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"TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS

Annual Athletic Sports Annual Steeplechases.

Agriculture Notes Births Boxing Championships Cadet Notes Chapel Concert and Orchestra Editoria l Engagements Exchan.ges Football Governor-General's Messa.gc House Notes In Memoriam : M. Fletcher Marriages Notice to Subscribers Old Bo~路s' AssociatiOJ! Old Boys' Football Club Of cl Bo~ s' Notes School Notes Subscriptions Swimming Sports T erms Classes

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INSTITUTIONS.

SECOND TERM, 1925.

PREFECTS.

LESTABL.ISHED 1882.]

Head Boy.- S. F. Fook es.

Boarders.-C. H. Str ombom, D. G. Grant, D . P. McLean, J. Pease, F. Read, T. 0. J ones.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS:

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Day Boys.- S. F . Fookes, G. R. W bb, M. Lyson s, \V. A . Brodie, K .

Fookes, H . Bellringer. .

B ILLI NG, EsQ . (Chairma n.)

M 1ss C . DouG LAS

S. G. SMITH , E sQ .

DH. E. F. FoO KES. L. A . NOLAN, E Q.

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COMMITTEES.

S . S . M IW L ~>Y . EsQ.

F ootball Committee.- Mr. Papps (chairman), S. F. Fookes, K .

Fookes, H. Bellringer, D. McLean, D. Grant, J . Pease and F . Wcbb (secret aries) .

H. DE MPSEY, ESQ. A. E. VIAS HE ii, E sQ .

L . C . S LAD DEN, ESQ. E. P. , 'vVEBSTE I<. EsQ.

Library Committee. -Mr. McDonald (chairman), T . 0. Jones, V. Bar ak, J . Sutto n, C. H. Strombom, F. Read.

Secrelat·y a nd Tre a s ure r :

E . L AS H.

Concert Committee.- Mr . Dobson (chairman), W. A. Brodie, E. McCallum, K. Wetere, S. An derson, J . Sutton, G. MacDiarmicl.

Magazine Committee.- Mr. Eal'l (chairman), H. Bellringer, S. F. Fookes, W. A. Brodie, M. Lysons, G. Webb, D. G. Grant, D. P. McLean.

Sports Committee.- Mr. Diprose (chairman), F. Read, W. Penman, H . Bellringer, J. Abraham, W. A. Brodie, K . F. Fookes and J . Pease (joint secretari es).

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A. \~T. ·D l P IIOSE , M .A.

W. G. \ V! LKIE (U ni v . Cer t.)

C. G. BOTTR ILL, M .A.

T. M . McDONALD, M.A .

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PAPPS, B.A.

L EGGAT, M. A.

Swimming Coommittee.- Mr. Eggleton (chairman), S. F. F ookes, H . J . Thomas, D. Grant, J . Galbraith and W. Penman (joint secretar ies).

Tennis Committee.- Mr. Johnson ( chairman), C. Strombom, D. G. Grant, J . P ease, W . A. Brodie, R. F letcher, J. Abl'aham, 1'. 0.

J ones (secr etary).

H. G. D YE li.

R. C. W IL.'ON , M.A .. R.Sc.

G. F. BERTRAND, (C Ce r tificate) .

V. E. KERR, M .A.

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F . } . EGG LETON .

\ V. CmiNELL.

P fiEPARATO iiY D E PARTMENT: G. H . P oPE, MI SS K. C A~ I I'BE LL.

Cricket Committee.-Mr. Bottrill (chairman), D. G. Grant, K. F. Fookcs, J. Pease, D. P. McLean, J. Galbraith, R. F letcher, C. Str ombom (sc(lrotary).

SCHOOL CHAP LAI N : REV. E. J-I . S TROXG. DRAWING:

SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT.

A . M. BRADB RY (Part T im e M a s te r ).

MUSIC :

RESIDENT MUSJC MASTER : }. D oBSON. L.T. C .L.

V r ITING:

M I S YOUNG (P iano) .

M ISS D OII' L! ::-IG (V io lin ).

F. W . G. MCLEOD (Wood a n d Brass).

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Officer Commanding.-Maj or G. F. Ber trand.

Contingent Sergeant-Major.- S. F. Fookes.

Contingent Q.M.S.-Sergeant J. Pease.

Orderly Room CorporaL-Corporal J . Wright.

Physical Drill Inst r uctor.-Lieutenant F . J. Eggleton.

No. 24 COMPANY. Officer Commanding.-Capt ain A. W. Dipl'ose.

Company Sergeant-Major.-Sergeant-Major G. W ebb.

No. 1 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Lieut. V. E. K err.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant C. StTombom.

Section Commanders.-CoTpor nls W. P enman, R. Bat es, J. BuckeTidgc, M . Thomson.

No. 2 Platoon.

Platoon Commander (acting).- Sergeant M. L ysons.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant M . Lysons.

Section Commanders.-Corporals S. Batger, K. Wetere, G. Saunders, E . Moore.

No. 3 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-L ieut . J . Leggat.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant J. Galbraith.

Section Commanders.- Corporals R. Noonan, K . B leakley, T. Jon cs.

No. 4 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Lieut. F . J . Eggleton.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant D. MeL ean.

Section Commanders.-CoTporals R. BatgeT, G. Baily, D. Rob crtsOJl, J. Abraham.

No. 110 COMPANY. Officer Commanding.-Lieut . H. G. Dyer .

Company Sergeant-Major.-Sergeant-Ma j or A. Brocli e.

No. 5 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Li eut. R. C. Wilson.

Platoon Sergeant.- Sergem1t D. Grant.

Section Commanders.-Corpornls :r. Benven, A. Renc1, E. Grifflths, ,J. Thomson.

No. 6 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Lieut. A. G. Jolmso11.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant J. Thomas.

Section Commanders.- Corporals V. Barak, E. MeCallum, F. Col linge.

No. 7 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Lieut . T. M. MeDomtld.

Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant F. Read.

Section Commanders.-Corporals N. Mn eDi armid, F. Dn.vis, L. Sampson, H . F ookes.

No. 8 Platoon.

Platoon Commander.-Lieut. J. Earl.

Platoon Sergeant.-Ser geant K. Fook e~ .

Section Commanders.-Corporals S. Black, I. Cmwford, A. Movcr ley, J . Brugh.

SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD. l'hotogravh ed on his visit to the School,

Edited by the Boys of the New Plymouth Boys' High School and Published twice a year.

VoL. 14.

DECEMBER, 1925.

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The Subscription is 3/- per annum (postage included), and should be forwarded to the" Business Manager, Taranakian , Boys' High School, New Plymouth."

Subscribers w ill please notify any change of address.

EDITORIA L. (M. Lysons.)

E cannot pass without mentioning with the deepest W respect the death of one so highly esteemed among us. Although Mike Fletcher was not perhaps a genius in the classroom, it can never be said that he made that an excuse for laziness.

In outdoor pastimes, however, he held a high reputation, and although not outstanding in any one branch of sport, there are few to compare with him in general excellence. As a member of the First Eleven he could always be relied upon to make a reasonable success of his innings. It was on the football field, however, that he was most conspicuous, being one of the mainstays of the pack, always to the forefront in an attack and an obstinate defender; but withal a clean and unselfish player. In his capacity as prefect he always carried out his duties zealously, and won the respect of both masters and boys. Nor must we forget the fact that he had a keen sense of humour and was at all times an agreeable and amusing friend.

We feel sure that those of us who had the privilege of his acquaintance since his entry into this school will ever .remember him as an example of all that is worthy and enviable in the best type of scholar.

This school has been recently favoured by the visit of Sir Ernest Rutherford, one of the world's most eminent scientists. Sir Ernest h as spent a great deal of his time in tl1e study oÂŁ the Btructure of the atom, and although

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it is only one-thom;an d-milliontlJ of an inch in diameter he has di~>cov crcd that it· i · built up on the principle of a well-ordered and perfect solar ~>y:-;tcm, and that it con tains a wealth of latent en ergy. In hi:-; acldre::;s to us, he gave an int eresting account of hi ~> life and work and ::;howecl that, by dint of concentratio n and hanl study, it was possible to work one's way from a humble country school to a position of pre-eminenc e in the scientific world. ln concluding, Sir Ernest str essed thC' importance of determination in the building of a worthy career.

His pcr.·onality made a ~>trong· imp1· e~>sion on all present which will long remain fresh in our minds and which, it is to be hoped, will inspire others to follow in his footsteps.

A.nother matter which we would like to refer to again i::; the Imperial Challenge Shield competition . A.s we have previously pointed out, the present conditions under which this competition is fired render it practically impossible for a school of this size to compete without seriously interfering with the usual chool routine. Although we regret that we are no longer in a po,.itiOJ'J. to shoot in this competition , 1vc de.'ire to take this opportunitY of congratulat ing th' Technical College on t heir excellent performanc es in this direction during t h e last two years.

GOVERN OR-GENE RAL'S MESSAG E "KEBP ON KEEPING ON." A. stirring message was given to tl1 c school w.l.ten the Governor-G eneral, Sir Charles Fergusson, paid his first visit to Ne1v Plymouth.

His Excellency was accompanied by Lady Fergusson and Mr. Bernarcl Fergusson, Mr. G. J . Little (private secretary), the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. F . E. Wilson), Mr. H. R. Billing (Chairman of the Board of Governor. ), and Mr E. Lash (secretary) .

Mr . Moyes welcomed their Excellencie s and said they felt deeply honoured in having with tllem that clay his Majesty's representati ve in the Dominion. On three previou,. oc asions they had been 1)rivileged to listen to adclres. C.' by one of the Empire s greatest admirals. Today it was their good fortune to welcome one of the Empire's greatest soldier::;. Like Lis illustrious predecessor ,

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the Governor-G eneral took a live and active intere.'t in the school boy.' of this Dominion, and he was sure that t hat interest was rapidly winning the heart of every one of them. If what they heal'd was true, the Homeland was faced with grave and serious prob_lems, so much ~o that the future happiness and vrospenty of the Empn·e devended on the loyal co-operation of all it~ units, ~nd_he was sure that nothing could cement the. tles of affe~t~on moTe than t h e fact that their Exccllenc1e.' were vts1tmg the schools and becoming acquainted with the youth of this country .

He again said ho'!' deeply they appr~­ ciatecl the visit to the school wh1ch, though young m years and traditions, was second to n~ne in .its l~yalty to his Majesty and his E xcellency as h1s MaJesty s representative.

The Daily News gave tl1e followino· account of his Excellency' s speech : "I don't want to preach you boyr:; a sermon," Sir Charles said, "but I would like to leave some i~ea with you on this, my first visit to your school, somethmg that may help you in your after life.'' A.s they knew, he had been a soldier all his clays, and h e thought one learned a O'OOd deal in the army which was of use to one, not only in solcliering but in every walk of life. He wanted to speak to the~ about a very .fine army man who died the other clay and wl10se life should be of a great deal of interest to them alL lie refened to Lord Rawlinson, late Commander -in-Chief in India. He was educated at the ·ame school a the ·peaker-Et on-and when Lord Rawlinson, the speaker and other generals, about twenty-five of them, went down to their old. school after the w~r, Lord Rawlinson made a speech, m the course of wh10h he said he bad been no good at books, and that he used to be as idle as any boy could be. He went on to say he had lived to r egret his folly in not taking more trouble while at chooL Lord Rawlin,.on , how ever, his Excellency continued, rose to the rank of general and was one of the fine .t commanders in the field. lie commanded the Fourth Army f'oe t he lnst 1wo YPn J·s of the war a,n(l was one of the finest !.enders. T bcu ·ll ' 11e 11 t o u L as Commander -in-Chief in Tndia, and at th e t im ot hi: death wa~ G? or 64 years of age. During the last two months of lns l~fe he rode 1200 miles in the wildest part of N m·thern Ind1a and returned

GOVERN OR-GENE RAL'S MESSAGE 8 to Delhi about three weeks before hi路 death there carry. out the finest . ' mg and biggest cn:vnlry manoeuv res ever held in India. During the last two or tlll'ec clays he wa. 路 pig-stick ing, a sport which required the best horsema nship and the best pluck o:l' any sport. in the world. J..Jord Rawlinso n defeated everyone , and on his last afternoo n he played polo and was the best of the lot.

'"l'here was a man," Sir Charles said, "who did not make much use of his school days, but pulled himself together afterwar ds and made up his mind that he was going to be at the top of the tree, and at the top of the tree he was.

He was one of tlie finest soldiers the Empire has ever had, and he kept up his athletics to the end.

He was a man of most extraord inary vitality. He was like a boy to the end of his life, and would take on anybody even half his age and beat them heads off at any game.

"What was Lord Rawlins on's motto in life 1 I have heard him say it over and over again to boys and to soldiers, and I have seen him write it . It was that verse of Kipling :If you can fill the unforgivinO' minute vYith 60 seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the earth aJ:!cl everyt hing that's in it, And-wh ich is more-yo u'll be a man, my son.

"That was Lord Rawlinso n 's rule of life, filling up every minute with manly work and manly sport,'' his Excellen cy said. ''His virtue consisted in intense determination to be at the top of everythi ng he took up and determin ation to stick the thing out to the end. There never was a man who had that spirit of determin ation so strong in him. That brings me to the spirit of my sermon - determin ation, grit. I want determin ation to be your hall-mar k as you 0'0 through life."

To illustrate fmther the applicati on of the spirit of determin ation and grit, Sir Charles told a story of the dark days of 1918, the days when, as Lord Haig said, they had their backs to the wall,. Going down one clay to see some troops, he overhear d a young officer speaking to his men before they went into the line, from which, in those days, there was little chance of coming

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back. It was an America n jingle by tl1e sound of it, and it went like thi::; :-When the sky is dark and dreary And the heavens are rather dim, And you are feeling kind of weary And the future is awful slim; And you feel inclined to chuck it And all hope is nearly gone, 1'hen bristle up aud grit your teeth and Keep on keeping on ! 'l'he officer r epeated that jingle several times, hi::; Excellen cy said. 'l'hey could understa nd it had a good deal of significance, consideri ng路 what those men were to 0'0 through in the next few hours. 'l'hey were going to flO'ht it out to the end, to be killed or to win, and they k~ew that for mo::;t of them it would be killed. That little bit of jingle was a good thing to keep in _one's mind in everyday life. In their games they sometim es saw a side lose heart because its opponen ts had scored, whereas that was the time to keep on, keep on, because, as they knew, a game was never lost until it was over, and if they kept on they would probably pull it out of the ~re. lf they were running a race and felt they were gettmg b eaten and inclined to chuck it, that wa s the time to keep on, keep 011, because they never knew when the fellow in front would crack up.

So, in after life, they should remembe!' th_at if they were going to succeed th~y wanted ~etermmatwn. That meant stickinO' at it keepmg on, keepmg on. 'l'hey would very often fi~d thi~gs in business ~ook~g blac_k, but h e urged them t o show grit and determm atwn and m the end it would pull them through.

In some prelimin ary remarks prior_ to <Joming to the theme of his address his Excellen cy agam extended to the School his heartiest ~ongratulations on their excellen t rifle shooting record. It was one of whi~~ they had every right to feel proud. The whole D~mmwn was pro~d of a school that could show such a high state of efficiency in what was a really manly art. Sir Charles also con,.,.ratulated the school orchestra , which played several b

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selections durng the visit. He remarked that he did not think he had eve~· befor ~ heard any school orchestra up to the standard of that of the School. Certainly they did not lla\re H1em at Home.

HOUSE NOTES (D . P. l\'IcLean and D. G. Grant.) ·when we assembled this term we mis ·ed the familiar face of on~ of the most esteemed and popular prefectsthat of J\~IChael ~letcher, . w~o had passed away during the .vacatwn .. This was his Sixth year as a boarder, and dm:n~g. that time he had taken a large interest in school a~tiVItJ~s. He filled positions in the First Eleven and First Fifteen, as well as being a good tennis player and a keen ~wimme~. I~is loss was felt everely by all those acqua~nted ~·VIth h1m, and especially by the members of the. !Irst Fifteen, who were at that time in Auckland wmtmg to play Auckland Grammar School.

A long and strenuous football season was brought to a close with. the annual Day Boys v. Boarders match. vV e must heartily congratulate the Day Boys on winnino· the Pease qup fo.r the first time. After a very hard and fas~ game, m whiCh the result was in doubt till the final whistle blew, . our oppone~ts aainecl the verdict by the narrow mar gm of two pomts. We are afraid that the Tlnu:sday menu for the boarder is not identical with that reqmred by goal-kickers. . During the unavo~dable a_bsence of the school chaplam the Sunday m01·mng service was left in the capable hands of two . of the house masters. These two "budding" pars~s. credited the;mselves very favourably, and during the VISit of the Pnmate the choir was considerably strengthened by their presence. ~rh~ Englis~1 public school boys attendino· here were responsible for mtroducing "Poor John." 'fl~e two main parts w.ere acted by the English boys, and the others were smtably filled by other boarders. The selection of the actors and the length of some of the parts were ~hought to be such .that they would hinder thr, final stagmg of the play. This, however, was rectified by the headmaster, who ~oached the boys, and to his effOI;ts the success was mamly due. After acting the play once at

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school at the end of last term, they staged it for two ni"'hts at the Empire Thea tre. There they had two full ho~1ses, and consequently raised a considerable amount towards the Gymnasium Fund . This, together with Mrs. Graham's generous donation of £100, has raised the fund considerably. 'fennis has started and is now in full swin·g. The three grass courts are getting plenty of use and are showing signs of wear. 'fhe senior championship singles and doubles are now down to the semi-finals, and needless to say these position are all filled by boarders.

The steeplechase was held about the middle of October. The weather was threatening but the rain kept off till after both events had finished. In the junior event, which was held first, the boarders showed their superiority by filling the first five places. In the senior event, however, we were not quite so succes:ful, but we by no means disgraced ourselves. \ATe must congratulate one of our senior members on his inclusion in the North Taranaki reps. Although he did not get the best bowling average, f;ltill in this line he acquitted himself well.

Since last issue there have been some additions made to the hospital. 'f.wo open fireplaces have been installed, together with the erection of a sun porch on the verandah for those convalescent. The music room has also been altered. The original room has been divided into four sound-proof departments, with a piano in each, while another large room has be en added for orchestra and concert practices.

This term has seen the house infested with musical instruments, of which the main are ukuleles, mandolins and banjos. These would be a great asset to the concert if the players were taken under strict organisation, but unfortunately this has not been clone.

Members of No. 3 clorm. in the New House are fortunate enough to see free ''movies.'' A small cinematograph and its efficient operator are the sources of much amusement. It is hard to say what brand the films are, but to us they seem to be a combination of all kinds, so mixed are the pictures thereof.

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. . 'l'be1·e have been two exea ts each term intro duce d . tlns year . Of cours e this reall y conc erns the boar ders.

Ther e have been no h_olidays as prev iousl y, but boar ders wei:e allow ed out_ durm g ;he week -end to wher ever they desir ed to go t~ m New llym outh , and one may be sure they were certa m to find a place . . 'l'hc annu al swim ming sport s were held on Thur sday, Nove mber 19: The races were start ed in quick time and ''~ere swum m _good spiri t. Alth ough wa_s shg~tly unce rtam , the temp eratu re of the weat her the qmtc smta ble. A notab le perfo rman ce was wate r was that of the :B-,oi:m IV: relay team , whic h comp rised boar ders and whic h defea ted the redo ubtab le VI. B relay team race beef and a hand icap trium phed over beef . In this and brain s.

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class ed form ed u~der. msti: uctor Capt ain L. McL aglantsu , the worl d's cham~

u~ th1s bran ch of spor t. No one woul d doub t th e aft~r. they had seen him one~.

The boys are very ~e~n,, ~~ show n by the numb~r of yout hs being thr own flips. ~~~ever, the most Impo rtant attra to be the VISiti?-~· of the Girls ' Scho ol, wher ction seem s e the

pwn f.act

ably u se the VISitors as adve rsari es.

fair ones

On Sund ay, Nove mber 22, Arch bisho p Aver ill connume rous cand idate s prep ared unde r the able ~mtwn of . the ReY: E. H .. Stron g.

It was a very solem n and beau tiful se!'VIce, whiCh conc luded with addr ess fr~m h1s Grac e. Late r a num ber an inspi r ing of boar ders ~howecl thmr appr eciat ion by going to chur ch in the evenmg to hear the Arch bisho p spea k again . fir~_ed th~

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p lease d to see that the clay-boy prefe cts are the boar der prefe cts of part of their nume rou s clut:es, and some of their :pri:v ilege s-tha t of supp er. How e~ei , we are ':ery apl?r.eciatrve of the form er, but hardly th.e la~ter, for trach twn says tha~ a boar der can alwa ys a~qmt lnms elf wel~ wher e there IS anyt hing conn ected With food. But this beco mes a delus ion when the dayboys are seen perfo rmin g, espec ially when there is rhubarb for supp er. rel1~vmg·

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Cr~cket i~ no:w in full swin g. The usua l, IS play mg_m the senio r comp etitio first eleve n, as n and givin g a good acco unt of Itself . The .seco nd and third eleve ns are

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playi ng in the junio r comp etitio n, in whic h the latte r have won every matc h and the form er have lost only one ·o far . On Dece mber 19 the first eleve n leave to play Nels on College, at Nelso n. Ever yone is look ing forw ard to this matc h, as last year 's game prov ided such a close finish, the Scho ol winn ing by the narro w marg in of nine runs .

Cont rary ·to custo m, the boxi ng cham pions hips were held durin g Augu st, inste a d of Nove mber . A very successf ul tourn amen t was held unde r the supe rvisi on of the mast ers and lVIr. Potv ine, who offic iated as refer ee. The notab le fact that all the cham pions were boar ders show s to adva ntag e their pugi listic temp eram ent.

One Sund ay nigh t we were unfo rtuna te enou gh to be paid the respe cts of an unwe lcom e visit or. The base ment was brok en into and abou t £10 wort h of articl es take n. The sequ el to this happ ened next day.

Just after dinn er one of the prep arato ry boys infor med us that there was a real live burg lar in one of the dug-outs. A very cour ageo us econo mics class explo red the cave but foun d no quar ry . How ever, abou t 10 o'clo ck that nigh t ftvc brav e prefe cts, arme d with elect~ic .·prin ting powe rs, made anoth er explo ratiO torche~ an d n, but with out avail , and we think lucki ly for the brave s.

Man y are the inno vatio ns thou ght of for puni shme nt of the many rule- break ers in the hous es.

Prep . on Satu rday from 9 o'clo ck till furth er order s.

Anot her is the intro duct ion of rollin g the pract ice wick ets ing. The fami lia rema rk from prefe cts, "Yoevery morn u are on the rolle r,'' is often h eard.

It was very funn y at tea one even ing when the mast er on duty aske d a well- know n yout h, who answ:ers to the name of anyt hing conn ected with the scaly tribe , did he see anyt hing funn y. The fishy one, inno centl y fixing those vaca nt eyes upon the ques tione r, answ ered in the affirm ative , wher eupo n the boar ders took adva ntag e of the situa tion to hav a good laugh at the mast er's expe nse. How ever, the situa tio n arose on accou nt of a misu nder stand ing upon the part of the youth , who took the mast er at his word .

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ANN UAL ATH LET IC SPO RTS (J. Peas e.) \\Tith the snap and preci sion that has come to be take n for gran ted as a chara cteri stic of the func tion heat after heat -som etim es three or four of them on t h e 1:acing track ~t the same time -foll owe d one anot her in quick successiOn a~ t~e annu al spor ts meet ing qf the New Plymout h Boys High School, whic h took place on the scho ol grou nd; repo~ted the Tara naki Daily News . Punc tuall y at 11 o clock m the morn ing the pisto l bark ed for the first sprin t, and six minu tes befor e sched uled time the spectat_ors walk ed away from the grotm d after witn essin g the fi msh of the fiftie th and last even t of the day.

A~though delug es of rain the prev ious Satu rday had necessit~ted one postp onem ent of the meet ing, it seem ed wh~n.ram bega n to fall_ at mi~-day after a dull and .sult ry morm ng that the func twn migh t again have to b e aban done d, but the weat her clear ed in the after noon and ~owards the end of tl:e day the_ cloud s had almo st entir ely rolle d away . The gomg was shpp ery and heav y howe ver ~or _the early part of the prog ramm e, and but 1s hkel y that seve ral exce llent perfo rman ces for this it woul d have been recor ded.

As it was, one r ecord was brok en the time for the 120 yard s h~r~les being redu ced by c.' C. Lobb , the winner of the JUmor cup, to 19 1-5 secon ds.

The prev ious ~·ecord was 19 4-5 secon ds, estab lishe d by B. A. Norm an m 1914. More th~n usua l inter est attac hed to this parti cular . race,_ as ~t was the last one of cham piOn ship sene s, and a victo ry to eithe the junio r r Lobb or H. M. Brow~ would_ have given the winn er the cham pions hip, there b_emg a ~1fference of only one poin t betw een the comp etito rs prwr _to the race.

Both were hurd ling almo st abr~ast until near the end, when Lobb forge d ahea d to wm by a shol' t marg in. . The senio r championsh~p was anne xed by With a clear lead_ of 15 pom ts from the runn C. Gilm our, er-up , J. S. M:d~ey . The semo r cup even ts were respo nsibl e for some stlrr mg enco unter s, neve rthel ess, and there been seen on the scho ol grou nd as fine a racehas seldo m yard s cham pions hip heat, in whic h Gilm our as the 100 and Medl ey

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·ecur ed a dead heat verd ict. From a good start Medl ey ·dl·ew a little ahea d of the r e:t of the field, Giln: our r~n­ ning third . 'l'he lnUe r drew slo~vl:r up but was st:~l behm d fiftee n ya rds :from home and Jt appe ared that If Medl ey had susta ined ,hi s effor t h e \VOUl d hav e WOn. 'l'he same pair met in the final of t he J 00 yard s in the after noon , and in anoth er good race Medl ey brea sted the tape first after b ein g sligh tly in the lead all the way.

The 440 yard s junio r cham pions hip h eat prov ided a grea t finish. J\ Her leadi ng the field f?r most of ~he run, H. Brow n was chall enge d b:;· Lobb m the :trm ght _for home and was 11 ble to gain t h e verd ict b y a mei:e f~·actl~n.

The endu ran ce tr ts of the clay, the senio r and JUmor mile even ts, 1vere rrspc ctiYely 1von by two broth er s, D. and C. Robe rtson . · 'l'he postp onem ent of the meet ing and the. threa tening state of the weat her was rath er refle cted tenda nce of the publi c, whic h was :mal ler m the atNo doub t for the :am reaso n the entri es in than usua l. .the old boys ' race were not as num e.ous as is usua lly the race proY ed to be a parti cular ly even and case, but the excit ing one, and there wils only the matt er of a yard or two betw een the first and th e la st runn er to finish. 'l'o the comm ittee, orga niser s and officials all cred it is clue for an excel lently contr olled athle tic meet ing.

Afte rnoo n tea was prov ided for the visito rs assem bly hall by a num ber of ladies und~r in the schoo l the co_ntrol of Mrs. W. H. Moyes, the idle half- hour bemg cons idera bly brigh tened by taste fully deco rated table s and a program me of musi c prov ided by Mrs. \V oods ' orche stra.

The schoo l is indeb ted to a num ber of gene rous peop le £or dona tions and gifts of flowe rs and cakes . 'l'he officials were as follo ws: Juclg es, Mess \Vilson, E. Jack son, C. H. W eston , E. P. Web rs. F. E .

D . Robe rtson , J. 1\lcLeocl, and Drs. E. F . Fook ster, R. W. es Milr oy; sti!I'ter, 1\Ir. \V. H. Moy es; mark sman and 'l'. A. , ~r. 1\. J .

Papp s; grou nd .·tew ards, 1\IIe.-srs. C. G. Bott nll, A. G. Jolm son, \V. G.\\ ilkie, G. H. Pope , H. G. Dyer and J. Earl ; stew ards, Mess rs .•T. \V. Conn , J. Dobs on ell, G. F. Berti·and , V. E. Kerr , F. J. Eggl eton, '1'. l\II. McD Legg at and R. C. \Vils on; timek eepe rs, l\II~ss onald , J . nett, V. Dalg leish and F. C. F erry; comm rs. J. Benittee, Mess rs.

A. \V. Dipr ose (ch airm an ), and A. M. Brad bury , F. L.

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A. Brodie; hon. secretari es, K. F. Fookes and J. J. Pease.

Results :. 150. Yard:> Open.-J3'ir::;t heat: 0. Davie::> (5yd::>.) 1, t1~1e, 16 3-5;<scc,. Second heat: C. Clarke ( 9yds.) 1 ; time, 16 4-5sec. rh1rd heat: Abraham ( 4yds.) 1; time, 16 4-5 sec. Fourth heat: Grover ( 1yd.) 1 ; time, 17 2-5sec. Fifth heat: G. Sannder s (5yds.) 1; time, 17sec. Sixth heat: Hagger (5yds.) 1; time, 17 1-5sec. Seventh heat: Eaves ( 6yds.) 1; .time, 17 2-5sec. Eighth heat: C. Camp bell (9yds.) 1; time, 17 3-5sec. li'inal: 0. Davies 1, Clarke and Saunder s (dead heat) 2. Won by about fonr yards. Time, 16 1-5sec.

100 Yards (under 15).-li'i rst heat: Gibbs (5yds.) 1, L. M cLean ( 6yds.) 2, W atkins ( 5yds.) 3; time, 12 2-5sec.

Second heat: J. Jones (~yds.) 1, '1'. J. Betts (7yds.) 2, C. Itobert::;on (2yds.) 3; time, 12sec. 'l'hird heat: Eaves (:>cr.) 1, W. R. Allen (6yds. ) 2, 'l'reloar (4yds.) 3; time, 12 2-5sec. ·Fourth heat: A. Smith ( 4yds.) 1, R. Muir ( 3yds.) 2, S. 'l'onks ( 4yds.) 3 ; time, 13sec. li'ifth heat : qolson (lyd.) 1, A_. Barlow (4yds.) 2, Young (3yds.) 3; time, 12 l -5sec. Fmal : Eaves 1 J ones 2 Colson 3 · time 12sec. ' ' ' ' 100 Yards-Senio~· C1.~p (Record: J. Whittle, 10 3-5sec., 1920) .- Champw nslnp heat: Medley and C. Gilll10lU' .Cdead heat ) 1, S. ~lack 3. Medley led over 75 yards, but G1lmour challeng ed m a great finish and both breasted the . tape together . Despite the fact that the race was agamst a strong breeze the distance was covered in only one-fifth of a second less than record time. Time 10 4-5 sec .. Second heat: S ..F'ookes (2yds.) 1, Harman '(7yds.)

2 i time, 11 ~-5sec. Th1rd heat: G. Bayly (5yds.) 1, Grant (byds.) 2; time, llsec. Fourth heat: 0. Davies (4yds) 1 li'. Read ( 3y~s.) and C. Clarke ( 6yds.) dead heat 2; time: 111~5sec. li'1fth heat :.Abraha m (3yds. ) 1, ·warner (lyd.)

2; time! 11 l -5sec. li'mal : J. S. Mecliey 1, C. Gilmour 2, 0. Davws 3. Another great race. Medley took the lead early and kept the comman d all the wav stavin"' off Gil0 ~~;our '.s fi ne eff ort at t~e :fini ·h to winJ>by half a yard.

I h tuuc .was llsec., wlu h' wns 11 h·n 1ion slower tba.n in 1h e mormng . . ~00 Yards- Junior Cup (R eco1·d: E. B eckbe. ·singer, 11 1-<)sec., 1916) .-Champ ionship heat: Lobb 1 Brown 2

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l.Jister 3; time, 11 4-5sec. (Lobb tbu. won Mr. Beckbessinger's Cup.) Second heat: Rogers (2yds.) 1, Betts (3yds.) 2; time, 12 l-5sec. Third heat: L. Barlow (lyd.)

J A. Smith (4y c1s.) 2 ; time, 12.·c·. Fourtl1 heat: Eaves ( lyd.) l, J. Jon es (6yc1::>.) 2; ti.me, 11 4-5se.c. Fifth heat: Hinkley ( 3yds.) J, Kcdglcy ( 4-ycls.) 2 ; tunc, 12 2-5sec.

Final: Eaves 1, J ones 2, Rogers 3; time, 12sec.

Long Jump-S enior Cup (Record: J. D. Mackay, 19:ft. 11in., 1924).- J. S. Medley (scr.), 19ft. 3~in., 1; C. Gilmour (scr.), 19ft. O~in., 2; Riley (12in.), 18ft. Hin., 3.

Long Jump-J unior Cup (Record: C. C. Lobb, 18ft.

2-!in., 1924) .-C. C. Lobb (scr.), 18ft. 1in., 1; White~ead (9in.), 16ft. 6in., 2; Bro·wn (scr.) and G. Beaven (15m.), 16£t., equal, 3.

75 Yards (under 13).-H. L . Thomson (scr.) 1, E. F. Harvie (3yds.) 2, Dickie (1yd.) 3. Time, 10 4-5sec.

880 Yards-S enior Cup ; Mason Memoria l Cup (Record: J. D. Mackay, 2min. 11 3-5sec., 1923) .-Gilmo ur (scr.) 1, Buckerid ge (lOyds.) 2, D. Robertso n (scr.) 3.

A big field faced the starter.

Gilmour commenc ed to make up ground immedia tely. At the commenceme?-t of the last lap Buckerid ge led past the post and establish ed a good lead, but Gilmour came through to second place some thirty yards behind and running strongly he caught Buckerid o·e thirty yards from the post and won by :four or five y:rds. Ro bertson came third about eight y3:rds behind Buckerid ge. Jackson was the second champiOnship man to finish, Gi.lmour being the first. Time, 2min.

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880 Yards-J unior Cup .- B. Campbel l (25yds.) 1, Sinclair (lOyds.) 2, J. Jones (35yds.) 3. Lobb (scr.) lay behind the bunch for most of the distance and was beaten

by Brown (scr.) in the sprint home.

Campbel l led strongly after the first lap and won by abont five yards.

Time, 2min. 24sec.

100 Yards- Under 14 Cup (Record: A. R. Botha.mley, 11 3-5sec., 191 6) .- Champio n8hip heat: Whittle 1, Ford 2, J. K. Sampson 3 ; won by inches; time, 13sec.

Seco11d heat: A. Barlow (10yds.) 1, J. McLean (3yds.) 2, B. H. Fairbrot her (9yd: .) 3; time, 12 2-5.-ec. 'l.'hinl heat: H. L. Thomson (2yds. ) 1, Western (9yds.) 2, Snell (4yds.)

3; time, 13sec. Final: A. Barlow 1, Whittle 2, .J. McLean 3; won by three yards; time, 12 3-5sec.

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2?0 Yards Open.:-First h eat : J. Pease ( 4yds.) 1, C. McNe1ll (6y~s.) 2; time, 27. ·ec. Second h eat: Saunders (4yds.) 1, Hmkley _(l_Oyds.) 2; time, 27sec. 'l'hird heat: Grover (scr.) 1, Ridmg (12yd:.) 2; time, 27 3-5sec. ~ourth heat: ~ arner (1y d. ) 1, J . 'l'homson (?yds.) 2; time, 26sec .. Fifth heat: C. Clarke (12yc1s.) 1, Crawford (8yds.) 2; t!me, .25 3-5sec. Sixth heat: .Abraltam (3yds.)

1, N. ~acD1armicl (6ycls.) 2; time, 27sec. Seventh heat: 0. Dav1es (6yd:. ) and Eaves (6vds.) d ead h eat 1· tl.Illc ' ' ' " Davies F. r'J6 2, N. 'l\1acDiar'mal . C :. Clarke 1, 0. ~ . 4 ~osec.

TI?-Id 3; _a close fimsh, fiv e ya1·ds separating the third man· ' time, 2::> 1-5sec.

50 Yards-Under 10 Cup (Record : G. Bell, 7 1-5sec., 1917).-McJ?onnell (lyd.) 1, Blackley (scr. ) 2, G. W eston (scr.) 3. T1me, 8sec.

440 Yards-Senior Cup, Old Boy·' Shield (Record: J . D .. Mackay, 1923, F. C. Gilmour, 1924, 54 1-5sec. ) .-F. All w ere off C. G1lmour 1, S. Black 2, E. J ackson 3. scratch, and Gilmour won by eight yard:. 'l'ime, 55:ec .

440 Yards-Senior Handicap.-Grover (5yck) 1, Grover Saunders (10yds.) 2, .A. Sampson (25yd ·.) 3. ca:t;ne to the front a.bout half-way through th e race and 'l'ime 56 fimshed strongly w1th 11 yards to spar e. ' 3-5sec.

440 Yards-Junior Cup , Mrs. Bothamley 's Cup (Record: P . G. G~·over, 58 2-5sec. ,1924) .- II. M. Brown 1, C. C. Lobb 2, LI ~ter 3. Lobb l ay in behind Brown until the final sp~·int, when b e failed by several inche: to overtake the wmner. 'l'ime, 61sec.

440 Yards-Junior Handicap (Mr. Harman 's Cup ) .B~ Camp bell (20yds.) 1, IIaywawl (20yd:.) 2, Sin clair (oyds.) 3. Won by six yard: . 'l'ime, 60 2-5 cc.

75 Yards-Under 14 Cup (Record: . R. Bothamley 9sec., 1916 ) .-Champiowhip heat: H. Whittle 1 J. :R' Ford 2, ~· H. Samp:on 3; time, 10sec. Second h~at: .A. B~r~ow (byd_:> . ) 1, ~· ~· Davi es (5yds.) 2, Western (6yds. ) 3 , hme, 9 4-b. ec. Thn·d heat: W. J . Thoma: (lyd.) 1, J. ~cL 'a n (ly(l.) ~, Hall (-J.ycl~.) 8; time, 10. cc. Final: .A. ~~~·~~~~~.nncl .f. 1VIcucan (d 'ad l1 <11 ) 1, IT. Whittl e 8; timt> , 50 Yards (under 11 ) .-Blacklcy (3yd.·.) 1, ruickBhank (scr.) 2, N. Saunder. (scr.) 3. Time, 7 3-5sec.

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Three-legged Race.-First heat: Beck and .Ab bott (lOyds.) 1. Second heat: Barak and Hingston (5yds.) and White and Muir (15yds.), dead heat, 1. Third heat: Barlow and Canning (5yds.) 1. Fourth heat: Grace and Bennoch (lOyds.) 1. Fifth heat: S. 'l'onks and M. Lobb Sixth heat: Cuthbertson and Stevenson (15yds.) 1.

Seventh heat: F. Morgan and Gorringe (15yds.) 1. (scr.) and Hall and J. L. Wilson (15yds.), dead heat, 1.

Eighth h eat : J ohnson and Smith (15yds.) 1. Ninth heat: .A. Hetherington and D. Hetherington (5yds.) 1. Final: M. Lobb and '1'. 'l'onks 1, .Abbott and Beck 2, Smith and Johnson 3.

High Jump-Senior Cup (Record: D. S. Sykes, 5ft.

5-!in., 1914) .-F. R ead (2in.), 5ft. lin., 1; K. Riley and Buckeridge (2in.), 5ft., dead heat, 2.

High Jump-Junior Cup (Record: W. Penman, 5ft., 1924) .-.A. Hetherington and Whitehead (dead heat) 1, Oldfield 3. Height, 4ft. 9tin.

Sack Race (75yds.) .-First heat: D. Hetherington (scr.) 1, R. Sutton (5yds.) 2. Second heat : Innes (15yds.)

1, Cattier (5yds.) 2. Third heat: Hammonds (15yds.) 1, Ford (15yds.) 2. Fourth heat: Evans (5yds.) 1, Milroy (15yds.) 2. Fifth heat: Fitzgerald (15yds.) 1, K. Sutton and N. S. Bell (equal) 2. Sixth heat: Pratt (lOyds.) 1, Seventh heat: J. Hetherington Cleland (lOyds.) 2. (scr.) 1, Law 2. Final: Hammonds 1, J. Hetherington 2, Cattier 3.

100 Yards-Under 10 Cup (Record: G. Bell, 1917, W. Hardwick, 1919, 14 2-5sec.).-McDonnell (4yds.) 1, Blackley (scr.) 2, N. Saunders (3yds.) 3. Time, 15sec.

150 Yards-Under 12 (Record: H. F. Fookes, 20sec., 1920 ).-Cruickshank (scr.) 1, G. B. Saunders (scr.) 2, Whittington (scr.) 3. Time, 23sec.

Old Boys' Race (Mr. Pridbam's Cup).-R. G. Howell 'l'ime, 12 1-5sec.

1, J. H. Boon 2, H . W. Brown 3.

Potato Race (over 14) .- :F'irst heat: W. Watt 1, Dinniss 2. Second heat: Lawrence 1, Ingle 2. Third heat: .A. Hetherington 1, Wray 2. Fourth h eat : Mahraj 1, Fifth h eat: W atkins and Grace (equal) 1.

Lamb 2.

Sixth heat: Whitehead 1, Cleland 2. Final: Lawrence 1, .A. Hetherington 2, Mahraj 3.

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Potato Race (unde r 14) .- First heat: Lee 1, Halligan 2, E. H. Fairbr other 3. Secon d heat: Young 1, K. Scott 2, Weste rn 3. Third heat: J. M cLean 1, K. Sutton 2, Crow 3. Final: McLe an 1, K. Sutton 2, Young 3.

Tinty Tots' Race. -Rosa Westo n 1, John Westo n 2, Patric ia Conne ll 3.

120 Yards Hurdl es-Se nior Cup, Mr. Noake s' Cup (Reco rd: J. D. Macka y, 16 4-5sec., 1923) .-Cha mpion ship heat: C. Gilmo ur 1, Medle y 2; time, 19sec. Secon d heat: F. Read (owe 3yds.) 1, J. Beave n (scr.) 2, Bucke ridge (owe 3yds.) 3; time, 20sec. Final: F. Read 1, C. Gilmour 2, Medle y 3; both Gilmo ur and Read jumpe d well and the latter just breast ed the tape ahead of his opponent in a splend id finish; time, 18 2-5sec.

120 Yards Hurdl es-Ju nior Cup (Reco rd: B. A. Norman, 19 4--5sec., 1914) .-Cha mpion ship heat: C. Lobb (owe 7yds.) 1, H. M. Brown (owe 7yds.) 2; Lobb possesses a good style, and appea red an easy jumpe r, winning all the way in record time, reduci ng Norm an's 1914 time by 3-5sec; time, 19 1-5sec. Secon d heat: Oldfield (scr.) 1, Adlam (scr.) 2; time, 22 2-5sec . Final: C. Lobb 1, Oldfield 2; time, 20 1-5sec.

75 Yards -Und er 10 Cup (Reco rd: G. Bell, 10 4-5sec., 1917) .-McD onnel l (3yds. ) 1, Black ley (scr.) 2, G. Weston (scr.) 3; time, 111-5 sec.

50 Yards -Und er 12 Cup (Reco rd: J. Pease, 1919, H. L. Thoms on, 1923, 7sec.) .-Cha mpion ship heat: Whittingto n 1, G. B. Saund ers 2, Cruick shank 3; time, 8sec.

Secon d heat: Korki s (2yds. ) 1, M. Harvi e (2yds. ) 2, J. Fail路brothe r (1yd.) 3; time, 7 4-5sec. Final: Whitt ington 1, Cruick shank 2, Korki s 3; time, 8sec.

100 Yards -Und er 12 Cup (Reco rd: H. F. Fooke s, 1919, H. L. Thoms on, 1923, 13 2-5sec.) .-Cru icksh ank (scr.) 1, Whitt ington (scr.) 2, G. B. Saru1ders (scr.) 3.

Time, 15 2-5sec.

220 Yards -Und er 14 Cup (Reco rd : P. G. 28 2-5sec ., 1922) .-Cha mpion ship heat: Whitt le 2, Rains 3; time, 30 1-5sec.

Secon d heat: J. (7yds. )1, W. Thom as (3yds. ) 2, Weste rn (8yds. ) 31sec. Final: McLe an 1, Whitt le 2, Thoma s 3; 2-5sec.

Grove r, 1, Ford McLe an 3; time, time, 30

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A. an, oon N Back Row: vV. A. Broclie, C. Ca mpb ell, J. Strange, R. Middle Row: P. Miles, H. Gorringe, J. Sutton, D. Robertson, C. Lobb, J . Gibbs, G. Wray .

Front Row: C. Strange, E. Edgecomb e, G. Sutton, M. Rogers, H . B ett s, D. Phi ll ips, H. Thomson.

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One Mile (Senior) - Dr. E. F. Fookes' Cup (Record: E. G. Smith, 4min. 55 1-5sec., 1922) .- D. Robertson (scr.)

1, A. Beck (60yds.) 2, Gorringe (50yds.) 3. Robertson caught up to the bunch in the first lap, and led throughout, winning by 40 yards, with six yards separating second and third. 'l' ime, 5min. 3 4-5sec.

One Mile (Junior).-C. Robertson (scr.) 1, Rogers (20yds.) 2, K err (50yds. ) 3.

Ken and Cuthbertson (70yds.) led for three lap.', with the field spread out. rr. W. Rawson (20yds.) came up to second place, and was joined by Rogers andl~obertson. rrhe four were blmched until Robertson drew away to win by five yards. Time, 5min. 22 2-5sec.

Previously Competed li'or.

Throwing Cricket Ball (Senior).-D. P . McLean 1, A. B. Stewart 2. Distance, 77yds. Oft. 7in.

Throwing Cricket Ball (Junior) .-S. Batger 1, C. Palrner 2. Distance, 80yds. 1ft. llin.

CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS. Senior Cup .-l!' . .C. Gilmour, 31 points, 1; Medley, 16 points, 2; E . J ackson, 8 points, 3.

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Junior Cup.-C. C. Lobb, 27 points, 1; H. M. Brown, 24 points, 2; C. R. Lister, 10 points 3.

Under 14.-I-l. Wllittlc, 15 points, 1; J . R Ford, 9 points, 2; L. G. Dickie, 5 points, 3.

Under 12.- J. F. Cruick::;hank, 11 point::;, 1 ; G. B. Saunders, 10 points, 2; H. J. Whittington, 9 points, 3.

Under 10.- D. I . Blackley, 20 points, 1; G. C. Weston, 8 points, 2 ; N. I. Saunders, 7 points, 3.

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Scratch men scored in both the senior and junior . tc IJlecbases-two popular events in th e sporting caleudar of the N 路w Plymout l.J Doys' High School-which

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were decided over the usual courses at the New Plymouth Golf Club's links at \Vaiwakaiho on October 1. D. Robertson won the senior event, the course being three miles 55 chains, and K. Scott breasted the tape first in the junior event, run over a course approximately one and a-half miles long.

of the smallest boys in the school finishing m splendid style. Detailed r esults are:-

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No test of athletics is more conclu~i 1e and none calls for greater powers of endurance t han a long cros:;-country run. This year training operation:; ha ve been hampered by the persi:;tently wet weather, but nevertheless some very creditable times were recorded and practically every boy who started-over 60 in the junior event and 207 in t h e senior-completed the course. As is usual the events created great interest among friends of the school, and ther e wa~ a large crowd to cheer the boy:; a~ they completed their long joumey.

The prevalence of rain almost forced a decision to postpone the eYentf;, but the anival of brighter weather encouraged the officiab to cany on. 'l'he ground was rather heavy,. and for the :first part of the course the boy:; had to run mto the teeth of a stiff breeze.

For the greater part of the homewa rd journey however the competitors, mo~t having settled well into their s'tride and gained thcil' "second wind," had H1c assistance of the wind at their backs.

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Just OYer. sixty boys ~ined up for the junior steeplecha.·e, the lnmt runners bemg conceded 90 seconds. Soon the lon g line of runner: was Rtrung out. Scott was the fir.t to appear at t h e corner near the pavilion and about 50 yards fnrther back: came l\IcLean. A blm~h of seven, led b~r Cro·w, followed.

Scott gradually increased hi:; lead as he turned into

th~ s!raight and, still rum1ing :;trongly, he passed the

fimshmg post almost a hundred yards ahead of McLean.

Crow was yet another hunclr·ed yards behind and almost a similar distance separated him from W e~tern. Then came \Vilson and Allen, who had a ding-dong go for fifth place. The rest of the competitors were strung out, some

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K. Scott ( scr.), 12min. 45 3-5.-ec. . . . . . . . . . . 1 J . l\l[cLean (scr.), 12min. 55sec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 B. Crow (20:;ec.), 13min. 29sec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 C. Western ( 30sec.), 13min. 45sec. . . . . . . . . 4 E . \Vilson (10sec.) , 13min. 30.-ec. . . . . . . . . . . 5 C. Alien (20:;ec.), 13min. 41:;ec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 A. Well:; (20sec.), 13min. 50.- ec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 E. Harvie (20sec.), 13min. 54sec. . . . . . . . . . . 8 'f. J. Watt (lOsec.), 13min. 45sec. . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dickie (scr.), 13min. 37sec ...... . ........ 10 Next in order were: Or:;bourn (scr.), W. Thoma:; (:;cr.), IIalligan (lO,.;ec.), X Gardiner (scr. ), K. utton (lOsec. ), R. Hall (20:;cc.), J. II. Sampsou (scr.), Rains (scr.), Duff (20sec.), N . Palmer (40sec.).

SENIOl~ STEEPLECHASE.

lu a big field of over two hundred boy:; in the senior steeplechase, the limit men were a·warded 2{- minutes' handicap over the back-markers. 'fhe course led over rolling country straight to the :ea, thr.nce along the beach and homeward by a circuitous route, the varying nature of the countr? with a stretch along the beach to lend yet further Yariety beiug calcnlatecl to test thoroughly the stamina of the boys.

Soon a long line of white iigmes was stretched seaward till the boys disappeared over a sandhill leading to the beach. They did not come into view again till heads 11·cre turned for home. At this distance it was difficult to ide11tify t h e rmmcr:, but the lea ders were hailed as Beny and Beck. Hot on their tra il came a long line of competitors, numb ering thirty or forty. \Vinding in and out along the flagged cour:;e the runnel'::;, with over a mile to home, were brought clo:;e to the spectators. It was then seen that Robertson, a scratch man, was in the lead, and h e was running so strongly that it was evident that he had the race well within his grasp.

At this stage Beck was a good second, having a fair break on his pursuer s.

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H.unning like a champion Robertson increased his lead, an eif01't to which some of his pursuers responded, so that places over the last mile were re-shuffled to some extent. They could make no impression on the leader , however, and Robertson breasted the r ise and ran down the hill to the tape to win a sterling race by about 150 yards. Beaven, a 20sec. man, finished second, being followed by List, Lobb and B eck, the remainder of the field arri v:ing in quick succession till, amid much chaff and laughter, the two last men, who shall be nameless, sharing the honour between them, breasted the tape together.

Places gained in the steeplechase counted towards the championship points in conn ection with the annual sports. These points were allotted as follow : -

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Details are as follow : D. Robertson (scr.), 24min. 9 2-5sec. . . . . . .

J . Beaven (20sec.), 25min. 15sec........ .'. .

T. R List (40sec.), 25min. 42sec. . . . . . . . . . .

C. Lobb (60sec.), 26min. 7sec ...... :. . . . . .

A. Beck ( 60sec.), 26min. llsec. . . . . . . . . . .

G. Ewart ( 60sec. ), 26min. 15sec. . . . . . . . . . .

R Berry (130sec.), 27min. 32sec. . . . . . . . .

W. Morris (100sec.), 27min. 6sec. . . . . . . . . \"l. Rawson (scr. ), 25min. 33sec. . . . . . . . . . .

M. H.ogers ( 50sec.), 26min. 24sec. . . . . . . . . . .

C. MeN eill ( 30sec. ) , 26min. 18sec. . . . . . . . .

C. Gilmour (scr.), 25min. 49sec. . . . . . . . . . .

B. Wal ·ham (80sec.) ,· 27min. 10sec. . . . . . . . .

N. MacDiarmid ( 10::;ec.), 26min. 3 ·cc. . . . . . .

P. Grover (20sec.), 26min. 15sec. . . . . . . . . . . ·whitehead ( 90sec.), 27min. 26sec. . . . . . . . .

C. Gri:ffiths ( 60sec.), 26min. 58sec. . . . . . . . .

C. Robertson ( 40sec.), 26min. 41sec. . . . . . .

E. J ackson (scr.) , 26min. 8sec. . . . . . . . . . .

R. Lawrence ( 10sec. ), 26min. 23sec. . . . . . . . .

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Next in order wer e : Hi11gSLOI1 (70::;ec.) , C. L.istcr ( 60sec.). ,J. Ewart ( 60sec. ), L. Barlow ( 60sec.), :Strombom (10sec. ), C. Clarkc (70sec.), E. Colson (60sec.), '1'. W. Rawson ( 60sec.), Grace ( 50sec.), J. McDonald ( 80sec.), Pan·ott (80sec.), H ayward (60sec.) , W. J. Watt (80sec.), M. 'l'homson (20::;ec. ) , J . St rong (30sec. ), C. Campbell ( 40sec.).

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Senior.-C. Gilmour 5, E. J ackson 3, S. Black 1.

Junior.-C. C. Lobb 5, C. Lister 3, S . .Allhusen 1.

Under 14.-L. G. Dickie 5, N.· J. Gardiner 3, J. H. Sampson 1.

Under 12.-H. M. Palmer 5, G. B. Smmders 3, G. Harvie 1.

Under 10.-D. Blackley 5, N. I. Sannders 3, G. C. Weston 1.

Th e faste st times w er e :Juniors.- K. Scott, 12min. 45 3-5see. (medal presented by Mr. G. Easton), 1; J. McLean, 12min. 55sec., 2; B. Crow, 13min. 29sec., 3; E . Wilson, 13min. 30sec., 4.

Seniors.-D. Robertson, 24min. 9 2-5sec. (Bryce Cup), 1 · J. Beaven, 25min. 15sec., 2; W. H.awson, 25min. 33sec., 3; T. R. List, 25min. 42sec., 4; C. Gilmour, 25min. 49sec., 5.

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NOTES.

The practica,l work for this term has been carried out on the recently-acquired property of 5~ acres on Ho bson Street.

P .ASTURE TOP-DRESSING TRI.AL. .A pasture top-dressing trial has been started, the aims of which are:(a) To determine the best source of phosphoric acid. (b) To determine whether potash is necessary or not. ( ~) To determine whether lime is valuable or not.

The area under trial is divided into eight strips, seven of which received different phosphatic manures, and one no phosphate (control strip). The phosphates were applied at the rate of four cwt. per acre. One half of the area received a dressing of kainit at the rate of two cwt. per acre, and another half received ground limestone at the rate of ten cwt. per acre.

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NOTES

The manures w er e broadcasted by hand on July 31, 1925. 'l'he area is securely fenced <llld stock will be kept off to enable a crop of hay to be cut and weighed. The area was grazed evenly before the manures were applied and the animal droppings spread. In all there are 32 plots, in the marking out of which a theodolite and chain measure were used.

The trial is to extend over a period of years, and in addition to the cutting and weighing of the grass on each plot, observations are beh1g made on the effect of the manures on the grasses and clovers, on the weed content of the pasture, and on the palatability of the various plots.

Supc:r

Basi c

Phosph ate

Slag

Potash

1 2 3 4

G

6 7 8

Basic Super

9 10 11 12

~:ll\I'U

Bonemcal .Phoshpai t

13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20

\Valpole

Ephos

Gu:.1no

21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28

Control

29 30 31 32

Lime

1. 路superphosphate x Lime. 17. Nauru Phosphate x Lime.

2. Superphosphate x Lime 18. Na nru Phosphate x Lime x Potash. x Potash.

3. Superphosphate x 19. Nanru Phosphate x Potash.

Potash.

20. Nauru Phosphate.

4. Superphosphate.

21. Ephos x Lime.

5. Basic Slag x Lime.

22. Ephos x Lime x Potash.

6. Basic Slag x Lime x Potash.

23. Ephos x Potash.

7. Basic Slag x Potash.

24. Ephos.

8. Basic Slag.

25. \Valpole Guano x Lime.

9. Basic Super x Lime.

26. \Valpole Guano x Lime 10. Basic Super x Lime x x Potash.

Potash.

11. Basic Super x Potash. 27. Walpole Guano x Potash.

28. V路,T alpole Guano.

12. Basic Super.

29. Lime.

13. Bonemeal x Lime.

30. Lime x Potash.

14. Bonemeal x Lime x Potash.

31. Potash.

15. Bonemeal x Potash.

32. Control.

16. Bonemeal.

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GENERAL. As the recently acquired area of land was not suitably divided up, some pioneering wo1路k was necessary before we could make a start with the .plots. Trees were cut . down, sawn up and split. into posts, hedges were grubbed out, fences in 'bacl repair were pulled clown and new ones erected. Part of the area was ploughed, disced and harrowed. On the ground which is badly infested with couch grass ( Agropyrum Rcpens), ''smothering'' crops, such as maize antl oats, are being sown.

The collection of grasses has been transplanted from the old plots to the new ones, where observations on them will be continued. ThP plot in which a trial is being made between Danish and Akaroa cocksfoot has also been moved.

A sowing of Egyptian clover, or Berseem, wafll ~1acl e on November 19.

On the Hobson Street property an area of broken ground has been set aside for the esta blisbment of an arboretum.

FORES'l'RY WORK. Thanks arc clue to the Forestry Department for the gift of a collection of over a hundred trees and shrubs.

They have been planted out in the School grounds, with permanent labels attached to the different species. Records of growth will be kept, and the information obtained should prove of considerable value. The following is the collection :-Oregon Pine (Pseudo-tsuga Douglasii).

Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).

Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata).

Canoe Birch (Betula papyrifera).

Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria Japonica).

Spanish Silver Fir (Abies pinsapo).

Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanmn) .

Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus).

Plane (Platanus occiclentalis). .

Lawson's Cypress (Cupressus Lawsoniana).

Roman Cypress ( Cupressus Sempervirens).

Callitris rhomboiclea.

Paulownia imperialis.

Pinus Laricio.

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Pinus Pinus Pinus Pinus Pinus Pinus

CLASSE S

pinaste r. densifl.ora. excelsa.

Thumb ergii. murica ta. patula.

Last year we raised from seed supplie d by the State Forest Service six species of Eucaly pti, two of Pines, and one Cupres sus. 'l'his year we plante d out some hundre ds of seedlin gs of Eucaly pti, with consid erable success.

Ninety -five per cent. of the transp lanted trees grew notwithst anding that they were taken direct from the' seed bed to their perma nent positio n, withou t any interm ediate . season we have sown Pinus radiata , .

"I"mmg ont . " Th IS and six species of Eucaly pti. iana, n Lawso sus Cuprcs

TERM S CLAS SES. . The res~lts of the ''term s'' classes this year have a.gam been hi~hlY: satisfa?torY:. The numbe r of boys sittmg for examm atwn at VIcton a and Auckla nd Univer sity Colleges ~as _unu~ually high. Of the eleven boys who sat for exa~matwn m the first section of the B.A. or LL.B. ~egree, eight ke:r;>t terms. R. W ebb gained a first-cl ass pass m Advan~ed History , a merito rious perform ance. The results gamed from these classes have justifie d their existence. The comple te results were: AUCK LAND UNIVE RSITY COLLE GE. T. L. Bailey .-Pass ed in Mathem atics and English .

R. W .. Bates .-Pa 路sed in Mathem atics, Englis h and Histor y.

S. F. Fooke s.-Pas sed in English Latin and Consti' tutiona l History .

D. G. Grant. -Passe d in Mathem atics and Economics.

A. Move~ley.-Passed in English , Histor y and Economics.

R. Webb .-Pass ed in Advan ced Histor y (first-c lass pass) and Econom ics.

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VICTO RIA COLLE GE. C. Calver t.-Pas sed in ~'rench and Latin.

C. Strom bom.-P assed in Consti tutiona l History , Roman Law and Jurispr udence .

In additio n to these results two boys passed in one subjec t at Auckla nd Univer sity College examin ations.

'J'hey were H. J. Thoma. (Englis h) and J. Ga1bra ith (Ma themat ics).

FOOT BALL .

(S. F. Fookes .) \Ve are again able to record a succes sful footba ll Comm encing with only four of 'the previou s season . year's team we realise d that we would be hard put to it to compe te succes sfully with \Vanga nui College and rr e Aute College in the early part of the season. rrhe former defeate d us handso mely, but om fifteen put up a gallan t fight agains t the latter, only to go down by a penalty goal in the last few minute s. So much had the team improv ed during the season that it easily beat Nelson College and gained a merito rious victory over A 1cklan d Gramm ar School in Auckla nd. From the point of view of improv ement shown during a season, the 1925 Fifteen must be heartil y congra tulated on its r ecord. Althou gh we have lost the Moasc ar Cup, and we coi1gra tulate Te Ante Coll ege on captur ing it, we feel that th e Fifteen went down with flying colours. For sheer grit and determ ination the defenc e of the team that day will always live in the memor y of those who witnes sed the struggl e. Towar ds the end of the season the team develo ped a brillian cy in attack which could compa re favour ably with that of our fifteens in the past. Seeing that the majori ty of the team are returni ng to school next year, prospe cts ahead are bright .

Never in the history of the School have we had such a succes sful Second Fifteen . It was only in 1921 that our First Fifteen won the Tarana ki third grade compe tition.

In 1925 our Second Fifteen was capabl e of winnin g it, and we wish to congra tulate the team and its captain on their merito rious perform ance. The Third and Fourth Fifteens have played in the fourth grade competitio11, and

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~hough the talent available here has not been so 'p romisn~g as usua~ the ~eams have made good progress. The

on the Park on the Friday morning, but the remainder of the day was free. After the match both teams attended a dinner at the 'rerminus Hotel and later attended the pictures.

On Sunday both teams attended the School church service and were treated to an inspiring sermon by our chaplain (Rev. E. H. Strong). The lessons were read by the captains of the rival teams. After the service the party left the School at 11 a.m. in private cars to visit Mt. Egmont. \Ve wish to take this opportunity of once a gain thanking· those friends who supplied their cars.

On arrival at the house we had lunch and the more venturesome set out to climb in the mist and drizzle prevailing. Despite these drawbacks, those who did climb enjoyed themselve · immensely, glissading and snow fighting. Then, tired and weary, we tramped again to the house, and t h ence home again in the cars. On the Monday morning we bade farewell to our visitors at the mail train. \Ve are indebted to the local press for the following report o:f the match : The teams took the field as follow:High SchooL-Full-back, Petty; three-quarters, Brown, K. Fookes, Medley; fiv e-eig·bths, Fletcher, tewart; half, Grant; rover, Read; forwards, Brodie, nnvford, \Y et ere, li"letchcr, S. Fookes (capta in ), Abraham , Penman.

Nelson College.-F'ull-b ack, Newman; three-quarters, Barry, Ill. \Vilkcs, Hawkcs; five-eighths, Rutherford (captain), N. \Vilk es; half, Carey; rover, Airey; forwards, Campbell, Sadlier, Sladclen, Biggar, Hawkesworth, Martin, Smith.

Three minutes from the start Grant sent the School backs away from the centre of the field. \Vith a stirring rush the ball travelled fast through the combination to K. Fookes, but Medley could not take his pass when he had only a f ew yards to go. The ball was whipped out in the other direction, and Brown received to be grassed a yard from the line. 'l'he ball was quickly h eeled out and Read came up on the outside to dash down the touchline and score in the corner. Fleteher 's kick failed : High School 3, Nelson College 0.

Nelson rushed play back and M. vVilkes pierced the opposition with a fine stab run, but was h eld up. School relieved and a pretty movement occurred when M.

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Fifth and S1xth F1fteen. have competed in the new fifth grade Taranaki Secondary Schools' competition under 16 years, and th~ forme_r team was successful in winning it after a most mterestmg game in the final with Stratford High School. The st~~dard of football developed by this team has been surpnsmgly good. The remainder of the Sc~ool has had it~ regular games and regular coaching, whiCh no doubt w1ll bear good fruit in the future. vVe wish to thank the masters who have "'iven their time and energies on behalf of our footbal~ Mr. and Mrs. Moyes for entertaining visiting teams, and the good people of New P lymouth who have so kindly taken visitors to their homes and helped us in every way possible · to make such visits a success.

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The early portion of the season which consisted of ~he history of a keen but inexperienc~d team, was treated m our last number. Results show that the team improved throughout the past season under the able guidance of Mr. A. J. Papps. Truly he was set a hard task in moulding a team from about four of last year's "caps " but by t~e e~1d of the season he had perfected a fin~ back combmatwn to support th e heavy pack. In this portion of the season tht'! team suffered but one defeat, at the ~an_ds of Old ~?YS, and that by one point only. In the JUmor competition the team withdrew when still un' defeated in the Western Division.

Althol:gh ~he past season has been so pleasant and successful1t w1ll always be r emembered with sad regrets.

Both te~m and School mourn the loss of such a sterling and am1~ble character as "Mike" Fletcher. Quiet and unassummg, but always working fo~· others, he earned the respect of all who knew him. The loss to the team cannot be over-estimated, and his fellow players would unanimously class him as our finest forward.

The following are the remainder of the season's results:NELSON MATCH. (Won, 46-6.)

The Nelson College team arrived on Thursday, July 2, and we:·e met by the School team and the people who were to b1llet them. Our visitors had a useful practice

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FOOTBALL 32 Fletcher came through and led a School fon.v ard passing rush, which was stemmed almost under the posts. For a short period play appeared lacking in sting, and though it was mostly in Nelson's territory, the School backs were making numerous mistakes both in passing and taking the ball. Newman, the Nelson full-back, was doing splendid defensive work, and finding touch with good judgment.

From a loose scramble S. Fookes broke through and transferred to W etere. The School lock made a powerful run, handing on to Abraham for the latter to touch down over the line. Fletcher converted: High School 8, Nelson College 0.

School worked their way back from the drop-out and Newman found touch when in danger. S. Fookes snapped up the ball in the line-out and with a strong, dodgy run, scored a simple try by dashing over the line almost unopposed. Fletcher could not goal: High School 11, Nelson College 0.

School's next try was the result of a fine open movement by the backs. With the old-time dash and finish the ball was sent along the line, and K. Fookes cut through to transfer to Medley after a fine run. The fast winger outstripped the opposition to score a nice try in a handy position. Crawford could not goal: High School 14, Nelson College 0.

Nelson backs now took a turn in attacking, and raised a burst of encouragement as Airey darted through and set out for the line. A willing tussle saw Nelson nearly over, but Brown snapped up the ball and raced round on the open side to effect much-needed relief by finding touch. A moment latei路 Read was off-side, and from well out Rutherford landed a fine goal to open Nel搂on's account: High School14, Nelson College 3.

The School backs now began to show their true form, and they swung into their stride. The ball went out along the line to Medley. With nice judgment he transferred, when about to be tackled, to K. Fookes, who came round fast on the outside and, fruitlessly pursued, the latter streaked over the line. No goal resulted : High School 17, Nelson College 3.

With a rattling solo burst K. Fookes broke away from the drop-out, and twice in quick succession short punted over two would-be tacklers. A clever piece of

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play resulted in a clear run for home, but Rutherford overtook him and half-time sounded with no further addition to the score :Hig路h School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ' Nelson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 The opening of the second spell saw a change in Nelson's formation; M. \Vilkes going into the scrum and Biggar out of the pack to centre. Newman earned applause for a game mark. An early line-out gave the ball to Brown, who sped for the corner, handing on to S. Fookes when tackled. The latter crossed but was recalled and from the ensuing five yards' scrum Read gathered in the ball to dodge his way over. Crawford goaled: High School 22, Nelson College 3.

The Nelson forwards at this stage were giving the ball to their half whenever he wanted it, but the backs could not handle, and Rutherford particularly was fumbling badly. The School backs, on the other hand, were warming to their task, and began to give the spectators a series of delightful runs. Newman lined with fine judgment from a mark, but Grant sent his backs away with a penetrating dash. K. Fookes finished a splendid run by transferring to Medley and, taking the ball in his stride at top speed, Medley scored in the corner after a dashing run. Crawford landed a fine goal from the side line : High School 27, Nelson College 3.

School forwards worked back to the corner, where a scrum was the base from which the backs again manoeuvred a try in the corner. Each man drew his defence and left Medley the task of streaking over the line.

Crawford again goaled from the touch-line: High School 32, Nelson College 3.

Grant receive~ from the scrum and the third try within a few minutes was recorded. It was K. Fookes who was mainly instrumental for this try, because he cut out the opposing centre with a pretty dummy before handing on for Medley to score his third try in succession. Crawford's kick from wide out just missed: High School 35, Nelson College 3.

Ten yards from Nelson's goal line Brodie secured the ball in the line-out and brushed aside all opposition, forcing his way over to register a try. Crawford's kick was wide: High School 38, Nelson College 3.

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Desultory play carried the ball to Nelson's territory again. In trying to clear Newman fumbled and Read dribbled the ball over the line to :-;core near the posts.

Fletcher had an easy task ·w ith the kick: High School 43, Nelson College 3.

Grant was about to send his rearguard away when Airey, coming up fast, intercepted the pass to Stewart and dashed away. Petty felled him hard, how ever, when he had only the full-back to pass. Penman was 0~-side in front of the goal, and Rutherford made no m1stake with the kick: High School 43, Nelson College 6.

School operated to the right for a change, and Brown wa:-; grassed just short of the goal line. Fletcher received a long pas.· and, stabbing his way through, opene_d the :field for Medley to receive in turn and gallop over m t h e corner. The kick failed, and the whistle blew immediately with the :-;core:High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nelson College .............. . .. .

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Mr. F. Julian refereed.

After this match followed .·everal competition games, the details of which are as follows:V . Okato; won 8-5 . Played at Okato on July 11 on a dry but uneven ground, which hamp r d the School play. A weak display by t he School team, e:-;pecially the forwards, resulted in a lucky win. Ivledley scored near the beginning. Okato led 5-3; right on time K. Fookes .-cored after a brilliant passing bout and Crawford converted.

V. Old Boy::;; won 36-0. Played at \V cfitern Park in beautiful weath er on July 18. .After a fair display School won easily. Tries wer scored by R. Flctchcr (2), Iviedley (2), l\I. Fletcher, K. Fookes and Read . P etty potted a goal, Crawford converted three tries and R. Fletchel' on e.

V. Sta1·; won 20-3. Played at \V e. tem Park on July 25. Great interest was taken in this match, as we had twice drawn with Star. Play was even in the forwards, but in the backs School outcla sed their opponents.

Medley (3) and K. Fookes (2) .-cor ed tries; Crawford kicked a penalty goal and converted one try.

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At this stage we had every intention of continuing in the competition, but owing to the sad death of M. Fletcher and the lateness of the season, we reluctantly withdrew.

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS SENIORS (ANNUAL MATCH).

(Lost 22-23.) ·

'!'his ever-popular :fixture was played at Pukekura Park on Atigust 1 and r esulted in a magnificent struggle, the best game of the season. The School team was not at full strength, being without the services of S. Fookes (captain) and Petty.

It wa. · easily the fastest, most scientific and exciting game seen on the Park ground during the season.

The ball travelled .from end to end in quick succession. Dashing forward rushes alternated with sparkling passing bouts of the backs, and there was not one dull moment.

At the end the score was 23 to 22 in Old Boys' favour, but it was anyone' game.

From the score it might seem that the defence was weak, but this was not so, as for prolonged periods the tackling on either side would be deadly until at last it ·was conquered by sh eer cleverness or speed. Old Boys owe their victory to the fact that their forwards got a far .,.reater share of the ball t han School, whose backs, therefore, did not get nearly so many opportunities for attack. ·when they did get going, however, they generally looked very dangerous.

It was an excellent try-out for the School team in view of the match against Auckland Grammar School.

AUCKLAND TRIP.

The team left by the mail train on Wednesday, August 12, ·without M. Fletcher, who had been taken ill, D. Rob ertson going in his stead. After a long and tiresome journey we arrived in Auckland on Thursday morning and were met by our hosts. A feature of the train journey had been the number of Old Boys we met en route. The Thursday and Friday were spent in sightseeing around the city; on Friday morning we had a short practice on Eden Park and the selection intended for Saturday.was made. In the afternoon we were taken for a long and enjoyable ride through the environs of the city, visiting St. Helier 's Bay and other well-known

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places. Needles::; to say this trip was e11joycd immensely by all concerned. On Saturday the game was played as a curtain-raiser to the Auckland-Can terbury match. A pl easing feature of the match was the large number of Old Boys who assembled to cheer their successors to victory.

After the match we were entertained at a very enjoyable dinner at the Old Boys' Club, a11 institution which our Old Boys would do well to imitate. 'l'he Monday was free and we were shown the city by our indulgent hosts.

During the clay we visited the American Fleet, but were not greatly impressed. Included in the itinerary for the day was a visit to the motor-ship Aorangi, commanded by Captain Crawford ("Rock-cake's " uncle).

A sad blow to the team was the unwelcome news of the death of M. Fletcher. This necessitated a hasty reorganisation of the team on the Saturday morning; the selectors after much thought placed Rob ertson in the forwards and r eplaced R. Fletcher by Riley. We seriously considered cancelling the match, but in order to keep faith with the public, we reluctantly decided to play.

Of course the team could not show its best form under ·uch adverse circumstances. The following description will show how the game lacked lustre :-

' 'l'he annual meeting between the New Plymouth Boys' High School and Auckland Grammar School Rugby fifteens took place at Eden Park to-day, and resulted in a win for New Plymol,lth by 7 points to nil. 'l'h e news of the death of M. Fletcher, a member of the New Plymouth team, and the withdrawal of his brother, was keenly felt by the players, and was reflected in their play, which wa. not up to secondary school .tandard, a.n d was almost entir ely lacking in buoyant and spirited back movements. Both teams played with white <lrmlct. · on their jerseys out of r espect to the late member o£ tJ1c r:>chool team.

A feature of th e encounter :from the visitor:;' point of view was the tremendous rally of New Plymouth old boys, who maintained an ince. sant clamoul' of encom·agemen t from start to finish of the match. 'l'he game was ,Played as a cul'tain-raiser to the Auckla11d-Can tcrbury representatiYe matcl1, aud was witnes. ·eel by about 12,000 specLaLors.

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SECOND FIFTEEN , 1925.

J. Thomas.

Bates, R. Jones, 0.

T. Cooper, S. Gilmour, C. F. , McCallum .

E , Back Row: G. S. Bayly, D. Robertson D . P . McLean, R. Ward, F. L . Davis.

Middle Row: G. MaeDiarm id, J. Galbraith , C. Strombom , J. P ease (capt.), Riley.

K. Fookes, F. In Front: H.

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As football the game was singularly lustreless and lacking in incident, except fo r the grim struggle between the fo rwards. The backs were seldom seen in combined action, Grammar hardly at all, ancl mistakes were so frequent and the handling of the ball so faulty as to make the display remarkable for school football on that account, but the obvious strain under which the boys were labouring路 was apparent to any indulgent crowd. There were not more tb an three point~:>' difference between the team~:> on the clay'~:> play, and G1路ammar would certainly have made the ~core more even but for the splendid tackling of the School, which was one of the most impressive features of the game.

The forwards were fairly evenly matched, Grammar b ing decidecll~r superior in the former half, when they came through time and again with sweeping loose rushes, while the position was reversed in the latter half, when the School forwards took charge.

The teams were : Grammar SchooL-Full-back, Hen ton; three-quarters, }\[inns, l\Iatheson (captain), Bourke; five-eighths, Bell, Ngahuia; half, Meredith; rover, Keepa; forwards, Hamilton, Simpson, \Vatkins, 1\IIcCarthy, Young, Robinson, McCullough . .New Plymouth.-li'ull-back, Petty; three-quarter::;, H. Brown, K Fookes, Medley; fiYr-eighths, Stewart, Riley; half, Grant; roYer, Read; back row, Brodie, Crawford; lock, \V etere; sides, l~obertson, S. Fookes (captain) ; front row, .A.braham, Penman. 'l'he early stages were unusually devoid of interest.

The Grammar forwards were superior and kept play in School territory until Grant :ent Medley away with a spurt on the blind ,路id e. The spectator~=; waited in vain for a burst of back play until Henton mulled a catch.

The School backs raced away for the corner, but K. Fookes dropped his pass.

From a line-out Medley received on the far wing to make a sensational corkscrew run, dodging four or five men before being gra.-secl near the posts.

Fortune changed quickly, and Petty, caught in an awkward moment, punted to the centre of the field. Matheson fielded neatly and took a careful drop at goal, but the shot waS

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just wide. Grammar were unlucky not to score a moment later, when Riley and Petty fumbled in front of a Grammar rush. 'l'he ball rolled over the goal line and Keepa wa::; just too late in the race to touch down. Read was badly off-side, but vVatkins could not goal, and the first quarte1路 ended with no score.

ball and score. Crawford's kick failed and the game ended: 7 High School ................... .

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'l'he opening ::;core ol' t he watch was as simply gained a:> it was unexpected. \~Tith a pretty passing bout the School backs worked down to a scrum near the goal.

The forwards hooked the ball and Riley received from Grant to drop-kid: a neat goal in the twinkling of an eye : School 4, Grammar 0.

W etere broke away ,~vith a da:,;hiug nm and tl路ansferred to K. Fookes, who crossed the goal-line, but the ball slipped away a. 路 he fell and Grammar forced. 'l'he second quarter ended without further score: High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Grammar opened the second spell with a determined forward burst, but it subsided into a long-drawn-out melee of uninteresting forward play. At last Grant sent his line away and the ball flashed through the combination to Brown, who set out for the line with K. Fookes coming round fast outside lJim. Henton was too speedy, however, and when a score looked imminent overhauled Brown b efore h e passed.

Grammar made a -determined attempt to score and knocked repeatedly at the door half a dozen times. They were within an ace of a try, but a dogged defence and a ball that was unreasonably fickle in its bounce rendered their attempts fruitless. Bourke was over the line with the ball twice, but was both times beaten for the touch down, and School r elieved. vV etere was injured in the head and 'l'homw; r eplaced him, 1.h' third quarter ending in ragged forward play.

Graruruer, for the first time during the match, opened up a couple of passing movements, prettily executed, but without particular cleverness and with no result. Just before time Crawford came through on the run with the ball at his toe. Ngahuia fumbled the ball when it came his way and the mistake cost his team three points, for Read dribbled past and raced over the line to fall on the

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After our return from Auckland w e decided to end the :,;eason by playing that keen and vigorous fixture, the Day Boys v. Boarders match. 'l'his year Mrs. Pease, of Hawera, kindly donated a Cup for the annual fixture; the result of this hard-fought ( 1) game leaves Day Boys the first holders.

The teams were as follow :Day Boys.-Forwanls: 1\aw:;on, Stronge, 'l'homas, McNeill, Abraham, Bellringer, MacDiarmid, Brodie.

Backs: Half, Olson; fiv e-eighths, Galbraith, K. :B-,ooke拢; three-quarters, Black, S. Fookes (captain), Medley; fullback, Davis.

Boarders.-Forwards: McCallum, Cooper, vVetere, Buckeridge, Crawford, Eaves, Strombom, Read (captain).

Backs: Half, Grant; five-eighths, Riley, Fletcher; threequarters, Brown, Pease, McLean; full-back, Vvard.

The honours in the first spell went to the Boarders, but in the second spell the Day Boys pack obtained the ball and their backs dominated the game. McLean scored for Boarders, but Galbraith equalised with a penalty : Day Boys 3, Boarders 3. Read scored just before halftime, and at the interval Boarders led 6'--3.

Soon after resumption Medley scored for Galbrait.h to convert: Day Boys 8, Boarders 6. Galbraith injured his knee and was replaced by Lealand. Crawford scored for Boarders, and they led 9-8. From a passing rush among the backs S. Fookes scored what proved the winning try: Day Boys 11, Boarders 9. Medley crossed the line later but was recalled, and time was called by the referee, Mr. :B"'. J. Eggleton, with Day Boys the first holders of the Pease Cup by 11 points to 9.

SECOND FIFTEEN. This year's Second Fifteen is without doubt the best t hat the School has turned out. The personnel has continually changed, owing to the First Fifteen requiring new members, but keenness and team spirit have triumphed

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over all difficulties. Much of the credit for this performance is due to the untiri11g efforts of their coach and mana~cr, Mr. F. J. Eggleton. To come through the season wit h an und.efeated record is truly a meritorious performa:Ice, e~pee1a lly when we remember that they play the First FI~teen thro~1ghout the week. By defeating Stratford Third Grade m the final they won th e Taranaki 'l'hircl Grade Championship.

School attacked immediately from the kick-off, and within a minute Da vis scored. l\IIcLean failed with the kick: High School 3, Stratford 0.

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. 'rhe team has .youth .on its side and will suJ?ply the future member : of the First Team. A heavy and hardworking pack of forwards wa.- supported by a young and fast set of backs.

The balance of r esults are as follows:V. Clifton; vvon 6-3 . Played on t h e Racecourse on July 3. Good play was prevented by a strong wind, but School gained a n arrow victory. Tries were scor ed by Davis and l\IIcLean. 路 V. Urenui; won 33-0. Played at Urenui on July 10. A fine clay. School backs, combining well, were suppor~e cl by good play. by the fo rwards, who were up agamst a _mucl~ h eavier pack.

Tries were scor ed by l\IIcLean (D), Gilmour ( 2), Da vis and Strombom. Riley converted tw o and McLean one.

V. 'l'uk~}Ja; won 21-7. Played at Tukapa ground ou July 17, m fine weather. 'l'he School backs combined well and gave a good display of football. 'l'ries by \Vard ( 3) and l\fcLeau (2) . M cLean converted three.

V . Old Boys; won 22-8. Played at Western Park on August 1, on a fine clay. Forwards and backs combliiecl excellently and t h e team won easily. Tries were sc ored by Robertson, Cooper, Strombom, l\IIcLean, and Pease. McLean converted one and Riley converted one and kicked a penalty.

V. Stratford; won 22-7.

Final of Third Grade Championship. Th e teams were :High School (black and white) .-Galbraith Davis Pease, l\IIcLean~ W arcl, Riley., H. Fookes, l\IIcCallu'm, Rob~ ertson, J ones, rhomas, Collmge, Cooper and Strombom.

Stratf.ord (reel and. black) .-R. Collins, T. Sullivan, Crofts, Withers, P. Collms, R. Hinton Hancock D. Collins, H. H inton, Ruclings, Hignett, F;rguson, Keightley, Butcher and Bloxham.

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Gradually School backs sent play towards miclfielcl, where a scrum was formed, from which I-I. Fookes received and set his backs going路, but a pass was smothered and R. Collins found the line with a fine kick. From a line-out at half-way School secured and commenced a passing rush, t~e ball finally going to McLean, who registered a splendid try. He converted his own try: High School 8, Stratford 0.

The reds' forwards sent play into School's twentyfiv.e~ wher.e the whites were again penalised, Hancock just fmlmg With the kick. \Varcl received very neatly and nearly scored. The r eels work ed play up field and School were penalised just on their twenty-five line. D. Collins drew first blood for Stratford with a splendid kick: High School 8, Stratford 3. .

School commenced another passing rush, the ball gomg to M cLean on the 路w ing and back to W arcl, but the latter was collared. From a scrum D. Collins secured and attempted a drop-kick at goal, but his kick fell short and Pease found the line. Reds made a splendid forward rush, and were soon knockin g at the whites' door. 'l'hen School forced, preventing a score. From the kick Stratfo rd secured and sent play into whites' twenty-five area again. Again reels came on in a back rush ~ncl Crofts potted a beautiful goa l: High School 8, Stratf~rcl 7. .School set up an attack on r esuming and from a passmg movement t h e ball came to l\IIcLean who however lost possession. From a scrum H. Fookes se~urecl and pas~ed to .McLean, who scored an easy try, and half-time arnvecl with the scores: High School 11, Stratford 7.

On resuming reds attacked, but School's defence was too sound, and in turn School had play in reels' twentyfive, where a scrum was formed. H. Fookes snapped up the bal~ from the scrum and passed to his backs, the leather gomg from player to player until it came to McLean on the wing, who scored. He failed with the kick: High School14, Stratford 7.

A heavy . clow_nfall of rain and hail just then prevented anythmg. like good football being witnessed, and play developed mto scrambles. As the rain eased play

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brightene d up, but the ball was still slippery and difficult 1o handle. Reds again pressed, but Pease marked, easing .'omewhat . Scl10ol backs set to and play moved into reds' twenty-five, but Stratford broke away with the ball at their feet. \Vithers broke away, and when collared passed to Crofts, but the latter's pass was picked up

by Galbraith (full-back ), who registered a spectacul ar try, running the whole length of the field and scoring at the corner. M cLean's kick failed: High School 17, Stratâ&#x20AC;˘ ford 7.

Their most noteworth y victory was against the Third Fifteen, the Fourth. winning 15-9 .

F'rom a scrum in reds' half School hooked out the ball and the backs commence d another passing movement , but the reels saved. Strombom dashed up and passed to Robertson , who scored between the posts. Pease converted, and time was called with the score : High School 22, Stratford 7.

SECOND ARY SCHOOL S' COMPET ITION. 'l'he School A team has the honour of being the first winner of this competitio n, inaugurat ed by the Ta.ra.naki Rugby Union for boys under 16. This competitio n is a step in the right direction, for previously the young and promising boys outside the Fourth Grade had no sphere of interest. These contests will undoubted ly produce many promising players, and will show the value of speed and combinati on. In our own case, we feel confident that this grade will prove the "happy hunting ground" of the selectors of the school teams. Both our A and B teams have this season shown a sparkling combinati on combined with great keenness. Not a little of the credit of their success is due to t.he coaching of Messrs. Leggat and McDonald , two keen and enthusiast ic friends. The A team went through the season without sustaining a defeat, and gainede a brilliant victory against Stratford in the final. The B team also had a succeessful season, winning the majority of their games by playing good open football.

Mr. Whittingt on was referee.

THIRD FIFTEEN .

The Third Fifteen has not met with any conspicuo us success this season, as in past years. It is hard to understand this lapse in form, for the material is there; this fact is shown by the play of those borrowed for the Senior Group. Also in the Day Boy-Boar der match and interplatoon games, this group supplied many good players.

This lack of success was not for want of enthusiasm on the part of the coaches, Messrs. J. W. Connell and H. G. Dyer. We, however, believe that next year will see a recurrence of that lost form.

The balance of results are:V. Star; lost 27-9. The scorers were Collin ge, .J. Tbomson, Rawson.

V. Old Boys; won 9-0. The scorers were Sinclair, Beaven, Davies.

FOURTH FIFTEEN .

The Fourth Fifteen has been playing in the same competitio n as the 'l'hird Fifteen. They have also had a poor season, losing five games and winning five games.

Results: V. V. V. V. V.

School A, on June 16; won 15-9.

Star, on July 4; lost 0-23.

Old Boys, on July 11; lost 3-8.

Technical , on July 18; lost 3~1 8.

Clifton, on July 25; won 6-3.

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FLETCHE R.

It is with a. feeling of deep sorrow that we have to record in these pages the death of one who was liked and admired amongst us. Michael Fletcher, or Mike as he will be remember ed, died at the Public Hospital on August 13 from pneumoni a following on an operation.

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The circumstances of his death could :o;carcely have been more tragic. The long first term had ended but a week before and many of us had left him looking forward to the visit of the First B'ifteen to 1\ ucklaud. This visit, we li.J1ow, Mike had long held in mind. Th e ~;uddenness of hi~; death came as a great shock to the whole school and was felt in a poignant vvay by those vvho had expected to have his height, weight and dash to aid them against Auckland Grammar. As a token of respect to him and his bereaved broth er, the two teams in Auckland wore armlets.

Mike was a boy of unny, equable nature. In his early years at school he achieved distinction for his propensity for getting into scrap es. Yet he 1vas never involved in any scrape or any "row" that savoured of meanness or deceit. H e had a fine sense of what was honourable; and those of us who knew him at school can testify to th e frankness and genuineness of his character.

Early in the year he was appointed a prefect, and justified the confidence shown in him by his conscientious attention to l1is duties. His work in the House was particularly good, while his fairness and lov e of fun made him liked by his fellows and trusted by his masters.

He took a :full share in all the outdoor life of th e School, displaying h er e a talent undiscovered in the classroom. vVe well remember the games h e played for the F'irst Fifteen this year, particularly his play in the Te Auto match. His long form was always easy to distinguish; and at line-out work he was our best forward, keen and earn est with the enthusiasm he gave to all his work.

He was a member of the First Eleven and a dependable batsman. He was a corporal at drill in No. 24 Company and was a capable leader.

His qualities of mind but more particularly, we think, his qualities of h eart, his boyishness and unruffled disposition, will long keep his memory green in our hearts. It seems but yesterday since he was amongst us, so fresh is his memory.

To those of his family who survive him, especially to Bob, the School extends its sincerest sympathy.

Oaltley Studio. ''MIKE'' FLETCHER, whose cleath on August 13 cast a gloom oyer the Sch ool ,

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CONCERT AND ORCHESTRA (J. Sutton.)

.Although only one concert has b een held this year, the Concert Party are preparing for another which is to be held shortly. Tn previous years the Concert Club, which has been seriously handicapped for the want of a room sufficiently large to practise in, is now very fortunate in having access to the new music room, which is admirably suited to that purpose. 'rhis room will, no doubt, make the practices more pleasant, and it is to be hoped that in the concerts its benefits will b e reaped.

The concert held at the conclusion of last term was in every way a success.

Tl1e increasing popularity of these concerts was evident from the large audience present and gr eat credit is due to the members of the Concert Club for the excellent way in which the concert was organised.

The customary new boys' concert was held early in the first term. The evening, which is usually looked forward to by all except the performers, was as equally amusing as it has been in past years. Fortunately, at this performance considerable talent was displayed by . some and consequently the Concert Club was enabled to select new performers for .-ucceeding concerts. We sincerely hope l hat they will be interested in the work, for with concert work, as well as with all other sc hool activities, efficiency and success arc only won at the expense of time and energy and the acquisition of experience and practice . .At the commencement of the term a very successful play was produced by some of the boys. 'rhe Orchestra assisted and all went off without a bitch. The Empire 'rheatre was engaged for two nights and on both occasions a large and appreciative audience witnessed the entertainment. A considerable sum in consequence was raised in aid of the Gymnasium Fund.

ORCHESTRA. This term the Orchestra which hitherto has been practising under rather unfavom路able conditions, also has access to the new music room which has recently been completed. It is a great advance on the previous room and no doubt under such excellent conditions, good work will be done.

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This year the Orchestra consists of 20 members who all are anxious to do good work, and as a result ~uch progress has been made. Judging from the good attendance at the practices, which are now held twice weekly, all appear very keen.

We notke with some regret the absence of a few instrumen ts caused by boys having left at the end of last year. Of these perhaps the absence of a cornet player is most noticeable . However, we hope that before long some performer s will come forward to fill these vacant positions.

Recently the Orchestra has responded to numerous requests for assistance at various local functions.

At the conclusion of last term the Orchestra played at one of the weekly luncheons of the New Plymouth Rotary Club, and again assisted by the concert party we visited the Public Hospital and Gaol, where musical programm es were provided for the inmates. We hope if possible to repeat those visits again this term. A few weeks ago the Orchestra assisted at a concert in aid of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind as well as at a reception for his Grace the Archbi~hop of New Zealand.

As usual the Orchestra has been called upon to provide musical items at different school functions throughout the year. At a reception to the Governor- Gener al and Lady Fergusson , the Governor spoke very highly of the Orchestra .

Again, when Sir Ernest Rutherfor d visited us whilst in Taranaki the Orchestra came 拢.orward to provide music during the afternoon tea.

BOXING CHAMP IONSHI PS. (R. Ward.)

The boxing champions hips, held on August 3, provided some interestin g exl1ibitions. We are indebted to the Taranaki Herald for the following report of the champion ships:The boxing champion ships in connection with the New Plymouth Boys' High School were decided on Monday evening, August 3. The Assembly Hall was crowded with pupils, parents, and friends, and some keenly contested bouts were witnessed. The majority of the boys

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displayed a very fair knowledg e of the art. The bouts were scheduled for three two-minut e J'Otmds, but all did not go t he full distance, the referee, Mr. H. A. Potvine, properly stopping a contest when it was apparent that a competitor had Ho t:baJJCt' of winning, and to continue would have meant r ecei.viug unnece:;sa ry punishmen t.

The arrangem ents were admirably carried out. Great credit is due to Mr. F. J. Eggleton, as organiser, and Mr. Potvine carried out his duties as referee to entire satisfaction. The other officials were equally attentive to their allotted duties as follows: Announce r, Mr. A. J. Papps 路 timekeepe r, Mr. G. Bertrand; official recorder, Mr. i Leggat; glove stewards, Messrs. R. Wilson and J. Earl; instructor , Mr. 'f. Thompson ; medical examiners , Drs. Milroy and Brewster; seconds, S. Fookes, D. G. Grant, R. G. W ebb and W. Penman.

Details:UNDER 6st.

Wallace, 5.7, beat Duff, 5.1.-Alth ough there was not much difference in weight, W allace had a big advantage in height and reach, and this he used to advantage , although at no stage of the journey did he appear to put any undue weight behind his blows, either to the face or body. Duff was game, and would probably have done better had he paid more attention to body blows instead of tr?ing- to reach ''\liTallace's face .

Final.-Ph illips, 5.7, beat Wallace. Wallace showed to better advantage at the opening of both the first and second rounds, but his blows had no apparent effect on Phillips, who had more than evened up matters by the end of the second round. In th e third round W allace tired, and Phillips began to score up the points. \'Vallace rallied, and after getting home with a couple of lefts followed up with a hard riglli., he 路injured his thumb and had to retire.

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Fitzgerald , 7.0, beat Crow, 6.3.-An interestin g bout.

Both lads used right and left, and also showed good defensive tactics. Fitzgerald 's blows were rather better timed, however, than those of his opponent, and the first round ended with the points slightly in hi. 路 favour.

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Honou rs were even in the second round .

In the third round Fitzge rald did most of the leadin g and got the verdic t, but the refere e compl imente d Crow on the excellent fight he had put up.

Final. --Fitz gerald beat Korkis , 7.0.

Again st a heavie r boy, Fitzge rald altere d his style of fightin g, 1').nd was far more aggres sive than when he met and defeat ed Crow. He knew far more about the game than did Korki s, and the issue was never in doubt. He landed home with rights and lefts with appar ent ease. In the second round K01路kis was very tired, and the refere e stoppe d the bout.

UNDE R Sst. Scott, 7.0, beat Adlam , 7.13.- Scott did most of the leadin g and made good use of both hands . Adlam opene d well in the second round and for a while kept Scott on the defens ive. His blows were not well timed, howev er, where as towar ds the gong Scott was using his left to advan tage, thus makin g the round an even one. Scott gave the better exhibi tion in the last round , again findin g his target freque ntly with a good left. He won by a fair margi n.

Pole, 8.0, beat Ross, 7.10.-T he lads were well match ed, the fight at the outset being slightl y in favou r of Ross. In the second round Pole showe d to better advantag e, and more than evened up the points witb welltimed rights and lefts. Ross immed iately led to the face in the openin g of the third rotmd , but there was no sting in his punch , and Pole again regist ered several good lefts, varied with an occasi onal right to the body. Ross rallied and again assum ed the aggres sive, with the result that the refere e had to order anothe r round to determ ine the winne r. Both mixed it freely in the extra round , but a good left carrie d Pole throug h, and he got the verdic t.

Semi- final.- Clelan d, 8.0, beat Scott. Clelan d had an advan tage of nearly a stone in weigh t, and also had a better reach. He led in each round , but Scott put up a pluck y fight, and at times landed some nice rights and lefts. 路 Clelan d persis ted in keepin g close in, and Scott threw away his chance s by not drivin g hard to the body, which Clelan d left open to punish ment. Scott was the more scienti fic of the two, but extra weigh t and streng th beat him.

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Final .-Clel and beat Pole. Clelan d fough t Pole in simila r style to that shown by him when he met Scott, depen ding upon streng th rather than scienc e to carry him throug h.

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Grace, 8.5, beat Lobb, 8.10.- The first round was slight ly in favou r of Grace, who did most of the leadin g, and was also better on the defens ive than Lobb. In the second round Lobb was aggres sive for a time, but Grace was very steady , and genera lly met his oppon ent's rushes with a good left. Lobb landed a nice right t? the fa~e which seeme d to cause Grace troubl e for a wh1le, and m the meant ime Lobb was evenin g up the points .

Grace opene d well in the third and final round , and got home with severa l nice leads. Lobb got into close range and drove some good rights and lefts to the ribs, but towar ds the close Grace again began to make good use of his left, and took the fight by a narrow margi n of points .

Brown , 8.13, beat McDo nald, 8.4.-B rown immed iately began to make full use of his left, and it was soon appar ent that McDo nald was no match for him. Before the end of the first round the refere e stoppe d the fight and gave the verdic t to Brown .

FinaL -Brow n beat Grace. Brown was better conditioned and, with an advan tage in reach also, had matte rs largel y his own way. He won comfo rtably all the way, but Grace never once gave in, thoug h he was very tired before the final gong.

UNDE R lOst. Riley, 9.12, beat Davies , 9.3.-' fhe winne r displa yed wonde rful rapidi ty and showe red blows from both hands to Davie s' face. The latter made hardly any attem pt to guard them, in the hope, probab ly, that Riley would leave his body open. This was not so, howev er, and the heavy punish ment Da vies had receiv ed began to have an effect, with the result that the refere e stoppe d the fight before the end of the first round .

MacD iarmid , 9.7, beat Bradm ore, 9.0.-A willin g encounte r, both boys being very aggres sive, and excha nging many hard blows to the face and body. The first round was in favou r of Bradm ore, but early in the second round lVIacDiarmid landed effecti vely with t hree or four straig ht

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lefts and Brad more bega n to tir?. MacD iarmi d ha.d even~d up the point s and, again m~klng full _use of the third round , got the verdi ct by a fmr marg ~Is left m m.

Fina l.-Ri ley beat lVIacD iarmid .---:-'l'hi~ was bout of the eveni ng. It wa~ chara cteris ed by hardthe. b.est throuoohout both boys show ing that they could luttm g well :s ooiv~ sever e punis hmen t. Riley wa~ the take as faste r of the two~ but MacD iarmi d wa~ able to stop man? ' of his blows with his gloves, while he al~o got home with some very nice lefts that woul d have dazed many oppo nents .

Riley had a sligh t lead at the end of each round , but never thele ss it was a splen did conte st.

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drill was carri ed on by No. 24 Comp any and sectio

by No. 110 Comp any. Colonel Powe ll expre ssed n drill tion with the drill and hinte d at a schoo l camp satisf acfor next year.

To stimu late inter est in their work , a comp etitio n amon g the sectio ns has been inaug urate d in No. pany . 'l'he best sectio n is to be picke d and 110 Comwill be allowe d to absen t itself from parad e for a whol e fortn ight. 'l'he wors t sectio n will have the disag reeab le task of greas ing the rifles of the winn ers. 'l'he cup for the best N.C.O. will be awar ded on the j ndgm ent of Capt ain An drew after a comp etitio n between two N.C.O. 's from No. 24 Comp any and two from No. llO Comp any. The syste m of awar d is a distin ct impro veme nt.

(W. A. Brod ie.)

Maxi mum efficiency in as many branc hes of milit ary training as drill hours and avail able weap ons have permitte d, has been the aim and to a large exten t the achie veme nt of the schoo l drill durin g the past year.

Secti on drill, plato on drill and comp any drill have been studi ed as pains takin gly and execu ted as smar tly as before .

In the direc tion of musk etry there has been a mark ed advan ce.

Capt ain Andr ew has led a hope (and perhap~ some day of glory ) throu gh band of the intricate and some what labor ious maze s of Lewi s gun drill.

Class-firing for the whol e schoo l was held at Rewa Rewa durin g the third term. Both comp anies were assemb led at the schoo l at 9 a .m. and marc hed out range . The firing took up the whol e day; lectu to the given durin g the inter vals and a demo nstrares were tion of mach ine gunn ery with Lewi s, Vick ers and Hotc hkiss gun~ was given by Majo r Bertr and, Capta in Andr ew and Sergt .-Maj or Bell.

The Gove rnor- Gene ral inspe cted the Cade ts and presente d the Week ly Press Shiel d and meda ls on his official visit to New Plym onth.

Cong ratula tions from such a cl is tin guisherl officer \V ere highl y treas ured.

Colon el-Co mman dant Powe ll, O.C. Centr al Comm and, accom panie d by Colonel Whyt e, paid a visit to inspe ct the schoo l comp anies durin g the third term.

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SCH OOL NOT ES. (H. Bellr inger .) 'l'his term comm enced on Augu st 26 after night 's holid ay and is expec ted to end on Dece a fortmber 18. \ V e have been fortu nate in havin g very few interr uptio ns, and the work is quite up to the usual stand ard for the time of the year. 'l'his is very satisf actor y consi derin g the time that was lost at the comm encem ent of the year throu gh the infan tile paral ysis epide mic.

At prese nt every one is prepa ring for the annu al exam inatio ns, whic h event uate shortly. Since the last issue of the three boys have left and three enter ed the schoomaga zine l, whic h leave s the roll the same as for the last term.

We have had much pleas ure in welco ming mids t Sir Erne st Ruth erfor d, O.M., one of the to our physi cists in the world . Altho ugh his visit to forem ost land wa. 路 nomi nally to see his paren ts, who liveNew Zeain New Plym outh, he kindl y conse nted to visit the schoo l and give us an addre ss. On this occas ion we were in actin g as hosts to the Girls ' High School. hono ured Amo ngst the visito rs prese nt were Lady Ruth erfor d, Mr. and Mrs. Ruth erfor d, Sir Ern est's paren ts, the Mayo r and Mayo ress, Mr. and Mr~. S. G. Smith .

In welco ming the visito r to the school, Mr. Moye s refer red to the fact that S~r Erne st had comm enced his caree r at Nelso n College, whic h was also Mr. M oyes' schoo l.

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everybody's amusement h e recalled memories of having :>een Sir Ern est's name carved on a desk at the College, and later on a piece of apparatus in the Physics Laboratory at Canterbury College. This worthy custom is much abhorred by a certain member of the staff. Vlhen an attempt is made to pass our names on to posterity one i. apt to meet with much discouragem ent and the work of hours has to be scraped off in quick time. \V e are indebted to the Taranaki Daily News for the following account of Sir Ernest 's Speech :-Sir Ern est stated that there were three things that he would like to r efer to before closing, conclusions he had arrived at after lecturing to and instructing more than 10,000 students. 'l'h ey were tlJ e value of conc entration, the t ru e worth of school education, and the debt that young men and women owed to their parent:>. Iu r efer ence to concentratio ll, Sir Erncst :mid that whatever th0y did they should do well. 'l'hc c.:m·:>e of the world to-day wa:> the large number of p eople what were satisfied with just getting along somehow, just doing sufficient to pass muster. Young people should learn to concentrate on the particular bu:>iness in hand.

This was easy to advocate but very difficult to cany into practice. How mu ch time was a boy or girl to spend on the various activities open to him or h er to-day was a difficult question to solve. The advent of the motor-car, increase in dancing, etc., all made .it h ard to make a choice. Ili:-; h ear ers could ea.-ily see the enormous diffic.: ulty of concentratin g on what wa.- c:>sen1·inl and yet de,·oting a r easonable time to r elaxation. In illustrating his second point, Sir Ernest stated that when one lo oked back to one's school days, the question might well be asked: What was t h e use of learning the elates of all the kings' reigns ~ He thanked God he had forgotten them all, but l1 e wanted to impre.-s on his hearers that the study of subj ects such as history educated the intelligence to memorise and lmderstand. The obj ect of education was not what the pupil co uld l earn and remember, but to teach the pupil to form r eas onable judgment and to differ entiate between good and bad. The speaker's closing climax was a simple and touching tribute to his :parents. ·we ow ed our constitution , our whole upbringmg, to our parents, and it wa.- right and proper that we should pay homage to our parent.- for what they had done. It was our duty to develop those abilit ies given us by our parent:>, and h e would like to express to his own

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·. th 'l" antlmotlPr tlJC debt of g~·atit u~, tb at hc_lm~w. h~ I a . l t h, lie had been cxcecdmgly fortunate m J~avmb OWCl Clll . c • SO . lCh fine parents, and h e was glad to : ee. tJ tem l oo lUll"" .b ~~\aHllv and w ell. H e would close, '':Jshmg t h e bo~~ ;I~d crirl~ e"Ycry :>uccc:>f:i in tlleir .·ch olar.'hl p and pr o:>peut;) m 1J1 cir lat er life (prolon ged applause ).

DnriJw the term th ~cho ol has been vi.'itcd by ,J?r.

Hc.:Laren, ~vho j ,. tnw ·lli11 g through. Ne':' Z alantl ~~ta;f~ iug ~t ati~ti.c:> of th • p1· e n~:nc' .oJ go1tr.e ~ro~nb~ cl ~~ school. l. h e ch .-ease, It l . feare ' pu]Jl·1··,, cattendiJw . · o t. · . 't of ·1 com.,.rca tly increasing and til e msp~c lOJ?- 1s. lJcn . c .. biued movement the endeavour o1: which 1.· to I emov e this daJ lgcr by preventive measure.'. . \Y e ar c indebted to l\Iiss Ilmnphrie::; .for t h e .glft ~£ . b ·r· of National GeooTaphic MagaL~mes, whiCh are <~ 1nnu c . . . b · . . 'l'h se ma"'aa co nsiderable acqnHntlon to .th e l1"b J.ary .. e b L~ine~ ar c intere.'ting, instruct1ve and edt:ca.twnal ~nd a fountain of useful knowledge to all .takmg geogr ap~y: \v e also hav e to thank Mr. C. E. B ellrmger for a num er of fine novels. .

Our h eartiest congratulat ions are clue to Mo~~e Barak on his being chosen .Rhod~s Scholar for 19:5. . T IS is the first occasion on wlnch tlns famo us schol~rs~1p ha~ been a nnexed by any of our Old Boys, an.d so. 1t ~1ves t he greatest pleasure to offer our best w1shes fo:. abrilliant and ::;u ccessful career. lie, and many ?ther. o.: t~e Old Boys have set us a hard row .to hoe 1f we are o . · t · the tradition: they are settmg. [An account of m am ain . be found . . t h e Old B oys ' Notes Barak 's career w1ll m · Ed.J · · · ·t ·cl Captain McLaglan, world 's champion m JU-Jl su, pa1 th e school a visit in the early part. of the term and delivered an interesting and instructive add1:ess on the ancient J apanesc roe~h~d of wre .. tli~g . .Cai_>t~m M~·L!glan \nts sp 'cially commlSSIQned to tram solche~s dmmb the Gr eat \\Ta r and ha s since then bem1 travcllmg round the wol'ld conclucting clas ·c.- in this useful art. ~\.t th~ c~?­ clusion of his speech h e gave a demonstrati On o 1s prowess on one of onr weight?r members, much ~or ~~e la11 l·r':-; (' lnburnl s:-; ut •111 . Captaw L. J\fcLaglan ~ate t 11 n 1Pcl a ncl a bollt si xty ava iled themselves of t h1s opp~r­ t~mitY to lcm·n n l" cw U.'eful holds ancl t br O\Ir:·, wh1le twenty of the ::;enior memb e1·f:i of the class acted as ·ubjects to the squad at the Girls' High School. Perhaps the

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most m;cf nl and ·inter esting 1-hinrr learnt was t h e Japanese method of resuscitation known as Catsu which is we think, decidedly superior 1o th e Scl1afer ~nethod ta~1g.ht by t he Go1·crnmeut departm ents.

very good nnd er ::;uch ad ven;e conclitiolL'. 'rllC junior eYcnt wa'i won by K. St:ott from scratch, and the :enior

by D. Robert::;on, wh o won comfortably and without sign of ::;train to annex also the cup fo1· the fa.test time.

Th e New Plymouth Amat m A tltletic Association is to be congratulated on the worthy manner in wl1ich they c!1courage sp ort.· among tl1e boys . Th e generous r eduction of fee.· for competit ors and memb er. attendin"' school ~h o nld do muclJ in en couraging a hn·ge 1mmbCl~ of the boy~ to avail thcm:-;clves of th e splendid opportunities offered in developin g their athletic prmvess. In the w eekly meetings h eld one is abl e to keep fit all through t he summer months, a great boon, w e think, foT the DayBoys.

After th e victor y over Nel::;on College our gue t: were entertained at the Terminu.· Hotel and later at Ever y body's Theatre. After attending Divine Service at St. l\1ary'.· on t h e following morning tbe Nel.-on team was motor ed to t h e mountain, bnt "the weath er played the sony jade," thick, drifting fog pr ecluding all chance· of seeing the sight'i for whi ch the Tarurangi House is ju.-tly famous . Most of the visitor s returned on th e Monday, thouO'h a numb er remained in New P lymouth as the team had travelled during the holidays . During their sojourn here the visitors were billeted amongst boys of the school and f riends of Nelson College.

The Swimmin g Sports t hi. · year took place on Novem. b er 19, when many close and exciting finish es were witnessed. Excitement became fever-heat during the interfo rm ~· elay rac e, which was won on a touch by IVD., with the S1xth Form as a close second, although four out of five haudi caps have the honour of beinO' won by t h e latter 'l'hc Senior Champion ship 1~as won by II. J. form. 'l'homas, the Junior by L. Petty and t h e Under 14 Champio~ship by H. S_t. Geor·ge. i'he r aces this year were mam_ly t h e champiOnship events, but a few novelty events provided much amusement for the spectators . . \V e were gr~atly h?n ourcd to welcome a.· our gu ests th en· Excellencies Su· Charles Fergusson, K .C.B., K .C.l\ILG., C.B., Lady li'ergusson and their youurrest son on the oc~asion of_ their visit to this di. -trict. ' ' d'ourage' ~ was t h e title of his Excellency's stirring address and so g1:eat was _the effect of his strong personality that it is no exa~mer at10n to say t hat h e departed as popular a favour~te as Lord J ellicoe. Sir Char le. greatly p leased us by saymg that the Scl10ol Orche. tra wa · the be.t of its kind that h e h ad heard and t hat h e wa. sme no English school had one a.· good. 'l'hl' <tlllltuil Stecpleeltas · wa s h lcl ou t\cptember 24 over the ~1sua~ com· ·e at t h e Ngamot u Golf Links, which were ~gam kmdly placed at the disposal of the Sports Comr~nttee .. .Althoun·h the morning was squally,it cleared ~uffimently m t he afternoon to ena ble the events to take place. A ]~ cad wind and a .·oddcn gr otmd prevented any r ecords bemg broken, although the tim es r ecorded were

Now that the school courts are in order tennis is nTeatly coming into prominence, as is testified by the 1~umerous entries for t h e championships. These are b eing played off at eYer y ava ilable opportunity on the New Plymo1\th Club': courts. It is indeed a p leasure to see te~ni. make such strides when for years it has had to r emain in t h e background owing to there being no suitable a ccommocla tion. 'l'h e \\' eeldy Press Challen ge ShieldlJas r ecently been shot fo r , and for which the excellent re ·ult of dropping only two points f rom th e possible was obtained. rrhis is a meritorious performance considering the very short time available for practice, and t h e team are to be conO'ratulated on t hi s excellent sh ooting. \Ve take this ~pportunity of offering our h eartiest congratulations to the New Ply mouth 1'echnical College, who, we underi:itand, hav e b eaten us by one point. 1'he Imperial Challen ge Shield wa.- not competed fo r this year owing to ~he overburd ening conditions under which schools competmg must fire. 'l'he expense entailed and the time taken in coaching t h e lar ge number of boy::; at the school proved to be too great. 'l'he annual Athletic Sports wer e h eld on 1'hursday, Octobc·r 22, afte1· llfl viJl g her11 postpon ed from the preYious Sa1m·clay, whcu t h e 'l'al'aJJaki weather, living up to its rather unenviable r epu tation, prevented t h e events from being run off. 'l'his, and the fact that a numb er of

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t h e Old Boys were unable to attend made the crowd of ·pecta t or.· uot quite so nmnerou ~ a:; wmal. Th e grea8y state of th ground accoun_ted for the fact that only one record was lowered, b\1t th18 do es _not mean that fine performance· wer e not given. C. G1lmonr emer"'ed as victoriou.· Senior Cl1<1mpion, while C. J_;obb obtained the Ju.u ior Cl1ampionsllip, closely follow ed b~T H. M. Brown.

Lobb lowered tl1e J-unior Hurdles r ecord considerably.

Our th_ank · arr due to tl1e generous donor:; and assistants who did much ~o mak e the meeting the success that it •·~as. Indeed, With out their help it would be nigh imposSible to run the sports at all. _ This ?'e~r th e1·e h<l:s again been a large number of :;~udents SI~t.~g f?r f:lectwn. The following surely empha:;_IS?S tl_IC chfflcultiCs HJ?-der _which a student not actually hvmg m on e of the umv er 'Ity centres labours. Many are tlll'Ile~l away by_ th~ extra difficulty of working and not l~nowmg th ~ 1\~lmn:;ICal characteristics of the various pro~essor. . 'l'lus m to a great extent obviated in our possessI~g mast ers wh_o spare no effort to help anyone. Another d1sadvant ag ' JS the expense entailed in sendin"' the st~dent to _the university centre, since a few of the r eSIUired subJects only can be extra-murally taken accord~ng to the regulations. The need, therefore, of establishmg more centres of learning and culture, in such a place us New Plymouth, for example, is easily .·een.

A very enj oyable m ethod of training for the Steeple-

c~u:J se wa :; made us e of mor e f r eely this year than preVIOusly.

Paper-chases were h eld every ni"'ht for three 5

:veek~ before the event. It must have been a rat h er amusmg Sight for pedestrians t o faced "hounds," numberi_ng, the r,avement, or squee~mg_ le. s, w e wonder, pursmt of

see a mob of p anting redp erhaps, 300, staggering up through hedges in ''fruitthe evan esGent ''hares.''

'" _Now ~~1a t summer i, . ap~roaching "the pastime of "'en tl e~l1 ?n once more clfum. Its host of devotees fanatiea_I, 1~1lhng and_ot h erwi se. The .l!''ir.-t Eleven sho~v o-reat pio_nw;e ~or t h en: annual match against Nelson College, whiCh this year IS to be held at Nelson. The team will leav~ abou: D ecember 20,. and will return a day or two before (:hnstmas. As this opportunity is afforded we · ·hou~d _lik t_o of! er . our congratulations to C. Strombom on Ins m elmnon m t h e North Taranaki team. It is to be r egretted that the annual cricket match against Wanga-

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nni College wa s unable i·o tak e place this year . It wu s hop ed that thi s would be> accompli sh ed dnrin"' the Nels011 trip, but lack of tim -' r ender s this impossibl .

This term a general inspec hou of' the Ca Cl ei.~ 1v ns h eld

by Colonel-Commandant Powle::;. E~c_h pla.too~ :va.. detailed for some phase of military t~·mmng, a~d It ~s to be wondered that the Cadets could do anythmg with the babel of section-commanders' raucous voices making the scene somewhat like Smithfield Market.

A suggestion made by a local body t o the effect that a tramping or mountaineering club could be formed so that the boys could obtain a fair knowledge of ': Pukerhaupapa, '' or picturesque Mount Egmont and Its surroundino-s was followed with great interest by a large number "'oi enthusiasts and their disappointment can well be imagined when nothing ha_s ?een. done since. the _question was first mooted. The ongmalidea was prnnanly to obtain help in developing the attractions at the Northern House. It was suggested that the various football ~roups should be taken each week-end, in turn, to repair the tracks and to provide space for tennis courts. A weekend at the Mountain would indeed be a pleasant change to most of us.

A very pleasant day was spent at the Rewa Rewa Shooting Range, wh en both companies were mar~h.ed out to fir e the requisite number of rounds of ammumtwn required by the regulations. Luncheon. wa~ provided for the Boarders on the grounds, and, considermg the number of teeth, fals e and otherwise, found adhering to the slices of beef that were issued, it mu st also have b een a very pl easant day for the dentists.

During the visit of their E xcellencies, Sir Charles and Lady Fero-usson opportunity was taken of presenting the W eekl; Pre~s Challenge Shield, won. in 1924, to the school. Owing to the rainy w eather the ceremony, which was to have t ak en place in Pukekura Park, was chano-ed to the Coronation Hall. Sir Charles in a few happily chosen words congratulated the school on its fine shooting r ecord and presented m edal s to the team that won the trophy. 'l'he 'fechnical College Cadets, who were also present, were presented with the Junior Imperial Challenge Shield. Tl1 e salute, on t h e march hom e, was taken by Colonel-Commandant Powles.

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During the term holidays the First Fifteen journeyed to .Auckland to play the annual match with Auckland Grammar School. After a tedious night journey we arrived at Auckland on the morning of August 13. Our journey waR relieved by a very interestin g (?) football ma1·ch at 1\Im·ton. Despite the h envy rain, we found on Olit' anival nw.t our hosts we1·e eagerly nwnitino· nR at th~ Rtat10n . On Priday afternoon, after a pleasant motor dnve through the suburbs, the sad newR of l\'L Fletcher 's de~th was rec~ived. The abandonm ent of the fixture was ser10_usly considered , but in order to k eep faith with the p ublic the match was played at Eden Park. The teams took the ~eld w~th white bands on th eir arms as a sign of m ?urmng. 'I he match was played and won on an at~·oc10usly wet g-round. After the match we were entertamed at an enjoyable dinner in the rooms of the Auckland Gramr.nar Old Boys' Club, kindly relinquish ed for our entertamm ent. On l\IIonday morning we were sl1own over t~e R.M:.lVI.S. '' Aorangi. '' We were greatly interested m the large motors that drive her, while one of the. member.· of the par ty was also attracted by the polished br~akfast tables. During our stay the American F~eet was m .port, and we were somewhat disappoin ted With the phys~que of many of the sailors, who were not suc_h _fine specimens of manhood as the youths from the traim_ng-s hi.P "Philome l." On Monday evening we left our lnnd fnends on our homeward journey, can·yinO' with us many pleasant memories of the deli O'htfnl tim0 e our hosts had given us. "' S?hool. finished early one afternoon in order to see a m~!10n _Picture of modern London. "Wonder ful Lond~n, as I~ was termed, .was of gr eat interest historicall y as. well as m ~ geog:·aphiCal sense. It is very seldom that t~us type of piCture IS shown, and we wish, from an educatlO_nal point of v~ew, at least, that more were produced.

Tt IS of~en very difficult for the colonial student of history to realise very exactly conditions of the past unless he is fOl'tunate enou gh t? haye visited a country ti1a.t possesses such a wealth of histoncal lore as Great Britain.

At a rifle meeting on the Rewa Rewa Range a number o.f the Cadets ~ere_very successful in upholding the tradit~on~ of shootmg m the school. Especially worth mentlOmng were th_e fine performan ces of Corporal S. Cooper,

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These rifle meetings ar e doing remarkab ly good work in encouragin g t hose with any ability to maintain th eir best results.

The Primate, Archbishh op -Averill, D.D., confirmed 46 confirmati on candidate s at the School Service on Sunclay, November 22, at St. l\·I ary's. He was assi ted by t~1 e School Chaplain , Hev. E. H . Strong, Rev. F. G. IIarv1e, and l~ev. Beale. 'l'he church was packed to the doors with parents and friends of the school, who thus show how they appreciate the manner in which the spiritual sid e of the students' education is being developed . 'l'he annual competitio n for the Sole Cup, which is awarded to the most efficient N.C.O., has been carried on under a much more stringent examinati on than previously. Two N .C.O. 's are nominated from each company, and from t h ese th e successful competito r is chosen. The cup was won by C.S .M. \V. A. Brodie, of No. 110 Company.

One of the most popular additions has been the advent of a motor-mo wer. For days, when it proved r ecalcitrant it was the Mecca of every embryo mechanic in the place: When it did start _off wit~ many he_a~t-rendi.ng grunts and spurts it was caJoled w1th the familiar stl·ams of "\Vhoa!" or "Get Up!" Sometime s it would be seen tearing around in a mischievo us mood ·w ith the driver flyin g after it, saying under hi. breath-w e)l, who knows what~ However, the mower now seems to have settled down to a staid and useful life, 1mtil it meets with someone's lost keys or false teeth.

The subj ects for the White ~1emorial and th~ Bendall l\IIemorial Prizes this year have been ' 'The History of Taranaki since 1875 '' for the former, and ''The Balance of Power in the Pacific'' for the latter. The firstmentioned essay proved to be rather difficult from the point of view of actual history, since Taranaki 's history during the stated period has been a tale of ste~dy.' uneventful progress to prosperity , and though this 1s an enviable record in these troublous times it is hardly a subject with which to excite the l\IIuse 's notice.

It is not often that histrionic talent shows itself amongst us, but without a doubt the entertainm ent given in the play "Poor John" has had no parallel here that

sc HO OL NO TE 60 S we arE' aw ar r of. {\.f~Y' ~rm bh Ha ll it cces_sful \ri al wa s c <'Cl~ cc to .-u Ol?c n _rt to t 1 c pui~rth_e A r~m j;路r 'rJ ra tJ:e 1 1 1c m th , 1 w J? rc ~t met w1t 11 .J_n 1 . 1 .-t y c1 er vc c1 ap pr eH I 1l-011 路 'flH' J ol lo wm g 1s t路h cr ca"t ol ch ar nces ier .- :.J. JT. -\V . C1riffitl i ;1s 1\lr. ,fohn Ay n's .

Jt. :::l. Ji' air f;l x as M B. Pe as e as lVIr. Jo r. Ik rtn un 'l'ull,v.

M. In gl e as M am hn l...yres. ie. \V. C. H et et as M r. Tu lle y's Au nt .

S. Ba tg er as Dr .

R. Ba tg er as Bu s Bi gl an d.

Co V. M. S. Pi lla y as m pa ny 's In sp ec to r.

D. Ph ill ip s as Mr. Ch alm er s.

Tu lly 's M ai ds er va nt .

La st bu t no t le as t in th e fo ot ba ll se as on ca Bo ys v. Bo ar de rs me th e m ta ke th is op po rtu at ch fo r th e Pe as e Cu p. W e wi shDa y ni ty of co rre ct in g th e sa d m ist ak e of to lo ca l pr es s in ca lli th e pl ay er s an d sp ec tang th e tro ph y th e "P ea ce " Cup. Bo th to rs ha ve pl ea sa nt th e ga me , bu t ca ( n re co lle ct io ns nn of ev en ru m ou re d th ot re m em be r m uc h "p ea ce ."

It is at a m in ia tu re ba th e sp ec ta to rs un ttl e wa s ra ge d am "p ea ce ." Th e D til th e wh ist le we nt fo r tim e on g ay Bo ys wo n by 11 an d po in ts to 9.

D ur in g th e sh ip pi to ob ta in an in tim ng str ik e an op po rtu ni ty wa s ta ke ste am er . Th e of at e gl im ps e of a m od er n oi l-b ur ni n ficers of th e s.s. of fe re d th ei r se1路vi Po rt Du ne di n ki ng nd ly ce re ce nt ad di tio n to s to co nd uc t th e sc ho ol ov er th e m os t th e :fl ee t of th e Do m in io n Li ne .

Th e ex cu rs io n wa Co m m on we al th an d in g, ev en to th os e s no t ve ry m ec ha ni ex tre m el y in te re stca lly di sp os ed . \Ve ar e pl ea se in g m uc h ac tiv ity d to see th at th e Co nc er t Cl ub is sh ru m ou re d th at th in pr es en tin g a uk el el e se xt et te . ow e It is :-;catecl ''f ou nd at io fa ct is so lel y du e to th e "D "- ee -" P" n' ' on wh ic h it is ba se d.

W e sh ou ld be av ai la bl e as to th pl ea se d to re ce iv e an y in fo rm at e fo llo w in g: io n (a ) Th e yo ut h wi th th e Sat-anic gr ph el ea n "b ug -tr ac in an d M ep hi sto k. " (c ) Th e Ag en t of th e Devil. (d ) 'l'hc sw or d fig ht in th e Co mm on Room. (e ) Th e ge nt in ste ad of hu nt in le m an wh o ha nn tr 1 th e Common Room g th e bu rg la r. (f) Th e tw in s th at we re left- at th e po Da y. st on Sp or ts

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Oakley Studio.

Back Row: C. D eem, T. Venables, R. C. Wilson, J. L eggat, C. D. Collin s, K . Taylor, G. Robert s, D. Doil e (manager).

Middle Row: L. Frethey, E. Luxton, R. 48 r ewster, H. W. Brown (capt.), J. H. Boon, J. Earl, W. Bendall.

Front Row: K. Meuli, G. Morey, E. Meuli, W. Valentine.

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(W . P enman. ) 011·ing lo th e inl'<tlllil<· paral~· :; i~ l'piclemic in the early part of til e yl'ar we W\'l"l' J'ol'<:ed1·o holrl our mmm1l Swimming SpoL'ts on N ovcm ber 1U. 'l'he programme was modified to include chiefly championship races, with only a f ew handicap and novelty ev ents . S everal changes have been effect ed this y ear in th e matt er of distances. In all the championship races, instead of the 25 yards sprints, 33 1-3 yarcls races hav e snperseded tl1em, and the old 200 yards race in th e Senior Championshhip has b een incr eased to. 220 ;-rarcls.

Th e Senior Championship was annex ed by J·. Thomas, with J. Galbraith se cond and \fiT. P enman third. There were no oth er comp etitors . In the Jnnior Championship th er e w er e 24 comp etitors, and in the Under 14 Championship 15. The form er was won by L . P etty and th e latt er by H. M. St . Ge orge.

Som e amusing incidents w er e witnessed in th e nov elty events, esp ecially the obstacle ra.ce. 'l'he obstacles in th e h1tt er com;ist ed of eating a hard biscuit and diving for a ston e b efor e finishing with a short sprint.

Th e fa cial contortion s of th e biscuit-eaters evoked p eals of m errim ent f rom the spectat or.·. 'l'her e ·w a.· a fair attendance of the public, and amongst the visitors was His Grace Archbishop ,1\.. W . .A yerill, Prima t c of New Zealand. 'l'lt c officials who controlled t he meeting wer e as follow :- Starter, Mr. \V . ll. Moyes; ch eck starter , l\1r. V. E. K eJT; marksm en , l\Ir. G. F . B ertrancl and R ev. E . H .

Strong- ; call st eward, l\1r. A. J. Papps ; official r ecorder, Mr. A. \\ . Dipros ; final s st eward, Mr. R. C. Wilson; am1oml cc1·, l\h. H . G. D yer; judge:, races, 1\Iessrs. J .

L eggat, J. E arl and J. \V. onn ell; clivinp;, 1\Icssr. ·. C. Bro·w n and 0. J ago; st cwal'Cl., M cs.Ts. C. G. BoHrill, A .

G. John son , V. E. K crr, \Y . G. \Vilkie, .r. Dobson, '1'. M. 1\IcDona lcl and G. Pop e ; tim ck p er s, 1Urss1·s. J. Benn ctt nnd V. Dalgleish; committee, 1\h. F. ,J. Egg-letoll (chail'man ), H. .T. Thoma ~ , D. G. Grant, S. F . :B~ook e s .T. Galbraith aml \\T. P enman (joint s cr e.ta r ies) .

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The winners of the various champi onships were as follow :SENIO R CHAM PIONSH IP. (Possib le Points, 15.)

L. Petty (10 points) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 S. Hayton ( 5 points) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M. Lyall (3 points) equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 R. Lawren ce (3 points) equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 R. Cannin g (3 points) equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 R. Satherl ey (1 point) equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 G. Beaven (1 point) equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .Winner holds Silver Cup. UNDER 14 CHAM PIONS HIP. (Possbi le Points, 15.)

H. St. George (15 points) ..... . ...... : .. . 1 A. Hender son (7 points) . .... ... . ... .. ... . 2 G. Sutton ( 3 points) . ... .... .... .... ..... . 3 H. Mackay (1 point) equal .. ... . . ....... . . 4 A. Treloar (1 point) equal . . . . ....... .... . 4 Winner holds :B'ox Cup and wins Replica .

Followi ng are the details of the champio nship, diving and miscella neous events : Senior Champi onship.

33 .1-3 Yards. -Galbr aith 1, Thomas 2, Penman 3; time, 18 4-5sec.

50 Yards .-Thom as 1, Galbrai th 2, Penman 3; time, 31 1-5sec.

100 Yards.- 'l'homa s 1, Galbrai th 2, Penman 3; time, 72 1-5sec.

220 Y ards.-P enman 1, 'rhomas 2; time, 3min.

22 1-5sec.

Junior Champi onship.

33 1-3 Yards. -First heat: G. Beaven 1, Satherl ey 2, Cannin g 3; time, 20 2-5sec. Second heat: R. Lawren ce 1, Petty 2, Lyall 3; time, 19 4-5sec. Third heat: S. Hayton 1, Howse 2; time, 22 2-5sec.

FinaL- Petty 1, Lawren ce 2, Beaven 3; time, 20 2-5sec.

50 Y ards.-F irst heat : Sather ley 1, Canning 2; time, 36sec. Second heat: Petty 1, Lyall 2; time, 33 4-5sec.

Third heat: Lawren ce 1, Hay 2; time, 34 4-5sec.

FinaL- Petty 1, Lyall 2, Satherl ey 3; time, 34 4-5sec.

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NOTES 63 100' ;yards. -Pirst h eat : Canning 1, Sinclair 2; time, 1min. 23 1-5sec. Second heat: Lawren ce 1, Hay 2; time, 1min. 8 2-.3. ·ec. 'rhird h eat: Hayton 1 (only finisher ).

FinaL- Hayton 1, Canning 2; time, 1min. 25 2-5sec.

Under 14 Champi onship.

3;J Ul Ynrcl. ·.-Pirs t hea t: St. George 1, J . l\IcLean 2, A . IIcnder son 3; time, 20 4-5sec. Second b eat: G. Sntton 1, L . l\IcLean 2, ""0-T. 'rhomas 3; time, 26 4-5sec.

PinaL- St. Georo-e 1, Sutt on 2, H enderso n 3; time, 22 1-5sec.

50 Yards. -First heat: St. George 1, Hender son 2, I-Ialliga n 3; time, 36 1-5sec. Second h eat: Treloar 1, L. l\IcLean 2. Bullot 3; time, 43 3-5sec. :B'inaL -St. Geor()'c 1, Hencler son 2, Treloar 3; time, 37 1-5sec.

75 1' arcls.-F irst h eat : St. George 1, Hender son 2, IIIcKa~- 3; time, 62 2-5sec. Second h eat: \V. J. 'l'homas 1, L. l\IcLean 2; time, 84sec.

PinaL- St. Geo1·ge 1, H ender.-on 2, McKay 3; time, 64sec.

Diving· Events.

Open Divc.- P emmm 1, Grant 2. Only two dives, one springb oard and olle rum1in p; high dive. P enman was a ward ed the Yictor~r after a ' econd high di \'C. Corfu Dive.-G albraith 1, Petty 2.

Ribbon DiYe.-P eas 1, Bucker idgc 2, -:\f entrs1· cliYe ov er eight feet.

l\T ciJcnn 3.

l\'Iiscellan eou. · Events.

33 1-0 ·Yards Handicn p._:_Pir st heat: IIetheri ngton (4sec.) 1; tim e, 24 4-:) scc. Second heat: Buist (5sec) 1; tim , 25sec. 'rhircl heat: : l\,. Batger ( 3sec.) 1; t~me, 25 3-5sec.

Fourth heat: F . '1'. Bayly (7sec) 1; t1me, 24 2-5sec. Fifth heat : J ohnson ( 6sec.) 1; time, 24 3-5scc.

Sixth heat: 11. Brown ( 5sec.) 1 ; time, 2-! 4-5sec. Seventh heat: Strong (:-~.;cc.) 1; time, 24 4-5sec.

FinaL- 'l'. Bay] ~- 1, IIetheri ngton 2, J. Stronooe 3. 'l'ime, 23sec.

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25 Yards Preparatory (six entries).-P . McDonnell 1, D. Allen 2, J. Mercer 3. \\Ton easily. Time, 28 4-5sec.

Awkward Entry.-Bul lock 1, Buckericlge 2.

Balloon Race.-Firs t heat: Buckerdige 1, Collinge 2, Noonan 3. Second heat:: B. Pease 1, C. Stronge 2, Wall 3. Third heat: Grant 1, F. Read 2, Cooper 3.

Final.-Coll inge 1, Grant 2, Stronge 3.

Obstacle Race.-Firs t heat: Buckeridge 1, Collinge 2, Noonan 3. Second heat : Wall1, Hay 2, Halligan 3. Third heat: Cooper 1, J. Pease 2, Hagger 3. Fourth heat: J. Beaven 1, Riley 2, McK£1# 3.

Final.-Buc keridge 1, Noonan 2, J. Pease 3.

Inter-Form Relay (four in a team; each swims one length of 33 1-3 yards).-Fi rst heat: Form IVD (3sec.)

1; time, 1min. 34sec. Second heat: Form VIB (scr.) 1; time, 1min. 34sec. Third heat: Form IIIA (9sec.) 1; time, 1min. 36 3-5sec.

FinaL-For m IVD (Riley, Brown, Ward and Fletcher) 1, Form VIB (Thomas, McLean, Grant and Galbraith) 2, Form IIIA (Hagger, J. McLean, Sutton and Bayly) 3. Time, 1min. 33 1-5sec.

The winning team holds the 0 'Halloran Shield for the ensuing year.

CHAPEL. The usual Sunday morning service has been maintained all through the term, and has now become an established custom. On Sunday, October 26, the Padre was compelled to be away in Auckland for the annual Diocesan Synod. The question of finding someone to fill his place was one of some anxiety, and he tried various people, but in vain. However, at the eleventh hour help was forthcoming in an altogether new quarter. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Earl were good enough to offer to do their best. After much arranging and planning behind closed doors things were finally settled, and when the Sunday came the congregatio n were quite delighted with the

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65 chano·e. At least the Padre was informed on his return that there vvas really no further need of his services. It was r eally very good of Messrs. Wilson and Earl to step into the breach, and the congratulati ons which they received were surely well deserved.

Confirmatio n classes proceeded with regufarity all the term, and finally on Sunday, November 22, H~s Grace the Archbishop (Dr. Averill) held the usual special Co~­ firmation for the school at St. Mary 's at 9.30 a.m. It IS not easy to find words to describe what is so fresh in th~ lllemory; but it may suffice to say that never have we been pre::;ent at so well-ordere d and inspiring a service. The laro-e church was filled with friends and relatives of the ca;didates and supporters of the school. Honesty compels one to pay a sincere tribute ~o those boys who act.ed as churchward ens. With rare skill they seated the entire con()"re"'ation in a very short time, and when the time cam"'e t~ collect the offerings, their methods resulted in one of the most rapid performanc es in the writer's experience. Many churchward ens could have taken a lesson from them. A word of praise is due to the choir for the excellent lead they gave to the singing, especially in the recessional hymn, a novelty to the majority. And to ~he boy who for the first time in his life led such a processwn we offer our congratulat ions for his excellent timing, the pl'ocession r eaching the vestry exactly as the hymn end~d.

F'orty-s:i x candidates were presented, and they earned out their part in a most orderly and reverent fashion. To to the Archbishop all who were in the church owe a great debt of gratitude for his addresses. It seems difficult to express adequately what we feel about them. We have heard him speak to boys on many occasions, but seldom if ever have we heard him to such advantage. Before confirming the candidates he spoke on the words: "How long halt ye between two opinions ~ '' and pointed out the vast difference between doing what we ought and doing what we like. After the Laying on of Hands His Grace gave a motto to the candidates from St. John XIX., 38: ''A disciple but secretly,'' and he showed how we were told on the one hand to be unostentatio us in our religion, but at the same time n ever to be ashamed of practising it in a ::><me and ::>cnsibl way. He ended on the need of courage in these days in putting our religion into practice in our daily lives. It was a wonderful utterance, marked by 'iober judgment, real understandi ng of human nature, and

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a lofty eloquence. It is his la st visit as Bishop of the Diocese. Next year there will be another Bishop, who will come to us from HamiHon. Bnt ther e will be many boys · who will ever remember our present Bishop with feelings of affectionate gratituclr for his presence at our Confirmations ~nd for the real interest he hai::i always taken in our school. . Th e last service of the term will be h eld on Sunday, December 13. Also on that morning at an earlier hour the uewly-confirmrd will make their :B--,iri::it Communion.

It would be a Yery great encouragement to them if all who have been confirmed will roll up on that occasion and help to make it a memorable one.

67 EXCHANGES. We beg· to acknowledge receipt of the fo.llowing _exchanges since the last iss.ue : -~he W angam~I qollegian, 'l'h e Albertian, The W ellmgtoman, The Scmd1~n, The Timaruvian, The N elsonian, The Cante~·bur.y Agncultural College Magazine, The Spike, The Wmtaklan, The Torch Bearer, 'l'he King's Collegian, The Sacred ~cart Col~e~e Magazine, Auckland <?-rammar School Chrom?le, Chnst .s College Register, Chnstchurch B .?I.S . . Magaz1~e, Canteibury College Review, Otago Umversity Review, Marlburnian, The Hill.

OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION. SUBSCRIPTIONS. 'l'l1e Bu.-iness 11fanager wisbes to acknowledge the If following subscriptions received since last issue. ,vour :ubscription has been paid and your name does not appear, plea.-e notify Business :;\'l:anager at once :- G. Mackie, donation; J. H. Blair, '25, '26; A. Gibson, '25, '26; li. \V. Martin, '2:3; L. Vv. LovelJ, '25; G. Easton, '2.5; E. O'Neill, '2i5, '26, '27; J. A. R. Windelbnm, '25; C. Robb, ':25; D. ,J. S . .Dockrill, ':..±, ':25; Il. Brad bury, ':24; F . Da vis, '2 -; J. D. Mackay, '2:3; R. B. Horner, 1925-3±; C. F. Vile '23, '26; I. Mchor, ':25; A. Moyes, '24, '25; J. llarris, '25; R. J ulian, '.2:); P. Chivers, '25

OFFICERS, 1924-1925.

President.-H. R. Billing.

Vice-Presidents.-Dr. E. :B-.. Fookes and E. P. Webster. 'l'reasurer.-H. W. Kirkby.

Auditor.-F. N. Whitcombe.

Joint Secretaries.-P. F. Atkinson and L. W. Lovell.

Committee.-R. George, D. Doile, A. R. ~tandish, R. G Howell, C. H. Wynyard, J. B . Wilson, C. D. C~llins and A. J. Papps (representative of the · School).

Editor "Old Boys' Column".-Bracken Wilson, Box 69, New Plymouth.

OLD BOYS' NOTES. NOTICE TO

SUBSCRIBERS.

Subscribers who have not already clone so, are reque. tecl to forward their subscriptions for the c urrent and past years to the Business Manager. lt has been pos .. ible to ca n··'' on dttring t he perioa of hi g h cos1· of production only with t he hearty support of Old Boy.-. We therefore confidently appeal to you to help Ui::i by keeping your subs. paid up to elate. Please notify change of address.

Charlie Y ate , who left school in 1916, was in New Plymouth recently. He is accountant to a firm in Palmerston.

Eric Pearce, who is farming at· Ka~aramea, h~d t~e misfortune recently to have a motor accident, and1s still an inmate of the hospital. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Olive Veale, who has been assis~ant purser on the s.s. l\iaori, is now purser on the s.s. Cormna.

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Clauclc Kyngclon, \Vho is ou tbe .. taff of llle Bank o£ ..\n::;tralas,a, ba:-; r ecently been i.ramd'en ccl from Hawcra to 'r imarn.

R. E. l'opr, w!Jo i:-; lll <lllagin g cl<'l'k for Pcny and .Peny, ::;olicit on;, in \V ellingto u, was r ecently admitte d a:-; a baniste r of the Suprem e Court. \\' e ha Ye r e<;eutlv reeci\·ccl ld ten; from Der ek Denn v Brown, who has b ee~t elected to a Junior Beit Meruori <~l ];'ellow:;hip. H e r eerntly pa:;:;ed his primary l',.R.C.!::l. ex amiuat ion and ha .' ::;tart ec1 researc h work at Oxford und er Sir Charles Shenin gton, the famous 11eurologi::;t. lie has gone to l\Iagdal en College, and h e ::;tates t hat he is looking forward to meeting H.ou Symc on hi::; anival t here.

I\ onuan Little, who uutil n :crutly ha :; been practising as a bani:;t er and solicito r , has been appoint ed to the Public Trust Office in Aucklan d.

G01·don F'ra::;cr, one of the older Old Boys, has recc11tly been ill and has been ordered t o take a complet e r est. He left at the begnmi ug of October on an ext ended trip to the East Coast of Americ a and expects to r eturn t o New Zealand before Christm as.

Among tho::;c Old Boys who h ave r ecently been adlllittcd a::; a solicito r of the Snpr cmc Com·t is H. G. IIowcll , the cDergct ic secretar y of the Old Boy. ' :B'o otball and Smf Clubs.

Brian J ohns, who io; a house .'Urg·eon at the H amilton Hospita l, visited Ne1v Plymou th r ecently . He had the misfort un e to develop blood poisonin g, but we are glad to h ear h e has r ecover ed.

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Ronald Syme, who io; attendin g Oxford Univers it?, left Auckla nd on August 12. Th r old school is well r epre.'Cnted at Oxford this y ear, and with four Old BoyH, D erck D P1my Brown, li.o11ald Synw, Lorime r R ichanls on, and n ext year Monte Barak, the school can justly be proucl, ancl WP shall look forward to lwnring from tlwm and of

j·!Jr'i r rx pl'l'ir •nr'<'S.

J\JJJOJlp: lll P success fnJ ca ndidat e;.; in 1he October trnch<' l's <'Xa minnli om; 1w o Olcl Bo~·s , I. J\I. CJ Jiil(l a nd C. E. Baunto11, w er e Sli C<;es.'ful in obtainin g th eir D teacher:-;' examin ations.

Winn er s of D ewar Shield, 1925 .

Back Row: L. F r eth ey, R Bre wst er, K. T ay lor, R. Pope .

Front Row: K. Meuli, J. H. Boon ( capt.), E. Meuli .

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Harold Gibson, who is in practice at IIawera, was recently admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court.

Ken Neal, who until recently has been on the staff of the Central Pharmacy in New Plymouth, has been appointed to the position of dispenser at the Public Hospital. · The finalist in New P lymouth Golf Championsh ip played at 1liTaiwakaiho were the Old Boys Phil Grey and Bracken Wilson, and the final was won by P. Grey. R. I. Harrison, another Old Boy, was one of the semi-finalist s.

As we go to press word comes that Monte Barak, an Old Boy of the school, has been elected Rhodes Scholar for New Zealand. This is the first occasion on which an Old Boy has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and we would offer our heartiest congratulati ons to Barak on his award.

Montefiore Barak was born on September 18, 1904, and was educated at the \Yarea School, Taranaki, from 1910 to 1916, at the New Plymouth Boys' High School from 1916· to 1921, and at Canterbury College since 1922. In 1916 he was dux of the preparatory school at the New Plymouth Boys' High School. In 1917 he gained a junior national scholarship, and i11 1919 h e won a senior national scholarship . During each year from 1916 to 1921 h e won the first prize of his form, and in 1921 was dux of the school and obtained a junior uniYersity scholarship . \Vhile at the School Mr. Barak was twice a member of the . hooting team which won the Weekly Pres. ShieU:l, and was in turn a member of the School 's third, second and first Rugby fifteens . In his first year (1922) at Canterbury College, Mr. Barak passed the first section of his B.Sc., which he completed in 1924.

In 1924 he also ·won the Sir George Grey scholarship.

At the university h e continued to play Rugby, and in 1924 vvas the captain of the second fifteen and in 1925 a member of the first fifteen. He was also chosen as an emergency for the New Zealand University team to play Sydney University. He· also represented Canterbury College in its shooting team at the annual inter-univer sity tourneys in 1924.

He was gazetted second lieutenant of the New Zealand Engineers in 1925.

He was president of the College Students' Association and chairman of the New Zealand University tournament committee.

In sport Mr. Barak 's interests have been chiefly confined to football, shooting and tennis, but he haR also taken part in athletics and boxing.

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CLUB

At the annu al terms exam inatio ns at Victo ria Universi ty Colle ge the follow ing Old Boys were ~ ucc e~sful :Engl ish.- A. W. Griffin (seco nd clas. ·, advan ced secon d year) , H. A. II. Insul l (seco nd clas ·, pass grade ), H. P. Mitca lfe (seco nd cla ss, pa~~ grade ), W . J. Moun tjoy (seco nd clas::;, pass grade ).

Educ ation .-H . A. H. In~ull (third cla~. ·, pas~ grade ), J. V. 1\Ic:i\Iahou (third class, pa~s grade ).

Histo ry.-·A . L. H erdm an (seco nd class, advan ced ~econd year) , H. P. JHitcalfe (1-hird cla~~. advan ced first year) , \V. J. Moun tjoy (third cla. s, pails g-rac~e ). lVIath emati cs.-R. l\I. Dol by (first c la~s , appli ed math emat ics, pas~ grade ), H.. l\1. Dolb y (first class, pure math emat ics, pa:;s grade ).

Geog raphy .-J. V. McM ahon (~ecoud cla.·:;).

Phy: ;ics.- R. l\I. Dol by (fir:;t cla~s, pa::;::; grade ).

Chcm i::;tr y.-R l\I. Dolb y (fir::;t cla:;s, Pr. 1, pass grade ).

Contr acts. -h B. Dinn iss (third clas::;), R. J. M. Suthe rland (third class) .

Tort: :;.-T. N. l!~oden (third class) .

Crim inal Law .-T. N. Ji'ocl cn (third cla::;::;) . .Prop erty I.-h B. Diuui;;:; (third cla::;:;), R. I. l\I. Sulhe rland (third cla::;::;).

J!jviclcucc.-'1'. N. l!'ode u (third cla::;::;).

OLD BOYS' FOO TBA LL CLUB 'l'h e sea;;on whic h ha» now draw n to a close ha:; mark ed a very succes::;fnl year in the annal s of the Club, not only from a comp etitiv e point of view, but al. ·o from the fact that 1·h e memb er .· of th e Club and the gener al p'u blic haYe r cspon dec1 so w ell to the n ecess ity for a succc::;::;J'u l ::;cason.

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CLUB 71 Altho ugh the Club team s were not in ·any prom inent in cham pions hip hono urs, yet in mann er all their matc hes they have estab lish ed for them selve s a reput ation as solid team comb inatio ns, whic h shoul d great ly benefit the Club in its activ ities in the comi ng seaso ns.

The Taran ak.i Seven -a-Sid e Comp etitio n for the Dewa r Shiel d was playe d at New Plym outh on June 3 last. 'l'wo team s were enter ed bv our Club and after a ::;terling matc h with the Star ''A'; in the final of the competiti on our ''A'' team mana ged to annex the Shiel d.

This was the only comp etitio n won by the Club durin g the seaso n, but all team s were well estab lishe d on the competition ladde rs at the end of the seaso n. 'l'he Club 's Annu al Smok e Conc ert was held in the Kawa roa Bung alow on the eveni ng of Septe mber 5 and prove d the most succes::;ful funct ion of this natur e yet held bJ the Club. l\Ir. l\Ioyes presicled and the Club was hono ured in havin g a' its guest s sever al mem bers of the visiti ng New South ·wale s team .

Durin g the comi ng seaso n it i::; very proba n egoti ation s will be comp leted with the Gisboble that Boy::;' Club for a retur n visit by our Senio r 'l'eamrne Old to Gisborne durin g the Easter vacat ion. It is hope d to obtai n sufficient priva te cars from memb ers and frien ds of the Club to enabl e the team and its official, , to trave l the .whol e dista nce by car, for only by this mean s is it pos::;ible to cover the distan ce in the limit ed time team'::; dispo sal. 'l'he Hon. Secre tary of our Club at the will be plea;;cd t o lcam of any Old Bo:y who will be prepa red to place hi::; car at the disp o::;al of t lte Club for the purpo se of ihe above tdp.

MAR RIA GES 1:3A l\IPS ON'- JENK INS.- AL New Plym outh, on Augu st 4, 1925, Leon ard Samp son, to Miss J essie Evely n J enkin s, of New Plym ou t h.

BAY LY-M ONT EA'l 'H.-A t New Plym outh, Haro ld Bayly , to Miss T. Mont eath, of New Plym outh.

MAC KIE- OA'r ES.- At St. Jame s' Chur ch, Sydn ey, on July 15, 1925, D. G. D. Mack ie, to Mari on Julie , only daug hter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Oates .

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New Plymouth Boys' High School

\VYNYARD.-On September 7, 1925, at Sydney, to Mr. and JVIrs. C. H. \~T ynyard; a son.

MacDIARJVIID.-On Augt(st 27, 1925, at Stratford, to Mr. and Mrs. D. N. MacDiarmid; a son.

JANN.-At New Plymouth, to Mr. anclMrs·. B. Linn; a daughter.

BR.IDG-ER.-At New P lymouth, on July 12, 1925, to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bridger; a son.

ENGAGEMENTS The engagement is announced of Lawrence Inch to Miss Vera Yorke, of Hawera.

The engagement is announced of Mark Anthony, of H.M.S. Philomel, to Miss D. Levy, of Palmerston North.

[ESTABLISHED 1882].

Fees (per term)Tuition Preparatory Board Weekly } Boarders

£4, reducible to £3 1Os. if paid within 30 days £4, £19,

, £3 10s. £17

£16 lOs.

£15

Dinner for Day Boys, £3 Music (including practice fee)- Seniors, £3 3s.

Juniors, £2 12s. 6d.

Boxing, 1OfDancing (Winter term only) 15/-

Subscriptions (per term)Games-Upper School, 4/Lower School, 2/Library

1/6

Magazine

1/6

Tennis

1/-

N.B.-ln cases of removal, six weeks' notice must be given to the Secretary, otherwise parents are liable for half a term's fee.

School TermsThe school year is divided into three terms of thirteen weeks each. The terms are approximately as follows : First Term-

February 5th to May 6th.

Second Term- May 28th to August 27th.

Third Term- September 18th to December 18th.

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