honoured m em ory of th e m en from this school and ,;taff "·ho gave t h eir live,; in t h e (heat \Var for King and C'o nntry , Rncl in th ~ t· tn t,;c of fr eedom an cl ri ghteon sn e,.;:; this m em oria l is L'reetcd.

1\lny their names ever be h old iu h on our in thi,; place, a nd m ay their ,.:a crific:e insp ire thos ' who C'om e after them to deecl::; of scr vil' e and love for their fellow m en.

With these thoughts in mind I unveil this m em orial .''

B ugler I. Hhcpbard th en so unded th e · 'Last l 'o,;t , ·· ancl .-pecia l prayer:-; ,,. re offer ed hy Ch aplain -Colon el E van,.; , a ftr r 11·hic·h the hy mn .. God of our Fathers" was sung .

Later hi,; Exec llcnt·y ldt thL' pl atform tmd sh ook h and,; 11·ith the relatives of t h e fall en boY:-<, and a lso t h L' r eturned r;oldicr ,.; on p arade. ·

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UNVEILING OF MEMOJUAL GATES.

FOOTBALL

'l'HE MEMOHIAL. 'l'he stnwture of the gat es is mo t appropriate, immedi . at el;y impressing upon one 's mind the obj ect for which i t bus been er ect ed. It is m assive, but at the same time its lin e,; are plea-sing und in k eeping with the architectur e of the school its Jf. 'l'he arch s tand•s 27ft. high and is supported by mn sr-;ive columns . It is set back some little distan ce, and on each side is a circular wall 8ft. to lOft. high, t erminat ing in t11·o more m assive columns on the bouncla.r ;y of th - footpath. 'l'he walls and ar h way ar e surmounted by a p an ell ed cap .moulding , ·while t h e concrete is plast ered with ll'hite Atl ::~ . · cem ent, lined out to imitat e stone work. 'l'o c·aeh o£ the tn·o m ain pillars are affixed la.rge pan el· contajning t h n am es , in prominently rai. eel bronze lettering, of the fallen , ,, ·hilc above in white plast er are two laurel wreath. , t~ e School cr est , also in w hite plast er , being th e centrepiece of th e arch itself. 'l'he wall on either side of the ar ch is panelled , while im rneclia.t ely above wh er e the walls join the ~r ch are h ·o large. scrolls which add o the gen era.l attractiven ess o£. the cle:1gn. Just b elow the moulding of the 11·all there ar e m bronze l;etters the words : " Erected by the Old B oys of the School m rem embrance of th eir comrad es n·ho fell in the Great W ar, 1914-1\HS." NAMES OF THE FALLEN . 'l' h e n am es on t h e t ablet s are as follows :Ambury, A. Atkinson, S. A .

Baily, R. H. Bendall, G. E. Bollinger , G. V•l .

Bollinger, H .

Brown, D. B. Burkha.rclt, A . P. Collis, D. Crone, C. Dustow, E. A. Eyr e, L. G. Grey, J. Grant E. Griffith s, S. J. Guild, W. A. H all, V. J. B. Harle, D. A. Hoby, S. Kidd, R. D. Kelly, T. B. Kimbell, E. Kirton, C,

·Lepper, H. M. Mason, E. F .

McDonalcl, M. A. Moore, W. E. Mulloy, W. Newell, R. D. Okey, R. L .

Okey, S. M. Okey, A. Paul, S. Potts, C. H .

Quilliam, R. P. Quilliam, C. W .

R.ider, F. H .

Rowlands, F. J. Serpell, T. L. Sole, L. P. Stodclart, J. H. 'J'nylor, G. B. S. Thoms01i , B. ·warre n. L. A. White, R. W .

NOTES.

'l'he fifth annual m eeting o£ the New Plymouth High ::lch ool Old Boys' Football Club was h eld at the ::loidiers' Club on the e vening of Tuesday, .t f anh 13 , 1923. 'l'he President (Mr. lt. H. George) presided over an attendance of about fifty memb ers . In moving the adoption of the annnnl r eport and balan ce- h eet , the Ch airman rem arked with p lensure on the enthusia. ·m acc orded the activities of the Clu b as eviden ced by the large att endan ce . 'lh c ele tion of officers r es ult ed as follows :-Patron: Dr. E. F. Fool:es (r e-olct:ted ) .

Pr esident: A. B ewley, E;;q . \'ic -Pro ·idcnts : Drs . D avie , Home, vVacle and Hrcwstcr , i'viossrs . R. H. Uoorge, H. H. BiUing, E . P. W eb,.;tcr , A. K Sykc:, W. H. :Moyes , P. J. H. White, F . N .

Whikombc, A. M. l\llacDiannid, A . H . Standi ·h , A . N .

Bradbury, H. H. Quilliam , F . Willis and J. B. Cr -sswell.

Hon. Auditor : J. B. Wilson , E sq. (r e-elect ed ) . Hon . Secr etari es : M o · T S . K G . Howoll and A. C. Fookes. D elegates to 'l'aranaki ltugby m on: Me. srs . W ynyard and Eggleton .

Club Captain and Manager: F . J. Eggleton , Esq. Exec utive : Messr s . D . D oile, lt. 11lundell , P. Wright , I. McHardy, C. H. W ynyard , and M essr.· . R U. Howell ::~nd A. '. J!'ook es (e x otli io) .

It I I' as dec ided t o nominat e four t •am for the local ·omp •titions, on e t am in each arade, and the op ening day for prac·ti c·e \\·as :fi xed for March 31 . 'l'h m eeting by r esolution r com mended that the inr omina cxe ·nt ive endeavour t o m ak e an angem ents for an annual m atch to u played ~· ith r epr -srntatives of another Old Boys ' As. oniat ion , pref r ably with an Old B oys' Cluh snob rts W an ganui.

Mr . F . J . }<~ggleton kindly off ered his s r vice as oach for the ensning . eason , and also intim at ed that the High S .hool t eRm. wer a.gr eeabl e to p lay Old B oys in the op ening m atc-h of the season . This m at h was ::~ec· ordingly arr::~ngecl nnclresultecl in rt win for t h e Seh ool by 18 points to 11.

At th e dat e o£ compila tion of these n ot es th sr ::~ son l1n: sern nbout tllF'B wee]is ' c· ompetitive football 1 and the

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Old Boys ' Club teams h ave. met. with varying success . The following is a sun1mary of the match es pla.yed by the r espective t eam s up to the date h ereof:Seniorsv . Okato, at Okato ; wcm , 14 points to 3. v. Inglevvood, at Inglewood.; lost, 9 points to 3.

First Juniorsv . Tukapa; at New Plymouth ; lost, 18 points to 3. v . Clifton , at N w P l;ymoutb; won, 8 points to 3.

Second Juniorsv . Lepp rton, at L epperton; · on, 24 points to nil.

Third Juniorsv . Te hnical College B; drawn, 6 points . v . Star, at New P lymouth; won, 34 points to 3.

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On January 27, 1923, against Urenui, on the Racecourse, won-Urenui 35 , Old Boys 113 (Palm.er 27, Osborne 31 not out).

On Febru ary 3. 1923 , against Inglewood , on Sports Ground , won--Inglewood 27, Olcl Boys 5 for 251 (Palmer 48, P apps 28, Eggleton 58, Monteath 55) .

On February 10, 1923, against Western Park, on the Sports Ground , won-Western Park 44 and 71 , Old Boys 158 (Bottrill 32, Monteath 39 not out, Osbome 8) .

On February 26, 1923, against High School, at High School , won-High School 112, Old Boys 152 (Both·ill 32 , Palmer 29 , Lash 38).

AVERAGES FOR SEASON 1922-23.

OLD

BOYS' CRICKET CLUB.

Th - foll owing is a summary of the match es played. by the Club. In the North Taranaki Competition the Club was nmn r-up . The following m emb er of th e Club represented Taranaki and North Taranaki in various match es :-C. G. Bottrill , C. Lash , A. H. Osborne and. I. Palmer.

On 0 tob er 14, 1922, against H igh School , at School, lost - School 163 · (Palm er 100 not out), Old Boys 78 (Hughes 26 not out, Papps 23).

On November 4, 1922, against Waitara., at vVaitara, won -Waitara 47 and 56, Old Boys 133 (Lash 35 , Marks 31, F earl ess 24) .

On November 18, against Inglewood , at Inglewood , won -Ingl -wood 41 and 35 for 5 wickets , Old Boys 4 wickets for 181 (Bottrill retired 104, Lash not out 62) .

On Novemb er 25 , 1922, against W est ern Park, at W est ern Park , lost on first innings- W est ern P ark 89 and 58 , Old Boys 79 (Marks 26 not out) and 3 for 26.

On D er-ember 2, 1922, against Urenui , at Urenui, wonUrenui 153 , Old Boys 7 for 156 (Lash 45 , B ewley not out 33, Osborne 27) .

On J anuary 20, 1923, against New P lymouth , on the Sports Ground, lost- New Plymouth 97 , Old. Boy 63 (Eagleton 14, Palmer 13).

BATTING. Palm er .. ....

L ash ···· ···· · Bottrill . .....

Mark: Monteath ...

Papps Eggleton .. .

Hugh es ...... o .s borne Bewley ····· · Greiner .. ....

F earless Willis

Runs. No. of innings. Not out.

0 5 133 2 11 230 0 8 200 1 4 70 1 9 156 0 3 54 0 6 88 1 4 40 1 8 93 1 10 97 1 5 34 1 8 51 1 7 12

Average.

26 .60 25.55 25.00 23.33 19.50 18.00 14.66 13.33 13.28 10.77 8.50 7.28 2.00

BOWLING. Overs .

50 Eggleton ...

41 Hughes .... . .

77 Bot trill ......

84 Osborne 15 Gr einer Palm er ···· ·· 22

RUllJS. 114 119 285 288 32 87

Wickets.

15 15 32 31 2 3

Average.

7.60 7.93 8.91 9.29 16 .00 29.00

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MARRIAGE S.

BIRTHS.

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CJ-IBaO~-BOJ:LK-On

W I LSON. - At New Plymouth , on January 22, 1923, to Mr . and Mrs. T. Wilson, a son.

MOVERL EY.-At New Plymouth , on December 22, 1923, to Mr. and Mrs. Baden Moverley, a daughter .

FRASER.-At New P lymouth, to Mr. Fraser, a daughter.

and Mrs.

H ugh

February 7, 1923, at Stratford , Harold B. Gibson, only , on of Mr. and Mrs . A. B. Gibson, of New P lymouth, to lVIoya Boyle, only daughter of .i' dr. and Mrs . '.r. J3oyle, of Cardiff.

WIL SON-HUN'l < R.-On April 12, 1923, at Masterton, Hi<.:hard , olcle t son of Mr. and Mrs . J. E. Wilson, of Auukland, to N ancibel, daughter of l\Irs. H unter , of Masterton.

FOOKES.-At Stratford, to Mr. and Mrs . Noel Fookes, a son .

DEATHS. ENGAGEM ENTS. COLSON- GREATBATCH . - The engagement is announced of Eri D. Colson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Colson, of New Plymouth, to Miss Lilian Greatbatch, second daughter of Mrs. E. Gr eatbatch , of New P lymouth .

BELLlU;.;-GEI .-On April 6, 1923 , at New P lymouth , F recl Cornelius Jnmes, b loved husband of Alice 'l 'hurl!.a B llriugcr and .·econ d son of th e late J ames Bellrina r; aged 55 year. ·.

1\ILPA'l'HICK .-On December l7, 1922, at Foxton, Honalcl Wi lliam , son of l\Ir. and Mr . Kilpatriek, of Palmerston North; aged 18 years.

PUTT-HORN E.-Th e engagement is announced of Charles E. Putt, of Uruti. to Miss D . A. Home, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S . Home, of Auckland.

AVERY.-On l<'obruary 2"', 1923 , at New Plymouth, Cedric J\Ja ·on, se<;ond .·on of W. and D. Avery, of Awakino, uud grandson of John Avery, New P lymouth; aged 18 year .

MONTEATH- CUTHBERTS ON .-The engagement is announced of R. M. JY.[onteath , only son of Mr. and Mrs. McL . Monteath, of New Plymouth, to Miss M .

Cuthbertson, elder daughter of Mr. T. Cuthbertson, of Str atford.

F. C. J. BELLRINGER .

GRAYLING-P ROSSEH .-The engagement is announced of Harold G. Grayling, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Grayling, of New Plymouth, to Miss Presser , daughter of Mr. and Mrs . Presser, Remuera.

BROKENSHI RE-GEORGE .-The engagement is announced of Reainald Brokenshir e, eldest son of Mrs. Brokenshire, of New Plymouth, to Mis. D. George , older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. George, of New Plymouth.

BECK-McNE ILL.-'Ihe engagement is announced of G01·don M L. Beck, youngest ·on of Mr. and ·Mrs. T. 1 F. B -ck, of New P lymouth, to Miss Jean L. McNeill , ldest daughter of Mr . and Mrs . J ,. McNeill , of New Plymouth .

It is with sine, er - r gret \Ve have to r e ord the death at hi s r sidence, :N w Plymouth, on April 6, of Mr. F. C. J. B ellrin o·er, one of th pr in<;ipals of B llringer Bros. , Ltd . !though th lat ~1r. Bellrina l' had been in indifferent health for ·omc tin'lc pa ·t h e h ad been able to attend his business and ·auy out the duties associated with differ ent p u bli~ positions he h eld up to within the last few days . In fact 1t was only on th e 'L'ue ·day that he took to his bed and at that tim e th r e wa little thouahb amona members of his fam il and a wide circle of frien~ls that the end was so n ea r. Hi. condit ion b came gradua lly ·worse however and he · pas.·ecl a1ny ar ly m{ the morning' o.f April G. 'l' hC' lnt Mr. J3cll rin g '1' wns in h i · 55th year and was th s eond son of th lnte Mr. James Bellrinaer and lVIl·s. Bcllrin~er._ of Pitzro ' · H e hncl resided in N~w P lymouth all h1s hfe and had taken a prominent and active

DEATHS .

72 part in eonnedion wit h many public institutions .

For n early 40 years h e had been a m emb er of the New P lymouth .Fire Brigade and fo r th e gr eat er part of t h at time h ad occupied the r esponsibl e p o~ ition of superintend ent.

H e wa::; keenly iutere::;tcd in the \YOrk and wa::; on e of the best known a nd m ost pop u lar fir e brigadesmen in the Dominion . :For som.e years l\lr. Bell ringer oceupied <~ seat on the New Ply mouth Borough Couneil and r ender ed valuable service to the town as ch airman of t h e works com.mit t ee.

He also o ·e upied with marked ,· um:ess t h e position of ch airman of the H ospital Board for some years. H e was a. director of the N cw Pl;ym out h Gas Uorn p::m;y, and of the New Plymouth lnvest m ut f::i oeicty, and a t ru st ee of t h e N ew Plymouth t:l nving.· Bank . .H e was a prominen t Mason and at the time of his death mt~ seer tary of t h e Egm on t L odge . H e was ctl so prominen tl y a:~o e i at ed with t h e 0 Ldfell ows' Society and wai-i a p nst provim:ia l gmn d m ast er of the order.

Mr .

Hcllringer \Yas t l keen bo1Tler and on ly on t h e Saturday befor hi s death skipped a ~ew l 'lymo ut h Club rink rn a m at ch ngai n. t t h W c. t E n c1. J:<'r oderick Bell ringer wa;s on e of t h e origin al pupil s of the Sch ool , b eing the second pupil Lmtcred on t h e roll, c-ommencing at the form ation of th e tk h oo l in 1822 . He a hn tys took a k een in t er est in the tkh ool an d h e will be grL~a tly m i. sed by all Old Boys . The late Mr . B ellringcr Jeavl'S a widow an d a fa mily of three :;ons and two dauah tcrs. \Th o will h ave t h e symp athy of a ll'icl c'irc·l e of fri ends in t h eir sad ber eavement.

RO~

\LD W I LLIAM KILPATRI CK .

It is "·it h deep regret t h at w h ave to r ecord t h e d eath of R onnicl W illinm Kil pntrick. Whil bat hing at Foxt on on D 'c: embcr 17 h e smldcn ly clisappcnrccl an cl his body ,,·a. not reC'ovor cd. Honnl(l was nt Sch oo l in 1919 and was very popular wit h all his .'C'h oo l-matcs . W e extend our h eartfelt ,.;ymp ath;y "·it h his par ents .

CEDRIC AVERY. It ·am as a great sh ock to us t o h ear of the death on :February 25 of Ccdric Avery, of Awakino . H e h ad undergon e an op erntion for appendicit is th e previous week and ,,·a. progres,.;in g favo nrnbl:- " ·h en h e . 11ffe r ed n r ela.pse nnfl p n.s;;Nl nwny on t llC Snn rh y mornin g. H e was at Sch ool in 1019 nncl loft at th e end of 1921 to go on to hi s fa thor';; far m nt A1Takin o. Sincere sympath y is felt wit h Mr . ancl Mrs .

A cry in th eir great loss . -

THE LATE MR. F. C. J . BELLRINGE R .

One of t lw o ri :.;i, ,a ] pup il s of the R<: hon l.

Di ed April 6, 1923.

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DONATIONS. We have to thank the following gentlemen for donation:; r e0eived :-Dr. :Fooke:s, cri0ket screens; J\!Ir. l'almer, £ 1 b for 0ri0ket trophy ; Mr. W. D. Skinner, 0ricket bat ; Mr. Os borne, cricket bat; Mr. Lambert, cricket bat; Mr. List , pr i <~es for an essay competition.

NOTICE TO

SUBSCRIBERS.

Bub:scribers who ha-ve not already done so, are req uestecl to forward their subscriptions for the current and past year:; to the Business Manager. It has been possible to carry ou Juring the p eriod of high cost of production only with thu hearty support of Old Boys . W e therefore confidently appeal to you to h elp m; by keeping your sub·. paid up to date.

EXCHANGES. 'vV c beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following uxuhanges :.:_T·hc vVellingtonian, 1'h e Scindian, 1'he TimaruYian , T'he Nelsonian , T'he N.G.C. , The Canterbury Agricultural College Magazine, The Spike, The Waitakian, The Wanganui Collegian, The Torch B earer, The King's Collegia n , 'l'h e S:wrccl Heart Collcg - Magazine, Auckland Grammar Srl1 ool Chronicle, Palrnerstonian , Christ's College R egiRter. Christchurch B.H.S. M agazine , Ashburtonian , Canterbmy College Magazine, Otago University Review , Chsborne High School Magazin e, T'he Southlandian, Otago B.H.S. Maga zine , Diocesan High School Chronicle , 1'he ·' Scott. ' '

SUBSCRIPTIONS. 'l'he Business M:mager acknowledges with thanks the fo ll owin g subscripti ons :-Mrs. O'Neill , '22; Mrs. Kelly, '22, '23; D. Sntton , '21, '22 ; K . Robin.son , '23; Dr. Hunter, '2 1- '27 ; R. Both am] e. , '22 ; N. Heppell, '22 , '23 ; J . H. l{enclall. '22; E. Day, '21. '22: A . Walter , '22; J . Bennett, '23. '24: C. 0 . Bm·nett, '22 , '23; D. Ballantyne , '23 , '24 '25; T. Hair, '23; M. Bara.k, '22, '23, '24; V. Mitchinson,

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':20; G. M. Beek, ':21- '23; L . D . Bryce, ':23, '24; A . Gibson, ·:20, ':24; .!!'. Davi::; , ':23; l<'. I . l:'hillips , '2:2, '23; E. Cole, '21, '2:2; H . B . .Fusscll , '21, '22, '23; W . B lair, '23; D. Bell , '22 , '20; H. k Ellerm , '23; F. A . Uorney, '23; L . Case, '20 ; K Urifl-iths , '23; B. Hoop er, '23; W. Aldis, '23; i\1 .

Aircy, '23; N . Airey, '23; G . M . Clinch , '22 , '20; J. M. 'l'emplcr , '23; J _ 8 . Doekrill , '23; A. Gable, '23; A. Betbi , '22 , '20, '2,1; D. :M acDiarm id, '23; H. D empsey, '23; Ron. t:lym c, '23; L . O'Hallo rau , '23, '24; 8 . Alleman n, '23; H. Hinc , '23; }' . Hawken , '23, '24, '25; U. '1'. Gibson , · ~0, '24, ·25; H. \N . Martin, '23; B. M. John::; , '23; 0 . E llis , '23; A. Uhri::;tian , '23; J. Ulemow , '23; L. Bellring er , '23; R. Ha ir, '23; J . Blair, '23; N. B ellringer , '23; L. Neill , '23; ~ - Deare, '23; J . W. T'homps on , '23 , '24· ,' 25; F. D. Jeff erICS, '23; H. Rumball , '23; J. R Baddeley , '23; E. G. Smith, '23; U. Fra. er , '23 ; .T . CJ-rein er , '23; H. Calder , '23, '24; .f. Moorlwacl , '23; H . Hrewste r, '23; vV. B. Hendall , '23; ]) J _ Purclie , '23; W. ]~ . Jones, '23; C. J. Duck er , '23-'26; !(_ Ducker, '23- '25 ; F. Dawcs, '23; H . R ickarcl , '23; C. E. Morris, '23; E. V. Smith, '23; J . D . Clemow , '23; W. Clemow , '20-'27 ; M Hark er , '23; C. Cranby , '23; J . B rien , '23 ; B. Graylin g , '23 ; W. F. Kelly, '23; R. P. Honnor , '23; .J . 'J'rehey , '22; A. H. Johnsto nc, '23; H . Grayling, '23; ]) Do"· ·ctt, '23; C. Newel! , '21. '22; E. Lash , '23; E. OlsO IJ. '22; A. J _ Hu::;tic, '22 , '23 ; A. Brooker , '23 , '24; H. K. Ul •mow, '23- '29 ; C. J_ Hi ll , '23 ; \'_Wes t , '22; U. Nobl e, '23.

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