1934 The Taranakian Vol. 23 No. 1 May

DITED by the Boys of the • .,,,,_.,_ {/{ew Plymouth [Boys' High School and Cflublished twice a year.

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THE "TARANA KIAN." CONTENTS

Agriculture Notes

19

Breaking-up Ceremony

11

Cadet Notes

52

Chapel Notes

54

Conte mporaries

84

Cricket Notes

33

Editorial

9

Examinations, 1933

47

House Notes

49

Life-SaYin.g Notes

51

Old Boys' Section

56

Orchestra Notes

17

Sal\'ete

-1-6

School Notes

23

Subscriptions

85

Swimming Notes

27

T ennis Notes

26

The Roll

42

Valete

45

TECHNICAL BRANCH:

[ESTABLISHED

1882.]

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

ENGINEERING :H. H. SKELTO:-<. A.I. Mech. E. (London), Reg. Eng., N.Z. H . C. GAT LAND, G rad. l.E .E. (London), A.A.I.E.E. (" C" Cert.) vVoOD\VO I<K :D . ME:\'ZIES. F. Coli. H.

R. J . HOHRILL 1st Class Cert. (Final) Carpentry and Joinery, City H. R. BILLING, EsQ. (Chairman.)

MISS C. A. DoUGLAS DR. E. F. FooKES. MISS E. ANDREWS G. S. CLARKE, ESQ. P. J. H. WHITE, EsQ. L. A. NoLAN, !<-sQ. S. G. SMITH, ESQ. L . G . ANDREWS, ESQ. P. E. V. STAI:-ITON, ESQ. Secretary and Treasurer : E. LASH, ESQ.

ai'Jd Guilds, London.

(Final Cert. N.Z. Technological Examination in Carpentry and Joinery).

PHEPAHATORY DEPARTMENT: A. H. BLUNDELL. SCHOOL CHAPLAIN : REV. R. FORDI-IAM CLARIC MUSIC: RESIDENT MusiC MASTER : J. DoBSON, L.A.B., L.T.C.L. VISITING: MISS DowLING, Victor Harris Gold Medallist (Violin, Viola and Cello).

j&tnff: PR INCIPAL : \\T. H. MOYES, M.A .. B.Sc. DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION : A. L. MOORE, M.A . (1st Class Honours and Silver Medallist, City and Guilds of London).

ASSISTANT MASTERS: G . F. BERTRAND, (" C" Cert..

B .A. Cert. in Latin and W. DIPROSE, M.A. History).

R. C. WILSON, M .A., B.Sc. G. BOTTRILL, M.A. , Diploma in Social Science. vV. G. \VILKIE (B.A. Cert. in History and Economics.

City and Gui lds Diploma in J. PAPPS, B.A. Electrical Engineering). \\T. I. SHRIMPTON, M.A. E . KERR, M.A.

A. G. ]OHNSoN, M .Sc. A. C.

A. V.

J.

LEGGAT, M.A.

J.

D . RoULSTON (' ' B" Cert .. B.A. Cert. in Latin, English, History, Education and Econom ics).

AGRICULTURE: A. S. NAsH , B.Agr. Se. COMMERCIAL : E. R. McKEON (Professional Accountant by Exam).

F. J. EGGLETON, F.C.S .. (N.Z.) DRAWING: \짜. F . TF:TT (1st Class Honours Diploma, Beckenham School of Art, Eng.) (B.A. Cert. in English and History)

MISS Ross, L.A.B. , L.T.C.L.

SCH OOL

INS TITU TIO NS.

FIRST TERM , 1934.

Assista nt Quarte rmaste r-Serg eant: D. McGill .

Ba.ttali on Band Serg路ca nt: E. J . Reed.

Corpor al Drumm er: I. Gibson .

Head Boy.-D . I . Blackle y.

School Prcfec ts..-D . I. Blackle y (Head) , B. Meredi th, G. c. Weston , D. B. Alien, B. D. Matthe ws, A. L. Ewart, E. J. Reed, D. N. Hull, J. W. Mail, D. Bra.sh, T. C. Larkin , J . Davies , G. Keller, J. Batten .

House Pt路cfec ts.-Sch ool: G. C. Weston (Head) , J. L. Batten , M. P .

Donne lly, I. B. Faris, M. 0. Ekdahl , A. G. Mc!nty re. Carrin gton路 D . B. Alien (Head) , H. Whitti ngton, I. Grant, J. Phillip s, s.

Hobda y, V. Carron , D. Pricha rd.

Magaz ine Comm ittee.-M r. Shrimp ton (Chair man), G . c. Weston (Gener al Editor) , B . D. Mathew s (Litera ry Editor) , A. L. Ewart (Spor ts), L. W. Riley (News) .

Criclte t Comm .ittee.- Mr. Bottril l (Chair man), M. P. Donnelly (Secretary), B . D. Meredi th, T. C. Larkin , N. Waters , A. L. Ewart, G. c. w eston, A. G. Mcinty re.

Footba ll Comm ittec.-M I路. Papps (Chair man), M. 0. Ekdah l (Secretary) , D. I. Blackle y, B . Meredi th, G. C. Weston , M. Donnel ly, I. Grant, A. G. Mc!nty re.

Library Conun ittec. -Mr. Tett (Chair man), G. C. Weston (Secre tary), D. B . Alien , Whitti ngton, Faris, Pricha rd, J. Phillip s, v. carron , Hobday .

Boxing Comm ittee.-M r. Eggleto n (Chair man), J. Steven (Secre tary), Burche ll, Robins on.

Swimm ing Comm ittee.-M r. Eggleto n (Chair ma n) , B. Mered ith and H .. Whitti ngton (Joint Secreta ries), G . C. Weston , L. w. Riley, D. Pncha rd, J. Davies, J . Simpso n. .

Tennis Comm ittee.-M r. Jolmso n (Chair man) , I. Grant (Secre tary), D onnelly, Faris, Batten , D. B. Alien, Nodder , A. L. Ewart.

CADET BATTA LION.

Corpor al Bug"ler: C. Nodder .

A COMP ANY. Officer in Comm and: Captai n J. Leggat .

Second in Comm and:

Lieute nant W. I. Shrimp ton.

Compa ny Sergea nt-Maj or:

G . C . Weston .

No. 1 PLATO ON. Platoo n Comm ander: H . Whitti ngton.

Platoo n Sergea nt: I. Meikle john.

Section Comm anders : M. Ev an s, J. Patrick .

No. 2 PLATO ON. Platoo n Comm ander: V. Carron .

Platoo n Sergea nt: D. N. Hull.

Corpor als:

R. Smaill, R. Mathew s.

No. 3 PLATO ON. Platoo n Comm ander: A. G. Mcinty re.

Platoo n Sergea nt: W. R. Geddes .

Corpor als:

K. Dunn, J. Phillip s.

No. 4 PLATO ON.

Platoo n Comm ander: B. D . Mathew s.

Platoo n Sergea nt:

F. Ulenbe rg.

CoqJOr als: W . Rowlan ds, R. Cawth ray.

No. 5 (MACH INE GUN)

PLATO ON).

Officer Comm anding : Major V. E. Kerr.

Officer Comm anding : Lieute nant W . F . Tett.

Second in Comm and: Captai n J . Leggat .

Platoo n Comm ander: D. B . Allen.

Battali on Sergea nt-Maj or: D. I. Blackle y.

Platoo n Sergea nt: B. Harkne ss.

Quarte nnaste r-Serg eant: S. Hobday .

Corpor als: T . Davis, F. Lucas, T. Franci s.

B COMPANY. Officer in Command: Lieutenant R. C. Wilson.

Second in Command: Lieutenant J. D. Roulston.

Company Sergeant-Major:

J . L. Batten.

No. 6 PLATOON. Pla-toon Sergeant: T. C. Larkin.

Corporals: L. W. Riley, D. Broad.

No. 7 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: J. Davi:es.

Corporals:

Pearson, Armstrong, Prichard.

No. 8 PLATOON.

Platoon Sergeeant: M. 0. Ekdahl.

Corporals: P. Fenton, T . Morris.

No. 9 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: I. Grant.

CfJJ:porals: A. Brown, A. Keller.

C COMPANY. Officer in Command: Lieutenant E. R. McKeon.

Lieutenants A. H . Blundell and A. S. Nash.

Company Sergeant-Major: M. P. Donnelly.

No. 10 PLATOON. Platoon Commander: A. L. Ewart.

Platoon Sergeant: G. Keller.

Corporals: J .. Conway, C. Blundell.

No. 11 PLATOON. Platoon Commander: G. Teny.

Platoon Sergeant: R. Corkill.

Corporals: W. ;Mail, B. Conway.

No. 12 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: N. Waters.

Cort)Orals: W. Davies, S. Fairbrother.

No. 13 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: F . Wheeler.

Corporals: I. B. Faris, J. Steven.

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

VoL. 23.

No.

MAY, 1934.

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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 will please notify any change of address.

EDITORIA L (A. L. Ewart.)

M

ANY promising pupils of primary schools m remote districts are, for financial reasons, unable to attend a secondary school. This loss of potential leadership cannot fail to be grave.

In Taranaki, apar): from the Bayly Scholarship (awarded mainly for athletic ability), and perhaps one other, there are no scholarships available.

Realising that it is the duty of secondary schools to encourage the spread of education, th e New Plymouth High Schools' Board has decided to institute a series of boarding scholarships.

Since the pupils who live near an educational centre are adequately catered for by Free Places, these scholarships are to be awarded in districts in which, through inaccessibility, there would be little possibility of the pupil continuing his studies.

Thus a boy who shows distinct intellectual ability would be giyen an opportunity of enjoying the ~nanifold benefits of ~ s~conda r1 ed ucatio~, 路

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At a boardin"' school he learns the necessity of discipline in the efficient running of a large establishme nt. The school spirit makes him realise that he, as an individual, must do his utmost for the welfare of the whole community. The competition in sport and study develops in him strength of body and of character, for be finds that courage and determinati on are essential if he wishes to succeed. In mixing with his fellows and discussing different sub jects with them he may . overcome any diffidence he has had. Contact with the varying types of boy gives him an understandi ng of human nature, and as he hears their views on the problems of life he learns to think widely and to be prepared to listen to reason. A secondary school educates in character just as much as in scholarship, and brings out in a boy those manly qualities which will make him a good citizen.

The p1·esent lack of financial encouragem ent to pursue studies must mean to us a loss of talent that, if developed, ·would be of inestimable value to the community. The wide variety of courses provided b:v a secondary school gives the pupil the opportunity of preparing himself for the vocation that he has decided to follow. For an industrious scholar who has any definite ability the three years' education granted under the terms of this scholarship would give him a good chance of passing th e University Entrance Examinatio n, which is absolutely n ecessary to-day as a qualification for positions leading to succ ess.

Th e institution of these scholarships is surely an action worthy of the support of parents and teachers in the districts concerned. We hope that these, and all Old Boys, will make known as widely as possible tl1e conditions of the scholarships, because, for the scheme to be a complete success, it must have the earnest support of as many pupils as possible.

Th e main conditions of the scholarship are as follows: (1) 'l'he scholarship, which is confined to the Sonth Auckland and the 'l'aranaki Education Districts, will be open to any boy or girl not over fourteen years of age on the first day of December of the year in which 1le or she sits. The applicants must have had one year's instruction in Form II. (Standard VI.).

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11 (2) Application s to be examined must be sent to the Secretary, Education Office, P.O. Box 64, New Plymouth, and must be accompanie d by a postal note or stamps to the value of one shillin g. Application s will be accepted not later than the first week in October.

(3) The scholarships will be awarded annually at the discretion of the Board of Governors to the boy and girl in each district who gains highest marks in the examination and who is otherwise deemed worthy. ( 4) The duration of each scholarship will be three years. The holders will, during that period, be entitled to free board and lodging (valued at £57 per annum) in the boarding department controlled by the Bo~rd of Governors.

(5) The annual examination of competitors will be held during November or December, and will be conducted by the Taranaki Education Board.

(6) The subjects of examination and the sca·le of marks shall be: English, 300; Arithmetic, 200; Science, 100 ; Geography, 100; History, 100.

THE

BREAKIN G-UP CEREMO NY (L. W. Riley.)

.

The Assembly Hall was filled to its u tmost capacity for the annual breaking-up ceremony on December 14, 1933. With the Principal, Mr. Moyes, on the stage were Mr. H. R. Billing, chairman of the Board of Governors, the Mayor, Mr. E. R. C. Gilmour, .Archdeacon and Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Billing, Mr . .A. L. Moore, the Rev. Fordham · Clark, School Chaplain, and members of the staff. Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Billing were presented with bouquets.

CHAIRMA N'S ADDRESS. The chairman, Mr. Billing, in his address said that although the year had been a trying one for business men, the boys still had their ordinary routine work to do, and he was sure that they had not suffer ed in the slightest degree from lack of work. He congratulat ed them on

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their accomplishments during the year. He read a telegram received from Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., conveying hi>: heartiest congratulations and his b est wishes for future success and prosperity.

On behalf of the Board of Governors, Mr. Billing concluded by wishing the pupils a happy and prosperous future.

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With regard to football, the first fifteen was defeated

by St. Patrick ' ~ College and by Auckland Grammar by a very narrow margin. It defeated W anganui College, Hamilton High School and Sacred Heart College. 'rhere was no match with Te Aute College.

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT .

ln cricket, Nel~on College was defeated, while the match with W anganui College ended in a draw.

In presenting his report, Mr. Moyes Rtated that a considerable drop in revenue had made n eceRRary thP. exercising of strict economy, particularly with regard to outcloor activities.

Speaking of the musical side of the School, Mr. Moyes thanked Mr. Dobson and the masters and boys who had during the year done so much to provide instruction and amu~ement for the rest of the school.

The total roll for the year was 490, of whom 83 were boarders.

'l'he question of finding employment for boys had occupied a good deal of his attention, said Mr. Moyes. .Many had been placed, but he stre~secl the fact that it was imperative that parents allow their unemployed boys to return to school during this the most impressionable penod of their lives.

The succeRses gained in the annual examinations were as follows:First Section of B.A. D egree.-J. S. Hath erley, B. D. Mathews, I. N. Menzies and R. S. Smith.

FirRt Section of LL.B . Degree.- W. P. Wilson and R. N. 0 'Reilly.

First Section of B.Sc. D egree.-A. W. Holland.

Taranaki Scholarship.- E. R. Dearnley.

Accountants' Professional.- R. M. Rogers, J. C. El:q1es, R. Simpson, J. Ulenberg, R. H . Fin ch and L. W. Ho skin.

Many boys hacl b een granted Higher L eaving Certificates, and 33 candidates were successful in the Matriculation and allied examinations.

Ten candidates passed Victoria College Terms, and were thus able to sit for a section of the degree .

With one exception the staff remained unaltered. Mr. J. Connell r esigned in ord er to accept a post und er the Auckland Education Board and the vacancy was fill ed by Mr. A. Nash, B.Ag .Sc. In swimming and life-saving the School acquitted itself very creditably, there b ein g a large number of awards gained.

The School had passed through the transitional period following the amalgamation with the 'l'echnical School. 'l'h e fac1lities for agricultural training were among the best in New Zealand. Mr. Moyes was of the opinion that the agricultural side of the School should be entirely divorced from that of the vocational. 'l'hanks were clue to those who had so materially assisted the School with gifts of stock.

In conclu~ion, Mr. Moyes praised the splendid work of the h ead boy, J. S. Hatherley, and the loyal help and co-operation of Mr. A. L. Moore and the staff.

MR. MOO RE'S REPORT. 'l'he Technical Director, Mr. A. L. Moore, made the following report:The numbers in the vocational forms totalled 161.

In t he City and Guilds of London Institute examinations six qualified, while nine boys received engineering certificates.

Sixty-two boys were taking the agricultural course.

General farm work was carried out.

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'l'he numbers taking the commercial course were smaller than in the previous year.

Mr. Moore discussed the opinion that intelligence and skill were divorced. It was the purpose of the School to retain as far as possible true craftsmanship.

He thanked the staff for their loyal co-operation throughout the year.

ARCHDEACO N EVANS' ADDRESS. Archdeacon Evans congratulated the School on its successful year.

Making abundant use of his everpopular fund of humour and anecdote, he describ ed the educational system of his own time, and showed what progre::;s had been made since those days. . Proceeding, Archdeacon Evans said that the boys had the~r lt~es before them. He hoped that they were all takmg full advantage of their youth, and he reminded the~ that they would never have the same opportunities agam. There was no room in a school like this for lazv boys who '~ould not '."ork. The young people of to-day must work If they desired to be an asset to society.

THE MAYOR'S ADDRESS. 'l'he Mayor, Mr. E. R. C. Gilmour, expressed the hope that the boys would enjoy their holidays. 'l'o tho::;e who were leavmg ~choollle gave the advice that loyalty should alway::; be thmr motto . He told th em never to sacrifice the respect and love of tho::;e with whom they came m contact.

PRESENTA'l'I ON OF PRIZES. Preparatory School.

Form lb.-D. Rollitt.

Form IIb.-J. Mm-ray.

Form IIa.-G. Y oungs.

Upper School.

Form III~l.-K. F. Rosser, 1st agriculture; D. V. Lunn! 2nd agriculture; D. N. Swap, 3rd agriculture; M. J. ~lemmg, 1st commercial; L. H. C. Gardiner, 2nd commerCial.

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.B'orm lllc.- G. S. Bowen, 1st in form; A. T. Squire, 2nd in form; '1'. M. Crone, 1st in commer cial, 1st in mathematics and science.

Form lllb.-A. C. Sisson, 1st in form; J. V. Elliott, 2nd in form; L. L. J ohnston, 1::;t in engineering section; P .

S. McBride, 2nd in engineering section.

Form IIla.-M. Silby (presented by the Rev. R. Fordham Olark ), ht in form, 1st in languages; W. J. Weston, 2nd in form, 1st in mathematics and science. l'1 0rm lV cl .. -N. C. Pelham, 1st in commercial; D. S. Clarke, ~nd in commercial; J . ll'Vine, 1st in engineering; J. A. Parli, 2nd in engineering; F. G. Ranson, 3rd in engineermg.

Form I V c.-R. C. Crone, 1st in form, 1st in languages, 2nd in mathematics and science; D. :B.,luker, 2nd in form, 1st in mathematics and science, 2nd in languages. :B.,orm IVb.-J. Gifford, 1st in engineering section; S. W. Luscombe, 1st in agriculture section.

Form I Va.- R. R. Goodwin (presented by the Rev. Ford ham Clark), 1st in form, 1st in languages, 2nd in mathematics and science; C. B. W . Oldridge, 2nd in form, :2nd in language::;, 1st in mathematics and science; L. M. Henry, 3rd in form, 3rd in mathematics and science.

Senior Agriculture.- K. 路 V. J ohnston, Agricultural pnze. .

Form V d.- M. G. Lucas, 1st in engineering; V. E. ~l cC lellam1 , 2nd in engineering; R. J. Urry, 1st in commercial; Il. E. Collins, 2nd in commercial.

Form V c.- F . R. Wheeler, 1st in form, 1st in languages; J. M. Ryan, 2nd in form; H. H. Francis, 1st in mathematics and science.

Form Vb.-T. S. Ro gers, 1st in form, 2nd in languages; J . L. Batten, 2nd in form, 1st in mathematics and science; D. L. Middleton, 3rd in form, 2nd in mathematics and science; T. P. Meiklejohn, 1st in languages.

Ii'orm Va.-11. G. A. PearsOIJ (presented by Mr. R. H. George), 1st in form, 1st in mathematics and science, 2nd in languages; R. J. Corkill, 2nd in form, 1st in languages; I. C. Grant, 2nd in mathematics and science.

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Form VI.-J. A. Keeling (presented by Mr. G. M. Spence), 2nd in form, 2nd in languages; B. H. Barnitt, 2nd in mathematics and science.

Special Prizes.

Drawing Prizes.-Senior: J. Fairbrother. Junior: G. E. Fairbrother.

White Memorial Prize.-D. N. Allen.

Daily News Er:;say Prizes.-Senior: R. S. V. Simpson.

Junior: G. H. Terry.

Bendall Memorial Prize.-D. N. AJlen.

Music Prize (presented by Mr. H. Collier) .-C. J. Nodder.

Junior Debating Cup (presented by Mr. L. M. Moss).

-P. J. Powell.

Senior Debating Cup (presented by Wellington branch of Old Boys' Association) .-J-. M. Ryan.

General Excellence Cup (presented by Dr. E. F. Fookes) .- J. S. Hatherley.

Sixth Form Latin Prize (presented by Mr. R. Syme).

-E. R. Dearnley.

Dux Prize (Cup presented by Mrs. Buick) .-E. R. Dearnley.

Head Boy's Prize (Cup presented by Mrr:;. H. Brookman, and book by Mr. M. E. Haydon) .-J. S. Hatherley.

I knew a spot In a forest glade \iVhere a tui sang In a rimu's shade.

'Twas a temple green

By Tane made, On its mossy floor 'rhe bush-folk played.

Entranced I stood On the mossy green, Above he sang His song, unseen.

Now blackened stumps 'rheir fingers poke, And the air is foul 路with dust and smoke.

I liked the smi And morning's heat, And the breezes fresh And cool and sweet.

Gone is the bird ; But still I long For a rimu t r ee And a tui's song.

A.C. VI.

- Oakley Studios, N.P.

SCHOOL PREFECTS, 1934.

Back Row.-A. Ewart, D. Brash, J. Davies, J. Batten, G. Keller, B. Matthews.

Middle Row.-J. Reed, D. Alien, D. Blackley (head), C. Weston, D. Hull.

In Front.-T. Larkin, J Mail.

Ahsent.-E. B. Meredith.

Orche stra

N oles

(D. N. Hull.)

"Yea, music is the Prophet's art; Among the gifts that God hath sent, One of the most magnificen t."

-Longfello w.

This year we are fortunat e in having most of the members of the Orchestr a with us again, but the lo ss of the players that left in 1933 has made itself felt. 'l'heir places have been filled by several new boys who have made good progress during this term.

Of those who left, we make special mention of J. S. Hatherly , a member of the Orchestr a for seven years, and l eader for many years.

He had come to be consider ed such an essential part of the Orchestr a that it is difficult to r ealise that he has left us at last. Besides being of valuable assistanc e by his playing, he often very ably took the baton when Mr. Dobson was delayed.

Also his violin solos will be missed by the school concert party. We reluctan tly bid him farewell ; but at the same time we wish him every success in his future studies, and especiall y in his musical career.

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Also tht other members who left us carry our best wishes with them. 'l'hey are: F. Parfitt, first violin; H..

Brinsley, second violin; R J ohnston, cornet; J. GibsQn, percussion instruments.

We welcome the followmg: R Arnold, L. Avery, B. Broome, A. Campbell, E. Everiss, D. Huggett, R Scott, violins; and G. Youngs, drums; and hope their stay with us will be long and happy. We also take this opportunity to congratulate J. W alton on being promoted to the fir::;t violins; A. Brown, who has changed from viola to fir::;t violin; and W. Mart, who l eft the second violins to take his place.

Since the writing of the ' last Orchestra Notes. we supplied afternoon tea music at a garden party held at St. Mary 's Vicarage, besides giving items at the annual sports dinner and the breaking-up ceremony, at the end of last year. At the sports dinner, also, songs were sung by A. Macintyre and J. Heed, and J. Hath erly gave a violin solo; while at the breaking-up J. Hatherly and J . Reed sang the School songs.

We close these notes with thanks to Mr. Dobson for the time he patiently and unsclfh;hly gives to orchestral work, and to Mr. Horrill for helping us in the orchestra.

A gentleman m eticulously neat, Immaculate always from h ead to feet; His hair, the golden pride and crown of youth, Is parted ever and is vainly smooth; His collar is the neatest of its kind; His classic tbroat's adorned with such a tie As Beau Brummel found pleasing 路t o the eye; His suit's well-cut and such a perfect fit That e'en Munchausen couldn't better it; The encircling garland of the lower limb An item of importance is to him, vVho loth to suffer unexpected shocks Detests th e sudden sight of fallen sox; His shoes show littl e sign of straying 1ace And flash the obliging sun at each cleft pace; His person rouses all the admiration And envy of a neatly tailored nation;

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AlthouO'h he suffers overwhelming wrong, 0 .

His spirit never wavers. He IS strong.

Y on ask where such a paragon is seen?

You see him ever smirking on the Silver Screen.

A.L.E. VI.

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NOTES

(H. W. Burchell.)

"Wherefore one should not路 be childishly contemptuous of the insignificant animals. For there is something marvellous in all natural objects."-Aristotle.

'l'HE PIGGERY. 'l'he work in connection with the erection of the pig pem; bas gone ahead steadily until, at last, eight pens have been completed. Each pen, 30. yards long .by 16 yardH wide is fenced with cyclone rmglock nettmg and surmou~ted by two strands of barbed wire. Still to be erected is a boar pen and a hospital, which will complete a model piggery-a great asset to the School.

Pen number five is being set aside as a farrowing pen, while each of the other pens wi~l be used f01~ gr.owing baconen; and fattening porkers. Smce the begmnmg of the term two more houses have been completed, and gat~s swung in each pen. 'l'o improve the appearance of the p ens, both the gates and the houses have been tarred.

On January 2 the crossbred sow farrowed, havin.g seven in her litter.

On Wedne::;day, February 28, th1s litter was weaned, and they are now being fattened for bacon. On March 28 the pedigree Berkshire sow farrowed and o路ave birth to a litter of five, one sow and four boars, whicl1 are being kept, to be later sold as pedigree Berkshire boars. At the New Plymouth A. and P. Show the 'l'amworth sow and the School boar were shown, but they fail ed to gain a place. Recently Mr. Grant inaugurated a scheme whereby two boys at a time have to feed the pigs for a week and hand in a r eport at the end of their period.

By this scheme it is hoped that the boys will gain a working knowledge of pigs.

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SHEEP WORK. The course in sheep management has been continued tSuccessfully this year under the valuable instruction of Mr. W. B. Grant, who is recognised as one of New Zealand's bet:>t authorities on live stock. The greater part of the work has been carried out at the Taranaki Jockey Club's pens, where the boys have carried out drafting, counting, dagging, branding, shearing and treating sheep for footrot. On W eclnesclay, March 14, the racecourse and the School sheep were clipped at Mr. W eston 's farm.

Valuable information has been given the boys on woolclassing and sheep management. Mr. Grant has also given us lessons on sheep judging from the following points of view: (a) Wool- producing; (b) mutton-producing; (c) lamb-rai::;ing. In connection with the last named, two l~ylancl rams have been obtained and crossed with the Jockey Club's ewes as an experiment to improve the standard of the lambs. Also a flock Romney ram was obtained and put with the School's Romney ewes on March 7. It is hoped that this ram will improve the flock, not only in confirmation, character and constitution, but also in uniformity of carcase and wool covering. As animal husbandry is being given more consideration on the farm, it is possible that the agriculture boys will receive an extra half-day's instruction from Mr. Grant each week.

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gave us another heifer calf. In connection with permanent improvements on the farm, concrete posts and troughs have been made, as well as gates, which have been used mainly for the pig pens. As the trial of the reversible disc plough in pa<'ldock 20 was quite successful, this impl ement, with its various attachments, appears to be ideal for the small farmer. The senior agriculture boys have carried out their work in excellent style, and next term the Fourth Form agriculture boys will be given a share in this important work. Herd-testing has been carried out monthly, one Jersey cow having given 305lb. of fat in 331 davs . The mammitis control scheme has been continued, an~l it is pleasing to state that there are no further casefl of this disease.

THE PLOTS. Although the plotR were badly in need of weeding nfter the l10liclays, they have now been dug up and sown in oatR. AR the pine and euc路alyptus trees have been growing yigorously, they have been wrenched, prior to lining out. The School is indebted to the Plant Research Station nt Pnlmer>:ton North for having sent us strains of cocksfoot, ryegrass, red clover and white clover seeds, which hnve been sown in small plots. The germination percentl'll!'f' nf the,;e Reeds was quite high, and the young plants of each Rtrnin are growing rapidly.

FARM WORK.

DEMONSTRATIONS.

'l'his term the weather ha::; been fine enough to enable the boys to carry out a great deal of practical work on the farm . In paddock 7a, work was carried on in the eradication of twitch, and it was finally sown in grass on March 19. It was manured with -}cwt. super and 1cwt. of fi::;h manure, and, as a control, a strip of ground was left unmanured . About the middle of February paddock 17 was cut for hay, and quite a big stack resulted. 'l'he first week in March the maize in paddock 20 was cut and stacked for ensilage. In an effort to control the growth of blackberry, fern and gorse, a great deal of time has been spent grubbing and slashing these noxious weeds. In order to keep up the milk yield, the feeding out of soft turnips commenced early in Marcl1, but since these are finished Chou MollieT is now being used. The School was again fortunate in that the pedigree cow, Narva Girlie,

At the annual New Plymouth A. and P . Show tlie hoyR of the senior agriculture form acted as assistant RtewarrlR in all the animal sections. The boys were grouped into pairs and allotted jobs in various live stock sections.

At the Grand Parade, on the second afternoon, many boys assisted with the leading of the prize-winning cattle around the show-ring. On March 20 the senior agriculhue boys attended the Jersey Cattle Breeders' annual field da~r, held at Mr. Bell's farm at Oakura. When Mr. Bell completed a very interesting and instructive demonstration on the ideal dairy cow, Mr. Peterson demonstrated on Mr. Bell's pedigree bull, Pinewood Sybil 's You'll Do. After this instructive lecture various cattlejuclp:inp: competitions were held in both the junior and Renior diviRions. In the junior section, open to all schoolboy~':, V. Ha 11 secured first place and R. King second.

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On April 20 the agriculture boys were invited out to Mr. Freeth 's farm at Pukearuhe, where we were taken · over the farm. After inspecting the high-class pedigree J ersey ea ttle, we proceeded to examine the pasture and winter fodder, also seeing the small flock of stud Southdown sheep en route. After this we went to the cowshed, and later proceeded to the pig pens, where we saw some very fin e types of 'l'amworth pigs.

About 4 o'clock we were taken over to Mr. W eeden 's farm to examine some more Tamworth sows and boars.

SIDELIGHTS. The first litter of pigs had rather a roving disposition; it was rumoured that they w ere seen sitting on a tramseat in Devon Street.

If it takes two lnmrlred boys half an honr to stack half an acre of ensilage, how long would the farm boys take?

In peaceful state men live and die Contented with their social strife But do they sometimes heave a si'gh For rng:gec1, rough er paths of life ?

If such you be come sail with me Upon the stormy, foam-sprayed sea, To feel the biting, wint'ry blast Lashing the mainsails on the mast · Eyes smarting with encrusted salt ' We climb the rigging without fault 'While wind-whipped waves roar huge on high.

As if to swamp the very sky.

But if this travel suits not you Then let me buy good horses two .And in some far-off, foreign land With open prairies near at hand Gallop gladly on our way, While to the hammering hooves we sway Bent low in saddle on we race ·' 'l'ill horses blow at our mad pace.

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Still, in a crowd, there's always one ¥lho langs for golden rays of sun; 'l'hen come with me he who would like Along the country roadways hike To hear the song of the russet thrush, Or maybe from some native bush A p eal of silver bells ring soft F'rom chiming bell-birds perched aloft.

Then if a Briton's heart is staunch And if his breast is free from fear, Adventure is the craft to launch To explore the life we hold so dear!

F.R. VB.

SCHOOL NOTES (G. C. Weston. ) Tl1e year 1934 op ened with a roll of 496.

In connection with a week of festivitie s which marked the 90th anniversary of St. Mary 's Church in December, a pageant depicting the introduction of Christianity into En()'land was presented in St. Mary's Hall. Many of the bo~~" took a part, and all sh.o wedmarked histrionic ability.

The tableaux representing the arrival of Selvvyn and Bolland was very realistic, especially the fearsome Maoris and haughty inhabitants oE New Plymouth in 1843.

At th e end of last year Mr. and Mrs. Moyes gave a vet·y enjoyable dance for members of the first fifteen, first eleven, and many of the senior boys. It wa~ a complete success, and every minute of an evening which passed only too quickly was enjoyed to the utmost.

Dr. Fong Fu Sec, Rotary International representative at the annual conference of New Zealand Rotary Clubs, paid a ~hort visit to the School when the swimming sports were b ein g held. Introduced by the headmaster, Dr. Fong said he was plca..:ed to see all the boys at th'eir fun and regretted that his coming had put a stop to the sports. He was considerably impressed with the surroundings, and Rtat ed that we were very fortunate in having such fine grounds. Three cheers were then given Dr. Fong.

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On February 23 a party of Old Boys from Stratford visited the School and spent a short time going around and inspecting the grounds. They presented two books to the library, and we take this opportunity of thanking them for their kindness.

The occasion of the official handing over of "Brooklands'' marked an end of a month's intensive training by tbe 100 members of the Guard of Honour to his Excellency .the Governor-GeneraL Tbe guard went through the several movements with clear-cut precision, and the general steadiness and appearance of the parade was very favourably commented on by his Excellency in speaking to Major Kerr, who was in command. Th e remainder of the battalion lined the paths and, together with the guard, formed a lane through which their Excellencies walked to the residence after the completion of the ceremony.

The annual cricket match with W anganui College took place on March 14 and 15 on the School grounds. 'l'he feature of the game was Donnelly 's splendid 120, including four sixers, which was compiled in a little under two l10urs, and his association with Waters in a final wicket partnersbip which realised 165 runs-thus constituting a School record. 'l'he standard of the two days' play was excellent, and an enjoyable and attractive game ended in a draw.

It l1as been very gratifying to notice the keenness which has been displayed in athletics during the term .

Many of the boys have ta krn aclvanta ge of the opportunities offered to them by the local athletic club to train on the Park grounds, and results in the weekly club nights have been very satisfactory. The best performances were at Eltham, where t1Je Taranaki secondary schools' 100 yards championship was won by Whittington, with Ekdah l an cl Mcintyre tilling second and third places respectively, and where the School team (Whittington, Grant, Ekclahl, Mcintyre) won the 880 yards men's relay.

'l'owarcls the end of last term Mr. Neville Renaud gave his annual organ recital in St. Mary's Church. Mr. Renaud gave us a short insight into the life and works of several composers and rendered many delightful classical selections. The recital was very much appreciated, and we thank Mr. Renaud for the great interest he takes in tbe School.

STRING BARK.-GROWTH AFTER

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On April 7 an athletic meeting was 11eld in Pukekura Park, on t h e occasion of the visit of H.M.S. Dunedin.

During tlJe afternoon" A" Company, under Mr. Eggleton, gave a phy::;ical ch路ill display. In the running events, the School relay team covered the 440 yard:; in splendid fashion and, oi-l' ::;cratch, secured their second win for the season.

During a hurried visit to New Plymouth Sir Hubert Wilkins kindl? consented to come and say a few words to us . In a very in terestin g address he gave an outline of his many and varied aclventures, and his descriptions of his submarine trip under the Arctic ice, the weather conditions of the world, and the penguin's almost human methocl of chastisement were thoroughly appreciated. Mr. MoyeR, in thanking him on behalf of the School, wished him evenr success in the future, and called for three cheers for the explorer.

Towards the end of November Mr. and Mrs. Jones gave a dinner for the prefects. It was a memorable occasion, and all the prefects wish to convey their sincere thanks to their host and hostess for their great kindness.

Football for the School began on approximately the lOth of April, bnt owing to the hardness of the ground actual games were not commenced till a week later. The pros]wcts of the "fifteen" are as bright as they have bee11 for many years, and with over half: of last year's caps back we are looking forward to an enjoyable and successful season.

On Monday, March 19, the School attended the fnneral of the late Mr. J. S. Connett, who was for many yearR a most esteemed and popular member of the Board of: Governors. The loss of so valuable a friend is a severe one, and the School expresses its heartfelt sympathy with hi s relatives and friends.

With a victor~' of 34-0 over Old Boys' juniors, the season commen ced auspiciously for the fifteen.

The stfl ndnrd of play was very good, but it was the first match and there is plenty of room for improvement yet. The second fifteen also played an Old Boys' team and succeeded in winning by 24--0.

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uack of School House and the dining 'l'he paths at th~Jt~d, and the stone kerbing has been hall have been asphil 1..1silr improved the aspect of this J ·IS ' . • It 1'.' rrrcat asset on wet clays. lengthened.

• . . corner and will uc<~ o junior gymnasmm champwnslups, ·' 1 J. by '!'he senior aJlr st year, were won respectively held at the end of ;;hdJilns, but, owing to a lack of train1 s not as good as the previous year.

L. Batten and B. I-· l uable coach. . mva I f or Jus .mg, the standar d wn Afr D. S,l'iCS \Ve wish to thank J :11 , 5sett for kindly consentin g to I J]JlCI "' . an cl Mr. Be mg, ,............-judge.

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(I. B. Faris.)

. · rr of the year unsettled state • The usual . e" t the SchooL Been use of the lat eness ~lelftyecl the te~nJS ~~e ]adder did .not show ver! great m reoro·anisatJOJ1, t that in the thn·d term more mterest 1 ac.tivity~ It is ]lop,e~he top of the ladder, as it is the best w1ll be shown neaJ 1 we hare. Donnelly holds the first 1 test of ~onsistent fodr ~ h ]ad eJ. 't · f the Jast term of last year a School posl lOn on t e · Near the end 0 10 Stratford to play a team from the tennis team traYeller1 1 j\fte1· some good games, School Technical High Sch:~~ three. 'l'he team was: Barnitt, won by six matcheGs.1 nt Noddcr, Newing. . . . . eJIY, a ' Ke el' · , D onn · ·epresented m the Taranaln Jnmor Ing, 1 11 School was 11'~ hips. 1'h c finals and semi-finals of 115 hard court cban1P 1 ~ 1J.Ies were entirely contested by School 1 both singles and do Donnelly cl . Walton players. Results:-. fin as: ' ' 9-3 ·Nod. 1 6-2, 2-6, Nodder, cl.

Donnelly ,1· .. o·les.-Senll· Sin ~ . · Fnlu n der d. Faris, 9- '· t 5et in whwh Noel cl er's accuracy pre6-2. After the fil'' tJ 1e ~mne slower. Noclder did not 1 Donnelly va il ecl Donnell~· marc nee to keep his lead.

1 1 attempt to force ~ e /:~ next two sets and also tbe match. settl d J r to tal,r . fi lals: Faris and W. Evans d. Grant e 0°" n Doubles.-Sen~~ ~~~ 1111 ellY and Nodder d. Da.vies and and M. Evans, 9:- •. ponnell)' and No~lcler d. Faris an.cl Keller 9-0. Fulil 1~'Jc1 winners were m a. class of their Evan~:,' 6-0 6-1. A' 11.1• in defeating their opponents. diuiCII • ' ' own and bad no b rrlil 11111"

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(D. B. Allan.)

The annual School swimming sports were held at the School baths on vVednesday, February 28 and Friday, l\'Iarch 2. It was pleasing to see the interest shown by the parents and friends who were present. There were big entries in all events, but the programme was put through with promptness and dispatch. The weather was admirable for swimming.

Four records were broken, two in the Senior Championship and two in the Junior. This shows that the standard of swimming is still improving.

The usual corfu dive was r eplaced by a novel event, th e duck race, which afforded great amusement to both comp etitors and spectators.

The under 14 championship was won by \Nisdon, Rawson won the junior and Pritcharcl the senior.

At wateJ' polo the Day Boys defeated the Boarders by 3 goals to 1.

33 1-3 Yanls Handicap.-First heat: Birch ell (5sec.), 1; time, 22 3-5sec. Second heat: Golclsbnr.r (7sec.), 1; time, 24 3-5sec. Third h eat: Rawson (scr.), 1; time, 18 3-5sec. Fourth heat: D. Hoskin (4sec.), 1; time, 2()< 3-5sec. Fifth h eat: Fitzpatrick ( 5sec.), 1; time, 23sec.

Sixth h eat : G. Gifforcl (2sec.), 1; time, 21sec. Seventh heat: lVIcGahey (8sec.), 1; time, 28 3-5sec. Eighth heat: Barnitt (5sec.), 1; time, 26sec. Ninth heat: Fen wick (1sec.), 1; time, 20sec. Tenth heat: Emmett (3sec.), 1; time, 23sec. Eleventh heat: H. lVIoss (7sf'c.), 1; time, 26sec. Twelfth heat: D. Hawkins (3sec.) , 1; time, 20sec.

Thirteenth heat: Pritchard (scr.) , 1; time , 18sec. Fourteenth heat: T. R~ran (1sec.), 1; time, 20 2-5sec.; Fifteenth heat: \Visclon (10sec.), 1; time, 24 4-5sec. Sixteenth heat: Novak (7sec.), 1; time 23 4-5sec. Seventeenth h eat: N. H. Arthur (9sec.), 1; time 23 3-5sec.

Eighteenth heat: C. Wbittington (6scc.), 1; time, 25 1-5sec. Ninetecnt h h eat: K. Reeves (5sec.), 1; time 23sec.

Twentieth heat: Ferry (2sec.), 1; time, 20 4-5sec. Twenty-

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first heat: Swop ( 6sec.), 1 ; time, 20sec. Twenty-second heat: Turnbull (5sec.), 1; time, 23 4-5sec. Twenty-third heat: McKee ( 4sec.), 1; time, 22sec. Twenty-fourth heat: N. Hull (4sec.), 1; time, 24 3-5sec. Twenty-fifth heat: Park ( 5sec.), 1; time, 27sec. 'rwenty-sixth heat: Mart ( 5sec.), 1; time, 23sec. First semi-final: Emmett 1, Whittington 2; time, 21 1-5sec. Second semi-final: Barnitt 1, Ferry 2; time, 18 1-5sec. Third semi-final: Moss 1, Hull 2; time, 19sec. Fourth semi-final: Birchell 1, Wisdon 2; time, 21sec. Final : Barnitt 1, Ferry 2, Emmett 3; time, 22sec.

33. 1-3 Yards Backstroke.-D. Gayton (6sec.) 1, J . Dav1es (scr.) 2. ¡won by two yards. Time, 27sec.

33 1-3 Yards New Boys' Race.-First heat: Vlisdon (5sec.) , 1; time, 25 3-5sec. Second heat: Reeves (4sec.)

1; time, 24sec. Third heat: Julian (3sec.), 1; time 26 1-5sec. Fourth heat: Turn bull (3sec.), 1; time, 25sec.

Fifth heat: Nicholson (3sec.), 1; time, 24 4-5sec. Sixth heat: Birch ell (2sec.), 1; time, 21 1-5sec. Seventh heat: Gifford (scr.), 1; time, 21 ] -5sec. Final: Birch ell 1, Reeves 2, Turnbull 3.

25 Yards Under 14 Years.-First heat : Julian (4sec.)

1. Sec ond heat: Porter (3sec.) 1; time, 18 4-5sec. Thirrl heat: Dnmey (3sec.) 1; time, 20sec. Fourth heat: Pearson (3sec.) 1; t ime, 19 4-5sec. Fifth heat: Wisdon (2sec.)

1; time, 18sec. Sixth heat: Youngs (2sec.) 1; time, 16 3-5sec. Seventh heat: Loveridge (2sec.) 1; time, 18 1-5sec. Final: Youngs 1, Porter 2, Pearson 3; time, 18 3-5sec.

220 Yards Open.-J. Simpson (scr.) 1, J. Davies (5sec.) 2, L. Riley (10sec.) 3. Simpson caught the field early and won comfortably. No time taken 50 Yards Breaststroke.-First heat: White (8sec.) 1, J . Steven (2sec.) 2; time, 53 2-5sec. Second heat: Prichard (lsec.) 1, Shaw (8sec.) 2; time, 39sec. Third beat: Fairbrother (9sec.) 1, D. Blackley (3sec.) 2; time, 48 4-5sec. Fourth heat: Reid (3sec.) 1, J. Davies (scr.)

2; time, 411-5sec. Final: Reid 1, Fair brother 2, Davies 3 ; time, 37 3-5sec.

Long Plunge. -First heat: Nilsson (30ft.) 1. Second heat: Fen ton (33ft.) 1. Third heat: Eggleton (31ft.) 1.

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Fourth heat: Casey (31ft.) 1. Fifth heat: Alley (30ft.)

1. Sixth heat: Papps ((33ft.) 1. Seventh heat: Davies (39ft.) 1.

Open 66 2-3 Yards Handicap.-First heat: Falk (3sec .. ) 1, Riley (scr.) 2; time, 48 3-5sec. Second heat: Parli (8sec.) 1, Blair (2sec.) 2; time, 471-5sec. Third heat: Prichard (scr.) 1, Ferry (5sec.) 2; time, 42sec.

Fourth heat: Rawson (1sec.) 1, Grant (4sec.) 2; time, 45sec. Final: Parli 1, Rawson 2, Falk 3; time, 45 3-5sec.

Learners' Race.-First heat: Hurle 1, Huggett 2.

Second heat: Beale 1. Third heat: Bell 1, Ray 2. Fourth heat: Hibbarcl 1, Everiss 2. Final: Bell 1, Hibbard 2, Beale 3.

Open 100 Yards Handicap.-Parli (10sec.) 1, Ferry (9sec.) 2, Simpson (scr .. ) 3; time, 79 4-5sec.

Obstacle Race.-First heat: Fen wick 1, Ryan 2, Hutchinson 3. Second heat: Davies 1, Aitken 2, Crampton 3. Third heat: Jupp 1, C. Whittington 2, Hatfield 3.

Preparatory School's 25 Yards.-Wisdon (2sec.) 1, Artlmr (1sec.) 2, Porter (scr.) 3. 'rhe Senior Ch ampionship was won by D. Prichard by two points from J . Simpson. Prichard won the 33 1-3 yards, 50 yards, 100 yards, and was second in the 220 yards.

The Junior Championship went to J. Rawson, who was two points ahead of Blair. Rawson 's wins were in â&#x20AC;˘ the 33 1-3 yards and 50 yards, while he was third in the 100 yards.

P. Hannan won the Under 10 Championship and was 10 points ahead of Calman and R. Logan, the next two placed boys. Wins in the 25 yards, 50 yards, and 66 2-3 yards gave him his points. 'rhe Preparatory School Ch ampionship was won by Wisdon with 10 points.

Wisdon won the 25 yards and 33 1-3 yards.

Details of the championship points are :Senior Championship.- D. Prichard (18 points) 1, J. Simpson (11 points) 2, U. Whittington (4 points) 3, J. Davies (3 points) 4.

Junior Championship.-J. Rawson (11 points) 1, Blair (9 points) _2, D. Gayton (6 points) 3.

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Under 14 Championship.-P. l-Iannan (15 points) 1, Ualman and R. Logan (5 points), 2 equal.

Preparatory Championship.-Wisdon (10 p~ints) 1, G. Artlmr (6 points) 2, A. Porter (2 points) 3.

RESUL'l'S OF RACES. 'l'he events resulted as fo llows:33 1-3 Yards Senior.-Prichard 1 Whittington 2, Davies il. Won by one and a half yards~ 'l'ime, 18 1-5sec.

33 1-3 Yards .Junior.-Ram;on 1, Blair 2, Falk il. vV on by a touch. 'l'ime, 19 2-5sec.

25 Yards Under 14.-Hannan 1, Logan and Novak 2 (equal). Won by two yards. 'l'ime, 15 2-5sec.

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25 Yards Preparatory.-Wisdon 1, Arthur 2 Porter vVon by inches. Time, 18 1-5sec. '

. Dive, Under 14.-Novak (26 point::;) 1, Hannan (25 _2, Logan (23-;1 points) 3. The dives comprised a plam d1ve oif the low board, a punch off the middle board, and one at option. N ovak 's flight was sufficient to give him an advantage.

po1~ts)

50 Yards Senior.-Prichard 1, Simpson 2, Davies 3.

Won by a yard. Time, 29 4-5sec.

50 Yards Junior.-Rawson 1, Blair 2, Gayton 3.

Won by two yards. 'l'ime, 31 2-5sec.

50 Yards, Under 14.-Hannan 1, Low 2, Logan 3.

Won by three yards. 'l'ime, 38 3-5sec.

33 1-3 Yards Preparatory.-Wisdon 1 Arthur 2 Porter 3. Won by one and a half yard::;. 'l'i~e, 26 1-5sec: . Junior Dive.-Gayton (26! point::;) 1, Keller (23i pomts) 2, Aldous (23 points) 3. . 100 Yard~ Senior.-Prichard 1, tmgto~ 3. Pnchard was the first to ~~rds m the first length, b~1t at the

Simpson 2, Whitturn by about two end of the second S1mpson had drawn level, w1th the other two contestants out of the race. Prichard drew ahead half-way throu"'h the last length and went on to win by one and a h:lf yards. 'l'ime, 72 3-5sec.

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100 Yards Junior.-Gayton 1, Blair 2, Rawson 3.

Blair looked to have the race well in hand after the :first length, with the winner lying well back third. Gay ton left his sprint until late, but in a fine finish just got home by a touch. 'l'ime, 74 3-5sec.

66 2-3 Yards, Under 14.-Hannan 1, Low 2, Logan 3.

Won comfortably. 'l'ime, 66 2-5sec.

Long Plunge.-J. Davies (scr .. ), 46ft. Gin., 1; Papps (4ft.), 42ft., 2; Nilsson (scr.), 41ft., 3.

Diving for Plates.-Grant 1.

220 Yard::; Senior.-Simp::;on 1, Pricharcl 2, Davies 3.

Prichard held the lead early, but from the middle distance until the end Simpson was ahead. The three fini~liers were all tired in the last length, but Prichard nearly surprised Simpson with a last-minute burst.

Simpson won by three yards. Time, 3min. 17 4-5sec .

Medley Race .-Davies 1, Fenwick 2, Jupp 3.

Awkward Entry.-Grounds 1, Morton 2, Swap 3.

Senior Dive.-Meiklejohn 1, Whittington 2. 'l'he dives comprised a standing backward dive from the low board, a running half-borer from the middle board, a running plain header from the high board, and an optional.

Duck Race.-Nilsson 1.

Forms' R.elay.-Vb. 1, IVd. 2.

Day Boys defeated Boarders by three goals to nil in a water polo game. 'l'he game was willing, but Day Boy::; handled better than their opponents and were almo::;t continually on the attack. The ::;corers were Meredith, Meiklejolm, and Simpson.

THE UNEXPECTED, THE UNUSUAL, AND THE IMPOSSIBLE. Some idiot has said that the unexpected always happens. Unfortunately this is far from the truth, otherwise one could go to bed in a state of hopeful expectancy,

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not kno win g wh eth er one wo uld aw ake a mil lio nai re or the fat her of twi ns. If the une xpe cte d alw ays hap pen ed thi s wo rld wo uld be a mo re liv ely and ins pir ing pla ce, the dai ly rou nd wo uld no lon ger exi st, we cou ld liv e fro m mo me nt to mo me nt and the fut ure wo uld be lef t to the car e of Fo rtu ne. Bu t the fac t is, the une xpe cte d sel dom occ urs ; we sit for exa ms . and we fail , we stil l ma ke blo bs and we stil l thi nk we cou ld hav e don e bet ter , but , in tru th, we we re not exp ect ed to do oth erw ise . Ne ver the less, the onl y thi ng tha t add s zes t to liv ing is the fac t tha t occ asi ona lly the une xpe cte d hap pen s; hol es in one, win nin g tic ket s in art uni ons . Vic tor ia Crosses and sud den dea th are all flu kes in the ir wa y, and the pec uli ar me rit of the m is tha t eve ry ma n has an equ al cha nce of gai nin g one or the oth er.

Th e Un exp ect ed is, as it we re, the Jok er in the Pa ck of Lif e; it is Fa te wit h the lea d路 pip ing , Fo rtu ne' s dir ty lef t.

It is thi s ver y lac k of the une xpe cte d in life tha t has led to the com mo n fal lac y of con fus ing the unu sua l wit h the imp oss ible . Ma ny wo uld be str ong ly tem pte d to thi nk it imp oss ible tha t I sho uld bec om e the Da lai Lla ma of Th ibe t. Th e tru th of the ma tte r is, my asc ens ion to the thr one , or the see, wo uld be, to pu t it mil dly , unu sua l, but it is far fro m imp oss ible .

An d my poi nt is tha t the unu sua l is so rar e an occ urren ce tha t ma ny are apt to mi sta ke it for the imp oss ible .

Lik e the fac t tha t the Kin g of En gla nd is bal d, or tha t Na pol eon stu tte red , thi s is not gen era lly bel iev ed bec it is not uni ver sal ly kno wn aus e .

Th e lac k of the unu sua l in dai ly life ten ds to stu am bit ion . Ne ver the les s, it is sur pri sin g路 how few ltif y thi ngs we can thi nk of are rea lly imp oss ible . Be cau se fat her wa s not the Em per you r or of l\Ia nch uko kio is no rea son wh y you sho uld not be. rrhe fac t tha t it is unl ike ly tha t you wil l eve r be any thi ng mo tha t it is imp oss ible to be re tha n a foo l doe s not me an i.s a gre at ma n 1 No one hasa gre at ma n. An yw ay, wh at are onl y gre at to tho se wh eve r kno wn one. Ce leb riti es o eve n if you 're jus t a pla in don 't kno w the m. So tha t fool, does it rea lly matter ~ B.D.M. VI.

- Oakley Studios, N.P

FIRST ELEVEN, 1933.

Back Row. - J. Broughton, R. Urry, N . Waters, A. Bullot, R. Buckenham, A. Ewart.

Middle Row. - T. La.rkin , R. S. V. Simpson, E. B. Meredith (captain ), H . Johns, J. Simpson.

In Front.- N. Grant, M. Donnelly.

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Cricket Notes (A. L. Ewart.)

As the season ·progresse d the First Eleven showed great improvem ent. The batting was strong, the bowling Yery steady but not dangerous and, after the holidays, the fielding was excellent. 'l'he trip to Nelson was more enjoyable than successful. We wish to thank all those responsibl e for the billeting and entertainm ent of the members of the team. • Some of them were so captivated by the charms of Nelson that they returned with great reluctance . 'l'he match with W anganui College was played at School. The standard of batting was high. Harding and Meuli, for vVanganu i, and Donnelly, Broughto n and Waters, for School, all showed good form. 'l'he magnificent opening partnersh ip of 165 by Donnelly and \Vaters in the secon~l innings is a record for the School.

Donnelly and Larkin represente d Taranaki., and Donnclly, Larkin, w·aters and Whittingt on played for the '!'own team. Donnclly gained the highest average in club cricket in the Northern Division competitio n. He also won two bats, one, presented by Mr. Moyes, for his century against W anganui; the other in the '!'own v. Country

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1'\0TES

game, pre~ented by Mr. 'l'ippins, for the ltighc~t score of the match. '1'. C. Larkin, G. C. W eston and R Crone won the bat~ for the h i ghe~t averages in the l:j'ir~t, Second and Third Elevens respectively.

The Second Eleven had very few games this year. It was unfortunate that the match arranged with the Empire Old Boy~' team, of llawera, wa~ abandoned because of the rain. lf some matches could be arranged between the Second Eleven and teams from the other schools in 'l'aranaki the members would gain a greater experience of strange grounds and unknown bowling, which would make them more confident when called on to fill any vacancies in the First Eleven. 'l.'he Second and 'l'hird Elevens played well in the junior competition, but they did not settle clown after the holidays.

SCHOOL v. NELSON COLLEGE. Played at Nelson.

He~ul t

: Lost by an innings and 27 runs.

SCHOOL-J!.,IRS'l' INNINGS.

Meredith won the toss and decided to bat. Donnelly and Waters faced the bowling of Ralfe and Sparrow.

Donnelly was batting very confidently. The first wicket fell at '11, when Donn elly was caught by Du J!.,eu off Freeman.- 71-1-49. Broughton was soon after stumped by Buddle.- 94-2-8. Larkin came in, only to lose Water::;, caught in the outfield off Freeman.- 108-3-36.

The luncheon interval followed.

Soon after lunch Simpson was run out, Grant was caught by Ralfe off Freeman, and Larkin and J ohns were clismissed l.b.w. and bowled respectively by Ralfe. Meredith hit Freeman for two sixes. Bullot was bowled by Ralfe.-130-8-4. A. Buckenham was bowled by Ralfe.

-130-9-0. Meredith hit a third six and then two fours, but was th en stumped by Buddle, off Freeman. After a lamentable collapse School were out for 142. Mer edith had made 26.

NELSON-FIRST INNINGS. Mason and Karsten opened to the bowling of Larkin and Buckenham. At 65 Karsten gave a difficult chance, but was missed. Nelson were running well and scoring

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all roupd the wicket. 'l'he first wicket fell at 169, when Broughton bowled Mason.-169-1-58. Kar::;ten reached his century after three hours' play. When stumps were drawn Budclle was batting well.-196-1-58.

On the second day Karsten was caught in slips by Larkin, off Buckenham.-203-2-111. Ralfe was run out in trying a short one.-237-3-12.

Freeman was bowled by Larkin, and McKay was caught behind by Bullot, off Urry.-245-5-6. Buddle and Du Feu carried the total to 299, when Nelson declared. 'l'heir innings had lasted six hours.

SCHOOL-SECOND INNINGS. The fir::;t wicket fell when Donnelly was l.b.w. to Freeman. He had batted well with nice shots for his 25. Larkin came in to see Waters bowled by Du Feu.49-2-14.

When the total was 65 Larkin was bowled

by Frecman.-65-3-19. Simpson was bowled by Du Feu.-85-4-2. Meredith in trying a big hit was caught

by Du Feu.-89-5-3.

Broughton was next to go, bowled by Freeman after a stubborn innings.-89-6-14.

Grant was batting well. Bullot was caught, Buckenham stumped and then Grant was caught. 'l'he innings closed at 100, of which Grant had made ~6. The Nelson bowlers had control all the game, except when Donnelly ancl 路w aters were togeth cr. School wai:i outclassed and lost by an innings and 27 runs.

First Innings.

SCHOOL. Donnelly, c. Du Feu, b. Freeman 49 Waters, c. McKay, b. Freeman 36 Broughton, st. Buddle, b. Du Feu ..

8 Larkin, l.b.w., b. Ralfe 11 Simpson, run out .. ..

0 Grant, c. Ralfe, b. Freeman ..

0

..

Meredith, st. Buddle, b. Freeman

26

Johns, l.b.w., b. Ralfe Bullot, b. Ralfe

0 4

Buckenham, b. Ralfe

0

Urry, not out Extras

0

Total

8

142

Second Itmings. l.b.w., b. Freeman b. Du Feu .. l.b.w., b. Freeman b. Freeman .. b. Du Feu . . c. Karsten, b. Freeman c. Du Feu, b. Freeman b. Du Feu c. Mitchell, b. Freeman st. Buddle, b. Freeman not out Extras Total

25 14 B

19 2 26 3 3 2 4 0 18 130

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Bowling Analysis.

W. R. 4 4

33 33

.. 1 .. 0

21 47

Ralfe

Freem an Du FeU ·· Sparr ow

0

0

NELSON.-Fi rst· Innin gs. . b Bucke nhant Kars ten, c. Larktn, · Mas on, b. Brought0l1 Bud dle, not out · · Ralf e, run out . · · Free man , b. Larklll Urr; .

McK ay, c. Bullot, b.

Du Feu, not out Extr as Tota l (for fiVe wickets' declared) Bowling Analysis.

Buckenhaln DonneliY Broug hton Larki n Urry Mere dith ·· Gran t John s

W.

R.

0 7

11 30

3 0

33

35

0

0

00

00

00

111 58 61 12 3 6

18 30 00

w.

0

0

0

0

00

0

0

1 0

00

R. 58 41

1

13

1

78 47

1

0 0

13

0

15

GANUI COLLEGE. scHo OL V· WAN .

299

6

'1 Play ed at "e\1 Pl.)'ll10Uth. Resu lt: Draw n.

SCIIOOL.-FlRS'l' IN lNGS. the toss and opened with Donnelly and Scho ol \\Oll . s bowled in Rens haw 's first ove r.W a ters . Waters "atook his place . Afte r scor ing steadily 6-1 -0. Broughtou b Mar shal l.-47 -2-2 7.

With Y ' .

Don ne ll Y was. bowlet t1 bittiu( )' hard at anyt hmg loose the .

11 d 1 Bron• > J o " L ar k-In an . . o t . Lar·kin was miss ed m the outfield . fa~ cr. ' sco nng became · . was brilliantly caug ht by Marsl.Jall. . tl next over, b u t , 111 1e . g .. Jed Brou()'l.Jton, who was scorm 98- 3-2 8.. Gra~\i;~~cl drive s. oAt lunch the boar d read quic kly w1th wcl · 127 -3- 28.

Brolwhton ped off Rens oon af ter lnnc11He bado playedwasa va:stum l ua bl . . e mmngs at sha w.-1 43:- -4- 65K •• lith clidnot last long , bein g caught ·t· 1 t a cr1 ICa · I me · llerec .

1

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by Nils son off Me uli. -14 6-5 -1. Gra nt was run out .146- 6-1 2. Bull ot, who had follo wed Mer editb , was bow led by Meu li.-1 52- 7-9 . Sim pson was bow led by H.enshaw.- 154- -8- 2.

Mat hew s was batt ing well, but Wlri tting ton, who hesi tated , was run out .174 --9- 4. Urry was last, but Mat hew s was caug ht by Menli off Ren shaw afte r a brig ht inni ngs.-193-10-~4 .

W ANG ANU I.-F TRS T INN ING S. At 3.15 Hnr ding and Full erto n-Sm ith open ed to the bow ling of Lnrk in and Urry . Lark in bow led Fnll erto nSm ith. -Jl- J-2 .

The runs cam e stea dily , Hnrclingscoring- with nice shot s all roun d the wick et. At. the ten adjo urnm ent the tota l was 30 for one wick et.

Afte r tea Lark in and Urry open ed tl1e bow ling.

Whe n the tota l was 60 Meu li was miss ed in tl1e slips off Whi tting ton.

Harcling- reac hed 50 afte r 90 min utes ' play . The re wer e freq uent chnn ges of the bow ling , bnt nobod~r seem ed at all dang erou s . Whe n stum ps were draw n Harc ling had mad e 92 of a tota l of J 27 for one wick et.

On t he seco nd cla~r, in perf ect wea ther , Lark in ancl Urry OTJrnerl the bow ling . In his third over lJnrk in Clismissrcl Hnrr ling l.b .w. Hnr ding had plnyecl an attrf lctiy e . bnt si"efld~r inni ngs and wns unfo rtun ate to lose his wick et hefm·e gett ing set. Mar shal l, who follo wed Hard in!!, was rnn out befo re scor ing. -131 -3-0 . Ren shaw WflS n ext man in. One hun dred and fifty cam e on thr honrcl aftr r thre e hou rs' play . Soon afte r Lark in howleil Ren shaw . - 156 -4-1 1.

Don nelly dism issed Orto n. caug ht nncl bow led.- 175 -5- 9 .

Meu li, whe n facin g Donnell~r, hit his wick et. His 65 had been a very pati ent effo rt.-2 ]4-- 6-6 5.

Pric e was caug ht by Simp son off Gra nt flnd the boar d read : 224 --710.

Curr ie was bow led b~r Lar kin .-22 4-8 -0.

Nils son, who follo wed , held out unti l the lunc h adjo urnm ent.

Whi tson WflS scor ing freel y.

In his first over afte r lunc h Perr y bow led Nils son .239 -9-2 . Whi tson was caug ht and bow led by Urry and

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NOTES

W anganui were out fo r 257. Whitson had made a good 35.

During Wanganui's innings Larkin bowled 41 overs, 20 of which were maidens, for 39 runs and four wickets.

SCIIOOL.- SECOND INNINGS. Donnell? and Waters op ened at 2.45 to 'the bowling of Meuli anrl Renshaw. They scored rapidly and soon mr.rlr np the deficit of 64. Donnellv lifted Curri e for a ~rent six into tbe gully when the tot.al was 80. When hifl own total was 65 he was missed in the outfield. The runs were coming very quickly, as Donnelly was attacking the bowling ril(orously and. scoring with beautiful shots to all parts of the firlrl. He soon r each eCI 80 when h e hit n thirrl six. At tea adiomnment the total was 114 for no ,rirl,ets. Donnell? had made 87 in 85 minutes ancl Waters was 26.

After tea 1\fenli anrl. I-Iarding opened the bowling.

Donnell)' continued to score freelv until he was nrar thr centnr)'. After a period of ~low scoring Donnell~r rra ched his century with a four to l eg,. followeCI by a flix off the next hall. I-Ie was attacking the bowling , but at 1?0 hr was cmwht nnc1 howled by Meuli.-165-1-120.

Althon!!h his inning-s was not. c1uu~ ce1 P ss he -played bright cricket and rhose to tnke risks to get runs rather than to wait for them. This partnershi-p, a fine o-pening pffort, is a record for the 8 cbool. Broughton followecl bnt \ras soon canl'"ht behind.-192-2-1. Wat ers. who was battin!t nicelv, opened out, but was caught and bowl ed b)' Whitson. He had played a really fine innings anrl held hi~ wirket int act while Donnelly scored.]06- 3- 64. JJnrkin was scoring- very quickly, driving anrl pullinl( fr qnrnt honndnries. AH er a merry innings he was bowlerl b~路 Ren>;hnw.-230-4-38. Merrclith followed and was bowled hy Renshaw.-240-5- 6. Grant anrl Mathcws ran short >;ingl es until Grant was bowled

by Renshaw.-262-6-9. Bullot joined Mathews. They ,,,ere still together wh en stumps were ch 路awn with the . score at ~70 for six wickets. The later batflmen hn cl hit bard and scored quickly . The innin gs had laflt ecl t1ll'eP hours.

CRICKET First Innings.

NOTES

SCHOOL.

Donnelly, b. Marshal!

Waters, b . Renshaw Broughton , st. Price, Ren~haw Larlcin, c. Marshal!, b . Renshaw Grant, run out . . ..

Meredith, c. Nilsson, b. Meuli.

Bullot, b. Meuli Simpson, b. R en shaw . .

Mathews, c. Meuli, b . .Rensh~~v Whittington, run out Urry, not out Extras

b.路

Total

39

Second Innings. c. and b. Meuli 120 c. and b. Whitson . . 64 c. Price, b. Whitson 1 b. Renshaw 38 b. Renshaw 9 b. Renshaw 6 not out 1

27 0

65 28 12 1 9 2

24

not out

17

4 2

19

Extras

14

Total (for wickets)

193

six .. 270

Bowling Analysis.

w.

Meuli Kershaw Harding Whitson Marshall Currie Bar ton

2 5 0 0 1 0 0

R.

w.

47 44 26 21 15 14 10

1 3 0 2 0 0 0

R. 74 50 45 47 11 15 14

WANGANUI.-First Innings.

Harding, l.b.w. , b. Lark in Fullerton-Smith, b. Lark in Mculi, hit wkt., b . Donnelly Marshall , run out ..

Renshaw, b. Larkin Ort.on, c. and b. Donnelly Whitson , c. and b. Urry Price, c. Simpson, b. Grant Currie, b . Lark in Nilsson, b. Urry Burton, not out Extras

92 2

65 0 11 9 35 10 0 2 1 30

Total

257 Bowling Analysis.

Larkin Urry Grant Broughton Whittington Bullot Donne!ly

0.

41 36 16 5 15 2 5

M.

20 路11

3 6

R.

w.

41 65 50 12 24 7

4 2 1

28

2

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NOTES

AVERAGES. Senior Championship Competitions and Inter-College Matche~ only, Season 1933-34.

BA'l"l'ING. Name.

Donnelly, M. Larkin, T. Waters, N. Broughton, J. Matthews, B. Grant, N. Meredlth, E. Johns, H. Simpson, R. Buckenham, R. Bullot, A. Whlttington, H. Urry, R. Simpson, J.

No. of Times Highest Innings. not out. score.

120 15 76 18 2 98 21 20 65 1 1 25 5 17 2 29 12 1 26 45* 15 4 15 9 7 3 11 13 1 20 4 2 4* 2 5 7 1 6 7

Total runs.

532 477 450 365 76 194 109 87 60 26 77 14 12

Average.

38 26.50 23.68 19.21 19 12.92 9.90 7.90 6.66 6.50 6.41 5.50 4.50 2.00

Runs.

334 51 127 97 212 521 269 148 276 56

Average.

11.13 12.75 15.87 16.16 19,27 19.29 20.69 29.60 30.66 56.00

11

"Denotes not out.

BOWLING. Name.

Urry, R. Johns, H. Whittington, H. Meredith, E. Buckenham, R. Larkin, T. Grant, N. Broughton, J .

Donnelly, M. Waters, N. 路

Overs.

127 17 44 22 74 204 65 36 66 9

Maidens.

20 1 13 2 6 48 8 5 5 1

Wicke ts .

30 4 8 6 11

27 13 路 5 9 1

COMPETITION MATCHES. Oct. 14 and 21.-v. New Plymouth. School: First innings, 177. N e>v Plymouth: First innings, 66; second innings, 160 for six wickets. Won by 111 runs on first innings.

Nov. 4.-v. Old Boys. Lost by default.

Nov. 11 and 18.-v. Western Park. School: First innings, 147; second innings, 160. Western Park: First innings, 136 ; second innings, 184. Lost by 13 runs.

Nov. 25.-v. New Plymouth. School: First innings, 67. New Plymouth: First innings, 113. Lost by 46 runs.

SCHOOL HERD , 1934.

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Dec. 2 and 9.-v. Old Boys. School: First innings, 127; second innings, 105. Old Boys: First innings, 233.

Lost by an innings and 1 run.

Dec. 23.- v. Old Boys. School: First innings, 170.

Old Boys: I•'irst innings, 57. \lil on by 113 runs.

Jan. 13 and 20.-v. \Vestern Park.

School: First innings, 100; f>econd innings , 201. \N estern Park: First innings, 170. JJost by 70 runs on first innings .

•Jan . 27.--v. Old Bo~·s. School: First inpin gs, 120.

Old Boys : First innings, 70.

Feb. 3.-v. ·western Park. School: First innings, 109. \Vestern Park: First innings, 127. Lost by 18 runs.

Feb. 10 and 17.-v. New Plymouth. School: First innings, 225 for nine wickets declared; second innings, 26 for no wickets. New Plymouth: First innin g·s, 148. \V on by 77 runf> on first innings.

Feb. 24.- v. \Vestern Park. School: First innings.

130 for four wicl,ets. vVestern Park: First innings, 2:w for four \\·ickets. Match drawn. ::\[arch 17.- v. New Plymouth. School: First innin g-s. lGO. Xew Plymouth: First innings, 106. \Yon by 54 runs on first innings.

Givr me a gun- any old sort, And giv e me a breezy autumn day, When the air is fresh and the wind is keen, And 11·isps of clond on the blue hills play. 'l'he gTotmcl is l1ard and the gulleys steep, As we force our way theough h eath er and fel'n; Bnt the h eart is free as the air aboYe, And youth and life within us burn .

At la st, tired out, we trudge back hom e \lilith an empty bag- but littl e we care, For the spo rt is naught to the joy we found ln the wind, the snn, and the open air.

G.'l'. (VI. )

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THE ROLL The roll this .rear stands at 496. is as follows:FORM VI. A. Alien, D . B.*t Auld, I. D. Batten, J . L.*t Billing, K. C. Blackley, D . I.t Bras h, D. G.t Brown, A. T. Bullot, F. R. Conway, J .H. Corkill, R. J. Cunningham, A. F. Donnelly, M. P.*t Dunn, K . N. Ekdahl, M. 0. t Ewart, A. L.t Evans, E. Fail·brother, G . E. Fa1-tis, I. B.*t Francis, H. H. Geddes, W. R. Gibson , J. A'' Grant, I. C.*t Harkness, B. M. Hobday, S. W. •t Hull, D. N.t Keller, G . P.t Larkin, T. C. t McKee, J. D .

MacGill, D. A. Mail, J. W.t Mathews, B . D .t Menzies, D. B .

Morris, E. A.* Pearson, L. G. A. Phillips, J. M. *t Reed, E. J .t Riley, L. W. Sole, R. E. Smaill, R. J. Terry G. H. Weston, G. C.*t FORM VI. B. Aldous, P. E. Burchell, H . W.* Bullot, A. S. Cawthray, R. E. Collins, H. E.

Cooper, R. C. n avies, J. C . W.t Fen ton, P. R. • Grant, N. J. Hodder, I. T. Matthews, R. R. Meredith, E. B.t Meiklejohn, I. P. Patrick, J. A. Putt, C. W. Rogers, T. S. Ryan, T. R. Smith, A. A. Steptoe, J. o.

Urry, R. J. Wa lton, J. D. Wheeler, F. R.

THE

The complete list FORM V. A.

Aitken, R. T. Armstrong, M. A. s.

Austin, J. J. Blundell, J . c.

Carron, V. L.*t Clark, P . A. Davies, I. W. Davis, T. F. Des Forges, A. N. Drake, G. E. Duff, I. H. Eggleton, L. F. Falk, B. G. Fitzpatrick, D. V.* Garcia, J. Goodwin, R. R. Green, R. C. F. FORM VI. C .

Henry, L. MeN. Bayly, J. Hodder, A. W. G .

Birdling, L. M .

Hunter, M. J .

Croker , L. F .

Hutton, N. F .

Emett, L. M. Jarman , L. C. Lncas, M. G. Jones, L. D .

McKeown, A. L. Law, D. N.* Moon, T. N. Lepine, D. J.• Watson, L. R. Matthews, D. V. Mayer , S. C. D. SEN. AGRICULTURE McGahey, D. A. Mil!ar, J. G. Bewley, J. Oldridge, C. B. W. Bent, E. L. Papps, L. M. Boulton, c. s.

Price, S. H. Bell, R. W.* Purser, D. R. Dunlop, F. A. Smith, H. A. Goldsbury, s.

Stead, H. C. Hall, V. S. S . • Steptoe, S. D. Johnston, K. V. Steven, J. • King, R. F .

Vale, F. G. Lawrence, T. E.• Whitfeld, F. R.* Looney, C. N. Managh, D. R. • FORM V. B. McDonald, L. W. Nilsson, P. M. • Arnold, R. R. Prentice, D. J. Bell, c .• Potter, R. A. Bethell, J. N. Ryan, L. T. Blair, R. A. Rundle, A. G. • Bloxam, J . R. • Short, W. D. Burgess, L. W.*

Fenton, T. F. • Ferry, E. H .

Gifford, J. Gilmer, M. J .

Keller, A. A. Keller, H . J. Lynch, M. J. Mart, W. G. Mawson, R . E. J. Mcintyre, A. G.*t Metcalf, A. G. Nodder, C. J. Prichard, D. L.•t Pullen, C. G. R awson, G. E. Robinson, F. Rowlands, T . W. Ryan, A. H .

Sprosen, C. H. Wynyard , H . C.* Willis, B. G. FORM V. C. Alien , C . P. Barnitt, H. F. Brash , E. R. B urgess, A. M. Bullen, D. F. Clegg, N. D. Conway, B. E. Cook, W. R. Crone, R. C. Evans, W. 0 .* Fluker, D .

Glfford, G. M.* Grace, C . J. Halpin, F . J .

Hoskin, B. L. Huggard, L. M. Kershaw, H . T. • Lobb, B. W. Mace, D. Martin, B. B. Powell, P. J. Smith, L. E. Squire, W. D .

Sykes, I. M. Ulenberg, F . P. Ulenberg, M. J .

Wallace, C. H. Waters, N. C. Webster, J. D .

Whittington, H . J .* t

ROLL

FORM V. D .

Balsom, E . 0.

Beale, L. J.• Alley, H. F. Brewer, P. D.* Brinsley, R. S .

Bullin, I . T .

Casey, J . C. Ca!man, L. G. Clarke, D. 8.

D eighton, J. L. Evans, M. G.• Dunn, C. L.* Fen wick, T. C. R. • Dunn, D .

Luscombe, S. W. Dutton, R. L. McKay, P. Elliott, J. V. Maclean, R. H. Gotz, G. G.* Parll, J. A. Ha wker, C. F. Pepperell, L. G. Hutchins on, P. S.* Smith, D. S. Johnstone, J . W. Steffensen, E. J. Jupp, N . F. Thomas, B . H.* K ay, E . M.* Ward, D. R. A. Kinnell, G .* Wood, J. L. Loveridge, I. M. Pic!{ering, W. T. FORM IV. A. Rosser, K . E .

Aburn, J. H. Sisson, A. Challis, J. F. Snell, G. M. Chatfield, N. S.* Steffensen, R .

Early, C. W. Swap, D . N.* Edgecombe, C. J. Soundy, R. A. Edwards, H. Tamati, M. P .

Evers-Swindell, F. H. Walbran, I. H. Farnell, R. G. A. Whittington, C. N • Fleming, D. A. Freeman, N. R. FORM IV. C .

Gatland, W. J .

Hagen, V. N. Bowen, G. 8.

Hall, M. M.* Brown, F . N. Hayton, A. C. Clarke, D. 0 .

Hoffmann, A. A. Coe, H. J. H oskin, E . A. Crone, T. M .

Huggett, D. F .

Crompton, G. E. * Hurle, B . J. Hann, S. G .* Mander, B . L. Hartley, R. H .

Martin, K. A. Hawkins, D. H . G. Maxwell, J. H .

Heald, K. F.* McDonald, D . B. H ellier, C. D. Mohi, C. T.* Huggett, B. M. Moran, F. D.• Hunger, C . S. • Moss, A. J. Kettle, B. Moss, H. D. Mills, R. G. Nicholson, H. C. Moorhead, V. D. Pearson, J . H .

Nicholis, S. W. D. Phlllips, G. 8 . * P ayne, K . A. Shaw, D. W. Profitt, D. W. Scott, R. * FORM IV. B. Smith, E . C. Andersen, I. A. Squil·e, A. T .

Angus, D . R. Trask, A. B.

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ROLL

4-1-

THE

Warren, A. L. Watkins, D. A. Way, S. W. White, N. E. Woolley, P.*

FORM III. A.

FORM IV. D. Adamsen, G. W. Anderson, E. L. Ben1sten, N. B. Biddle, P. B. Bond, J . E. Broughton, J. M. Bruce, R. E. Brown, R. R. Burkitt, D. L. Corrigal, J. D. Clarke, J. S. Conway, J. R. Cooper, N. S. Cawthray, F. A. Fenton, F. A. Floyd, H. A. Francis, T. D. Fieming, M. J. Gardiner, L. H. George, J. E. Grounds, M. Gulliver, J. A. V.* Harrls, E. G. Hosie, W. D. Henderson, G. W. Jillett, G. G. Joll, J .

Johns, H. E. Johnston, L . L. Lawn, F. J. Lunn, D. V. Lovell, V. R. Mallan, W .

May, W. W. McBride, P. S.* Morey, R. A. Maclean, A. R. Newell, R. D. O'Reilly, B. Robson, A. C. Steptoe, R. D. Simpson, J . B. Taylor, C. G .

Wicksteed, B. M.* Whitham , R. A. Watson, C. H.

Alien, c.

Annand, J. B. Brathwaite, D. H. • Burn, M. H. Collins, G. L. Couchman, B. Diprose, K. F. Duncan, F. J. Ellis, H. J. Everiss, E. R. Faris, S. G.• Fleming, R. S .

Gilbert, I. E .

Glasgow, J. M. P. Harper, F. A. Ha.tfield, G. 0.

Hinckesman, N. R .• Huxford, V. N. Ibbotsford, J. K. Jone~, T. H. Keen, J. A. Kurta, J. S. Law, E . S.* Leighton, C. H .

Logan, R .

Longley, H. W. Morton, I. D. Mander, R. Patrick, C. G. Price, D. H. Rutter, A. E. Sisley, D. B. Struthers, G. Thomson, A. N.• Wa lsh, G. R. Woodward, J. B. Young, J. R. G. FORM III. B .

Berg, M. L. Blanchett, R. Blyde, E. N. Clare, W. T. Cleaver, D'A. Cliff, C. J. Earl, N. Ellicott, J. V. Forward, J. C. Graham, S. S .

Harvey, G . F. Hatfield, W. H. N. Jiellier, K. N.

Hibbard, G. S.* Holder, S. W. Jordan, R. H. Kettle, S. L. Knowles, W. L. Krebs, A. F. Limmer, R. C .

Martin, D. B. Moffett, A. C. Old, D. H. Reeve, L. E. Reeves, K. W. Richards, E. J. Shaw, B. E. Stephens, V. R.* Taylor, I. L. Walker, G. H. Ward , R. D. Woods, A. FORM Ill. C. Adams, C. R. Avery, H. L. Barnham, F. E. Bennock, R. Bransgrove, R. T. Broome, B. W. Bullot, R. C. Cash, A. W. J. Couchman. J. H. Calman, M. B. Evetts, C. F. Furness, H. W. C .

Gray, K. B. Gleye, M. K. Gudopp, N. G. Hannan, P. A. Hodgson, G. E. Horrocks, C . G .* Kaspar, R. Leonard, C . F .

Lynch, J. M. Marsden, M. Malcolm, K. A. McNeil, J. H. Miller, J. E. Monaghan, M. Novak, F. J. Payne, N. V. Prentice, E. F. Robb , B. Roberts, R. J.

VALETE

Rowlands, J. L. Rowe, N. R. Scott, R.* Sowerby, J. H. Thomas, B. M. Taylor, R.* Vinnicombe, E. G. Wall, R. M. Walpole, E. R. • Whiting, L. F .

Whitwell, F. D. Woodham, A. S. Youngs, G. R.• FORM III. D. Alley, G. R. Anderson,. E . A. Arthur, N. H. Barnham, J. E. Bates, P. W. Bridger, T. J .

Burgess, G. G. Cole, B. L. G. Chapman, F. W. Camp bell, R. D. •

Darney, J. N. Gayton, D. A. Harkness, D. G. Hamerton, H . R. Hutchings, R. F. Jordan, D. C. Julian, S. R. • Garner, J. P. King, K. B. Knapman, R. R. Latimer, W. N. Lewis, A. D. Luckin, G. H .* Logan, D. J. Marr, E. C. Morris, K .

Nelson, M. S. Sisley, J. G. Street, A. A. Tilley, K. M *.

Tan·ant, A. Thomson, F. N. Turnbull, J . J. Topp, D. E. Veale, M. T. Voight, J. F.

45 Winter, P. L. Waldie, P.A. Wilcox, F.* PREPARATORY.

FORM II. A. Arthur, J. Murray, J. Porter, R.• Wisdom, J.• FORM II. B. Davies, W. T.• Stead, R. Simpkiss, J. FORM I . A. Rollitt, D . F.• Somerton, T. FORM I. B. Kinnell, D.* • Indicates Boarder. t Indicates Prefect.

VALETE. The following boys left at the end of last year:-VIa: ;\li en, D. N.; Barnitt, B . H.; Dearnle~· , E . R.; Fairbrother. J.; Hatherly, J. S.; Hughson , D. V.; Keeling, .J. "\..; Smith, R. S.; Simpson, R. S. V.; Steven, D. U.; \Yright, W. VIb: Finch, R. H.; Goddin, l=G. H. L.; Hayton, G. ::\I. VT c: Bennctt, L . W.; Christensen, E. L.; JTnntcr, D.; Ryan , C. T. J. Sen. Agr.: Lowe, J. L. V a: Dill, B. R.; Eddleston, L . Vb . : Crawford, II. H.; Hull, D. A.; Johnston, A . ; Robertt::i, K . ; l\Ieston, P.; l\Iiddleton, D. L.; Parfitt, F . T.; Parkes, H. K.; \\rinter, D. J.; \Valsh, J. A . E. Vc: Allcu, C. T.; Gamlin, F'. E.; Johnson, R. B.; !Jimgclo11, \Y. ; Newin g, R 13.; Ryan , J. l\I.; ~ tl· anger, J. P. V cl: Inch, I. R.; 1\IcClclland, V. E.; l\Iilne, W. B.; Smith, II. \V . ; Standring, A. D. IV a: Buckenham, R. L.; St. George, S. S. IYb: Anderson, K. P.; Daly, N.; Davidson, F. N.; Jury, F. T.; Rowe, \V. J.; Sampson, B. C.; Todd, E. L. IV c: Daclle~·, C.; Clclancl, B. \V.; Drake, \V. J.; Gray, \V. J.; Ilannan, I..1. \V.; Richarclson, G.; Shaw, K. .T. ; Yoight, L. A. IVd: Asquith, R. D.; Doughty, H. F.; Dryden, A. E.; Ilatwell, N. ; Holden, S. J.; Irvine, J.;

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SALVET E

Magnus son, D. F.; Penman , R. C.; Pelham , N. C.; Ransom , F. G. Ilia: Baird, H. V.; Fraser, IH.; Macken zie, H. R.; Silby, J\I.; '\Veston , \V. J. IIIb: Curry, R. G.; Heatley , D. A.; Rae, K. R. B. . IIId: Cursons , J. V.; Hill, C. R.; Lawren ce, T. E.; Lovell, R. N .; l\IcEwe n, S. T.; Prentic e, D. J.; Sampso n, N. T. Prepara tory: Richard s, D . ; Mack, J.; Parkes, R. SALVETE. The followin g boys entered the School this year:VIa: Evan~::>, E. (re-ente red) ; J\Iathew s, B. D. (reentered ). Vb: Burgess , JJ. W.; Wynya rd, H. C.; Willis, B. G. (re-ente red). V c.: Gifford, G. M. lVa: Nichols on, H. C.. IVb: Beale, L. J.; Brewer , P. D.; Dunn, C. L.; Dunn, D. Ilia: Allan, C.; Brathw aite, D. H.; Burn, l\'L H.; Collins, G. L.; Couchm an, B.; Diprose , K . F.; Duncan, F. J.; Ellis, H. J.; Everiss , E. R. Faris, S. G.; Fleming, R. S. ; Gilbert, I. E.; Glasgow , J. l\I. P.; Harper, F. A.; Hatfield , G. 0.; Hinck esman, N. R.; Huxfor d, V. N.; Ibbottso n, J. K.; Jones, '1'. H . ; Keen, J. A.; Kurta, J. S.; Law, E. ~-; Leighto n, C. H.; J_;ogan, R.; Longley , H. \V.; l\Iorton , I. D.; l\Iander , R.; Patrick , C. G.; Price, D. H.; Rutter, A. E.; S i~::>ley, D. B.; Strutlle1路~::>, G.; 'l'homso n, A. N.; \Valsh, G. R.; Young, J. R. G. IIIb: Berg, M. L.; Blanche tt, R.; Blycle, E. N.; Clare, \V. I.; Cleaver , D'A.; Cliff, C. J.; Earl, N.; Ellicott , J. V.; Forwar d, J. C. ; Graham , S. S.; IIarvey , G. F.; Hatfield , W. H. N.; Hellier, K. N.; Hibbarc l, G. S.; Holder, S. W.; Jordan, R. H.; Kettle, S. L.; ICnowles, \V. L.; Krebs, A. F.; Limmer , R. C. ; J\Iartin, D. B.; l\Ioffett , A. C.; Old, D. H . ; Reeve, L. E.; Reeves, K. W.; Hicharc ls, E. J.; Shaw, B. E.; Stepheu s, V. l~.; Taylor, I. L.; \Valk er, G. I-I.; \Vard, R. D.; \Voocls, A. IIIc: Adams, C. R.; A very, I-I. L . ; Barnha m, l<'. E.; Bennoc h, R.; Broome , B . '\V.; Bullot, R. C.; Cash, A. \V. J.; Couclnn an, J. K.; Calman , 1\1. B .; Evett~::>, C. F.; Furness, H.W.C. ; G-ray, K. B.; Gleye, l\I. K.; Gudopp , N. G.; I-Iannan , P. A.; Hoclgson, G. E.; Horrock s, C. G.; Kaspar, R.; Leonard , C. F.; Lynch, J. l\I.; J\Iarsde n, l\I.; l\Ialcolm , K. A.; 1\I'Neill, J. H.; Miller, J. E.; J\Ionagh an, l\I.; Novak, F. J.; Payne, N. V.; Prentic e, E. F.; Robb , B.; Roberts , R. J . ; Rowlan ds, J-. L.; Rowe, N. R.; Scott, R.; Sowerb y, J. II.; 'l'homas , B. l\I.; Taylor, R.; Vinnico mbe, E. G.; 路wall, R l\I.; \Valpol e, E. R.; Whiting , L. F.; Woodha m, A. S .; Whitwe ll, F. D. IIId: Alley, G. R.; Anderso n, E. A.; Barnha m, J. E.; Bates, P. N.; Bridger ,

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F. J.; Burge:;s , G. G.; Cole, B. L . G.; Chapma n, :B'. W.; Camp bell, R. D.; Darney , J. N.; Gayton, D. A.; Harkne ss, D.G.; I-Iamert on, H. R.; Hutchin gs, R. F.; Jordan, D . C.; Julian, S. R.; Garner, J. P.; King, K. B.; Knapm an, R. R.; Latimer , '\V. N.; Lewis, A. D.; Luckin, G. I-I.; Logan, D. J.; Marr, E. C.; Morri~, K.; Nelson, M. S.; Sisley, J. G.; Street, A. A.; 'l'illey, K. M.; 'l'arrant , A . ; 'l'urnbu ll, J. J.; Topp, D. E.; Veale, l\I. T.; Voight, J. F.; Winter, P. L.; \Yaldie, D. A.; \Vilcox, F. Prepara tory: Davies, W. T.; Kinnell , D.; Wisdom , J.

EXAM INATI ON RESU LTS, 1933 B.A. (Second Section ) .-J. S. Hatberl y (Englis h li., Prench Jl ., Econom ics I.); B. D. Mathew s (Englis h II., Latin II., Econom ics l.); R. S. Smith (French II., History

I.).

B.A. (Fir~t Section ) .-J. H. Con way (Englis h I., Prenclt l. ); D . N. Hull (Engli:; h I., French I., Mathematic:; I. ) ; E. J . Reed (Engli~::>h I., French I.); C. A .

Turner (Engli~::>lt I., French I.); L. W. Riley (Englis h I ., I-Ii~tory I).

LL.B. (Fir:;t Section ) .-R. S. V. Simp::;on (Englis h, J uri::;pruclence).

Junior

Un ~Ycr::;ity

Schola rship.-E . R. Dearnle y.

Univers ity Nationa l Schola rship.-D . N. Allen. 'l'anma ki Schola rships. -J. A. Keeling and B. I-I. Barnitt .

Accoun tants' Profes:> ionaL-R . C. Cooper, Bookkeeping- and Accoun ts I., Mercan tile Law I., Bankru ptcy; R. II. l<'inclt, Bookke eping and Accoun ts I., Joint Stock Compan ies; R. I-I. Godclin, Bookke eping and Accoun ts I., :Mercan tile Law l., Bankru ptcy; G. M. Hayton , Bookkeeping and Accoun ts I., Mercan tile Law I., Econom ics, Bankrn ptcy; '. W. Putt, Bookkeeping and Accoun ts I., Mercan til e Law I., Econom ics, Bankru ptcy.

Trainin g College Entran cc.-Co mplete Pass: J. W. :Mail, D. N. llull; R. S. Smith (comple ted ). Partial Pass: A. '1' . Brown.

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EXAMINATION RESULTS, 1933

Higher Leaving Certificate:>.-D. B. Allen, B. H. Barnitt, K. C. Billing, D. J. Blackley, D. G. Bra:>h, A. '1'.

Brown, J. H. Conway, J. C. W. Davies, I. B. Fari:,;, W. R. G.e.ddec;, H . W. Hughes, D. N. Hull, G. P. Keller, '1'. C. Lark in, D. A. MacGill, J . W. Mail, J . M. Phillip:,;, E . J. Reed, R. E. Sole, C. A .. '!'tuner, G. C. W e:,;ton ..

Bur:,;aries.-G. P. Keller, A. L. Ewart.

Matriculation, Medical Preliminary, Engineering Preliminary.-P. E. Aldous (M.), I. D . Auld (M.), J . L. Batten (P.), F. R. Bullot (E.), R. J. C01路kill (M.), A. F .

Cunmingham (M.), M. P . Donnelly (M.), K. N. Dunn (P.), M. 0. Ekdahl (M.), G. E. Fairbrother (P.), P. R. Fenton (P.), H. H . Francis (P.), J. A. Gibson (P.), I. C. Grant (M .), B. M. Harkne:,;s (P.), S. W. Holiday (P.), R R. Matthew:; (M.), I. P. l\feiklejohn (P.), D. B. Menzies (P.), P. We:,;ton (P.), D. L. Middleton (P.), E. A. Morris ((P .),, G.. D. McKee (M.), J. A. Patrick (M.), L. G. A. Pear:,;on (M.), '1'. S. Roger路 (P.), J. M. Ryan (P.), '1'. R. Ryan (P.), R. J. Smaill C~f.), D. M. Steven (M.), G. }I. Terry (M.), J. A. E. Walsh (P.), J. D. Walton (M.), F. R. Wheeler (P.), D. J. Winter (P.).

And it came to pass that tl~ere was gath ered outside the Coron ation Hall a multitude of youths and maidens.

The.r. discoursed among themselve. , one saying: I say uuto you, soon er shall it come to 11:1 ss that a camel will pa:,;s throngh the eye of a needle than that I shall fluke a pass in this examination which is now upon us.

And when the t im e was accomplished that the~路 should apply their nose: into the grindstone, the High Priest opened the door, saying, 'l'arry not, but enter into the J uc1gment Hall , for the hour of your tribulation is at hand , whereat the multitude enter ed in to the hall.

The High Priest and certain of the I.1ev ites did number them in rows and clicl cause them to sit down, each before a table. Then the High Priest stood before the altar, saying, Beware lest ye duckshove, for the wages of cheating is expulsion. Now get ye unto it.

PIGGERIE S ON SCHOOL FARM.

HOUSE

~OTES

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They who sat at the tables were comman ded to answer certain question::; which were set before them. \Yhen they had accompli shed well-nigh the half of their labour, the High Priest cried aloud unto them, saying, Lay down your pens, neither add any tripe unto that which ye have already written, for the evil hour is spent.

Then did the multitud e render their scrolls unto the Levites, and did quit the Judgmen t Hall. A.nd when they were come together outside they murmure d, saying, Heaken unto me; saw ye ever such a rotten paper.

Ought not the Examine r to be cast into the lake of everlasting fire for puting it across us in such a manner 7 Verily, there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth in the house of my father, when my marks are made manifest untb him, and I shall stop a blast the like of which ye ha Ye never heard; nay, not from Dan unto Beersheb a has there been such a rumpus as there 'rill be on the day m which the Judgmen t shall be delivere d.-Trans cribed from tlie Book of Matricul ation.

D.:i'II. VI.

HOUSE

NOTES .

SCHOOL HOUSE. (M. 0. Ekdahl.)

The re::;ult of the cricket match witll Carringt on 路 Ilou::;e last year wa!:> rather disappoi nting. At the end of the first day with the score three for 72, our hopes were running high, but they were sadly shattere d on the followin g day when o1.n efforts realised only 90 runs again::;t 120 by Carringt on. This year, however , the Junior House team has equitted it::>elf well by winning all its games. In connecti on with cricket we wish to congratu late Donnelly on his inclusion in the Taranak i team for several of the Hawke Cup game::; during the last season. He is a l:o to be congratu lated for winning thr 'l'anmnk i Junior Tennis Champio nship.

At fl :ports meeting held a week before Easter we managed to defeat by seYeral points our opponen ts, Carringt on House.

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HOUSE

NOTES

LIFE-SA VING

l<'ootball has at last come into its own again and there is appare ntly no lack of keenne ss. Althou gh we have not been able to arrang e any inter-H ouse games as yet, we hope to be able to do so next term.

51 Many of last year's membe rs have steppe d out into the greate r road of Life and we wish them every success on their journe y, and to those who have enter ed we comme nd the traditio ns of the House.

On Friday , the 13th, the Boarde rs, who never usually go to picture s, except on (s) auspici ous occasions, all honour ed the theatre with their presen ce to see the picture taken by l::lir Huber t Wilkin s of his explor ations of the North and South Poles. It was highly interes ting and most inform ative.

At least two of our membe rs will renoun ce all the faith they ever had in "Daisy Bell's" announ cemen t concer ning the bicycle s built for t\\·o. Howev er, we are glad to haYe their battere d presen ces once again with us.

Accord ing to traditio n, the annual New· Boys' concer t was held on the night follow ing the Swimm ing sports. Unfort unately , nobody seemed highly impressed by the reedy note:; of those who contrib uted.

Among st the many familia r faces in our House this year we fail to observ e that of Mr. Horrill , who for some years was one of our House master s and who, at the end of last year, joined the ranks of the Beneclicts.

CARRINGTON HOUS E. (H. J. Whitti ngton. )

LIFE -SAV ING (G. C. Weston .)

Althou gh weathe r conditi ons have not been ideal for swimm ing, results have been more than satisfa ctory in this depart ment. The standa rd of swimm ing has very much improv ed in the last few years and this, uudoub tedl~' , may be attribu ted to the efforts of l\Ir. Egglet on. who has taken such a large interes t in swimm ing and life-sav ing matter s.

The followi ng were success ful in gaining award s:-

During the past term Carrin gton House has achiev ed many successes, both in the scholarstic and rsporting rspheres of the School.

Award of l\Ierit and Honor ary Instru ctor.-A .

Smith, C. Whitti ngton, D. Fitzpa trick, L . F. Egglet on, I.J. Pa1Jps, G. Gob:, D. Swap, Rex Scott.

'!'horse who enter ed last year's examin ations acl{uittecl themse hes well, in some cases brillian tly, and they carry with them our congra tulatio ns. Once again our House has annexe d · the cup for tl.Je lnter-ll ourse Crick et Champ ionship , after a hard-fo ught and excitin g final. We abo gainecl the Inter-B oardin g House Shield for the t hird yc·ar in success ion from School House.

Bronze l\Iedall ion, Profici ency, Eleme ntary.- G. Gotz, P. Hutchi nson, G. R. Young-s, B. Calman , F. Novak , R. Dennoclt, D. Swap, H. l\Ioss, D. Gaytou , Henry Smith, H. l\Iaxwe ll, P. ·winter , L. Henry, C. Leight on.

In the Swimming- sports onr success es were many nnd inrlnc1ecl the winnin g of the Senior Champi.onsl1ip by ''Slim, '' who also broke two existing- records . In spite of our aquatic powers , our talent does not include the salvag ing of false teeth from the bottom of the baths.

880 Yarcls .-R. Whitha m, F. Tupp, P. Hanna n G. Phillip s, \V. Pickcr ing, F. l\Ioran , C. Horroc ks, 1\'I. Ev,ans, H. Smith, h Henry, C. Faris, I. B. Faris, C. \Vhitti ngton, D. Swap, G. Gotz, C. Horroc ks, F. l\Ioran , J. Phillip s, E. Kay, C. l\Iohi, G. Young s.

SWil\I l\IING CEHTI FICAT ES. Two 1\Iiles .-J. Simpso n.

CADET

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CADET

~OTES

220 Yards and 4±0 Yards.- H.. Wall, C. Hellier, B.

The r esults o f- th e 1933 are:-

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shootin o· COI11neti.tJ.OI1 f b

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Barnllam, H. l\Ioss, G. Kinnell, D. Swap, G. Gotz, J. Gibson, B. 'l'homas, E. Ferry, G. Youngs, P. Hutchinson, C. \Vhittington, L. Avery, L . Beale, D. Nicholls.

l\IaeDiarmid Delt anll Cu (lo ng range, senior chamP pionship ) .- D. J. Blackle,·

Elementary Certificates.-L. Avery, E. Kay, H. l\Ioss, I. :\Iaxwell, P. Calnum, D. P'roffit, h Beale, D. Nicholls, J. Kaspar, G. Hellier, P. Hannan, J. Couchman, R. \Vall, T. Rowlands, G. Kinnell, H. Smith, h Henry, C. Leighton, R . Dennoch, H. Furness, B. Thomas, B. Barnham, P. "Winter, G. Youngs, G. Horrocks, P. Hutchinson, J. Young, A. Hoffman.

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Se.n rle ~np and Silver Cup (miniature . o· ran"'e, senior champwnslup).- R. R. 1\Iatthews.

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1-Jev ICc·lly Cup (lon g rnnge match) .- D · I . Bl ac,

Cup (under 16 championship).-S. LusHamblnl . combe.

LovedaY · Bullen.

Cup

(und er

15

championship).- !.

T.

l\tcLeod and Slade Cup (under 14 h c ampionship).D. McGahey.

CADET NOTES (D. Blackley.)

A week's barracks from F ebruary 12th to th e 16th marked tbe beginning of om military activities this year.

The many new boys ref]uired the mmal elementary instruction, but the keen work of the N .C.O.'s and the enthusiasm of the new Cadets combine<+ to make the week a succe::;sful one. During barrack::; the Battalion marched to the \Vai,rakaiho Range and i:>pent a day in l:lhooting.

As u.-ual the School took part in the Anzac comBefore the main procession was memoration serYice. joined, wreaths were placed on th e School :Memorial Gates and the "J..Jast Post" was sounded.

At the opcnin g of "Brooklands," part of t ]J c School Battalion formed a guard of honour for the GovernorGeneral. His Excellency expressed his appreciation and complimented the guard on its display. 'l'he team shoot for the Enrl Roberts Trophy was held on l\Iay 1 nnd this year's scores were the best yet attained by the Scho ol. 'l'he team was Blackley, Corkill , Allen , Pearson. \Ve are greatly indebted to LieutenantColonel Bertrand, who has spent so much time coaching.

-J .

T,acl~' Goclle~· Cup (sen ior class firino-) "' ·

"<n l l vv a ,; 1

· · class firina) .-1\I p D · Lad'· • Cu P ( JUmor · Godlev . . on"' ne ]1~..

Sole Cup (best N.C.O.).-J. S. Hatherly.

THE 'l'RTJE BEAUTY. 'l'hat }anghing baby face, 'llloRe two red lips of thine ' That slender girliRb gr;ce.

All make a form divine.

Thy liair is burnished o-old

' b L.Jl ce sta rlight shines eves. thine ' Th~' tongue Rhalt never scold -, 'l'hou art by far too wis~.

Two wreaths thy brow enclose; Of palest roses white Tbey ~hine lik e Arctic sdows L1t by celestial li ght.

R.E.S. (VI.)

CHAPEL

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NOTES

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We also wish to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Renaud for his kindness in consenting to act as organist. To b im tb e success of the services is largely due, and 11 e may be assmed that his action is very much appreciated.

NEW ZEALAND. Ol1 give us our land of the Long White Cloud Our ]Jome in the southern seas, Land of: mysterious Maori myth, And stately kauri tree.

Give us the spray from the foaming sea, Tlw tui 's magic call, The fragrant whiff of a summer breeze, 'l'be sparkling joy of the fall.

And give us our laugh ing mountain stream, And the daisy-sprinkled turf, Tl1 e fairy gold of the kowhai tree And th e roar of t he rolling surf.

(J. L. Batten.)

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Rev. Fordbam Condncted by the School Chaplam, the . tandard 1 Clark, the 9.30 St'rvice s~illrnaintains its lug;r~i~gs ha~ and although the nttenclance on Sunday n~ mber of oTeatlv improYed there are still only a smal nu " • 1 Easter day boys who attend regularly. During tJe ,b. ,. vaca,vere num ·· tion, as many of the boys were away, our . er" swelled by members of St. Mary's Bible Class. t . . has been fan·.through 'l'he makmg of: Commumon . seeona . to b e l10pecl t l1at nex t term Wl the term, b ut 1. t IS . . 11in• the' big improYement. Confirmation classes will befm rly in winter term, and candidates will be presentee ea August.

1 hi eh is un c er.

Th e r eadmg of the lessons, a duty w , oocl and taken by the prefects, has been remarkabl) gbtl ~s im those who have read for the first time will don e. prove when th eir turn comes round again.

Give ns om: gListening mountain peaks, A11d t he scent of new-mown hay, The cool delig-ht of bushland green And the setting sun o'er the bay.

R.A. (Va.)

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OL D )30 YS' SEC TIO N The joint editor s of the Old Boys' Sectio n, ::\1essrs. S. G. D.inniss and P. P . Molloy , desire to thank those who, many at inconv enienc e to thems elves, collec t and forwa rd inform ation for t he l\Iagaz in e. They also des ire to apolog ;se for and in an~' omi::;sion s in th e exami nation r esults !!:es marria s, ement engag to, births of sts the li Lettec s contai ning and d eaths of Old Boys. experi Pnces of Old Boys in variou s parts of the worlcl would be r ead with great interest, while Old Boys in New Zealan d would b e glad to know of t he where abouts of their old frieml s.

NEW PLYMOUTH. R. M. Roger s has left hiR positio n in New P l?mon ' h . a11<l i. · now with the Tr ea RlU~' D epartm ent in ·W ell ington R. S impso n is at W ellingt on, and is a m emb er of the State Insura n ce Office staff.

Alan Ewart r ecentl y joined th e staff of the Taran aki Dai l? NP \\'S at New Plymo uth.

R. S. Smith is on th e staff of the New Pl ~' mo utb branch of t hr Lancls ancl Snrve y Drpar tmPnt .

B. D. Math ewR is with the Marim D epartm ent at ·v,rPll ington .

J . Harpe r haR been appoin ted to the air sen·ic e staff: at HobsonYi lle Base at Auckl and.

Peter Ma rtin renew ed acqua intanc es in New Pl~· · t, month on a fly in g visit r ecently . lie is now with \Vrigh and.

Auckl Ltd., Step henson M. Lynch is a memb er of the staff of Duff and vVyny ard.

L. Hanna n is in a trad e, in the empl o~' of Darb? and Hanna n, N ew P lymou th. rrwo Old Boys, L . Ed clleston e and K E lmes, are on the office stflff of Newto n King, Ltd., New Plymo uth.

EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. H eight, 40ft. ; Diameter, 6.72in.

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L. Marsden is with J ones and Sandford.

S. Baird has joined the ofiice staff of the 'l'aranaki Daily News, New Plymouth.

J. D . Law has been transferred to the passenger branch of the Auckland ofiice of the U.S.S. Company.

C. T. Cave is now on the staff of the Levin Chronicle, aml H. Blackmore is in the Public Trust Office in the RRme town.

'J. W. Ewart has come to Kew Garden,;, London, having· secm·ed an appointment on the staff," st:1tes the New Zeal:1nd News.

R. Syme, M.A. (N.Z. and Oxon.), expects to return to New Ze:1land in ,July.

Flying-Officer Alan Washer h:1s been :1ppointecl instructor to the R.A.li'. officers' class at the Central Flying School, \Vittering, Peterborough, En!):land . He has been elected captain of the R.A.F. fir,;t Rngby fifteen.

II. J. Anthony, who has for some time been in the Lands :1ncl Survey office, New Plymouth, wns transferred to Dnnedin nt the beginning of the yenr.

'1'. N . S. Wntt l1ns completerl his M.Sc. rlegree at Ot:1go University. ,T. F:1irbrother h:1s been successfnl in gnining an • architectnr:1l bnrsary, valneo nt. £!'50 plm: fees, ten:1ble a.t Anckl:1no University for three years.

L. S. Watt was a member of the Opunake temn whicl1 wM: placed third in the New Zealand surf championships.

J. T. Shaw is now teaclting at Purangi, near Inglewoorl . He was a member of the Inglewood tennis team which won the Soffe C'up competition lnst ,;enson, and is c:1ptain of the Inglewood Rugby team.

A. C. Fookes, who for the past six year,; has bren on the ,;taff of Messrs. Stanclish, Anclerson ancl Brokensl1ire, solicitors, New Plymouth, has commencrrl practice on his own account. Prior to l1is severing connection with his firm he w:1s the recipient of n present:1tion from his principals nnd the staff.

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W. G. Maitder was recently transfer red from 1'imaru to the position of manager of the New Plymout h branch of the Union Steam Ship Company .

S. M. WLite, wl1o wa,; for ,;ome time on tlle staff of Messrs. Duff and Wynya rcl, accounta nts, New Plymout h, has now joined his father's business , where his brother, E. I-I. White, is also engaged.

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G. S. Anderso n is now secr etary for N. W. Stevens, Ltd. , Wellingt on.

Halp!J Clayton, of the Daily News, has been transferred from Stratfor d to Hawera, and Doug. Stewart has been transferr ed to Eltham.

JHck Sutton is now back from Wellingt on and is with his fathrr's firm Ht HHw era. IIe has now joined the rHnks of the benedict s.

j·ennJ·s . cas• 'a

I. P. Grant still finds time t? plHy a .~r.ood game of r'eS])ite· ·from hi s ])ractlce as sol1mtor. He has · · ~ son attendin g School who is in the sixth form.

C. Robb is back from the sHme city, and iR Hlso with his fHther's firm at Hawera.

A. Grant, Tan's brother, is manager of the lo cHl branch of the Bank of New South W.ales.

Wr con~Tatu lat e JHck McLerm on his success in t h e Ro?al Air F~rce. IIc has gn in ecl hi s Royal Air Force cap at Rugb~'.

c. McKay, who boarded at Scboo.l from 1914_to 1918, appears to possess the s_ecret. of keepmg_ a. farm. m e:xc~l­ lent order and yet findm~ tlm~ to partlc1pa te m . tenms; golf, and a spot of mountam eermg. A second son recentl:) happened along. c. Winfield practises law as the resident pa:'tner of L. l\l. Moss, New Plymout h. We expect to see lmn plHying goH imm ediately the ReHson opens.

H. W. l\'Iartin is county clerk for the Inglewoo d County Coun cil.

Hr ha s bren h ere the last three and a-half years.

B. Ford is assisting in his father's newRpap er and printing establish ment.

D. G. Jackson is on the staff of the Bank of New South Wales. s. Illi.tchen will shortly be leaving Inglewoo d, where he has bad a carrying business.

H. Sinclair is first assistant of the Tnglewoocl School.

A. Lander is on the office s_taff ~f Newton King, Ltd., and M. Linclsay is on the engmeer mg staff of the same firm.

N. Franklyn , P. Bucktho ught and I. McCullu m have taken up farming.

WANGA NUI.

The followin g are in banks in \\Tangan ui: l\Iartin

Cla~r and R. Bluml rll, in the BHnk of New Zealand; S.

Cottier and R. Blanch ettr, in the Bank of New South vVa les; E. H. Harman, in the Commerc ia l; and P. Smmclers, in th e National Bank.

D. E. Macher has recently bern trHnsferr erl to the Union Dank in OtorohHngH. · N. Nielson is fm'ming Ht OkoiH, AlHn \\Talker and Ian Ford at l\1Hkirikiri, v..r. Glcnn Ht Kakakat ahi, J. Duigan at ICarioi, aml G. Christie at Kai Iwi. N. Cullen is with a lo cal merchan t firm, Hncl N. \V. Fookes in the New Zealand Loan and Mercant ile Co. H. R. Sole is with the Mutual Life Insuranc e Co. L. Hore is in his father's business.

G. Pepper is also working with his fHther in t he building trade.

J. H. ,J ackson is with th e Wangan ui East Furnitur e Company .

R. McCrae is stock buying for the New ZralHnd Refrigerati ng Company . .A. B. Wilson, who is practis-ing law, was during June presente d with a daughter , hiR second child , the firs being a boy.

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WELLINGTON. J. Coopei路 is in the IIutt railway worksh ops.

W. J. Watt, wl1o has comple ted the medical course at Otago Univers ity, is a house :o;urgeon at the Welling ton Hospita l. He recently acted as locum for his father, Dr. T. N. Watt, at Opunak e.

R. C. Bradsha w, N. T. Clare, J. S. Hatherl y, R . S. V. Simpson , R. N. O'Reilly , P. T. Bowie and R. W. Eclgrley are in residenc e at Weir House and are attendin g- l ectures at 'Varsity .

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L. Case is in Kirkcal clie and Stains'.

J . Catanac h is with Whitco mbe nncl Tombs.

P. T. Bowie is in the Blue Star Shippin g Line's office.

D. 0 'Dea has recently joined the staff of the Public Trust.

R. N. 0 'Reilly is in the State Advan ces.

M. Hicks is in the J_;ancl ancl Income Tax Departm ent.

L. Inch is on the staff of New Zrf! laml Free Lance.

R. S. V. Si mpson is in the office of LPicest rr, Jowett and Rainey.

N. T. Clare complet ed the B.Sc. clep:ree at the end of la st year, and is now stnclyin g :for honours in Science.

J. Murray is doing research work in the laborator~路 of the Welling ton Hospita l.

R. C. Braclsb aw is in the office of Wilber:Eoss nml Harden , account ants. He has complet ed B.Com. and is now reading for honours in Comme rce.

HUNTLY. W. G. Jiughso n is still in Huntly and occasio nally sees Bill N oa lees.

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W. Holland is taking tllird stage B.Sc. R. S. J ones is comple ting his B.Sc. in Cllemis try.

D. A. Smith is sitting for Honour s in English .

L. W a~t is taking second stage B.A. M. J. Outred has passed llis first stage of B.Arch.

A. K. Catran is taking first stage of B ...t\..rch.

L. Manden o is taking first stage B.Sc. J. l!'airl>rotller is taking first stage B.Arch.

W. W right is taking fin;t stage B.Sc. H. Dearnle y is taking botll B.A. and B.Sc. B. Barnitt i:; taking B.Sc. I. lie won the fresher s' tenms champi onship.

Dr. G. MacDia rmid is now statione d in .Auckla nd.

He was recently married to Miss D. IIawtho rne, o.E W ellington.

F. 11. Batten is the fatller of t ile now famous Jean o.E the Englan d-Austr alia flight. ' C. Noble, who was teachin g at Whano路 arei is now in Ohristch urch. b ' J. l!'. Harper llas l.Jeen appoint ed a wireless operato r at the llol>sonville Naval Air Base.

DUNED IN. E. P. Allcn i::; doing sixth year medicin e at the Dunedi n Hospita l, and B. W. Grieve fi.Etll year at the ~'Iedical School.

G. Woodho use is on the staff of the Putarur u branch of the Bank of New Zealand .

N. S. Henry is doing fourth year dental. 路 G. 111. Macken zie is studyin g divinity at Knox.

College . . ~I. D. T.1aw and .J. Simcoc k are second year meclicals resiClmg at Knox.

F. G. Snedde n is on the staff of the Cargill Publish ing Compan y as editor-m anager of the Putarur u Press.

A. L. Loma::;, another second year medical , is residing at Selwyn .

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John A very is taking B.Sc. at the University, and R. B. Andrew is studying for B.E. Jack Kerr is studying Commerce.

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63 The engagement is announced of J osephine Isobel, only daughter of 1\Ir. and Mrs. D. P. Evans, New Plymouth, to Norman Percy Lealand, fourth son of Mrs. F. E. May, New Plymouth.

H. F. Fookes is playing great football this year and captain of the 'Varsity A team.

D. U. Steven and J. A. Keeling are medical intermediate students residing at Knox.

The engagement is announced of Margaret Isobel, eldest daughter of 1\Ir. and Mrs. G. W. Nilsson, Hastings, to Christopher Llewellyn, yotmgest son of Mrs. and the late 1\Ir. H. Waring Saxton, New Plymouth.

SUVA. Basil Hooper, who !Jas been in the Agricultmal Department, Suva, lws been transfened to the Constabulary.

The engagem~nt is announced of Kathleen Margaret, only daughter of 1\Ir. and 1\Irs. L. Thomas, New Plymouth , to Arthur Lawrence, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Smart, New Plymouth.

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H. Lucena, after having been surveying in Suva for several y ears, has now left for Sydney.

E. Chivers, a member of the staff of MorrisHedstrom 's, Suva, r ecently paid a visit to Auckland.

ENGAGEMENTS. The engagement is announced of Kathleen, younger dauo·hter of i\Ir. and 1\Irs. E. C. Trehey, of Palmerston North, to John Oliver, only son of Mrs. J . C. Bennett and the late Mr. John Bennett, New Plymouth.

The en gagement il:l announced of Gwencla 1\Iarion, elder daughter of 1\Ir. and1\Irl:l. A. Roscoe Smith, 'l'aumarunui, to Henry 1\Iackay, youngest son of l\Ir. and l\Irs. Frank Brown, Inglewood.

The engagement is announced of Linda, eldest daughter of 1\Irs. E. Mclv er , New Plymouth, and the late l\Ir. N. J. Mclver, Stratford, to Mr. Stanley John Smith, :t\ ew Plymouth.

The engagement i:,; announced of Ethel Ruby, second daughter of .1\Ir. and l\Irs. A. D. Gibson, Wellington, to Keith 1\Iervyn, second son of Mr. C. C. Ward, New Plymouth. 'l'he engagement is announced of Alice, second daughter of l\Ir. and l\Irs. H.. J. Bell, Puniho, to Thomas Clifford, youngest son of 1\Ir. and Mrs. T. C. Fookes, New Plymouth. 'l'he en gagement is announced of 1\Iary Irene, eldest • daughter of l\Ir. and l\Irs. vV. Christof1'el, Mokau, to Donald W allace, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Sutton, New Plymouth.

The engagement is announced of 1\Iollie, only dauo·hter of 1\Ir. and 1\Ir ·. E. A. Collier, 1\Iasterton, to Cha~les Devore, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. H. Collins, New Plymouth.

Th e e ngag~ement is announced of Dorothy Reed, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Reed, of Remuera, to De:,;mond Crighton O'Halloran.

The engagement is announced of J·essie, the elder dauo·hter of 1\Ir. and 1\Irs. George Pullen, Fitzroy, New Ply;outh, to Albert Cecil, the eldest son of 1\Ir. and 1\Irs. T. C. Fookes, New Pl ymouth.

'l'he engagement is announced of Dorothy Iris 1\Iunro, only daughter of 1\Ir. and Mn;. J. F. Reed, Auckland, to Desmond Crichton, third son of Mr. and Mrs. G. 0 'Hall01·an , Auckland.

The en gagement is announced of Gwendoline Floren ce, daughter of 1\Ir. and 1\Irs. John P. 1\Ioore, Wairoa, to Elfric James, son of Mr. and 1\Irs. H. W. Insull, New Plymouth.

Thr enp;a gement is announc ed of John Dixon, eldest son of Mrs. F. M. Law, New Plymouth, to Nina Leslie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Nolan, New Plymouth.

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The engagement is announced of Roy Thomas, youngest son of Mr. and :r.hs. II. Harris, New Plymouth, to Eh;ie Gertrude Doreen, only child of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Watson, New Plymouth.

WEDDINGS. BELLRINGE R.-BIWWNE .-At J;'irst Church, Duuedin, on April 28, 1934, by the Rev. W. Allen Stevely, Coreen Eviral, elder daughter of Mr. and M1·s. A. l<'erris Browne, Dunedin, to Heclley, youngest son of Mr. and the late Mrs. C. E. Bellringer, New Plymouth.

HENHY-VIN CEN'l'.-.At St. Andrew's Church, New Plymouth, on February 28, 1934, by the Rev. J. D. l\lcL. vVilson, Dulcie Alice, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. vV. Vincent, New Plymouth, to Colin James, eldest son of Mr. and l\lrs. R. C. Henry, New Plymouth.

KNAPl\IAN- BOWDEN.-A t. St. l\lary's Church, New Plymouth, on April 2, 1934, by Archdeacon G. H. Gavin, Dorothy Bowden, Manchester, England, to Thomas Reginald, second son of Mr. and the late Mrs. W. J. Knapman, New Plymouth.

OSBOl~NE-HUGHES.-At .

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland, on January 20, 1934, by the Rev. Canon Gr ant Col\· en, Alice Ell en, eldest daughter of Mr. and l\lrs. E. Ilughes, Auckland, to .Arthur Campbell, Central Police Station, Christchurch, second son of l\Ir. and l\Irs. P. Osborne, North Auckland.

SUTTON-TO DHUNTER.·- At St. l\lichacl's Chur ch, Sydney, on February 6, 1934, Beryl, eldest daughter of l\lr. and Mrs. E. R. 'l'odhunter, Sydney, to John, elder sou of l\Ir. F . vV. Sutton, Hawera.

TRUEl\I.AN-B ENNE'r'l'.-.At St. l\Iary's Church, New Plymouth, on March 17, 1934, by the H.ev. Pordham Clark, Phyllis Doreen, eldest daughter o.f Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Bmmett, New Plymouth, to Louis li'rederick, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. 'rrueman, New Plymouth. v\TJCKIIAl\1 -FBRGUSON. -At the 'roko Church, on l\Iarch 7, 1934, Florence, eldest daughter of Mr. and i\Irs . .A. Ferguson, 'l'oko, to \Vallace, eldest son of l\Ir. and Mrs. R. Wickham, Stratford.

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65 RE.AD-WILS ON.-At St. Joscph's Church, New Plymouth, on January 3, 1934, by the Rev. Father P. Minogue, Frederick Lindsay, youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J;'. Read, Pibama, to Alison Bracken \Vilson, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fookes, New Plymouth.

McGUINNES S-ALLAN.-A t the Presbyterian Church, Opunake, on May 9, 1934, Stuart, son of Mr. and Mr::;.

E. M. McGuinne::;s, Mangatoki, to Jean, elde:,;t daughter of Mr. and Mr:>. A. Allan, Pihama.

GRil<'l<'IN-LA NKOVSKY.-A t St. .Andrew 's Church, Wellington, on May 11, 1934, Artlmr William, son of Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, New Plymouth, to Olda, eldest daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. Lankovsky, of Hastings.

ROBB-HEID .-At Auckland, Esther Mary, elde:,;t daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Reid, Auckland, to Charles Sprott, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Robb, liawera.

BIRTHS. BOS\VELL.-O n Tuesday, April 24, 1934, at "St. Katherine's, New Plymouth, to Mr. and Mrs. H. A. (1\II:.ick) Boswell; a daughter.

DERBY.-At. "St. Katherine's," New Plymouth, on April 2-±, 1934, to Mr. and Mrs. Colin Derby; a son.

DIPl~OSE .-On April 10, 1934, at New Plymouth, to l\'I:r. and l\lrs. A. \V. Diprose; a son.

KNAPl\IAN.-A t New Plymouth, on April 9, 1934, to l\Ir. and Mrs. J. vV. KnaJ?man; a son.

N.EWELL.-O n May 5, at Plymouth, England, to FlyingOfficer and Mrs. l<'. R. N ewell; a son.

O'CARHOLL. -On l\Iarch 23, 1934, at Balmoral, Sydney, to l\Ir. and l\Irs. P . J. O'Oarroll; a daughter. :::ll\Il'l'H.-At ".Ahuru," on April 16, 193-±, to l\Ir. aucl l\Irs. S. E. Smith, Fulforcl Street; a daughter. \VESTON.-A t "Timata Ora," New Plymouth, on March 20, 103-~, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry W eston; a daughter.

OGLE.-To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ogle, Ilawera; a daughter.

PEASE.-To Mr. and Mrti. Brian Pease, Haw era; a son.

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DEATHS. CONNE'l''l'.-At A uckland ou Thur sday, March 15, 1934, John Snell Connett, of Powderham Str eet, New P lymouth.

SlMMONS .-At New P lymouth P ublic Hospital, on April 8, 193-±, George Henry, sou of l\'Ir . an d l\frs. G. '1'.

Simmons, of Cape Egmont Ligh thouse ; aged 23 years.

EXAMINATION SUCCESSES. PASSES BY OLD BOYS. Numerous Old Boys were su ccessful in passing various subjects in the degree and allied examinations of last year.

Th e compilation of a complete list of p asses being by no means an easy task, we publisll t ll e following witll due apologies for any omissions : -

Pre-requisite for lVI.A .-G. F . l\IcKenzie.

Honours and l\I.Sc.-'1'. N. Watt. :B'irst B.A.- W. F. Tett (History I ., Englisll I.) .

Second B.A.-D. C. McKee (completed), J . S. Hatllerly (English li., F'reuch II., Economies I.), M. F. Kedgley (History II., Psychology), G. de L. Harvie (Eng·lish II., History II.).

Final B.A.-C. T. Cave (except English), H. R. Cooper (except French), J. S . Shaw (Economics I.), E . l\I. Fraser (History I.).

(Psycho logy, Zoology, (Physics,

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First Professional M.B., Ch.B.-E. G. Loten, A. I. L. MacDiarmid.

Second Professional M.B., Ch.B .-B. W. Grieve. li'irst Section 'l'hird Professional M.B., Ch.B."'----E. P. Allen, D. G. Phillips, W . J. Watt.

Bachelor of A1·chitecture.-W. C. Chick (History of Architecture, freehand drawing), l\I. J. Outred (History of Architecture, architectural construction, practical mathematics), A. \ V . ViTylde-Brown (architectural construction, structural mechanics), J. W. Standish (History of Decoration, perspective drawing).

First and Second Professional B.E.-S. C. MacDianuid (except English, mathematics II. and Theory of Structures).

Second Professional B.E.-A. II. Andrews, E. A. Shultz (except electrical engineering I.), A. A. 'l'reloar.

l\I.A.-A. L . Moore.

Second B.Sc.- R. S . .Tones

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First Professional B.E-li'. E. 'l'uck.

Honours and JYI.A.-G. F. l\IcKenzie.

:B'irst B.Sc.-A. L. Lomas Biology, Chemistry).

l\Iedical Chemistry).

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Final B.Sc.-N. '1'. Clare.

B.Sc. Certificate of Proficiency.-N. S. Lovegrove.

Subjects in which candidates in the LL.B. examinations have passed are indicated by number s as follow:Law property 1, law contract 2, law torts 3, criminal law -1, company law and law of bankruptcy 5, law trust, • wills, etc., 6, law evidence 7, law procec1ure 8, conveyancing 9, bookkeeping 10.

Section LL.B .-'1'. K. Evans, 1, 2; G. L. Ewart, G, 7; J. li'. \Vilson, 1.

Final LL.B.-P. C. l\Iiles, 5, 7 and 8.

Solicitors.-J. W. Moorhead, 9.

Subjects in which candidates in the B.Com. and accountancy examinations have passed are indicated by numbers ns fo ll ow :-Bookkeeping and accountancy, 1; mercanti lc l n.w I., 2; economics, 3; boo kkeeping and accounts ll., 4; mercanti le law II., 5; auditing, 6; bookkeeping and accotmts III., 7; trustees, 8; bankruptcy, 9; joint stock companies, 10.·

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, C. Braclsl.utw (:B'reuch, statisti cal Final B.Com .-1:\>. method ) . l::leetion B.Com .-J. A . Eaves ( econo~uic history ) ; E. H . L. Gamer (ph ycholo gy) ; P. '1'. Boww _(.B' r ench); A. l\IcGre gor, 1, 2; '1'. E . Ennis, 1; K. 0. Lamb1 e, 1. \ <:count ancy Profes sionaL -D. H. Blanch ett, -!, 5, 8;

r• ' Vl Broad 1 2 9. A. J. Brueu, 1, 2, 9; II. G. Calder ,

:-- . 1' C CooJ.Jer 1 2 9 · L. L. Cott1c1, 1 , 2 , 9 ,. H · H, · 1 ) u) "· . ) ) ) ) ,.

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D 111 ()' I.c (j , 7 , oQ., U · H, · Evaus ' 1 ' 8 ·' 1~. H. l'mch, -·I . ; ·:\>.

H. Gocldin , 1, 2, 9; J. 1~. Hawki us, 1, 2, 9; G. l\1. I ayton, 1 ·~ 3 9. T. W. Iloskin , 1, 5; A. Hunge r, 1, 2; C. Vv. 1; 11 2' 3 9. R. 1\I. Rogers , 6; J. J. Ulenbe rg, 1, 5, 10; ' ' ' J. E.' \Varne r, '6; T. D. \Vebste r, 3, 5 , 10 ; .A · E · Tarnu t' c -!, 5 ; N. C. Cullen, 6; D. S. Latham , 5, 8.

Dil_)loma in Banki ng.-G. V. Duff, 1, 5, 10; 13. A. Hirst, 3, -!, 7.

Diplom a in lusma nce.-R T . Hanis , 1.

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LETTE R FROM 1882 SCHOLAR. Charle s Crouch er, who was one of th~ firs~ en~ra~1ts to the l::lch ool in 1882 and who now r es1des m Chnstchurct1 writes an interes ting letter to 1\Ir. 1\loycs. ~le ex l_)rcs~es amazem ent at t h e. wo_nderful progre ss wluch the l::lchool has made since h1s time.

"Looki no· over the Prosp ectus," he writes, "whi ch "' some . bl e_ t' I may say took cons1'd era 1me, "o·ave me. a stron "o· to be ~ '·ov ao·ain attend mg the New Ply mouth l l c::;u·c c• u • 0 • • High 8chool under its presen t conclltlOns. "B,eo·ar ding old boys, Charl es Kelly and K~n. Str e~t (both 18"82 scholar s) served their t ime at sea w:th m~ m 8 Co · I l eft the sea a ht.tlc tl.me the N ew Z ea -1an<1 S ·"--· · . bacl· was alm ost fi Ety years at the game as apprent~ce , thir~ mate, second mate, chief mate and master , foreign going."

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FOR BRITI SH AIR FORCE. OLD BOY P lLO'l'.

Heg. Cook , an Old Boy of a few years standin g, is yet anothe r one-tim e pupil wl1o has felt the call of " somet hing differe nt." A few weeks ago he receive d notificat ion f rom the Briti::;h Air Mini::;try that his applica tion for a positio n with the Air Force h ad been favour ably consid er ed ancl that h e wa::; to procee d to L ondon to appear before a board of examin er s, with a view to possible admitt ance.

H e left fo r Englan d by the ves::;el Mataro a last month , and by now is well on his way to what h e hop es will be his career.

H e was a popula r figure at School , both for his charnc t er and hi::; athleti c achievement::;.

He was a prefect . a. memb er of the fir::;t fifteen , and a fine ::;hart distanc e runner .

After leaving School his inclina tions turned to flying rmd he became a membe r of the New Plymo uth Aero Club. H e was one of th e club's younge::;t pilots and earn ed n r eputati on for r esourc efulnes::; and cool h eadedn ess. While he wa::; a m emb er of the Nevv Plymo uth Club h e lwd opport unity of experie n cin g fl y in g in all sorts of conclit ions, ancl so h e will come bdore the examin.ing hom·cl ns nn experienced pilot. His early trainin g should stn ncl him in good stead.

OLD BOYS IN THE FLYIN G CORPS. LE'f'fE H FROM FLYIN G-OFF ICER A . WASH ER. Fl ying-Officer A. Washe r, who i::; at presen t on the staff of th e Centra l Flying School , Witter ing, near Peterboroug h, Englan d, writes intere::;tingly a::; follow s:"I arrived back from Malta on January 5th, and after 14 days' leave I reported to the Air Ministry and was posted on the staff of this school. This place Is situated on the Main North Road to Scotland and is about 87 miles from London. I wa.s sent here two years ago to learn to be an instructo r, and later for a some blind flying course. Now I have been posted on the staff, which I might add is the ambition of every instruct or who graduate s here. Besides being the R.A.F. College of Instruct ors, this is also the home of blind flying or instrum ent flying.

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"At present there are two courses-going. through an in~tructor's course lasting three months and a blind flymg course lastmg three eks The latter started during the week and I was rather sur;l~ised to see Pilot-Officer C. Gritfiths, who is attached from No. 12 Bomber Squadron. He was at school with me from 1918 to 1924. we had a great talk over the old days. He left New Plymout~ ~ome three years after I did and he could tell me all about the c1t1zens and old boys I had not seen or heard of for so long.

"We had many a laugh, sometimes bringing tears to our eyes, at the amusing things we reminded one another about. I expect all the masters had two hot and red ears that night, for their nicknames were mentioned very freely. We suddenly realised it was 16 years since I was the smallest boy in the School and started in the "tote" on the racecourse under the tuition of Miss Banwell.

"I still play Rugby football and when I arrived here I was made captain of the school team. Although I am getting fat and lazy, I still manage to keep my place behind the scrum.

"Aviation is still my hobby, and we get plenty of it here. I am second in command of a flight, in which we have one of the latest single-seater fighters, capable of over 200 miles per hour. It sounds very terrific, but really it is far easier to fly and far more comfortable than preceding types.

"Whilst on leave I called at the R.A.F. camp at Uxbridge to see "Ginger" Lee. He is still on the mend from his crash and is shortly leaving for Iraq or Palestine to go on armoured cars.

"Freddy Newel! is very much a married man with a family, and is stationed at Plymouth on flying boats. Geof. Roberts has just completed his five years and is looking for a job. I understand he is shortly returning to New Zealand. I also saw G. Easton whilst in London, and he is still getting a pension from the Air Ministry.

J . McLean, who joined with Gritfiths, is in a fighter squadron in South of London.

"Very soon I leave King George's service and I am trying to get a permanent job with the New Zealan~ Air. Force.. If I ha.ve no luck in that direction, I hope to get a JOb e1ther w1th Imperml Airways, Ltd., or some civil flying school as an instructor."

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JOHN SNELL CONNETT. Since t he last lVIa o路azine the d eath has occurred of an Old Bor, whose lon g record of outstanding public se.rvice haC! made him a revered and respected figure m

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71 Taranaki. He " 'as John Snell Connett, w4o was among the first decade of High School students.

Tile late l\Ir. Couuett was tliC eld e~:;t Bon of the late .1\Ir. and lVIrs. J. B. Connett, pioneer Bettlers in the Bell Block district, and like his father had alwavs taken a ver~r k~en interest in public service. In fact for some years past he had devoted the greater part of his time to public affairs. The family farmed a large block of land l~ring between the Corbett and Te A.rei Roads and when l\Ir. and lVIrs. Connett senior came to live in New Pl~'mouth many years ago lVIr. John Connett, who was the eldest son, continued to farm the homestead prop erty.

He had always taken a very keen and practica 1 intcrrst in an~r i11ovement for the good of the district.

1\fr. Connett was for many years chairman of directors of the Bell Block Dairy Company and while holding this position was also closely associated with numerous other institutions connected with the industrv. notably as a director of the Taranaki Producers' Freezi1~g 1 Norks, of which his father was one of the founders and chairman. l\Ir. Connett was largely responsible for tl1e errction of a hall at Bell Block and he also 11la~r ed a leading part in having the handsome war memorial erected. l\Ir. Connett was a director of the New Zealand Farmers' Fertiliser Company and of tl1e New Zea lanl Farmers' Co-op. Organisation. 路He was also chairman of directors of the New Plymouth Sash and Door Company for seven years and was on the directorate for 15 years.

He had always taken a great interest in the Egmont National Park" and was a member of the board, chairman of the North Committee of the Board, and chairman of the North Egmont Hostel, Ltd. Mr. Connett's father was one of the founders of the Bell Block Agricultural Society away back in the late 60's and acted as its first secretary. Later the name of the association was altered to that of the Northern Agricultural Association and then the Taranaki Agricultural Society. Mr. J. S. Connett, who had for years been an active member of the Society, was elected president in September, 1912, and h eld this office with distinction to

OLD BOYS' SECTION 72 himself and to the great benefit of the Society until towards the end of 1919, when he resigned owing to press ure of other duties. 1\!Ir. Counett did wonderful work for the Society. He personally launched a ch路ive for new members. He visited all parts of the district, meeting farmers at the annual meetings of their dairy companies, and as a r esult of this campaign the membership was more than doubled. It was during his term of office as president that the Society entered into an exchange with the Defence Department for the Coronation Hall, which was erected for winter show purposes. for a portion of the Re,va Rewa rifle range as a showgrounds. Hitherto the shows had been held on tl.Je racecourse.

1\lr. Connett "路as for some years a member of the New Plymouth Harbour Board, with which his faJhcr was so closely associated from the earliest dH~-s np to the time of his death. Here, too, he did valuable work in connection with the development of the port and t h e establishment of regular overseas trade.

1\Ir. Connett also had rendered outstanding publie ;;;ervicc as a member of the Tarnnaki County Council.

H <:> was ftrst el<:>ct<:>rl a member for the \Vaitara Riding in September, Hl15, and the following year succeeded 1\l1路.

J. Brown as chairmnn. H e bad occupied this position continuously ev<:>r since and had the compl ete confidence of his colleagues and of the ratepayers throughout the county. He was also president of the Taranaki T.Jocnl Bodies' Association, was a member of the executive of the New Zealnnd Counties' Association, and of the Highways Board. He was also a member of the New Plymouth High Schools' Board of Governors and of the North 'l'nrana ki Unemplo~路ment Committee, and was a promin ent figure in 1\insonic circles, being a Past Master of tllf' Ngmnotu Lodge.

1\Ir. Connett contested the election for the Tarann ki seat in Parlinment on the death of Mr. II. Okey m 1918, but was unsuccessful.

1\Ir. Connett leaves an only daughter, 1\Irs. R. h Barclay, of \Yaitara. 1\'[rs. Connett predeceased him

-Oakley Studios, N.P.

THE LATE MR. J. S. CONNETT,

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ION 73 abou t two year s ago. Mrs. New man (Tik oran gi) and Mrs. \V. G. Reid (New Plym outh ) are siste rs. His only brot her, Mr. Lew is Conn ett, died at Auc klan d some time ago.

Mou rners at Mr. Conn ett's fune ral repr esen ted prac tical ly ever y loca l body in Nort h Tara naki , a fittin g tribu te to his work in the past. They inclu ded repre sentativ es of the Tara naki Coun ty Council, and the staff of the Council, New Plym outh Boro ugh Coun cil, Tara naki Hosp ital Boar d, High Scho ols Boar d, New Plym outh Harb our Boar d, Tara naki Lpca l Bodi es' Asso ciati on, Clift on, Egm ont and Ingle woo d Coun ty Councils, the New Plym outh Lice nsin g Com mitte e, New Plym outh Sash and Doo r Com pany , Farm ers' Co-o pera tive Orga nisati on Soci ety, Farm ers' Fert ilise r Com pany , Tara naki Prod ucer s' Free zing Com pany , Publ ic Wor ks Dep artmen t, and mem bers of man y othe r loca l bodi es thro ughout Tara naki , as well as rep1 路esen tativ e publ ic men from all part s of the prov ince.

Insid e the ceme tery gate s the High Scho ol cade ts st:m ding at atten tion unde r ;Major Kerr toge ther with the Scho ol staff , form ed two lines thro ugh whic h the corte ge pass ed.

The bear ers, who were all repr esen tativ es of orga nisati ons with whic h Mr. Con nett had been activ ely asso ciate d, com prise d Messrs. H. Bail y (Egm ont Nati onal Park Boar d), S. Vick ers (Tar anak i Coun ty Coun cil), E. Lash (New Plym outh High Scho ols Boar d), 'f. J. Salm on (Far mers ; Co-o pera tive Orga nisat ion of New Zeal and, Ltd. ), E. Hi ne (New Plym outh Sash and Doo r Com pany ), and \V. J. Tris tram (Tar anak i Loca l Bodi es' Asso ciati on).

The serv ice at the grav eside was read Arch deac on G. H. Gavi n, assis ted by Arch by the Ven. deac on F. G. Evan s.

FR AN CIS WI LL IAM CH RIS TIA N. Sinc e the last issue of The Tara naki an occu rred of Fran cis ViTilliam Chri stian the deat h has , libra rian at Palm ersto n Nort h. Whi le not an Old Boy of the Scho ol

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he will be re~embered as a mem ber of the teac hing staf f for a shor t time . He was born at Che lsea , Lon don 65 year s ago. Afte r bein g educ ated at a prep arat ory scho ol at Putney_, ~e '~ ent to Eton , whe re h e had a bril lian t ca~·eer, fimslu_ng m the first six Opp idan s and win ning the pnze for Latm pros e and vers e in his last yea r. He was n_lso selected for the New cast le Sch olar ship . Mr. Chr istJan wa~ also succ essf ul in spor ts and gain ed his hou se colours m cric ket and foot ball at Eto n and Oxf ord. He was also a keen runn er and row er.

He was at Ball iol in 1886-90 and Cha llod s in 1888. He 0o·ain ed his BA 1890 .

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Mr .. Chr~stian was a 11: een stud ent and teac her of Pol_Ynes1an l:1 storJ~ and was the auth or of seve ral pub licntw ns deal :ng w1th the islan ds. He was a phil olog ist of note, bem g ~ mas ter of 14 lang uag es, incl udin g Japanese and Chm ese, and was reco gnis ed as an auth oi·ity on nati ve lan guag es and was kno wn in Lon don as an explorer, ~1avin g his port rait in Bak er's Ga1 lery of Exp~orers m Lon don . The resu lts of his exp lora tion s in the Js,lands of th_e Paci fic are now exh ibite d in the Brit ish and Sonth Ken smg ton Mus eum s. He was mRd e a Fell ow of the Royal Geo grap hica l Soc iety in 1000 . He settled in Samoa and was an intim ate frie nd of Rob ert Lou is Stevenson and his wife . Dur ing the Sam oan war he was correspondent for the Syd ney Pres s.

Mr. ~hristian was a gre~t frie nd of I.Jord Ran furl y, the Go;e mor -Gen eral , and h1s stro ng plea was a grea t facto~· 1tnh Lor d Ran furl y's deci sion to go to Rar oton ga and m .e ann exat ion of the Coo k Isla nds. Lat er Mr Christian, ~vith his wife and fam ily, liv ed for thre e year~ on Manga1a, a sma ll islan d sout h of Rar oton ga. Illhealth forced him to retu rn to New Zea land . Mr. Chr istian wen~ to Palm erst on Nor th as city libr aria n afte r a short res1d ence in \N ellin gton . He held this pos itio n for nine years unti l he was forc ed to reti re on acco unt of ill-health. He was a corr espo ndin g mem ber of the Polv nesian Society.

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DOMINION SURF PREMIERS, OLD BOY S' FIN E PER FOR MA NCE .

The Old Boy s' Sur f Club 's seni or life- savi ng team this yea r dist ingu ishe d them selv es by land 's maj or life -sav ing trop hy, the win ning New ZeaNew Zea land cham pion ship for surf Nels on Shie ld, the resc ue and resu scita tion . The com etiti on was held at the Tak apu na Bea ch, Auc klan d, and Old Boy s gave a mag nific ent disp lay, win ning the trop hy in the face of the keen est com peti tion . The ir succ ess was rich ly dese rved . Stri ct atte ntio n to train ing, not onl? for the past seas on but for the past thre e year s, und er the exce llen t dire ctio n of the team capt ain, H. S. T. W esto n, fina lly had its rew ard.

Nor was th e team 's vict ory une xpec ted. At last yea r's Dom inio n mee ting at Fox ton, whe n t he actu al cham pion ship s had to be aban don ed exce ptio nall y heav y surf , Old Boy on acco unt of the s wer e plac ed first , with Lya ll Bay (We lling ton) , in a land -dri ll com peti tion whi ch took th e plac e of the mai n Nels on Shie ld even t.

In view of this perf orm ance it was anti cipa ted that Old Boy s wou ld give a part icul arly goo d selv es at Tak apu na. 'l'he ir land -dri acco unt of them well -nig h perf ect. Old Boy s wer e ll perf orm ance was a close seco nd in the land -dri ll, but pick ed up poin ts in the wate r-wo rlc, part icul arly in thei r wor k on line.

"Th e team 's line-wo rk," said one of the judg es, com men ting on Old Boy s' disp lay, ''wa s an abso lute reve latio n. I have been conn ecte d with surf com peti tion s sinc e 1916, and I have neve r seen an exhi bitio n of line wor k such as Old Boy s put up to-c lay. The ir wor k in this rega rd was an exam pl e and an insp irati on to ever y othe r team com peti ng.' ' The prin cipa l even t of the Dom inio n Cha mpi onsh ip mee ting , the N elso n Shie ld com peti tion , is now a sixman com peti tion und er revi sed rule heat s and, for the wate r-wo rk, poin s. It was run in ts wer e allo tted for the plac ings of the team s in the heat s. The even t was divi ded into thre e heat s, two of thre e team s and one of two. Old Boy s wer e fort una t e in thei r hea t draw , bein g brac kete d with Mt. Mau nga nui and team was the only defa ulte r amo ng Te Puk e. The latt er entr ants in the competi tion , and, in the actu al swim min g Mt. Mau nga nui 's pati ent got into difficulties, so that Old Boy s wer e offe red

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no serious opposition for the maximum points for times in their heat of the water-work.

On the poi!lts, Old Boys gain~d a decisive victory, being three pomts ahead of the1r nearest opponents.

The sea for the competition was choppy, but there was no real surf as the 'l'aranaki swimmers are used to. The water was very warm, and the 150 yards' swim to the buoys was not a particularly difficult test. _ There was an immense public interest in the. competition, over 5000 people being on the beach to w1tness it. All the land-drill was done before the water-work.

Here, in the initial stages, Opunake (another Taranaki team, which filled third place) put up a wonderful performance, giving the words of one of the championship officials, "a display as near faultless as any I have ever seen." Old Boys were a close second and scored particularly well in the resuscitation portion of the landdrill, their timing, with R. Perkins as leader, being absolutely perfect.

In the water-work Old Boys were not particularly fortunate in their draw for places in the team. C. Allen, for instance, who is regarded as one of the outstanding land-drill men in New Zealand, was lost to his team in this department. R. Gayton, who is a powerful swimmer, but who is not Allen 's equal on land, drew the important position of first linesman and resuscitator.

His line-work was excellent and only mistakes in timing marred his r esuscitation.

A feature of the Old Boys' victory was the generally high marking awarded them by the three judges of the competition, who included Mr. R. Howell (New Plymouth). 'l'he captain of the team, H . S. Weston, came a close second in the award for the captain's points in the competition. W eston who has been responsible for the coHching of his team: deservedly received the high praise of the judges.

The Old Boys' team was: H. S. W eston (captain), C. Alien (beltman), W. Rimmington (patient), R. Gayton (first linesman and r e. uscitator), H. Anthony (second linesman), N. Gardiner (third linesman), R. Perkins (reel-man).

In another important event, the New Zealand march past championship, Old Boys filled second place.

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THE PARENT ASSOCIATION. PAS'r YEAR IN REVIEW. The

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'l'he report ~:>tated that the Annual Ball had been a great ~:>ucce~:>~:> from all point~:> of view. .A.lthough the committee had been ~:>omewhat anxious as to the financial result tlli~:> anxiety had proved unfounded, the function being the most succe~:>sful yet held, with the exception of the Jubilee Ball. 'l'he succes~:> this year had been due largely to the careful manner in which catering arrangement~:> had been carried out under the wpervision of Mr~:>. Syke~:> and her helper~:>.

The comm ittee desired to extend thanks to the ladies' committee.

'l'HE FOOTBALL CLUB. 'l'he ~:>ucce~:>t:i of the Football Club had been varying.

The seniors had played good football, and but for a lack of fitness at the beginning of the season might have carried off the northern competition, if not the Taranaki champwnshtp; as it was, they had defeated both the leading teams in the northern division in the second round. 'l'heir football had been what the public desired, being clean, op en fast play, with the forwards combining excellently w1th very fast backs. Of the Taranaki A and B representatives, the club was successful in getting four in the A representatives and three in the B representative~:>. 'l'he junior team, under Mr. L. Christie, had played very well and ~:>hown that they could respond to careful training. They ~:>hould do well in next year's competition. 'l'he club was anxious to enter a team in every grade next season, and were leaving no stone unturned in their efforts . Well known and experienced players had come forward and offer ed their assistance in coaching, and all grades would b e adequately provided for.

The club would like to see all members rally round and make the coming season an outstanding one.

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SUCC ESS O:B' ClUC KE'l' 'l'EAM S. 'l'he Senio r A crick et team, which was succe~~ful in winn ing the Nort h 'l'ara naki cham pions hip, had also defea ted the winn ers of the Coun try Divis ion, but had been defea ted by nine runs in the provi ncial playoff with Hawe ra Old Boyr:;. Altho ugh they had not won their competitionr:;, the Senio r B and junio r teamf:l had acqu itted themselver:; well.

The Old Boys ' Surf Club had again exper ience d a succesr:;ful year. The senio r team had draw n with Lyall Bay in the eight -man cham pions hip of New Zeala nd at .B'oxton, and had been fourt h in the fourman cham pions hip. 'l'his team had also won the 'l'ara naki cham pions hip and the W eston Cup. The junio r team had retain ed the Taran aki Junio r Surf Cham pions hip Penn ant. An incre asing numb er of Old Boys were inter estin g them selve s in the fine and Uf:leful t:lport.

ANN UAL SPOR 'l'S DINN ER. Mem bers had again been invite d to atten d the t:lports' dinne r, and those who atten ded had repor ted an enjoy able eveni ng. The actio n of Mr. Moye s in allow ing memb ers of the Old Boys ' Asso ciatio n to atten d was one which woul d undo ubted ly have a benef icial effect in induc ing boyf:l leavi ng Schoo l to take an inter est in the affairf:l of the Asso ciatio n, for the atten danc e of Old Boyf:l woul d help to show that the Asso ciatio n took an inter est in their affair s.

A new branc h of the Asso ciatio n had been form ed at Strat ford durin g the year. This prom ised to be a very live body , and was fortu nate in havin g the servic es of .M:essrf:l. D. Leath am and R. Clayt on af:l secretarier:;. 'l'he many enthu siasti c Olcl Boys resid ing in the dif:ltrict shoul d ensur e the new body 's succef:lf:l. 'l'he Haw era branc h had again held a very f:lUcce ssful ball and dinne r, both funct ions being atten ded by memb ers from New Plym outh .

Advi ce had been recei ved early in the year from an Old Boy resid ing in the Hawk e 's Bay distri ct that it was inten ded to form a branc h there . lt was consi dered

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that there were sufficient Old Boys in the distri ct to warr ant this. Howe ver, no advic e had been recei ved of the form ation of this branc h.

NO DEFI NI'l'E AIM. The fact that the At:lsociation had had no defin ite task to perfo rm durin g the year had been reflec ted in the activ ities of the branc hes. It was felt that the Associatio n need only have a defin ite objec t to receiv e full suppo rt. 'l'he comm ittee set up to deal with badg es exper ienced some diffic ulty in arriv ing at a suita ble desig n and a meet ing of the Asso ciatio n had been held to consi der the quest ion. It waf:l resol ved that badg es be of the same desig n as the Schoo l badge , but work ed in f:lilver tinsel .

Mr. Denn y Brow n, an Old Boy re:;id ing in Lond on, waf:l comm unica ted with and asked to forw ard sample:; . The samp les were expec ted soon and order s woul d be made for a suppl y.

The balan ce-sh eet disclo sed a total credi t of Thi;; was a f:latisfactory balan ce, consi derin £52/ 5/ 9. g that a dona tion of £10 for a divin g board had been made Schoo l and £5/ 5/ - to the Distr ict Nurs e Fund to the . 'l'he Annu al Ball had resul ted in a profi t of £17/ 3/ 6. 'l'HA NKS EX'l' END ED. Than ks were exten ded to those who had assist ed the Ar:;sociation durin g the year, the Ladier:;' Ball Committe e, the Misr:;es Moyer:; and helpe rs for decor ating the ball, Mr. \V. S. Thom son (audi tor), Mess rs. Cotta m and 'Whit e for the loan of furni ture, Mess rs. Hard wick e and Robe rtson for the loan of glasse s, and to the Press . lt was decid ed that memb ers of the Asso ciatio at the Schoo l with the objec t of form ing a junio n call mitte e to keep in touch with boys leavi ng Schoo r coml, from the boys. 'l'he electi on of officers resul ted :-Pre siden t, Mr. C. Smar t; secre taries , Mess rs. F. Read and K. Fook es; treas urer, Mr. J. Birch ; Asso ciatio n deleg ates, Mess rs. L. Love ll and R. G. llowe ll; audit or, Mr. W. S. Thom son.

The secre taries were voted hono raria for £5/ 5/ -.

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Mr. K. Fookes thought that the Association shQuld now adopt :some definite aim to assist the School. Perhaps the lack of this had been the reason for the diffidence of boys joining the Association. Two years ago Mr. Moyes had pointed out that a lounge in conjunction with the library was necessary. Mr. Foo~es then moved that it be a recommendation to ·the incommg committee that steps be taken this year to have a fund for the erection of the building. 'l'he chairman also thought that the Association should have some definite object in view.

Mr. Moyes sai.cl that his scheme had been for a large room in which boys could read or write on wet weekends. 1'his appeared to him to be lacking in most schools and was most necessary. His experience had been that boys would take care of anything really valuable. 1'he room need not be very pretentious. In fact, he thol~ght, it was a mistake to erect expensive concrete builclmgs.

1'he building would be a real asset and would have the advantage that it was utilitarian.-'l'he r ecommendation was carried.

A vote of thanks to the out-going officers and to the Press was passed.

THE FOOTBALL CLUB. 'rhe annual meeting of the li'ootball Club was held on March 8, when there >vas a large attenclaJJ.ce of members and intending members. In the absence of the president, Mr. A. A. Bennett, the chair was taken by Mr. li'. W. Whitcombe.

1'he annual report stated that the past year had witnessed a fair football season, and though the club had not been successful in winning any of the grades, the teams played sound football. 'l'he senior fifteen started the season without much heart in their game, but soon settled clown to solid training, and in the second round played football that was a treat to watch. They beat both the leading team and runner. -up in the second round and had they trained at the beginning of the season as well as they J1acl done in the latter part they would surely have taken the honours. The juniors, lmder the care:£ul management o:£ J. L. hristie, did well and it was to be hoped that they would continue to take notice of what he had to tell them.

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The annual match was again played at W aitara for the Black and White Cup. 'l'his time the team had not been so successful, W aitara defeating them after a good and evenly-contested game. 1'he committee took the opportunity of extending its sincere thanks to the me~­ bers and official:,; of the Clifton Club for the manner m which they entertained team members.

T.HE FlNANCIAL POSI'l'ION. 'l'he balance-sheet showed a fairly satisfactory position with a credit balance of £16/ 0/ 6, plus new balls ±:il/ 10/ -,' a total of £19//10//6, as compared wit~ a credit balance of £21/ 9/ 5 last year. The gate receipts had ao·ain fallen from £44/ 6/ 11 in 1932 to £23/ 10/ -. The d~CI·ea::;~ m the club's receipts had made 1t extremely cl1fiicult but the committee had much plea:;ure in presenting 'a balance-sheet showing a loss on last year's of only £1/ 18/ 11. The committee was glad to state ~hat sub:;criptions had very much improved on the previous year. 'l'he committee sincerely hoped tha~ each m~m?er would again assist the club by paying his subscnpt10n as early as possible.

During the season the nate in losing the services 'l'homa::;. 'l'hese members, players and workers for missed.

club had been most unfortuof J. Insull, Alhusen and u. who had always been keen the club, would be greatly

'l'he conaratulations of the club were due to Messrs. b . ,K. Fooke. ·, W. Rutherford, B. Mace and S. li'ookes m obtaming repre:>entative honours, and to Messrs. J. Mace, C. McLean in obtaining junior representative honours. 'l'he committee offered its congratulations to the club m winning the M' Masters Shield and to the mnners-up. 'l'he thanks of the club were due to all tho~>e who nad in any way assisted actively or financially, ~o its worthy president, Mr. A. A. Bennett, to Mr_. _Jarv1s for training the teams, to the School authontws, to the Referees' A.-sociation, to St. John's Ambulance, to members of the 'l'aranaki Ru gby Union, and to the Press for its assi:;tance generally in the interests of Rugby.

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CLUB COACH'S VIEWS. In moving the adoption of the report and balanceo;heet, Mr. G. F. Bertrand, the club coach, said he took thio; opportuni ty to ask all past members of the club to do tlwir utmost to procure new active players for the club. A sub-comm ittee had been formed at the previous annual meeting and he hoped that it would make its presence felt in the coming season. As far as he could see the sub-comm ittee had had very little opportuni ty of doing much in the past ::;eason. 'l'he club, he stressed, desired to put junior teams in the field this season, for it was from the promising juniors that the senior teams were fed. It was therefore of no advantage appointin g a ::;ub-conunittee unless it was prepared to work in the directions indicated and obtain results. It was not players of reputation that were needed for the club's junior teams, but fresh players whom training might develop. All active players mu::;t back up the club along the lines indicated.

Mr. Bertrancl also referred to the president of the club, Mr. A .. A. Bennett, who had tendered his resignation from this office and declined re-election . The speaker stated that Mr. Bennett had be en a most valuable president and had been active not only in football circles but in all spheres of the Old Boys Associatio n. Although he was not an Old Boy of the New Plymouth Boys' High School he had certainly been imbued with the real Old Boys' tradition. and spirit. He felt sure that during his term of office Mr. Bennett had clone more for the club than any other officer. '!'here were others coming on who might fill the vacancy, but he doubted whether any of these could carry out their duties in such a capable manner as Mr. Bennett.

Mr. J. Carroll said that not only were the juniors of the club responsibl e for the acquisitio n of new players, but also the seniors. He had heard it rumoured that the Old Boys' Club did not cater for junior players.

Mr. S. Fookes said that during the pa::;t season considera ble difficulty had been experi enced in obtaining the services of coach es. However, they had the coaches this year, together with lists of the young players wlJO had ieft School and were coming forward. He desired, he said, to endor::;e the remarks of the previous speaker.

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ELECTIO N OF OFFICER S. 'l'he election of officers resulted :-Patron, Mr. W. H. M oyes; president, Mr. A. A. Bennett (sub j ect路 to his approval of re-election ) ; vice-presi dents, Messrs. F. N. Whitcomb e, R. Howell and Dr. E. F. Fookes; hon. auditor, Mr. L. W. Lovell; hon. ::;ecretary, Mr. C. Smart; delegate::; to Rugby Union, G. F. Bertrancl, R. G. Howell and H. W. Brown; club captain, Mr. L. Christie; vicecaptain, Mr. D. A. Doile; club coach, Mr. G. Bertrand; ::;elector::; (::;enior), G. F. Bertrancl, all other grades, manager and captain of the r espective teams; cleleg.ate to Old Boy::;' Associatio n, Mr. S. l~ookes; executive, l\feo;sr::;. K. Fooke::;, H . rrhom::;on, J. Blakeney, B. Mace and J, Carroll.

In a letter to the club Mr. Bennett expressed his appreciati on of the loyalty and co-operati on that had existed among member::; during his term of office. It had been a privilege to be connected with the club. He urged the club members to elect enthusiast ic officers and give them their whole-hea rted support. He felt a::;surecl that the incoming president would have the individua l backing of all members. rrhe forwards had the ability to become a first-rate pack and the back::; were capable of developin g. There must be no weakness in the latter, e::;pecially in the early matches of the season.

The ::;ecretary was voted an honorariu m of 拢5/ 5/ -. 'l'he Referee::; ' Associatio n and the St. John Ambulance were voted 10/ 6 each.

:Mr. liowell expre::;o;ed his appreciati on of the work of the sub-comm ittee throughou t the season.

Uorwratul ations were extended to the Old Boys' Swimmi;g (;lub on their winning the Nebon Shield at the Dominion surf championship::; held recently at Takapuna , and to G. McLean on winning the Flannaga n Cup. l\Ir. W. Jarvis waR re-elected gymnastic instructor .

After having briefly address ed the me eting, Mr. Jarvis was accorded a vote of thanks for his services during the past season.

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TO OLD BOYS.

We beg to acknowledge, with thanln;, receipt of the following contemporarie~ siut;e last issue:-

\Ve regret to say that, owing to the difficult times, the Magazine is not receiving the financial support that it did a few years ago. We therefore take this opportunity of appealing to those Old Boys who have dropped behind with their subscriptions and to those who are not alread~r subscribers, to rally round and help us . vVe earnestly solicit the whole-hearted support of all Old Boys in this matter.

New Zealand.-Wangauui Collegian, Otago B.H.S. 1\Iagazine, Chri::;tclmrch B.H.S. Magazine, Christ':; College Hegi::;ter, N elsonian, Waitakian, Palmer::;tonian, 'rimaruvian, Dannevirke Il.S. Magazine, Marlburian (lVIarlborough College, Blenheim), Ashburtonian, Gisborne H.S. 1\Iagazine, Hastings. H.S. Magazine, Fideliter (Whangarei High School) Canterbury Agricultural Colleo·e lVIao·azine Albertian C~it. Albert Grammar School, A~cldan~l), T~ l~ama a Hongotai (Rongotai College, vVelliugton), Rotorua High School I\Iagazine, Scindian (Napier Boy:;' High School), Otago Univer~ity Review.

England.-Cliftonian (3) ( Clifton College), 1\Iill Hill Bchool lVIagazine, lVfarlbnrian (Tviarlborough College) , Heptonian (l~epton), Meteor (3) (Rugby), 'rhe City of London School Magazine, Cheltenham Grammar School l\Iagazine, Felstedian (Felsted).

Scotland.-"A_berdeen Grammar School 1\Iagazine, F ette::;ian (Fettes College, Edinburgh) , "\Vatsonian (George vVatson':; College, Edinburgh), Glasgow · Academy Chronicle, Edinburgh Academy Chronicle, Lorettonian (Loretto) , Glenalmond Chronicle.

Wales.-Swansea Grammar School IIIagazine.

Canada.-CoHege Times (Upper Canada College, 'l'oronto), Fort 'Will iam College 1\Iagazine (Fort \Villiam), Reel and ·white (St. Dun:;tan's University, Charlottetown).

South Africa.- Selboruian (Selborne College, Ea::;t London ) .

Japan.- Hecl nnd Grey (Cannclinn Acnclemy, Kobe).

Australia.- 1\Ielburia.n (Church of England Grammar School, l\Ielbourne),, The Log (Hobart High School).

The Business Manager, lVIr. Shrimpton, wishes to acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions received since last issue. If your subscription has been paid and your name does not appear, please notif~r the Business lVIanager at once :-J. McCauley, '32- '33; F. Read, '32-'33; I. Aylward, '33; H. J. Anthonv '32-'33 · S. Cattier, '33; J. Moorhead, '33; B. M. J oh~s: '33; E: Old field, '32-'33; G. S. Anderson, '34; A. Lamas, '34; J. McCallum, '33-'34; J. Beaven, '32-'34; J. S . Hatherly, '34.; A . •T. Old, '34; R. S. V. Simpson, '34; L. Rouse, '33-'34; D. N. Allen, '34; vV. G. Mander, '32-'35; W. I. Matthews, '34; G. Best, '34; H. W. Martin, '33- '34; R. Cook, '34- '36; B. R. Dill, '34; F. D. Matheson, '34; W. R. Cook, '34-'36; B. R. Dill, '34; F. D. lVIatheson, '34; W. G. Hughson, '34; R. Goddin, '34; L. Hore, '34; F. G ~ Snedden, '34; \V. M. Pointon, '34; J. A. Keeling, '34; G. Brabyn, '34; J. W alkinton, '34- '35; R. B. J ohnson, '34; R. Bradshaw, '34- '35; M. Silby, '34; E. Warren, '34; J. D. Anderson, '34; J. R. Ford, '34; N. J. Prichard, '34; lVI. I-'ynch, '34; B. Barnitt, '34. This list was made complete up to June 16, 1934.

New Plymouth Boys' High School [ESTABLISH ED 1882).

Fees (per term)Tuition Board

£4, reducible to £3 10s. if paid within 30 days £4 10s. .. £4 £21, .. £19

Weekly } Boarders

£ 18 1Os.

Preparatory

.. £17

Dinner for Day Boys, £3 Music (including practice fee) --Seniors, £3 3s. juniors, £2 12s. 6d.

Boxing, 10/Dancing (Winter term only) 15/-

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

1/6

Magazine

1/-

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 The terms this year are as follows : -

weeks each.

First Term-Feb ruary 5th to May 3rd.

Second Term-Ma y 22nd to August 16th.

Third T erm-Septe mber 11th to December 19th.

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