1915 The Taranakian Vol. 4, No. 2 September

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AGR!CULTUHAL NOTES AN EXAMINATION PAPER BOARD OF GOVERNOUS CAD ETS

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LIBRAHY NOTES

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PREPARATOHY NOTES . . •

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PROSPECTUS

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ROLL OF HONOUR

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SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS SCHOOL NOTES

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SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT

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SHOOTING NOTES

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BOARD OF GOVE RNORS :

E. DocKRILL, EsQ. (C iwirlllnH .)

D. H UTCHEN, ESQ. A. McHARUY, EsQ. E. P. WEBSTER ESQ.

W . N. E WING , ESQ. D R. E. F. FooKES .

M. F RASER, EsQ. Secreta ry and Tre:lsu rer : W. BEWLEY , ESQ

~taff : P RI NCIPAL : "V \ ' · H . MOVES . M.A .. B .Sc. !\.SSIS'I'ANT l\1ASTEHS : , H V SEARLE, M.Sc . · MA A. R. RYDER, M ·"· · · R. H. HocKEL, . .

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W . F. C. BALHAM I • R. H. EsPINER. A. W. DIPROSE, B. Cert.

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PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT : C. J. HAMBLYN G. BoTTRILL, M.A. D. E. HUTTON , N.B .A., Drawin g Master.

MISSES DoWLING AND P IKE AND R . N . RENAUD , Music.

T. L. BUXTON, A. P ·A · (N ·z., ) Comme rcial Master.

J. SUTHERLAND, Boxing Instruc tor .

W. H. JENKINSON, Gym nastic I nstructo r.

MISS HUMPHRIES, Dan cing Instr uctress.

DAY BoYs: F. A. B ru ce, (Head Boyj, R. Mon teath , S. McMur ray, W. Alexand e r, J. J. K. Terry, R. Kidd , V. Stanton , L. G. Eyre.

BoARDERS: N. Qui lliam ( Head), D. Sykes, C. C. Yates, P. O liver, H. Lucena. D. W infie ld , E. H amer ton.

Cade tsOFFICER CoMMANDING CoNTINGENT: Captai n \V. H. Moye s.

No. 1 COMPANY : Captain -Mr. A. R. Hyder.

Li eutena n ts-Mr. H. V. Searle an d Mr. A. W. Diprose .

Co lo ur-Ser gean t-F. A. Br uce.

Set·gea nts- L. G. Eyre, S. V. McMur r ay, H . Kidd , C. C. Yates.

Corpora ls-S . Borrie, M. Atk inson, D. Sykes, 0. Bayly.

La nce-Cor pora ls-S. Grayli ng, A. McHard y, A. H onnor.

S ig na llin g Squad- Corpor al Alexand er.

No . 2 CoMPANY : Captain - Mr. \ V. F . C. Balh am . · Lie ulenant- Mr. R. H . E spiner.

Co lou r-Serge ant-R. Montea th.

Ser g ea n ts- J. J. K. Terry, V. Stanton , H. L. Lucena , N. Q uillia m .

Crick et Comm ittee.l lr , K H. Espiner (Chairm an) , R. Montea th (Secreta ry), P. O li ver , J. J. K. Terry.

CAPTAIN : R. Montea th.

Maga zineBusiNE ss MA NA<iER: Mr. R. H. Rockel.

Sport s Comm itteeMr. A. R. Ryder (Chairm an) , F. A. Br uce, R. Montea th , V. S. McMur ray, D. Sykes, !11. Atk in son , C. C. Yates, P. Oliver (Secreta ry).

Footb allSELECTION CoMMITTEE : Mr. A. R. Ryder (Ch airman) , F. A. Bruce, D. Sykes, R. Mon teath .

CAPTAIN : F . A. B ruce.

VICE-CAPTAIN : D. S. Sykes .

CAPTAI N OF FORWARDS: R. Montea th .

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Finan ce Com mitte e-

Mr. R. H. Rockel (Cha irman), W . Alexan der (Treasu rer) , C. C. Yates (Secret ary), F . A. Bruce, M. Atkin son, J. J. K. Terry.

Poun dkee persA. Death, A. Hastie.

Conc ert Club -

Mr. W . F. C. Balham (Ch airman), F . A. Bruce, C. C. Yates, D. Sykes, R. Montea th, V. S. McMur ray, N. Quilli am (Secret ary).

Shoo tingMr. A. W. Dipros e (Chairm an) , H. L. Lucena, M. Atkinso n, C. C. Yates, F. A. Bruce, E. Martin.

Tenn isMr. R. H. Espine r (Chairm an) , N. Quillia m, D. Sykes, C. C. Yales, D. Winfie ld, E. Hamer ton, H . L. Lucena , P. O li ver (Secretary).

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J. B. HALL (Died of \ \found s.)

Edited by the Boys of the New Plymouth Boys'. High School and Published at the end of eacll Term.

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is now just ov er a year since the Declaration of a r, and the end seems still very far off.

With every draft of r einforcements or of new battalions some of tl10se closely connected with us are going, and the real meaning of the war is being brought home to us .

Over eighty of om old boys are either at the front or are on their way there, and if the war continues for anoth er year, as seems most likely, no doubt still more will be going. A school magazine is not the place in which to discuss the aspe ct or phases of the war, but the gravity of the issues at stake compel s u s to turn our thoughts constantly towards this subj ect. 路we may inquire in what ''ay the war ha s affected us. In the first place one or two boys have l eft b ecause of the dislocation caused by the dPparture of volunteers. The work at home has to be clone, and those who h ave had to leave for this reason are really serving the country by allowing someone els e to go to the front . This remark also applies to those who, for a similar r eason, have been prevented from entering the school. Thus, no doubt, the roll number has suffered somewh at . 'rhose o拢 us who are still at school are ha ving practical l essons in patriotism. This does not mean m erely that we are contributing to the various funds, but that we are bein<?' taught to do our duty towards our country. _.<\.s has often been said befgre 1

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the greatest mark of confidence that our cause is a righteous one and that right will in the end most surely conquer might, is to go about our daily "':or!r c~lml;v and "(ith the l east possible dislocation of ex1shng n~_st:­ tutions. We can all help in this. It is characte_nstw of the British people that they are not very exc1table or spasmodic. We may even, as the Frenchman said, "take our pleasures sadly." But this very characteristic enables us to allow our affairs to go on much in their normal way. It is difficult for both masters and boys to concentrate their attention upon the regular school work, but nevertheless good solid work is being done.

The fact that masters and boys who were with us even so late as last year are now at the front proves a consta nt distraction.

Nor would 've h ave it otherwise, for we know t h at there are higher things than the mere acquisition of knowledge.

There are not wanting those who consider that, in the present time of national stress, sports and athletics should be m:c1terially r ~ duce d. \ iVh ether this is true or not of sport in the u sual sense as regards the public is not for u s to say, but it is undoubtedl y untrue in the case of school sport. To adhere to the regular routine of school games and the necessary training involved implies no ignorance of the se1iousness of the present crisis, and no lack of sympathy with the awful s ufferings and losses caused by the war. On the contrary we firmly believe that the r ecreation which games and sports afford is absolutely n ecessary if all the faculties of our boys are to be cultivated; and perhaps it would not be going too far to say th at this cultivation is at the pres ent time specially necessa r y .

After the war the country will need, more than ever, all th e best energies of all the best men, in order to make good the awful wastage of the present . A further point, and this must not be overlooked, is the matter of the employment of time.

Surely it is far better that young people, and especially boys, should employ their leisure in wholesome sport than in moping about occupied with nothing but uneasy thoughts. We have every sympathy with the clergyman who said, . "I would fifty times sooner have . my boy break his leg at football than hang about the • street-corners." This is putting in a nut-shell one of our strongest arguments for the normal continuance of sports and games.

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and . boys is a perennial one. The situation h as now become acute, and more room is absolutely necessary if the school is to continu e its progress. 'fhe Board is faced by serious financial difliculties, as a new building for the Girls' Hig:h School h8s also to be erected.

But authoritv has been obtained from the Education Department enabling the Board to borrow an additional sum of £3000. 'l'his should en able a start to be m ade with the buildings at both schools . The plans for our new block have been sent to \VeUington for the approval of the Department, but, so far, they have not yet been r eturned. Now that the Minister of Education is no longer also the hold er of the portfolios for Finance a~d for Defence, _there is every probability that educatwnal matters w1ll be attended to with much greater promptitude. 'l'here is no doubt t h at Mr . Allen would in any case have been overloaded by the three portfolios, and, in view of the enormous increase of work caused by the W(lr, it was quite impo ssible for one Minister to COJJe with the whole business in each Department. \Ve h ave ther efor e every confidence that the plans will h e returned at an early elate with the approval of the D epartment, and that the er ection of the new buildings can be at once begun. \V e have often wondered whether the people of the town fully realise what an asset a really well-equipped and well-mana ged secondary school is. To the business man it must mean increased business. It is not merely ~hat the presence ~f a larg-e boarding- establishment mvolves the expen<hture of a large sum of money in the town'; but that the town is thereby rendered more attractive both to visitors and to intendinrr residents.

In order th en that the school can prove (we are reasoning on the low est possible basis) such an asset as we ~utve indica-ted, several things are necessary, that is, m order that the school may work with the maximum efficiency. First comes the 'matter of commodious and convenie~1t buildings. If the townspeople were wholehearte~ m this matter and spoke in no uncertaip. voice and w1th unmistakable unanimity, this point, at any rate, would he sec ured . Then comes the all-important question of suffi cient and suitable grounds . In times past too litt le attention was paid to this point when sites were s.e cur ed for secondary schools. In many instances too , quite un suitable sites were chosen.

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level land and be placed in a good situation. To have set aside such tiny areas of 路land as were usually set aside, argued a great want of faith in the future of any school. So far as we know, only one secondary school in New Zealand has 25 acres of ground attached to it, One direct consequence of this is the fact that this particular school is one of the most successful and .p roAgain, the gressive in the whole of the Dominion. equipment of secondary schools ought to be as complete as possible. Too often this matter is overlooked, and an harassing system of entertainments, subscription lists, and school contributions has to be resorted to in order that the necessary funds may be raised. The work of both masters and boys is sufficiently arduous and important without the waste of energy that this practice involvt's. It needs no further labouring of the point to prove that good buildings erected upon spacious grounds and wPll-equipped are an ornament and a matter of pride to the town. There is one further point, which might perhaps be mentioned. I拢 the secondary school is propedy equipped and is loyally supported by the whole community it will then be enabled to take up what >Ve might call, for want of a better name, Higher Secondary Education. By this is meant education above :Matriculation standard. In New Plymouth we are halfway bet"een Auckland and \Vellington, where the Uni:Many a lad who is versity Colleges are situated. desirous of doing U ni-versitv work is unable, for various reasons, to attend the University . The degrees of B .A. and LhB . can b e taken by students who are not attend ing a University College. For such stud ents the High School provides the necessary tuition. In fact, we have begun this work already in the New Plymouth Boys' High School. \'i,Te r epeat, that the better equipped and su.p ported the S(jhool is, the better can we carry out 路 this important work; and it needs no very penetrating eye to see that this must greatly benefit the town. In this connection there is yet a furth er point. Is it quite beyond the bounds of possibility that some day T aranaki ~ill require a University College of its own? It is perfectly true that this day would, in. normal times, be some distance ahead, and that the war has put b ack the hands of the clock. But. Taranaki has before it a great future.

Its resources are hardly touched. And wl1en the clay arrives, as we feel sure it will anive, in our organised higher secondary work we shall have the nucle1,1s of thE) University College.

SERGT. W. MULLOY (Killed)

LANCE-CORP. L. P. SOLE (D ied of W ound s)

PRIVATE S. GRIFFITHS (Died of Wounds)

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The following have left during the term :-D. Grant, A. Jones, E . Herbert, R . Le Pine, H. Cocker, J. H. Kendall, V. Kirkby, N . Sole, R. Cock, A. H astie, D. Hughes, S. Martin, P. Hunger, V. Carthew, H. vVeston.

The following have entered this term :- H. B . Gibson, G. Rodger, U. Rigg, M. Amor, C. M'Kay, E. Pope, L. B. Bryce, A. W . Young, J . L. \ÂĽ . M'Lean, A. A. M'Kean, L . F ussell, Amor, G. Graver .

During the r ecent visit of Mr. Gill a definite j;lrrangement was entered into with regard to the Preparatory Department. Hitherto critics of the Lower School have contended th at t his department was a mere lux ury simply duplicating t he work of the primary schools. There has been a tendency to forget that t h e proper secondary school spirit can be more easily instilled into juniors who anil brought from the first into contaet with t he corporate life of the school. 'l'hi s training is specially valuable as an aid to moral education and gives a boy some practical ideas of what a community is. 'rhere h e learns the interdependence of all the members and the duties incumbent upon all. Should t his be t h e only good t h at accrues, a well-conducted Preparatory Department amply justifies its existence. But, as hinted above, our Preparatory Department goes much further than this. lt has been definitely arranged that t h e second ary subjects shall be begun well down in t h e lower school. This is with t he deliberate intention of preparing the boys for t he higher secondary work to be undertaken in the upper school.

Thus the Preparatory School will be such in reality and not merely in name . 'rhere is to be no lowering of the standard, but only an alteration in the distribution of the work. 'l'hus Nature Study, H andwork, etc ., will be curtailed to allow of some L atin , French, Geometry, etc ., being done.

The upper boys will continue to sit for their Proficiency Certificates as before, and the work done in th e secondary subjects will be taken into account by the examining inspector. 'l'his is what we have contended for all along; and we f eel sure, now t hat the r eal function of the lower school h as been clearly defined in t his satisfactory mann er, that t he Preparatory Depart ment will do even better work than in the past.

As usual in the second term we were paid a visit by the Education Department's inspector. L ast year it was Dr. Anderson, and this year it was Mr . Gill . He exam-

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ined all the candidates for a Seniol· Free Place. rrhe results will not be available for some time, but we f ancy, from the kind of papers set and the an swers give~, that most of those sitting w·ill be successful.

1\lr. Gill also spent a good deal of time in the Preparatory Schoo~. H e seemed pleased with all h e saw both t h ere and m the Upper School.

The masters and boarders have decided to contribute monthly the sum of £8 towards the Fund for \V ounded Soldiers. This amount is regularly paid in to the office of the 'l'aranaki Herald.

At the end of the term there was quite an exodus of masters. _Mr. Hamblyn left to join the ~amp preparatory to sailing with the Eighth 11einforcemcn ts, hlr. Huxton h as been appointed Permanent Quartermaster -Captain on the troopship -\Villochm, while Mr . Espiner went into camp also. During Mr. Buxton's absence his commercial classes wil be conducted by his partner, Mr . Falconer, F.I.A.N.Z. .

One of our old boys of last year, W. H. J enkin?on, who h as been Gymnasium Instructor, h as a]so gone mto camp .

Nearly the ·whole school turned out on the evening of August 23 to be present at the farewell to ~hose vo.lu:nteers who were leaving New Plymouth to go m to trammg as members of the Eighth- 11cinforceruents.

Interest was added by the fact that a number of old boys we~·e among those l eaving. Short farewell addresses were given, and the usual patriotic music was played, while th e train steamed out of the station amidst hearty ch eers.

In this number we print Calverl ey's well-known examination-p aper on Dickens' "Pickwick Papers."

A book prize is offered for the hes,t paper of answm:s "l:anded in on or before December 1. 'Ihere are no restnct10ns as to the answering of the paper . Competitors are qc~ite at liberty to consult "Pickwick" when writing then a~­ swers. They are al so requested to quote the. c~ap.ter m which occurs the answer to any question . This IS, It need h ardly be said , for the convenienee or the information of the judge.

No prize will be awarded unless 40 per cent. of the possible marks is gained.

An orchard of some seventy or eighty trees has been planted near the agricultural plots. The working of this orchard will a:fford instruction in this department of school-work. \Ve t1nderstand that the boarders are already promising themselves that t h ey will reap where

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~~hers ~i{t sown. Should their antichmtions he realised et;e WI ea temporary slump in business down at Teapo s. t~he Bho ard of Govm:no_rs has, with a view to erecting 1.ock ~f bmldmgs, acquired several fine ano. er sect10ns on the side of H endry Street opposite to th pre~ent house~block. The site is high ~nd level and i: ~n Ide~l one m every respect . We hope the ne~ buildmgs will be ready for occupation when school opens next year. . While doing a tt1rn w'th th e J'm-.J I't su experts In I · t hen unparalleled variety show on the Fete da Co es~ake . wa~ unfortunately t hrown on to his s{oull Exammat10n revealed that the shoulder had b d~r~ locat~d. Dr .. Fooke.s was soon in attendance and ethe di~­ locat10n was I~mediately reduced. 'l'his accident, thou h not really seno~1s, depr~vcd t he first fifteen of one of Tts th re~-quarters m the m ter-school matches played at Napier. h 1lthohgh we have not yet attained the dignity o£ a ~c oo ore estra,, '':'e have a most enthusiastic quartette m r)thadli{ ~v10lm); Moverley (violin), Rockel (violonbe 1 anD o. erts (piano). Twice a week they are helped Y ISS owlmg 1 who has spared n either time nor ains We hope that this quartette will be but; the nucleu~ of ~ schoo~ orchestra.

In f~ct the quartette, led h Miss Dowlmg, play.ed several Items at t he F ete durin~ aftern?on tea. ~his for~ed a pleasa;nt variety to the excellent pianola_ music supphed by t h e m strument kindly lent b Mr. Ho:tfmann. y 'l'he first of our o]d boys to give his life for his country was Cm·~oral Sole, and shortly after came the news of Mr. Halls death. On receipt of the latter news ?n June 7 the whole sch?ol was .assembled in the gymnasmmd and a· 1short meruonal service was· h eld · .!J11 f I ·. Moyes rea hpema prayers and gave a short address, point{ng oui ~ ~ gr~atness of t h e sacrifice made and what true pa not1sm I S . We who are left at home have our plain duty, and we must ever remember those who are dail facmg death for u s . Two h ymns "0 Gocl 0 . H 1 .Y Ag es p as t , " ' , UIFlying" e p In an d " D ays and Moments, Quickly were sun~, and the.n t he "De~d March" was piayed.

A_ reeess fdoi tw~ penods was given, and 'then school was resume , but m a very subdued mood.

This ~erm no fewer than four boys h ave had to underf{O operatwns.

R awson was _in a private hosipta] £or a few week s and then returned fitter than ever.

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Foo:kes \vas suddenly taken ill '':ith appen dicitig an d was operated upon succesfifullY. a.ncl 1s malnp.g good p rogr~ss . 'l'hen Ken . Robinson followed s1ut. VV e heard that JUSt after his operation, while the nurse' s back was t u rned, h e hopped out of bed an~l ran across the room to get somethinoo or to do somethmg . He returned to school several weeks before the end of the t erm. D. :Mackie's case ·was m uch more serious, and he h as spent most of the ter m He had several bad in the New Plymouth Hospital. tmns afteT his operation, but \Ye are glad to say t h at h e is now well on the mend, and will be back again n ext teTm, we feel confident. 'l'owards the end of the teTm D. Sykes and A . J ones sat !or Section A of the Pharmacy Examination, an d both weTe successful.

In the last number of the "Tanmakian" Stohr was credited with winning the New Boys' Race at the annual swimming sports. This was wrongly reporteu, the real winner being Hooker.

We are sorry that t his enor should have cTept 'i n. · · At a recent examinatiOn in English one of t h e questions was: \V rite sentences showing the pr.o per meaning and use of the follow·ing words: Migratory, criterion and others. This provoked the following effusions :'fhousands of e~igrants were helpeu by the "migratory" office every year.

When they h eard that the man was drunk t h ey reached the "criterion" cause of the disaster.

The boarders were not allowed m uch "criterion."

We consider that the f act tl1at in these two last sentences ''criterion" . is ·spelled with a small '' c," does n ot free the authors from the imputation of making a sly hit at a well-known establishment in the town. vVe hope that the above suggestions will not create any unfavourable 'prejudidis in the minds 'of the members of the L icensing Committee.

One yo,{tl). was asked to paraphrase Keats' Sonnet beginning "J:ilour seasons fill .the measure of t h e year."

When he came to the linesHe h as his summer', when luxuriousl y Spring's hmwyed cud of youthful though ts h e loyes. to nunin.ate, he turned them into-: "Summer comes with all its sweet fruits wh ich he likes to ruminate .?'

Q.l\1.-SERGT. A. MciSAACS.

CORP. E. B. ELLERM.

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Two others on being asked how Britain acquired Cape Colony stated that "it was conquered from the boars in 1899 ." We simply refuse to believe the statement. 'rwo others yet translated hlaeterlink' s remark that the bee showed special irritation at the approach of a storm (" orage" ) by ''the bee shows itself specially irritable at the approach of an 'orange'"; while another authority stated that it was a "hull" that caused the special irritation. 'l1 he present season seems to have produced more casualties than usual on the football field, and, no doubt, t here are not wanting those who decry more than ever the "nasty, rough game." Fairly early in the season Bruce had his ankle hurt at Eltham, and later on l\I'Murray had a similar experience. The last victim was Hamerton, who bruised the muscle of his leg in the furious combat of .Form IV. v. Form V. But we notice that Bruce has taken the field again, while l\1'Murray was there against N a pier and Palmerston, and :S:amerton is now convalescent.

Although the middle term is the "solid" term of the year when most of the work is clone, we have had a good many outings.

The chief entertainments patronised by b"oys have been the concert given by t.h e Girls' High School, the Cherniavsky Brothers' concert, the Dandies, the Winter Show, and last but very far from being least, the Pictures.

It is not to be supposed that every boy went to each one o拢 these entertainments, much as he would have liked to do so. \Ve understand that the Piehues are recommended as the very best cure for brain-fag .

This term boxing has flourished. Mr. Sutherland came up several evenings each week and spent much time and '[lains on his pupils. The first exercises consisted of learning to hit straight and hard at punchingbags.

WlJen some proficiency was acquired in this indispensable part of th路e science, other boys were substituted for the bag;; . The bo:s:ing boys owe the dancing class a grudge, however, as the latter make the floor so slippery that we sometimes feel like Mr . Pickwick or Mr. \V in kle on ice. It is provoking when one is about to deliTer a knock-out blow to find one's feet slip, and the intended master-stroke to degenerate into an ignominious flourish of the arms to re-establish equilibrium. However, in spite of this drawback it is our own fault if we have not learned something of the smence .

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On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays . thl.s ~erm the :Fifth Form L atin class has h ad to go mto e1t?-er the Upper Preparatory ro~m o~ into the Chemwal Laboratory for the first penod of t h e ~ay . The L ab . is in the morning t he coldest room m the school.

It so happened that one sunny m or ning the clas~ was taken outside by the master, and was busy at L1m e~, when suddenly a cow r ushed up the road fro m th~ b1g gate besi~e the gym;nasiun~., and ran on to. th e cn ck et pitch. L1men was lmmediately dash ed aside and the class gave chase. -As often happens, too manY: cooks spoil the broth, and the ~wner 's dogs along with the boys so frightened the ammal t h at she broke t hrough a fence near. Niger Ho u~e a~ d was hung ~p abov~ a bank some e1ght feet high m t h e nasturtiums. 'Ihe only possible thing to do was t o push h er clown. ~he was then driven out on to the road t hrough t h e Niger H~use o·ate . The owner l eft h er calf behind, as he said he did ~ot want it ; and it was to be r ear ed for the fete .

But alas ! ne:s:t day t he owner turr~erl up and took away our hopes . It is a somewhat smgular fact t hat -ye enjoyed the cow-hunt somewh at b ett er than we d1d Limen .

One of the events of the term h as been the fet e in aid aid of the fund for the wounded . Ticket _selling beg an about the middle of the term and . was v1 goro~sly prosecuted until the great J ay. Bnsm e.ss was stimulat ed by the promise of a half-holiday. Th1s was won by t he Lower Preparatory Division.

I n all well ov_er £ 100 worth of tickets was sold . \Ve wer e fortunate m secu!ino· a :fine clay for the fete, and ever yone concerned d1d hi~ best towards {ittinO' up and preparing th e groun d for the function. \V e ~re greatly indebted to al~ t~ose ladies ancl gentlemen, that gave so liberally of th en tim e and m eans, and to the public for th e most ge?erous patronage extended to our fete, for without all th1s h elp we should have had but little success.

On \Veclnesday, August 4, the whole school ~ttended the meeting convened by the Mayor on the anm ver sary of the declaration of war. A large c~owd assembled at the junction of St . Aubyn and Egmont _Streets . The Mayor delivered an excellent address. smtable ~o th e occasion. He then moved th e followm g resolut iOn:"That on this anniversary of the declaration of a righteou.s war this meeting of the ~ m·&'esses of ~ ew Plymouth records its in:fl.e:s:ibl e determmabon to contmue

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to a victorious end the struggle in n1<tintenance o£ those ideals of lib erty and justice which ar e the common and sacred cause of the Allies." The resolut ion was carried by acclam ation, aft er which the assemblage , led by the band, sang the National Anth em. Ch eers were given for the King, our Allies, and for Lord Kitchener, after which the band pl ayecl a numb er of patriot ic selections .

I n his descript ion of t he masters' Common Room one o£ our contributors remarked on the pictures hanging on the walls . After giving a d eta il ~d account of these a "Cupid " with his bow was sel ected for special comment in tllese t erms : " One of th e pietures is Cupid with his bow. It is right t hat h e sh ould be here, as some o£ the m ast ers are young and rea dy t o be shot ." 'l'he Premier , the Ri gh t H on. vV . F. Massey, visited the N ew Plymouth Boys' High School on J une 9.

Leaving the White H art Hotel shortly before 9 o' clock. Mr. Massey and party; in mot or-cars kindly provided by Messr s . Luscomb e and Phillips, proceeded to the Boys' High School, wh ere t he Premier was m et by the members of the Board of Governor s,_th e P~i:~;tcipal (N[r. W. H . Moyes), and a number o£ promment Citizens. 'l'he pupils were assembled in th e new gymnasium, and here Mr . Dockrill expressed his pleasure in being able to introduce to th e boys th e Premier, whose visit to the sch ool they all ver y k eenly appreciated.

Mr. Massey briefly addressed the boys, and after referring t o th e manner in which many o£ th e old boys of the seh ool h ad di stinguished themselves after entei· ing upon the more serious business of life, expressed tht: Lope that th e present pupils would ma ke t h e mo st of their sch ool days and t hat both now and always th ey would " play the game"; never do anyth ing t h at was dish onourable, and always stick to the truth, so tha t all connect ed with t hem or interested in them might f eel proud o£ th em. Mr. Massey also touched upon t he war , and r em arked that th e T aranaki boys who were now at the fr ont, an d those wh o were to go with the reinfo rcements, would do t h eir sha re o£ fi ghting with credit to themselves and to t he district to which t hey belonged.

Mr. Moyes remarked that t hey all felt greatly honoured that Mr. :Uassey h ad fo uncl t ime t o visit the school. P er sonally, h e was very pleased to see him t her e, in the £.rst place b eca use h e felt it was of g reat value to the boys to have the oppor t unity of seeing and

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hearin g Mr. :Mass ey-on e o£ those. mliln who, hy. hard st work and straig ht condu ct, ~ad nsen to the hrghese becau ly second and hrm-' offer positio n the land could lle felt sure that now Mr. Masse y had seen the school he would be able to put in a word for them at head. . quarte rs. g cheers nngm three with ated termin 'l'he bo·atherin()' b for the Premi er.

Part of the Gym. ceiling had been careiul~y cov~red Many were the "urmn gs given with asbestos slating .

One aftern oon ~ agains t climb ing and hiding there. ug round. fOI glanu and, door the in hunte d hare dashed refuge , climbe d the wall and lay pantin g on a rafter. \¥hen the hound s had raced by the h are o. t~od up and stai·te d to walk along a rafter . H.is foot shppe d. He he fell on to the asbest os lining . The slate b!oke and hand one With rafter the grab to fell throu{)'h but manag ed . and hung: suspen ded some thirty feet a~ove a hard fl.oor uman superh a WI.th l'~s. back? lf Could he pull himse effort h e drags his body up and h es paJ?-tmg on the rafter.

It was a very white- faced boy that chmbe d down to the to fl.oor and it is a notice able fact that hares. now seem t. retrea aenal more the to place hiding d groun a prefer The appea rance of both the ground~ near the house and the cricke t-grou nd has b~en m~1ch Impro ved by the planti ng of some tre~s of vanou s ln~ds. .lYios_t ~f thes~, we~e consis ting of kowha i, tarata , .hohen a, and karo, wrll they that hoped be to IS It . gully brouo· ht up from the A numb er of shr~1b s hav~ also been plante d . all g~ow. be It is but ri"'ht that our beauti ful nahve plants should grown whe~ever possib le. T~ere .has been of late yea_rs, most fortun ately, a great reviva l m t~e cultu~·e of native plants . This is all the more to be de~ued, seemg that our native forests are doome d to destru ction.

Durin g the term Mr. Ward a~d the boys have bee~ makin g a grass tennis court alongs ide the aspha lt one bu It had been compl eted, top-dr esse.d ~nd lower down. ~mg grass- seed put in. But just when the grass was begmNow, w<?rse. the fo~ ed chang er weath the to come up . the beside the court there is a ditch which carnes awaymght ay Sat~ud One .

Road e Avenu the from water storm the rain simply came down in torren ts and did ~ot cease until late on Sunda y morni ng. Mr. Moyes notice d .t~at the court was flooded and that the storm \Vater had earned away a great deal of earth frolll: the end of the court . We (board ers) hurrie dly chang ed ~D;to our footba ll. togs add es rushed to the scene of destru ctiOn. There , with spa

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and shovels and picks we dug the storm water ditch. deeper and the water subsid ed into its regula r course to Furthe:~.: over, tJ:_e end of the court the mud from it lay in a depth of 18 m ches. Howev er, :Mr. ·ward has fillednot storm water will the hole nmY nnd we hope that the break over its bound aries in future . g The same storm y weath er that produc ed the roarinay Saturd t~rrent dowr~ the gully also carrie d away one house and mght a porhon of the bank at the back of the to s thank er, Howev court. just above the grass tennis the mass of roots of. the plants growi ng on the face the damag e wa.s not very seriou s . Anyho w it gave the boarders somet hmg to look at and to talk about for a while.

In _nearly every numb er of the "Tara nakia n" we have the compl amed o£ the storm water that comes down intoplain ~ully like t]Je ea taract of Lod ore; and we again eo meffect . m the hope Hwt our compl aints will produ ce some fillour of part some ys ~very spell of wet weath er destro new mg-up or excav ation, and it is doubt ful wheth er themade is ation found the until down laid te~nis court can he ur says qmte. sa!e !rom the . attack s o~ our Lodor e. Rumomaste rs the run long the m that le possrb t~at 1t rs JUst g cuttin gully the in day a wil~ don ,c~ung~r es a~d spend Our boys. the for one great a be wi11 s1ght l.he . drams only fear Is, howev er, t?at some day in ~he -holid ays will be chosen for the operat wn. But we are mclin ed to think her head in Hat "Fam e is indeed this time walkin g withgully. the in be may feet her the cloi1c~s" althou gh Dunn g the term.- an exhibi tion of jewell ery, odds and at ends, _,all sorts of. curws and compe titions were displa yedthe for Fund the of aid in Hall, ar Templ the Good In one of. the compe titions for mecca no Woun ded. m~r boys came :firs.t in the senior and junior of two , ~o~1E;ls odrvisiOns res~echvely. :>~he sem~n· model was a torped de-stroyer desrgne~ by I rt~. This ~vas afterw ards photo~rarhed and put m Avery s shop wmdo w for show. ellThe ii.

Jumor model was an aeropl ane, clesignetl by 13lund up ht broug w~s Last term a quant ity of good .soil a hom. the gu ll:v and put on to the cncke t prtch. d. N e:s:t The applie was es oil-bor the dressm g of papa from grass has .come t~uou~h this _and is !5rowing: well. With be the attent wn whicl: wrll be ~nve~ to .It t~e p1tch should hiJtter tl~an eve_r t;b IS year. The JUmor pitch has also been It is impos sible to have h eated .m a simila r manne_r. good cncke t unless decen t p1tches are availa ble .

The footba ll practi ces and games have, as usual, this IWason been held on the :raceco\U'se. What was f-ormerly

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Further over, t he Star Club ground is now our No . 1. between this ground and the Jockey Club's result board, a second ground, No. 2, h as been laid out . Most of the Second G-roup practices are held here. The surface is not so even as that of the No . 1 grounCl, but is improving. 'l'he smaller fry still use the hockey ground between the Girls' Hockey Ground and t he Agricultural Society's pens. In spite of its somewhat limited size this ground We are has been the scene of many a fierce struggle. still troubled by the barbed-wire fencing near the grounds.

So far as we can see it serves absolut ely no useful purpose, and it I S certainly responsible for much damage to balls and to clothing .

As usual we had two e:s:eats this term. At the路 first one most of the boarders went home, but unfortunately the weather was very wet . It was right in the middle of the long spell of wet weather vve had some time ago. 'rhe second e:s:eat was postponed for a week on acco unt of the Inspector's visit; and this time the weather was all Those boarders who did not go that we could desire . home for the two e:s:eats went to the Pictures on each occasion, and, of course, enjoyed themselves. vVe often wonder what " e should do on such occasions but for the .

Pictures.

Lately, a mania for stamp-collecting has developed in the school; and in sundry corners, keen followers of philately may be seen exchanging their valuable ( ?) speciOne of these devotees had commandeered his mens. father's collection, containing many valuable stamps, and was trying to obtain cash to keep him in stick-jaw by sell1ng the collection at a penny a stamp! His dreams of unlimited tuck were soon dissolved as his fellow-philate lists h ave been forbidden to purchase them.

During the term one of the boys put on some shoes (about two sizes too big for him) belonging to another boy. Later on he got on the trapeze in the Gym., and was swinging on it when suddenly one of the shoes flew off his foot and hit the asbestos on the side of the stage in front of him. The result was a small hole iust about the right size for a peep-hole for anyone behind the stage during an entertainment; and no doubt this hole will be used for this invaluable purpose.

Since the beginning of the school year we have been honoured with the attendance 'of numerous new boys, who. coming- too late in the t erm to take part in the annual New Boys' Concert, thought that they had escaped alGr(;lat was t}leir surprise anq consternatjop to~ether .

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therefore when, amidst great applause, a prefect announced before roll call one morning that they must be prepared to serenad_e the school in a few days. The ordeal was not so. tern.ble as they. thought, however, and all of .them are still ahve and chuping; some, perhaps, not qmte so proud of themselves and their vocal powers as . before.

As the Taranaki Hunt Club races were held on the racecourse on July 29 our football match against Eltham h:=td to ?e played on the Recreation Ground, much to the disappomt~~nt of the sporting members of our school fratermty .. Ihese firmly believe that the "barrack" would not have. m any way interfered with the races or with We understand that a team the runnmg of the horses. was to play our Second XV. on Westown Park. Our fellows went over, only to find, however, that the -visiting team ~ad found the allnrements of the races too great to be resisted. We therefore won this game by default.

In the Old Boys' Notes we publish extracts from the l~tter~ of Harper Lepper, giving a consecutive account of Ius tnp to E~gland . "iVe h~ve bee:~?- obliged, for want of In our space, to omit many very mterestmg details. next num?er.we hope to he able to give a similar account of. a cadets hfe at Sandhurst. And we hope that Lepper Will be only the first of our old boys to pass thrDlwh that "' College . . During the first te~路m l\ir. Moyes offered a prize of a gumea for the be~t .design for a contrivance to move the targets on the mimature range . Many of the boarders and a nul:J?-ber of th.e dayboys immediately set to work, and The Physics many weud contnvn;nces were wrought.

Lab. '":a~ converted mto an amateur wor-kshop, and the local Edisons would lock themselves in and rigorously e:s:clud~ any "spies." During the present term all the inve~ti10ns wer,e carefully exal:J?-ined, with the result that ::\Ir. ~foyes "as unable t~ decl(lP bet~een the productions The pnze was accordingly o~ ;pitt and . of Fookes 1. divided between these boys.

Ow~ng to increase in the area of ground required for the agnculture plots a new padd.ock has been fenced in for the horses of th~ ~ountry boys . This is an improvement ~rom two additiOnal points of view. In the first nlace It .enables,, as ~ne ge;ntle.m an put it, the horses to ha:ve a httle vn,_nety m theu d1et, a little I!Orse and fern bei)lg' no.w avail.able. But the second and greatest advantage IS the hm~ and labour save~ hy boys havinl! to [SO only half the distance to get theu horses. This is a

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great matter, as the ti'mEl. o;£ the average boy is so very limite<il that it is of the highest value-too vah~able to be sp'ent in goina- 400 yards to get a horse . The time would be £ar better spent in going to Teapot's.

On the evening of the day after oui· fete we concluded the dancing season with a long night. During the day we worked .hard and s~wceeded in making a good floor. Each boy brought three bottles of drink and the girls supplied the cakes. A programme had been posted up and several of our younger members showed 'g reat keenness in booking dances for days before and _b esieged the girl s the moment they step'ped inside. The supper and drinks were greatly appreciated an9, ~he hoarders especially made short work of them. Some of the boarders who do not take dancing waited outside in. the hope _of getting- somethingto cat, hut we made too clean a sweep. Dancing stopped at eleven o ~clo ck, Rnd after "Auld Lang Syne" Rnd "God Save the King" hRd been sung , we went to hunk, tired hut ·ham)y. · On Monday; Aug~st 23, the schqol was assembled in the Gymnasium, , to bid farewell to Messrs. Espiner and Hamblyn. - Mr. Moyes, in addressing us, said that we had met to per£01m both a pleasant and an unpleasant duty; pLeasant, in that we· were all proud to see that the two masters h'ad answered the call; and unpleasant in that. the school . w.as losing two old friends.

Continuing, he stated that .h e was -sure tha~ the two masters ca rried with them the very best wish es of the whole school, and the hope for a safe and speedy return. Mr. E spiner and Mr. Hamblylf were then asked, each to accept a smRll present in the for;rn of -a ca~e of pipe$ as a mark of our appreciation . . Kir. Espiner was greeted with a:pplause on respondinv.- ._ lle said that he was ·hoping his departure had been un-known, because he was · very much averse to saying "g-ood-byes," as we all knew.

However, he was very I!Tateful for the token. l-).nd ,thanked us one and all.

Mr. Hamhlyn also suitably responded. The meeting terminat.ed with rousing ch!;)ers for the two masters. ~ubsequently, · Mr . Espiner was the recipient of a fountain pen frcim his form, IIIb . The Lower Preparatory Department, also presented Mr. Hamblyn with three pocket-knives and a pack of cards .

We have-to acknowledge with thanks the gift of one guinea from Mr. W. C. Westo:q fgr the ftl'rtht;Jr \)ncoura6'e~~nt o~ s~ogtin~ ,· ·

STANDING- P. 0LIVER, N. QUILLIAM (Head H ouse), C. YATES, L. EYRE, J. TERRY, 0. BAYLY, E. HAMERTO N, D. vVINFIELD, SITTING-D. SYKES, R. MONTEATH, S. McMURRAY, F. A. BRUCE (Head), R. KIDD, W. ALEXANDER, H. LUCENA,

PREFECTS, 1915,

2!

FE)RM 1\VERl\ GES. SECOND TERM,' 1915 .

JTorm VIA.-As so many boys in this form are doing different work, no comparison or usual mark list is possible.

The members of this form are preparing for higher commercial and agricultural work, for the Public Service Senior, or for University Terms .

Form VIn ., 55.-1, K . Brokenshire, 74; 2, C. Yates, 67.

Form V., 55.-1, M. Atkiuson, 70; 2 (equal), E. Hnmerton 69, E. Tansey 69 . 路 :Form IV., 44.-1, U. Doile, 63; 2, A. Brooker, 61. .

Form IliA., 62 .-1, K. Roberts, 81; 2, H. Goss, 77.

Form IIIn., 55.-1, R. :Murray, 69; 2, H. Pin路it, 65.

Form Form Form Form Form Form

PREPARA'rO RY SCHOOL. III., 66.--1, W ebster, 90; 2, Pope, 85 . liA., 59.-1, Fagan, 68; 2, Hughes, 63.

IIn., 64.-1, Holden, 85.5; 2, Maclmy, 85.

11., 50.- 1, Williams, 75; 2, Neal, 73.

IA., 66.-1, Lysons, 80; 2, Blundell, 78.

In ., 58.-1, Fookes, 62; 2, Gilmour, 54.

Rf'LL f'F HeN0UR .

The following is the complee list of old boys who have either gone to the hont or who h ave enlisted. The total number is 83.

As the total number of old boys available is about 570, the percentage of volunteers is between 14 and Hi. This must be considered a hio路h percentage, especially seeing that many of the older ~cl boys are over the age for service. In this numb er we publish a number of photographs of those who have responded to the call of the country.

Killed in 1\ction or Died of Wounds.

PRIVATE GRIFFITHS, S. J.-Died of wounds. L eft with Main Body, before which he was t eller in the local Branch of the Bank of New South Wales.

CORPORAL HALL, V. J. B.-Died of wounds.

SERGEANT MULLOY, WATTIE.-Kille d in action. While at school was a good all-round sport. L eft school to join the Bank of New South Wales; went with Main Body.

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LANCE-CORPORAL SOLE, L. P.-Died of wounds. Left with Main Body. Was employed as a reporter by the Taranaki Herald.

Wcunded.

Pte. Baker, S. G. (wounded twice).

Sgt. Ellerm, E . B. Pte. Hill, L . G. Pte. Rowel!, N. B. Lieut. Lepper, H. Pte. Morshead, H. B .

Trooper Malone, T .

Trooper M'Connell, T. Lieut. Matthews, N. Sgt. Okey, S. M. Pte. Patterson, W. B. Pte. Stanley, E . C. (wo~nded twice).

Pte. West, V. W. Corp. Whitham, Alf.

New Vlymouth Boys' High School eld Boys.

Pte. Avery, Harry (Australian Force).

Pte. Adlam, R . A. (Samoan Force). ? Bollinger, G. Corp. Billing, F. H. Pte. Baker, S. G. Pte. Baily, R. H. Gunner Blythe, H. Pte. Brown, D. B. Capt. Buxton, T. L. Sgt. Baker, F. Russell.

Major Cornwall, C. Pte. Crone, C. ? Coker, A. C. (Australian Force).

Pte. Cartwright, A. Sgt. Outfield, E. Pte. Collis, D. Lieut. Dockrill, J. Pte. Dowling, R. E. P1·ivate Ellis, W. Corp. Ellis, T. J. Sgt. E!lerm, E. B. Lieut. Faris, E. I. L.-Cpl. Grant, Alf. (Samoan Force).

L.-Cpl. Grant, I. P.

Sgt. Glasgow, W. B. Pte. Griffi.ths, S. J. Driver Gaukrodger, R. Pte. Hill, L. G. Sgt .-1\iajor Hawkins, G. J .

Lieut. Hurle, S. H. Pte. Healy, A. Pte. Howell, N. B. Pte. Haworth, L. G. Corp. Hall, V. J. B. Pte. Hamblyn, C. J. Pte. Hill, W. ? Hirst, J. B. (in Flanders) .

L.-Cpl. Jenkinson, W . H. Trooper Knight, G. Lieut. Lepper, H .

Trooper Lusk, D. A. Sgt. Mulloy, W. Pte. Medway, J. Pte. Morshead, H. B .

Trooper Mander, W. G. Sgt. M'Arthur, Alf. (Samoan Force).

Q.M.S. M'lsaac.

Trooper Malone, T. Trooper M'Connell, T. Lieut. Matthews, N .

ROLL OF HONOUR. Pte. Mackie, H. J. Pte. Newell, D .

Sgt. Okey, S. M. Sgt. Okey, W. P .

Pte. Okey, R. L Lieut. Pridham, C. Pte . Perry, W. · L. Pte. Patterson, W. B. Pte. Pott, I. W. Pte. Pott, G. H. (in Africa).

Pte. Potts, C. H. Corp. Paul, S. V. ? Paul, G. (with Canadians).

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Pte. Quilliam, Reg. Sgt. Quilliam, Ron. Q.:M.S. R.ussell, G. Pte. l'tider, F. H .

Driver Stapp, A. D. (invalided home) .

Major Standish, I. T. Pte. Stanley, E. C. L.-Cpl. Sole, L. P. Drummer Smith, L. ? Simmons, W. Pte. West, V. F. Pte. Warren, L .

Pte. West, H. Corp. Whitham, A.

'l'he following have enlisted and not yet been caJled upon:Lieut. Espiner.

Pte. Ewing, S. Pte. lVIatthews, A. B. Pte. Callaghan, F. Pte. Mace, Dick.

Pte. Hoby, S. Pte. Blanchett, R..

ReUSE N0TB5.

Several new boarders have joined us this term, though we have also to record the departure of some of our fellows. The n ew boys are Pitt, M'Kay, Amor, Maclean, and Rodger. The latter was previously a pupil at the Gisborne High School. 'l.'hose who have left us are Hunger, Hastie, Hunter, Quilliam. All the new boys have been formally initiated and christened. The following are the names bestowed on them :-Rip alias Rosy alias Radish; :;\Iac; Sute; Flabby; Sw·itchback alias Peanut; Choppy; Amos alias Moses; Dreamy alias Barney; Guy Fawkes; Pip alias Atty ii.; Pu:ff-pu:ff; Bushy Bill; I van ; Casey; M01·key; Hig&·les; Ducky; Eddy; Horry; Jimmy alias Ernie; Granclad; Bracey; Pat; Judge; Bob alias Opossum; William Henry-; Farmer.

Several exciting incidents ha~e occurred this term, chief among which was, perhaps, our raid on the diningroom. When the masters had finished supper, two daring youths, at about midnight, crept bravely into the diningroom, only to find that someone had been before them, and that a great deal of food had disappeared. Nevertheless, they found enough to make them uncomfort-

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able. However, signs of their carousal were fomid, and a settling-u p followe~. .

Anoth·er night a muswal concert was held . Also a record for staying awake was created. It may be noted that it is not universall y agreed as. to the ~xact hour of going to sleep . The result of th1s late mght was a houseful of sleepy boarders, and the master on duty had a O'ood time waking them. · "' During exeat the usual pillow-fig hting ensued . One battle was so heated that a window was broken .

We have pleasure in recording the fact that a boarder, namely Pitt, gained the Meccano prize . Evidently house tucker is conducive to prize-winn ers.

A large number of boarders have been swotting for the term e·x ams. ·Result, a large number of books have been leH in the dorms. Conseque ntly, the pound has been doing a good trade. 'l'bis terlh has seen the a.dv~nt .of fatigue squads.

Each morning a prefect takes a squad of boys round the school-gro unds to clean up bits of paper and rubbish.

Then they go through the buildings to collect for the pound all articles lying about.

Most of 1,1s went out for both exeats, but a few stayed at home and had pillow-fig hts.

We .have been to the following entertain ments:The vVi:.Utm: Show, the Dandies, the Girls' Concert, and, as usual, the Pictures.

During the heavy rains, the ditch along the gully overflowed and the tennis courts were getting washed away, but a number of boarders donned their football togs and saved the situation in the rain.

Several fellows in Prep., feeling hungry, began the practice of eating peanuts to while away the time.

Howe,rer, they dropped the shells on the floor, and consequently they. got some well-earne d "detennie s." · Early in the te1;m we had a concert for new boarders . · It was a · great success, except for one or two ~ellows who pleaded sore throats and inability to sing.

NlGER Ht"US E Nt"TE S. On th~ final night of last term a great towel fight took place at Niger House.

Pillow-fig hting is not allowed as, at earlier periods, several pillows have been badly ripped. vVe had therefore to content ourselves with cracking one another with towels.

The master~:!

;MAJOR I. T. STANDlSH (Artillery).

NIGER HODSE NOTES. were convenie ntly out o£ the way, as they were up at school filling in our reports. The downsta ir dormitor ies were surprised by the upstair ones, but after a few minutes the defender s r allied and drove back their opponents. 'rhe upstair boys retired to the stairs, from which they could not be dislodged, although the attackers were twice their number. About 10 o'clock a master was seen coming over the grounds. At once there was a general rush £or beds, and peace reigned, except for a few artificial snores.

Often at night \veird sounds o£ music used to come tunefully through the air from downsta irs. Sometim es it was quite tolerable , and we were very proud to think that a musician wa:- employe d to lull us to sleep. One night the mysterio us musician opened the door and came out into a dormitor y in t he form o£ one of our masters playing a flute. It is a peculiar £act that the music is more criticised now than before.

One o£ our number h as been forced to wear spectacles, an<l, singular ly enough, is ver y proud o£ them.

The first day he spent almost all the time polishin g t hem, and once, when he h au left his handker chief b ehind, asked several boys for a loan o£ theirs. 'rhat night h e wanted to sl eep w1th his beloved specs. , but, being told he would break t hem, he did the next best thing and placed them und er his pillow ! vVe have been a very happy band at Niger this term, except for one clay when a boy, who gets the paper every morning , conveyed to u s the sad tidings that :M:r. Hall, formerly our hiu·hly esteemed housem aster, had died o£ wounds received while fighting at the front £or the cause o£ the Empire.

I?REI ?1\R1 \T0RY N0TE S. During the term we have had seven n ew boys, o£ whom three are boarders and four clay boys. The clay boys are Pope and Amor in the Upper Prep. , and M'Kean and Graver in the Lower Prep. The n ew boarders are Fussell, Fox and M'Lean. \Ve have now 17 boarders and 43 clay boys, making a total of 60 .

W"ben the tickets were issued for the fete the different f orms compete d for the reward o£ one clay's holiday o:fferecl to the form selling the most.

This the Lower Prep. won, while the Upper Prep. were second.

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Towards the end of the term we were gla~ to weicome back Rawson and Robinson, who were lmd up for the greater pa:rt of tl1e term. \Ve are sorry,. ~o.wever, that Fookes has been operateJ on for appendiCitis, but we hear that he is p1·ogressing favourably .

At the end of the term, Mr. Hamblyn and Mr. Espiner left for the front. They both carry with them our best wishes for a safe return . It is largely due to the e:ll'orts of the former master that the football team h as Jone so well this year . All our matches were won by substantial margins, except against . W aitara, which we lost by 9 to 8 .

At the present time our museum contains a great number of specimens, including shells from the Boer 'Var, various mineral specimens, and old regimental buttons. 'Ve are hoping that the Board will grant us a glass case in which to keep our collection.

'L'he Librarv Committee has not had much work to do this term. The libr:uian had to draw up a new record book and number and buy books. vV e take this opportunity to thank those who have given new books to the library. With the aiel of subscriptions, fines, etc ., the number of books has increased to 150.

At the beginning of the t erm we moved our books from the Prep. room to the Upper School library, where we have an up-to-date case, which we hope to fill shortly .

1\N EX1\MIN1\TI0N 1?1\I?ER.' (The following amusing and exceedingly clever examination paper on Dickens 's "Pickwick Papers" was drawn up by Charles Shunt Calverley, one of the most successful v.·ri ters of light verse of the nineteenth century.

H e was born in 1831 and was educated at Harrow and at both Oxford and Cambridge. At the university he had a great reputation as a student, a writer of light verse, and as an athlete.

A severe fall on the ice in 1867 brought on concussion of the brain.

He lingered on, gradually growing weaker, till he died in 1884.

His best-known works are "Verses and Translations" and "Fly Leaves ." Cn lverley ''as quite one of our best parodists, and was une:s:celled as a translator both from and into the classical languages.

Perhaps his finest original poem is "Prom Dover to :JI[ unich."

This poem contains passages of great and of even solemn beauty, with

others of the purest fun.

We recommend all readers and admirers of Dickens, and we are o·lad to say that their name is still Legion, to test the "'thoroughness of their reading with this examination paper .)

1. Mention any occasion on which it is specified th.at the Fat Boy was not asleep; and that (1) Mr. P ickwiCk and (2) Mr. Weller, senr., ran.

Deduce from expressions used on one occasion Mr. Pickwick's maximum of speed.

2. Translate into coherent English, adding a note wherever a word, a construction, or an allusion requires it: ' "Go on, Jemmy-like black-eyed Susan-all in the Downs"-"Smart chap that cabmanha:ndled.his fives well-~ut if I'd been your fnend m the green Jemmy-punch his head-pig's whisper-pieman, too."

E lucidate the expression, "The Spanish Traveller," and the "narcotic bedstead." . 3. 'Vho were Mr. Staple, Goodwin, Mr. Brooks, VIllam, Mrs. Bunkin, "old Nobs," "cast-iron head," "young Bantam?" · . 4. What operation was performed on. Tom Smart's chair? ':"ha little thinks that in which pocket of what garment, m where, he has left what, entreatin<i' him to return to whom, with how many what and all how big?

5. Give, approximately, the height of Mr. Dubley; and, accurately, the Christian names of Mr. Grummer, Mrs. Raddle and the Fat Boy; also the surname of the Zephyr. . 6. "Mr. 'Yeller's knowledge of London was extenSive and peculiar."

Illustrate this by a reference to the facts . '· 7: Describe the Rebellion which had irritated Mr. Nupkms on the day of Mr. Pickwick's arrest.

8. Give in full Samuel Weller's first compliment to 1\hry, and his father's critique upon the same young lady.

What church was on the valentine that first attract~d Mr. Samuel's eye in the shop?

9. Describe the common Profeel-machine . . 10,. State the component parts of clog's nose; and simphfy the expression "taking a grinder."

11. On finding his principal in the pound, Mr. Weller and the town-beaule varied directly.

Show that

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the latter was ultimately eliminated , and state the number of rounds in the square which is not described.

12. "Any think for air :md exercise; as the wery old donkey observed ven they voke him up from his deathbed to carry ten gen' lmen to Greenwich in a tax·cart. " . Illustrate this by stating any r emark recorded in the Pickwick P:wers to have been made by a (pre.V.iously) dumb anin1al, with the circumstances under which he made it.

13. What kind o£ cigars did ~Ir. Ben Allen chiefly smoke, and where did he knock and take naps alternately, uncler the impression that it was his homer . 14. What" was the orclinary or,cupation of Mr. Sawyer's boy?

Whence did J\Ir. Allen derive the idea that t11ere was a special destiny between Mr. S. and Arabella? · 15. Describe vV.eller's Method of ''gently indicating his presence" to the young lady in the garden; and the Form of Salutation usual among the coachmen of the period. · 16. State any in cidents you know . in the career o£ ~l'~m Martin, butcher, previous to his incarceration .

17. Give \Veller ' s Throries for the extraction of Mr. P-i c;k~vick from the Fleet.

W h ere was his wife's will found".? · . 18. How did the old lad v mak e a memorandum, and of what, at whist? Show thnt ther e were at least three times as many :ficlllles as harp s in ~h1ggl eton at the time of the ball at Manor Farm.

19. What is a rrd-facecl Nixon?

20. \Vrite down ti1e chorus to each verse ·of Mr. S. WeUer'·s soLtg, and a sketch of the mottle-faced man's excursus on it.

Is there anv ground for conjecturing that he (Sam) had more brothers than one?

21. How many lumps of sugar went into the Sheph enl 's liquor as a rule? and is any exception recorded?

22. \ Vhat seal was on :Mr. vVinkl e's lett er · to his father? IV' hat peni ten tia l a tti t u de did he assume before Mr. Pickwick ?

23 . "She's a-swelling visibly."

When did the same phenomenon occur again, and· what fluid caused the _p r.essute onth,~ ·.libdy. in the 'latter case:?

SERGT. 13. GLASGO'vV.

LIEUT. S. HURLE.

SERGT. D. COLLIS.

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24 . How did l\Ir. \i\Teller, senior, llefine the Funds, In and what view did he take of Heduced Consols? what terms is his elastic force deserib ed, wL en he as\ Vrite down the saulted l\!Ir. Stiggins at the m eeting? name of the meeting.

25. "Probatognomon; a good judge of cattle ; hence, a good judge of character .' ' Note on ...i.Esch. Ag.I llustrate the theory involved by a r em ark of t he parent Weller.

26. Give some account of th e wonl "fant eeg, " and hazard any eonjecture e:s:plana tm·y of th e expression "l\!Iy Prooshan Blue," applied by Mr. Sa muel t o ::\h. Tony Weller .

27 . In developing to P . ::\1. his views o£ a proposition, what asumption dill illr. Pickwick feel justified in · making?

28. Deduce from a remark o£ :Mr . vVeller, junior, the price per mile of cabs at the period.

29 . \Vhat llo you know o£ the hotel next the Bull at Rochester?

30 . Who, besides Mr. Pickwick , is recorded to have worn gaiters?

A book prize will be given to t h e best set o£ answers Answers must be hamlecl in by Kovember to this paper.

There are no restrictions as to the answering o£ 30th .

Competitors are quite at libert y to consult the paper. " Pickwick PapPI'S ' wh en \Hiting their ans>cers . No prize will be a\>anlell for nny set of a nswen; which g ains less than 40 per cent . o£ tl1 e possible mark s .

el\DETS. At the end o£ the fi rst t erm our rifl es were called in by the Def ence Department, so that this t erm we For the first have had to make shift without them. part of the t erm skirmishin g, ext ended-order drill, and distance judging was carried out on the Ra cecourse 'l'his was varied by comgTounds by both companies.

In th e la t t er drill our platoons pany and platoon drill. were half-size, consisting of two inst ead o£ four sections By this arrangement we had four platoons in each. all, making ·just a suitable number £or the movements to be carried out in this branch o£ our work.

CADETS.

On the KinO'' s Birthday the cadets of both . eo m~ panies, except those wh~ were i~ t~e ~rst and second fifteens had a field clay with t he 'J:erntonals and Defence H.ifle Club, in the neighbourhood of the Old Hospital Road.

In the morning the cadets, as defenders, under Captain Moyes, took up a position opposite the old waterworks, <t position which was naturally strong and, with numerous barb-wire fences in fron t of it, made the attack extremely difficult.

The attacking force, under Captain :M:acDiarmid, preceded by an advance guard, gradually dev:l.oped its attack, but owing to the strength of the positiOn and the good work of the defenders, it failed.

Aftm: the "cease fire" the men were assembled, and were briefly. addressed by Major Bellringer, who pointed out the mistakes that were made.

In the afternoon the manoeuvre was repeated, the T erritorials and De拢ence The work was in Rifle Club defending the position. every way a great improvement on that o拢 th e morninO' and the attack was successful. o> About June, a squad of cadets was formed to be instructed in bayonet drill, for the purpose of o路ivinO' an exhibition at the Fete which was h eld on AuO'~lst t9 in aid of the vVounded Soldiers' Fund . The sq~ad, under the able charge of Sergeant-Major H esp, of the Permanent Sta:ff, devoted all its drill time to this work. The long rifles, with which the squad was provided, with bayonets on the. end of them, proved somewhat unwieldy at first, but this awkwardness soon wore o:ff and the S<J_uad made rapid strides towards the nece~sary effiCiency.

In the menntime, the remainder of the two com-

P:;tl~ies devote.d t heir attention to physical drill, an exhi-

bition of which was also given at t he F et e. . On the day of the Fete both bayonet and physical dr:ll tumecl out a success, and except for a few minor ~Istakes, not noti~ed, we hope, by the public, the drillmg was well earned out.

Once again the war has decreased the sta:ff of our masters. . On Au.gust 23 ~Ir . Hamblyn left New Plymouth with the Elghth Remforcements for the traininO' camp, while. Mr. Espiner is to leave. on September 16.

We shall miss b.o~h ?f tl~ es~ officers m all our military work.

IV e all J Olll m wishmg them a successful career at the front and a safe return.

V. J.

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B. H 1\ L L.

The loss of those with whom we have been closely associated brings home to us very nearly what the war really is. \ 路v e in the New Pl ymouth Boys' High School have had this sad experience in the death of M.r. Hall.

He was with us for over two years, and during that time so acted that our r espect and affection for him constantly increased.

He was painstaking and conscientious to a degree, never sparing himself \vhen h e could be of the slightest help to anyone else.

Outside the school the shooting teams will miss him most.

The cadets, too, missed him greatly .

Immediately on the outbreak of war he volunteered, aml left us so sudden ly that many of us had no time to say "Good-bye."

Little did we think that we were seeing him for th e last time when be g ave us that last lesson on his la st day. vV ord came one night that 4is services had been accepted, and he was As in his life he off by the first train nex t morning. was courteous, brave, and a true gentleman, we are proud to know that when grievously wounded he acted as did that prince of nobleness, Sir Philip Sidney.

Though badly wounded he joked with his hearers all the long, rough way down to the beach , in spite of his g:r:!at su.fferings .

And when he was ofrer ecl a drink from a water-bottle he said, "No; the f ellows in the trenches need it more than I. " We hop ed thn t his wound would not prove serious, and this hope made the news of his det1th come to us with the greater shock.

He was the son of Mr. 'l'homas Hall, District L and Registrar at Auckland, and one of his three brothers, Private Lionel W. B. Hall, is also with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces . Mr. H all had a fine scholastic career.

H e was . educated at the N a pier Boys' High School, where he was dux .

He won a Senior National Scholarship, an cl then proceeded to Victoria College, where he took his M.A. degree with honours in English and French.

He was immediately appointed to the New Plymouth Boys' High School.

We are much the poorer for liis loss, but we hope his example will b e as permanent as, mo st certainly, will be his memory to all those who knew him.

'S HO OTI NG NOTES.

I MP ER I AL CH AL LE NG E SH IEL D (JU NI OR ).

SE CO ND 'l'ER:M:, 1915.

Th e sho oti ng thi s ter tue min iatu re ran ge, all m has bee n ent ire ly con fine d to bee n cal led in on acc oun t our Lee -En fiel d rifles hav ing har d luc k, as ma ny of the of the wa r. Th is is rat her boy s we re bec om ing kee n sho oti ng at Re wa He wa , on som e rea son the min iatu reon the ful l-sized ran ge, and for old er sho ts qui te so mu ch. ran ge does not app eal to the thi s is tha t the y thi nk the I thi nk one exp lan atio n of sho oti ng, and are inc line d re is not hin g in thi s cla ss of to tre at it wit h som e deg of con tem pt. Th is is a mis ree tak e, how eve r, as sho oti ng wit h a sm all .22 cal ibr e tar get 20 yar ds aw ay req uirrifle at a hal f-in ch bul l's-eye eye sig ht tha n does sho oti nges ste adi er ner ves and kee ner get s pro por tio nat ely inc rea at 200 or 500 yar ds at tar sed in size.

As soon as pos sib le aft er our ret urn to school thi s ter m two tea ms , sen ior and sen t the sch ool in the Im jun ior , we re pic ked to rep repet itio ns. As the re wa s per ial Ch alle nge Shi eld com min iatu re ran ge wa s in useonl y one rifle ava ilab le, the and on Sat urd ay mo rni ngs eve ry afte rno on aft er school alte rna te day s. It wa s arr , eac h tea m pra ctis ing on Jun e 8 and 9, wit h Ser ang ed to fire the ma tch es on officer. Th e day s cho sen gea nt- Ma jor He sp as ran ge we re for tun ate ly fine, wit cle ar, ste ady lig ht, and the h a sho oti ng wa s com me nce d at abo ut 10 o'c loc k. Th e sco res ma de we re as fol low :IM PE RIA L CH AI1 LE NG E SH IEL D (SE NIO R) .

Lu cen a .......... l?ookes ..... .....

Ha me rto n Ma rtin ······· ··· Me uli ···· Bru ce ···· ········ ···· ···· Bo ult on Hu ghe s ·· ·· ·· Jac kso n ....···· ... ..

Ya tes ···· Syk es ···· ···· ···· ···

·····

Slow (50).

47 47 43 47 45 46 43 40 41 44 42

Rap id (50).

49 46 48 44 44 41 43 44 42 37 37

(Total 100).

96 93 91 91 89 87 86 84 83 81 79 Av era ge, 87.2.

Bull 's-ey e (50).

Fig . (50).

44 47 46 45 44 46 40 41 42 37

48 44 44 45 44 41 45 44 41 32

'r rai ll, W. . . . . . . .

Hu nte r .... .... ..

Joh ns .... .... ....

Gre ine r Du ckw ort h . . . . . .

Ho oke r .... ... .. .

Ha rris on Gra yli ng Mo rey .... .... ...

Vi cke ry

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Tot al (100).

92 91 90 90 88 87 85 85 83 69

Av era ge, 86.

Th e ave rag e for the sen ior tea poi m nts hig her is 9 t1Iis yeaJ.' tha n las t yea r.

Th is ter m the com pet itio n for t_he m~p pre s~nted by :Mr. Lov eda y, and the school beg un las t ter m, we re com cha mp wn sh1 ps, whlCh w~re cha mp ion shi p we re won by ple ted . Th e cup and ~en~or H. ~u cena, and t~e. JUmor cha mp ion shi p was won by the cup were the bes t 3 sho"\V. Tra1ll. Th e con diti ons for ots out of 4, 10 sho ts eac h on reg ula tio n bul l's-eye ta;rget s: ..

Th e sen ior cha mp wn sh1 p con cht wn s were the bes cup sho ots , plu s the bes t 2 out of 3 rap id sho ots , of t 3 10 sho ts eac h on fig ure tar get Th e jun ior cha mp ion shis. cup sho ots , plu s the bes t p con diti ons _were the bes t 3 out of 3 deh ber ate sho ots , of 10 sho ts eac h on fig ure tar2get Th e hig hes t scores ma de s. are as follows :LO VE D AY CU P CO MP ET ITI ON . so. so. so.

Tot al (ISO).

Lu cen a 45 47 47 139 Ma rtin 43 44 47 134 Foo kes 43 44 47 134 Tra ill, W .... ... 42 45 44 131 Du ckw ort h 40 46 44 130 Gre ine r 41 43 45 129 Bo ult on ······· 42 43 43 128 ·· Bru ce 36 46 46 128 Mo rey .... .... .... 40 42 45 127 Ho oke r 40 40 46 126 Hu nte r 39 40 47 126 Syk es ·· ······· 41 42 42 125 ·· · Ha me rto n ···· ·· 39 42 43 124 Ya tes ······ ····· 38 41 44 123 Jac kso n ····· ···· 40 41 42 123 Gra yli ng 41 41 41 123

SHOOTING NOTES,

SHOOTING NOTES.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

Sir,-J udging from the correspondence in your paper some deoTee of misapprehension seems to exist con· cernin"' the r:sults of the Schools of the Empire match.

In justice to those concerned it is only fair to state what actually happened.

It had been arranged to shoot off the mU.:tch at the commencement of the last week of the term but the weather was so consistently had that the shooting had to be postponed several times.

On the morninrr of the last day of the t erm, the officers who had volunt:ered their services were on the range at 5 a.m., but agreed that the firing had better be postponed ~ill the afternoon.

'I'his was done . It was then found Impossible owin"' to pressure of business to get the services of these g~ntlemen again.

The only staff officer .available in the district was quite unable to attend and It was consequently aoTeed that Sergeant-Major Hesp should supervise on b~half of the local de.fence office. 'l'he master in charo·e of the team, for obvwus reasons not one of the officers"' connected with the school cadets, being unacquainted with the procedure, deemed this sufficiently satisfactory.

Hence the disqualification through. a technicality.

It is only fair to say that the shootmg successes achieved by the school teams owe a great deal to the enthusiasm displayed by the local defence officers.

- I am, etc., C. G. BOT'fRII..I.., Chairman High School Shooting Committee.

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I..ucena .........

Martin ·· ······· Fookes ········· Hamerton .... :.

Boulton Bruce Hughes .. .. .. ...

Sykes

Slow (150).

Rapid (100).

Total (250).

139 134 134 124 128 128 121 125

96 92 85 9'2 85 83 79 75

235 226 219 216 213 211 200 200

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. Bull's-eye (150).

'fraill, W. Duckworth Morey .........

Greiner .........

Hunter .........

Grayling ······ Harrison .... ..

Hooker .........

Johns

131 130 127 129 126 123 122 126 121

Fig. (100).

95 90 88 86 88 89 90 84 88

(Total 250).

226 220 215 215 214 212 212 210 209

'I'he miniature range in the gully behind the boarding-house has now reached the end of its existence, as a new range has been built on the corner of the cricket ground, above Fort Niger.

This range was meant originally for the Fete alone, hut it was decided later to build it for permanent use.

There was plenty of unpaid labour, as the boys were very keen on it, and cut and carried clods, while Mr. \Vard did all the construction work.

The range faces south and is in a good position for the light.

Noel Fookes has built a movable target carrier, so that the targets may be inspected from the firing point without the trouble of walking up to the butts.

It was a great disappointment to us to learn of our disqualification in the Schools of the Empire Competition, for which we shot at the end of last year.

Our score was 34 points a hove that of the winmng team, but we were disqualified through having on the score card the signature of a non-commissioned officer, instead of that of a commissioned officer.

It was hartl for us to get officers at all, as the war had upset the local defence The explanation will be found in the following affairs. letter, written by Mr. :Bottrill to the "Taragaki Hen1ld,"

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A

THE FETE. 'l'here was much anxiety about the weather ' for several days before the great day.

A fresh mountain wind for a few days beforehand gave us hopes that Thursday, August 19, would turn out fine.

We. were not disappointed, as the day, though not bnght, was pleasantly mild.

Early in the afternoon the people he"'<m to arrive, and before long some 1500 or so people we~e on the ground. . .

The "'athering was first addressed by his Worship the Mayo~.

In the co~use of his remarks, M!'. Wi~son pointed out that the obJect of the fund no~ bemg rmse.cl throuo·hout New Zealand for wounded solchers and then depen~lents, and the dependents of those ~ho fall, is .to round off the Government scheme of pensiOns; t h at Is, the money will be used by the executive com:n:i~tee in charge of the district in m aking adequate provision for

THE FETE.

any of our. soldiers who are wounded, and their dependents; and the dep eiidents of those who are killed.

As an example, Mr. \Vilson instanced the case of a man who might be unfortunate enough to lose a leg. Our representative s at the front, he was pleased to say, had gone from every class of the conimunity; there were well-to-do men, and men earning their living by their h ands, every class had tl~ken up its share of the burden .

It \voulcl be realised . that the Government pension to a man losing a leg would be the same to a clerk, whom it would not vitally a:ffect, because it would not prevent him from continuing in his ordinary occupation, as it would be to a farmer or bushma;n, yet the latter would be Thus the utterly unable to r esume their usual work. ineg_ualities of any fi:s:ed scheme would be recognised, and to counteract them, the present fund would be used . . vVherever -necessity exists, continued the Mayor, no man "1\ho has gone away to fight from this country shall, when the war is over, come back again and be unable to live without the reasonable comforts he was able to enjoy If a man should lo se his before he went to the war . life in our. cause, those who are dependent upon him will be properly looked after . (Applause.) :Ere hoped that before the fund was closed in the ne:s:t few months a very big. amount "ould b e raised throughout th.e Dominion.

W e could ·n ot do too ·much for the m en who went to the other side of the world to fight for us, and it ·was our duty · to see that those they left behind them did not Other places bad raised very large want for anything . sums; Wairarnpa, for instance, a well-to-do community, must have contributed from £6.0,000 to £70,000. These people recogni.sE>d that owing solely to the war they h ad made thousands · upon thousands more than they did in other years, and they looked upon it as their duty to give back, as much of the extra profit as they could spare, to assist the Belgian people and our own soldiers.

In New Plymouth, at the present time, the fund amounted to only £2000 or £3000, but Mr. ·wilson hoped that in the next two or three months the people would He felt sure give a very· considerable amount of nioney. the people "1\ould realise the money was needed, and would give it, ancl give it cheerfully, not once, but again Even if it was only a little, every contribuand again.

The gathering that tion; how ever small, ·was a help. afternoon was to raise money for the benefit of the fund, and he had no · doubt that . the result wotllcl be very ~a tisfa ctory.

STANDING-P. 0LIVER, S . BORRIE, R. MONTEATH , I L. LOVELL, ; J. TERRY, L. EYRE, 0 . BAYLY, J.l T UOHY, J. WYBORN. SITTING-M. ATKINSON, S. MCMURRAY, D, SYKES, F. A. BRUCE (Captain) , R. KIDD, H. BAYLY, P. MEULI. FIRST FIFTEEN,

1915.

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The Mayor referred with pride to the fact that so many old scholars of the school had responded to the Empire's call.

So far as could be ascertained, the number of soldiers who had received their education at the school, and enjoyed their sports on the school playing fields, was 82. (Applause.) This was something of which those interested in the school might well feel proud .

Continuing, his \Vorship said that a good programme had been arranged to draw money from the pockets of those present, and he hoped the result would ' be a substantial one, and an encourag ement to the boys.

"I can only say," remarked Mr . vVilson in conclusion, "tliat I now have very much pleasure in turning the boys of the school loose, to do their best."

Mr. Moyes also said a few words.

There was very little he could add to :Mr. \Vilson's remarks, but he hoped that evm-yone had brought well-lined and well-filled po ckets, and that they would be much lighter at the end of the day.

The sum of £100 was already in hand -(applause)- and he hoped that the final amount would reach £200. 'l'he most conspicuous object in the grounds was the large school marqu!~ e, which was occupied by the Produce Stall.

This was under the management of Mesdames P enn, D' Arcy Ro bertso:n , K. W e bster and H u tchen.

There was a great array of produce of all descriptionsfruit, vegetables, home-made jam, home-made marmalade, home-made bread, eggs, cheese, meat, ginger-beer and many other ~uticles.

One great attraction was a large quantity of cheese containing gold and silver coins.

This met with a very ready sale, no less than a hundred·weight and a half being sold.

In fact, every article on the stall was sold before the end of the afternoon .

In all the sum of over £23 was taken.

In connection with this stall, we wish to thank Mr. E. Carter for his kindness in cutting up the auriferous and argentiferous cheese, a task requiring both _skill and strength .

Next the Produce Stall was the well-patronise d Sweet Stall, presided over by Misses Rockel, A. Bullard and M. Corkill.

A roaring trade was done here, too.

Most of the dainties for sale were home-made, and the supply was absorbed by the public before the afternoon was over.

Indeed, the demand was so great that a much greater quantity could have been sold.

On this stall, too, was a beautiful collection of daffodils and violets, and these too met with a ready sale.

One side

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generao! the stall was we~l _patronised by the younger pushing tion, who kept Qmlham and Bryce very busy We mar~les ~lo~n th_e neck o£ aerated-wat er bottles. consid er It madvisable to mention the number of bottles opened. . The receipts at th e Sweet Stall were about £10.

AdJacent to the Sweet Stall was the Cake Stall A under. the charge of Mesdames Ewing and Hayden. temptmg array of wares was on exhibition and the public showed its appreciation by e:ffectin(l' ~ complete Th e sum of over £5 was"' taken here. . " c1eanng ou t . " the business bloek the visitor came leaving After The first of next .to. the "vanity" part of the Fair. these. side-shows was that presided over by :M adame MystiCa., who was engaged all clay Ion"' in revealin"' the future to all and sundry for a very ~mall coin of the So intense was the interest shown that the last r ealm. few revelations had to be made by candle lio'ht. . Next to Madame's shrine of mystery ,;as what we might perhaps call the "Raucous Departmen t." First of these was Mr. vV. H . Jenkinson, who had cbar"'e of His allurements alon"' with those the dart-throwi ng . of h~s assistant, could be heard all ov~r the g'round. The re<?eipts showed that there was a Siren-like quality in his VOICe .

Here Ho:ffCoconuts formed the next attraction . mann did a great business and managed to dispose o£ All through the afternoon people three sucks of nuts. wer~ to ue seen trying t1Jeir skill, or rather luck, in shymg at the nuts, and the quantity of shells lyin"' about the n eighbourhoo d was evidence that there w:re few disa,ppointm ents. In all tne sum of £5 10s. was taken.

Mr . L. E. Ho:ffmann ran the Hoop-la next door.

Here, too, good business was done, and the fund benefited to the extent of £5 Ss. But o_f all the Sirens along "Vanity Street" the most allurmg were Sergeant-Ma jors Hesp and vVilliamson, who were entrusted with "Kill the K aiser," a variaBoth these tion on the time-honou red "Aunt Sally." officers threw themselves whol e-heartedly into the spirit of the day, and their enticing assurances that they were there to make money, not to be looked at, persuaded more than one spectator to have a shot at the sorrylooking \Var Lord. One of the officers "spotted" a· recruit , who, to the amusement of the crowd, was perOver £11 was suaded to "Come and get his eye in." expended in shots at "W eelum," which appeared to he the Scotch pronunciati on.

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'l'he bran-t ub s for the little folk were well patronised, aud many were the "pretties" found by them.

The next attraction was a live-weight guessing comA sheep was very kindly presented by 111r. petition .

Saxfon, and a bout 60 guesses of its weight were recordThe latter number ed, ranging from 50lb. to 350lb . proved incorrect. The actual weigM was 76-!lb., and t h e nearest guess was 77lb., made by Miss Fookes. ·Miss Fookes kindly gave the sheep ba ck to be sold for the further henetit of the fund.

The Miniature Rifle Range was fully occupied the whole afternoon, and the sum of £G 10s. "Was made here.

Both the figure targets and the bull's-eye target were in The recently-co nstructed mnge was constant demand. fo und to work very satisfactoril y, and will he of great h elp iu all our miniature rifle shooting.

The only r emaining side-show was the unparalleled Jiu-Jitsu and Sleight-of-H and Show run by Borrie, CopeTheir persuasive oratory on the stake and Meuli. resulted in the sum of £4 10s. ring outsidethe platform being added to the fund.

During the afternoon several competition s were Of these the "Tilt the Bucket" was the most held. amusing, many of the competitors getting a thoro ugh The "Thread-the -Needle" race was won by soakin g.

I£ Burgo had not :Jfr. Hamblyn by a narrow margin. dropped his needle it is believed that the finish wlould have been still more inter esting . Down in the gully a Sixteen coupons, repretreasure-hu nt was organised. senting coins of various denominatio ns, were buried Into this were in an enclosure some nine feet square . t urned the treasure seekers, armed with spades and 'l'he two minutes allowed slJOvels, eight at a time. were marked by much strenuous e:ffort, much distribution of earth over both spectators and other competitors , Although 40 dug and by , alas ! little tangible result.

In the hard and deep only one coupon was recovered.

Physics Laboratory an exh ibition of working Meccano models was in charge of Traill ii., and was well patronised.

It goes witho ut saying that one of the most popular institutions "Wfas afternoon-te a, which was served in the Th e workers were Mesdames Moyes, Gymnasium .

R.o ckel , Ryder, B alham, Kehb ell, Denny-Brow n, \iVard and Jennings, Misses Roy, Greatbatch (2), Brewster, K.

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Campbell, N. Bullard, Ambury (2), R.enaud, Shaw, J. Wilson, C. Penn, Gower (2), Grant, ltollo, Winfield, Sa:s:ton, E. Baily, Pott, Ewing, Death, and Hutton .

Excellent music was supplied in the Gymnasium during afternoon-tea by Miss Gilbert, on a pianola kindly lent by :Mr. Hoffmann. . The various selections were mueh apreeiated.

"During the afternoon," says the "Taranaki HeralJ," "the School Ca<lets, under Captain R.yder, gave an excellent exhibition of Swedish drill.

It is very rarely indeed that such an admirable demonstration has been given in New Plymouth, the precision and firmness of their movements being most marked.

Probably only those who have undergone a similar course of training could. appreciate how really Jifii cult some of them were to perform .

They were not nearly so easy as they looked.

"A squad of Cadets, under· Colour-Sergeant Bruce, gave an excellent display of bayonet e:s:er.cises, in which they had been trained by Sergeant-Major Hesp : The movements were gone ·through smartly and accurately, and at the conclusion the boys were loudly applauded."

During the afternoon .1\'Ir. L . B. We bster, one of our old boys, sold various articles by auction . The interest centred round a donkey kindly presented by Mr. Hannah, of Mangorei. The animal changed hands several times and was finally knocked down after netting the handsome amount of £16 10s. We are very grateful to Mr. Hannah for his generous gift.

On the whole we think that we can fairly congratulate ourselves on the success achieved. The net receipts were £210 2s 6d . . Where so much help has been ungrudgingly given by so many friends it would be invidious to mention any by name, but to one and all we ~ish to express our sincerest thanks for enabling us to do something to ' help so worthy a cau'se.

1\GRI<2ULTUR.1 \L N0TES . . Altl1ough a large amount of field work is carried during the winter 'term, the desolate appearance of ploughed plots give·s one littl.e encouragement in writing of notes for the magazine.

Several winter crous were sown at thg end of first <term, and the results .were .highly satisfactory,

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On three plots Sparrowbill Oats were sown with the idea of utilising the crops either for green-manu ring or for spring feed. The seeds were treated with red lead and linseed oil before sowing, and as a result were leÂŁt severely alone by the birds. In the first plot the oats were sown without manure of any kind; in the second a mix ture of slag, blood and bone, and sulphate of potash was put in with the seed; the third plot was manured with stable manure at the rate of 10 tons per acre, and one cwt. of sl ag per acre was sown with the seed. The last plot showed to much greater advantage than the other two, and produced a heavy crop, which was recently ploughed in for g'reen manure.

Two plots were sown in 'rick Beans, but growth Nevertheles s was stunted through the cold weather. heavy nodule developmen t occurred, both in the case of the plot which had been inoculated; and in that which had not been inoculated .

The Silver Beet plots were cut at intervals throughThe dark-green variety showed most out the winter. stem-Jevelo pment at the beginning of the term, but did not withstand the cold anu the cutting as well as the light-green variety.

An experiment was carried out in transplantin g Lucerne. 'rhis_ entailed a great deal of labour, but the results were very satisfactory , and the plants soon showed signs of vigorous growth.

One plot was sown in Phalaris Bulbosa, but the strike was poor, and the plot was later on ploughed in for green manure.

An area of one acre has been ploughed, discecl, harrowed, and sown in cereals, one quarter of an acre being sown in Hannchen Barley, one quarter in Rye Corn, one quarter in Little J ass ~-heat, and one quarter in Ruakura Oats.

The whole of the old horse paddock has now b een ploughed, and this, together with the original area, now makes an area of 5 acres under cultivation. About halÂŁ an acre of the horse paddock has been utiilsecl for the purpose of an orehard.

Box-testing experiments were limited this term to the t esting of a sample of soil forwarded by the Agricultural Departmen t from H elensville. The sample was a poor sanely soil, and an experiment on green manuring was carried out, in addition to the application of artificial m anures, and, as the tabulated results show, the green manure was of marked benefit to the soil. The

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This season we h ave again played in the First Junior Competition, and the play , on the whole, shows improvement. 'rhe m at ches are far more strenuous than in the Second Junior Competition. Our opponents are older and h eavier than we are, but we perhaps have the advantage of more regular :gractice and coaching . The 2nd XV. played in the Second Junior Competition and furnished u seful r ecruits to the 1st XV. at times.

Our weakness in the forwards is the perennial one of being unable to get the ball away from the scrum.

The hookers often g路et possession, but it hangs in the scrums, as the back-rankers do not open out to let it through. This, of course, enables the opposing wing to smother our half. Another weakness in our forward play is the practice of following up hard, getting to the m an taking the ball, and then doing nothing to smother him. Times and again has this been done.

The backs seem better on the attack than on the defence, as they persistently stand deep. This is quite correct -when attacking, but it is a deplorably weak defensive syst em . F r equently tries have been scored against us by this defect. The opposing team, instead of having its rush smothered, ha s b een able to get away with a strong passing rush. Some of our backs, too, often kick upfielJ just feebly enough to allow the opposing side to t ak e t h e ball without any fear of molestation from the forwards followin g up. On the whole, however, the stanJard of play is higher, and faults ar e b eing corrected.

The record of m at ch es played by the 1st XV. is given h er e :AGAINS'r EI/l'HA:M: LOST, 8-3 .

The sup erior weight of the Elth am forw ards told h easily against our lighter t eam. N ever th eless the game proved fairly even. During the first spell Eltham played with the sun and play moved up and down the field.

Scho ol was forced once, and on another occasion was saved from serious trouble by a mark taken sm artly by Copest ake . U ltimately the Eltham forw ards swept down in. a fin e rush and scored. Franklin added the major pomts.

Eltham 5, School 0.

After further give and t ak e play th e Eltham forwanls again scored from a rush. Franklin's kick failed.

Eltham 8, School 0.

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Eltham contimied to press h ard, and shortly after halftime was sounded .

On resuming, Eltham at once began to attack, and seve1·al scrums we1·e formed near the School lin e, but the defence proveJ too good. Play then became more open and gradually moved up the field near the Eltham line, and became fast and furious. Finally from a smart piece o£ work by Tuohy and Oliver the latter scored.

Sykes failed to increase t1Je points.

Eltham 8, School 3.

For the remainder of the spell School kept Eltham penned up, but was unable to score again, and no further score was registered on either side.

AGAINST ELTHAM : LOS'l', 22-0.

School -travelled to Eltham and played the openmg match of the competiii<.n . TLe day was £.ne, and the ground in good order. Unfortunately both teams played in black and white jerseys, the only distinction being the width "of the stripes. This gave the referee much trouble .

The Eltham forwards by their sup erior weight enabled their backs to have every advantage.

The School's backs, too, had to be almost constantly on the defence, and it cannot be said that they played up to their usual sta11d a.rd . During the game Sykes and Bruce received se;vere -knocks, and were therefore unable to be as effective as usua l. 'l'he game was a very strenuous one, but was played in a fine spirit tl1roughout, and undoubtedly the heiter team won. The Eltham score was made up of two converted tries, three tries and one penalty goal.

The whole score with the exception of one goal was obtained in the second spell.

AGAINST TUKAPA : ·woN 17-8.

This match was played on the Racecourse on June 24. Owing to the previous heavy niin the ground was rather heavy and slippery. Bruce, Copestake, Bayly i., a1id Oliver were omitted from the team on account of mJuri es. 'l'hese"heroes, howeYer, lent invaluable assistance by their presence on the line, and especially by their words of encouragement and g-ratuitous advice .

Their places were taken by Mr. Espiner, Mr. l=ramhlyn, Meuli and Hayly ii. Th·e School forwards on starting set up a strong atbck aml b eing awarded a penalty Sykes dropped a· good goa~ . .

School 3, Tukapa 0.

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FOOTBALL. Muc h g!ve and take play ensu ed, unti rush Terr y pick ed up and drop ped the l from a forw ard ball, when Syke s snap ped it up and sent it on to Eyre , who to Mr. Ham blyn , who score d. Svke s's kick in turn pass ed at goal faile d.

Scho ol 6, 'l'uk apa 0.

Play hove red near the cent re and then line. Scho ol, how ever , clear ed, and on to the Scho ol in Tuk apa' s 25 Syke s got poss essio n and scor ed betw een the post s.

Hug hes i. kick ed a goal .

Scho ol 11, 'l'uk apa 0. 'l'he spell ende d with out furth er score s .

On resu ming 'l'uk apa set up a stron g attac k, and Whi ttak er score d. No !toal was kick ed.

Scho ol 11, Tuk apa 3.

The back s on both sides indu lged in muc and ultim at ely Mr. Espi ner got over at h high kick ing, the corn er. Mr. Ham blyn 's kick faile9. . 路 Scho ol 14, Tuk apa 3.

Alm ost imm edia tely Terr y got over , but Mr. Ham blyn 's kick agai n fell shor t.

Scho ol H, Tuk apa 3.

Then Tuk apa attac ked stron glv and score d unde r the post s from a good pass ing rush . Whi goal , and the gam e ende d shor tly after ttak er kick ed a with the scor esScho ol 17, 'l'uk a pa 8.

The Scho ol attac k was stron ger than the defe nce, the back s havi ng a bad habi t of stan ding too deep .

SCH OOL v. CLI FTO N: LOS T 6-3.

The abov e first junio r matc h was play ed on the Race cour se, and resu lted in a very even and inter estin g gam e.

The visit ing team was muc h heav ier than their oppo nent s.

How ever , tlte Scho ol team put up a galla nt fight , and on the day' s play shou ld have won. It was shee r hard luck whic h lost them the gam e, as Tuoh but was push ed into touc h-in -goa l on y got over twic e both occa sions .

The High Scho ol open ed their scor ing acco regis tered by Tuoh y, after a pret ty piec unt by a score e of play . Mr. Ham blyn secu red near half-wa:v, and after beat ing several oppo nent s tran sfere nl to Tuoh y at the twen ty-fi ve flag. This play er strea ked alon g the clashed over at the corn er . It was a well touc h-lin e 路 and No furth er seore resu lted in the first spell -dese rved scor e. . In the seco nd

FOOT BALL .

got spell, after. consider:a ble up and down piny, Frost attack , hot a up set then l Schoo Hrgh . n Chfto for over d by the but offside play by Clifton, which was un notice set refere e o·ot th em out o£ a tight corne r. Clifto n then their of one liJ?-e the .near melee a up an ~ttac~, and from d try. men "rabb rted" over and regrst ered then secon alone time and , attack hot a up set Hio'h Schoo l then they pre~ented . them from at l east equal ising matte rs, as J. Mr. ed. sound le whist final the when over were nearly . erald H ki J ohnso n was refer ee.-'r arana AGA INST OI1D BOY S: LOST 9-3.

The High Schoo l and Old Boys playe d a return match ed on the Racec ourse on July 3. The forme r match result were they and 5, to s point in a win for the Old Boys by 9 by 9 agaiu succe ssful on Satur day, this time winni ng never gth; stren full its at was point s to 3. Neith er] team soon theles s an intere~ting game was witne ssed. Old Boys corthe near g scorin Bacon nt, opene d their scorin g accou up a set then l Schoo . ess fruitl was goal at kick The ner. rehot attack , and event ually Tuoh y got over . No goal from a sulted . Old Boys imme diatel y swept upfiel d, and ing centre , Bacon secur ed and dribb led over the line, secur his secon d try . His kick at goal failed .

The secon d spell was very exciti ng . .U'irst one side. other would take a hand at attack ing and then the a good after Boys Old for spell Sykes scored early in the matpassin g rush. Schoo l made great effort s to equal ise time. some for down d penne Boys ters, and h,nd the Old in the Howe ver, Old Boys worke d down field and were . For ed sound le whist final the when School twent y-five a great the Schoo l, Olive r, at first five-e ighth, played corne r s. tight al sever of out team his game , gettin g getin e tunat unfor was ni':Jiu rray also playe d well, but a son ting a kick on the head . In the forwa rds, Hugh es, best, the easily was tive, of the olll Taran aki repre senta linebeing partic ularly prom inent in the t ight and in tbe the but , game good a d playe out. Sykes , for Old Boys, tion. condi of out bly palpa were team e th of ity major :Mr. Rock el refere ed .

OLD BOYS v. HIGH SCHO OL : LOST 9-5.

This match was playe d on the Ra cecou rse on .Juner rathe 19. The weath er was squal ly and the groun d as well d andle h not was ball the ly quent Conse mudd y. play as usual . Sever·al of the 1st XV. were unabl e to

FOOTBALL.

47 · wmg o lllJUn es receiv ed1'hin pli.evwu our so s match es, team was rathe r weak ed pri~ci ­ pally to the forwa rds, but th:r! !~r was cono~n passm g "'ood flew teha . .· D bacJ-s our bouts amon o·st y mintwent ast e unng · '-• • th of utes or so 0 busily Boys Old kept eam t ourl e! defen din,O'. but eotham kept at a b ou t nu'dfi eld . ay p e erwrs "'' 1 .

Srnc air, who was with us 1 l an excell ent game for Old Bo . Oll B ast y~ar, pla.y~c l 's 5. 11-,or Old B ys. E c·l oys ~·ame.d !:! pomt s to Schoo , ~cored Jury lnd while Copestak~yss~oredr feJ"; Ssy:c llrr, l. cones Hugh anc oo c ed refere el verted . Mr . Rock The 2nd XV has had a. b ·d .usy seas<;m, and has improve d great ly. i'h e fo rwar .s are too h ght for most of the oppos in"' t ·~ly tested the quali ty of the b~ack:' i:d~f!~~s hah 1.rve.r e, ~ e grvm g much less It scope for attack that amono· both f . d cadn be sard unhesitatino ·ly go od t reali is there backs an s l mater ial and th'~a: ball are disti~lCtly go~d . le prosp ects for next year's foot 0

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The follow ing are tlle ma t ch es IJlayed by the 2nd XV. :AGA INST STRA TFOR D D .H.S. : LOST 12-5. .

From the kick-off Str tf , 1 a vrgor ous attack aud set up a ass in o· ru h a or c set u:pl gradu ally worke d . Then Schoo up the fi el<l p l<'ro m"' a sscrum a passin o· r h was set up . us h > tt' t , . ' o an d. encI ed by Drake divin""'' 'er a e corne r. Yates conve rted.

Scl10ol 5, Stratf ord 0. .

Stratf ord soon had its r even" 'e k<and scor eel ? ~ the corne r · from a pas sin rr rush · TL e "']-. at goal fmled . dC "' Schoo l 5, Stratf ord 3.

After a good deal of o·ive rm 1 t a l-l'e p1ay Stratf onl "'Ot over from a scram ble ' "'b u t ,noc goa "' result ed · Schoo l 5, Stratf ord 6. . . ' d.

On resum mg Stratf ord almos t nn.n e ratcly scored again , but the ki ck failed .

Schoo l 5, Stratf ord 9 . snell tlie la d secon the In more ev!ln and the Schoo l for~arcls h 1~ <tb ;vas much eu own better . This gave their bach a< bPtt er eh c ance. No s ,e I ,~su lt e d . ' ' 'tl on ei . ler srde un ti1 Stra tforcl 1 , pecI a COI goal !rom a hc.rotlp penal ty . Short ly after . th e w Is e sound ed wrth the ' scor e:School 5, Stratf ord 12.

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E: LOS T 19-0.

AG AIN ST TEC HN ICA L COLLEG c .," and was quit e Thi s mat ch was play ed in the ''He n by our 2nd XV . give ball the poo rest exh ibit ion of foot vier Tec h. forw ards wer e this seas on. No dou bt the hea und and slip pery ball . furt her help ed by the hea vy grothe gre ater par t of the School was on the defe nsive for thre w awa y chan ces tim e, and whe n on the atta ck vidu al pieces of good thro ugh neg lect ing to sup por t indi up of two con vert ed e mad was e play . The Tec h. scor u mar k. trie s, two trie s and a goa l from .

AG AIN ST CLI F'rO N: WO N 26-8 ara and a frie ndly Thi s mat ch was play ed at \Va it win for School. easy con test ed gam e resu lted in an they man age d to coll ect Clif ton had not a full team , but yo ung Cele stia l was some on the gro und . A smiling join ed thei r rank s, and t coa his off pers uad ed to take ngt h to twelve. stre al eric thu s brin gin g up thei r num ress ive. The agg the med assu ool Sch Fro m the kick -off m a cen tre Fro e. styl d goo bac ks han dled the ball in first blood . drew and

by Yat es, Mu rray followed up fasteen the upr ight s. betw l Yat es fail ed to put the ova Sch ool 3, Clif ton 0. rush from half -wa y r eNot long afte r, a good pas sing fail ed to add the maj or sult ed in Dra ke scor ing. Yat esmin utes Yat es had add ed poin ts. \Vit hin the nex t two mpt s at goa l-ki ckin g met ano ther two trie s. But his atte beg an to wak e up, and with no succ ess . Clif ton now half -wa y race d rou nd Knu cke y secu ring the ball abo uterte d try at the corn er. onv unc an our bac ks and secu red Sch ool 12, Clif ton 3. scor ed an unc onv ert ed The n Ale xan der took a han d and try. the scor es : Hal f-tim e soun ded soon afte r with School 15, Clif ton 3. aita ra sup por ters On resu min g play , two mor e Wplay in thei r shir t of field the on wer e pers uad ed to come thei r garm ents paid the · sleeves, but nee dles s to say Dbn cha rd ran thro ugh the t star pen alty . Alm ost at the ind the pos ts. Knu cke y who le of our bac ks and scor ed beh bar. the r ove tly pilo ted the l eath er nea Sch ool 15, Clif ton 8.

49 an to asse rt Now the forw ards begLo , and from lves mse dthe ll line the a scra mbl e on ve score and y a tes con vert ed · School 20, Clif ton 8. l · l Fro m a fin e drib blin"'a rush M'H ctrc y scor ec' but Yat es faile d to con vert .

Sch ool 23, Clif ton 8. . rusl i resu lte l . H erbe rt sco rmg ard an Ano ther forw cblm tl h.

The try. unc onv erted afte r with the · soon ew e Is w sco re: School 26, Clif ton 8.

E . LO ST 12-3 AG AIN ST' TEC HN ICA L COL LEG · . .

R th Th IS mat ch was play ed our se on Aug ust acec e od fin was ther wea 20. The abo ut. s~:~ th~hb~ll was flung alm ~ech. kick ed off with Sthee ost and s, face eu h I fm ards w . g t pI aym Imm edia tely scored · oo di orw c no ere a very good g-ame. 'I.'he at all, Tec h. s!oredd bot pa~k ro~nd an~ conseq uen tly eve ts befo re pom mne out a k b th r rehe f cam e. How ac .ts play ed up wel l and carried play wel l into T~ch et ern ory · Fro m a free kick · y a tes kick ed a goa l. . In the seco nd spel l Tec h b n to pres s. One of thei r men brok e awa b t D: -egaafte r a sple ndid run , e,. a;~~ . gras sed ~im, thus av~~ti~~ ei score. Dra ke sho ne out wel l m the bac ks dur ·"' th_l ~pel ~ . Tee~. kick ed a Ib lmf~ spel pen alty goa l in this BI~"'I"'mg the u scor e up to 12 . Mr. Pag e refereed'. Thse na scor e was :1 Tec hnic al Coll ege 12, School 3 _

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S T~I s mat ch was nlay ed atba]ir£.t1d.Id COn a gro und foot a than mp fuore hke a SWa ons equ entl y e . e gam e was almost enti rel y dordfined to the forw ards .

The first score resu lted fro o gy run from the lineout. Th e kick at goa l fail~~La Stra tfor d 3, School 0. . the atta k up t Stra tfor d kep .sco red, this time m aga and kc k.

The . nea r the pos ts le at 9'oal aga m faile d. ' Stra t,forcl 6, School 0. b We ak tack lin.!l~' y M ~ ' ace soon allo wed ano th ei' scor e.

S trat ford 9, School 0,

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Sch ool fon var ds the n hed the bal l up to the Str~tt£orc1 line , whe re Y at es rus mar ked and pl ace d a goal. '

Stra t£o nl 9, Sch ool 3.

The seco nd spe ll wa s a 's erie s c1 . ms. Stra tfor d fina lly man ageof forw ard r ush es d ~o sco re an un ~~nv~~~~~l try, and the whi stle sou nde d wit h the sco re: Stra tfor d 12, Sch ool 3 .

AG AIN ST EL 'rH AM Ill. : LO ST 21-0.

The firs t spel l was m ark ed by eve pla y and nei the r · _, bl e to scor e Bot h forw ard sn and siue backs play ed wel l,was and athe tack ling ·of our buc ks was h b ette r t an usu a1.

Ba 1 ii. and :Meuli wer e the bes t of our bac ks. But in lh~ seco nd spel l Elt ham pro v~d alto get her too stro ng 1 man u o·ed to run up 21 pom ~ri~s ~ll < ~nconverted . Wh en thets, mad e up o£ sev en whi stle wen t Elt ham was 'stil l atta cki ng stro ngl y.

SCH OO L 3rd XV . v . STR AT FO RD D .H .S. 2nd XV . : I WO N 14-10 .

Sch ool kickell off wit h the forw ard s follow ed up well and sun l3ehind the m. .Th e the rus h r esu lted m _ a sco re £or Sch ool. Stra t£o nl bro ke awa y, and des pite Pot t's tack le man age d to sco re.

Sch ool buc ked up and from a The try .was. con ver ted.

Stra tfor d's goa l 'Woods dro p-k . pen alty klc k. m f~ont o£ wk ed a b eau tifu l goa l.

Sch ool 6, Stra tfor d 5.

In the seco nd spel l Sch ool rio·ht to Stra tfor d's line, and fromforw ard s .car ried play the ens um g scra n:b le Sto hr our win g thre e.-q uart sna ppe d "';!P and dive d over.' Can dy's ki ck fa iled. er, Stra tfor d ralh ed, and soo n sco red aga in. Tl1is try also was con ver ted.

Stra tfor d 10, Sch ool 9.

Sch ool play ed ·UJ) wil ling ly, a;nd Stra tfor d terr itor y . Fro m a hue pl ay was carrie~ into afte r a good run scor ed. Can -ou t, vVo?d ran m and dy go aled mce ly.

Sch ool 14, Stra tfor d 10.

Mr. IL Richar ds refe reed .

Now tha t our num ber s are incr eas ing yea rly :we feel our isol atio n from oth er scho ols, esp ecwlly wit h reg ard to our young e~· foo tbal l To pre ven t pra ctic es from becomm12 so dvl!mem ber s . · this ter;m a com peti -

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tion was star ted amo ngs t the below tl1e 2nd XV . The play mem ber s of all gro ups ers wer e divi ded into two gro ups , con stit utin g a firs t jun competi tion . The m atch es wer ior and a seco nd jun ior term and gav e us som e idea of e play ed thro ugh out the we mig ht e:s:p ect . The firs t jun wha t futu re firs t fifte ens

by H am erto n 's team , whi ch hadior com petitio n was won oth er team s. The seco nd jun too good a pack for the by the Prep. team , who se comior compet itio n was won bin atiQn was the ir mai nstay .

The sco res in the var iou s mat che s wer e as foll ows :H ame rton 's t eam bea t Cal land er's by 8 to 3.

Ham erto n's team bea t Cal land er's by 3 to 0.

Cal l::md er'R t eam bea t Win fiel d's by 12 to 3.

Ram erto n's team hea t Calland er's by 3 to 0.

H ame rton 's team thu s won t h e com peti tion .

The Tar ana ki Rug by U nio n had intend ed to hol d a sev en-a -sid e tou rna men t on Aug ust 4 in aiel of the P atri otic Fun d.

Th e arra nge men t, how eve r, fell thro ugh , but we had spe cial com peti tion . In the senior gro pra ctices in view o£ this up our com peti tion s end ed as fol low s:Bru ce's t eam h ea t Cop esta ke's Oli ver 's t eam hea t Cop esta ke's by 9 to 3.

Bru ce's tea m h ea t Oliv er 's by by 6 to 0.

12 to 9, and won the com peti tion .

The r esu lts in the jun ior sev en-a -sid e wer e:Win fiel d's team hea t Ham erto n's by 16 to 0. vVh ite's t eam h eat Cal land er's by 9 to 0.

Bro ken shir e's team bea t Doi Wh ite' s team bea t \Vin fiel d'sle's by 8 to 6. by 11 to 0.

Bro ken shir e's team bea t Wh ite' s by 3 to 0, and won the com peti tion .

In the seco nd gra de jun ior com peti tion th e resu lts wer e : Boo n i.'s t eam bea t Dea th 's by Boo n iii .'s t eam bea t L e Pin e's 12 to 0.

Tra in's team b eat Mu rray 's by by 6 to 3.

Boo n iii.' s t eam hea t Boon i.' 3 to 0.

Pot t's t eam bea t Tra in's by 9s by 9 to 3.

Pot t's t eam b eat Boo n iii.' s by to 0.

9 to 3, and won the oompetitiop.,

L I 6 R 1\ R Y NE) T E 5.

This term the library has taken a new lease of life, and, whereas it was formerl y considered a fitting arena for a friendly pugilist ic encoun ter by small boys, a fair amount of order now reigns. 'rhe old shelves have been replace d by handsom e bookcas es in oiled rimu, and a cbmm1ttee consiRting of :Mr. Searle (chairm an), Smith (librari an), Fag an (I>rep . libraria n), Hamert on, Wilson , Death, Atkinso n and Murray , h as draw'n up a much-n eedeel set of rules. One -mornin g two unfortu nate youths, thinkin g the rule of suspens ion was a little bit of bluff or someth ing of the kind, looked very crestfal len when disturbed in the middle of a wrestlin g match and told to keep ou{side for a 'week. Some people can learn only by experie nce.

We are deeply inclebted to the New Plymou th Club for handing on to us their illustra ted -Home papers The Sketch, Sphere, Graphic and Tatler. We must al so t,hank Mr . .M oyes for present ing the followin g magazi nes: -:-'rhe Captain , · The Windso r, Chums, Pearson 's, Life, Punch, Technic al World, Popula r Mechan ics, Childre n's Magazi ne, Geogra phical Magazi ne, and t4e Auckla nd vV eekly.

These, wit4 the magazi nes of the various schools and ·colle'g es, provide a fairly wide selectio n for the casual r-eader.

The · commit tee, after due conside ration, came to the conclus ion that there was already a fairly large choice oi' boo_ks. in the -library for .t hose boys who desired more advance d reading_ and, in order to stimula te reading among 'the juniors, decided to buy books of the "Deerfoot" or adventu re type this term. This had the desired effeet. J.;ater on, 'no· doubt 'these boys, as they pass on to the upper forms will ' develop a taste for the literatu re 6£ the best English authors .

On the whole, the boarder s have made very good use o£ -the library this term and many have shown their practica l interest by present ing books. vVe have much pleasur e in · acknow l edging the £ollowing· present ations o£ books :- Kim (presen ted

by Mr. Harriso n), 'rhe Story of the Guides (presented by Mr . Eyre-K enny), Pro Patria, Childre n of the Ghetto, Ariadne , The Chariot s of the Lord, Sailors~ Knots, A Fair Refuge e, The One-wa y Trail, The Nest o£ the Sl)arrow Hawk 1 and the Splendi d PRIVAT E F . J, MORSHE AD. PRIVAT E N. B. HOWEL L.

PRIVAT E F. V. W. WEST PRIVAT E G. S. BAKER. .

(Wounded).

LIBRARY NOTES.

53 Spur (all presented by Mrs. Ducker), 1903 Strand Annual, 1908 Pearson's Annual, 1906 Black and White, 1906 Strand Annual and 1904 Harper's Monthly Magazine Annual (presented by 1\Ir. Thos. Avery), The Reel Eric and 'l'he Three Chums (presented by A. J\I'Harcly), Extinct Animals, The Card, Peter the \Vhaler, In the Hands of Cave Dwellers and Buck Peters, Ranchman (presented by Mr. Moyes), The Adventures of a ThreeGuinea \iVatch (presented b v l'.Ir . Rockel), Two Years Ago and The Depot Mashers (presented by K . C. Roberts), The 'fhree Trappers (presented by Dan Rawson), Lord Clive and The Three Comrades (presented by 111. Smitll), Old Jack (presented by Miles Atkinson), The Young Fur Traders (presented by 111. P. Amor), In the Wilds of Florida (presented by n.. A. Wilson), The Secret of Lake Gab a (presented by E. Reeves), The vVreck of the '"W ager, 路 'fhe Young Fur Traders, The Frontier, 'fhe Great Cattle 'I'rail and Magna Charta Stories (all presented by D. Doile), The Blue Bird (presented by C. Gilmour).

Besides these, the boarders ' subscriptions have enabled us to buy a good number of n ew books and many others have been recovered from out-of-the-way corners, so t.hat we have now close on 500 volumes.

SeHf'E)LS TOURN1\MENT. The annual football tournament took place this yea r at Napier, and our 1st XV. left New Plymouth on Wednesday, August 25. The journey was broken at Palmerston North, where tJ1e team stayed the night, resuming the journey by the early train to N a pier. \Ve were met at the station by Mr. Armour and the N a pier boys, and afterwards witnessed the match between N a pier and Palmerston. In the evening we were entertained by our hosts at the Pictures.

On Friday we journeyed out in drags to Tongoio, which is about fifteen miles from N a pier, and there we 路 spent a most enjoyable day.

On Saturday morning we were shown over the Power House and the Acetone vVorks. At the latter place the manager carried out some extremely interesting experiments with liquid air, and we were on ly too sorry when the supply ran short. In the afternoon we played N apier, and in the evening the teams wel'e entertained at a dinner at the Trocadero.

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SCHO OLS TOUR NAM ENT.

St. Paul 's On Sund ay speci al servi ces _were held at Cath edral the at and ng morm the in rh Pres byte rian Chur in the even ing. d at 10 'rhe matc h ao·ai nst Palm er ston 'Yas playe .to visit us led enab This o ' rlo~k on 1londa'3r morn ing. \\hlC~ took e da?c The . noon after the in Nive n 's Foun dry m term mate d place in th~ even ing in ~he Sc~ool Gym nasm . . . ay. hohd s. week e a most enJoy abl :Mr. kmg than of ty rtum oppo 'll e "ish to take th1s for the very boys pier a N the and our Arm rs.

M : and hosts were pleas ant stay we had in their town . ~m · wa_y to make then of out went and s, u to kind mely e:s:tre 1t was. our stay a pleas ant one- and most assur edly t h e folfor rs pape pier a N the to ted indeb -,ye are :d playe hes lo\\in o· acco unts of the matc "' (5).

PAL jlEll STO N NOH 'fH (9) v. NAP IER ea tion Exc ellen t footb all "·as \\i tness ed at the llecr hes matc · gula~ trian Grou nd, vd1en the £.rst of the New , ap1er N the of t amen tourn al in the annu ols :was got Ph·m outh , and Palm ersto n Nort h Highh SclJO ler, and Na1J . v Nort n ersto Palm was h The matc 0 -tf -as won ors visit the game after an excit ing and close Lloy d, 5. to ts poin 9 by ton-ed dese play they on the t, was respo nwho playe d a wond erful game thr?u g:hou a pena lty goal cbng b , score £.rst ors' visit the sible for fully deser ving from near hillfw ay. It was a grea t effor t, who. was on e bs, S_tub n. ~ 'fh ed. ok prov it use appla of the ssmg rus h, pa a d hate nu t, ghou throu s of t h e shinino· lio·ht r , Na h, rothe Fairb by the o·ood wo~·k >=h eino· conti nuc\1 wa s This try. iant brill a n~· sc?ri ; lntte and Spee d, tl1e ston lmer e-Pa scor e th d not conv erted , and half- bme foun .

Nort lt 6, Napi er 0. th e m lads cal lo the by Grea t effor ts were made tried they ugh altho but up, ers matt even to secon d spell d. 'fhen :M.ill, stren uously enou gh the defen ce was soun d a dazz hng score , back halfpier a N little ky pluc the on the "Rec ." try, tl1e like of w~ic~ h as ~·ar ely been seen ugh .a press of ~hro over way lus mg femt he n, seaso this w1th a neat oppo nents . This was conv erted by Fmd lay 6. h Nort n attem pt.-N a pier 5, Palm ersto Laure?~on Later th e issue was put beyo nd doub t by d f::uhng Lloy ted, nYer unco was h whic try, good a scori ng with the kich:. er 5, 'fhe game ende d: Palrn ersto n Nort h 9, Napi ee. :Mr. A. E. N eilso n was refer

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NR\V PLY jrm:-rrrr (18) v. NAP IER (3). after noon , Deli gh tful 'Yeat her preva iled on Satu rday at the ded atten and a Cl;owd of nearl y 1000 spect ators all footb y Rugb the ess Recr eatio n Grou nd to "itn een betw est cont the was ction attra matche s. The chief ols. A wellthe New Plym outh and N a pier High SclJO quite outors visit the bnt foug ht battl e was witn essed, er team . light the much were who , boys pla yed the Napi er y nght pluck 'l'he home boys , neve rthel ess, put up a very ende d h whic , spell nrst e and fnirl y held their 0"'11 in th each. ts poin a score with tlt e the N apie.r In the secon d half Ne\\ Pl ymo uth cross ed furth er from nted preve only e wer and , line nve tim es . The ence def orn addin g to thPir poin ts by a verv stubb inacomb lent excel e th was y featu rP of the visit ors' pla the by feel \\ell e \\er "ho , sion divi ck ha tion of the with sion, preci -lih:e half- back s and "1\·ork ecl "-ith ma chine nea t open ings Bruce (five -eigh ths) as the pivo t. H e made idera ble e:s:cons of er play a be to self him ·ecl and siJO\I d spell secon the in s score perienre. 1\~ ew Plym outl1 's Tuoh y ), tries (2 s Syke try), (1 e Bruc "·ere credi ted to Bruc e spell £.rst ( 1 try), and Borr ie ( 1 try). In the came score onlv er's Nani e cross (·l1 the l10me lin e, "·hil long a ·from on ohns J by ed ck ki goal lty from a pena goal at pts attem n11gl e, a capit al ki ck. Th e visit ors' ions. posit easy from all st almo were Yery poor , altho ugh three -qua rter For the Yisito rs th e whol e of th e half andgood , with also e wer lines pla yed well, and the forw ards not ascer \\ere s name e whos ng, two or three outst andi resul ts the of taina ble. 'l'he t eam gaYe mark ed evide nces were ur Hono and 1\Iill, of good coa chino·. Find la y, £ne the , cks ba er's Napi t g amon t com; picuo us throu ghou play, his of kicki llg of the nrst- namecl bejng a featu re ent ailin g unaltho ugh at time s it \\as badly jmlgecl, deser ves a rd Gi:ffo ards. forw his necessa r y wor k upon in this both ch speci al line for his pla y at full- back , "·hi rcefu l, esou r r, cleve cool, \\as and in last Thur sda y's game es charg erous dang y man up g n pulli tive, and mo st effPe well d playe ith u-Sm of the atbc kers . Dig·h ton and lllari amon g a very resol ute set of forw:ucls, ~1r, '\Vills 'vas r efer ee ,

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SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT.

NEW PLYMOUTH (2Z) v. PALMERSTON '( 3).

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The final match of the triano·ular tournament between the N a pier, Palmcrston North and New Plymouth. High Schools was played at th~ Recreation Ground m the presence of a larO'e number of spectators.

Last week N anier had been defeated by Palmerston and N e'Y Plymouth, both of whom had shown very good form. It was therefore expected th_at an outstanding display of the Rugby code would he witJ.?.essecl, but on th~ whole these anticipations were not reahsecl, the play bemg rather on the slow side and somewhat devoid of spectacular incidents. There were occasion_al bright moments, however, and the display of the New Plymouth back clivisiun would have clone credit to a much more seasoned combination. . Pal~erston won the _toss and played with a strong wm~ bebu~cl them,_ hut fmled to take judicious advantage of _It, wlnch obviously robbed them of opportunities :vhwh could have been made by a little resourcefulness m that connection. Palmerston showed to advantaO'e in ~he early play. ~nice bout of passing between Spee'a., Fanhrother, and M Donalcl looked like a score, but the latter was pushed into touch -in-goaL Then the New Plymouth backs got a move on and carried the play to Pab;nerston territory . Finally, Terry broke through the def'ence and scored neatly. 'fuohy converted.-New Plymouth 5, Palmerston 0. Palmerston carried play to the enemy's territorv, and Stubbs shone out with a feinting dash ':hich" beat n early all opposition until Bruce grassed hnn. Palmerston were not to be denied however, as Lloyd shor~ly got away and scored cleverly at the corner. He fmled in the attempt at goal.Palmerston 3, New Plymouth 5. 'l'he concludinO' staO'es of the first spell favoured New Plvmouth but the sc~re was unaltered at half-time. ' On changing ends the tide of fortune turned in favour of New Plymouth, whose condition and combination were manifestly superior to their opponents' . ·with tL.e advantage of the wi c.LU they fr equently atta ck ed and the hacks threw the bal al out e:ffectively. At the ot:tse_t Palmerston pressed 'or a short period, but a miskwk by one of the bads enabled an opponent to break away and carry the pl ty i o the other end of the field. The rush ended in Sy kes dashing oyer the line,

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An easy kick at goal failed.-New Plymouth 8, Palmerston 3. New Plymouth kept up the pressure, and from smart passing-- the half-back (Oliver) to Bruce, to Sykes, to Bruce-the latter scored a clever try. A.gain tlJe place-kick was faulty.--N ew Plymouth 11, Palmerston 0. Soon afterwards the New Plymouth backs again handled the ball, Bruce, Sykes, and Yates beino· associa tecl a~ cl the latter scoring. The kick at goal this time lllatenahsecl.-N ew Plylllouth 16, Palmerston 3. A further passing movement between Bruce, Sykes, and Tuohy encleJ in the latter centring, and Sykes, following up promptly, scored under the posts. Once lllore an easy shot at goal failecl.-New l'lymouth 19, Pallllerston 3.

N e:w Plymouth continued to throw the ball about and a~ter a nice clash a score took place at the corner. ' The bck at goal was again ahortive.-N ew Plymouth 22 Palmerston 3. Pallllerston made a brave e:ffort in th~ closing stages of the game, Speed ancl M'Donalcl especially working very hard; but the fates were ao·ainst them, and they were unable to be_tter their po;ition, and New Plymouth were returned wmners of the Shield for the second year in succession.

Mr . J. R. G-i:fforcl was an efficient referee.

()LD BeYS' NeTES. J. E. 'Wilson has again been elected and installed as Mayor of New Plymouth . In ~he e~ection of last year he_ polled 9_0 lllo~·e _votes than did his opponent, while tlus year his maJonty had increased to 300.

C. P. Bates, who for some time has been teachino· at vVaituna, near Feilding, has been transferred to Ara': moho School, near \Vanganui.

• A. . J. Healy, who has been fruit-farmino· at Birkenh~ad, Auckland, paid th_e _school "3: visit on °July 24, on lus way to Trentham to JOlll the Eig-hth Reinforcements.

H. :M:. Smith and L. Teed have both passed the Final Pharmacy E:s:amina tion. h Serpell is practising medicine at Mangaweka•.

Major C. Comwall, who was a member of General potha' s force_ which conquered German v'V est Afric~. , IS now on his way to Eno·land to see further active service in Europe.

His destination will probably be Flanders.

OLD BOYS '

NdTES .

We have had t~e pleas ure of reading a number o£ lett ers from H arper L eppe1·, a11d by kind permission we are allo1ved to cull e:s:tra ct s from them : we arnved at Aden on Nove mber 25 a nd as l was on duty as officer of the day I oould not see much ~f the town. \Ve were not a llowed on shor e and could not see much of the town but what we saw of the plaoe did not seem ver y enticing. The 'towh 1s s~tuated on an a bsolutely barren rock, which extends with unvarJed monot ony as fa r as we <::ould see . The sea around the ships · was absolutely alive with s mall boat s almost as s oon as th e anchors were dropped. '!.'hey do a good t ra de in tropical fruits and cigarettes; the latter , by the way, are not s upposed to be allowed on the transports~ but try as you will it is almost impossible to stop them from bemg brought aboard. \Ve left Aden nex t morning.

Tl_Hl glimpses we caught of Afri ca and Egypt were not very oncouragm g, as _It was always t hat barren desolate appearance, WJth no s1gn of h fe or vegtat10n to be seen .. . . I was innoculated for the second t ime on t he 29th (Novemb er) . . . . On December 1 we arri ved at Su ez . H er e again we wer e gr eeted with the same swarms of nat ives t hat seem to infest t hese wa t ers. \Ve got rid• of our German pn soner s from the E mden .. . . \Ve did not see m,uch of Suez, but it seemed quite a small place in the distance. l'i e en ter ed t he Canal at l p.m . \ Ve had an armed escort aboard of ea ch tra nsport , as it was r epor ted th at there was d an aer on the Turkish s ide from ~nipers, who have been doing go od w~rk lat el y . , . Along t he s1des of t he Canal t her e are a rmed Indian troops g uardmg It. W e were t he leading boat of the whole lo t and we felt ver y impo r tan t . '!.'lie Suez Canal is a seri es of lakes. some of them be ing qui te lar ge, and must have caused a big saving in excavatiOn. At l a .m. we dr opped a nchor at P ort Said . Here I saw one of t he most amus ing sigh ts t hat I have ever seen . This was the coal ing of t he shi ps by t he natives. Duri ng t his process they kicked up t he most fi endish row t hat is im aginable.

They run fr om a coal barge up a plank on to the sh ips wit h a bas ket of coal on t he ir heads, p ut it in t he hold and run down another plank yelling a ll t he- t ime. W e were lu ck y in anchor ing alongside a passenger boat wit h a numb er of g irls on board and we had quite a decent yarn t o them. They wer e the fi rst decent airls we had seen since we left New Zealand. It sort of r eli eved t he monotony and cheer-ed up things a bit. . . . L eaving the Port we had to pass six batt leships. W e also had a good v iew of t he t own. . . . \Ve arriv~d in Alexandria abou t 9.30 a. m . t he n ext day. . . . That ni ght all t he offi cer s were allowed up town . . . . The centre of t he E uropean part of t h e t own is abou t t wo miles from th e wharves. and we had t o pass thro · ~ gh par t of t he native quarters.

The streets ar e muddy and n arrow a nd t he houses are very hi gh and looked to be in t he last stn ges of docn.y .

Th e re wer e •Crowds of n atives swarming the streets, and they are the most

59 t epugiiant iooking creatures imaginable.

I \vould not care to wander about those streets alone at night.

There is a marked difference between this part of the town and the European quarters.

They are very clean and well kept. . . . I took all my things over to the Athenic this afternoon. . . . She is a much bigger and more comfortable boat than the Arawa. . . . But at 6 a.m. on the 8th we were awakened and told to get up and pack up as fast as we oould as 'the Athenic was not going at all, and we were obliged t o make another transfer on to the Orari, where we are now . . .· . Our cabins are ones that have been roughly constructed for the officers on the voyage. W e left Alexandria on the 8th at 4 p.m. , and the sea was very rough. . . . To-day we sighted Malta and we r eceived a wireless message recalling us to Alexandria as this ship had on board 25,000 bags of oats, which the troops at Alexandria said they did not want. So they had sent us on a pleasure trip. The captain said he would ' taka. us on to Malta, where he would leave us to be picked up and taken on to England . \Vhen within about a mile of Malta a launch cam e out and told th e captain to obey his orders . . .. so we had to turn round and make for Alexandria aga in. . . . ·we have com e to · t he conclusion that life on the ocean wave has its drawbacks . . . . We have made our fourth' transfer and a passage has been arranged for us on one of the Australian boats . . . . On December 17 we passed Malta . . . . We also passed Cape Bon, the most northerly point of Africa, and the island of Pantallaria, a Spanish convict st ation. It is not a very big island, but every available inch is t hickly cultivated by means of t erraces. These start right from the seas ide and go right up t he h igh land in the middle of t he island. All t he t ops and sides are he avily cropped , hut wi t h wh at I could not make out. . . . \Ve must have passed about forty ships, as they wer e coming up all over the place. The African coast is ve ry much like N ew Zealand country, th at is. this part of it. The coast is very hilly and thickl y wooded , with a few houses clotted h er e and th er e. On Saturday night we saw Cape de Gata, on t he S panish coast , and in the morning we could see t he coast qui te plainly. . . . About 11 a .m. we caught our fir st glimpse of Gibraltar . \Ve r eached ther e about noon on Stinday, 20th. . . .

I explored the town, and it is t he most peculiarly built t own I have seen. . . . I reckoned I went about 16 miles alt o<reth er . I turn ed in early as my feet and legs were very stiff and t ired. . . . To-morrow we have coming on board 500 odd Germ n.n prisoners and we have to take them to England .

Thn•e of t h0m ar e lunat i s, :md one is d an gerous. . . . To-dav I :"nw t hree s11bm n.rin es. t he first I h ave seen. . . . \Ve left Gibraltar on December 24. . . . It was h a.rd to r eali se t hn.t it was Christmas E ve. but we made the best of thin gs and managed to get to bed without h an a ing our stocKings up. .

On the 27th a battleship cam e up to us and sailed round us and took a good

6o look at us and then cleared out. . . . On the 27th we pulled into' Plymouth and got rid of our German prisoners. . . .

We were given first-class passes and went by rail from Portsmou th to London. . . . We arrived at Paddingto n Station at 4.15 p.m. I had to go to Waterloo Station to get the train for Sandhurst . . . . I found a tniin there just about to leave for Camberley, which is the station for Sa,ndhurs t College, and about 6 p.m. we arriv€d at Camberley . From the station I took a cab . . . . I went and saw the company commande r, Capta,in Eden, who showed me my room , and told me what I was expecred to do. * * *

During the term C<tmpbell M'Diarm id, who is practising as a solicitor in Hamilto n, paid a visit to New Plymout h. H e is a me:il1.ber o£ the Board o£ Governo rs o£ the Hamilto n High School \Villanl Ewing, who is wmking at Fraser' s Foundry , in Aucklan d, met with a very serious accident about the middle of July. His l eg wascau ght in some machinery and the muscles near the top of the calf were cut thro1lgh and then torn off as deep as the bone clown to the ankl e. At first it was feared that he might lose his leg, but the operatio ns pe1·formed were so successf ul, aucl his general h ealth and constitu tion so good that he is making all the progress possible. Naturall y it will be some time before he will be able to· be about agam. · 'rroubles never come singly. On the very week of \",\Ti.llarcl's accident , .Stmthie Ewing was clown in New Plymout h suff ering from a severe cut on one of his h~ncls. This h as since quite healed, and Strathie has now enlisted. .. . * * 'An old boy in Duneclin writes as follows. (We wish that other old boys would · at times write and furnish us with any notes Ol' r eminisce nces. Speciall y acceptab le would be the pointing out ·o·f errors or ·omission s, as it is our· aim' to inake the "'rarana kian" some sort of bond uniting old boys to old boys, · ancl this aim we cannot accompl ish· without the assistanc e o£ thcise who are in possessio n of the necessar y knowled ge.) .As an old boy who closely follow~ all the doings of the school and who r eads his · " Tar:makia n" with inter:e$t, may I be permitted to point. out a slight inaccur acy .t1Htt a,ppears in the May number? . On vage 20 there is a, statement . that. for the first time in the history of the school a cricket match had. been played with another secondary sch ::> Ol-namely , the Stratford High School.

PRIVATE H. WEST. PRIVATE D. B. BROWN.

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Amongst our opponents were "Don" Cameron (the great footballer) and H . B . Randrup (who was recently killed in action at the Dardanelles). I do not think that even this was the first match against the Stratford School, as I seem to remember accounts of a match !Jlayed at Stratford some years earlier. Perhaps some older old boy may remember the occasion . The excuse for this letter is that the reference in the magazine to a mat<:h against Stratford r evived memories of times in the school's history that have passed away unchronicled.

If you -are able to find space in the next issue for the foregoing r ecollections they may prove of s~me interest to old and present boys alike.-l am, etc., H . L. COOK, 124 Maitland St., Dunedin.

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vY.e have h ad the pleasure o£ reading several letters of Norman Howell to his mother. In these he tells that he received his wound in the fighting shortly after the landing at the Dardanelles. He was struck in the thigh by a bullet, which penetrated deeply down into the groin. He was taken first to Egypt and then seht to Englauu by the Red Cross ship N evassa. The wounded '"ere landed at Southampton and then taken by train to llirmingham. Howell is delighteu with the great beauty both o£ the English country and towns. He was taken to the magnificent hospital attached to the Birmingham University. He was the only New Zealander there, and cannot speak too highly of the extreme kindness o£ not only the hospital staff but also o£ the public. Shortly after he was r emoved to Garliok Ward, General Infirmary, Worcester. A gentleman in that city happening to hear that a New Zealander was in the hospital went to make inquiries. This gentleman h ad been born in Akaroa, but h ad left Ne" Zealand when quite young and had never been able to realise his wish to re-visit the land o£ his birth . H e evidently considered himself specially bound to do something for the wounded New Zealander, and has spared nothing-motor rides, outings, lux uries . Howell's "1"\"0lmd has now h ealed up , but the bullet has never been extracted, and it is considered that

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an operation will be necessary . So far he can shuffle a few steps without his crutches, but is gaining strength all the time ~ * * * Laurie Smith writes on a post-card made in the trenches out of a piece of card-boar d . He says:S€na some writing-pap er , as it is very scarce here. Also send a cake by parcel-post, as all we get here is bully-beef , biscuits and tea, with a slice of bacon and s ome. jam. The days are very hot here and the flies are very troublesome . They torment the life out of me. They fight you for your tucker. You chase them away , but they come at it again and again, till you get sick of shooing them away .-Gallipoli , June 30, Hll5.

* * * Selwyn Baker writes from Luna Park ~?spita~, H eliopolis, on :i\Iay 19, 1915, shortly after rece1vmg h1s fir:;t wound. On .April 9 the troops left Egypt a;nd_ on the 14th arrived at L emnos, where they stayed t1ll the 25th. During their stay in the island they saw all the sights, including " Lizzie."

Continuin g, h e says:~ vVas close enough to touch her , but was not allowed on . Saw holes in funnel made by Turkish shrapnel. Left Lemnos on 25th for Dardanelles, arriving about 5 p.m. , and going straight into the firing line which Australians h ad establis-hed . By 2 a .m. out of our platoon of fifty-four we had lost fiv e killed and fourteen wounded-a nd we were not t he landing party.

The horrible things we saw are better undescribed . This position was well up t he Gallipoli Peninsula. 'Ve had no cover except holes made in the ground by our entrenchin g tools. 'Ve had periods of tr enches and r eserve till Thursday, when we left by torpedo boat destroyer for the south of the peninsula, near Kiled Bahr. Found beauitful count ry, with plenty of sweet water. vVe passed a demolished castle and village-all huge Turkish g uns in other postt10ns .

On Saturday, May 9, we adv an ced on important Turkish position, and were a good way up when I got a bullet throu gh my ri ght shoulder underneath the shoulder-bl ade and gr azing my cheek. I changed my mind about going forward , and stayed in so:n_e r ear trenches till dark . when I walked down to the beach , arrJVmg there about 9 p.m. Left for ship Franconia, arriving at ~.30 p.m. Su~day; and r eached Alexandria next Tuesday. I am m a ward w1th a notice displayed outside: "Curiosities , ! Piastre"; _"The Largest Skeleton in Egypt, ! Piastre." Ot her patients ar e m t h_e Lau gh inrr Galler:v and it seems somewhat out of place to see t lns placard o~tside a. hospital ward: ''Come Ins ide and get a Smile that· won't wear off." Others are in the " Tea T errace," and seem to get most of the visitors with flow ers . W e get visitors, but none

so f~r have brought flow ers to adorn our somewhat rude building.

The flies and, mosquitoes are simply blue murder, and we are all provided by visitors with fly-whisks. The hospitals are all very short of clothing, such as pyjamas, shirts, socks, etc. Most of the wounded have the ir clothing cut to get at their wounds.

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Sergeant Syd . Okey, who was wounded in the left ann at the Dardanell es, ·writing· to his mother from the .A.le:s.anclria Hospital on June 2, says:-

You will be wonderin g how we are progressing here. I get my discharge to-da y and go to the base <;:amp, and after a few days there will be sent on to the front to r ejoin my unit; so long before you get t his letter I will be back again with the force 'vVe have not had any letters or papers from New Zealand for ove~ two months. No doubt I mi ssed a mail which was sent to the front while I was here, and by the time any for me gets back here I will be at the front again, so suppose will have to wait a while yet. I will not be son y to get back again with my Company as, of course, one likes to be with the fellows he has trained with so long . The hole in my arm made by the shrapnel bullet has practically healed up now, and has not in any way affected the use of the arm and caused me little inconvenience. We hear very little here of what is going on at t he front. * * *

Private Ron . .A.dlam writes from Samoa : ~ w~nt

up to Ste: enson's grave last Saturday week. By jove, wasn t Jt a st eep cbmb! It is absolutely marvellous how those Sa moans managed to get his coffin up there. The hill it is on is about as bi g as the Run Hill , but s t eeper and covered with bush.

I am enclosi ng a piece of moss I picked off a tree up there . There is one place I must visit 's ome Sunday. It is a tremendous ly high waterfall about twelve miles from our camp . I believe it is about 700 feet high.

* * The following letter tells its own sad tale:Your so n M. vV . Mulloy, who was a sergeant in my platoon me_t his death bravely on April 28 at t he front at Kaba Tep~ Pomi;. Nothmg could have hit me so hard as when I was told on that mornin g that W att ie had been shot through the head.

The enemy's machin e-guns were in action, and at the time your son was kill ed another of our men went down with him , also shot through t he head. It is wi th regret I have to tell you thi s sad news. bu t I feel it my du ty as his pl atoon commander . I could never have wished for a better sergeant, and it grieves me to think that I have lost him for good.-E. MORGAN, Lieutenant, Taranaki Company.

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H. B. Morshead, who was reported killed, was sent to Hyde Park Hospital, Plymouth. He was taken there aft~r receiving his wound in the arm at the Dardanelles .

A shell burst just in front of his company while charging a 'L\ukish trench, and he was struck by a pellet just 'below the shoulder. The missile travelled down inside the arm to the elbow and came out there, breaking the arm just about an eighth of an inch above the joint.

He was taken with many other wounded to Lemnos, and then sent on to Plymouth. The wounded colonials met with a great reception on their arrival, and all Plymouth vied with one another in showing kindness and hospitality. The wounded who were able to stand it were taken out foi· motor-rides , invited out to tea, and entertained right royally. Morshead, later on, was sent to 'Voodcote Park Convalescen t Home, Epsom . There were about 3000 conval escents there, living in huts each accommoda ting about 40. Next to the park is the famous M:orshead speaks enthusiastic ally Epsom Racecourse. of the beauty of England, so far as he has seen it. "It beats New :tealand into a cocked hat." He has been informed that he will have to be discharged from the Service as unfit for further active duty. But this goes very much against the grain. ''The Turks and Germans have killed too many of my mates for me not to want to have another go at them." He hopes to be able to secure work . in connection with the Home Defence, rightly thinking that in this way he would be helping the cause. So far we have not heard whether his application has been successful. His wound must have been specially severe for a wound in the arm. The letters written by him with the hand of the wounded arm are written quite firmly and l egibly. * * * as follows from the Western writes Lepper Harper Front near Ypres. The l etter is dated June 24. Since then he has been wounded in the head, but not at all seriously, and will, in all probability, be back agam in the firing-line soon.

I am at last at the front. I have been in France for a month now, hut only three weeks with my regiment, which I joined on June 3. Wo are now in a r est camp, about 5 miles beh:ind the ftr ing lin e, where we arrived on the night of the 20th, and we were not at all sorry to get away from the sound of the rifles, although we are still well within the range of the guns. We often have shells pitching within a few hundred yards of the camp, but

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~hey are. only stray ones. The Germans seem to turn their guns m. any cln·ectiOn and let fly, trusting to luck to hit something. I tlunk t hat we WJJl be here for another 4 or 5 days, so we ought to be fa1rly fit by then. The battalion had 25 days in the firing bne, and they were pretty trench-sick after it and need a good r est. vVe just got away from the i:>!:enches in time to miss ~n attack, as we were relieved the night before. You will most It was the attack that hke~y have r ead of it in the papers. st1:a1ghtened out the salient in front of Ypres, where we had been clomg duty for so long. 'l'he attack was fairly successful and we advanced through. :five lines of their trenches, but owin~ to the comnmmcat1o ns With our artillery being broken we were shelled by our own pe~ple and had to retire to the second line, which we The Germans aot have held agamst all their counter-attack s. rather a surprise, as they were told that we were very weak j~st there aml had no gun ammunition. The morning of the attack we had over 200 guns concentrated on 1000 yards of front and they bom.bardecl the Germans from 2 a.m. till about 3 p.m.: and for once m a way they did some good shooting. I was on fatigue for the two n:ghts foUowing the attack with a burying party, and some of the Sights were terrible. In several places I came across half Germans, and the corresponding halves were nowhere tci be seen. In the Ge~man front line, which we captured, there were dozens of spare hmbs and bits of men, and we had to be careful where we sat clown. The only t hing to be seen on some of the men was a little reel spot in the forehead, otherwise they a~peai.·ed to be untouched. There must have been about 300 dead ly mg m front of our old position, and I was very glad to see that the German dead at this point wer e more than ours. There were also about 80 dead "Tomm ies," who had been lying in front of our trench for a month-ever since the big retreat there. We were unable ~o get out to bury them, and the sanitation of the p~ace was se~·1onsly tb~·eatenecl . During our 25 clays there we had loO ca.sualties . While I was with my platoon I had six c.asualt1es and these were all wounded behind the :firina Very few get hne wlul~ trench ~iggi_ng or some such thing. wounded m the :finng lme by rifle fire. One day when my platoon was on look-out ~luty we got shelled by our own artillery and we had thr.ee shells m our trench before we could stop them. There is nothmg ~ore demoralising than to be shelled by your own peopl~, and Jt took me all my time to keep my men at their posts.

Luc!nly. there was no one wounded this time, but the same clay The German th~y l~1a ~ut four of the Gorclons on our right. firm~ hne m front of our. position ran along the edge of a wood, and Jt was a wonderful Sight to see th is place being bombarded as the shells cut clown large trees and fell them into the trench.

I saw one ll1an thrown about 50 feet into the a.ir by a. shell that

OLD BOYS' NOTES. and most likely there wer e _a few more trench, landed in their They a re in a blue funk by ou~· blown up by the same shell. the shells p1tch anywher e nea1 · when rabbits like run and artillery Then is the time when we get some good snap-sho otmg. In the recent charge our men took the first trench with only fiv e casualties, as the Germans were all cowering in their dug-outs .. They would not come out of them, so our men either threw m some grenades or went in and stuck them like pigs. They ~ad their blood up, a:nd it was a wonder that ther e were any pnsoners at a ll. vVhat prisoner-s there were were miserable , undersiz ed fellows and they s imply walked in and gave themselv es up. after our men had passed on to the next trench. I have been domg a fair amount of sniping lately, and now I am in charge of the company snipers but there· is very little to do in connectiOn w1th them. I am trying to improvis e some good type of sniper's loop-hole, . as we have no r eliable one so far. In the trenches it was nothmg to fire about 200 rounds at a s itting and one d ay I fired 500. ~n ee hen I was fee ling r ather fit I crawled out of our trench JUSt :efore daybreak and took up a good position in some long grass.

I stayed there for five hours till I only had five rounds o~It of 250 left, and then I had to get back in broad daylight. l'l11s was rather a ticklish job and I had to wriggle about 200 ya rds t1ll I • got to a bit of dead ground, where I managed ~o get o~er our My company comm~ndei: 1s very l~een on parapet unobserv ed. this sort of work and I sometime s go out With hm1. I don t know whether I have 'shot any Huns yet, but I guess I have startled some. They are too cunning to give us mu ch of a target an~ then we get only a fl eeting glimpse of them.. 'iVhen we are ~n the trenches we do two days in the firmg !me and two dn:ys m ~he We work all night at generally· 1mprovm h cl g suppor t s 'and So On · e . ay t Durmg trenches. ication commun digging and trench our we hav e a few hours' sleep and fill in the r est o~ our time filhn~ sand-bag s ready for putting on the parapet at m ght.. In the .·fit; in" line we get little or no sleep and have to make 1t up. dm m , th: day in the support trenches. I soon got use.d to the nfle fir e, but the shell fire was a little more nerve shakmg, bu~ I do. not mind either now. The second ni ght that I was _on ?urym g fatigue the Huns wer e making pret ty free use of th.eir dn·ty g.as, but I think we have solved that problem fairly effectivel y, as "aS · All th e same d to a 11 , w1u·cl1 a bs· o1·b the "' · respirato rs are Issue and one of these shells, gas use they as it, I got a good dose of burst within a few yards of my party, and befor e we 7<;ould get all felt · ators· on' the wind blew the gas on to us. d 'i\ h e ell our r espir coul ]' cla r Y see.d were so sor e we afte 1· · 1• it > and our eyes • • very SIC ' It makes one feel very tired and a gr eat desire to Ie own anlcl b eco me very . . · I wou . . drv sleep comes over one, an cl t h e l Ips rather be bombard ed any clay than be gassed agam. W e see a _g~ocl deal of aeroplan es over u,s, and they are always greeted w1t a

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* * * Mr. Both·ill has received the followino· letter from o one o£ our friends at the :Front :Long e re this, you boys have r ead, doubtless with mis ty vis ion , the bare fact that Corporal Hall h ad di ed of wounds. You have been kind enough to think that he had faced danger and death bravely and, boys, your confidenc e has not been misplace d.

Prior to leaving Egypt he had refused his t hird stripe, because he consider ed his sight would not allow him to do. justice to the posit ion, and it is no idle tall;: to say he left t hat country the most popular N.C .O . in his company and the idol of his section.

In the same way t hat he had won ypur confidence, had h e won the confidenc e of t hose rough, hard , fig ht ing men of whi ch his section was composed . Of that section t here are but two left, and one of t hese told me that there was not on e among them but that would willingly have stood between their co rporal and death. Pie· t ure to yourself. a gull y such as t he one at the back of you r school only about as deep again, and her e and there g reat landslides that had left its slo1)es a clean face of clay . Und er cover of darkne~s, at the t op of one of t h ese slopes a small party of New Zea landers had du g themselv es in. But t he d awn of the 6th revealed their posit ion to t he enemy's art illery, and wi t hin a very few minutes the whole of them were killed or blown to t he g ully below. Among the latter was Co rporal Hall, wit h leg cruelly shattered' just below t he t hi gh. Later in the da! he was r emoved to t he beach, about t hree-qua rters of a mile away, by t he Red Cross men. If t he men in the fi ring line were brave, the~e ambulan ce men wer e h eroes . All clay and a ll night and the next d ay, without an y ebance of hitting back, under the merciless shrapnel and rifle fire of t he enemy, without r est or st:~.y, they worked, in many cases passing the wou nded down cliffs that make one wonder even now how t hey obtained a foothold. 'l'hen by lighters out, not to the elabo rate hospital ships one reads of, t hey are long since full to overflow ing, but to a common troopship , and after a journey of 60 or more hours t hey arri ve at Alexandr ia, in man y cases wit h t heir fi rst field dressings on. If you can measure the sufferin g of the hundr eds of wounded on an overcrowded t roopship , whose sole medical staff consisted of one doctor l:>orrowed from on of the warships and some 40 or 50 soldiers with no knowledg e of nursing; 1f, I say, you can measure t he suffe rin g in t he interval t hat elapsed between t he night of April 26 and a date some four days later , then you have some idea of what many of our countrymen, including your late master, ·endured. At Alexand ria

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every care IS bestowed on the wounded, and there it was found necessa'r y to amputate Corporal Hall's leg just below the thigh .

The clear, g ifted mind, the inuomitab le will, the fearless courage were his , but, the iron constituti on was lacking, and ten days later suffering gave place to death. Hut we will not forget one who always had the courage to do hi s duty, who was always ready to help others to do theirs. With many others he has helped to write th e nam e of our island home across this penins1Jla with the noblest blood New Zealand can give. On a tablet of love and memory we will write his name in letters of purest gold.

If there were no censor there is much I would like to tell you, boys. My own platoon consists of men from Patea, Rawera, and round the coast, lighters every on e, and we are not trying to refine this grim husine.<s. Just at present we are having a few days' r est after 16 days in the fir e trench, bnt th e men ar·e kept busy on one fatigu e and another. ·we will be glad when this great war is over , but while it lasts I would not be elsewhere for worlds. I would like to get a line from an:v of you boys .' I always do m:v best to answer m:v letters . The:v are the one joy of a soldier's life . I have tried to find out how you boys got on in your last Empire match, but cannot. I wrote to the secretary of the N.R.A., but have not had any reply. In conclusion , boys, just let me say one thing. It is this. I have seen the British Tomm:v, th e men of Kitchener 's volunteer army, the French and their dusky African troops, the men from our great Indian Empire (fine· fighters that they ar e), I have seen them all in action, but if it is ever m:v lot to be in a ti ght corner give me our N ew Zealander s and their cousins the Australian s. They are great. You may well be proud of them, and I know you are.

F. HARTNE LL.

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I? R f' S I? E <2 T U S. In accord ance with the wishes of · the Board 0£ Govern ors we include the follow ing pages taken from the School Prospe ctus : The school is divided into:(1.) The Upper School .-This consist s of Forms V., VIA . and VIB. In this depart ment boys are prepar ed for the follow ing exami nation s:(a) Junior Univer sity Schola rship . (b) Tarana ki Schola rship . (c) Matric ulation . (d) Engine ering Prelim inary. (e) Solicit ors' Genera l Knowl edge . (f) *Entra nce Exami nation for Duntro on Milita ry Colleg e. · (g) Senior Civil Service . (h) Pupil Teache rs' Entran ce Exami nation . *This examin ation is held in Decem ber of ea.ch year.

The subjec ts are (compu lsory) Englis h, Histor y, Elementar y Mathe matics , Geogra phy, Genera l Knowl edge; (optio nal-tw o o£ the follow ing) Mathe matics (Div. II.).

Physic s, Chemi stry, French or Germa n.

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The course at Duntroon extends over four years, and from the day of their admission to the Royal Military College, cadets need cost their parents nothing. T~e Government provides £200 a year for each boy, who 1s, moreover, able to contribute from the age of 16 to the Public Superannuation Fund. On completion of training at the College at the age of 20 or 22 years, the cadets will join the New Zealand Staff Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant at a salary of £250 per annum. At the usual rate of promotion they will attain in seven or eight years the rank of Captain at a salary of £350, and successively the rank of Major with a salary of £475 after 15 years' service, of Lieutenant-Colonel at £600 after 22 years' service, and of Colonel at £750.

(11.) The Middle Schooi.-This consists of Forms IliA., IIIB., and IV., and prepares boys for the Upper School. The following examinations may be taken by pupils in this section of the School:Senior Education Board Scholarship.

Rayly Memorial t:lcholarship.

Senior Free Place.

Civil Service Junior.

.C lass Rooms.-The class rooms are new, large and handsome.

They have been specially designed for this :department, and are finished in asbestos and oiled rimu. ·The lower division room is ·fitted with modern hyloplate .blackboards for drawing purposes, while the teaching of geography and history is helped by an electric arc lamp and lantern. All the apparatus necessary for geographical and scientific work is provided.

L.ibrary.-The department has a special library of :its own, and the reading matter provided is carefully ,Bupervised.

Cames.-The Lower School enters teams in the local ·football and cricket competitions, v;rhile every boy _physically fit takes part in these winter and summer games.

In conjunction with the Upper School, the boys play in groups suited to age and weight.

All the pupils, -without exception, frequently do some gymnastic work in .t he new school gymnasium.

Cadets.-Those boys who are old enough drill inN o. :2 Company of the School Cadets, while the smaller boys receive the elements of drill in specl.al squads.

Boarders.-'l'hese pupils are provided with a separate -dormitory from the remainder of the school, and in all respects, except as regards length, preparation classes are subject to the ordinary house discipline of the school.

Playing Fields.-The playing fields are spacious, and include an excellent cricket ground, as well as tennis ,court and miniature rifl.e range.

THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. Scope and Aims.-'l'he aim of this department, which is organised separately from the Upper School, is to prepare boys for secondary education.

By combining with the ordinary primary school syllabus the innumerable advantages ottered by a secondary school, it so prepares boys that, on leaving it, they proceed to higher work with a minimum of interruption.

The courses of study of the Middle and Lower School dovetail, and , as the preparatory syllabus is not fixed by the Education Department, it can here be modified to suit individual requirements. 'l'he elements of French, L atin and Elementary Science are taught the pupils by those masters who will subsequently take them for advanced work, thus the continuity of study is uninterrupted.

Organisation.-The schools consist at present of 47 pupils, of whom 12 are boarders, who are subject to ·ordinarJ' house di11cipline, including special supervision of preparation of work.

The lower division of the school ·consists o:l' 21 pupils, varying in ages from 8 to 12 years, wh-ile the upper division prepares boys for Education 13oind Scholarships and proficiency certificates.

Special schemes of work, covering the whole preparatory progress of a pupil, are in operation.

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The teachers in charge of this dep.adment have had ·special training in primary school work.

The boys thus h ave the benefits of a secondary school training in the way of gymnastics, drill, and the supervision of all school ;games.

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0F STUDY.

'l'o the Upper and Middle Schools there are three 'Sides, viz.: (1) The Classical; (2) The Agricultural; (3) The Commercial.

The Classical Slde.-Subjects of Instruction: English, French, Geography, Arithmetic, Chemistry, Latin, History, Algebra, Geometry, Elementary Physics, Trigonometry, Heat, Elementary Mechanics, Drawing, Woodwork.

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PROSPECTUS.

The Agricultural Side.-English, G-eography, His-tory, Algebra, Arithmetic, G-eometry, 'lrig-onometry,, Botany, Agriculture, Dairying, Ammal .Physiology, .

Chemistry, Elementary }lechanics, Book-keeping, Draw_tug, Woodwork.

The Commercial Side.- English, Geography) H is-tory, A.rithmetic, Algebra, G-eometry, 'l'rigonometry, Chemistry, Elementary Mechanics, .Uook-keeping, . :::lhorthand, Typewriting, Commercial Correspondence,_ Drawing.

Se H 0 L 1l R S HI VS . .Pupils attending the School may compete for the . following Scholarships:(1). dunior Board Scholarships.-These vary in value from £5 to £35 per annum . 'l'hey are tenable for two . years and are open to boys under 14 years of age.

(2.) Senior Board Scholarships.-Open to boys under 16 years of age and tenable for two years. Value varies . from £5 to £35 per annum .

(3.) Bayly Memorial Scholarship.-Open to boys . under 15 years tlf age and tenable for three years. Value £10 per annum.

(4.) Taranaki University Scholarships. -Tenable for four years. Value £60 per annum . These are awarded on the results of the Junior University Scholarship .

Examination, arrd in order to obtain one a candidate must gain a place on the credit list of that examination. The scholarships are open t.o all candidates who have attended a school within the 'l'aninaki Provincial District for not . less than two years and are between the ages of 16 and 19 years on the 1st day of December nearest to the date · of the examination.

(5.) dunior University and Senior National Scholar-. ships. Value £50 per annum for three years.

FEES (Ver Term).

Tuition-£3, reducible to £2 10s if paid with!n 31 days . .

Board- ~ 15, reducible to £13 if paid within 31 days .

Weekly Boarders-£12 1 Os, reducible to £11 if paid within 31 days.

Extras- Dinner for Day Boys, £2 2s; Music, £2 2s ; ~ Boxing, 10s; Dancing, 15s .

Subscriptlons-GanJ.es, 4s; Library, la; Magazine, .la.