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• Officers of School School Notes St. Margaret's New Day School Form Notes VI. VB. IV IIIA .

III. Remove IIIB. IIA. IIB. I. and Preparatory Boarders' Notes The Humorous Side of School Life Tennis Notes Games-Upper School Lower School " Basket Ball " The Literary Club Melan esian Mission Letter from Margaret The Chinese Mission " A Chinese Dream " The Return of Scott's Expedition from the Pole L'Aviateur Early Morning at a Vicarage A Visit to Rangiora H.M.S. "New Zealand" at Akaroa Blenheim •' Quo Vadis" CONTRIBUTIO~SFROMTHE LOWER SCHOOL:" The Troubles We Had" "The Torrent's Daughter" " The Garden " "Martha's Madness"

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The Second Term of this year has been very eventful in some ways , though the usual smooth course of events was marred by the introduction of measles at the beginning of the term. Knowing full well the infectious character of the disease, we hoped against hope that it would not spread, but we were doomed to disappointment, for one after the other disappeared from th e class-rooms daily However, we had one consolation , namely, that with the exception of several boarders, the Upper School was entirely free.

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That which has perhaps occupied the minds of those in authority most this year has been the new school building.

Until everything was settled it seemed better to say nothingthen the great day came when the School could know ''We hope every girl will be at school to-morrow morning , as somethii;ig int eresting is going to happen.''

Such were the words given out at prayers the day before. '' What could be going to happen ?" each one asked her companions, but none knew , though many made guesses-was the Bishop coming to see them ? was there to be a holiday ? or would it be a lantern lecture ? Th e mystery deepened when the Lower School were allowed to come over for morning prayers.

After prayers Canon Sedgwick announced the news that the foundation stone of the new school would be laid by the Bishop of the Diocese early in October, and that the building would be ready for use in May A great clapping of hands followed the words , the girls showing how keenly interested they are in all which concerns the welfare of their school. Canon Sedgwick further urged each one to take her share in helping forward the work by doing all she could to make the Bazaar a success, the proceeds of which are to be given to the building fund. A torrent of questions was poured forth at the first opportunity by each form. "How many classrooms would there be ?" "Would everyone learn cooking ?"

"How large would the Drill Hall be ?" "Would gymnastics

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really be held in our own hall ?'' ''Would there be a tennis court left 1" "Was it true that there were only two more terms to be spent in the present building 1'' '' What would happen to the pr esent schoolrooms 1'' and many, many more, the answers to which must be contained in future ~Iagazines.

Some knew that school days were drawing to a close and that the new building would not see them there as scholars, yet their int erest was as keen as that of their younger companions.

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We entered into possession of the tennis courts in Cranmer Square soon after the term began, and the ground has been the scene of much merriment and happiness. Basket ball has been begun und .er Miss Candy's instruction, two sets being able to play at the same time. Tennis has had its full share. and many new rackets are seen about, which speaks well for the future of the tennis team. We hope to keep at least one court intact when the building begins .

The Rev H . Jones has been unable to continue his Church History lectures owing to his leaving Christchurch.

Those who have had the privilege of list ening to these lectur es mll r emember them as among the most int eresti ng of the school lessons, and will understand wh•at a loss their discontinuance 1s to the school.

Of entertainments there have been few A concert given

by Mr Empson, " Quo Vadi.s" at the Pictures, and a lecture on China, comprise the dissipations of the term , all othe r events.:._the Junior Party, Club Dance, Bazaar, Debates, Tennis Matches, etc ., have had to be put off.

The members of the Navy League had a fancy dress dance on the day before the close of school, and spent a happy evening. No friends could be invited for fear lest "germs" might still be about.

On August 15th those gir ls who had been prepared for Confirmation by Canon Sedgwick received the ''Gift'' at St. Luke's at the hands of the Bishop of the Diocese. Those confirmed were M. Curlett, E . Templar , Z. Gray, H . Dixon, I. Munro, L . Leach, D. Hunt, the first mentioned of whom was receiv ed into the Church the evening before.

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The new girls this term are S. Tripe, J Harper , S. Johnson, J Matthias, F Middleton, M. Teschemaker, J Pyne, M. Rutherford, L. Bassett .

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The annual School Bazaar will be held at the College on Saturday, October 18th, from 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

St. Margaret's New Day School.

The Lord Bishop of the Diocese has kindly consented to lay the foundation stone of our new Day School in Cranmer Square on Thursday, October 16th, at 2.30 p.m . It is much hoped that all the parents and friends of the Sisters and pupils will be present at the ceremony The school is to be built on the Cranmer Square tennis site, and will be of wood. It will consist of seven large class-rooms, two music rooms , cookery kitchen, mistresses' rooms , cloak-rooms, and lavatories.

All will be up-to-date as regards ventilation, heating, and accom modation, and will seat over 200 girls. It was hoped that a large assembly hall might have been included, but the funds at the Sisters' disposal unfortunately will not allow of it. £2000 has been sent from their headquarters for the new school.

The cost of class-rooms, etc., as described above will amount to that. If those who value the work that has been done in the school for the glory of God, and for the well-being of His little ones, desire to show their appreciation, an opportunity will be given them on the day of the stone-laying, when libera l offerings are much hoped for, and all those present will be asked to take their share in building a much-needed assembly hall . The architect hopes that the sch ool will be ready for opening next May, and the Sisters are sure that many more parents will avai l themse lves of the privilege of sending their children to a school where a good secular education is based upon a r eligious foundation .

Form VI. Notes.

The .author of our Form Notes in the last "Magazine" thought our class-room had been fixed, after having been changed from the office to the drill-hall, but she was mistaken.

As the cold weather came on the drill-ha ll , which has plenty of windows and doors, became rather draug hty, so we had to move our desks upstairs to Form V room, where we are sti ll.

I don't think we shall move again.

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As we do not have many lessons with Form Vb. we do not very much mind having them in ''our'' class-room.

Our number is still five, although Frances Bridge was away after exeat on account of measles. We were all very pleased when she came back to make our number complete. Having four prefects one of whom, Marjory Curlett, was "created" quite lately we should be a model form, but being of a modest nature , we shall not mention conduct.

We are glad to say that we still have Miss Fleming for our Form mistress . Marjory Curlett is our orderly, and performs her duties very well.

We are very sorry that Mr Jones is unable to continue his interesting Church History lessons, as he has left Christchurch.

We still have Canon Sedgwick to give us addresses on the creed .

When the rest of the school had their usual half-yearly examination we had only Divinity and Literature, because we had one on matriculation lines at the end of the term. We were very glad when the last paper was given in, although we were afraid of the results.

Everybody was delighted when Sister said that the holidays were to be half a week longer than the usual three weeks. We are looking forward to a pleasant time and a rest from lessons.

Form Vb. Notes.

G. Andrew Th_is term has been a very important one, as the half-yearly examinations have taken place. After so much strenuous work we were pleased to get away for a few days' holiday to refresh ourselves for our next half-term's work.

At the beginning of the term only one new girl came to join us in our Form, and that was Sybil Tripe. Dorothy Dalgety has returned to work after an attack of the chicken-pox. Irene Smith has also been absent, as she has gone to Auckland for a holiday Kathleen Mansell has left for this term, but we all hope she will return again next term. Mona Pyne has just had the misfortune to get the measles, so our Form Vb. is gradually getting smaller We can still say that we are not the smallest Form, as in Form Va . there are only four girls.

We no longer have Mr Jones to take us for Church History, and so Sister takes us instead for '' the Acts.''

When we came back at the beginning of the term we were surprised to see in each class-room a card with the heading

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'' Third Excellents. '' When we get a '' Third Excellent'' we go to Sister for a stamp, and put it on the card with our name It causes great competition among the classes, underneath. and shows which Form will gain the most stamps by the end of the term. Much to our distress we are not getting as many as we would like to, but as the Sixth Form girls help us, we hope to catch up soon.

Form IV. Notes.

(D. Cowlishaw Since the last "Magazine" very little has happened to our Form. The usual routine is gone through, much to the annoyance of the girls, who would like something fresh nearly every day Being Fourth Form girls gives us many privileges, and we feel quite important, because we are able to waggle our tongues at the Literary meetings, while the Forms below us have to keep silent. Although this is very nice for us, yet there are also drawbacks; for instance, we are expected to write essays on the books to be read and discussed at the Literary meetings .

Just before half term we had our half-yearly examinations, which caused great excitement . Each day when the results were put up everyone crowded round the notice board, all declaring that they dare not look at the list because they knew that they would be bottom , but nearly always the ones who said that , when they did have the courage to look , found themselves fairly high up, if not top.

One of the girls in our Form, exceeding her customary efforts in the mathematic examination, has gone into a higher Form , much to the others' relief. Our exams. being now over, we have begun our ordinary lessons with renewed energy, but sad to say, the energy has already somewhat slackened.

In all the Forms there is a card for 3rd ten excellents.

Each Form tries to get more than the others. The Form below ours has the most, and although we have tried very hard to catch up to them, we have not been able to, but I am glad to say that we are next to them .

At the exciting time when the "New Zealand" was in Lyttelton , our Form mistress, Miss Hughes took a photo of her as she was steaming into the harbour , from the little boat she was in. This photo. she had enlarged and framed, and then she kindly gave it to her Form to ornament their class-room.

It hangs just above my head, and often when I am tired of

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school .I look at it and think of the time when the ship was here .

As usu al, there has oeen nothing important in the Form this term, so I have not much to write about, but we all hop e our next term will be very full of exciting things.

I am glad to say that none of our Form have the mea les but I am also sorry to say that there are some who are suff ering from vaccination.

We have not taken to bits of red ribbon round our arms as the boys of Christ's College have!

Form Notes II la.

(Marjorie Boulton.

Miss Candy is the mistress of our Form, which consist of fifteen gir ls, two of whom, Dorothy Sandstein and Vera Papprill , are our orderlies.

Lately our number has been fourteen, but Muriel Lock. "ho has been absent through illness, has just come back , and she brings our number back again to fifteen.

At the beginning of the term Sister gave us our card. "hich was to be used for putting up our excellents stamps. We have already finii::hed one card, and have seven more stamps on another, thus giving us the highest total of the whole school.

This year Sister has allowed us to join the Literary Club, a privilege which the low er Forms of the Upper School did not enjoy last year, and also to attend the Club dances.

Occasionally on Friday mornings, in place of Divinity, Sister takes us all for instruction, and on Tuesday mornings Mr Monaghan takes the Upper and the Lower Third for Divinit y on the Old Testament .

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C. Robinson.

At the beginning of the year we came up into the Upper School from the Lower We did not lik e leaving the school, but since we hav e come up we have h ad the privilege of joining the Literary Club, and coming to the Club dances. Last term we had nine gir ls in our Form, but owing to the departure of two gir ls our number is only seven. As our old orderly left our mistress chose another Ruth Good was chosen to fill the vacant office.

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Sister at last satisfied our curiosity by telling us about our card for three consecutive exce llents, which we found hung up in our room on our return. We have only six stamps at present but we hope to get more.

Audrey Cogan and Muriel Wallace are our flower orderlies, but sad to say there have been no flowers in the vases yet.

I s~ppose the girls ·were busy preparing for the examinations, which started on July 10th.

Miss Bradwell is our Form mistress. The seven girl:, in our Form are Rita Parkinson, Ruth Good ( orderly , Ruby Withell, Muriel Wallace, Audrey Cogan , Clarice Hill , and C. Robinson. There are no new gir ls this term .

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(M. Saunders.

This year we are in the same class-room as last, only we are now called the Lower Third Form . Miss Hunt is our Form mistress, and our orderly is Mary Ross.

For the first few days of last term Miss Duncan was our Form mistress, but th e second week Miss Hunt and she changed classes . At the beginning · of the same term Dorothy Diamond left us for England.

We are all very sorry she has gone, and will be very glad when she comes back at the end of this year to join us the next.

Last term Muriel Wallace also left us, but her departure was for the Upper School. Altogether there are thirteen girls in our Form, but five are away at present with the measles, and Jessie Chrystal will not return at all this term owing to ill health.

The new girls for this term are Sybil Johnson and Joan Harper

Form Notes Ila. (M. Hunt and N Murray There is not a very great deal to write about this term, not many important things having happened to us. There are several new gir ls in our Form now, Judith Matthias, Fanny Middleton, and Margaret Teschemake "r We were all glad to welcome back Rangi Fraer this term.

She has been away for some time through illness, and also we are very sorry to lose Molly Solomon, who is leaving for Sydney this month.

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Our favourite winter game just at present is skipping and lVIiss Duncan often kind ly turns the rope for us. Some df the girls like playing houses, too. We have severa l new pictures in our class -room, which Sister had already framed for us when we came back from the holidays, and they all help to make the class-room look pretty Every Tuesday afternoon we go to games, and lVIiss Hunt has very kindly promised to teach the girls who bring racquets h!)w to play tennis, which will be great fun, and we shall have some fine games amongst ourselves when we can play properly

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J Jamieson.

Our Form mistress is Miss Baker, and we like her very much, and hope to have her next year The Form has suffered very much this term through the measles. We hope it is all over now, and by working hard we will be able to make up for lost time. We did not have the Lower School party this term, on account of the measles, but we are going to have it next term if nothing happens.

We have grand games at school under the trees when it is fine, and on wet days we play inside.

We have fifteen girls in . our Form, and while the measle were on there were only five left.

We are going to have a bazaar next term. All the girls in the Lower School have to make two articles.

In the winter term we play tennis on the Cranmer tennis courts, and in summer we go to the tepid baths for swimming.

We also go to Mr Tankard for gymnasium, which we like very much. 'l'he exercises are very hard at first, but when we get used to them they are not so difficult.

Form Notes I. and Preparatory.

Sheila Tobin, aged 9.

Our :B'orm has never sent in notes before, so I must do my best.

We had no flowers this winter, but we had many coloured leaves.

Our class -room is a very big one. It has a nice French window, leading on to a very sunny verandah.

We all play on it often, and we play lovely games.

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There is a nice big lawn just outside the verandah, so we play many games there. There are ever so many little places in the bushes to hide.

Our Form mistress is Miss Baker ·we are all very fond of her \Ve have been taken to the Museum two or three times, and we liked it very much. We have had two lovely picnics in the Gardens; we liked them very much, too, and are specially fond of going there in the spring.

Boarders' Notes.

(Z. Gray and M. Scott .

We are all back at school, after having had a very enjoyabl e holiday, and we are quite settled down to boarding.

We thought that we would have several new boarders this term, b.nt to our disappointment found that there were only two, one being a day girl who had come to join our happy circle.

There are not the same distinctions between Seniors and Juniors this term, so we always sit together instead of an orderly taking the Juniors in the office.

Last term we all went to the "Blue Bird," which treat had been promised us for a long time before it arrived. It carried us away to Fairyland, and was the topic of our conversation till the end of the term. On Ascension Day the whole school was given a holiday, and in the evening we happy boarders had a Fancy Dress dance, given by the Sisters, and the dresses had to be '' home made.''

They were very good. Those most appreciated were ''Beauty,'' and '' The Beast.''

The following night the Seniors acted in the Drill Hall a play called the "Lost Fugitive ." Weeks beforehand the unfortunate Juniors had their curiosity raised by the Seniors being continually called out of the sitting and preparation rooms for rehearsals. They did not know about it till the night of the performance, when Sister went up to the sitting-room and told them, as she found them looking very down in the dumps. D. Dalgety took the chief part, Charles II ., which suited her admirably After different parts had been encored, especially the scene of the Fortune Teller, we had dancing and then supper , which the Sisters kindly provided.

As it is the winter term we have a good many wet Saturdays, and enjoy it all the more, as in the afternoon we go to the Cadena, where the girls see their num erous friends and have afternoon tea.

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The latest craze that we have is skating, but so far we have only been allowed to go once or twice, and we all live in hopes that Sister will allow us to go again.

One Tuesday night we all went to hear Mr Empson and Mrs. Mead's concert in the Theatre Royal, except one poor unfortunate girl who was off the house honour roll. Everybody enjoyed herself immensely, but nobody forgot the poor little boarder left be,hind at school.

When the day of the football match between the Boys' High School and College arrived we were all quite sure we would be allowed to go, and two or three weeks before some of the more enthusiastic girls even provided themselves with their respective colours, and were very disappointed when they were told that they could not have a half holiday from dancing. 'fhere were numerous quarrels about which colours each girl was to wear, and one unfortunate girl had to change her colours because her brother very strongly objected, and afterwards she was chaffed by numerous girls. All the girls on the Gollege side were disappointed that they did not win, but hope that they will ·do better next time.

This term two girls have been promoted to positions of authority. Frances Bridge has been made a house prefect. and Edith Goodall a house orderly We are all sure that they are well suited to their responsible positions.

One afternoon ·we were all sitting very cosily in the girl ' sitting-room when we thought that we heard the postman (and generally there is a stampede to the ·window to see how many letters he has for St. Margaret's), but lo and behold! it wa the "fire whistle," and everyone made a dive for the door to get downstairs first.

Visiting day falls on the last Saturday in the month, and the girls all eagerly await its coming. On that morning every girl gathers round the window waiting for the coming of the most welcome friend. Exeat is more exciting than Visiting Saturday, but we think that the end of the term is the most exciting of all. Everything is in a muddle, and every girl thinks her elf the most important one. Railway and boat tickets are in great demand, and when a girl receives hers she holds on like grim death, because she is so frightened of losing the precious ticket, but no one so far has had to spend the holidays at school.

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The Humorous Side of School Life.

(E. Goodall. '' Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles .

Sport that wrinkled care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.

Come and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe.''

-MILTON.

This year Miss Hughes has chosen two of the most humorous writers of English prose-Chaucer and Addison-for our Literature classes. Whether she thinks we are all lacking in humour we do not know, but on these days, at least, we have rather amusing lessons.

School is the first place to find humour, because childhood is the time for innocent pranks, tricks, and laughter, and as school is the most frequented place at that age , the mistresses and elder girls get their fair share of laughter, either in the class-room or playground , at the expense very often of those who have unwittingly uttered something extremely funny, and numbers of people must envy mistresses the sayings and writings of their pupils, more especially their manuscripts, as .the y often contain many peculiarities in the way of spelling and grammatical errors. Many are the clippings taken from childish compositions or General Knowledge papers and posted to "Punch," to make the whole of its huge list of subscribers just shake with mirth. The only sad part is if the author of the fun recognises his mistake and is annoyed at its publication.

St. Margaret's is not behind 1n the way of fun , at least over in the Lower School- (we must really apologise for the Upper, but to tell you a secret, it is improving since the Literature lessons ) Here is the list of a few funny things from the Lower School, collected while the innocent speakers were entirely oblivious that we were mentally jotting them down:A little girl in the Upper School was telling another one that they had been learning all about the skin , and she knew of two kinds, "Demic" and "Epidemic."

(This is rather infectious .)

Orni day one of the juniors was missing.

When she returned she was asked where she had been, and she replied that she had been looking for her sewing, and although she

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had looked "venomous ly" could not find it . Asked the question again, the little girl meekly answered that she had looked well for her sewing and could not find it.

One morning two juveniles were surveying the Instructions and Head Lines for the ''Magazine.'' '' What are the Humours of School Life?'' enquired the younger , to which her companion answered, '' Taking off Deportment marks.''

At the last examination in the Lower School one que tion was '' What trace did the Romans leave of their occupation in Britain?''

A newly-arrived little girl answered a follow : -"They left their swords and jewels and went home in 'rags.'''

From the Lower again :-Answer to a geography que tion: '' The sun goes round the earth once in 24 hours!

Tennis.

(I. Pinckney Very keen interest has been taken in the tennis this winter As we were only allowed the use of the Cranmer Square court in the mornings, Saturday morning was the only time we could play, except in the case of the boarders, who were able to go before school. But now that the courts have been taken over by the school, we have a great many more opportunitie for practising than formerly Quite a number of day girl have joined , and a great many "ladder-matches" have been played.

A book has been provided in which we can reserve court for special times, and it has been found most convenient.

Last term we played a match with a scratch team arranged

by Rona Harris. We had a good match, the sets, on the whole, being very even. St. Margaret's won by several game .

On April 4th our team went to Rangiora by the .30 train, with Miss Candy in charge. We were to play the Girls' High School, whose challenge we had accepted. On arriving at the Rangiora station we were welcomed by some of the girls.

After we had been refreshed we commenced play The double were played first, and then the singles. Molly Scott. playing for the first time in the team, deserves special credit, for she played a very good game both in her single and double. When the scores were added up at the end of the match the High School were leading by two games. Hearty cheers were given on both sides, and we returned home after having had a most enjoyable day

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We received a challenge from the Girls' High School, Christchurch, to a match on July 5th , but that day being wet, the match was postponed until July 12th. Frances Bridge played instead of Evelyn Cunningham, who, we are sorry to say, has left school. Effie Mayne played for us in this match, as Mona Pyne was away ill. She won both her single and her double.

There ·were quite a number of onlookers.

The scores were as follows:Singles :-I. Pinckney 8, L. Butters 9; D Dalgety 9, E. Hall 7; M. Curlett 3, B. Smith 6; M. Ruddock 6, C. Thornton 1; G Andrew 6, C. Robinson 5; M. Scott 6, L. Oldridg e 3; F Bridge 5, 0. Smith 6; E. Mayne 6, M. McCallum 5.

Doubles :-I. Pinckney and D. Dalgety 6, L. Butters and E. Hall 3; lVI. Curlett and M. Ruddock 6; B . .::imith and C. Thornton 2; G. Andrew and M. Scott 5, C. Robinson and L. Oldridge 6; F Bridge and E. Mayne 6, 0. Smith and M. l\!IcCallum 4.

Total :-St. Margaret's College, 72 ; Girls' High School, 57 St . Margaret's won by 15 games.

We hoped to challenge the Girls' High School and the Rangiora High School this term, but have been prevented owing to the outbreak of measles in the schoo l. However , we shall look forwarrl to challenging them next term.

Games~ (F Bridge.

'I'his winter, under our energetic games mistress, Miss Candy we have had most enjoyable games afternoons.

The Upper School still play on Fridays and the Lower School on Tuesdays.

We were all very pleased when we heard that we were to play a new game this winter, basket ball, and we were qnite anxious to begin. :B'or the first few weeks we had to play in the playground, as we had not then taken possession of the tennis courts.

The first afternoon Sister came and watched the play, aml when the girls had had a little practice it proved most exciting .

Anyway there was plenty of shouting and running about, and not a few tumbles, as the ground was rather slippery an<'l the play vigorous.

The tennis courts are now our own , and we are able to use them for playing basket ball as well as tennis, so we all go across to them for our games now , and those who are not playing basket ball play tennis, or do some fancy skipping.

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The Third F orm ar e quite accomp lish ed in this l atter amusement. Altoget h er our games t his winter have been most interesting, and some of the basket ba ll players are showing t h emselves most promising. We are looking for ward to having soon a strong enoug h team to play matches .

Lower School Games.

J Leach and E. Batchelor This term, instead of going to the Park at 2.45 for our games we go to the Cranmer Square tennis courts at 2 o'clock on Tuesdays . There we hope to learn tennis, under Miss Hunt and Mi~s Baker Before the end of the season we want to challenge the Upper Schoo l !

The first Tuesday we tried to play there were only three who broug ·ht their racquets-Miss Hunt, Marawa Parkinson, and Annie Hunt , but we hope that more will bring their racquets now After tennis we played rounders. and that was very exciting. Miss Duncan turns the rope for ski.pping, ·which is very kind. The Upper School play at basket ball , but we do not because we are too young.

Last term we went to the tepid baths, and some of th e girls learnt swimming from Mr Bilson, others taught themselves.

Th ere were many different coloured water-wings-pink, orange, butterfly , green and white, and they all looked so pretty together on the surface of the water in the baths.

Basket Ball.

Joan Carrington.

Pass the ba ll ! Pass the ball! Pass the ball!

Onward through the surging red and blue .

Throw it straight and we shall conquer all, Run your very hardest and throw true.

We have cast our algebra aside, For the moment we have done with ''sum'' and ''non,'' Only think, ''We '11 be t he winning side''; Courag e, comrades, on St. Margaret's, on !

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Pass the ball! Ah, they nearly had it then, A run now , not a gentle little stroll; For the ·shoot~rs nearly got it, play like men, If she gets 1t, we may have another goal. £f you couldn't get the ball, although you tried Try again. All your chances haven't gone: Only think, ''We'll be the winning side''; Courage, comrades, on, St. Margaret's on!

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The Liter ary Club.

(Ngaio Marsh.

St. Margaret's, in its present state of youthfu ln ess, can point to no time-mellowed institutions, no customs grown into well-loved rules through lon g years of usage, no clubs and grave assemb li es of which we can say our mothers and their mothers before them were junior members and sat in the ink stained desks we lean on. Our desks are new and shiny, and our clubs are young with few records to show-for we are in the stage of little things, new customs, and many beginnings.

But comparatively insignificant as these same beginnings of ours may seem, they are the actual records th~t other schools look back upon, but which we (because we are in our infancy are gradua lly building up little by little through the several Leagues , Guilds, and Clubs to which we all belong.

Not the least of these important assemblies is the famous Literary Club, which was founded during the first term of our first year, and is, therefore, quite an "old" institution.

Its doings have been faithfully chronicled in all our "Magazines," its meetings hav e been held at regular times, and the members have all cheerfully paid in their shilling subscriptions more or less regularly to its most suffering secretary So far then, the Liter ary Club has dutifully behaved itself quite in the approved · way of all clubs , and is quite But already a d~corous and respectably elderl y assembly after all we don't want it to stop short at merely being "as good as'' other clubs. As has already been said, the Literary Club-(it is really quite an imposing title)-is one of the blocks we are chipping steadily into shape, that will some day build up a steady traditionary atmosphere around the School.

As this is the case we certainly ought to do our very best to shape it as well as ever we can, and make these, its ear ly records, interesting enough to form a good solid foundation for future achievements.

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Some of the junior members would probably interject here that the Literary Club is solid enough for anything , but not particularly interesting all the same. And it must be confessed that we are rather slow and solemn about all our doingsperhaps it's the weighty lit erat ure -but certainly the members have turned up to these last meetings, lookin g very much as if ''Westward , Ho '' were principally to do with funerals. and the papers thereon the accompanying dirges. Our chairwoman impressed on us at our last meeting that the thing is in our hands to make or leave as we choos e. Th e real object of this too-lengthy preamble, then, is just to urge the members of the Literary Club to bestir themselves to greater energy, and mak e it as interesting as the books it talks about, and as substantial as the Everlasting Club th~ Sixth and Fifth have heard ·so much about lat ely And now to business.

The first meeting of the Club since the Easter "l\fagazine" We knew it was was h eld on May 2nd. It was a debate! going to be a debate. We knew we had to make up our minds whether our troublous upbringing shoiild or shoiild not, as the notice board aggressively had it, be on the same lin es as our brother's apparently the few worthless creatures who don't happ en to have any were out of the question), and above all we knew that six papers must be forthcoming before that momentous date. Th e unfortunates upon whom the die fell to produce th ·em were Marjorie Curlett, Evelyn Cunningham , an<l Clair Mason for the affirmative; and Mona Pyne , Dorothy It is a widely Dalgety, and Ngaio Marsh for the negative. known fact that when first the task was assigned to them these six misguided females were tolerably comfortable in their own minds, and even disposed to be jocular on the subject.

All too soon were All too soon wer~ they to be undeceived. they to find that even so apparently harmless aad innocent a thing as a subject for a debate can hav e such underlying malice, such almost human and deliberate intent to confuse, that it is scarcelv to be wondered that one miserable debatee was heard to say \n a tone of frenzied despair, "I don't know how I'm brought up-I don't know how my brother is brought upoh ! I don't know what bringing up is-I never did."

Nevertheless some sort of an effort had to be made, and consequently some f:lO rt of a result was forthcoming when the day arrived.

Th ere was the usual long-sufferin g mildly interested atmosphere about the audience, and the usual frenzied wildeyed look on the face of the debaters as they attempted to take e indifference and their seats with the correct amount of b'f!as easy smiles; some, emerging from the class-rooms, where they had been r eh ears in g up till the last minute, sti ll moved their

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lips mechanically as they revolved the now meaningless words over and over again in their minds .

The minutes of the last meeting were read and affably agreed to by the members . A pause just long enough to give the speakers time to discover that they had entirely forgotten every word of their addresses . Miss Bradwell then rose, and after a short speech, called upon Majorie Curlett to lead the supporters of the motion tha,t girls' education should be npr,n the same lines as their brothers' Majorie, a wonder of calmness, made a really able speech, dealing with education entirely from the point of view of book work , and pointing out th•= advantages of a study of the classics for girls, both now and in their after life. After a well-constructed and convincing address she sat down amid thoroughly deserved and hearty Mona Pyne, the leader of the opposition, followed applause. with a comprehensive speech dealing principally with the degrading effects both on mind and habits that an overstrenuous education especially has upon girls and women.

Mona also received a steady round of applause from the members of the Club as she finished her well thought-out speech.

The supporters of both sides followed their leaders in alternate succession, and managed to get off their respective orations without mishap.

The supporters of the motion dealt mainly with the advantages which, they argued, a full education must give to girls in whatever state of life they may afterwards be placed. Both speeches were excellent and to the point.

The opposers , on the other hand, tried to show that books are not the only part in learning, but the greater aims of education are to teach girls more perfectly what is expected of them in their office of womanhood, and if they are educated as boys, this, the noblest. part of their upbringing, is entirely neglected.

The subject was then thrown open to the meeting, but the meeting with its usual surplus amount of maiden modesty on such occasions , stared, smiled feebly, and intimated that it was far too bashful to discuss anything.

One noble effort was basely left unsupported, so the futile attempt to get anything out of the unusually silent members was abandoned .

A show of hands resulted in a victory for the opposition by a rather narrow margin, and at last ~he members thereof could turn their thoughts to other things than speeches and arguments.

The next time the Club met it did so to discuss that wellknown and well-loved classic, ''Westward, Ho ! '' Kingsley 's works lend themselves to this sort of study, and some really good papers were forthcoming, though one would have liked

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to have heard more of them. Sbme of the papers were, Effie Mayne 's "Home Life of the Leigh 's," J oan Carrington 's "Navy in Elizabe~h's Time," and Frances Bridge's "Amyas Lei gh , the English Gent leman .'' The papers were thoroughly appreciated by the meeting, which broke up when the reading was over It was decided to h ave a genera l afternoon with Rober t Louis Stevenson for the next meetin g. No particular book could be settled on, as there are so 'few editions to be had , but every memb er was expected to c·ome with at least a general knowl edge of one of Stevenson's niany delightful books. Four papers had been prepared, and were duly read. Th e first was a sh.ort "Life of Stevenson," by Janet Storry, giving a very good idea of the character of the novelist. It was followed by Silvia Fox 's paper on "The Child's Garden of Verses."

An essay on "Treasure Island" by Margaret Ensor, and one on " The Travels of a Donk ey, " which was the result of the comMiss bined efforts of Dorothy Rennie and Bessie Brown.

Bradwell said a few words about the characteristics of Stevenson's' works , and the lat est assembly of our Literary Club came to an end .

It has been decided to hav e an evening with the poets next term . Tableaux are to be got up by each Form , and we haven't the slightest doubt that We shall be highly amused as well as deeply edified by such noble sights as the hero of '' Casab ianca '' daring the flames, or ''Young Lochinvar'' defying the kilted nobles of the nort h.

H ere end the chronicl es of the titerary Club, then , until a new pen shall tell of new things in the new l'J,nnals of the St. Margaret's of 1914.

Melanesian M'ission.

REPORT

FOR 1913.

Margaret Naoale of the Reef Islands.

Patron:

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College, Christchurch .

Margaret is in the first class for all subj,~cts. She has shown great attention to h er studies , and has done all ht'!r housework very well. She is not a clever girl, but has got on very well the last year She sews very nicely, and can cut out and make up h er own clothes by hand or with the sewing machine. '

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Margaret is preparing for confirmation, and will be confirmed by the Bishop when he arrives this month.

Margaret was married on Thursday, April 3rd, to Cyprian Matoa. She and her husband will return in the "Southern Cross'' this month. They will go first to their own village, an d then they hope to go as missionaries to the Island of Taumako , where Cyprian has alre ady been teaching.

April, 1913.

Letter from Margaret.

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(Translation.)

To my Supporte rs.

I am writing to tell you about my life here at Norfolk Island. I have been here two years already, and I am in the 1st Class. We school four times a day We school in Scripture, and arithmetic, and writing, also in the . evening (Script ure again ') After school in the morning till noon we mend the boys' clothes and pat ch them, and some days we sew our own. 'When writing school is over we go for a walk in the bush and get firewood when there is no rain. We use this firewood in the house, where we cook, changing about every week, and we do housework of all kinds , and washing. Some days we work in the gardens and weed there in.stead of sewing. Sometimes we play ball and cricket. Some days we go to the beach and bathe in the surf and fish. I, Margaret Naoa le, write this with love to you ) and gratitude

The Chinese Mission.

(E . Goodall.

Last month Miss Dunein, a missionary on sick leave, brought us the latest news from China. Sorely against her wm she ha~ to spend three years away from the country, and is trying to make up for it by collecting funds, presents, and last, but not least, is endeavouring to stir up young and enthus iastic people to go and help spread the Gospe l.

The highest Form in the Lower School, as a great treat, was allowed to come and hear the address, and- we are sure they appreciated it as much as we did, although they were unconscious of the sadness of it.

Miss Dunein told us that it is quite the usual thing for English folk to visit mission stations and mark their progress,

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but that New Zealanders never do so. This was a hint for us to become interested in their welfare and to assist them. This missionary worked among the higher classes. There is no true aristocracy, as owing to heathenism they cannot trace their family back even a few generations.

Any poor child can, therefore, rise to great eminence if he is at all intellectual, as they count family history as worthless. Th e people are, strange to say, kind to a poverty-stricken boy who has brains , and will collect the necessary funds to vouchsafe a good education, but not so in the case of a gir l. Like most h eat hen nations, they entire ly ignore her except in the way of persecution.

Even though China has been populated by Europeans for fifty years, and Chinese women have learnt to know better, they often destroy their gir l slaves because they have no use for them, and among the low er classes there exists the dreadful habit of destroying tiny chi ldren.

Th e women of the upper class are very laz y, they rise late and retire lat e, spending the rest of their time in gambling or theatre parties, so that their chi ldr en are often neglected, and sent unwashed and untidy to schoo l. The home life is very distressing, as so many families dwell in the same house , as the head has such a number of wives (his chief Ni ti, and subordinates Ti ti), and if several of the sons marry they live in their father's house, partly for the reason that their wives may be under the command of their mothers- in-law One sees from the peculiar jumble the house must be in, that if one or two of these married people are Christians, it is impossible that they can combat against all the evil influences of Chinese life and bring their children up carefu lly The Chinese are perhaps the greatest h eathens on earth, although they were civilized before us . They have absolutely no morals, and cannot realise there is such a thing as truth.

They believe in evil spirits too, and in their homes they keep various china ornaments to swallow them up, because they believe that spirits follow them everywhere; for this same reason all the roads in China are winding, because there is a belief that spirits can only travel in straight lines. Another big mistake in China is the entire absence of law, RO if any one is caught doingcruel acts, as the illtreatin g of slav es a frequent occurrence ) the missionaries are quite powerless to prevent it.

One sees from China's want that it needs a host of missionaries to make any impression at all in the mission field, as there is such a great deal to be clone. The country may be called poverty-stricken, as there is such an amount of han<l labour, so the missionaries must be prepared to give enlighten ment in more ways than one. The chief obstacle is that the Chinese will not accept Christian teaching without a great

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struggle. It is indeed hard for them to break away from their heathenish customs, but the mission schoo l will not accept pupils unless they take Divinity, so a su lky person often becomes converted, but, alas, not baptised, as the Chinese parents forbid it.

The Chinese Government is waking up to the fact that the country needs more colleges for girls . At present where there is one they require six.

Miss Dunein concluded her address by asking us all to do something for them, and told us several little things to do. so we hope that from now onwards New Zealand will be on~ of China's great helpers.

A Chinese Dream.

Joan Carrington .

The Chinaman stands in the silent hall, He stands on the dusty carven shelf, In the great black cabinet, grim and tall, He nods, and nods, and dreams by himself.

In his wide blue trousers and queer red coat, Whi le his pigtail hangs down his porcelain back, He dreams all day of a land remote, Where people of China never crack.

He sadly dreams of his Chinese home, Where snow-capped mountains loom afar, And fiery dragons nightly roam By the silvery light of moon and star There Chinamen run from imagined foes, With their pigtails flapping, one, two, three ; And Chinese ladies, in gay coloured clothes, Float on an ultramarinish sea.

There gay princesses take tea and chat, Under the willows, among the flowers; And a mandarin sits on a scarlet mat, And sleeps, and smokes, amid leafy bowers.

P.S.-The Chinaman stood in the silent hall, But somebody shook the carven shelf, And, alas, he had a terrible fall, He fell to the floor and smashed himself .

We picked him up by the morning light, And someone suggested seccotine, But, alas, he was broken to splinters quite, And that w.as the end of the mandarin.

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The Return of Scott's Expedition from the Pole.

(E. Mayne.

All the wru:ld was plunged into deep sorrow at the news of the death of Captain Scott and his brave comrades. After their long march , b.eset by unexpected hardships, they reached the South Pole on the 18th January, 1912.

A few days were spent there, and after having taken several observations and points of interest, the party started on their return march. They were well on the journey back when they were overcome by a severe blizzard, and the difficulty of traversing broken ice.

Although they were only eleven miles from the nearest depot, they were so weak and exhausted that rest was neces sary Food and fuel were now getting shorter and shorter, until they at last had only about half a biscuit and a little cocoa each day According to the records this blizzard must have lasted nine days.

Meanwhile a search party, organised by Surgeon Atkinson, left Cape Evans, taking with them dog teams and Indian mules. One-ton depot was found well provisioned , and quite in order, which showed that it had not been touched by the southern party They proceeded along the old southern route on the 12th of November, when Scott's tent was sighted by Wright 's party, and on reaching it they found it contained the dead bodies of Captain R. F Scott, R.N., Dr Wilson, and Lieutenant Bowers. All the records were found, and in Captain Scott's he stated that one of his gallant comrades, Captain L .

E. E. Oates, of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who had been failing in health for some time, had walked to his death in a blizzard to save his comrades, beset by hardships . This was probably one of the bravest and most noble acts of heroism ever performed by man .

Captain Scott wrote a long diary , although he was so weak.

In it he said that the records and their dead bodies must tell the tale . Part of his last and wonderful message to the nation, which surely should impress the hearts of all peopl e, ran as follows :-"For four days we have been unable to leave the tent, a gale blowing about us. We are weak; writing is difficult; but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships , help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past. We took risks-we knew we took them. Things have come out against us, therefore ,ve have no cause for

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complaint, but bow to the will of Providence, determined still to do our best to the last. But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood , end"Qrance, and courage of my companions, which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.

These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent upon us are properly provided for.-March 25th , 1912.-R. SCOTT'' Dr Atkinson and his party gathered the records and effects of the dead men , read the burial service over their bodies, and erected a cairn and cross to their memory, over the tent where they buried them .

The party left a record stating that they had found the bodies , and then they proceeded twenty miles south, endeavouring to find the body of Captain Oates. In this they failed, but erected another cross and cairn in the vicinity to his memory This polar exped ition had proved very successful, so far as science was concerned, and if Captain Scott had lived he would have had many stirring tales to tell of the _heroism of his men .

Surely no greater exa mple could be shown of men laying down their liv es for their country

L'Aviateur. ~ (W S. Malaquin.

Comme l 'oiseau, quittant la terre, II mont e, monte, vers l 'azur: On le voit glisser cl'un vol sur Dans le silence et le mystere.

II a realise le reve audacieux Dont Icare fut la victime .

Pour lui, plus de gouffre ou de cime, A lui l 'Espace, a lui, les Cieux !

II va, superbe, clans le vent, Plus rapide que l 'hirondelle, Sur sa mecanique nouv ell e, Vainqueur du perfide element.

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Un peu de fer, un peu de toile, Et beaucoup d 'audace et de foi Ont suffi pour qu 'il devint roi Du Firmament ou luit l 'Etoile !

Or, la nature violentee Guette le genial novateur; Et, dans un desastre vengeur, Brise l 'Aile qui l 'a dom ptee !

Ce bel oiseau qui fendait l 'air Dans une chute epouvantab le, Git pulverise et lam entab le Chaos de toiles et de fer!

Un homm e a paye de sa vie Son ephemere royante; Mais l 'effort n 'est point arrete, La lutt e sera poursuivie .

Si des catastrophes, encore, Du progres jalonnent la route, Nos heros reprendront, sans doute, Vers le ciel un sublime essor !

Early Morning at a Vicarage.

(By a Vicar 's Daughter In a vicarage there is .always a great difficulty in getting servants, and there is genera lly only one, and that for only half the year Th e bulk of the housework always falls on the vicar's poor wife, who has all the work of the parish on her shou ld ers as well, so her life is a busy one.

The winter is the worst part of the year, for it is cold, and it is hard to get up early, and the chi ldr en of the house have to catch an early tram .

At half-past six the mother's steps are heard coming down stairs, and going into the kitchen, she lights the kitchen fire, and opens the door for the milk-boy Mother goes upstairs to wake her eld est daughter, Marjory, who is a trifle lazy When she goes into Marjory's room she says to her , "Marjory, my dear get up now and try and get a little work done before breakfast."

"In a minute," comes the sleepy repl y, and her mother then goes and gets dressed. When she is dressed she goes again to Marjory's room, and finds her still in bed, much to her distress.

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'' Marjory , will you get up ? Do not let me have to call you again.''

"I am just getting up, mother," says Marjory, who gets slowly out of bed. "Ugh! it is cold; Kitty get up at once, you have to lay the table.''

"I do think you might lay it just for once," says Kitty "You know I had to go to G.F.S. last night and did not get in bed until it was nearly ten o'clock."

"It's seven o'clock, and I have to turn out the drawingroom before breakfast, as mother is cook this week,'' says Marjory '' Hurry up !''

"I am not going to g·et up yet, it is far too early, and I am sleepy, so you can just be quiet.''

"You lazy little creature, you never do a stitch of work," says Marjory, who is preparing to go down stairs .

As she goes down stairs she calls, "Get up Baby," outsid e her little sister's door "Boys, it is twenty minutes past seve n and breakfast will be in half an hour '' Kitty, Baby, and the boys take no notice of her calls at all , but at half-past seven, when the horns have sounded, father goes and wakes up everybody, and then they have to get up.

At about a quarter to eight cries come up from the kitchen: "Tom, will you have cheese sandwiches for your lunch?"

"No thanks , mother , give me raspberry jam , please," calls out Tom. "Kitty, are you coming clown to lay the table?" floats up 111 Marjory's voice.

"In a minute , " replies Kitty, who is not nearly dressed.

At eight o'clock Kitty rushes downstairs and finds that mother has laid the breakfast table.

"I have got music, drill, and dancing to-day," says Kitty to herself, as she eats her porridge.

"Daddy , do hurry and carve me some ham, I have eaten my porridge.

Hurry up, it is five minutes past eight,'' she calls at the top of her voice to the others.

Presently Baby appears on the scene, and she asks Kitty , "Have I a music lesson to-day ?"

"No, and be quiet and go on with your breakfast, and don' t forget your drill shoes," says Kitty, trying to snub the unsnubable Baby '' Tom, are you coming down ?'' calls Kitty '' Dad, please will you write me a note to excuse my homework for last night ? I had not time.

I want a note to excuse me from football, too, Dad , '' says Tom. "What a nuisance you children are," replies Dad. "v\Thy are you always wanting these notes ?''

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'' It is not my fault, Dad ,'' says Tom ; '' it is a rule of the school.''

Mother comes into the room bearin g four lunches , which she puts in each child's place. '' Where is Jim ?'' she asks. She r eceives no answer, so she goes up stai r s and finds him dr essing.

"You h ave only :got t hre e minutes to catch your tram in , Jim , '' sh e says , reproachfully "Mot her," screams Baby, "have you seen my gym. sho es 1 I can't find them.'' " I think I saw them in the bicycle room. Don't let us have a rush again to-day, dears, h ere comes the steam tram,'' r epli es mother The ch ildr en all rush for their coats and hats, an d come in to kiss their mother "good-bye."

"I can't find my ticket, has anyone seen it 1" calls out Kitty from upstairs. '' Oh, never mind, I hav e got it n ow '' At last all the children go, and bang the door behind them, and as moth er h ears it she says, '' Thank goodness!''

A Visit to Rangiora.

(R. Good.

On May 16th some of the crew of "H.M.S. New Zealand" and a few of the men of "H.M.S . Pyramus" came up to Rangiora to spend th e day, and enjo y themse lv es as much as th ey could . The y left Christchurch from Cathedral Square at about 10 a.m., and reach ed Ran giora at 11 o'c lock . Th e people of Chri stchurch sai d that it was a very pretty sight , seein g all th e cars -l eave for Ran giora. Thos e who drove the motors were requested to decorate them , and everyone did , which made it all the pr ettier About half an hour before the cars were due at Ran giora , the streets of th e littl e town were crowded with vehicles of all descriptions . It was a great excitement for the people, as they seldom see so many cars at once, and as they were all decorated it added to the novelt y In one car t h ere was a hu ge bulldog , dressed as a sai lor , which everyone took a fancy to. Th ey went to the Show Grounds, and there the 1\fayor announc ed that there were to be sports.

He made a speec h, and in it he sa id that Rangiora was the "garden of New Zealand," to whi ch all the people of the town gav e gr eat app lause. One of the sailors said '' if Rangio-ra were the garden , he would rather h ave the bacll'.yard ! "

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The Mayor said that the first item on the programme was a football match, and it was very exciting, but the Rangiora team was not very strong, so the "New Zealand" men won easily Th ey also had had a great deal of practice, because they had been playing a good deal during their visit to New Zealand.

As soon as the match was over it was time for lunch , and it was said that the sports were to be continued at 2 p.m. At the appointed time the programme was resumed . There were all the races that one could imagine , one of which was particularly amusing. Two sailors were blindfolded, one sat in a wheelbarrow while the other pushed it, and at h alfway they changed places . Th e wheelbarrows went in all directions , and the inmates often found themselves on the ground, but they seemed to enjoy it as much as the onlookers.

Some of the other races were the three-legged, anrl the potato race, while another very funny one was pushing a barrel a certain distance blindfolded . Then came a ten a side tug-ofwar , sailors against Maoris. They had three pulls , the sailors being successful. No prizes ' were less than t en shillings , and some of them were a pound. The '' Pyramus '' men were not really invited , but a few of them came, and one said that the "Pyramus" was just like Oliver Twist, because it was "out of everything ." All the sailors seemed very much "at home" at Rangiora , and if a bicycle happened to be near they simp ly took "French leave," and went for a good spin . They seemed to enjoy a ride on a hors e too, even if it were one used folr ploughing. At 3.3D p.m. they had tea , and at 4 o'clock set off on their hom eward journey, waving an enthusiastic '' Farewell. ''

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(B. Musgrave.

I do not think that 1t was the pleasure of many, if any of you, to go to Akaroa to see that great warship , the H.M.S. "New Zealand ."

As it came to Canterbury in the holidays I was not able to go to Lyttelton to see it, being away from home. We were a party of seven, and we started one morning to ride on horseback to Akaroa.

First of all we rode up one ste ep hill, which took some time, and then immediately had to go down the other side of it, which was equally steep, and also very slippery and muddy; but ·when we reached the bottom of this we found ourselves in

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Pigeon Bay, so then we had a good deal of smooth road to traverse.

This was very pleasant , but did not last lon g, for we found another hill confronting us. At the top of this on e again, we found we had to go down another steep descent, which also took some time , for it had many turnings.

At la st we found ourselves in Duv auche ll es Bay, where we put up our horses and partook of a li ght meal, and when it was over we all walked down to the wharf, to find a motor launch waiting to take us over the harbour , which only took about ten minutes, and at the end of that time we found ourselves in the pretty littl e town of Akaroa.

After disposing of our lu ggage we took another launch to the "New Zealand," which lay right out in the middle of the harbour What unusual sights met our eyes! All the sights that we look ed at seemed quite unnatural because they were so much larger than those of other ships; and as most 0f you went on to the "New Zealand" yourse lves, I need not describe her to you, but the parts that I lik ed looking at best were the huge guns. Th ey were very wonderful.

Havin g spent about an hour on the ship we came off it; not because we wanted to, but the time was up , and all the visitors to the "New Zealand" were compe ll ed to leave.

Th at evening we went to a concert given by the ship's crew, which was reall y very good . Some of the best items were those given by an old Irish sailor, who sang, and played th e concertina very ·well; the members of the band gave us some very good music .

Late that night the H.M.S. "New Zealand's" flashlights began to play Th ey were very pretty and shed their li ghts a great distance.

Th e next day we went over to Barry's Bay in a laun ch, as it was a perfect morning; the sea was very smooth, and the sun shone delightfull y down upon us , making the excursion very pleasant.

Upon arriving again at Akaroa we found it very hot, and crowded owing to the arrival of a great number of people, so we walked up the hill above the town and sat down to rest in a place where we commanded a beautiful view of the harbour How magnificent was the harbour with the great "New Zealand" lying at peace upon its still blue waters!

Late that afternoon we started home, and had a very pleasant ride in the dark .

Upon reaching Duvauchelles Bay hill , and looking back, we saw the H.M .S. "New Zealand" :flashing forth her brilliant lights, and gave h er three h earty ch eers, and three more as we went over the brow of the hill.

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Bay we sang all the national and nava l songs we knew in honour of the "New Zealand . " When the last hill was surmounted we found ourselves almost home , so we gave three final cheers, and raced for the stables , where we all put away our horses and went into the house to r elate our adventures to those of the family who could not go with us.

Blenheim.

(S. Tripe .)

Blenheim, the chief town of Marlborough, is situated on flat country, and surrounded by snowy hills. The wharf is not very big, and little trading steamers go up and down the Wairau River to it, that is when they do not get bar-bound.

The steamers are very small compared with the boats that run between Wellington and Lyttelton.

Blenheim has a typica l inland climate. The summer is very hot , and there is seldom any wind to break the stillness of the air The streets also get very dusty , therefore, the water carts are kept busy Hard frosts are known in the winter mornings, and sometimes a thick mist, which passes away about 9 a.m ., when a most beautiful day follows. Sometimes the frosts last for a week or more , and then perhaps it will rain for a few days.

If it rains for two or three days the rivers , which are numerous, gradually get higher and higher until they overflow About four years ago there was a big flood. The water came into some houses, and everything on the floor began to float.

Some people had to sleep on tables. In some places in the streets the water was nearly four feet deep, and men had to wade about the streets in water up to their waists. Fow ls, fowl-houses, and anything that was not firmly fixed to the ground floated down the river Crops that had just been sown were washed out of the ground, and boats were to be seen in the streets. The rivers have very low soft banks, and that is why there are so many floods. Once the engine of the Picton train was knocked off the line by a slip that came rushing down the side of a hill. There were a number of school children on the train, besides other passengers. Luckily there was a house not far away , from which blankets and food were sent.

Another engine could not come from Picton because the bridge , about a mile distant , had been washed away, so the people had to stay in the train all night. Only a boy was hurt, and he was looking through the glass door , when all at once the train

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gave a j erk , and his head went through the door This was a new experience for the school children and most of the passengers, but they all got hon;ie safely

Quo Vadis.

(N Tobin. '' Quo Vadis'' is the name of a book, written by a Pole, about the persecutions of the Christians in Emperor Nero's time . This story has been shown lately at the Pictures , and the films have appeared recently in Christchurch.

The first pictures on the screen are tableaux of the principal characters . We see Our Lord, St. Peter , Nero, Popprea, Nero's chief mistress, Petronius, a rich Roman, Eunice, his chief slave, Vinitius and his lov e Lygia.

The story opens with a big feast given by Nero to his subjects.

The palace is very gorgeous, with beautiful marble pillars , and decorations of pink roses. All the guests are dressed very gorgeously, and the decorations everyone has on are pale pink roses, made into wreaths fixed on their h air and on their gowns.

Nero is a very handsome man, but his good looks are spoilt by a look of discontent and greed on his face. He is gorgeous ly dressed, and his trimmings are pale pink roses. ·Wine is plentiful at the feast, and slaves take it round and keep everyone's gob let filled .

Th e seats are mostly lik e sofas or loun ges, on which the people repose. Vinitius and Lygia are on a sofa, not listening to what is going on, and Vinitius is declaring his love for Ly gia, when someone tells them that Nero is lookin g at them.

Nero sings his song, one that he has composed himself. When he has finished it, he and his mistress Popprea leave in state .

Then the revelry begins.

Most of the women leave with Popprea, as the guests are getting boisterous.

Soon, when everybody is either asleep or very drunk, Vinitius carries Lygia away In the next picture we see the interior of Aulus 's house, which is exceedingly beautiful , with many marble pillars. A lar ge curtain is pulled aside and we see a glimpse of the gardens , which are lov ely Vinitius goes to see Petronius, who is lying on a couch, being rubbed with sweet-scented oil by his slaves. When Vinitius is announced all the slaves extend their arms over their heads, and bow low Vinitius raises one arm only in a salute. They have a long conversation together, Vinitius being

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full of the beauty of Lygia, but he is troubled, as Nero will not allow him to wed her Petronius, in order to comfort him, shows him his beautiful slave, Eunice, who loves her master very dearly, and when he says that he will give her to Vinitius she begs Petronius not to , so he cruelly orders her to receive twenty lashes, but they are to be given so as the result will not be disfiguring. When he asks her afterwards whether she has been flogged she tells him she has been , and kisses the hem of his garment.

In the next picture we see the Christians going to evensong.

It is nearly dark. Lygia happ ened to be with them. Nero had sent £or her to marry a man of his choice, and she was taken in a beautiful litter to be carried to his palace when a band of Christians came and saved her, and took her with them to evensong, to an underground crypt .

Meanwhile Vinitius goes to Nero's palace and searches £or Lygia , who is not th ere , and Chilo, an old, bent, traitor, comes and tells Vinitius that he will find Lygia £or him. He traces her to the crypt, and Vinitius goes with him, and they see St. Peter preaching to his small band of Christians. Lygia is with them, she implores St. Peter to save her from Nero.

Vinitius finds her wh en she is living with the Christians. He is wounded by her slave , Ursus , and Lygia nurses him back to health. He is forced to return to Court, and while there Nero orders Rome to be burnt. Vinitius hastens to Rome to try and find Lygia. He is nearly killed by the flames, but some labourers carry him into safety Nero orders the Christians to be imprisoned, as he says they have burnt Rome. Lygia is among the number imprisoned.

The next scene is in the arena. After many gruesome spectacles, the Christians are brought in, and the lions are allowed to eat them. Then Lygia comes in tied on to the back of a bull, and her faithful slave, Ursus , breaks the neck of the bull, and Lygia is saved. Nero sees by the angry looks of the populace that they pity her, so he feels compelled to allow her to go free . There we leave the two, who live happily ever afterwards.

To finish with the Christians, Nero has them all burnt alive , and Chilo is seen begging their pardon. He is afterwards baptized and killed.

St . Peter and St . Barnabas are on their way back to Jerusalem, and Qur Lord appears to them, so they ask where H e is going . "Quo Vadis," He tells them. He is going back to be crucified a second time if they leave the people in their time of need. Thereupon His disciples once more turn back to help the Christians left behind.

Nero, the cause of all the trouble, has to flee from Rome, and dies at the hand of a slave.

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The Trouble s We Had. (Sheila Tobin, aged 9.

Twenty-three St. Margaret's girls, Sitting in a row, Faces red, heads like lead, Tongues as white as snow For these sad St. Margaret's girls Measles have, 'tis plain . '' Off to bed, '' the doctor said, '' Soon be well again .''

All the poor St. Margaret's girls' Arms are stiff and sore, Smallpox scare, everywhere , What an awful bore.

Sadly gaze St. Margaret's girls At their tennis bats, Empty court, no nice sport , All are cross as cats .

Happy-faced St. Margaret's girls, Back at school once more, Run about , laugh and shout, Troubles all are o'er

The Torrent 's Daughter.

(V Papprill .

Little mosses shake and tremb le In the dark still night , Soon they '11 see the one they love, Oh that glorious sight.

Little quivering silver threads , Slowly cross the water; Then a burst of moonbeams bright , Behold the Torrent's Daughter All clad in silvery white she stood, Whilst the breezes rustled near, The foaming torrent stilled awhile , That ringing voice to hear

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She waved her star wand in the air, Nymphs she called from the stream, She floated home on misty clouds As though it were a dream.

The Garden.

J Pyne .

The garden is a lovely sight, The lawns are green, the flowers are bright, The hollyhocks are tall and fair, And roses cluster everywhere.

A little girl is often seen, Walking along upon the green, She wears a shady big straw hat And carries in her arms a cat .

The birds are singing very gay, It is a lovely summer's day, And happy am I at the sight, For flowers are my chief delight .

Martha's Madness.

Oh, put away the scuttle that our dar ling wants to paint, She fain would decorate it with devices queer and quaint; 'rhe dustpan and the washboard hide, likewise the garden hose, Or Martha will adorn them with the lily and the rose.

When Arabella goes to fetch the polished wooden bow l, To make the morning bread-and-milk, it vexes much her sou l To see a wreath of pansies where she fain the bread wo ul d slash, She scrapes it oir, because the paint might penetrate the :rµash.

The household rolling-pin displays a pretty yell ow bow, Its lilies of the valley oft commingle with the dough, The new potato-masher, and the kettles and the pots Are gay with gaudy butterflies and sweet forget-me-nots.

Our articles of furniture , the ancient and the new, Are all adorned with drapery, and bows of brightest hue, Around the house we cast our eyes, with sorrow and amaze, For Martha is afflicted with the decorative craze.

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