1916 The Taranakian Vol. 5, No. 3 December by New Plymouth Boys' High School

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"T 1\ R 1\ N 1\ K I 1\ N." CONTENTS. Page 40

Agriculture Annual Athletic Sports

Annual Break-up A Trip to Kahui House

68 67

Bayly Scholarship

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Boxing Championships

54 78

Board of Governors Cadet Notes

Ca mera Club Notes

Cricket Notes

Editorial

5 100

Excha nges Form Averages

House Notes

Library Notes Masters: Past a nd Present

52 100

Old Boys' Notes

Preparatory Notes

Prospectus Roll of Honour

9-101

School Institutions

School Notes

Shooting Sports Dinner Staff Subscriptions T erm's Diary The Annual Steeplechase The School Brass Ban1

25 62 2 101

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I N S T I T UT I

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THIRD TERM 1916.

Prefects-[E STABL- ISHED

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS:

BoARDERs: V. S. McMurray (Head Boy of School), C. C. Yates, M. Atkinson, H . L ucena, E. Hamerton, A. ~· Call ander. DAY Boys: R. Kidd, 0. Bayly, J. J. K. Terry, W. Ewing.

Cadet CompanyOFFICER COMMANDING : Captain W. H. Moyes. SECOND IN COMMAND : Captain A. R. Ryder. Sergt -Major: V. S. McMurray. Q.M.S. : R. D. Kidd.

D. HUTCHEN, ESQ. (Chairmau.) DR. E. F. FOOKES. T. G. HIRST, ESQ. F. W. ATKINSON, ESQ. H. TRIMBLE, ESQ. L. C. SLADDEN, ESQ.

E. P. WEBSTER, ESQ.

J. S Fox, ESQ. R. vV. D. ROBERTSON, ESQ. S. G. SMITH , ESQ. Secretary and Tt·easurer : v\1 . BEWLEY

Section Commanders : • Sergeant : E. L. Tansey. Corporal : J. Wyborn. Lance-Corporal: N. Fookes. Lance-Corporal : A. Huse. No. 2 PLATOONIn Charge of P latoon: Sergt. -Major V. S. McMurray. Platoon Sergt. : \1\1. M. Atkinson.

~taff PRINCIPAL: W. H. MOYES, M.A., B.Sc. ASSISTANT MASTERS : H. V. SEARLE, M.Sc. A. R. RYDER, M.A: C. G. BOTTRILL, M.A. A. W. DIPROSE, B. Cert. F. vV. CHRISTIAN, B.A.

R. H. RocKEL, 1'!f.A.

PREPARATORY DEPARn1ENT : C. A. McKINNEY.

No. 1 PLATOONP latoon Commander : Lieut. H. V. Searle. Platoon Sergt. : J. J. K. Terry.

MISS K. WINFIELD.

D. E. HUTTON, N.B.A., Art Master. MISSES DOWLING AND PIKE AND MR R. N. RDIAUD, Music. W. M. FALCONER, F.l.A. (N.Z.) Commercial Master. MISS HUMPHRIES, Dancing Instructress.

Section CommandersLance-Sergt : W. Ewing. Corporal : A. McHardy. Lance-Corpora l : N. E llerm. Lance-Corporal : - . Callander. No. 3 PLATOONPlatoon Commander: Mr. C. G. Bottrill. Platoon Sergt.: C. C. Yates. Section Commanders Sergeant : Corporal : Corporal : Corporal :

: T. H. K. R.

E. Hamerton. Goss. Clemow. M. Rockel.

No. 4 Pi:ATOONPlatoon Commander : Mr A. W. Diprose. Platoon Sergt. : H. Lucena. Section Commanders : Lance-Sergt. : 0. Bayly. Corporal : R. A. Wilson. Corporal : L. Bryce. Lance-Corporal : J. Fouhy. \

SC HO OL I NSTITUT IONS.

Magazine-:Busi ness Ma nager : Mr. R. H. Rockel.

Cricket CommitteeMr. C. G. Bottrill (Cha ir man), W . Ew in g (Secretary) , V. S路 McMurray, ]. ]. K. Terry.

Football CommitteeMr. A. I~. Ryder (C hairman) . 0. Bayly, J. ]. K. Ter ry, A. R. Calla nder (Secreta ry!. Selection Committee : Mr. Ryder, V . S. McMur ray, ] . Terry. Captain 1st XV. : -V. S. McM urray. Vice-Captain 1st XV.: ]. ]. K. Terry. Ca ptain 2nd XV.: A. R. Ca ll a nder. Vice -Captain 2nd XV.: ]. T. W hi te.

Swimming CommitteeMr. A. W. Di prose (C ha irmd n ), R. Kidd (Secretary), Mr. C. A. McKinn ey, W. Ew in g, 0 . Bayly, V. S. McM urray, J. C. Wyborn.

Camera Club CommitteeMr. W. H. Moyes (Chairman\, H. Go ss (Secretary), W. Ew ing. ~1. Guil d. J. C. Wyborn.

Finance CommitteeMr. R. H. Rocke l (Cha irman). C. C. Yates (S ecretary). V. S. McMurray, H . Go ss, M. Atk inson, J. ]. K. Te rry. A. H. Ca lla nder.

PoundkeepersE. Joh ns, K. D uckworth .

Young Helpers' LeagueMr. A. W. Dip rose (Secreta ry).

Library CommitteeMr. H. V. Searle (Chairman), S. D ra ke (Librarian). E . Hamerton, M. Atkinson, L. Bryce, ]. Hi ne, J. C. Wyborn, E . L. Tansey.

Tennis CommitteeMr. H . V. Searle (Chairman), A. R. Call ander (Secretary), H. Lucena. C. C. Yates, E. Han1erton .

Concert Club CommitteeMr. C. A. McKinney (Chai rman), V. S. McM urray, C. C. Yates, H . Goss, E. Hamerton.

Shooting CommitteeMr. H. V. Searl e (Chai rman), H . Lucena, V. S. McM urray, 0. Bayly, v\7. Ewing, M. Atk inson , C. C. Yates.

V. S.

McMURRAY.

HEAD BOY, 1916.

Edited by the Boys of the New Plymouth Boys' High School a11d Published at lite wd of each Term. VoL. 5·

DECEMBER, rgr6.

No. 3·

The Subscription is 3/- per annum (postage included), and should be forwarded to the" Business Manager, Taranakian, Boys' High School, New Plymouth." Subscribers will please notify any change of address.

EDIT0RI1l.L. wn s providential tlwt the fire took place just at the end of the term. The immediate concern was the I T matter of finding accommodation for the Upper

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School. At first it was intended to turn Niger House into a temporary school building, but so many disqualifications and inconveniences soon became evident, that the idea was abandoned. It was therefore decided to take advantage of the kind o:ffer of the Taranaki Jockey Club to make use of their buildings and grounds. \V e have therefore spent the term up on the Racecourse. Our best thanks are clue to the Jockey Club and to all its officials for the kin_dly consideration and courtesy extended on every. occaswn. In the last week of the holidays the new furniture was taken up and arranged to the best advantage . \Ve have been able to use some of the Jockey Club's furniture, and this fact has been a g-reat convenience to us. 'I'he Fifth Form has been housed in the outer grandstand. The room is airy and well-lighted and has a concrete floor. There is ample floor-space for a large form. In the cloak-room at the end of the building nearest John Street is the stationery depot. This is a most convenient room for the purpose, as every boy on his way to his class-room has to pass it. 'rhe totalisator house is the abode of Form IIIB. 'rhis, too, makes an excellent classroom. It ha s a wooden floor and plenty of space. It is well lighted from bo-th sides, and has a door which does not face any of the weather quarters, ·

EDITORIAL.

. . 'l'he main gr~ndstand con t~ins two large and welllighted roo~s wluch are occupred. by Forms IIIA. and IV. respectively . The room occuprecl by Form IIIA. is a~so used as an assembly room for the whole upp er school. 1•orm VIB. 1s accommodated in the tea kiosk. Here the tea-tables and chairs are used instead of desks . Indeed '~>e hold that the ordinary school-desk even if large e1.10ugl1 , is unsuitable for a sixth-form' boy: The tea bosk has a concrete floor with a very wide verandah runmug ronnel three sides of it . This means that in dull weath er the room is apt to be soy1ewhut clark; but this is the only. drawback that can fmrly be urged against it. :Jieanwhlle the occupants are very comfortable. Only in the short dull days of winter will any material discomfort be experienced . . T~e aristocrats of Form VIA . have their quarters upstm~'s m the Stewards' Stand. There they have plenty of chans and tables, and are most comfortably housed. The practical science and agricultural '~>ork is, of course, conducted at the old school building. It will be remembered that the Fifth-form Room and the Physics' Laboratory were saved from the :fire. This fact assures a more definite and regular course of instruction in practical work than might have been expected .

It will thus be seen that, serious as h as been the effect of the :fire, the ll"ork of the school has su:ffered mul'h less dislocation than was anticipated . The premises we have been fortunate enough to secure are much more suitable than such buildings usually are, anrl it can safely be said that the vast majority of the boys hav0 certainly risen to the occasion and have done their share in helping to tide over difficulties. Of course we are all anxious to be back again in our O'~>n buildings, with everything, so to speak, under the one roof. But till that blessed consummation we are in quarters which have much to recommend them. One gr~at matter not mentioned above is the quietness and pnvacy.

It is always und esirable that a secondary school should be close to a town or in a busy street. It is noticeable that most of the great public schools of England and the two great universities are situated in quiet country towns, hardly more than large villages. The principle is perfectly sound.

EDITORIAL.

7 The mention of the privacy and quietness so desirable for a school sugge sts one or two other thoughts. In too many instances the founder:,; of seconuary schools have lost sight of the necessity for this _privacy and quietness. Too often the school h as been bmlt actually inside th.e town boundaries. This ~elms tha.t both school and ne10'hbours su:ffer unnecessary mconvemencc-s. Further the absence of distracting sights and sound s is in the ){io'hest degree desirable if the best results are to be obtain~d from the teaching. The young are notoriously susceptible to all external dist.ractio~s, and it therefore seems unfortunate that to the chfficult!es attendant upon actual learning should be added this further difficulty. \V e should say that no school should be within a mile of the busier parts of the town. In fact, it would be better if the school were right out in the country. Earlier in the history of this country l and was ~uch ~ore plentiful, and therefore cheap~r. To purchase Ideal s1t~s now is a diffi cult rmcl expens1ve matter. vVould that 1t had been attended to in the :first instance ! Some clay it may be that the Government will insist upon de:fini~e .approved sites of definite approved areas before permittmg the establishment of any new secondary school. This brings us to the second point, that of adequate areas of O'l'ouncls attached to secondary schools. A boys' school should have at least thirty acres (:fifty would be better still) in order to develop its outside activities to the hio·hest possible degree. The school should be absolutely "'self-contained, that is, it should not b.e necessa.ry for it to go ofl' its own ground for any of Its athleh -:, military or agricultural work. We were glad to notice that recently the Hon. Mr. Allen st ated that, in his opinion, schools should have more attractive buildings and surroundings. This is what every true educationalist has long since recognised. \Ve hope that l\Ir. Allen's remarks represent the official mind, and that they will mark the commencement oE a new era . So far our schools and their surrounding's bne been conspicuous for pure ugliness and unattractiveness. Certain it is that we on the Racecourse have very beautiful surroundings, better perhaps than any school in New Zealand. Beautiful sites, large and well-kept grounds and roomy and well-designed buildings cannot fail to exert an unconscious but none the less e:ffective influence upon

EDITORIAL.

the pupils of the school. A child's education should be made as pleasant as possible, and everything external should be done to help him and to foster a love for the beautiful and good. Money and architectural skill can secure these external aids. The art of educating is so difficult in itself that none of this expense should be grudged. The modern tendency, especially in secondary schools, is towards a freer system of discipline with more attention to individual differences of disposition, ability and taste. This by no means implies any increased laxity. On the other hand it demands greater skill on the part of the teacher, and greater help in the way of those external aids we have indicated. Perliaps the chief inconvenience suffered in our present quarters is the fact that the actual school class-rooms are some distance from the boarding-houses and other school institutions. \Ve have referred above to great desirability of having all school activities under one roof, so to speak. Another, and very serious matter is that we are in our present quarters only by the courtesy o拢 the Jockey Club, and that the present arrangement 1s only temporary. ~That wouid happen were our hosts to give us 路notice to quit? There is certainly no other building or block of buildings in or near the town which woulJ he in the slightest degree suitable for us. It is therefore absolutely imperative that next year should see a new school erected and occupied. It is most unfortunate that the fire should have happened while the war is still raging. But the resource, ability and organisation of the foe forms so striking an object-lesson in the value of education that no community can afford to neglect to give its youth every possible educational advantage. 'S 0 money is spent more rcmunerativel'y than that spent on education. Perhaps it is not generally known that the University of Paris was thoroughly reorganised and modernised by Napoleon I. during all the stress of his continental wars. A more striking example still was the founding of perhaps the greatest continental university, that of Berlin, while Prussia was at the depth of her distress and was lying trampled under the heel of the conqueror. Such practical examples surely afford a powerful reason why education, instead of suffering the slightest neglect, should, even in these times of stress, receive the utmost support.

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FROM TH E \ VEST.

NEW BUILDI NG. 2.

FIW :Il T HE NOR TH .

VRf) S PEeTUS. 0\\路ing to the destruction in tlie fire of most of tLe copies of tl::.e l'rospbctu:,; issued by tile School authorities, i t has been dP.ciucd to make use of the present issue of "'L'he 'raranakian" as a Prospectus. More detailed information than usual is, therefore, given at the end of the :U agazine. A number of photographs have also been includeu in the body of the issue, in order that a more accurate iclea may be obtained of the School, boarding arrangements and of the grounds and surroundings than could possibly be obtained from mere letterpress . Any furth er information which may be desired can be obtaineu on application to the Principal , Mr. 路yv . H. Moyes, or to the Secretary, Mr. \Valter Bewley.

The following haYe entered uuring the term :-H. Hob ert s, E. Fussell, both being boaruers . The following haYe left :- li'. Stohr, L. Dobson , S. Russell, P. O'Carroll, JJ. Burkhardt, R . Hooker. \V e are grateful to the Taranaki Jockey Club for their kindness in giving us a temporary home . But we are afraid that there is something in the atmosphere on the Hacecourse which certainly savours of the sport. During the t erm one of the masters expressed his surprise and indignation at hearing that one member of an upper form ,,-as sceptical about the statement thatthe two cows at th e School together yielded in one uay IOOlb. of milk. 1\ challenge was forthcoming and th e sceptic was invitell to cover a half-sovereign. 路 'r}Jis wa s done, the Patriotic Fund to b en efit. A certain day was chosen for the test, an d the milking boys prayed for two or thr~e clays' warm weather. Extra feeus of green oats, an early milking on the previous night and a later milking than usual could haYe effected the p1upose. 'l'he sceptic was to witness the milking, but decided to take the result on trust. This result turned out som ewhere in the region of llOlb. The offer of the sceptic to pay was politely and decisively declined, and a suggestion v.-as thrown out that his form might be inv ited to pay a visit to Teapot's. \Ve have not heard wh eth er the suggestion wa s acted upon. But perhaps a success in the :Matric. Exam . will prompt a generous action-the master in question to be one of the recipients.

SCHOOL NOTES.

Owing to the fir the "lou"' night," which usually closes the dancing-class for th; eason, was postponed until the last " ·eek of October . The Prep. School was C<Hefull j swept and garnished, but the floor was a trifle hea.-y owino· to the . anitary d1·essing recently applied to th~ floor. However, the enthusiastic dancers disregarded t~1 and " joy was un confined " until well on into the mght. The same floor was again occupied by much the sa me compan;r o~ the . evening of the Sports Day . The da~ce was _pnmanly g"lVen to those ladies who so kindly ass1sted with the afternoon tea. In spite of the warm weather and the excitement of the day all present thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The large amount of cinders which was all the fire l eft us of the gymnasium, became a O'reat nuisance beca u e they were continually beino· carried into the School r ooms ~n~ boarding houses . Hm;ever, as the paths round the bmldmgs w~re_ badly in need of repair, we had a good chance of kllhng two birds with one stone the two birds being the repair of the paths and the riddance of the unsightly heaps of. cinders . Tlie path s were first levelled and then the cmclers were sea ttered plentifully OYer them_. Several dray-loads of sand were next spread over the cmd e1:~ _and the:J?- a heavy cement roller, propelled b;y some pronnsmg J umor forwards was drawn up and do,vn th e path s . This hardened the' surface and we now bave some first-cla ss paths about the building. One of the serious losses by the fire was the old school- bell, by which half N ew Plymouth used to set its clocks. On our removal to the Racecourse it was decided that a bugle should take the place of the bell. For the first week or two the experts on that instrument sounded the calls .. The novelty then began to wear off, and of late a vanety of amateurs sounded a Yariety of calls interspersed in man;y "c ases with sounds of violent sh·uo·~ gling with the instrument. On more than one occasi;n the sound ha s been va ried by the m ellower (or otherwise) notes of the cornet or E -flat horn. This latter musi c generally issues from the class-rooms during intervals. One of the most popular items at the Sports Dinner 1vas the ice-creams kindly presented by 1\Ir. R enaud. An encore 'voulcl have been imperatively demanded had not our natiYe modesty forbidden the suggestion.

SCHOOL NOTES.

The most disappointing feature in connection with the Bayly Memorial Sports was the ver;y meagre number of en tries. \V e are in clin eel to think that this is in some measure due to the conditions being insufficiently known, aud perhaps to the late elate on which the competitions take place . It would m:tke considerably too, we feel sure, for the success of the sports if the date specified in the Itegulations, not later than October 31st, were strictl;y Prospective candidates could then know adh ered to. definitely the date of the meeting and make their arrangements accordingly. If the date is not strictly adhered to it IS difficult for candidate s to get in to proper form at t·h e right time. , , Very few laduer gam e~ on the tennis courts ha_v e been played this t erm, but n ext t erm should bring surprises in this respect for many of the younger members of the Club are to be found on the courts in tl1e early hours of mornin g . So proficient bwe these younger members become that they have b een h eard to remark that their play is being handicapped by the fact that the courts require a.nother coating of tar. 'rhese buuding champions will be pleased to leam that it is intended to tar and sand the courts clming the holida ys: Our grass court has not been used, but hn ~ been carefully prepared for use next term. A stnrt l1n s alRo h eeu · ma<le on two new asphalt courts . .Jiost of the filling-i11 has been Llone aml providing l abour can be ohbinecl these courts should be ready by next term. \V e have to nclmowledge the receipt of t-n·o boxes of tennis balls from the New PlYmouth Lawn T enni s Club. For this thoughtful clon::ttion "·e tender our sincere t hanks . During t his term the orchestra ha s practised r egularly as usual. Naturally, with the approach of summer outside , ctivities have, to some extent, inteTfer ecl with our work. Steady progress ha s been made, but we arc sadly iu need of a double ba ss, a flute, an oboe and a horn . There has been no change in the personnel of the orchestra, but one boy ha s given np the flute for the cornet, as h e is also a m ember of the School Bancl. One of our literary authorities on being asked the rneaning of the phrase " he was received into the BeneJicks, ' explained "this mean s 'benediction' or 'blessed ' on b eing m anied. " W e hope this youth's anticipations of a union with Beatrice will be realised .

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SCHOOL NOTES .

Not having the gymnasium we find it difficult to hold concerts, but we did manage to h ave one in the :Prepara tory Room on October 21st. 路 w e are not greatly blessed with performers, but this particular concert, judging by the enthusia sm evinced and the ovations secured by each performer was a great success . Some of our juvenile t heatrical artists rigged up a ve1路y creditable stage. As usual Mr. Renaud was a tower of strength at the piano. A notable feature of this concert was the large proportion of items contributed by the Lower Preparatory boys, who well deserved the cordial reception they received. The programme was:1. 2. 3. 4.

Chorus Song ............................ ... ........... Boys. Recitation, " Horatius" ... .. ......... .. . .. .. .... . Barak. Violin "Solo ... .... ...... ..... . ...... ....... .. .. Bothamley. Dialogue, "The Dentist's Den" ....... ... ... .... . . .. .... : ...... Candy, Forbes, Jury and Bothamley. 5. Song . .. . ..... .. ... ... .. ... ......... ..... . ........ Mr. Bottrill. 6. Recitation (comic) ....... . .... . ............... .. K. Neal. 7. Dialogue . .. . :.......... . .... ... ... . Mackay and Jackson. 8. Hecitation ....... . ... .. ...... ................. . ....... Lysons. 9. Song .. . ........ ... ........ .. .. . ... ... ........... Mr. Renaud. 10. Song ...... .. .. .. . .... ..... ........ .. ...... .. . .... . ....... Yates . 11. Song ................. .. .. .. ...... .. .... ..... ... . . Cachemaille. 12. Recitation . .......... .. ............................... . Candy. Now that the school is to have a band we may look forward to "路ell filled out and varied programmes ~ t our future concerts . 'rhis year the invitation race at the annual sports \YU s the 100 yards. The trials were run o:ff on November 2nd, when six starters toed the mark. A close finish resulted in C. Herbert being first, with C. Yates second . 'rhese positions were reversed on sports clay, when Yates was first , H erbert second, with Auld of Stratford third. After the fire the members of FOI"m VIA . changed their abode from Niger House to the stewards' stand ou the racecourse . From this building they can obtain a fine uninterrupted view of the surrounding country, anll what was of more importan ce, of the racing-track its elf. Accordingly, every morning before roll-call t h e enthusiastic sportsmen of VIA. are wont to gather on the balcony to discuss the merits and tlie faults of the various horses training for the Christmas meeting. One member of the 1. THE BATHir G HOLE. 2. OUR TEMPORARY QUARTERS.

SCHOOL NOTES.

Form seemed to know the name and past performances, and even the future prospects, of every horse on the field, and as the rest of the Form knew but little, they h ad to believe him. Now that the meeting is drawing near, and the horses ar e beginning to arrive in larger numbers, the exciten~ent is growing more t ense. Often during morning school when the thundering of hoof s is heard, there is a general rush to the window to see the horses gallop up th e straight. It is a notable fact that the master in charge is g enerally just as anx ious as the boys to see the race . Quite a considerable amount of va luable infmmation has been obtained from a young jock ster who is always talking of the power s of his favourite courser s. The t rainers themselves know that the Form takes an interest in the ra cing, and one day a trainer ask ed them if they 11路ere timing the horses . H enc e it is not unreasonable to imagine that some of the sportsmen of th e Form will make a pot of money at 'the m eeting. Owing to the destruction of the g ymnasium and all the apparatus, it ha s been found impossible to hold the usual annual gymnastic competitions. This falls particularly h eavily on those who were training with the competitions specially in view . These will now have the consohtion of feeling within them selves that virtue is its own r eward. No reasonable per son, who ha an y knowledge o拢 the Yarious walks of life, can possibly doubt that the hardest 11路orked member s of the community are secondar y school boys. Day after clay, t erm after term , year after year, they toil, seeking no reward except the approval of their O\Yll t ender conscien ces . It is but fitting , therefore, that this umemitting toil shoula once a year r eceive some n11eviation. 'Thi s year the alleviation and re co~nition came on October 23rd, when we had a holiday on Labour Uay. Of course th e mast er s n either n eeded nor wished tor the holiday; but th ey were g ood enough to put up ,,路ith it for our sakes-just for once. 'l'her e were t hree ver y interesting pulls iu the tugcompetitions on Sports Day . 'i'h e pull between the Day-boys and the Boarders wa s long and evenly cont ested th e former ultimately avenging last year's defeat upon the latter. But this pull paled into insignificance in comparison with th e n ext p ull , that between a team of: m emb er s of t h e Bo tnd and th e Mast ers. After a lusty pull th e Mast ers proved victorious. The teams then changed ends and had another pull, but thi s time the of-~war

SCHOOL NO'l'ES. SCHOOL NOTES.

excitement of the crowd wa . made t~ assist the com etin;' so mtense that a rush was wa_s arnved at. ·we h~pe tha\e~ms an~ no definite result pomtments to the staff the Boa ~akmg any future a of considerable bT'trd be careful to 1 1 dup01s. a Y with respect to avon·

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fi rst-year's Two years ao·owith one Vof. otur .boy s passed the U ni ver sl· ty term; cept fi t , 1c ona Coll I 1leO'e 'Ir~h~ye~r s terms with Auckl egde. U _.~st J~ear two 0 o ·. Is year we h 1 h an mvers1t C 1 cand1clates J J T ac t r ee successes with y th terms in E. l.erhry and 0. Bayly kept ree V S " , • ng 1s and C t"t · rs ,-year's . . 1\{ :M:urray kept dons 1 uhonal History wl1'1 ure M tl . secon -year' t . ' 1e for :ematiC_s and Applied M: th en ;ns m English , P tF th te r_st section o£ the B A ad ematws, and ha s sat e~e s~bJ ects . These st d . . egree examination in '?'l~ryersity course inste .l u f ents ar~ taking the dir t '\•eiSlty Scholarships. ac 0 . competmg for Junior

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Many . , a 1 , . wb 0 -f u s r ecerved saw ~t S ·lMr. Searle L ' th e sports p easan't H · sui.,..,nse .l' en we b ea~I ~' s~nd '\Va s in uniform . b t etls, of course, Lieut . e ~ l. earle. H e ma o ' n o u s h e will alw in New ttr obta.inf special leave, o . eave N ew Zealand till J ee or ·our days. He will year.r anuary or F ebr·~ynci .

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com_petitwn (over 15 ·ears) sSall bore nfle, in the senior parts o£ the Empire Ina 1 ' _23 t eams competed in 11 representing a total' oLf ove;75000tteoys. junior New Plymouth

competiti;~,

High School, New Zealancl, won the first ]_:JTize in both competitions. A very large proportion o£ the fifty ]_Jrizes in the senior competition wa s won bj Australia, where the cadet system is in an advansed stag e. English tcants were birly prominent in the junior competition. \¥ e have just seen a copy of the " New Plymouth 1!igh School Boys' 'Ma gazine," dated July, 1908. It comprises twenty-fiv e pages, and cleal s with most of the school activities. 'l'llere are two contributed articles, one on Cricket ancl one on School Athletics . Both of these are at the end of the m a gazine. Reports of cricket and football n1.atches occupy n early baH o£ th e issue. 'l'he ~tnnual sports took place on March 12th, ancl "-ere held on the ltecreation Grounds. 'rhere wer e tw eive events, including a girls' race, on the programme. A list of boys , numl1ering fi£ty-eigl1.t, on the ro1l is given. School Notes occupy three pages, ancl the Olcl Boys' column two. 'l'here are also £our photos, anangecl on two pages, of the sports. The mng azine is of great interest to those connectecl with the school in 1908, ancl it is a pity that list s of subscrib er s aml exchanges wer e not included . This t erm th er e llaYe b een no exeats, but inst ead "e h<-tve ltacl a half-t erm holiday . Tl1is holida y was given on "Jlonday, October 30tll. A fuxther r eason for the holiday was tbat it was felt the success o£ the shooting teams iu tl1 e Inwerial Challeng e Shield m atch es \\U S deserving of sometl1ing out of th e ordinary Toutine. Renee tl1e holiday. It goes without sayin g that th e n ews o£ the r esult of the shooting match es was r eceived mo st enthusiastically. Vv e h 'Y to nb stain in the columns of ' ' The 'raranakian" from anything that has any suggestion of boasting , but we hone stly think th at we can b e proud of the pro,Yess of the sl10oting t eam s . On the last day of the term a practical demonstration in shearing was given by a m aster on the staff who was least su s]_)ectecl o£ havin g any skill in this clirection . nluch to the astonishment of the boarders the first ' assistant was seen arrayed in blue denims and bob-nailed boots valia11tly bat tling with the sh ee]_) that has been used to l;;:eep down t11e grass on the t ennis l awn. The strugo-le Te ultecl in the ultimate r emoval of its fleece to the of all on-looker s , though it is rumoured that the sheep was intensely r elieYcd in more ways than one w1ten the operation was over . -with the price of wool at

~atisfaction

SCHOOL NOTES. SCHOOL NOTES.

l s 6d. a lb. it is hoped that the Fi . benefit to the extent of fiftee n sh'lll?-::mce I mgs Committee will . . T]_1e unusually wet weath,. h · ~ . : matenally with the crick et t·l b . sprmg has mterfered made out by the Cricket C ai .Y m the t erm a list wa s ~a de for the regular playi::~m ttee ~nd provision was . o . m ma tcnes by every boy m the school. The was appointed to takpe 1ayhei~ weif'e graded and a master d ~ne m . t h e case of football c ar ge o T' each oroup, 0' • JUSt as is ':wkets prepared, and time after ~me a_fter hm~ were 'en~ play. Consequentl w l time did t~e ram preuntil towards the end the tlave had ~ut. httle cricket course, to beO'in cricket . e dm . It IS Impossible of are OYel' . e notice th~tgo~. ectest until the sp~rt~ st ated that the sun is un -lll. ~ment Wragge has tl ed _weather is to be exp~cstud yllactive, and that uns etor mne months . vV e a . . e l' a over the world for six 1Ieteorolog-y_is so far ad~~n~edl1~t~~ t~at th~ science of such prediCtiOns with ever e h a It I~ pos~Ible to make but, at the same time w l y c ance of then fulfilment. above-mentioned scie~ce ei 1~\e some secret hope that th~ One ft . .s ot so exact after all _ a e1noon early m N 0 b . · ve.m er qmte a sensation ":as _caused by an accident to tlppmg soil over the bank 1 "· ~olse1nnd cart employed in kura Parle The cart had ~b;e;c l oo ~s d<?wn on to Pukeu.t a moment cart and horse w backed a httle too far, and r~g1t down to the bottom e~: backwards over the bank ]! ortunately the horse wa~ a ~~stanr;e _of some thirty feet. brought up ::wain The a :f£9-air . ehumnJured, and was soon .o . ar)pen .L t l sch oo1. was dismissed and th . f . ec no . o_ng before wer e Immediat ely a~ailabl eie or e many wilhng hands block and tackl e with plente tf .haul up th e cart. A cart, and soon it was f l y o Iope was fastened to the bank. sa e y once more on the top of the

E·

-«r

There beTI,few mor e b ~au t'f 1 . bined fromcan t he l U VIe·w s than that ob th , . . acecourse m fin eautiful IS that to,vards th e M e ~ea ~r. Specially b Park an~ :Mr. Newton Kino· 's o·. ountai~, Wit~ Pukekura Iu all du_ect~ons th e view ois f olm_ds m t h e fo~·eg:round. that the site lS open to e . ead utlful , and tlus Implies very wm th t bl · . . course IS mdeed an ideal .t f a , ows. The R ace only wish that the e . or a school, and we can ' further back on some such ~i~f th e school had placed it present school site is certai l e as the Racecourse . The but a still more cxcelle~tn y d:s:cellent in everJ:' respect, h ave been obtainecl by ooin'" b~cl-molr.ettlroofmy sit~ could 0 o < ~ a I e 1uther mto the · country.

fou~de:I

One of the Forms was asked in a r ecent examination to explain certain phrases and allusions and to embody tbem correctly in sentences . Amongst these phrases was " to write J ohnsonese." 'rhis evoked the following answer :-"To write J ohnsonese" is to write to a per son telling him your opinion of him. Example: Very few people in Germany woulcl dare to write Johnsonese to the Kaiser or the Crown Prince, much as they deserve it . On Saturday, December 2nd, an informal dinner was given in the school dining-room to members of all the shooting t eams. All the masters were present as well. After more t1Jan justice had been done to th e viands and potables (especially the latter, the evening b eing wa1·m), ~ir. :Moyes proposed th e toast of " The King. " This was received with musical honours. Mr. Moyes th en proposed the toast of tl1e "Shooting Teams ." Lucena responded. Next th e h ealth of Mrs . and Mr. :Jloyes was enthu siastically chunk, and after a good deal ot friendly ch at the company dis1)ersed, all further elonence b ein g r eservecl for th e Annual Sports Dinner. Our temporary 1wme on the Racecourse is very pleasant indeed in :fine weather, but in wet weather it is not quite so pleasant. The long gr ass o1 the spring growth is very wet, and many boys were wise enough to bring with them sho es to wear in the actual buildings. This simple precaution saved many a severe cold. The unusual high nortl1 erly wincl accompanied by h eavy rain b eat in under the stationery-room door ancl compl etely flo oded it.. }iOTtnnately ther e was very lit tle stock on the floor, and thus but little damage was done. \V e h eartily tl1ank the J:ollowing for sending back numbers of the magazine in r esponse to the appeal publish ed in our last issue :-Mrs. Stock er, Mrs . T eed, ;,[essr s. Roy, English and Johnstone. Vle wish to thank :Hr. A . H. Goss for his kindness in presentinO' u s with two sets of t be Target-Index Practi ce Rod appar atus, for u se with the lon g rifles. The Rhootin o· t eams will find these vrry h elpful , and hop e that th~y will contribute t? anoth er "~~uble evEont" in t11 e Imperial Challenge Sh1eld Compet1t10us next year. 1ir. Goss will, we feel sure, consider such a result the llest thanks we can tender him. '1lr. Swanson of the " Taranaki Daily N ews" h as very kindly presentecl a bat. for t h e u se of the Fi!st XI. Re has al so once more made the donation of a gumea towards ·

TERM'S DIARY. SCHOOL NOTES.

the funds of the Swimming Club. \V e tender him our heartiest thanks for his continued kindness.

Oct.

In order to encourage the practical Vi'Ork in Agriculhne and Dairying, Mr. H. D. Lepper has given us two piD's. They represent one more item towards a still fuller err~lipment for these branches of our work The gift is only one of a number for which we are indebted to Mr. Lepper. \Y e wish to th ank :Mrs. D' Arcy Robertson for the gift of a valuable set of books dealing with English Literature. This, together with l\lr. F. Messenger's handsome gift of a set of the "Cyclopaedia Britannica," form a valuable addition to the reference section of the Library. \iVe here offer Mr . Messenger our heartiest thanks.

Oct. N"ov.

~Ir.

D' Arcy Robertson has very kindly given us a numb<>r of prize chrysanthemum root s for the g-rounds, a gift for which we are very grateful. \Ye are very grateful to l\Iessrs. lii'Leod and Slade for the gift o£ a handsome trophy for shooting. 'l'o Messrs. Searle and Hamblyn we also tender our sincerest thank s for their gifts of two fine cups for shooting . \ Ve have also received bequests from two Old Boys, R. ·white and G. Bendall, \\ho haYe fnlle11 at the front. These beq uests are to be applied to school purposes. \V e here record our appreciation of their kindly remembran ce Ot US.

TERM'S DI1\RY. Sept. 18.-Hesumecl School afte1· holidays.. N e\1 boarding-house occupied. Rept. 19.-Degnn term's v1ork in earnest on Racecourse. )Ir. ·wynyard joined staff. Oct. 6.-Loug night dance in Good Templar Hall. Oct. 13.- l\Ir. Searle left for camp. Oct. 18.-N ews of results of Imperial Challenge Shield Shooting received. Oct. 19.-Annual steeplechase. Oct. 23.--Holiday: Labour Day. Oct. 25.-News of Auckland University College Terms' Examination received.

· d match, masters . k t beO'an with a mne 26.-Cnc e "'< and boys. 30.-HaH-tenn and shooting holiday. . t. Race run o:ff · 2.-100 yards trial Invlta lOll <

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Nov. NoY. Dec. J)ec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

6. -Term examinations begun. 16 -Annual sports. . . . . Entrance National Scholai• b egan. 22.-p u bllC ServiCe l.< E' aminatwns ship and Free-p ace x . . t d b Department I.-Agricultural plots mspec e y . l offima s. . . Club . _,·nneJ' Match agamst Rrfle . 2.--Shootmg ul ·· . ination began. exam 5. -Uatriculat10n -" 9.-Bayly :Nlemorial Sports held. · h'p fired for. 13.-Shooting champwns l s . d d · nships c1 em 14.-Boxing c1lampw - e · 16 .-Annual sports dinner . 18.-Annual break-up.

FE)RM 1\ VER1\G ES.

Third Term. 1916. - . t I seYeral C1lVlSlOUS, . · · each T1 . FoTDl consls s o. . < hi(J'h commerForm VIA.- ~£which is prepar:ng fo~k Public SeTvice cial and agru~ult~ral ;ofor' Junior UniverSenior Examm_atlonThe following are the sit.y Scholarslnp. a· . ·on ·-59.-1 K. . th 1a tter WlSl . resultsm. e ... . 2 c C Yat.es,60. Brokenshne, I 0 ' . . ·aa 68. 9 l{. Lealancl, 66. 55 -1 R. K1 ' ' '"' Form VIB ., · ,., . 9 R Greiner, 75. -rr 59 -1 H. Goss, I 8 , "' . FoTm v . , · · ~ . 2 E Reeves, 68. ·u 54 1 E Boulton, I 0 ' . 81 }\'orm I v ., .'-'· . C A. Noble, · 1 89...,,~9 · __1N.Waclcle, 59 Form IliA., · . 2 C Jones , 63. 0.-1 S. Spence, 68 , · Form IIIB ., 5

FORM AVERAGES.

PREPARATORY SCHOOL.. Form III., 68.2 per cent .- 1 A. Candy, 84.1; 2 K. \Vard , 79.4. Form IIA ., 59 .8 p er cent.-1 W . Mackay, 80.9; 2 P . Griffiths, 75.8. Form II., 7'4 per cent.- 1 S. Fookes, 87; 2 F. \Villiams, '") r; ;:i,.,.o.

Form liB. , 67 per cent.-1 :M. Lysous, 83; 2 B. Blunuell, 82. Form IA., 75 per cent.--1 G. W alker, 83; 2 R. Bennett, 77. Form IB., 51 per cent .--1 C. Gilmour, 78; 2 C. ~l'Neill, 65 .

eRieKET. A series of comeptition match es l1 ad been arranged for the term's cricket, but unfortm. att?ly all attempts to start were foiled by th e unpropitious state of the weather . •·'.s the fin e weath er did not arrive till the exams. were at hand , these matches h ave b een postponed till next term. Outside match es have b een few, on account o£ the war, hut the middle ancl lower school s cricket, as a result of their extra matches, showed a decid ed improvement. RCROOL ,. _ TOWN ELEVEN. SCHOOL . 11ir. Wynyarcl, b. Bain ... Y ates, b. H esk ett l\f.'Murray, c. and b. H eskett Mr. Bottrill, b . Graham ... . Goss, l.b.w. Mr. Christian, h. Nicoll .. . }Jr. M'Kinney, b. Bain .. . 'l'erry, l.h.w. Fox, l.b .w. Fookes, caught, h. J... ondon Ewing, not out E xtras Total 'J'h e howling avern.ges

14 0 0

18 11 0 0 0

23 13 1 18 98

"II ere

taken incorrectly.

FIH.ST ELEVEN , 19 16 STANDING:

SITTJN<;:

H. Goss.

ScoiYN,

\ VYBORN,

TERRY , S. M c Mu l~ l lAY.

C. McK ,IY . \\'. E1n:-.:<; . C Y .-ITES.

N. Foo J;Es. R GI~EINER . ABSENT:

Fox.

C~ICKET

:2 I

NoTl':S.

TOWN ELEVEN . Ingram, b. M'.Murray ... Berg, b. Fox .. . Graham, b. Fox \Vay, caught, b. :Mr. Vlyny:nd Nicoll, b. Mr. Wyn;yard .. . Hasell, retired . . . . .. Oliver, b. Mr. Bottrill ... lbin, retired MacDonald, hit wicket, b. Go ss Heskett, c. Yates, b . Go ss I.ondoiJ, not out E xtras 'f atal

30 8 11

21 1

19 21 9 2

3 15 "' 174

Bowling averages.-:i\Ir. Christian, no wicket for 41; J 'ox, two for 17; :i\I':Murray, one for 15; Mr. \Vynyard , two fo r 57 ; :Jir. Bott.rill, one fDl' 28; Goss, two for 13. I

'fh e second match against the town was played a few days later and ended in a tie. For sch ool, M'Murray hit up 2-! hy good crick et. The only other batsman to make double figures 'Ya s 'ferry. The detail ed scores were a s fo llows :SCHOOL . :JI':i\Iurra;y, c. Bain, b . Heskett .. . }Jr. Both路ill, l.b. w., b. Knapp J\h . \ Vynyard, b. Bain ... Yates, c. MacDonald, b. Knapp :\lr. M'Kinney, b. Bain ... Terry, c. Knapp, b. Baiu :Jh. Christian, b. Knapp Fookes, c. and b. H eskett \Vybom, b . Knapp Ewing, not out Sco'Yn, st . Heskett Extras Total

24 .2 4 1 2

12 8 5 0 2 1 0

Bowling analysis .- Knapp , four for 14 ; Bain. three for 13; ::\IacDoualcl, none for 6; Mackay, none for 10; 路w a y, none for 8; H esk ett , two for 14.

CRICKET NOTES .

CRICKET NOTES.

Knapp, b . .Jlr. Christian ·w n y, c. and b. Mr. Bottrill Mackay, b . .i\lr. Christian H eskett, caught, b. Mr. Christian Bain, b. Mr . Ch1:istian ... London, c. Mr. vVynyard , b. Mr. Christian :JhcDonnld, b. T erry SutherbnJ, not out \Vills, c. Scown, b. l\lr. Wynyarcl Lucena, c. \Vyborn, b. Mr. \V ynyarcl Bnrton, b . 2\Ir. Christian Es:tras Total

1 0

J_,. Bryce, b. \iVy b01;n . · · ·

TOWN ELEVEN. 0

3 9

25 1 11 2

8 1 0

3 1 64

Bowling analysis.-:!\Ir. Christian , six for 15; Mr. Hottrill, one for 05; 'l'erry, one for 5; Mr. \Vynyard, two for 5.

THE HOUSE MATCH.

Callander' b. Mr. M Kmney 'l 'rain, not out Henson, b. Wyborn Extras ...

0 0

4 64

Total .. . BowlinO' analysis.-i\'11:. ~ottrill, two fo~ 27; i\'~r . \\ ynyard, t~vo for 27; l\Ir. M'Kmney, two for 0' Wybom, fo ur for 4. Second Innings . R yder, c . Wyborn, b . Hine U'.Murray, b. Mr. Wynyard O'Halloran, b. l\Ir. Wynyard H,eeves, c. and b. Mr. \iVynyarcl H . Bryce, b . Lucena Wills, b. Scown l\I'Kay, b . Scown Callander ' b. Scown 'I' rain, not out .. · Henson, b. Johns Extras

}fr.

.. · .. . ... . .. .

P RINCIPAL 'S HOUSE ELEVEN. First Innings. Mr. Moyes, b. l\1r. Bottrill Mr. Ryder, h . Mr. ViTynyard }f'}furray, b. \~Tyborn ... ·~r 'Kny, b. Mr. W ynya rd O'Halloran, b. :Jir. Bottrill ReeYes, l.b.w. , b. Mr. }[' Kinney .. . Wills, b. Wyborn

16 0

29 0 9 5

1 4 4 1

13 4 0

2 0 1

3 39

Total 'l'l1is match was undoubtedly th e most interesting of nll. It created quite a lot of excitement, with the result tlwt each house bad a host of supporters present. 'l'he Principnl'R HouRe e]eYen batted first and knocked up 64 . The principal scorers \Yere Mr . Moyes 16, M'Murray 29, ancl O'Halloran 8. School House r eplied with 112. .llr. \ Vynayrd made 39 and ViTyborn 27, while Yates and H amerton helped th e score along oy 12 and 11 respect i,ely. \Yit h 48 to the goo d, Scl1ool House sent their opponcnti'i in ag-nin ancl clismiRsecl them for 39. The followin g arr the detailed scores :-

SCHOOL HO USE ELEVEX. First Innings. :\lr. \ Vynyarcl, b . l\Ir. :Moyes }Jr. J\I'Kinney, b . .Mr., Ryder Yates, c. Bryce, b. M Kay .llr. Bottrill, c. Bryce, b. :Mr. Ryder \Vyborn, l'Ull out Scown, b. Mr. Moyes . .. Hamel'ton, b. l\Ir. Moyes Lucena, b . Mr. Moyes Hine, b. }fr . .Jioyes J alms, not out . · · Sarten, b. nir. l\Ioyes Extras

39 5 12 1 27 0 11 2

0 3 0

... 112 'l 'otal Moyes six wickets for 31; Bo wlinoo· analysis.-Mr,. r K ay,· 01;e for 20 · M'Murray, .Jlr. R yder, two for 25; •· lV.1. none for 20.

CRICKET NOTES.

MIDDLE-SCHOOL CRICKET.-IV. and V. FORMS.

BOAIWERS v . DAY BOYS . Tbis match t urned out to be one of th e most e:s:cit illo· o·ames ever played between tl.Je Boarders and Day u;vs~ 'l'he Boanlers batted first and by the aid of M'Kay nnd Wybom, who made 4:8 (1nd 44 respectively, ]Jit up 11-!. 'l' h e Day Boys replied with 108, 84 of which were contributed by Goss. Tbe following are the detailed ·cores:BOARDERS. Wyborn, b. Sole 44 Heeves, b. Goss 11 Scown, b . Gos s 0 l\I'Kay, b. Sole 48 Johns, b. Goss 4 Drak e, c. Greiner, b. Sole 0 0 Train i., c. vVard, b. Sole ·winfield, not out 0 Hanison, b. Goss 0 Atkinson, b. Go ss 0 Hiue, b . W oocl 1 (:j Extras 'rotal

... 114

Bo,Yling analysis. - Goss, :fixe wickets for 39 runs; Sole, four for 20; \Voocl, one for 35; Greiner, none for 14. DAY BOYS. Sole, b. \.Vybom J alms, b. JU'Kay Daile, b. Wyborn \Voocl, b . Wybom Greiner, b. JU'Kay Uo:;. , b . vVybom Fo uhy, stumped . .. Denny-Brown , c. Scown, b. \¥yborn Blundell, b. W yborn Broken shiTe, b. \Vyboru Boon, not out E:s:tra s

15 0

13 5 8 3-± 9

2 1

12 1 14

... 109 Total Bowling analysis.-vVyborn, seven wickets for 42 runs; :YI'Kay, two for 43; Scown, none for 10.

FRONT HALL: l\'E\V BUILDING.

CRICKET NOTES.

VREV1\R1\TeRY

eRieKET.

The Preparatory School XI. have played two matches a o'ainst outside teams during the term-one against Centl~ll and th e other against Fitzroy. Their first venture was a f[)ilure, t h eir tot al score being 16. To t his Central replied with 53. But th eir second attempt was altogether uccessful , and t h e eleven is to be congratulated on its fine performane;e. No doubt th e school fielding was weak, b ut it must be remembered that as yet there has been ,ery little t ime for practice . Hayden and Walter went for the bowling from t h e start and h it up 32 and 25 respectively in fine styl e. \Vith the aiel of these two, Forbes (15) and Candy (11) school brought the total to 10-1:, to which Fitzroy replied with 28 and 26, thus leaving the Prep . win ners by ::m innings and 50 r uns . Hayden and \ Valt ers were t h e t11路o most successful bowlers.

SH0t"TIN6 . 'r iJ is term, owing to lack of rifles and ammunition, there has been very little shooting of any k ind. Our miniature range rifles were burnt last term, so we had to wait until Mr. Moyes could procure some Lee-Enfields hom the Defence H eadquarters at Hawera. More hindrances came in the g uise of Scholarship Examinations, two or three of tl1e team being thus debanccl from the one and only practice we had. This practice \vas on S:tt u rcby, November 25th, when, all things considered, the shooting was good. 'r he following Saturday aftemoon the Rifle Club 路hallenged u. to a match over the 200ycls. , 500ycls., and 600yd . ranges. This, as was expected, resulted iu a defeat for om team, but considering our oppo sing team it was not a disgrace,

SHOOTING.

The following are the scores for the match :-

The following are the scores :Total. 500ycls . 200ycls . 68 34 Ewing ....... _.. .. ....... 34 65 34 .Jf 'Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 65 .33 Boulton . . ... ... .. . .. .. 32 64 30 Lucena ... ............. 34 61 27 Hamerton . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 59 25 Fookes . . .. . .. .. .. ... .. . 34 54 28 ;Morey ..... ... .. ....... . 26 54 25 Wyborn ............ .. . 29 53 25 Tansey .. .... ... . ....... 28 49 25 Greiner ..... .. .. ... .. .. . 24 48 18 Yates . .... ......... .... 30 From 5qOyds. we went b ack to 300ycls. and changed to servlCe s1ghts, to shoot for the Lady Godley Cups. The ranges t o b e shot over were 300yds. and 500yds., seven shots and a sighter at each Tange. No slings were allowed in this shoot, but any military position could be used. 'rhe shooting in this match was poor, as most of_us had not used sen-ice sights since th e Groups meeting at New Year, and we also had to gu ess t he settin g of ouT sights. The scores are as follow:Total. 500yds. 300ycl. No. 2-± Coy. Cup. 62 30 Yates ······· · ·········· 32 53 23 30 Boulton ·· ·· ··· ····· ··· 49 23 Lucena ··········· ····· 26 48 28 20 .Jl'Uurray ······· · ···· 48 19 E\ving ········ ·· ·· · ··· · 29 44 24 20 .Jlorey · ·· ·· ··· ·· ·· ······ 42 14 Hamerton ············ 28 Total. 500ycls. No . llO Coy. Cup . 300ycls. 53 25 Greinel' ··············· 28 53 27 26 Kidcl ····· ·· ········· ·· ·· 46 24 Ro ckel ············ ··· ·· 22

HIGH SCHOOL. 200yds. 500yds . 600yds. 'rot al. 96 30 33 Sergt. Lucena ... .... .. 33 94 29 Pte. Fookes ....... .... . 33 32 93 32 Sergt. Ewing .......... 32 29 84 24 30 Pte. Boulton . ......... 30 82 33 19 Pte. H amerton ........ 30 76 23 Pte . -Wyborn .... .. .... 23 30 12 66 31 Pte. 'r:msey .... . ..... .. 23 60 26 9 Pte. Greiner ... .. ... ... 25 229

235

187

651

RIFLE CLUB. Rifleman Kea tin o· Pres. Hill .. ... ---~- .... Rifleman D avies ...... llifleman Coppen .. ... H.iflem::m Blanchett ... Rifleman Lysons .. .... Rifleman P almer ..... Rifleman Ram son . . ..

200yds. 500yds. 600yds. Total. 34 95 28 33 95 31 29 35 94 32 30 32 94 30 31 33 93 32 27 34 89 26 29 34 86 31 26 29 83 25 26 32 252

243

234

729

The only other shooting this term was that for the School Championships-the Belt and the two Lady Godley Cups ._ These Wel:e fir ed for on vVeclnesday, DecembeT 13th, whiCh was an 1cleal clay for shooting. Most of t h e rest of the school went out to the rancre to look on dinneT, in the sh ape of bread and butte~ cheese sal;srwe . ' l f or the boarders. ' ' b ' ancl "fi zz " b emg suppl 1ec The first shoot was for the Belt, with which was . m cluclecl ~ g-olll medal presented by :M:r. \ ¥ illiams, of ~V an gan m. A~ _usual the r anges weTe 200yds. and bOOyds. , th e conchtwns seven _shots and an option'al sighter at each range. Th e dnnenswns of the scoring rings on ~he targets were larger by a good deal than those used lll th e Schools of the Empire competition, so the shootin "' cannot well be judged from tl1at standard . N evertheles~ Ewing's was a splendid scor e, and hard to beat.

'rh e ti e between Kirlu and Greiner was decided by the oTder of scorin g at 500ycls ., and the Cup awarded to Greiner. Lieut . Searle, our former coach , now in camp at 'rrentham, ha s presented us this term with a fine silveT cup, to be awarded for th e Senior Championship on the Miniature Range.

SHOOTING.

Corporal Hamblyn, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and the firm of Messrs. M'Leod and Slade, have each donated £10 ·for shooting trophies, for which we wish to convey our hearty appreciation. Since the issue of the last number of ''The Taranakian" details of the scores in the Imperial Challenge R.h ield Competitions have come to hand. \¥ e give here t he f nll list of teams winn ing prizesSENIOR CO:JlPETITION. ThTee hundred and twenty-three teams competed. A Yerage age of New Plymouth Boys' High School A team (winners), 17 years 2 months :Place.

2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

10. 11. 12. 13.

Team.

New P lymouth Boys' High School A team .. . R.A .N .R. No. 4 Coy., Geel ong Division, Aus. New P lymouth Boys' High Sch ool B team .. .. . Depot Royal Marines Cadet Corps, Deal .. .. .... RA.N.R, No . 3 Coy., Geelong Division, Aus., (Provisional) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15th Nottingham Boy Scouts .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. RA .N .R (0 .) Cadets, Cairns Sub-district, Aus. R.A.N .R (0.) B Coy ., Sydney Division, Aus., and RA.N.R., No. 1 Coy., Geelong Division, A us. (tie) .. .... ...... .... .... No . 2 Platoon 51st Battalion Senior CadPt.s, Aus. R.A.N.R. Cadets, No . 1 Coy., Hobart, Australia RA .N.R. (0 .) A Coy., Sydney Division, Aus. R.A .N .R. (0.) Launceston, Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. RA .N.R, No. 2 Coy., Geelong Division, Aus.

Strength.

Score.

Average.

938

93.8

828

723

90.37

813

90.33

1076

89.6

799

88.7

706

88.2

705

88.1

786

87.3

783

696

865

86.5

769

85.4

SENIOR

" I MPER IAL

S TA NDING: P HIYATE E. BoULTON , SITTING:

COHP.

C HAL LE:-IGE BAYLY.

S HIELD

TEAM, "

SE!iGT. \V. EW ING,

1916_

C OL. -SE!iGT. V . S. McM U RI~AY,

PHIVATE C . HEHBEHT, PHIVATE B . H . GHAYLING. PHIVATE \~T. TH AILL, COHP. J. C. \VY BOHN LI EU T . SEAHLE, Sf.HGT. H. L. L UCENA, SEI<GT. E . HAM EWf ON.

SHOOTING.

15.

R.A .N.R., No. 7 Coy., Sydney Naval Cadets, Australia .. 16 . A Coy., Haberdashers Hampstead School Cadets Corps 11. J.;atymer Upper School, Hammersmith, A team... 18. A Coy., 1st New Brighton Tetritorial Caclet Corps... 19. Eye Grammar School A 'feam ...... .... .. .......... .. 20. Nelson College Artillery Corps, New Zealand . . . . . . 21. No. 5 Company, Senior Naval Cadets, Port Fairy, Australia 22. De Aston School, Market Rasen 23. L atymer Upper School, Hammersmith, C team . .. 24. West Bridgford Boy Scouts .... 25. 1st Ormskirk Boy Scouts, A team 6. Pitlochry Boy Scouts 27. Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, D team. .. ...,8. Hartle bury Grammar School and Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, B team (tie) .. 0. Auckland Grammar School, New Zealand, A team ...... ... ........ 31. No. 1 Platoon A Coy., 74th Battalion Senior Cadets, Australia . . . . . . . . . 02. No. 4 Platoon 51st Battalion Senior Cadets, Aus. 33. R.A.N.R. Cadets, 1st Division, Brisbane, Aus. 34. R.A .N.R. Cadets, 2ncl Division , Brisbane, Aus. 35. No. 62 Hamilton Collegif'te Institute C.C., Canada 00

....

........

.........

ooOO

.......

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......

•

00.

00.....

....

oo......

00.

oo.

oo••

680

844

84.4

1678

83.9

752

83.5

667

83.3

666

83.2

665

83.1

664

663

82.8

660

82.5

8 8

659 652

82.3 81.5

651

81.3

649

81.1

1052

80.9

728

80.8

727

80.7'

804 .

80.4

803

80.3

800

SHOOTING.

36.

Christchurch Boys' High School Cadets, N.Z. ...... 16 37. No. 2 Platoon, St. Law10 rence College, O.T.C. ... 38 . Kelly College, O.T .C. .. . 9 39. B Coy. Haberdashers' Hampstead School, C.C. 9 40. No. 2 Coy., 1st C/Bn. 9 Shropshire L.I. .. .. .. .. .. . 41. No.5 P latoon 51st Bn. Senior Cadets, Australia 9 42. A Coy. King Edward's School, Witley C.C. . ... .. 10 43. Bundaberg Naval Division, Australia .. . .. .. .. . .. . 8 44. R.A.N.R. (0.) Cadets 11 No. 5 Coy., Australia .. : 15. Naval Reserve (0.), Thursday Island, Aus . 8 -!6. Du:fftown Boy Scouts . . . 8 41. London Orphan School Watford ......... .. ........... ' 10 48. 1st Leiston Boy Scouts A team .................... ~ 8 49. Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, E team... 8 50. No. 1 Platoon, A Coy., 1st C/Bn., K.R.R.C ...... : 8 51. Kilmarnock A c a d e m y Cadet Corps . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. 8 52. Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, H team. .. 8

79.9

77.

797 716

79 .7 79.5

714

79.3

100. 102. 103. 1 { I

710

78.8

710

78.8

784

78.4

174. 178. 208.

215.

627

78.3

858

622 621

77 .7 77.6

775

77.5

619

77.3

618

77.2

615

76.8

611

76 .3

609

76.1

NEW ZEALAND TEAMS. The order taken by tl1e New Zealand teams that competed was as follows :New Plymouth Boys' High School, A team . . . 3. _N~w Plymouth Boys' H1gL School, B team . . . 20. Nelson College Artillery Corps .. .. ... .. .. ........ .... . 10. Auckland Gr a mm ar School, A team .. .. .. .. .. .. :]6. Christchurch Boys' Hi()'h School .................. . ~..

58 .

1279

938

93.8

723

90.37

666

83.2

1052

80.9

1279

79.9

Nelson College Cadets... Auckland Gramm a T School, B team .. .. .. .. .. .. Woodville Cadets .. .. .. .. . Christ's College . . . . . . . . . . . 18th Coy. Auckland Senior Cadets .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. i'Sth Coy. New Zealand Senior Cadets .. .. .. . .. .. .. . Hamilton High School... vYhangarei High School Hamilton High School, B team .............. .. ........ Stratford High School . . .

753

75.3

8 9 15

559 593 987

69 .8 65.8 65 .8

855

65.7

13 13 10

805 722 551

61. 9 55.5 55.1

S 11

406 556

50.7 50.5

THE J UNIOit CO.i\IPETI'l'ION. One hunched and ninety-seven teams competed. A.yerage of N e'v Plymouth Boys' High School team ("1\inners), 14 yeaTs 6 months:1. N e'Y P lymouth Boys' 92.2 738 High School .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . S 2. No . 8 Coy. , Sydney Naval 91. 3 731 Cadets, Australia .. .. .. .. . 8 3. ILN. Barracks Boys' Bri90.8 908 gade, Devonport . . . . . . . . . . 10 .f. Cottesmore Scii.ool, 90.6 725 Brighton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 8 5. No. 9 Coy. Sydney Naval 87.8 703 Cadets, Australia . . . . . . . . 8 G. St. Cyprian's School, Eastbourne Coy., 2nd H.C. Brigade, R.F .A., 86 860 A team .... ..... ........... .. 10 7. No. 1 Platoon, State , clwol 1852, South Mel85. 1 851 bourne Australia .. .. .. .. .. . 10 8. B Coy. Haberdashers' Hampstead School Cadet 680 85 Corps .... .................... 8 D. H..A .N .R. (0.), Launces677 84.6 ton Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 10. Depot Royal Marines 84.1 841 Cadet Corps, De<ll .. .. .. .. . 10 11. 1st City of London Cadet , Coleman Street 753 83.6 W ard School Co. .. .. .. .. .. 9

12. 13.

14. lt).

16. 17. 18.

19. 20.

21. 22.

23. 2-L 25.

26. 27.

28. 29. 30 .

01.

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Earl of Shaftesbury' s Own Boy Scouts, Bisley Royal Marine Artillery Cadets, A team .... ....... . No. 363, 'Winona Cadet Corps, Canada ......... . .. . . Ascham St. Vincent's School, East bourne ... ... . Mo"路den School Cadet Corps, Brighton ........ .. . 3rd Sherborne Boy Scouts . ... . ... ........ .. .. . St. Andrew's School, East bourne, A team ... . St. Andrew's School, Eastbourne, B team ... . . . Sha拢tesbury School, Hisley, A team ...... . ......... . Plymouth Division Royal ~Iarines ' Cadet Corps, A team . ........ ..... .. .... ... . Allan 's School Cadet Corps, Newcastle-on'ryne, 1'1. t ea m .. ............ . St. Andrew's School, Eflstbourne, F team ..... . Sbaftesbury School, Disley, B team .... ............. . No. 2 Platoon, State School1852 Cadets, South :Jlelbourne, Australia . ... La tymer Upper School, Hammersmith, A team . . . R.A .N.R. (0.) Cadets, Hobart, Australia ... .. ... . Hartle bury G r am m a r Sch ool ... . ............ ...... . St. Andrew's School, East bourne, D team ..... . No. 7 Platoon, B Coy., 41th Battalion Senior Cadets, Australin ........ . St. Cyprian's School, Eastbourne Coy., 2nd H.C. Brigade, R.F.A., B team ..... ................ .. . \ Vandsworth Boys' Naval Brigade, B team ........ .. .

667

83.3

914

662

82 .7

658

82.2

657

82.1

734

81. 5

896

81. 4

651

81.3

1137

81.2

811

81. 1

717

79.6

636

79 .5

633

79 .1

710

88.8

2048

78 .7

625

78 .1

624

622

77 .75

855

77.72

617

77 .1

616

J U NIOR STA N DIN G :

" IMPERIAL

PRIVATE G. BAYLY, PRIVATE

SITTU\G:

PRIVATE

CHALLENGE

SHIELD

TEAM ,"

1916.

HA IWISO"', L IE UT. SEARLE , PRI VATE , !. l\1. G t; ILD , PHI VATE S. ALLEMAN N.

HINE , PRIVATE L. O ' HALLORA"' ,

Pmv.~TE R. GREI:'\ER.

IN SET:

PRI VATE

P OTT.

SHOOTING.

33. 3.J.. 35 . 36. :3 7. 38 . 39.

St. E dmund 's School, Hindhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -wanclsworth Boys' Naval Brigade, A temn . . . . . . . . . . C Coy., Halifax Common Sch ool Cadet Corps, Canada, B team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sha£tesbm y School, Bisley, C team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Det. No. 2, :Ji aritzburg College Cadets, South Africa .. .... .. ... ... . . .. . .. . . C Coy ., Halifa x Common School Cadet Corps, Canada, A team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De Aston School, Market Hasen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .

686

76.2

677

75.2

601

75 .1

595

74.37

G69

74.3:3

741

74. 1

592

NEW ZEALAND TE AMS . Th e order taken by New Zealand teams follows :1. N e\v P lymouth Boys' High School . .. . ..... .... . . 8 738 -1:2. Christchurch Boys' Hi gh School ..... .. .. ... .. .... ... . 12 882 GTam m ar 5G. Auckl and Sch ool, A team . .. .. .. . ... . 11 775 80. W lumgarei High Scho ol 10 612 1J G. Hamilton High Sch ool. .. 11 524 1G1. Hamilton Hi gh Scho ol , B t eam .. ... ... ... .. .. . ... . . 286 8 1GG. Auckla nd Gramm a r Sch ool , B temn .. .. .... .. . . 8 261

\Va s as

92.2 73.5 70.4 61.2 ±7.6 35 .7 32.6

T hr ee h undred and bYeuty-tlnee tea ms from schools in aH parts o£ tb e Empire t ook part in the Senior Competition and 197 iu the Junior. ~Ir . Moyes hfl s r eceived the followin g t elegram from th e :l\Iini.st er of Defence :- "I h ave Yery g reat pleasure indeed in informin g you that I h ave received advice th at th e fo un ders of th e Imperia l Challen ge School Competit iml h ave instruct ed me that an additional prize of £20 h aR been a\\ard ed to ·the N ew Plym outh Boys ' Hi gh School for it s wonderful performance in gaining first prize in both senior and junior shiel d competitions, and also t hird

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plac,e _in the senior c~mpetition. Please accept my very heartiest congratula~wns : Although New Zealand has always won s?m~ pnzes m t~ese competitions, I understand ~hat tlns Is the first tune that the Dominion ha s be~n mther first, second, or third. Your school 's per£o1r1ma~,ce Is one you may well be proud of.-J ames .en.

H eUSE Nt)T ES. It _is with gre::tt pleasure that we announce the fact ~h::tt tlns ~erm has seen the completion of the new boardmg esta~Jhslnn en~. The building is :1 two-storey one and Is be~uhfully fimshed throughout. Niger House is not now m u se, as there have been three new dormitories fitterl up in the old house. .Several new boys haYe joined .our ranks this term. Then n~mes are Forbes, Prideau:s:, S. Smith, C. Duckworth, h. Fussell and H. Roberts. All these boys are in the .Preparatory School. Evidently tne "Prep." is becommg famous. K. Duckworth and Knowles left us last t~rm, and dt~ring t hi s te~·m R . "Wilson, who was going to s 1~ for :JI::ttn?t~btwn this year, had to leave on account of ln s eyes fmhng him. ·we tender our sympathy to Dicl-c and hop e l1 e m.ay .vet he able to resume his studies. · On 'returning this term we discovered that 1\Ir. Diprose had left us to tal~e up a position ::tt \Vellington College .. He has been ,..nth us £or some time, and we hope th.a t lns. s.tay here "as r1s pler1sant to l1im as it was to us. Hts.positwn has been fill ed by .:\h. \Vynyard, who ilCcompamecl the Te Aute football team clurino· their visit to us la st term. \V e extend to l1im a hea~ty welcome nncl hop e that h e "ill enjoy his stay here . As u sual the Pictures have been patronised this term. \Ve T\ent to see the "All-Red Route " screened and "ere "ell satisfied "·ith the picture. \Ve also ~isited th e "Cinema" during t he hnlf-term holida ys nnd after the sports . Towards the end of the term the firms of C. A. \Vilkinson (Elth::tm), and BeHringer Bros. (New PlymoutlJ) , pre!'lented us with complimentary tickets to the screening of "From :Jiolten f;teel to Motor Car." \Ve thorough.ly enjoJ:ed t )tis _Picture and were especia lly interested m the h1ll-chmbmg feats of the Maxwell Motor Car. We take this opportunity o{ thankinO' the two ahove-Iuentionecl firms for t h eir kindness. "

HOUSE NOTES.

This term cycling has claimed quite a number o£ victims . Several boys have had very severe spills, and it has been no uncommon sight to see youths limping painfttllJ about with their knees and elbows swelled to abnormal proportions by reason o£ innumerable hot compresses and endless bandages. As usual we have h ad a round of coughs and colds, but thanks to the timely doses of ·w ood's Great Peppermint Cure and Fluenzol, not to mention Ammoniated Quinine, administer·ed by our :Jiatron, these minor epidemics have been stopped. \Ve have this term to introduce a new arrival to the ranks of the boarders in the shape of a £ox-terrier, to whom has been appended the epithet of "Reggie" or sometimes "Rags." Reggie is a great favourite with everybody, and makes a point of always being present at the Masters' supp er. He created a great commotion one e\·ening after taa by barking furiously all the time grace " ·as bemg said. Needless to say, Reggie received his deserts for this escapade. During the term the band instruments arrived ana at first were kept in Mr. Moyes' study. As a result of this we discovei·ed for the first time that our Headmastet is something of a musician. Very often we heard soft melodious ( !') tunes floating out upon the "Stilly night," and £or a long time we were at a loss as to where they came from. \V e thought we would enjoy solll:e good music when the bandsmen-to-he commenced practwe, but our hope s were so on dashed to the 0 Tound when our yo uthful musicians started to let o:ff their ste~m, so to speak, through such instruments as the trombone and eunho11ium. However, we have every reason to hope that the hand "·ill soon become more competent. At the beginning o£ the term, as we had no gymnasium in which to exercise ourselves, we used to go for a run every morning about half-a-mile up the road and back. \Ve found this was not too easy to perform at first but after a week or so we were not so absolutely don~ up after it. After the sports were over :ve gave up the running and, instead,, ros~ at half-past six every mornino· to do some e:s:cavatmg m the gully. We first started "'by beginning to raise. the l~vel of the new grass t ennis- court, prepnratory to Its hewg put down as a.n asph<llt court. \ V e obtninccl the earth . nee~ed for this from the side of the hill, and several big shps. o£ e.art~l were brought down. ~his le~l to n very a~u~mg meldent occurring· one evenmg while we were brmgmg down

HOUSE NOTES.

the earth. A large portion of the bank had been undermined and we were standing around waiting for it to fall. One youth, however, clicl not notice that he had trtken up hi s position directly in front of an empty barrow of generous dimensions. Suddenly the bank gave way and our hero, who evidently considered himself too near the centre of activity for safety, r etr eated backwards in great haste, only to fall rather suddenly into the barrow, where, being tired , he remained for some time. V-l e now have school over at the Racecourse buildings· thus we are getting a sample of a Day-boy's life . We admit that it is very .pleasant to have a walk before school when it is fine weather, but sometimes Jupiter Pluvius has his innings and then things take on an entirely different aspect. As is usual during the third term, we have commenced our swimming. The bathing-holes in the Te Henui seem more delightful than ever now that we are having sueh ho~ \Yeather. Several times some of us have had a dip after t ea and have always found it very plea sant, although one cannot tlien stay in for long. In past terms it has been customary for the Boarders to be allowed either to go home or to stay with friend. hvice a t erm during exeats . This term, however , we h ave had a half-term holiday from Friday till the following 'ruesday. Many Boarders took aclvantnge o£ this and \Ycmt home. Several Board ers went up the :Jiountain with Mr. Bottrill and, from all accounts, had a fi11e time of it. The rest of us could not resist tb e lure of the sea and consequently we did a lot o£ swimming. One day we picnicked out at the Breakwater, and, in the afternoon, hired a rowboat, in which we had a very enjoyable time. At the b eginning of th e term we experien ced some Yery wet ''eather. As the paths around the new l10use lwei not then been fixed up properly, the mud which was carried into the house was a very great nuisance. This g-ot so bad, especially in the evenings , that Mr. Moyes allowed us all to go to bed one night at about se.-en o'clock. However, paths have now been laid clown, and wet weather does not now make . uch a mess of things.

THE

OJ;'.JJ;-.;G-IWOM.

l-IOUSE NOTES.

We who occupy tne new house have now a large lo cker apiece. These are very convenient, as they will bold' quite a lot of "tuck" and other schoolboy "valuab1es. " Each locker is fitted with a Yale lock which, as one witty youth remarked, serves to "lock 'er !" 'eyernl boys, lJOwever, managed to lose their keys, but, on application to Mr. :Moyes, they found that they could obtain du~li cate keys for the small sum of six pence. 'l'hi. term a tuck-shop has been erected in one r'Orner of the grounds. It is in tended that all the profits shall be handed over to the Finance Committee . Bli sine ·s, lwwever, has not yet been commenced in eanw~>t. \V e have to announce the fact that another attempt made during the term to l'lurn clown the Preparatory ·hool. The Boarders were in the building during Preparation, and noticed smoke coming through the floor. On in vestigation it was found that some old desks which had been placed under the building were blazing m enily. However, the flames were easily exting·uished. 1n ~

\\ hat used to be the IJibrary h as now been converted into a Dormitory, while the old dining-room is now the IJibnny. It is a great improvement on the old Library, a· it iR much larger, and will accommodate many more boys. 'fhe P repltratory boys cel ebrated Guy Fawkes in real o·oo d fashion. Several of the smaller lads became very excited, and there were some healthy arguments as to "·hose rock et went the highest. 'f ennis has again been started this term . The old ·ourt is to be re-asphaltecl during the holidays and anoth er asphalt court is to be laid down. Durin.g· t h e term we have put in quite a lot of time rolling the cricket pitch and it is improving st eadily. \Vhen we came back this term we were surprised to find thfit a shed had been erected on the plots. This is c1iYidec1 into t "l'l·o parts . In one are stored the various aoTi nlhnal implement s, while a cart is kept in the other. It i>; nunoured, howeYer , that, in the ver y n ear future, th e art will be ousted in preference to one of Henry Ford 's latest productions.

i-16USE NOTES.

Behind the new house, down a gully, is a frog-pond , the waters of which have perhaps moved a foot during the last six months. Behind the new house, at the head of this self-same g:ully, was placed a horse-trough. A few days later two small youths whose names have become synonymous with mischief, happened on the scene. They saw the hough, and they also espied the frog-pond. ·with a great deal of labour they managed to shift the trough to the frog-pond on the placid waters of which they launch ed their clumsy craft. The more daring . of th e two jumped in and propelled himself into the middle of the pond, where h e promptly lost control of the trough , which calmly deposited him in about three feet oi swampy wat er . He crawled out and decided he had had enough , so h e went back to school. However, undaunted by his comrade ' s failure to navigate the pool, the second small-boy attempted to do so, with exactly the same result as that ttchieved by his predecessor . He too returi1ecl to school, but h e forgot tb at the trough \Yould not ±ollo,,· Lim thith er. Consequently, when sent io fetch it back , h e found it had disappeared. Such is th e myst ery of the horse-trough. A cricket match wa s played b etween the N ew and Uld Houses . The Old H ouse wa s victorious by -a fairly sub stantial margin , but it i. r umoured that th e Ne11· Hou se iutend s soon to get its own back. During the term Ur. Searle, \Yho ha s been with us some time, l eft u s to g o t o camp. H e has a Li eutenan cy in the 25 th Heinforcem ent s. IV e hope that h e will be able to r eturn to us before long:.

i-IOUSE NOTES.

Another very small boy, who is very interested in the Pichues, was enquiring ~~-hen the third episode of a certain serial picture was to be held . Said he, " I say , Bill, wh en are they sho,Ting the third 'espoide' !" _ Such i · English as she is spoken. A ce1·tain small youth whose acquaintance has already been made in connection with a certain horsetrough , discovered at the foot of the gully a pool, which he maintained wa s absolutely full of mountain-trout. Armed with rod and reel h e set off to catch them , but eTentually 1·esorted to a kerosen e tin with which h e baled a couple out. These two fish h e k ept in the tin evidently t o gloat over . \Vheu R eggie arrived it wa s consider ed quite in keeping \Yi th his dignity to erect a residen ce for him. 'l'hi s conhact was l et to a certain Fourth-Former , who is renowned for his skill as a carpenter. This lad spent all on e week- end in constructing n ver y imposing building , erected on the lin es of a bungalow. 'l'he addition of . om e very vivid r ed paint enhanced t he beauty of the residence, which wa ~ establish ed behind th e House . One of the l\Iasters, who is evid ently keen on horti·ulture, La this t erm commenced t o make a garden. Evidently t hings ar e g-oing- well, as we often overhea r di scussions on variou s species of flow erin g plants . The same Master ha s also begun to make a ro ckery . The o·anlen will ho doubt be very beautiful before long as a ~esult of his efforts, or q.t least we hope so.

'l'he follo,Tiug lloanlers ha.-e distin g uished th emseh es in athletics this year. Nicholson won th e Steeplechase while Lucena obtained f ast est time in the same e.-ent: Beckbessinger , Bothamley and William s w_on Sports Champion~hip s , whi~e Y a:t es tied for ~he Semor Cup. In the Box mg Ch amp10nsh1ps th~ followm g 1/? ar~ ers wer e successful :- l\I' :U urray, 0 H allomn, Zm sh , Candy, J ackson and Callander.

.A..ll the Boarders wer e present at the Sports Dinner aml n eNlless to say th ey did ample justi ce to the viands . Next cla y one youth who had been packing-up r emarked to au amazed audien ce that h e h ad left nothing in hi s lock er e:s:cept a pair of tripods ! V-l e leave it to the reader to ima o'ine what sort of garment that is . Evid ently it ha s some conn ection with camera.-\vork. 'l'h e dinner o£ lhe nig-ht befor e must surely have fogg- ed this youth' s somewhat abnormal brain.

One niO'ht in a dormitory in the old house, the conYer ·ation h~rned to sword-fencin g . One youtl1 , wh en h e was ask ed if h e had ever indulged in this pastim e, ' calmly remarked that h e had clone miles and miles <;>f it! N eedle ss to say this lad is a farm er, as well as a w1t.

As tflis is the last t erm of the year, a number of Boarder s will be leaving. \Ve who are r em aining at ;;cbool take thi s opportunity of farewelling them. lYe ''"ish them ever y su ccess and also hope th ey will sometimes come back to see us.

1\GateULT U R E . This term h as seen a l arge increase in our field work, O\\·ing to an additional area of nine acres of land having been taken over for pastoral purpose~. This area is situated just adjacent to the plots, and although the ground is rough and the pastures poor, yet it will enable some e:sperimental work to be canied out on the t<l{J-dressing aml sowing-down of pastures. This area is fenced off into three brge paddocks, two of which are at present being used for grazin g, while the third has been allowed to grow for hay . At present three cows are being r un on this area, but it is hoped to increase this number as soon .as the pastures are sufficiently improved. The milk from the cows is supplied to the School Boarding House, null a record o£ the production of each cow is k ept. At tl1e beginning of the term M:r. H. L epper very kindly )Jl esentecl two pigs to the school, and these are being fattened off. 'rhe following table gives the weights of milk given by each of the three cows, Brindle and Daisy being o£ t he Brindle type, while Polly is a HolsLein. 'rhe latter is a heifer just recently calved :\ V eek ending. Oct. 4, 1916. 11, " 18, " 25, " Nov. 1, " 8, " " 15, " 22, " 29 , " Dee. 6, " 13

Brindle. 355lb . 361 350 357 359 343 325 311 286 290 310

Daisy.

Polly.

383lb . 388 390 404 416 400 383 336 324 316

225lb. 230 236 244 246

Total for 11 Total for 10 Total for 5 weeksweeksweeks3647lb. 3740lb. 118llb. Av. 331. 5lb . Av . 374lb . .r\..Y. 236.2lb. per week. per week. per week.

AGHJCUL-TUHAL

VIEWS. NEw AHF.A.

HAilR0\1" 11\G A~D CuLTIVATI K(;,

GULLY D l

THE Cows.

GENERAL VIEW OF GRAZING AREA.

AGRICULTURE.

An area of about five acres has been cultivated during t he last term, the whole of the work being now carried out by the boys themselves. Mr. F . \V. Atkinson kindly presented u s with a singl e-furrow plough, and the Board o:f Go\Cl"llOl"f< purchased harrows and a cultivator. 'l'h e absence of discs and. a drill has been somewhat severely felt , but the cultivr~tor h as to a cei·bin extent enr~bled us to supply the need for the former, while the large number of boys taking the course has enabled sowing h,y br~nd to be carried out successfully . The following are the crops· at present under cultintion : Area A, if-acre.-Permanent pastu re consisting of cocksfoot, perennial rye, Italian rye, cowgrass, white clover, trefoil, and prairie grass-50lb . of seed per acre. Jianure Zcwt. super, l cwt. blood and bone per aere. Area B, g ncre.-Previously in oats, barley and vetches . Ploughed in ::mel cliYided up into the following ,lots : -

1. Canots .-Varieties of Sutton's Iatchl·~ As ·white, Giant Belgian, Yello"- Intermediate. Z. 'l'urnips and Swedes.-Varieties of Sutton's Upt o-Dat e, Best of All, 11ngnum Bonum, Superlative, Champion Purple 'l'op, and of \Vebb '. Jionnrch, Superlative, Imperial, Masterpiece, Skirvin g' s Liverpool. 3 . Varieties of Maize. -!. Bucla-Kale. Ar~a C, if -r~ ci:e . -Pennan ent pasture consisting of t he same mixture as m Area A, but sown at the rate of 70lb. oi eed per acre .

Area D, j--acre.-Sown in illariborouo·h Lucerne . This area w~s ploughed, lime~ at the rate "'of -§--ton per acre, h arrowed, rolled and cultivated. One cwt. of inoculated soil was then spread over it and harrowed in after which it was rolled and the seed sown . Hal£ th~ area was sown in drills and th e other hal£ was broadcasted. 'l'herc has been a good "strike" in both areas and the outlook for a good crop appears very hopeful ,

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AGRICULTURE.

Area E, 1 acre.-Divided up into plots each of onebYentieth of an acre in area:No. 1.-Timothy selection plot. Seed selected from the best types of plants grown in last year's a;ea was sown, and a further selection. will be carried out this year. No. 2.-Sutton's Matchless While Carrot: No. 3.-Sinclair' s Champion Carrot. Nos. 4 and 5.-J ersey Queen Mangel. Nos . 6 and 7.-Prizewinner Mangel. Nos . 8 and 9.-Sugar Mangel. No. 10.-White Horsetooth Maize. No . 11.-Sudan Grass. No. 12.-Maize-local variety. At the recent A. and P. Show at Stratford a Juvenile Cow-judging Competition was held for boys under the age of eighteen years. There were thirty-three entries from all parts of Taranaki, aud although we were unable to send more than two competitors, owing to the Public Ex<lminations being held at the time, yet one of our representatives, R. Scown, was su ccessful in winning the first prize. We have been given to understand from remarks made by the judge that Scown wns v;·ell ahead of the other competitors in points. His remarks were:" Scown is an outstanding winn·e r. His remarks are very explicit and in conformity with his pointing. He will undoubtedly make a good judge." \V e offer our hearty congratulations to Scown on his success .

43 This year the Prep: again had th e honour of havinO' one of its members, Nicholson, winning the Steeplechase~ . On Decembe1: 5th all th.e S~anclard VI. boys went up for t heu Profimency E:s:ammatwn the results of which ar: 8 P1·oficiency passes, 2 Competency passes, and 3 fmlures, bu~Hayden, one of the failures is 'to have another test in arithmetic. ' Standard YI. boys, Candy, Barak and Rawson, also sat for the Jumor National Scholarship E:s:amination. ,· _In the term e:s:amination, Barak c~me. top, with Candy second; the same order was mamtamed in the aYerage for the year. \'iThen we came back this term we found that Mr. .Jioye had put most of the Prep. boarders in the bottom dormitory in the new buildings but unluckily for us the Prefects' study happens to be too near to allow u~ tbe latitude we might otherwise enjoy. Early in the te1m one of our Masters, Mr. Searle left us to take up a commission in the 25th Reinforce~ ments . :Many of t]_le Prep. boys write to him, and there are few more pleasmg moments than when readinO' a letter which he has sent to one of the boys. o This term has seen a revival of interest in Library ~atters, most of t]_le .boys in the Preparatory School bemg members, and 1t 1s not to be wondered at considerino' o ''"hat a fine selection of books we have. Good attendance certificates were ;von by Roy Harvey, ~rthur Walter, Ow.en Johns, Cynl Hughes, Harry :JI'N e1ll, Leonard Rawson, ·william Healy and Sydn!'ly Hayden. PREPARATORY CRICKET.

I?REI?1\R1\T{)RY

NeTES.

Fi'e new boys, four of whom are in Standard V., joined us this term. Duckworth, Forbes, Prideau:s:, Hobetts and Fussell are the new boys, all of whom are boarders. The great event of the term was the Sports, which \nre held on a fine sunny day. C. M'Neill won the under 10 championship, with R. Fookes runner-up. In the und er 12 ch ampionship ~·. \ Villiam s came first and M . Kebbell came second. In the under 14 championship R . Bothamley was an easy winner and D. Fo:s: seCllrecl second place.

On September 26th we held our annual meetinO' at which HaJ.den was elected captain, Forbes vice-capt~in, and Candy secretary . A committee was al so formed. Tl1e season lulled conside~ably between S~eeplechase Day and Sports Day, after whiCh, however cncket was taken np with fresh enthusiasm. We hav~ again entered for the "\Vhittle Shield" competition. Our first match a o·ainst Central was disastrous, for we notched only 16 r uns to oul' opponents' 53. However, a week later taking n~atters more s~rio~1sly, we comfortably acco~mted -for F1tzroy by an mnmgs and fifty runs the scores being HiO'h School 104, Fitzroy 28 and 26, '

PREPARATORY NOTES.

On th e 11th December great enthusiasm was mani:l'E.- sted over a match between Upper Prep . Day Boys and Board ers. Day Boys made 50 runs, Hayden (31) and Healy (9) being top scorers, to \Yhich Boarder s responded ''"ith a score of73 runs, \Vnlter (31), Candy (6) , Mackny (6), and R awson (6), being top scorers. 'f h e Lower Pn3p . a re very keen on their crick et and h ave h::tcl two most keenly-conteste l matches amon g themselves.

1\NNU1\L 1\THLETie Sf?E)RTS. 'fhe weath er fortunately was fine for the Ann un 1 .Athletic Sports of the New Plymouth Boys' High School on Thursday, November 16th, and in consequence tl1 e sports were even more successful, i:£ that wer e possible, than t h e gatherings in previou s y~ars. The large pla y· ing field of the scho_ol h ad been given careful attention, \\"ith the result that th e rain of the previous clay Lacl lwrclly any e:ffect , the tracks being in first-clas s order. In many ways such a fun ction as that on 'fhursday inclicates very fairly th e progress of the institution, and it was significant that on no pre-rious occasion h ad there been so many entries, such k een competition, or such a large assemblage of visitors. Parents of boys were present fro m eYery part of the province nncl even f urth er afield; and it must b e conceded that from eYery point of Yie" · the athlet!c sports of 1916 were a brilliant succefis . A sig n of t h e time \va s discernible in th e Old Boys · H.n ce-e:cch of the fifteen competitors had som e good 1·eason for not being at the front. Those Old Boys who are at present on active service (and their number is lnrge, for the past members of th e school have responcle(l lo.n1 ll y to t h e call) were not fonrotten, for a small cktrge \\";ts made for afternoon t ea, whi ch was di spensed in tl1 e prepnr<l tol'y rooms by a committee of ladies, and tl1e proceC'cls will be cleYotecl to t h e purcha se of Chri. tmas comforts for the :soldiers \V]JO claim tl1 e New Plymouth lligh fk h ool as their Alma :i\later . Amono· the -visitors in the afternoon were his Lonlsbip the ]Jishop of Auckland (Dr. A. \V . Averill) the meinber for T aranaki (Mr. H. J . Okey), and J... ieutenmlt H. V. Searle (24th R einforcements), a member of the t e~wl 1 in o· sb:ff . Dul'ing the afternoon the Citizens' ,hmior Hnncl , 1~1d er Mr. F. \V. G. l.I'I... eod, discoursed selection s, (lnd added materially to the njoyment of th outing.

FIJ<ST FIFTEEN, 1916. C. HEll llE llT, ]. \\' YBOI<l\' , E. TAXSEY, M. A TKI XsPx , 0. BA YLY , C. i\IcKAY. H. Goss. C. YATICS, J. TICRRY, S. McMURRAY , R. KlDD, A. :\J c H .-IIWY. FJW:s>T I< ow : s. DI<A(-;E , L. \ Voon, A. CAT.LANDE II.

BAcK Rm1路: \V. Ew l :s>G , L. BllYCE. MIDDLE H ow :

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The remarkable promptitude with which the events ~·ere dispatch ed was a noteworthy feature of the proceecliv gs . School sports are often chara cterised as "slow," hut not t:o the local gath ering, which is full of interest throughout . J-'ong experien ce on the part of the officials is re ·ponsi.ble for this, and the school ba s much to be thankful for in a band of }\'[asters who know exact1;y what to do, and do it promptly . The Principal (Mr. \iV. H. :Moyes) acted as starter, and Mr. C. H. Wynyard "·as marksman, and these two made it their business to see th::.1.t the various races wer e started right up to time. 1'he duties of ground steward Y\·ere carried out by ~Ir. '. G. Bottrill, and Messrs . H. H. Rockel , C. H ·. }! 'Kinney and \V. :hl. Falconer bad an arduous time as result ste"·ards. }h . .J. Bennett ~· as timekeeper, and th e judges ~·e1· e :Jiessrs . E. P . \Vebster, A. :M'Hardy, \V. C. \VeRton, R. \V . D . Robertson and others. The committee in charge of the <UTangements comprised :Jiessrs. Ryder (c·ha irman), Hutton, L. Bryce, E. L. Tan sey, H . D. Kidcl, \. S. ni':Jiurray, T. E. Hamerton , and A. R. Callander aml C. C. Yates (bon. secretaries). There \Yere fi,·e championships, and each \Vas leenly contested. Y a.tes and Terry tied for the Senior Cup, Herkbessinger won the Junior Cup (under sixteen years), i·he under fourteen championship went to Bothamley, u ncl er twelv e to F. \Villiams, 8-nd under ten to C. M'Neill. There were some splendid races during the day, and it was stated that competition had never been so keen as it \\as on 'fhursclay. 'fhe record for the long jump (Junior Cup) was beaten by two inch es by Wood and ]! ox (16 feet), \\hile B eckbessing er broke the record for th e 100 yards Junior Cup (11 2-5sec.). Other good times \H're esbblished, and many boys of promising athletic ability were seen. The finishes in numerous cases were spl enrlid ones, especially in the 880yds . open, in which Yates just got through, and the mile open, P. Guscott (150yds.) winning by _a ~mall margin fro~ O'Ha11oran (l~O.vds.), with A. Hutclnn on (100yds .) thud. The prize money this year is ao·ain l1eing donated towards patriotic purposes. A lollie stnll, pre. ic1ec1 over hy pupils of Misses Pike and Rmif.h , rea1ise~1 £1 6s 9c1 for the Y.J\l.C.A , ~'raranaln Herald ,

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The following are the results of th)e various events:150 YARDS-~. First heat: Drake (scr .) 1. Second h eat : J. Whittle (lOyds.) 1. Third heat: Doile (7yds.) 1. Fourth heat: F. Train (7yds .) 1. Fifth heat: A. :M:'Hardy (lyd.) 1. Sixth heat : Rockel (5yds.) 1. Seventh heat: Wood (3yds .) 1. Eighth heat: D. Mackie (6yds.) 1. Ninth heat: Kyngdon (Syds.) 1. Tenth heat: Rigg (6yds.) 1. Eleventh heat : Lealand (6yds.) 1. Final: F. Train (7yds.) 1, Lealand (6yds. ) 2 M:'Hardy (lyd.) 3. Time, 16sec . 100 YARDS-'UNDER 15. First heat: O'Halloran (2yds.) 1, Kyngdon (3yds .) Second heat :Botbamley (2yds.) 1, J . Whittle (lyd.) Third heat : E. White (7yds.) 1, Vladdle (4yds.) Fourth heat : Horner (2yds .) 1, Bradbury (3yds .) 2. Final: O'Halloran (2yds.) 1, S. Train (7yds.) Kyngdon (3yds.) 3. Time, 12sec.

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100 YARDS-SENIOR CUP. Record-E. D. Colson, Usee., 1912. First heat:, E. Whittle (5yds.) 1, S. Drake (scr. ) 2. Second heat: A. i\i'Hardy (lyd.) 1, H. Bryce (lyd.) 2. Final: C. Yates (scr.) 1, Herbert (scr.) 2, Terry (scr .) 3. Time, ll 2-5sec. 100 YARDS-JUNIOR CUP. Record-C. C. Herbert, 11 3-5sec., 1915. First heat (championship): Beckbessinger (scr.) 1, R. Boon (3yds.) 2; time, 11 l-5sec., a record. Second heat: O'Halloran (4yds .) 1, Reynolds (3yds.) 2. Third heat: Good (5yds.) 1, C. Morey (3yds.) 2. Fourth heat: Doile (2yds .) 1, L. Sole (3yds .) 2. Fifth h eat: F. Train (2yds.) 1, P. Atkinson (3yds.) 2. ' Final: Beckbessinger (scr.) 1, F. 'frain (2yds.) 2, P. Atkinson (3yds.) 3. Time, 11 2-5sec . LONG JUMP-SENIOR CUP. Record-F. A Bruce, 18ft. 9in., 1913. Lealand, 17ft. 3in. (including 1ft. handicap) 1; Mackie, 17ft. (including 18in. h andicap) 2; H erb ert , 16ft. lOin. (scratch) 3. For the chL\mpiouship Herbert notched 5 points, Callander 3 points, and Yates 1 point.

LONG JUMP- JUNIOR CUP. Record- L. I. Day, 15ft . lOin. , 1913. '' ood (scr .) and K. F ox (scr .) 16ft., equal, 1; R. Boon, 15ft. 11in. (including 6in. h andicap ), 2. Record broken. 880 YARDS- SENIOR CUP. Yates (scr.) 1, N. Fookes (40yds .) 2, Terry (s cr.) 8. t\. nn e 拢.nisl1 , Yates just getting up in the last few

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100 YARDS.-UNDER 14 CUP. Record- 0. M'Hardy, 13sec., 1915. First heat (championship) : Bothamley (scr.) 1, C. Jones (scr. ) 2. Time ,11 3-5sec. (a recor~). Second heat: }Joore (5ycls .) 1, K. Ward (5yds.) 2. Thud 1J eat: Forbes (scr.) 1, Rawson (3ycls.) 2. Final: Bothamley (scr. ) 1, 1\Ioore (5yds.) 2, Forbes s r .) 3. Time, 12 2-5sec . 220 YARDS- OPEN HANDICAP . First h eat: F . Train (9yds.) 1, R eynolds (11yds .) 2 ; time, 25sec. Second heat: Harriso.n (11yc1s.) 1, H., Bryc~ (llycls.) 2; time, 25 2-5sec . ~lnrd l1 eat: A. l\1 Hard3 (3yd,;.) 路 1, Zin sli (12yds.) 2; t1me, 25 4-5se? . F ourth heat: Harvey (12yJs.) 1, I . Sole (12yds.) ~; time, 9~5 3;~ sec. Fifth l1 eat: D01le (9yc1s.) 1, Hammton (5yds.). "'~ time 25 4-5sec. Sixth h eat: G. Boon (11yds.) 1, EWin, (5ycl~.) 2; time, 26sec .. Seventh h eat: L. Sole (11yds.) 1, Kna-pman (12yds.) 2 ; time, 26 l -5sec. Final: G. Boon (11yds.) 1, Harve (12ycls.) 2, I. Sole (12yds. ) 3.. Time, 27sec . HIGH J UMP- J U NIOR CUP . RPcorrl- !;. I. Day, 4ft. 6i in ., 1914. F . 'frain, 4ft . 6Jin. (including Sin. handi cap), 1 ; \Voocl , \Varc1 and K. Fox (scr .), 4ft. 3iu. 75 YARDS- U ~DE11 13 C. Snxton (4yd .), 1 ; ~Ioyes (s r. ) 2. seg,

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50 YARDS-UNDER 10 CUP. Gilmour (2yds.) 1, Walker (4yds.) 2, K . Fookes (scr.) 3. Time, 7 2-5sec. 440 YARDS-SENIOR CUP. Record-F. A. Bruce, 56 2-5sec., 1913. Terry (sci.) 1, K. Clemow (15yds .) 2, Yates (scr .) 3. 路 'l'ime, 58 4-5sec. 440 YARDS-JUNIOR CUP . Record-D. Grant, 59 2-5sec., 1913. Reynolds (20yds .) 1, F. Train (15yds.) 2, Zinsli (25yds .) 3. 'rime, 58 4-5sec. 75 YARDS-UNDER 14 CUP. Record-0. M'Hardy, 10sec., 1915. First heat (championship): Bothamley (scr.) 1, D. Fox (scr.) 2, E. White (scr.) 3; time, 9 2-5sec. Second heat: Moore (2yds.) 1, Rawson (2yds.) 2, Guscott (scr .) 3; time, 9 4-5sec. Third heat : Forbes (scr.) 1, Teed (3yd!l.) 2, Barak (1yd.) 3; no time taken. Final: Bothamley 1, Moore 2, Forbes 3; time, 9sec. A record. 50 YARDS-UNDER 11 . 1 Gilmour (5yds .), 2 Carthew (2yds.), 3 S. Fookes (scr.). 15 YARDS-THREE-LEGGED RACE. First heat: Blane and Newell 1, Jackson and l\lackay 2. Second heat: E. 路 \iVhite and Hayden 1, Spence and H. Bryce 2. Third heat : I. Sole and Zinsli 1 Rodger and D. Mackie 2. Fourth heat : E. Whittle and J . Whittle 1, E. Johns and Harrison 2. Fifth heat: C. llforey and R. Atkinson 1, Jillett and B. Hutchen 2. Final : C. Morey and t>. Atkin son 1, I. Sole and Zinsli 2, E. Whittle and J . Whittle 3. HIGH JUMP-SENIOR CUP . . Record-D. S. Sykes, 6ft. 51in., 1914. A. M'Hardy (4ft. 10-tin., including 2in. handicap ) 1. Tansey (scr.) 2, Herbert (scr.) 3.

PR IVATE N. SKELTON.

PRJVATE R. C. ADLAi\I.

R I FLDIA~

L. G. EYRE.

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100 YARDS-UNDER 12 CUP. :B' . Williams (scr.) 1, M. Kebbell (scr.) 2, M. Roberts'on (scr .) 3. PO'l'ATO RACE.

First heflt: O'Ralloran 1, J. Whittle 2. Second lceat: H. Bryce 1, L. Jury 2. Third heat: Zinsli 1, Knapmun 2. Fourth heat: Harvey 1, E. \楼hittle 2. Fifth h eat: Ewing 1, Harrison 2. Sixth heat : K. Clemow 1, Hamling 2. Seventh heat: Pease 1, Gilbert 2. Final: K . Clemow 1, Harvey 2, O'Halloran 3. 100 YARDS' INVITATION RACE. 'l'l1is race excited much inter est . Six boys faced the starter: ~ - 'l'atton and A. Auld (Stratford High School) , D . Aml erson and E. Fenwick (Technical College), C. C. H erbert and C. C. Yates (Ne\v Plymouth High School). The b .路t two made the pace througlout, Yates winning by a short margin from Herbert, with Auld third. Time, l l 2-5sec. 路 15 YARDS-UNDER 10 CUP. R ecord-A. Moyes, llsec ., 1914. Gilmour (3yds,) 1, K. Fookes (scr.) 2, MacDiarmid (:)yds.) 3. 'l'ime, llsec. 50 YARDS-UNDER 12 CUP. D. Blundell (1yd.) 1, F. \iVilliams (scr.) 2, M'Kean (5yds .) 3. SACK RACE. FiTst h eat : Vl atkins 1, Knuckey 2. Second h eat: B. Blunde1l 1, Grayling 2. Third heat: Good 1, Gi1bert Z Fo urth heu.t: D. Jury 1, Forbes 2. Final: D. Blundell (10yds.) 1, Grayling (4yds.) 2, Uoo cl (5yds .) 3. 100 YAl{DS--liNDER 10 CUP. Gilm our (4yds.) 1, Walker (8yds.) 2, K. Fookes Time, 14 1-5sec.

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160 YARDS-UNDER 12 CUP .

H. J3lundell (4yds.) 1, Williams (scr.) 2, S. Fookes (scr.) 3.

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OLD BOYS' RACE-100 YARDS. .'f his 1ace, for Mr. J:>ridham's Cup , athacted, as us ual, a big fi eld. SeYen1l of the older school took part, including Dr. Fookes, E. J:>. ·webster and D . vV. Hursthouse, but the younger contestants triumphed ove1· their elclers, Deare, Chant and Sykes filling the places. R. Derne 1, ]) . Grant 2, D. S . Sykes 3. 120 Y 11WS HlJRDLES-SENIOH CUP. H econl-F. A. Bruce, 18 2-5sec ., 1914. First heat (championship) : vVood (owe 7yds.) 1, E:. ..\1 '..\lunay (O\Ye 'iycls.) 2, Herbert (owe l ycls .) 3; time, 19 2-5sec . Second heat: Kidd (owe 7yds.) 1, Ewing (scr.) 2, H. Bryce (scr .) 3; time, 20 3-5sec. Final : 'ferry 1, Kidd 2, hl'..\Iunay 3; time, 20 2-5sec . 120 Y.AlWS HUH.DLES-JUNIOlt CUP. Record-B . A. Norman, 19 4-5sec., 1914. First heat (cham.pionship): Wood (owe 7yds.) 1, K. }'ox (o \\·e l yds .) 2; time, 22sec. Second heat: F. 'l'rain (o we Jyds.) 1, lL Boon (o>Ye 3yds.) 2; time, 21 2-5sec . 'J'hird beat: Knuckey (scr.) was the only finisher. Final: 'l 'rain 1, \Vood 2, Knuckey 3; time, 22sec . 220 YAltDf:;-l.TXDEH H CUP . Bothamley (scl'.) 1, Forbes (scr .) 2, :::; . Jackson (l 5yds.) 3 . Time, 29sec. ONE MILE OPEN. 'l'l1e mile race is ah-ays one of t h e most interesting l'Yent;; of the clay, nncl t his year, when ther e were 67 competi'!ors, n Yery e:s.citing race w~<R witnessed. P. Guscott, wh o had 150yds. start, was first, O'Halloran (150yds.) second, and .A. Hutchinson (100yds.) 3 . Time, 5min. 9 4-5sec. 'fUG-OF-\VAR . T his e\·ent, the last of the day, was very excitiu g . .\.fte r n splen did series of puJls, the day boys (botb senior allll junior) triumphed oYer the boarders. Great amusem eut ,,·as caused by th(:' uext contest, :Membel'S of t h e Bonnl Y. Rt::dr. l1e]Jl'esentatives of the govemiug body wert> ..\Ies;;;rs. R. ~mitl1 , D. Hutcl!en, E. P . \Vebster , ])'.Arcy Hobertson, J. S. Fo:s., Dl'. }"ookes and F. \V . Atkinson. Honours rested with the niasters.

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PHEVIOUSL Y CO:M:PEI'ED FOR Steeplechase (H miles), run on October 19. -Nichols,on ( 11m~n. ) 1, Knapman (6!min.) . 2, Pease (5~min.) 3. :E astest t1me: H. L. Lucena (29mm. 39sec .). H\:lcord: F . A. Bruce (26min. 2lsec., 1914). 'l'hrowing t h e Cricket Ball (record 88yds ., R . :M:. Monteath , 1915) .- A. Hughes 1, ·E. Johns 2, S. M.'Murray 3. THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Senior Cup (presented by Old Boys' Association).'ferry and Yates (equal) 17 points H erber t 14 Lucena 7, M '.JI urray 5, Callander 3. The' winners eadh scored 2 firsts, 2 seconds and one third, T erry winnin"' the f40yds. ancl ~20J:ds. hurdles, second in 880yds. ana"'high JUmp, r111d t hnd 1~ 100yds. , while Yates won 100yds. and 880yds., .second m steeplech ase and 440yds., and third 1_n long JUmp. H.erbert won the long jump and high JUmp , and second m 100yds ., and third in hurdles. , . Jun i ~r Cup (under 16 years).-Beckbessinger 21 pomts, K . .Fo.s. and L . vV o.od each 13 points, Denny- , B~·own 5 pomts, Henson 4 pomts, H. Ward 3 points. The W11mer notched 5 for each of the 100yds., 440yds ., 880 yds., and the steeplechase, ::mel was third in the long jUJ?P· Fo:s.. g?t two seco~ds (hurdles and 100yds.), 4 pomt~ :for. t1e m the long JUmp , and 3 points for tie in the ]ugh JUmp. \Voocl won the hurdles, 3 for tie in the high jump, 4 for i.ie in long jump and 1 :for third in steeplechase. Under 14 Cup (presented by Mr. J. B ennett) . ~Both nmle:v 15 points, D. Fox 6, Candy 5, E. \Vhite 4, Forbes and C. Jones each 3. Bothamley did not score any points in the steepleckt se, but won all the other events (75yds. , 1()0yds., .mel 220yds.). Under 12 Cup (presented by :Mr. C. Garter ).-F . \Villiams 15 points, Kebbell8, :M:. Robertson,_S. Hu,tch~n . R. F. Fookes each 4, J . Scanlon 1. The winner gained maximum points in everything but · th e steeplechase (5 0yds ., 100yds. , and 150yds.). Under 10 Cup (presented by Mr. \ V. H. Moyes).-C. 11, K. Fookes 10, Lysons 3, B. Scanlon 2, G. J<'ookes 1. The1·e were three races, K . .l!'ookes winning h\o (75ycls. and 100yds.) and M'Neill the 50yds., while he was second in each -o£ the others. ~\I 'Ne ill

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FOllMER CHAMPIONS. Senior HJ05, L. 1008, J. 1!!11, F. 1910, K 1915, 1• 1

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Uup.-1903, N . Matthews; 1904, L. U. Stohr ; B. Stohr; 1906, J. Gibbons; 1907, J·. Sinclair ; Ninclair; 1909, T. Tuohy; 1910, F. E. Clarke; E . CLerke and G. Martin; 1912, F . .A. Bruce · D. Colson and F . A. Bruce; 1914, F. A . Bruce ;_ A. Bnlee . ~

Junior Cup .'---1911, l?. A. Bruce; Hll2, H. V. U. Hirst ; 1913, D. Grant; 191-±, B. A. Norman; 1915, 0. U. Herbert. U nd er H Championship .-1913, A. :Jl'Hardy; 191-±, E. :Fox; 1915, 0. M 'Hardy. U uder 12 Championship . -1913, K Pope; HJH, B. Hutch on ; 1915, F . 'Williams. U nder 10 Championship.-1914, F. \Villiams and A . .:\Ioyes; 1915, S. F. Fookes. -±-±0 Yards Championship Shield (p1·esented by Old Uoys) .- 1902, R. Paul; 1903, H,. Ambury; 1904, L. B. f::ltohr ; Hl05, L. B. Stohr; 1906, I. P. Grant; 1907, I. P. Gnmt ; 1908, J. Sinclair; 1909, T. Malone; 1910, F. E. Clarke; 1911, G. :~\lartin; 1912, I. vV. Pott; 1913, l?. A. Bruee ; 1914, P. A. Bruce; 1915, F . .t'L Bruce. \Vinuer s of Steeplechase Cup.--1912, H. Hine; 1913, B . Wibon ; 191-±, C. J. Emmerton; 191 5, N . MacDinrmicl.

LIBR1\RY

NE)TES.

'l'he .thinl t enn h einz tl1e "s~· ot" ter_m , _owing to tL1 c pro:s:umty of the vanous pubhc exammatwns, and til e ~po1·ts aml other competitions being held tl1is term only n limited amount of time is left for reading , and con sequelltl y the a.Yerage for each boy is slightly lower, tl1at for ln st t erm ·b eing 9 .2, nncl for this 7.9 books. This t erm th e Libr:n y has b een transferretl into the nltl cliniu g -r oom , wbicl1 is more suitable for a Jjibr::uy 1ll<m the old room. I,. l:nger space of room ·wn~ thus pl<ti'ed nt our di spo sal and consequently two n e,\· tables and £om form s wer e added, but the Library is still in need o[ bYo n e~- book-cases and also of a magazine cabi11et.

THE

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LIBRARY NOTES.

It was with regret that the Library had to part with its chairman, Mr. Searle, who· is now in camp, and we take this opportunity for expressing our appreciation o£ the splendid work done by him, for it was due to his o:fforts that the Library has attained its present standard. However the vacancy has been ably filled by ~fr. Wynyard . The following books have been adel e l to the Library this term:Science.-Fer;ns of New Zealand (Field)). Useful Arts.-The Maintenance of Motor Cars CW alford), 'L'racing- Troubles-Motor Cycle Troubles (Rider). History and Geog-raphy.-The Amazing Argentine (Fraser), Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro CW albce), The Dreadnought of the Darling (Bean), Ordeal by Battle (Oliver), The Tale of a Field Hospital (Treves), Flagships Three (Bean), Suvla Bay and After (Juvenis). Miscellaneous.-The Anzac Book, Nelson's Encyclopredia (24 volu_mes) '· ·webster's International Dictionary, Speeches and Toasts, Odd Shots ("One of the Jocks"), Etiquette of Good Society (Lady Campbell), Doing Their Bit (Cable), The Taranakian (1913), The Taranakian (1914). Poetry and Drama.. -Golden Treasury (Palgrave). Fiction.-Tbe First Hundred Thousand (Hay), The Crisis (Churchill) , The Crossing (Churchill), Rocks of Valpre (E. Dell), The Bars of Iron (E. Dell), The Men Who Wrought (Cullum), Desert Gold (Grey), Lest We Forget (Hocking) , All :Men Are Liars (Hocking), An Enemy Hath Done This (Hocking), Tommy (Hocking), 1\Ia:x: Logan (Trent), Some There Are (Page), The Edge o' Beyond (Page), The Heart of the ·west (0. Henry) , Whirligigs (0 . Henry), The Hound of the Ba:skervilles (Doyle), The White Company (Doyle), Pierre of his People (Parker), A Ladder of Swords (Parker), Eternal City (Caine), The Witch's Head (Haggard), The Net (Beach), Trent's Last Case (Bentley), The Prisoner of Zenda (Hope), The Adventures of Lieut. Lawless, R.N. (Bennett), The Trail of '98 (Service), Her Royal Highness (Le Queux), Chief of the Staff (Combe), Private Spud 'famson (Campbell), Coo-oo-ee (Cooper), The War of the Wodds (Wells), The Island of Surprise (Brady),

LIBRARY NOTES .

Six f:ltur Hauch (Porter), 'rhe Poison Belt (Doyle), The Triumph of Tim (Vachell), Seventeen (Tarkington), The Girl Philippa (Chambers), Emperor of the World (Byne), The One Before (Pain), A Daughbr of the \X.Test (Gerard), The Last Link (Gerard), :Martin Eden (London), Love of Life (London), Tl1e Faith of Men (London), The Crimson Gardenia (Beach), The Auction Block (Beach), The 路winning of Barbara IVorth (Wright), Nan of Music Mountain (Spearman), The Cruiser on ViTheels (Thorne), The Dust of Life CHocking), The Supreme Desire (Page), Laddie (Porter), Captain Calamity (Bennett), The Last of the Plainsmen (Grey) . Juvenile Fiction.-J\Iartin R attler (Ballantyne), The Pearl Fishers (Hollis), The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's (Reed), The Three Admirals (Kingston), N eel on the River (Ellis), Camp Fire of Wigwam (Ellis), Hereward the Wake (Kingsley) . IV e have much pleasure in acknowledging the following presentations :-l\Ir. D' Arcy Robertson (International L~brary of Famous Literature-20 volumes); Mr. F. .:\lessenger (Encyclopmdia Britannica-35 volumes); ~lr. Rockel (Students' Latin Grammar); R. Howell, Th e Crui se of the Snark (London); D. Jury, 'rhe Heart of the Hills (Fox); E. Tansey, Who Goes There? (Chambers) , Mr. Midshipman Easy (~larryat), Conjuror' House (White), The Barrier (Beach), Kronstudt (Pemberton), Tom Brown's Schooldays (Hughes), Rules of the Game (White), Bobby Orde (ViThite), The Call of the IVild (London), When a Man's a Man (Wright); R. Wilson, The Unknown Lady (Forman), A Modern Mercenary (Prichard), Th e Diva's Ruby (Crawford).

BE)XING eH1\MJ?IE)NSHIJ?S. The Annual Boxing Championships took place in the Prep. room on the afternoon of Dec. 14th. There were 13 bouts fought, all of which were keenly contested. Although the afternoon was hot, the boys lasted out very well, which speaks a great deal for their training. Messrs. W ynyard and 111' Kinney acted as referees, while Mr. Rockel acted "as timekeeper. DurinO' the first bout Kidd sprained his thumb, ancl this accide~t necessitated his withdrawing from the Senior Championship. We hope that "Bob's" thumb will sooit be on the road to recovery.

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

M'Kay v. Kidd (Senior) .-At the commencement each sparred to find the other's weak points, the first round being mostly lead and retaliation. They soon warmed up and Kidd landed some good blows which nl'Kay stopped with a handy left . In the last round J\I'Kay bit rather blindly, and Kidd's superior experience stood him in good stead. He was declared the winner. Zinsli v. Mackay (under 7st.).-Zinsli landed some good body and face hits, which were very effective. Mackay stood up very pluckily, but his opponent's long reach and aggressive tactics proved too much for him. Zinsli was declared the winner at the end of the second round . Candy v. Walter (bye) .-Owing to an uneven number of en tries, Candy and IV alter boxed a vigorous bye . Bryce v. Bayly (Senior).-Bayly's style was freer and h e was l eading at the end of the first round . Bryce failed to use his weight and strength, and Bayly was de-' clared the winner. Callander v . Ducker (final under 9st.).-This bout ,,路as fast, a.nd some nice sparring was seen . Ducker rained in some deadly blows, but Callander was equal to the occasion, and, owing to his superior science and aggressive tactics, he was able to keep Ducker off. Callander was victorious after exhibiting some fine boxing. ~i'Murray v. Henson (Junior Final).-From the beginning it was apparent that M'Murray was the better ma.n, but Henson stood up very well to his superior opponent. During the bout .M'Murray's straight right, followed by a left upper-cut, was very effective. M'Murray won by a. good margin.

'ransey v. IV"yborn (Senior).-During the first round these two seemed to be putting more energy into their smiles than into the boxing. However, they warmed u:r. , aucl Tansey's right was much in evidence. ViTyborn stood np well and showed more science than his taller opponent. Tansey, owing to his reach, was able to get home seYeral hard hits. The verdict was in favour of Tansey. Jones v. Webster (under 6st.) .-Jones's l eads and follows were very conspicuous. Webster stood up pluckily to his heavier opponent, but was unable to keep Jones off . In the third round \Vebster became ~ ggressive, but Jones had piled up the points in the previous rounds. Jones was declared the victor after a fairly e:en contest,

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS .

O'Halloran v. Train (final under Sst.).-During the first round the sparring was very even. O'Halloran led well and 'rrain shone in the close fighting. However, in the third round O'Halloran outboxed Train and was declared the winner. This was undoubtedly the most scientific bout of the day. Jackson v. Robinson (under 5st. final).-This per路 haps was the most amusing event of the afternoon. Robinson stood up very gamely to his taller and more e:s:pe1ienced opponent, his favourite hit being a furious upper-cut, which, however, did not always take effect. The verdict went to Jackson. Candy v. Jones (final under 6st.) .-Camly led o:ff with some good blows, and Jones. guarded and returned well, Candy's face blows being particularly effective. Jones stood up. very well, but he was unable to resist Candy's deadly following np. Candy was victorioi..1s after a very :f:ast bout. Zi.nsli v . \Valter (final under 7st.).-Zinsli' s l onger reach gave him a great advantage; but in the beginning \ V alter landed some good straight lefts. Walter boxed pluckily, but Zinsli' s reach and folllowing up were too deadly. The verdict was in favour of Zinsli. Tansey Y. Bayly (Senior Final).-This was a very willing bout, but very little sciel1ce was shown, it consisting mainly of hard hitting. Tansey's straight right to the jaw was very deadly. In the second round, Bayly stood up very well, but Tansey's superior reach and height again gave him the advantage. During the third round, 'l'ansey became particularly aggressive, knocking 13ayly to the ropes several times. The verdict was in favour of Tansey after a very fast bout. SUMMARY OF RESULTS. Under 5st.-Final: Jackson beat Robinson. U ncler 6st.-First bout: Jones beat \V ebster. Final: Candy beat Jones. Under 7st.-First bout: Zinsli beat Mackay. Final: Zinsli beat Walter. Under Sst.--Final: O'Halloran beat Train. Under 9st.-Final: Callander beat Ducker,

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BOX!NG CHAMPtONSHlPS.

Junior Championship.-Final : M'Murray beat Henson. Senior Champi:mship.-First round: Kidd beat .\l'Kay, 'l'ansey beat Wyborn, Bayly beat Bryce. Final: Tansey beat Bayly. CHAMPI 0 N SHIPS. Senior, 'L'ansey . Junior, M'Munay. Under 9st., Uallander. Under Sst., O'Ha.lloran. Under 7st., Zinsli. Under 6st., Candy;. Under 5st., Jackson .

Bl\YLY SeH0L1\RSHII?. THE ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS. 'l 'he sports in cmmectiqn with the Bayly Memorial Scholarship were concluded on Saturday afternoon, Dec . 9th, on the New Plymouth Boys' High School grounds in beautiful weather. The grounds were in perfect order, aml complete arrangements for the success of the sports had been made by Mr. vV. H. Moyes, Principal of the school, and hi s staff. A Stratford lad, H. Tristram, proved to be the best athl ete, scoring a total of 210 points; G. Moore (New Plymouth H .S.) was next with 140 points, and A. ::;\l ' Guinness (Stratford D.H.S.), 115 points, third. These lads were the only ones to gain the SO points n ecessa ry to qualify in athletics, L. Jillet (New Plymouth H .S.) just failing by 5 points. The officials were :- Starter, 1\1r. \.\T . H . .i\Ioyes ; timekeeper, Mr. J as. )1'Leod; judges, Messr s . Jns. Garcia, A. R. l~yd er and C. A. M'Kinney. 'l'he performance~; of the lads were, on the whole, very disappointing, and it is also a matter for regret that the number of entries was so small. Only two schools --Stratford District High School and New Plymouth High School-were r epresented, by a total of seven 'c ompetitor s. The conditions attaching to the scholarship are:\._ge limit 13, with easy standards for a few athletic events, combined with the marks obtained at the Junior ~t1tiounl Scholarship Examination. The competition bring路s thP scholarship within range of many lads at various schools, and it is surprising, to say the l east, that h ead t each er s of primary school s do not encourage their pupils t o enter for it. N e:s:t year it is hoped to infuse more interest into the scholarship, and this would only be

BAYLY SCHOLARSHIP. 58 fitting, for :Mr. Al.f. Bayly, in whose memory the competition was instituted, was one of the finest athletes Taranaki has ever produced.

Detailed results : 100 Yards (standard13.Zsec.).-G. Moore, 40 points, 1 ; H. Tristram, 30 points, 2; L. Jillet, 25 points, 3. A good race. \Von by less than a yard. Only t h e placed boys secured the standard. Long Jump (standard 12ft.) .-H. Tristram (15ft . 3-!r in.), 40 points, 1; G. Moore (14ft. 2.Zin.), 30 points; 2; A. :M'Guinness (13ft. ~in.), 25 points, 3. L. J illett (12ft. ll~in.), S . Smith (12ft. 10.Zin.), and A . Candy (12ft. 3in.) each gained the standard, and scored 20 points. Place-kicking, three kicks at three different angles (standard, one goal at each angle).-A . :;\1'Guinness, 20 points, 1; H. Tristram, 10 points, 2. A very poor exhibition. No one gained the standard . 440 Yards (standard 70sec.)'.-H. Tristram, 40 points, 1; G . :Moore, 30 points, 2; L. Jillet, 25 points, 3. Candy got away well, and led for the first 200 yards, when 'rristram, followed by :Moore, cut him down, the former winning easily in the run home. Only the placed lads gainedâ&#x20AC;˘ the standard. Winner's time, 65sec . Punt (standard 35 yards).-A. M'Guinn ess, 40 points, 1; H. Tristram, 30 points, 2; G . Moore, 5 points, 3. Only the first two boys equalled the standard. Drop Kick (standard 40 yards) .-H. Tristram, 20 points, 1; G . Moore, 10 points, 2; L. Jillet, 5 points, 3 . Non~ of the lads equalled the standard. High Jump (standard 3ft. 9in.).-H. Tristram, 40 points, 1; A. M'Guinness, 30 points, 2; G. Moore, 25 points, 3. No one else gained the standard. The winner gave a fine exhibition, clearing 4ft. 3in. - 'l.'aranaki Herald.

CAMERA CLUB NOTES.

59 enlargements could be made from Vest Pocket Kodak films. Consequently most of the new members, on joining bought Vest Pocket Kodaks . However, the films cannot no\v be enlarged, so all are looking forward to the time when we get a new enlarger. Âˇ There have been no jaunts this term, but some of the enthusiastic members have organised tramps of their own, principally to .the Mountain. One party of eight, during the hillf-term holidays made the tramp to Kahui Hut, twehe miles from the North Egmont House, via the Bell's Falls Track. At first the weather was very cliscouraging, all qf the party being drenched on the way to the hut. Later, however, the weather cleared, and the Okahu Gorge was 'isited . This is one of the prettiest gorges on the .i\Iountain" so all were impressed with its beauty, :mel some good photos were taken. It is interesting to note that out of the seven cameras taken up, five were V.P.K.'s. As our dark room was one of the first to go in th e fire, a new one had to be built. During the last term holid ays the old wash-house was fitted out and transformed into a spacious clark room. There is a plentiful :mpply of water, and when the electric light is installed it will be quite as suitable as the old one. Our lo ckers in which we kept all our cameras and material were also destroyed, and all the belongings of those who kept a lo cker went with them . However, thanl:s to those ladies and gentlemen who are interested in our club, a substantial sum of money has been donated towarcls buying new material and apparatus . \Ve take this opportunity of thanking all those who so kindly assisted us . During the term two me:rpbers of the club, C. Ducker and J. \Vyborn, entered photos in the competition at the Pulmerston Show and both were pTize winners. We are indebted to Ducker for a number of the photos included in this issue of the Magazine.

e1\MER1\ eLUB NE)TES. The membership of the club this term is just about the same as it was last term-about 50. Owing to the loss of the enlarging apparatus in the fire, no work has been done in the way of enlarging. Before the fire, many of the boys found that excellent

THE SeH0E)L BR1\SS R1\ND. The final term for 1916 marks another "forward move" in the annals of our school, viz ., the formation of a Hrr~ss Band, which may prove the nucleus of a Brass and .i\Iilitary combination . The fire was responsible for

THE SCHOOL BRASS BAND .

a considerable delay in the launching of the new scheme, but the Headmaster having set his heart on something of the kind, the financial disabilities were overcome by a number of friends and enthusiasts going guarantee at the Bank for the wherewithal to purchase the first instalment of new instruments. These came to hand from Sydney on November 7th, and were distributed a few J ays later. vVe have now 21 boys undergoing a period of "probation," and they are all very keen. Our main difficulty is the shortage of instruments. At present we have 13 school-owned, and two private-owned, instruments to serve 21 boys, and consequently several of the lads are "double-banking," thereby working at a considerable disadvantage. Nevertheless, good general progress is beingâ&#x20AC;˘made, some showing marked ability. Mr. :F'. vV . G. M'Leod, the New Plymouth City Bandmaster, was recently added to the list of music teachers on the staff, and as he is taking pupils for flute, clarionet, cornet, etc., the School Band is under his guidance. He expresses himself as more than pleased at the progress made in such a short time by the boys, his main regret being that circumstances (the Xmas vacation) necessitates a break in the work at a critical period. Mr. M'Leod would welcome additions to the list of instruments, and we commend this new branch of our work to the serious thought of parents and well-wishers of the school. He would be glad to furnish particulars of the instruments required to anyone contemplating helping us in this way. Donations of suitabl e music would be gratefully acknowledged . Next term we hope to put the Band on a proper business basis, both as regards organisation and finance, and trust to have the interest and practical assistance of all our readers.

THE ANNUaL STEEPLEeHASE. No test of endurance in athletics could be more conclusive than a long, cross-country run, and for this reason, coupled with the near approach of the annual sports meeting, a great deal of interest was displayed in the annU<ll ste-e plechase of th e Boys' High School. It was run on Thursday afternoon, October 19, in ideal weather, and the number of starters, 190, was larger than ever; in fact, each year sees an increase in the number oÂŁ those competing, in proportion to the growth of the school.

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THE ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.

The course, about 4! miles, was the same as for the last two years ,namely: From school, up Avenue Road to Henui Bridge, then along right bank of river and out on to the Old Hospital Road, down to bowling green over old railway bridge to W atson Street, Lemon Street,' Hobson Street, and on to the school ground. About 3 o'cloqk the limit l ads, the smallest in the school, set out, and, leaving in groups at intervals, the whole of the 190 competitors were soon on their way . It was a great sight to see the line of white-clad figures extending from the school right up to the bend in the Avenue Road. In a few minutes the boys were out of sight, and a period of suspense ensued until the leading boy should again come into view on the long ridge on the other side. of the H enui. At last a small figure came on to the ridge and passed down on to the Old Hospital Road, with a lead of about 400 yards from a group of :four or five boys. The others followed in a steady stream. Nothing more was seen of the runners till the bottom of. the school gully was r eached, when Nicholson, a small Stratford boy, ten years of age, who was one of the first to leave, h ad a lead of over 50 yards from Knapmal)., a bigger boy, and he passed the post an easy winner. The ne.s:t boys were not far behin.d, and for over ten minutes a continual stream of boys arrived until all were home. 'rhe first twenty were:Actual time. Place. Name . H andicap. 36min . 42sec. llmin . 1 Nicholson 32min . 15sec. 2 Knapman 6!min. 31min. 42sec. 3 Pease 5-!min . 32min . 7sec. Guscott 5-!min. 4 33min. 25sec. 5 Gillett 61min. 32min. 6sec. 6 Hutchinson 5min. 31min. 36sec. 7 Atkinson ii. Hmin . 36min. 25sec. 8 Kebbell 9min. 32min. 22sec. 9 Train i . 4-!min. 32min. 55 sec . 10 Morey i. 5min. 33min . 29sec. 11 Bayley 51min . 33min . 36sec. 12 H arvey 5-!-min. 33min. 10sec. 13 Grayling 5min . 34min. 10sec. 14 Sole 6min. 34min. 40sec. 15 Healy 6-!-min. 37min . 15sec. 16 Hutchen ii . 9min. 33min. 50sec. 17 Zinsli 5-!-min. 33min . 54 sec. 18 Gilbert 5-!min . 33min. 19 Ducker 5-!min . 33min. 10sec. 20 Emmert on Hmin.

THE ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.

SPORTS DlNNER.

'rhe n e::s:t 20, in the order of finishing , were :-Jackson, Brokenshire ii., Candy, R. Boon, Allemann, Sladden, Ellis, J. Scanlon, Bennett, Hill, R. Morrison, Fussell, Graham, E. White, Hine, Lucena, A. Hughes, Good, \Valter, Russell. 路

0. Bayly then proposed the health of "The First Owing to abs_ence of competition and to the persistent wet weather m the last term very little could be carried out as planned . Nevertheless it was very evident that there was much good material among the younO'er 0 cricketers.

Fastest Time.-H. Lucena, 29min. 39sec.; L. H. Russell, 30min. 25sec . Championship Points.-tlenior: Lucena 5, Yates 3, :JI 'Murray 1. J unior: Beckbessinger 5, Denny-Brown 3, L. Wood 1. Under 14: Candy 5, E. White 3, D. Fox 1. Under 12: Ke b bell 5, H u tchen 3, J. Scanlon 1. Previous winners of the Steeplechase Cup have been: - 1912, H. Hine; 1913, B. Wilson; 1914, Emmerton; 1915, MacDiarmid. The record for the course is held by A. Bruce (26min . 2l sec.). - Taranaki Herald.

SJ?t)RTS .DINNER. The Annual Sports Dinner was held in the School -Dining-room on Saturday, December 16th. About 120 boys sat clown. All the Masters, both permanent anu Yisiting, were present, as also was Mr. E. P. 'Webster, ,,-ho represented the Old Boys. After more than justice had been done to t he excellent spreau on the tables a lengthy toast-list was gone through. EYery toast was given with musical ho~ours. A noteworthy feature was the great Jmprovement m the c1uality of the speeches gi,en by boys both wh en proposing or r esponding. The first toast was, of course, " The Kin g," given by :i\ir. :Jloyes. Then followed that of the "First XV.,' ' given by Hamerton. He pointed out that in spite of sickn ess and of other drawbacks, the footba ll of t h e School has made good progress, and the standard of play w~t 8 perhaps hin路b er than it had ever b een before . The viCtory over 0 Te Aute was proof of this . :JI ':Jiurray, in responding, sta_tecl that m~c?- of the success "路as due to regular prachce and trammg, and th at he had an idea that had not sickness interferec~ at an unfortunate time the Senior Cadets' competition m1ght have been won.

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Yates, in acknowledging the toast, endorsed what bad been said by the proposer, and further pointed out that the training for the Sports also militated against the cricket . The first term of the new year would, no doubt, see much more cricket played. In proposing the health of the "Shooting T eams," Terry had a congenial subject. He pointed out that the remarkable successes achieved were in the main due to car eful coaching and to r egular and long-continued methodical practice. He exhorted the younger shots to emulate the deeds of the present teams, and said that similar methods would produce similar results. Lucena, in response, endorsed all that_ the pr~p~ser had said. He felt sure that the old habit of missmg the target at 200 yar~s was for ev~r gone . Th~ prese~t war l~ad sh own the great nece_ssJty for profiCiency m shootmg. In conclusiOn he said that the teams ~ere gieatly indebted_ to thos~ gentlemen who h ad at vanous times and especwlly clurmg the past year, so generously uonf1t~c1 valuable trophies for competition. .i\Ir. W ynya.rd was en trusted with the toao.t of "School Illstitutions. " He dealt with the Band, the Orchestra, t h e Library, and the Camera Club. He felt that he couH safely say that each institution was in a flourishing condi ti~n, and was contributing ~omethin()' to the o路eneral effiCiency of the School. The Library and Camera Club were only a few years old, while the two musical societies were of t his year only. The excellent beginning made augured much su ccess in the future. :Jir. Renaud responded on behalf of the Orches~ra. He said much good work had been clone, but emphasised t he necessity for more instruments. aJ?-cl more pla-.yers. A bass a bassoon a viola and more vwlms were speCially needed. No doubt these will come in time. :Jlr. :JI'Leod said that the band hardly existed yet, but t he in truments :Uad been obtained. That was the oTeatest difficulty. All the members seemed to ~e keen ~ncl a marked advance had recently been made. Like Mr.

SPORTS DINNER.

Renaud, h e felt the n eed of more instruments. A t ptesent there ar e s_everal under-studies, and these could b e given any n e\v instruments. Goss spoke very optimistically about t h e Camera Club. It had m ade a very good r ecovery aft er th e fire, and was in its full vigour ag ain. Indeed the work produced for the last competit ion was perhaps the b est in th e history of th e club. Drake, like a loyal craftsman, thought t h at his depar t ment was the important one of the School. At this noint h e pau sed for dramatic effect , and while all were ~ittin g in silen t expectan cy, t h e silence was broken by the loud explosion of a bottle of ginger-ale. This was g reet ed wit h roars of. laughter, amidst which t he speech terminated . Mr. Christian t hen proposed t h e " Sports Champions .' ' H e referred t o t h e sporting路 spirit so ch aract eristic of th e British , and dwelt on the high virtue of b ein g able t o tak e a beating g racefully. This was demonstrat ed to a mark ed uegree by the broad smiles visible on the countenances of two of th e contest ants in th e Senior Box ing Championship . Yat es and Terry, in th eir r esponses as joint Senior Uba mpions in .A thletics, thanked t he speak er for his r efe rences, and both pointed out th at the perform ances wer e, t o t h eir minds, not as g ood as in previous year s . N o r ecord s had been broken, but this was partly due to th e per sistent wet weat her, which r endered regular training difficult, and par tly t o th e somewhat h eavy state of th e gTound . As Sh ooting Ch ampion, E win g freely ackuowledgeu tl1e inva luable h elp given by coach es, and outlined t he ltistory of t he sho otin g for the last fo u r year s or so. H e stressed the need for unt iring practice and for ent husiasm . T ansey, as B oxing Cha mpion, na turally praised this branch of spor t. H e pointed out that with the loss of th e Gymnasium and of th e apparatus, th e boxing h ad been 011duct ed under difficulties. H owever, th e sport wa s not dead, and h e felt sure th at next year would see further improvements in skill and style .

SSRGEA:-.JT \V. BECK.

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Mr. Moyes then proposed the toast of " The High School Board." He pointed out how greatly the School was indebted to the energy and interest of the members of the Board, both individually and collectively . The Board had been faced with many difficulties, and had overcome tlJ.em all, and now it was once again faced by a serious difficulty-the erection of a modern and adequately equipped school. The great difficulty was to ob .lin the necessary money, but every m emb er of the Board was determined to do what in him lay to see that the new building would not be unworthy of the work to be done. }fr. :Moyes had much pleasure in referring to the cordial relations which had always existed between himself and the Board, and that the Board had been sympathetic and helpful in every possible way . This had certainly mad e for the progress and efficiency of the School. Mr. "ViT ebster in his response spoke even more strongly than 1fr. Moyes of the absolute necessity of h aving the new building erected according to the plans made out. He stated that the needs of secondary education in Taranaki were by no means as yetj fully met . This was the great argument for the Board's scheme. Although there was an upward limit to the number of pupils avail:1 ble, that limit had by no means been as yet reached . }ir. \Vebster pointed out that the School had sadly deteriorated, even according to .Mr . Moyes' showing, as four year. ago there were 72 girls, now there were only some dozen or so, and these were not pupils. There were three or four lady teachers, now there was only one; and, worst of all, there had been a school, and now there was none. \Ve would h ave to have a year up at the Racecourse, but by the end of next year there would, be felt sure, be the new building we need. 11'Murray was entrusted with the toast of "The Masters." H e thanked them for their untiring work and the keen interest taken by them not only in school but also in the outside activities. He fully recognised that success in sports and shooting would be just as impossible without the assistance and hearty co-operation of the Masters as it would be in actual school work. He appealed to every boy to continue to give his ungrudging loyalty and support to the masters.

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Mr. Rockel, in reply, thanked the proposer o£ the toast, and said that all the Masters h ad done only what they conceived to be their duty, and had taken much pleasure in so doing. It was inevitable that collisions should occur every now and then, but good sports soon forgot that and, after all, discipline was necessary. Mr. Bottrill endorsed the vrevious speaker's remarks, and felt that the present pohcy o£ the Masters living among the boys was certainly the right one. Mr. Ryder proposed the toast of the "Old Boys. ' He referred to the close bond of union between the School and the Old Boys. They had helped the School in n~mber~ess ways, and we had all been touched by the way m whwh the Old Boys at the :Front had remembered us. 'l'wo of them, R. \Vhite and G. Bendall, had bequeathed u s money with which to obtain trophies. Another, C. J. Hamblyn, had sent the money with which to procure another. Yates, in proposing "Boys Leaving," continued the strain o£ Mr. Ryder's remarks, and felt that though som~ present were about to become Old Boys, they would still feel that they belonged to the School. Kidd, in his response, said that he felt that he owed more to the School than he could express, and urged the younger boys especially to follow in the footsteps of those .v:ho were now Old Boys. -;\l'iiurray proposed the health of ":Mrs . and Mr. Moyes." He dwelt upon their whole-hearted devotion to the welfare and comfort of all the boys, especially, o£ course, o£ the Boarders. He felt that there was some danger of this being taken as a matter o£ course, but that ought never to be. J:\1r . Moyes thanked hl'Murray for his sentiments, and assured us of the pleasure it gave both Mrs. Moyes and himself to do what they had done. He let us into the secret of some of his leniency; namely, that Mrs. J:\Ioyes had often asked him to temper justice with mercy. 1'he boys o£ the School could always rely upon everything possible being' done for their comfort and permanent welfare. Mr. Renaud gave the last toast o£ the evening, "The Ladies." He adopted a high ethical tone, and spoke o£ the noble work done by women at all times and mol'e especially to-day in these times o£ stress. It was impossibl to e:s:nress adequately what we owed to them.

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:Jir. M'Kinney, in his response, acknowledged all that Mr. Renaud had stated, and then adopted quite a modern and young man 's tone. His remarks, to judge by the applause, were clearly the expression o£ the feelings of those present. . During the evening the following musical items were g1ven :-Orchestra, "Dream Kisses"; sono· Mr . Hutton " Queen o£ the Earth," encore "In Old M~drid" · violi~ solo ,Mr. Rockel, "Gavotte," by Gossec, encore i 'Canto Amoroso" by Samartini; song, Mr. Renaud "The Village nlacksmith." The evening concluded by the singin"' of "God Save the King" and "·Auld Lang Syne." J:>

1l TRIP Te K1\HUI HOUSE, . Seven of us, accompanied by a Master, set out at nucl-term e:s:eat .in high spirits, for a three clays' sojourn on th~ Moun tam. We · reached the House at 10 p.m. on .F nclay and on Sat.urcla;y: morning commenced the trip to Kalnu, some 12 miles distant. We were on the level o£ Humphries' Castle when the rain set in. On the referendum being put no voices demanded return and <tfter neg·otiating the big slip without misadventure we n· ac~lCd Bell'~ Falls Hut thoroughly soaked. Here we had a bne£ ten mmutes for lunch and then commenced the to us,. unknown country: The first obstacle w.as a huge ~lip which we had to skirt; then, fondly hopmg that each bend would be the last, at 1 p.m. hailed with cleli"'ht the rusty roo£ o£ Kahui House. Fortunately the hut "'was in c:s:eellent order, and after gathering some wood, we commenced drying operations, during which heat and steam played h avoc with the clothes, notably the posterior part of one unfortunate's nether garments. These were renovated with a nail and ~ome string and then looked fairly pre. enta ble. DomestiC arrangements concluded, we ~·angecl the mattresses round the fire and were soon wrapt m well-earned slumber, broken only by the too-insistent rats. Sunday morning dawned bright and clear and we clambere.cl down into the bed of the Okahu Gorge, which "·e unammously voted to be the finest piece o£ scenery on the lower slopes o£ the Mountain. The summit now ligl1tly veiled in transient mists, now icy blue against the eaatern sun, towered above, while through the alpine scrub of the lower lopes one could catch occasional glimpses o£ the vivid blue of the Qcean, fringed with foam-

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ing surf . Most reluctantly we climbed out again and returned to the hut, but all the photographers' efforts to catch the grandeur of the sunset were in vain. Gone were the steely cold. hues, replaced by the exquisite saffron and gold of the lingering alpine-glow. Next morning we retraced our steps to the North House, and, after dinner, most regretfully turned our backs once again on old Egmont. Before closing this brief account we should like to e:xpress to Mr. Williams, of the North Egmont House, our gratitude for the courtesy he has shown us on our frequent excursions thither.

1\NNU1\L BRE1\K=UP. There was a good attendance at the Good Templar Hall on December 18th, at 3 p.m., when the b:teakingup ceremony in connection with the New Plymouth Boys' High School was held. The stage was tastefully decorated with flowers, a distinct feature being the table, on which was displayed numerous trophies, compn.s ing shields, cups, belts, etc. Mr. D. Hutchen (chairman of the High School Board) presided, and there were also on the platform: Mr. C. H. Burgess (Mayor), Mr. H. J. H. Okey, M.P., Messrs. H. 'l'rimble, F. W. Atkinson, J. S. Fox, E. P. 路webster, R. W. D . Robertson, and Dr. Fookes (members of the Board), \V. Bewley (secretary), Mr. W. H. Moyes (Principal of the school), and several members of the staff. Apologies were received for the absence of Messrs. 0. Samuel, M.L.C., S. G. Smith, T. G. Hirst, and Ballantyne. In his opening remarks, the Chairman expressed his gratitude at seeing such a large attendance of parents, who took an interest ini the School. Mr. Moyes and his staff certainly stood in need of sympatl1y and support, as . they had experienced trying times during the year, first through a depleted staff, owing to Masters having gone to the front or to other schools, and the impossibility of replacing them, necessitating the school working shorthanded; then the unfortunate outbreak of infantile paralysis at the beginning of the year generally dis:;uranged the school. There was the great loss caused by the fire, which destroyed a portion of the school building and the CAPTAIN A. M. MAcDIARMID.

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gymnasm m. 'fhe school was gTeatly indebted to the Jockey Club for the use of its building, but conditions wer e quite unsuitable for school work. Mr. Moyes, with his sta:ff, had shown great resource in meeting and overcomin g all difficulties, and for this were deserving of every 路thanks. ANNUAL REPOR'l'.

The Principal (Mr. W. H. Moyes) reported as folows : In presenting the thirty-fifth annual report of your sch ool , I have to record a year beset with diffic ulties Early in the. first term the school was closed through ;:t case of sickness, and at the close of the second term the di sastrous fire which destroyed the class-rooms necessitated a second break in the school work . Alterations to the sta:ff, owing to the war, have further increased our difficulties, and have left us shorthanded for the greater part of the year. Nevertheless, I hope this report will show that good work has been done in all departments of the school, and that, in spite of the consistent ill-fortune that has attended us, everything possible has been done to counteract the disadvantages under which we have laboured. 路 It is with deep regret that I have to report the death, from infantile paralysis, of Douglas Edward Candy . Good at games, hard-working in school, and of a courteous and kindly disposition, he was a great favourite both of Masters and boys, and was, I hope, the type of boy that characterises this school. In the full possession of his faculties to the last, he faced the end "路ith splendid courage and resignation,路 and though the sch ool is poorer for the loss of such as he, the noble manner in which he accepted the inevitable will always remain as an example to those who were fortunate enough to be numbered amongst his friends. The RolL- The number of names on the roll again creates a record. Eighty-four new boys have been entered, and during the year 243 boys have attended the school. Of these 95 have been boarders and 148 day boys . It will thus be seen that the numbers have increased from 71 in 1912 to 243 in 1916. Ex:aminations.-'fhe result of the November and Decemuer examinatio-ns were quite up to expectations. Two candidates, L. G. Eyre and V . S. M'Murray, were entered for the first term's university examinations, and

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both were successful. J. K. Terry C. Yates A. Ruse N. Quilliam, 0 . Bayly, H. Lucena,' A. R. Callander and n. 1\fon~eath passed matriculation, while partial passes \vere gamed by D . Mackie, K. Brokenshire, and H. Gibson: Three candidates, vV. Alexander, D . vVinfield and lt . .Monteath, entered for and passed the Public Service Senior Examination. The Public Service Entrance was passed by A. R. Callander, R . :Monteath, D. ·viTinfield K. Clemow, F. King, E. Martin, J. Fouhy, and Ellerm. Senior National Scholarships -were won by A. R. Callander, E . L. Tansey and M. \V. Atkinson while G. \Vehster was the winner of both a Junior N~tional Scholarship and the Bayly ·Memorial Scholarship. I am glad to say that the class for University terms students has again been in existence this year, and been attended by four boys. One of these, L. G. Eyre, left us at the e1_1c~ of the ~econd term to become a member of the Expethtwnary I< orce, and was therefore unable to sit for the examination at the end of the year . From the high quality of his work during the past two years we had every reason to believe that he would have been successful had he remained at_school: Of_the others, V. S. M'.~fm:ray "-as successful In passmg his second terms examinatwn, and 0. Bayly and J. K. Terry completed the first year's examination in law. Four boys failed in matriculation and four in the Public Service Entrance. The Sta:ff.-As I have already stated, the war ha s been the cause of many alterations to the staff. Mr. M. ::O.Incdonald left at the end of the first term, and Mr. Searle at the beginning of the third term to join the reinforcements. Mr . A. Diprose resigned at the end of the second termJ in order to accept a position under the \Vellington College Board . The vacancies caused by the departure of tlie a hove ~lasters have not yet all been filled, but every endeavour will be made to engage a full complement of teachers before the school opens in 1917. Since war was declared eight members of the staff have volunteered for active service . I regret to say that of these ~ir. V. J. B. Hall has made the supreme sacrifice, and that Mr. R. H. Espiner l1as returned to New Zealand suffering from very serious wounds received in France. I would like to place on record my appreciation of the great interest taken in the school by Masters who are absent on active service . ..Without exception, all continue to write to the boys who were under them, and in spite of the dangers by which they are surrounded their thoughts are always with us. In particular I wish to

thank .Mr. C. J. Hambly~ and Mr. H. V. Searle who have both devote~ a considerable portion of their' milita.ry pay to the purchase of ~andsome challen(J'e trophies ,Y_lu~h are to be awa~cled this aft~r1_1oon. At t~e beginnmo. of the year, owmg t<_:> the thfficulty expenenced in s~.afimg the _upper school , It was decided to transfer Mr. C. G .. Bottnll from ~he preparatory department. He has therefore sev_e red lns connection with the preparatory school, of wh10h he was in charge, and has been attached to the upper school staff . . The staff has more recently b_een enlarged by the appomtment of Mr. F . W. Chrisban, of the Ocean Bay Schocl, and of Mr. C. H. Wynyard, who was formerly assistant master at Te Aute College. '~he Curriculum.-\Vith one or two exceptions this ren~ams the san~e as tha~ of last year. In history the penod covered m each I< orm has been that extending fr<?m 17~7 to _1912, an~ an_ increased ~umber of boys took ~his su~J ect fo_r ~xammatwn. As this is the period dur- • mg whiCh Bntam emerged as a world Power an en deavour has been made to trace the causes and ~ffects of t~at moye:r;nent. Hence colonial history and the relations existmg between the Motherland and the Colonies have been an .impo~tant section of the study. Frequent less<?ns, e~pe01ally m the Upper Forms, have been given ~lealmg >yith the nature of and the necessity for ImperialIS1"!1· It ~s hop~d that, as a result, those who have studied this subJ~ct will take a more intelligent interest in the great nah_onal problems which will undoubtedly absorb our attention after the war. 'rhroughout the curriculum t~ 1e }Iother-ton~·ue has been made the staple of instructl_on. A. co-ordi;nated course has b~en drawn up, with a view to developmg a command over the langua(J'e first from the standpoint of comprehension and seco~d' fro~ the standpoint of expression, both or~l and writte~. An attem~t has been :r;nade to instil a taste for literature. Therefore ~ll classics ancl set• books studied have been trea~ed as hter~tur_e, and 1_10t as quar:ies, whence may be obtamed mat~nal for parsmg·, analysis, paraphrasing and other perverswns of masterpieces. An endeavour has also been made to .improve t_he _pupils' use of oral English. Crude pronuncwtwns, chppmg of words (especially final consonants), confusion of vowels and other common faults have bee? dealt _with. Ev~ry lesson in every subject is a l esson_m Enghsh, _and this fact has not been lost sight of. Owmg to the difficulties encountered by the school we have been unable to clo as much in this respect as w~ 0

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had planned and hoped. But something has been done, awl next year, we hope, much more will be done. In audition to the general and special instruction in English, a tl1ree years' course in commercial English has been proYided. 'l'his course includes commercial corretipondence, precis, indexing, etc., and leads up to _the Public Service Senior Examination. So far as poss1ble the courses in Latin, French, and English have been closely co-ordinated, and each language treated as a dialect of: the great Aryan speech. ~?-e agricultural class continues to increase in numbers, tJ:urty boys havmg attended the course during the year . The work in connection with agriculture has now assumed a new phase. An additional eight acres of land have been lea sed, and these, with the five acres under cultivation, have made possible an organised system of combined instruction in da;iry science and agriculture. At present, three c_ow ~ are be1.n&· milked by the boys in the class, and tbe m1lk 1s supphed , to tbe boarding-houses. The work of ploughing, harrowing, rolling, etc ., is now being done entirely by the boys tbemsehes, and I feel confident that the new system will result in the boys gaining a much sounder knowledge ?f the practical side of farm life than has been the case m the past. In connection with the agriculture, Mr. ~•'al coner is introducing a system of farm book-keepmg "·hich will enable a close comparison to be made between the cost of supply and the returns obtained. I desire to tender my thanks to :Mr. Deem and to J\.Ir. ~arry, of the Agricultural Department, for the great mteres~ they have taken in the work and for the valuable ass1stance and advice they have so frequently given. The School Institutions.-In spite of the many drawbacks, it is gratifying to be able to report that all the school institutions ha;-e had a successful year. Success in these departments o£ school life is, of course, !argely due to the enthusia sm displayed by the boys, but 1t must he remembered that without unstinted labour on the part of the Masters very little could be r~ccomplished. I wish to take this opportunity of tlJanking the members o_f my staff for the manner in which they have ungrudgmgly given up practically r~ll tl1eir spare time in order ~o maintain the standard reached in past years . In shootmg, the success achieved is worthy of special_ notice_. . Owing to the want of rifles and to the difficulty m obtammg ammunition, the work on the long range has naturally suffered. Teams were, however, entered for the. Scho?l~ of the Empire matches, and were fortunate 1n gammO'

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second place in the senior and in the junior competitions. Ori the miniature range a special effort has been made, and, owing mainly to the able coaching of Mr. Searle, t h e various teams have reached a standard never before approached. Three teams were entered for the Imperial Challenge Shield competitwns, in which 323 teams from all parts of the Empire competed. It is with a feeling of pride that I am able to announce that the New Plymouth High School was first for the Empire, both in the senior and in the junior competition, and also third in the senior. In r ecognition of this fine performance, Colonel Schumacher has kindly donated a special prize of £20, in addition to the usual prize money. This is, I undert;tand, the first occasion on which any New Zealand school has gained either first, second or thud place in this competition, and the importance of the achievement is shown by t~1e numerous congratulatory messages that have reached us from all rarts of the Empire. In football the chief interest was centred in the Te • ute College match, which was won by the school, after a strenuous game, by 9 points to 3. 'rhis win has proved conclusrvely that the standard of football in Taranaki schools is not below that of the rest of the Dominion and that our fifteen, if given the opportunity, could rea~ sonably be expected to make a creditable showing against the average secondary school teams of New Zeal and. 'l'he school library has this year received special attention. Five hundred and thirty-five volumes, comprisIng largely books of reference, have been added to the Sflehes, with the result that the school now possesses a hbrnry tlmt r~ffords valuable help to the more advanced PU1Jils. In this connection our thanks are due to Mr. F. Messenger, \Tho kindly donated a set of the Encyclopmdia Britannic a, and to :Jirs. D' Arcy Robertson for the gift of a valuable set of books on English literature. It is still a matter for regret that the library is not made more use of by day-boys, and I hope that in future parents will iu ::;ist on their hays becoming subscribers. Not the least important of the school institutions is '''l'hl' 'rnrnnakinn, ' whicl1 has just concluded the fifth year of its existence. In it a consistent endeavour has been made to realise the true functions of a school magazine, and all extraneous matter h as been excluded . It contains an authentic record of all school activities and events; and we have· tried to make "The Taranakian" a

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bond between Old Boys and the school and. between 9ld Boys and .Old Boys . vVe take this opportumty of statmg that the Magazine is not written by the Masters . Regular classes were held ~n swimming and life. saving during the first term,_ with t_he result that the standard of swimminO' has notiCeably Improved. A large number of boys competed for the c~rtificates .a":arded _by the N .ow Zealand Amateur Swimmmg Assomat10n, with the followinO' results :-V. S. M'Murray was awarded a teacher's and honorar·y instructo(s cert~ficate, ~ine boys were awarded the bronze medalhon, 19 the certificate of merit, 61 the certificate of proficiency, and 4 the elementary certificate. The school has to thank Messrs. Stohr, Christiansen and Schwartz for much valuable he_lp, ~mel also Mr. Swanson for a donation towards the sw1m~1!1g funds. The classes were under the control of Mr. M Kmney and Mr. Diprose, to whose efforts much of the success achieved is due . The Preparatory SchooL-This sectio~ of the sch~ol has now reached its maximum strength . S1xty-two pup1ls have been in attendance during the year, and t~is ~umber cannot be increased unless more accommodatiOn IS provided. Since the transfer of Mr. Bottrill to the upper school this department has been u~der the co!ltrol of ~r. M'Kinney, who has been ably assisted by MISS K. vVn~ field. Fol).rteen pupils were entered for _the recent. examinations . Of these eight gained profic1en<?y certificates, three O'ained competency, and three fmled-a res':lt which, oi think, must be considered in every way satisfactory. l\Iusic.-During the year musical work has b~en co~ tinued with the closest attention. The use of p1ano:; m small and separate rooms has been _felt to. be of the greatest help, as one piano is not distractmg to. another. Parents are reminded of the benefit to be _denv_ed fr?m practical examination work, as when in cOnJunction With reoular study it proves of the greatest assistance. The or~hestra has been working with con~tant zeal, and has made great progress. In this co~nect1on I may add that the need of more instruments IS felt a_nd that. should these be forthcoming there will be no difficulty m fi~d ino boys to make use of them. Thanks to the generosity ol several gentlemen in ~he town, I have been able to purchase a set of band mstruments at a cost. of £95. It is perhaps premature to make any remarks with reference to this, but from what I have seep of the work of

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the boys under Mr . M'Leo~, I. am c~rtain that in a .few months a creditable com bma twn w1ll be forthconung. 'l'wo boys entered for examinations during the year. W. Traill, a pupil of Miss Pike, gained a pass i~ the ru~i ments of music, and A. Bothnmley, a pup1l of M.1ss Dowling, passed with honours. The Old Boys.-It is with mingled feelings of pride and sorrow that I once again refer to the Old Boys. Pride in the fact that in this greatest war of all time so many have answered the call, and sorrow at the thought that many of them have left·us never to return. The number of Old Boys serving his Majesty continues to grow from month to month . Sixteen have given their lives for their King and Empire, and thirty have been wounded. The school will always remember with pride the reSJlOnse that Old Boys have made in . this time of trial. Their devotion to duty and their spiri~ of sacrifice will ever remain a living influence in the school. No reference to this gallant band would be complete did I neglect to mention the school spirit shown by the younger Old Boys, who, although under the military age, have given their lives gladly for the cause of righteousness. 'fhe school has been deeply touched to learn that Corporal Ronald White and Private George Bendall, who met their deaths on the battle-front in France, had left bequests to their Alma Mater. Such a spirit is a sure sign that the school has left her mark on her sons. A memorial bras has been placed in the school dining hall to Lieutenant Harper Lepper, who fell while fighting gallantly in :Jiesopotamia. Other brasses will be erected in the near future, and I shall be pleased to give information to any parent who would like such a form of commemoration. In conclusion, I wish to thank all those who have so kindly assisted the school during the year. In particular I desire to thank Dr. and Mrs. vValker, Dr. Fookes and others, who, by their generosity, have made it possible for the Camera Club to replace most of the material destroyed by the fire. On behalf of the boys I also wish to e:s:..Press appreciation for the assistance that has enabled them to make good a portion of the losses which unfortunately . most of them sustained . To the Board I feel that I owe n deep debt of gratitude. On not one occasion have my requests been refused, and, thanks to their enterprise, the school now possesses boarding accommodation second to none in the Dominion. Nor must I for-

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get the prefects and senior boys, who have throughout the year worked indefatigably to place their schooll.n the front rank. Lastly, I wish to thank the Press for the unfailing assistance they have at all times given us. CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS. 'f h e Chairman said that Mr. Moyes and sta:ff deserved to be congratulated upon the successful work of the year. The record in the Imperial Shield competition must have been some consolation for the difficulties of the year. He then referred at some length to the need for rebuilding the Boys' School. PRIZE LIST. PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Fm:m lB .-First, F. C. Gilmour; second, C. A. M'Neill. Form lA.-First, G. ·walker; second, A. MacDiannid . Form H.-First, l\1. Lysons; second, B. Blundell. Form IIB.-First, S. :Bookes; second, K. Neal. Form IIA.-First, W. :Mackay; second, P . Griffiths. ~orm IU .-First, ~f. Barak; second, A. Candy. UPPER SCHOOL. Form IIIB.-First in form, E. Bedford; second in form, P. Guscott and R. \i\Tills (equal); Languages and Literature, B. Hutchen; :Mathematics and Science, E . l3euford; History, E . Bedford· Drawing, E. Knuckey; Agricultme, P. Guscott . Form IIIA.-First in form, N. vV addle; second in form, C. A. Noble; Languages nncl Literature, N . vVaddle; lllatheruatics and Science, C. A . Noble; History, N. Waddle; Drawing, S. White; Book-keeping, C. Hill. Form IV.-First in form, E. Boulton; second in form, E. Reeves · Languages and Literatme, E. Boulton; :Mathematics and Science, C. Zinsli; History, C. l\I'Kay; Drawing, E . John · Book-keeping, L. \Vood; Agriculture, \V. Henson . Form V.-First in form, H. Goss; second in form H.. Greiner; Languages ::mel Literature, K. C. Roberts; :Jhthematics ancl Science, D. Doile; History, R . Greiner; Drawing, K. C. Roberts; Hook-keeping, C. vVay; Agriculture, ll. Scown.

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Form VIB.-First in form, R . Kidd; second in form, lL Lealancl; Languages and Literature, R. Lealand; :\Iathematics and Science, R. Kidd; History, A. M'Hardy; Drawing, N. C. Fookes. Form VIA.-First in form, K. Brokenshire; second in form, C. C. Yates; Dux medal, K. Brokenshire; General Excellence cup (presented by Dr. Fookes), V. S. :M'Murray; Head boy's medal, V. S. M'Murray; Bayly :Memorial Scholarship, G. Webster. THE PRIZES. The prizes won at the school eluting the year were then presented, Mr. Okey presenting the certificates, which were awarded in lieu of prizes for scholastic attainment, and Mrs. Hutchen the sports trophies. The Mayor congratulated :M:r. Moyes and the staff upon the rapid advance that the school had made during the past few years-an advance that he thought would continue. They had an energetic Principal and an energetic Board, and he felt that they would overcome all difficulties and get the necessary Government grant towards the school. He then gave the lads some advice on the necessity of discipline, and urged those who were leaving the school to be thorough in whatever they did. \¥ e were inclined, he said, to take things too easily, and that was probably the reason why we were up against the present trouble, because the other nations thought that we were too lazy and too fond of sport, though they had found their mistake . I£ the war had not come on when it did, the Empire would have had a hard fi"'ht to get back the commercial supremacy that it had gradually lost. It therefore depended on the present generatio'n to see that they worked as thoroughly as their enemies, and if they did they would do more than hold their dw!l, for tl1 ey could beat the enemy . :Mr. H. J. Okey, :M.P ., congratulated the boys on the success achieved in shooting. He doutbed whether t h e boys quite realised the responsibility that the war had placed on them. Owing to so many o£ the present generation being put out of action, 'the boys were really advanctwo steps, and they should be prepared. Personally incr 0 he thought next year woulq tell wo~de~·s in connection with the war . The Germans were begmmng to show that they had l1ad enough, but we would not give up before the enemy was properly beaten. Th~re would be no pe!lce before it could be guaranteed that 1t would be a lastmg

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one. 0£ course the boys might be wanted yet, so they should be prepared . After the war producers would be "_'anted, as it would be necessary to double our production, so he was pleased to learn that many of the lads had decided to spend their holidays on farms . Mr. F. vV. Atkinson impressed on the lads the necessity o£ learning to concentrate, and said that if he gave them a sermon he would take £or the text: ''Whatever my han~ s find to do I will do it with all my might." H e also pomte~. out that the lads had the making of the school traditions, and they should aim at something of which they could be proud . Dr . Fookes, as an Old Boy, contrasted the advantages enjoyed to-day with those of his time, and urged the boys to see that the school did not su:ffer at their hands . Talking to the lads about to enter the world as so many craft set upon the ocean, h e stressed the need of steering clear of any obstacles they might see, also of submarines and torpedoes, which they did not see but which would wreck their careers. ' _ The singing o£ the National Anthem concluded the programme. - Taranaki Daily News.

eRDET NeTES. 'rhe beginning of the term was devoted mainly to open order work and attack practice. This proved more interesting than th e u sual company drill. The non-coms. received several l ectures on the carrying out .of an attack and the work in the open was thus fa cilitated. Part o£ the term was as usual spent at squad, platoon and company drill. We are pleased to note t he arrival from the Defence H eadquarters of apparatus for instruction in m11sketry and for u se on t h e range. On t he ~vening of December 7th, those non-coms . who were not h aving exams . att ended a class for musk etry instruction at the Drill Hall. Sergeant-Major Bell was in attendance supervising. hlr. \Vynyard has taken over comm and of No. -± Platoon . There have b een several promotions during the term. When Lieut. Searle l eft for camp , Q.:M.S . Kidd took over command of No. 1 Platoon .

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Sergeant Yates has been promoted to acting-Q.M.S. Q.M.S. Kidd has again won the Sole Cup for best Sergeant. On this occasion the cup was awarded for the most consistent work throughout the year. It is rumoured that next t erm rifles are to be issued. \V e shall look- forward to /his with great expectation, for, with rifles, drill wil be made much more interesting.

0LD BeYS' N0TES. John Hiorns Mander (1910) went into camp in December with the 24th Reinforcements. Before leaving, a wristlet watch was presented to him by the firm and staff of Okey and Rollo . Victor F . vVest (1906) , who· was sever ely wounded at Uallipoli, and was invalided to England and then to New Zealand (receiving his discharge) has now resumed his dentistry work. He is with Mr. E. Carter, dentist, Eltham . Corporal Eric B. Ellerm (1906), who was severely wounded at Gallipoli and afterwards went to England, returned to N ew Zealand in September. We were pleased to see him at the annual cross-country run. Since then be entered the New Plymouth Hospital in order to undergo a serious operation, and it is gratifying to hear th at he is making good progr ess towards r ecovery . Sergeant-Major Eric Outfield (1906) is now su:ffering from pneumonia, but is progressing favourably. Cutfield 's luck has been far from good, as h e h ad · measles at Trentham, enteric in Egypt, and was only just recovering from an operation for appendicitis in England. We sympathise with him . A New Plymouth man who was wounded in France in September said that h e met Hany West (1910) at a dressing station just b ehind the ~ine~. W e~t, who w~s formerly with 1\Ir. T. Hood, chemist , 1s now m the Medical Corps, New Zealand forces. W. P. Okey (1905), who returned from Ga~lipoli last yeaT suffering from sh ell-shock, has ·b een app~mte d t~m porary secretary of the T aranaki A. and P. Somety dunn.g ~Ir. Arthur Humphries ' absence with_ th e forces. :EJ;e ~ s also the r eturnl:)d soldier s' representative on the P atnotlc Committee.

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·when last he wrote, Leo. Richards (1910) was training at Sling Camp, but expected to get away towards the end of October for France. He had a good journey home with the 16th Reinforcements. Gilmore J. Hawkins (1905), who left with the forces early in the war, returrued in November to receive a commi~sion. Since returning, he has not yet been to New Plymouth, but we hope to see him before he leaves again for the front. Sappers J:>. A. Tunbridge (1905) and Hugh Bradbury (1913) are in the Engineers section, 20th Reinforcements. Staff-Lieutenant Leonard Goss (1910), who is engaged in instruction work at the training camps, was in New Plymouth on sick leave early in November. Sergeant Hugh Fraser (1903) and Corporal Eric Gmnt (1908) went away with the 19th Reinforcements. Lieut. Norman F. Little (1907), who went away with the 18th Reinforcements, visited the school while here on final leave in September. Bert Dowling (1907), who was one of the first of our Old Boys to volunteer, and went away in the Ambulance Corps, retumed to New Zealand in December by the :Jfaheno. Dowling served at Gallipoli, where he was wounded, and he was then invalided to England. Lieutenant A. R. Standish, of t he Army Service Corps reinforcements, was here on l eave in November. Lieutenant F. Russell Baker 1899) was reported wounded on October 1, and suffering from shell-shock. At the time of his enlistment Baker was stationed at Hamilton as inspector for the New Zealand Insurance Company in the \Vaikato district. He went into camp as a non-com. in the 9th Heinforcements, :mel . on being granted a commission was appointed to A Company of the 12th Reinforcements. His brother Selwyn (1907) was \\·ounded twice at Gallipoli, and is now with the troop, in France. Philip Grey (1904), of Messr,;. Weston and Weston' · staff, New Plymouth, was recently admitted by Mr. Justice Erlwards as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court, on the al)'plication of :\Ir. A. H. Johnstone. Jjaurence Smith ("Hippo"), 190~, ha s been promoted to the rank of lance-corporal in the W eJlington Regimental Band in France.

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Corporal Ernest C. Stanley (1903) was recently r eported wounded for the third time. According to a letter received from him, however, it appears that he was not 'wunded, but was suffering from the effects of concus. sion, caused by an exploding shell. David A. Lusk ("Buster"), 1909, who went away in the }[ain Body as a member of the Can.terbury Yeomanry, kts been granted a commission in the Imperial Camel Corps. \Ve have to congratulate Lusk on his promotion, which is the more meritorious inasmuch as he was only a trooper when h e left New Zealand. Trevor J. Ellis (1904), who left for the front earl,Y, in 1915 and was wounded at Gallipoli, returned to New Zealand in July of this year. He is gradually regaining health and strength. Sydney V. Paul (1904), who left here with the 5th · Heinforcements, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. H e was recently in England having a muchneeded rest. Lieut. D. A. Harle (1906), 20th Reinforcements, spent part of his final leave in New Plymouth. He was recently admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. Norman Healy (1909) is in camp with the 23rd Reinforcements. Harold Johnson (1910) and D'Arcy Newell (1910) cue two of our Old Boys who have come through the big advance safely. Roy Okey (1907), who joined the New Zealand forces at the beginning of the war as a private, is now in England receiving training for a commission. Okey saw practically the whole of the Gallipoli campaign, and was afterwards invalided to England. Going over to France, he was promoted from sergeant to regimental. ergeant-majOl', and came safely through the great September advance. During the preliminary training, a solrliers' sports meeting was held, and Okey accounted for quite a numbe-r of the events on the programme. H e ,~·on 15oth the high and long jumps, the hop, step and jump event, and the 220yds. and 440yds. races. He also won a number of events at the Coll ege of Instruction sports a short time previously. Two Old Boys of this school, who had not seen one another for ten years, met on September 6, a short distance behind the lines in France. They were Captain "T.i m" :Jiatthews, R.A.M.U., now attached to the Indian Cavalry, and Corporal Alan Matthews, Taranaki Infanh y.

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Cedric T. E. Gibson (1910) is a private m the 19th Reinforcements. Since leaving school Gibson was a member o£ Messrs. BeHringer Bros. ' staff, and before he went into camp a gathering was held for the purpose of farewelling him. The guest was presented with a leather hold-all and a patent chest and lung protector. Eric Kimbell (1908) is a corporal in the 20th Reinforcements (New Zealand :Field Artillery). F. S. Avery (1903) returned to New Plymouth recently from the "States," where he has been the last six year!? gaining valuable experience in the printing business. ·while he was in New Plymouth on final leave, a dance was given in honour of Private Ruthven M'L. Monteath (1911), 19th Rein£orc~ments. During the evening he was presented with a fountain pen by his friends. The singing of ".A. uld Lang Syne" and three cheers for the departing soldier brought the evening to a close . . A. W. Morey ("Dock"), 1907, was wounded in France on November 10. He went away in the 13th Reinforcements (Rifle Brigade section). He was admitted to the 2nd London General Hospit-al on Nov. 21 suffering from gunshot wound in thigh (severe) . J. M'Mahon-Box (1911), who was formerly in the New Plymouth Customs Office, and is now Assistan't Resident Commissioner at .A..lofi, Niue , had an interesting experience recently in connection with a mutiny on a ship. On Sunday morning, August 27, the Resident Commissioner called his attention to a large £our-masted barque, some distance out, flying signals, and apparently heading for the island. Proceeding to a point thn:e. miles from Alofi, Box saw that the signal was : "Am in distress; want immediate assistance." The whaleboat was launched from the island, and the Resident Commissioner, the writer, and the chief medical officer proceeded to the ship, which they found to be the Resolute, o£ San Francisco, 600 tons, and bound from Grave's Harbour, 'Vashington, to Melbourne, with Oregon 1-loine. vVhen the boat cams within hailing distance, the captain, Thos. M. Endreson, called out: "The two mates and five seamen have mutinied . . Four o£ us-my wife, the ship' s boy (about 16), the Japanese cook, and myself-have navigated the ship for 31 days. I require your assistance to procur_e another crew." 'Vhen the party boarded the ship the master said the crew had refused to handle a rope o£ any sort on the ship, and had gone forward and

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subsisted on biscuits and water for 31 days. Their reason was that they did not know anything about working a ship, that they wanted to get rid of the master, and that they were afraid to enter a British port becau~e they had heard that conscription had come in. Again, he said, they were influenced by the first mate, who had threatened to kill him. The men admitted to, the writer that they had refused to work for 31 days, but the reasons giTen were quite contrary to those given by their master. Attempts had be~n made on their lives, they had been underfed and overworked, and attempts made to lock them in the fo ' c'sl e. They had mad.e attempts to coJ,lle to terms with the master, but, just when .t hey reckoned these would bear fruit, in would come the captain's wife and put an end to every hope o£ reconciliation, so they dwided to lie low and do nothing and see who would cave in first. After about three hours' arbitrating the Resident Commissioner at last succeeded in e:ffecting a reconciliation. However, a Niue sailor was shipped in case anything else should crop up on the passage to Melbourne. Sergeant Stan. Hoby (1907), writing to his parents from France on July 3, says:Things are very lively here; in fact, all along, as no doubt you have heard, but one soon gets used to it, and I'm still fat and flourishing. I reckon it won't be long now, with any luck , before we start for New Zealand.

In another letter he refers to the strenuous time they had been having with the Huns:I didn't get an unbroken night's sleep for eleven days. One night I stood to the gun from 7 .30 till 4 next morning, and got up again at 6.30. We were rousted out at three one morning, and went navvying till eight the following night. Of course we ,groused a lot, but I think we are entitled to a little bit and it pleases us. Well, with ·a ll my hard work, I'm ashamed of my weight. I'm as thin as a barrel. I weighed myself about a quarter of an hour ago, and was very disappointed. I only went 13st. lOlb. I had to weigh myself about six times to make sure, but it was right. I had a bit of fun about three days ago. A cobber and I were watching some Hun shells strafin g a bridge. I was standing alongside a t ree, and he was standing at the end of .a brick wall ready to dodge behind it. Well, a six-incher cam e a. bit closer than we expected, and I ,got behind the tree. A piece -of shell as big as your hand came 'bick' into the t r ee just opposite my face. My cobber heard me let out 'Oh, - - , ' and started to laugh just as another ;piece hit the top of the wall he was crouching behind . H e dashed near pushed the wall over squeezing .against it. My hat, those splinters do fly. An ·old Frenchman was standin g fully eighty yards away from one the day before yesterday, and a 'piece cut his throat as neat as a 1'\I!'<Or , Finis,

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Sergeant Ronald Adlam (1907) was accorded a farewell social by the settlers of Oakura and district on the eve of his departure for the front . During the supper adjournment, Captain Mace, on behalf of the settlers of the district, presented Sergeant Adlam with an illuminating wristlet watch suitably inscribed. In making the presentation Captain Mace remarked that Sergeant Adlam left New Zealand with the First Expeditionary Force to Samoa, where he spent seven or eight months. On his return he immediately volunteered for the front, but owing to路 blood poisoning the Defence Authorities said he must rest for the time being. He had now recovered and would in' due course be leaving for the front. Captain Mace said he wished there were many more young men as keen to get away and do their bit as Sergeant Adlam had been. It was the duty of every man who could possibly go to do so and fight, not for England and her Dominions alone, but for civilisation generally. Gerald Chong (1910), who enlisted in the Medical Corps and left New Zealand with the 13th Reinforcements, has written a most interesting letter from Sling Camp on August 30, in which he gives news of several people well known to Old Boys of this school. We make the following extracts : At 4.30 p.m . on :b~ rid.ay we left for Bulford station, in teeming rain, en route for London. The train was late in starting, and we thought we would miss the up express, but luckily it was late also, so we just had time to connect. The eighty miles to London were covered .i n an hour and a half, so no time was lost. Whlle stepping oft the platform at Waterloo I ran into Tom Kirkby , who is working at the New Zealand Records Office. Then we took a tube to Peel House, and were only able 'to secure a shakedown in an adjacent school, which is now used as an annex when Peel House is overtaxed. Went round to the cafe and met Kirkby again, and he told me there was a New Zealand home in Russell Square, under the charge of Miss Grant. Next morning (Saturday) I went round, and, sure enough, there was Miss Grant buzzing about like a. little bee. I booked a bed and then had a chat, scoring two theatre tickets . After dinner I went down the Strand and all .of a sudden I met David Brown (the Browns from Mangorei) . He has been wounded and is now recuperating at Walton-on-Thames. At 2 p.m. I went back to j路oin a party going to St. Paul's and a. very old monastery. While waiting for the drag, two or three nurses came round the corner and were talking to Brown. One of them kept looking at. me, and I thought the face was familiar, so I went over to her , and she turn ed out to be Sister Lee. The brake then arrived, and I had to go. First of all we drove round to a. very o1d monastery close to Smithfield market. Smithfield market, by the way, is where the martyrs of the olden days were burned alive at the stake. This monastery

SERGEANT E. C. DAY.

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1s over 600 · years old, and is now used as a refuge for infirm males, nobles wh-o have suffered a downfall. They are admitted provided they do not possess an income exceeding £60, and 1·eceive £40 per annum from the institute. This place is important from an historical standpoint, being the only structure of medieval times left standing in London . The history relating to it is too tiresome to relate, so I'll pass on to St. Paul' s Cathedral. On entering one is immediately struck by the exquisit ~ architecture of the ceilings and waJls. The ceiling is covered with beautiful designs, all worked by hand. Our guide explained everything as we went along. Then we went down to the crypt, where li e in peace the bodies of Lord Roberts, Lm:d Nelson , the Duke of Wellington, etc., etc., and all the clergy wlio have served with the church. The pigeons abound in hundreds-feed ·o r per ch in one's hand , so tame have they become.

Private Ray Okey, who is acting as a dispatch carri er with the New Zealand force s in France, writing to his broth er, Mr. Alf. Okey, of Frankley Road, on September 28, says that for the past two or three weeks the New Zealanders had been through the heaviest fighting they had experienced. They h ad b een able to hold the objectives which they h ad taken and whilst their c~sualties had been heavy they had at the sam e time caused very seriou s lo sses to the Huns. Referring to the first clay' s operations in the big offensive he says :~ At daybreak there commenc_e d a terrible cannonade by our artillery-simply one l-ong screech of shells-and the noise was s uch that the men could hardly hear eacl). other speak. Later in the morning I could see our fel1ows advancing very coolly as t hough on parade, and there were dozens of pLanes knocking around. Our battalion had eventually shifted up acr-oss land that was once covered with green grass, but since the war had become more 1ike a deser t. It was covered wit h sbe11 boles, and many a British soldier lay there in his last sleep. By this time our fe llows wer e bringing in dr-oves of German prisoner s, who seemed t:J be of aU ages and very frightened. The Huns' artillery had started going properly and shells were coming along our whole front, and l<'ritz did not care for them very much. They rolled in the whole day , but we had seen the first of r eal war. Our fellows were everywhere, some killed and others wounded, coming in on stretchers, a nd walking -o r crawling. I had to be crossing the field which was constantly shelled and saw chaps killed , expecting every minute that my turn would ~me, but I could see it was no use worrying and kept going on, but not before I had t hrown a good deal of my gear away, including overcoat and oilsheet. You might think this was a foolish act, but I felt fi t to drop. All I wanted was t o get through and I felt I could only do so by trave.l ling light. I managed to pull through all right, although once I thought I had scored a nice little wound, a piece of shell striking me on the arm, but causing nothing more serious t han a black bruise. The night was spent in a bit of a German t rench which was badly battered by our fi.re. No wonder Fritz could not stand it . Their dead lay thick in this bit of trencl1 t hat was left.

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Private Okey then goes on to relate that the following morning when delivering a dispatch he met his brother Lionel, who had been in reserve. They had a little talk and when he turned to get his message to take back a shell seemed to land behind them. Many of shelter, getting a killed just

of our fellows fell, but I managed to reach some sort and after a few minutes, during which time we were deluge ·o.f shells, I discovered that Lionel had been where we stood talking.

One of our Old Boys, Trooper Gordon F. Salway, who entered the school in February, 1904, was reported "missing" after the fighting in Romani in July. No news was h eard of him for a long ti:rne, and the worst was feared. However,, after about three months, the Government was advised that he is a prisoner of war at Afion Kar Hissah, and he has now written to his mother saying that he is in perfect health and she has nothing to worry about. 'rhe circumstances under which Salway was lost are described in the following letter from Corporal Cliff Tate, of Waitara, who was in the same troop: Our squadron were ordered to advance .o n to a certain position. As is usual, a "screen" was thrown out, but as is also usual when the enemy .are known to be about, a.n addi'tional scr een was thrown ·o ut slightly ahea.d of the screen, acting as sort of scouts . Gordon, who was doing good work in the troop , was with the latter. He and his pals were riding some distance apart when, crossing a small sand ridge, one of the boys suspected the presence of Turks and shouted a warning to the others. Almost inunediately he caught sight .of them and shouted again. His warning was ·of no avail, however, as almost simultaneously the Turks , who had laid a clever ambush, opened fire with machine-guns and rifles. It was a case ·of every man for himself, and it was wonderful how any escaped. Gordon w.as closest to the Turks, and had the least chance of any. A man named Rew, riding next to him, w.as fatally wounded, but the boy next to him again managed to get him back to the squadron, where the poor cha,p succumbed . The Turks followed up this advantage and compelled our. chaps to retire until they fell back on the mam body. Here . It was found that Gordon was missing. As the Turks had advanced strongly ·o ver the spot where all this occm'red, no possible action could be taken on his behalf. I call{ assure you that I got the shock of my life on rejoining the troop that evening when I heard what had ·Occurred. This happened on July 28. The Australians temporarily occupied this ground the next day. but reported no sign of any of our men. From then until August 4. when the Turks made their big attack, and later until we had them on the run .o n the 7th, they were in occupation . The ver:> first chance that we had whim ·our regiment went out on the 8th. a few of us cut out to the spot and had a hunt around. No"·· one of our boys who was riding ·rn the screen '6ehind Gordon. at some distance, was certain that he saw someone fall from Ins horse, but could not say whom. It. therefore ap~eared t o _ns that if Gordon had been killed we should find some signs of IllS bod~·· W e could not even find the signs ·of a mound where anyone might

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~ave been buried. As we surmised, Gordon's horse must have been

I_n stantly sho_t under hi~, as we found it buried (by the Turks) u ght where It fell. A httle further away we had f.ound his rifle. It would therefore w.ppear a.Jmost certain that Gordon was wounded. The nfle had a b~lJet hole thr·ough the sling. Now, in the event of Gordon bemg m the hands of the Turks, aliv~ ·o r wounded, you may rest assured that he is well cared for as the Turks h ave pr·o ved themselvt::s worthy fighters . That is absolutely all the mformation avrulable at pl'esent. ·Of course, there IS always t~e chance ·Of some news turning U;P, in which case I w1ll not fml to acquaint you of such immediately. ,~ 10m · "S omme " -w h ere m . F<ranee, on September 28, .r: Corporal Alan Matthews (Taranaki Infantry) sends a cheery letter to his people at Fitzroy:-

I am having what you might call a great time. 'l'he pavers have told you where we are, and also our casualties in this little stunt-G.a llipoli fades into oblivion before it, in some ways. I have seen the most wonderful and awful sights imaginable-sights which. no painter 9f battlefields has ever produce<! or ever can m the1r awful_ reahty . You really can't ima,gine what a modern battlefield IS hke. From where we were bivouacked yesterday, I could look ·o ut north, east, south and west to the skyline, a nd see not a blade of grass or green leaf. All is desolation and destruction-one shell-hole crest forming the crest of the next, a.nd this for miles. The various woods (n·ow so famous in reports) consist of what looks in the distance exactly like a New Zealand bush-clearing aft-er a g·ood burn. W e, of course, have no real trenches, and everyone digs in when we stop any considerable time in one place. D ead men and equipment are everywhere, and you walk over them and have tucker a longside them in the most unconcerned manner. Our chaps, as you no doubt heard, distinguished t h emselves as usual, though Charlie Holmes, our new Sergeant-Major, said to me that his utmost imaginations of the horrors of war were more than realised. However, I can tell you for an absolute fact that we really have our Mr. Hun well by the wool, and he never waits for the bayonet. He either surrenders or runs for his life, and it is only his artillery that saves him. As a result we are all full of confidence for the future. Om· artillery fire is perfectly wonderful, and Mr. Beech Thomas describes things very correctly. The scenes I b.\tve seen from where our line originally •was to where it now is-over some seven ·Or eight miles of countryare beyond description. The whole place is a "stunner," and one sees to the full old "Blighty" at her full power and strengthand she's formidable indeed. All the country I speak of, t hough , is still covered with remains of the vast strUJggle-overturned motor-wagons , smashed limbers, railway lines twisted and turned into all shapes, and various other signs of the great push. 'Up nearer the front , of course, the signs of destruction change, and one sees there the dead-German and ·OUr owp.-mixed up with rifles, overcoats , mess-tins and various equipment, and halfburied in a slough of craters and mud. Our lads had a most trying time, and it has been wet for days, but they far outstripped the T·ommy divisions, and I can now see why they are considered so superior to the latter. For myself, much to my disappointment, I was out of the w-orst three

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or four days, being sent back to base the morning of the attack, as I was needed for the work of reorganisation when we came out. However, I soon rejoined the company, and we were "bivied" on the land we took )-ast week, up till a day <>r tw<> ago, when we moved back again a little way. Young H.on. White was killed just alongside me on the mo~·n ,ing of the attack, when we were standing on the par~pet watchi~g the effect of a terrific bombardment by our artillery. Our captam (Captain Jardine) and myself have found his grave, which is on the battlefield, where he was shot, and we have put up a. wooden cross, and also the skipper has advjsed the Graves H.egi.stration Committee as to its whereabouts. Lionel Okey was also lolled the · same morning, but I don't know where he is buried. We are still under fire, but hope to go out for a short rest shortly. Wea.t her conditions (with n~ blankets, a~d It' s pretty cold), and sleeping on foul gro1:1nd with no covermg except an oilsheet, are not ca.lculated to Improve the health of the boys, but all the the same most of us manage to keep pretty fit and are :well hardened off now. Have had several narrow escapes lately, though am still safe and likely to ~emain a de~l, more s,~ than the bulk of my pals, though I have twice ask~ to go over when our chaps do, but have been refused both times . <?ne has to d<J as he's told in this "damn" outfit , but I really thmk t.he other chaps have to go through more than L so am not quite satisfied.

Corporal Matthews mentions that the delivery of parcels and letter s in his company _is excellent, and he has re ceived all the parcels sent him, and by the last mail nine l etters and a Budget. Sten. Hlll'le, who is a lieutenant attach~d to one of the English regiments in Franc~, sends a kind of diary from which we m ake the followmg extracts : 6-4-16.-To-day I paid my first visit to t~e front line of trenches, going into those just in front of the v1llage ?f 1 Aucto~ villers, occupied by the K.O.S.B. The trenches are veiy comfortable. Had a look over the parapet into the village of Beaumont, occupied by the Germans. Everything appeared blown to pieces, and no life about the place. H.eturned by way ·Of a path supposed to be under machine-gun fire, but nothing happened. At \J p.m . hell broke loose. Every gun in this part of the hne seemed to be in action and they spoke with the volubility of a Frenchman. For an h~ur and a half it lasted. The. sky presented the spectacle of a huge fireworks display, and th.e dm was comparable to something worse than the w<>rst thunderstorm ~hat ever happenet Verrey's lights went up in scores, and mdicated <>nly too bn liantly the line ·Of the fwnt trenches. T~e bo:nbardment ceasr as suddenly as it had begun. Next mornmg disc~vered. that t e Germans had made a raid on a point .just nc;trth of sa:hent, and captured fourteen. Eighty-four casualties duri~g the mght.k Our own artillery was ignorant of the .spo~ at 'YhiCh th~ attac 'd.as bein made owing to all commumcatwn wires havmg een . estro:ed-an example of the idiocy of relying enti~elyL upont wues above ground when there has been a~ple opportumty to pu some underground, if only as emergency wues.

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8g . 7 -4-16.-Took a digging I,>arty to F·ort Witherington in reserve hues, where I had a grand view of all mght operati<>ns for several mil~s along the line. There was, however, not a great deal of activity. 8-4-16.-Practised patrolling No-Man's-Land for purpose of gaining information in regard to enemy's entanglements and entrenchments. After crawling on hands and knees <>ver 200 yards <>f bog and ploughed land I did not present a drawing-room appearance. However, was successful in not being seen by men manning the trenches, and received congratulations of C.O. upon report sent in. 9-4-16.-At 10 p.m. took a working party up to the front line trenches. At one point had to pass ·o ver a piece ·of road that the previous evening had received a good deal of attention from the enemy's artillery . N<>thing happened to us; in fact, nothing eve r ·Seems to happen to me. 1\>o evening's back l was detailed to take out a working party that was afterwards taken by another officer, as I was suddenly required elsewhere, and that party had the satisfaction of being shelled and came out of it all right. 12-4-16.-T.ook a workng party to Auctonvillers, and had a most unpleasant morning mending trenches as the rain came down in torrents all the time. When darkness fell the battalion moved fwm Englehelmer to Mailly Maillet, a distance of about a n~ile and a half . It wa s horribly wet and muddy, but the new billets were qmte good. . 13-4-16 .- :.\f oved from l\Iailly to immediate support of firingline. My dug-out was in the communication trench known as Piccadilly, a nd though rather cold and miserable looking when I went u~to It 1t .was soon qmte "comfy" and glowing with tha warmth of a ha stily-constructed brazier. 14 to 18-4-16.- In t~ e trenches: One night I was required to take a party to erect 'Yire entanglements m front of the firinglme. Were und er machme-gun fire all the time and although none of my party were hit a .sergeant of the l\lunster Fusiliers only about M ym:ds on my left received three bullets in his legs. The very next mght I had a party constructing a n ew trench when the beggars got on to us with shrapnel and sent over five or six shells that burst far too close to be comfortable. However once again luck was in and no ·one was hit. On the 18th, wh~n we were marclung back from the trenches, the last man of my party had JUSt l ~ft a commumcatw,n trench when, plonk !-right in the middle of It dropped an H .K-a very narrow escape indeed. If only they h ad been two minutes earlier they w<>uld have bagged at least half-a-dozen of us. The last dug-out I had, the mice occupied mostly . There were hundreds of them and some of them were so tame that they were not averse to eating off the same table at the ~.a me trme as yourself. Back to Mailly in a heavy hailstorm, arnvmg there at 2 a.m . wet to the ~Skin and no chance of a change till the morning-no wonder we· get rheumatics. But the rum helps things a little. Hl to 21-4-16.-At Mailly-Maillet; working parties. Plenty of rain ~nd consequent mud. 22-4-16.-Moved from Mailly to Anchouvillers. Here the billets are full of shell holes-in fact t h ere is very little of the village left standing, it being constantly unuer the shell fire of the Germans. At the first it is anything but an experience to be quietly ·e njoying a meal when suddenly, erash - - and a shell bursts in the backyard; and all the time ·o ne can hear the whirr

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of the sh!'llls as they fly over the housetop to strike some battery or othe~ pomt away to the rear . But you soon get used to these fi endish fellows and learn to judge whether one is coming your "·ay ·Or not. It lS the whizz-bangs that are so unpopular with u~ all. They come on you so suddenly that ther e is no time to get out of th e way ; you no sooner hear the whizz than the shell explodes and the fragments scatter themselves around youhence the name " whizz-bang. " 23 to 27-4-16.-At Anchouvillers w<J had rather bad weather up to the last -couple of days and so experienced what the trenches wer e like when half-full of water. I should have mentioned before that AnchouviJ!er s is prac tically in the firing-line the fr.o nt-line trenches being only a matter ·of a couple .of hundred yards m fr-ont of the village. On one occasion th e village was shelled very heavily and e'veryone wa-s forced to beat a hasty r etreat to the cellars. The last cou:ple -of days th ere was beautiful sunshin e and the trenches soon dned up with the help of numerous working parties.

A. M. NacDiarmid, who left New Zealand as Officer Commanding the troops by the transport Maunganui on June 26th, ha s kept a Yery complete diary. By the kindness of Mrs. MacDiarmid we are permitted to make extracts or p:recis . The diary begins with the departure from W ellington, and terminates (so far) with the arrival at and settling down in Sling Camp on Salisbury Plain. The Maunganui had a rough passage as far as I<'remantle, and it took most of those on board som e time to get us ed to the sea. Captain MacDiarmid says " the ship was like a rabbitwarren ." There wer e several other transports at Fremantle. A short stay was made there, and the troops were all taken on shore for a route march, and were also given leave. After the · rough passage this leave and this exercise was all the more n ecessary. The time ·on board was taken up by routine duty and by a consill erabl e amount of r esponsible and continuous work on the part of the officers. The rough weather, the crowded st ate of the ,>hip and the inexperience of most of the men, who were at sea for the first time , made it difficult at first to keep the ship in as orderly a condition as necessary. The coaling at ports of call, too, did not help the cleaning and the keeping clean. At both P erth and Fremantle the officers were admitted as members ·Of the various clubs, and met with a h earty i·eception. The description of t he places visited are most interesting. The Swan River opens out above Fremantle into a broad lake-like reach , at the upper end of ''"hich is .situated P erth. The mouth of t he river is very narrow , only 400ft. wide. P erth IS not a particularly fine city, and t he shops are distinctly poorer than are those in the larger towns of N ew Zealand. On July 8th , the Maunganui, i!IJ company with th e Tahiti, left Fremantle. 'fhe two transports had a specially rough passage to Durban. On- the latter there were no fewer than three death s, while on the form er there was one. A fun eral at sea is even more depressing thaD( one on land. On each ship , too, there were quite a. number of cases of measles-mostly of th e German type. Captain MacDiarmid h ad also the expen ence of be ing innoculated for t yphoid. During the passage across the Indian Ocean many flying-fish and several whales wer e seen. In

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fact_ Durban is at preseJnt the h eadquarters of a flourishing whalmg mdustry . At present the pnce of whale-o1!, £25 per ton, often en sures a profit of 60 per cent. On July 22nd, Durban was r eached, and the troops from the M aunganui and from the Tahiti were land ed. The latter , however, on account of the sickness dur~ng . the voyage, had no leave, but _simply had a, route march . Their more fortunate comrades obtamed leave and were able to see somethmg of th e town. All accounts agree in stating that Durban is a muclL fin er city in every way t han Cape Town. The latter 1s larger , to be sure, but is less beautiful, and is inferior m _Its buildmgs and arrangement . Durmg a motor ride in the residentw! part of the town ·o range-trees in full fruit were seen every"·here Ind!"ed at one place two little girls threw a supply <Jf the npe frmt mto the car. The n cksha w Is one of the instituti?ns of Durban, . even more so than Colombo. The original home of tins veh1cle Is J apan . . In Durban one took Captain MacDwrmJd a dist ance of a m1le and a half in under a quarter of an hour. Some idea of the cost of living m ay be obtained from the fact that one New Zealander resident in Durban is paying £30 a month rent . On July 23rd, Durban was left, and the ships h eaded south. H ere a strong wmd blowing in a. dir ection opposite to that of th e celebrated Agulh as Current -caused an extraordinary rough sea . and 1~1uch d~ scomfo rt r esulted. It is supposed that somewhere m th1s loca hty the Ill-fated W aratah capsized. On July 26th, Ca pe Town was reached. He!re a stay of four days was made. The troops wer e taken ·on shore and had route-marches, and a ~ood deal of leave. The officer s manage~ to se~ n early everything m the town worth seemg. The chief sights of mter est were the famous Table Mountain and Groot Schur the residence of the late Cecil Rhodes .. The extraordinary polygl~t and polychrome nature of the populatwn was also of the highest inte r est: At Cape Town was met an old Boer who h ad fought agam st us under General Bot ha _sixteen years ag_o . H e was now enthusiastically loyal t o the Bntish Empne, ow m g largely to the generous treatment ext ended to t h e Boers after t he war. While the troops were being exerCi sed ashore a gun was_ placed on the tran sport , and naval g unne r ~ taken aboard. Th1s was some s ort of defence against submanne:S. The gunners had practice at -s ea, firing a.t a packing case t h_r-own overboard, and good practiCe was m ade. Cape Town was left on July 30th, a nd sever al transports filled with troops "·er e now taken und er charge of a man-of-war. The weather in th e Atlantic was distinctly better, and the conditions of tlie voyage "·er e th_erefore much more plea sant. The most annoying part of t he busmess was t he slown ess of one of the Australian transports. The crossing of the "Line" was celebrated with the usual cer emonies . Several -s hips were met, and the r eality of the war '~a s every .Jay brought nearer home. The escort cir cled round and z1g-zagged abo ut her convoy " lik ~ a dog rounding u p sh eep ." The only port -of _.call wa s at Dakar, m Sen egal, a Fren ch possession. N? one '"enti ashore except one or two of the _.officers. 'fhis part of the Afn can coast has J.ong h ad the r eputatwn of being one of the un_h ealt lnest S_Pots on the face of the globe. It is, however, The esoortmg m an-of-war quietly slipped ex.ceedmgly beautiful. off dunng; the stay h ere, and another took her place. When in the same la.titude as Gibraltar wireless communication was .s et up with the Eiffel Tower . At last the B ay of Biscay was enter ed , and t he destroyer s took ch arge of the convoy . Of course all sorts of

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rumours "-ere in the air of the> presence of hostile s ubmarines, mid uo preca uti-on wc"ts n eglected_ 'J'he m en 1rore life-belts, rafts and boats w-ore r ea dy, and u fully armed guard \Yas always r eady .for instant action. A r ewu rd of £5 was -o ffered to the man 1\ho first detected a periscope. However , no uttack was made by the enemy, nnd on A uo-u st 21 the convoy arrived safely at Plymouth . The troops 11.:er; lnnded and sent on to Sling Camp by truin. 'rhere they 1rero distnbuted to their yanous statwns . Captam MacDJar~ mid amply confirms all that we Juwe h eard of the great. beauty of ]J;naland. A three clays' leave gave h1m an opportumty to see son~ethino- -of London. On 1Iis return to Salisbury Plain h e had to put ir:" a few days und ergoing a course in field -c ookery! \Ve hope he "·ill put his knowledge to good u se on lus r eturn to Ne11· Zealand. After this com·s a h e resumed h1s duties with the Rifle Brigade (the " Dinkums") . . At tlus point this instalment . of the diary closes, and "·e lea ve hun m cmnp heurmg almost contmuously the boom of guns, the crack of nfles the sharp and distant explosion of hand-bomb s, and the hum of aer-o planes : \Ve nobce t hat in one place he talks of go mg over to the trmnmg school for nviators and -of ha.ving a fly.

When I shall go up the line depends upon the casualties sustained by the Rifle. Brigade. At present I belong to A Company, N.~. 3rd ( Hifles) Brigad e Details. ln any case, if all goes well, I shall either be in or near the firing line within a month. I expect I sha ll feel queer for a while when I hear the boom of the guns. ~~-hich they say shakes one's n erves up for a bit . Of course one do es not kno11· how he 11·ill feel n-s h e has a very faint idea of what it is like. I spent a fortnight in .l!]gypt before coming her e, and it was ([Uite long enough for m e, as durmg that time I experienced a heat"·avc of three days' duration. The t emp erature in the t ents was bet11·e e:n 110 and 120 degrees . So you see it ,,-ns uncomfortab ly hot. I \\'a s lucky enough to get le::tve to visit Cairo, our camp being a p Tel-el-Kebir just near the battlefield where General Wolseley defeated Arnbi Pa sha. I visited the P yramids and the Sphinx, ancl had a loe>k at the different parts of the city. A clay is far too short a time to do anything but to see a fe11· of the most important places. Among the things that I took particular notice of were tii'O JUohammeclan funerals. One of th em was the funeral of a man who had visited Mecca, 11·hile the other was that of one who hnd not made. the pilgrimage. The coffin of the former was a very gay-looking affair, and was preceded by flag-bear ers carrying gay flags , whil e~ the c offin of the latter was just plain black and was preceded by men without flags. \Ve have just r eceived n ews of Lord Kithcener's death, and lroulcln't believe it till we saw the papers~ which proved it to be only too true. I suppose h e will be succeecled by Sir ..William H,obertson, Chief of the General Staff.

Lieut. Strathie Ewing writes from Sling Camp, Salisbury:On the 1ray home the transport called at Durban and ,at Capetown. The latter place is distinctly inferior to the former m beauty and attra-c tiveness . At Capetown the' troops . wer e quarantined for a short time. The ship called at the Cape Verde Islands, and there the first British man-of-l>a.r was met. More of these ''ere met later on, and finally a destroyer escorted the transport safely to D evenport. The trO?PS then went by tram to Slmg Camp. They were greatly surpnsed and delighted 1nth the beauty of England. On their arrival at Sling Camp the men were dispatched to their r espective quarter s, and some of the officers were fortunate enough to get two da ys' leave to VJSit London. St1:ath1e was one of these. He met friends th ere, and these show ed hun as many of the sights of the city as could be seen in the short tim e at h1s dispo sal. ·while he 1Yas1 in London there was a Zeppelm raid and one -of the marauders wa<; brought clown. H e says that as soon as a Zeppelin crosses the German border news is received in London and all preparations to meet it are made. M.~ny of the men of the 15th Reinforcements were to go to the front m a week or t1ro, while the officers were to be kept back for a couple. of months or so. Lieut. Ewing has been transferred to the S1gnallmg CompatlJ, 2nd Auckland Regiment. He expects to be sent to an instruction school for a six weeks' cour se of trammg. Meanwhile h e ha s been able to pay a visit both to Glasgow and to Edinburgh to vis it r e~lation s there. He conclud es h1s letter by remarkmg on th e beauty of Edinburgh. By t he time this is in print he WJll, no doubt, be at the front.

A. P. Burkhardt writes from France a letter dated June 6th:I ani now in Fra.nce about forty miles, as the crow flies, behind th e firing line_ We are being instructed by . officers and serge·a nts who have come down for a rest. '\Ve are bemg taught trench ta ct ics and haYe done -s ome bomb-thro11·ing. Vv e h ave had gashelmets issued and have worn them onc_e but have _not been through the gas yet. This camp is a cletmls camp , ~fat IS , a ~am,!? from which men are clra1\·n as they are reqmred up the lme,

Since the above was written news has come through that Rifleman A. P. Burkhardt has made the supreme , acri:fi.ce. An Old Boy writes from Albany on his way to the front:Just a line to let you know that I am keeping well. '\Ve arrived her e yesterday after a rather rough trip from Auckland. We landed this morning .!'or a five-mile route march to stretch our legs, and hav e been dismi ssed for the 1·est of the clay. The routine on board. so far , has been very light, our chief trouble being to find nmusement for ourselves. Please remember mel to Mr. Moyes. the masters and the boys. Hoping the Scliool is still holding well nnd keeping up its reputation.- 1 mn, yours sincer ely, L. G. Eyre.

Honulcl ·white writes from France:Just a fe~Y lines to let you know that I am well an~ have not forgotten you. I can honestly say that I am sorry I d1d not pay mor0 ·attention to m:y French 1Yhile at school. The COUJ?-try over her E> is beautiful and , as you know, Southern Frunce IS known all over the world as a fine summer r esort. We are nght m the thick of it now, and can notice fn~sh faces in the platoon every week co ming in to fil.l the vacancies cr.u secl b~r the c ruelty of war . The people of France are very hospitable and they have a lot of time for th e Ne"- Zeala nd ers and t h e Austrahans, and they cannot do cmough for you, provided ~on treat th~m ]lroperl~' . It seem<; years since I was at school , nncl I \Youldn t mmd commg back tomorrow. Certainly we had a bit of "swat" to do , but ~here were P.O shells, high explosives, whiz-bangs, rifle-grenades flymg about,

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and I .would rather. "swat" ail my life than live among these devilIsh thmgs. There IS no doubt about it! the boys I am among are som e of the best. and bravest. You,. Will be pleased to hear that Syd . Paul has gamed his commission in the field , and two more of our boys have go~e to the Old Country to• sit for theirs. I have seen qmte a lot of the New Plymouth boys over here, and they all 1nsh to be remembered to you . Si~ce :writing tlie above, Ronald White has also laid

clown h1s hfe for the righteous cause. Lance-Corporal 0. J. Hamblyn writes from France on October 18, 1916 :You have perhaps been wondering why I have not answered your letter .of July 22 ere this and given you some news of the Old Boys with us, as you wished me. I was in the trenches, up to my eyes m mud, when your letter came, and since then not a chance have I had even to drop .a line home. However, I think we ar~ settled. down now, for a while at least, ~nd I shall try to give you some Idea of what the boys from :Ma·onland have been doing lately. Of course our little force was but an item in the mass that sll'ept over the Hun lines on the morning of September 15. We tlwught we had seen a bombardment, but our eyes were opened that mornmg, ::-nd many of us felt something like pity for the l?Oor beggars m the trencl:es opposite. They talk of a ram of lead; ,that \\'as a deluge.. There were the eighteenpounders and. 4.5 s (howitzers) stan~mg wheel to wheel, and the gm;mers workmg hke demons. Behmd them were the siege battt?n es, . and furthe~· ba ck the heavy artillery (anything between eight mch and fifteen). The.y set up I think four barrages . one (shrapnel) on "No. Man'.s Land ," ~alled a c~·eeping barrage; t hen a cloubfe one (higl~ explosive and shrapnel) on his front trench. with a fourth (high explosive) on ltis next line. Besides t h ese there "·er e certain guns "strafing" communication lines and roads. W.ell, at 6.20 over went t!:Ie 2nd Brigade, in extend~d order, lme after lme. The creepmg barrage lifted on to the front lme, and they. got up to within 60 yards. Then no sooner h.ad the barrage hfted off the. trench than the boys were Ill to fimsl1 off "·hat \Yas left. ~i\.s Fntz says the 'l'ommies come soon after the barrage, but the colonials c~me with it. That is a gr~at point, as h e ca n't get his machine-guns up in time. Our Bngade then went over, and did about two miles in Indian fil e (artillery formation) ; they took their objectives and consolida.t ed quickly. But Fritz had his machine-guns well planted and did a. lot of dam age. His artillery also of course wa~ pounding m1·ay the whole time, and really it' s a.' marvel ho~ anyone lives through .s uch a hell. There was not a blade of grass left on the ground we went over. It wa s torn and rent into thousands o~ holes . When a chap looks back on that day he has but a dm1 recollection :of struggling on climbing in and out of huge holes, of men fa.llmg all round , and wondering why he himself is n~t hit. That was the worst part, mates whom we have been with all through blown to bits within a few yards. An~way , we took all tha~ was req~i~·ed of us, and helped to make a bigger name for our little Dmmmon. 'Ve had to wait for th e Tommies to <Jome up on either side, so rapid \Yas our advance. But I don't suppose the papers I.eft much unsaid i I think myself the;v go a bit too far. We qmte expected to oe relieved and

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sent right ~ut of the trenches within a couple of days, but that was a deluswn. Y'le were backwards and forwards between front line a.ncl supports. for more. than a. month, taking more and more ground and puslung our !me further ahead. The Tommies had b ~en ot~t and back again, but W il lived there in the mud the whole time without a wash or shave. You can imagine the wrecks we looked. It was a l~ard test, the .s tiffest any troops have had down there. 'Vhen 1t rained the mud ' as awful. At night the long lines of transport cut up the roads into a frightful mess t~en Fritz would blow ~p a whole team. That meant the blockag~ of th e whole system till the limber, dead horses and men were thrown clear. 'Vithout actually seeing it you couldn't imagine the amount of transport that passes along those roads, most of them just soft mud. I've seen a road laid down with 18in. of metal, and in a day and a half you would take it f.or a very old road. It's a tremendous task this of driving back the Huns, but from what I have seen he can't stop us. It'.s just a s teady, methodi~al push , and squash at the same time. As for fight, that is with the bayonet , Fritz can't make a show. I h eard of not a single Hun meeting one of our ·Chaps. After we left down there we travelled back the way we came by train and road, finishing up "·ith a motor ride to the trenches ngnin. 'Ve wer e Ojlt about ten days altogether. This is a nice qui et show, and I think we are here for the winter, doing reliefs in and out ·of the trenches. " re have just been issued our 11·inter clothing, and should weather the cold all right. Just at present 1 am attached to h eadquarters, taking recruits f.or instruction in the r~mYis gun. 'Ve are guite comfortable here, and I'm enjoying myself. Fancy .sleeping in a bunk, even if it was made by th e pionee1·s, "·ith a couple of blankets, after sleeping in a. muddy tr ench. in a little hole made in the side without even an overcoat. It wa s quite pleasant when the roof of the hole subs ided. Still. I'm not dead yet, and worse thingl'l than tha.t have happened . I r emember one night sleeping in a dug-out that J found next morning was propped up by a dead Hun. But I promised to give you some nell'S of some of the old boys. There are very few that I know anything about. You see most of them belong to the other two brigades. However, there are a. few I can give you news of . George Bendall had just joined our 1st Battalion, and it was his very first time in the trenches; 11·e had just gone up to take over ready for the advance when he was caught by a shell and kill~d instantly. Frank Billing, of tl~e 1st Brigade,. I saw at a dressmg s tation . He had been shot Ill th e leg b:v a. machine-gun while making a strong post in front of hi s company just after they took a fresh trench. H e had to hobble back as best he could through a heavy shell fire, a distance A boy perhaps you still rememof quite three and a half miles. ber, although not an old boy , was Claude Roberts, son of the contractor. H e was a. splendid fellow , cool and collected the IYhole tim e. He had done splendid work ; and had just been placed in charge of his platoon, and got them going at cleaning up th e captured tr ench, when he was killed , together with his captain and fiv e men. He was a lance-corporal. and well li~ed by everyone. 'Vould you please give his father the few particulars I ha've g~ven you if you see him at any time? Richards and Guild have not jomed up yet. although they are ?ver .here now. The last time I saw Roy Okey h e was R.S.M. m his battalion (l:>t Wellington). Qorporals E. Stanley and Allan Mathews are still

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with their companyi路 Mathews is in t h e Records. Ch arlie Potts of Stratford, is stil going str-ong, h aving been through the lot~ Dick Mace is a l ance-corporal in t he 3rd Battalion of this Brigade. There seem to be very few old boys in my battalion, and one does not get a chance to look up mates in t he other brigades or battalions. However, if I get a chance at all I sh all make a point of getting a r ecord of all old boys I can get hold of , in the mfantry at any rate. I've ju st h eard about the blaze you had. at the school. I don't su ppose you were sorry, except that many of t h e 路old reoords have gone. I' ll be seeing quite a fla sh city by the time I get back. I was pleased indeed to hear that you had settled both Te Aute and Wanganui Tech. 'l'h e boys, I think, will always t urn out a good team . But I was more than pleased to h ear of t he good score they made -on the miniature range. lf they don't pull that off I ' ll 1ralk over and see Fritz again. \ Vas t hat true t hey go{ second again in the Schools 路of the Empire? Certainly you are having a hard time with the masters, but I don't think it will be f.or long now. I've always given it three year s, and I think that will be the end all right. Well, t his is a disjointed affair I must say, and r-ough too, but we're all that way now and I'm afraid I shall n eed a deal of polishing up when I'm wanted to go on in the old ways of life. Still it's all an education t h at will never .come amiss. As for talking French, I often have great fun acting as interpreter f.o r the boys. I r emember once I had to buy a pile of wood f-or a bonfire we wer e having in celebration of the day the battalion left New Zealand. It took me the whole afternoon chasing the owner of a certain pile, each person referring me to someon e else . In the end I got it though. Well , I've managed to live through everything without a day's illness, and with but one or two scratches and several very n arrow escapes . My luck has alw ays been in, and from what I recently heard fr.om the Major there is a good chance of a commission ah ead . Perhaps you have wondered why I have r emained a lancecorporal so long. You see I took on the Lewis gun work , and am k ept noiY as an instructor, chiefly . There are no chances of pr omotion, whereas in the platoon the man that took my place is now t h e sergeant. However , I have a chance of getting Home to a cadet school , at least I have been recommended, and hope to hear more of it shortly . By the time this reaches you I expect your thoughts will be af Christmas, so I will close by wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

It now turns out, according to later information . that G. F. Salway, who was reported as having been ki1led, is a prisoner-of-war in Turkey instead . Word has b een definitely received that he is well, but, of co urse, would much sooner be on active service again . B. Sinclair has been successful m passing college terms at Otago Univer sity foT the Medical Intermediate Examination in Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

"FOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE." R. WHITE-FRANCE, 1916.

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A warded Military Cross : LIEU'l'EN ANT HARPER MERVYN LEPPER. Awarded D.S.O. : LIEUT. -COLONEL IVAN T. STANDISH. Mentioned in Dispatches: PRIVATE CHARLES CHONE.

" For the Empire's eause." CULI,IS, DOUGLAS L., Quartermaster-Sergeant.Douglas Collis entered the School in 1904, and remained there for several years. Shortly after the outbreak of the war h e enlisted, and in due course went to :D ranee. Here he was one of the New Zealanders who distinguished themselves in the offensive on the Somme. He was one of those who made there the supreme sacrifice. \;"\TRITE , RONALD WENWORTH, CorporaL-On September 14th, in action during the offensive on the Somme, Ronald vVhite fell in the service of his country. He entered the School in 1911 and began a business c:n:eer when he listened to the call of duty. H e was only twenty years of age, and his ready offer of service was a proof of the promise of still better things. BENDALL, G . H ., Private.-On September 27th, word was received that George Denaall had died of wounds received during the fighting on the Somme. He was \Yith us for . everal years, and left the School at the end of 19H-. Had b.e lived b.e would have been twenty-one years old in February, and it seems only yesterday that l1e came to say good-bye to us. By his early enlistment and by the supreme sacrifice he has made he has proved that he has made a complete success of his life. HURKliA.HDT , ARTHUH PETER, Pi,ivate.-Peter Burkhardt entered the School in February, 1910 . A.fter staying there for t hree years he went on to his father's property and was engaged in farming. H e enlisted some time ago and was soon at the front in

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] ranee, where he fell in the defence of right and justice in September during the Somme offensive. It seems only like yesterday when he was with us, and those who knew him will long remember his pleasant manner and sterling qualities.

Killed or Died of Wounds: Baily, R. H., Pvt. Lepper, H .M. , Lieut. Bendall, G., Pvt. (Military Cross) Burkhardt, A. P. , Pvt. Mulloy, Wa.ttie, Sgt. Crone, C., Pvt. Okey, S.M., .Sgt. Coates, F. H ., Pvt. Quilliam, Reg. P. , Corp. Collis, D., Q.-M.Sgt. Rider, F. H. , Pvt. Griffiths, S. J. , Pvt. Sole, L. P. , Corp. Hall, V. J . B., Corp. Stoddart, J. H ., Pvt. White, R., Corp .

Wounded: Blythe, H., Gunner Lusk, D. A. , Lieut. Billing, F. H., Corp. Morshead, H. B. , Pvt. Baker, 8. G., Pvt. Malone, T., Trooper Brown, D. B.", Pvt. , M'Connell, T. , Co-r p. Dowling, R. E. C. , Sgt. Matthews, N., Capt. Ellis, W., Pvt. -Mulloy, Wm . Pvt . Ellis, 'f . J., Corp. M 'Isaac, A. R., Lieut. Ellerm, E. B. , Corp. Okey, R. L. , Lieut. Espiner , R. H. , Lieut. Okey, W. P., .Sgt. Hill, L. G., Sgt. Patterson, W. B. , Pvt. Howell, N. B. , Pvt. Stanley, E. C., Corp . Howell , I. J. , Sapper Smith, L., Lance-Corp. Haworth, L. G. , P vt. Simmons, \V. , Trooper Knight, G., Trumpeter West, V. W., Pvt. Linn, B., Corp. Whitham, A., Sgt. Warren, L. A., Pvt.

E>n 1\ctive Service : Adlam, R., Sgt. Avery, H. , Lance-Corp. Arthur, W., Pvt. Armstrong, E., Sgt. Baker, F. R. , Lieut. Bayly, C. , Lieut. Beck, W. C. , Sgt. BeHringer, L., Pvt.

Bollinger, G., Lieut. Bullard, J. N., Lieut. Buxton, T., Capt. â&#x20AC;˘ Blundell, K. , Pvt. Blanchett, R. , Lance-Corp. ffianchett , P. , -Gunner Blanchett, W. , Pvt. Brokenshire, R. , Sgt. " FOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE."

PRIVATE G. H. BENDALL. FRANCE, 1916.

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Bradbury, H ., Sapper Borrie, S., Pvt. Callaghan, :b~. F. , Gunner Cartwright, A., Pvt . Clark, H., Pvt. Chappell, N. M. , :Pvt. Chong, G., Pvt. Coker, A. 0 ., Pvt. Colson, E. D., Corp. Cornwall, C., Major Cornwall, N., Capt., l't.N. Cliff, A. , Pvt. ·Outfield, E., Sgt.,]\'lajor Dockrill, J. , Capt. Day, E. , Sgt. Dumbleton, A . G., Pvt. Ewing , S. K., Lieut . E.yre, L. , Pvt. Faris, E . I., Capt. Fraser, H. , Sgt . Guild, W. A., Sgt. Gibson , C. T. E ., Pvt. Grant, I. P ., Lieut . Grant, A. H. , Corp. Grant, Eric, Corp . Glasgow, B. , Sgt . Gaukrodger, R. , Drinr Goss, L. , Lieut. Gibbons, J ., Gunner Grey, J ., Pvt . Harle, D. A., Lieut. Hancock, R. •r. H ealy, N. R ., Pvt. Hill, S . A ., Sgt . Hawkins, G. J. , Lieut. Hempton, M., Pvt. Hurle, S. H. , Lieu t. H ealy, A., Pvt. Hamblyn, C. J. , Corp. Hill, W. , Corp. Hirst, J. B ., Corp . Heldt, F. , Pvt . Hoby, S., Sgt. Hobson, P ., Pvt. Hooker, H. S. , Driver Jenkinson, W. H. , Pvt .

Johnston, H. N ., Pvt. Kibby, R., Sapper Kimbell, E., Corp. K irton, H. S., Pvt. Kelly, 'r . B. , Corp. Kirkby, V., Pvt. Laing, R., Pvt. Langmuir, E. Little, N. F ., Lieut. Mander, J. H., Pvt. Medway, J., Trooper Mackenzie, R. W., Lieut. M 'Arthur, A ., Sgt. MacDiarmid, A. M ., Capt. Mander, G. ; Trooper Mace, L. , Pvt . . Mackie, H. J., Pvt. M'Allum, L. , Pvt. Morey, A. W., Pvt. Matthews, A. B. , Corp. MacDonald, A. i\1. , Pvt. Martin, G. H. , Pvt. Monteath, R. M., Pvt. Moore, W. E . 'N"ewell, D. R. , Lance-Corp . Olson, E . E. O'Driscoll, A. J. , Pvt. Pridham, C. , Capt. Pearce, H., Pvt. Perry , \V . L. , Corp. Paul, G., Sgt. Paul , Stan. , Sgt. Paul, S ., Lieut. Pott, I. W. , Trooper Pott, Joe, Pvt. Pot t , G. H. , Pvt. Potts, C. H ., Pvt. Quilliam, Ron. , Lieut. 'Russell , G., Q.-M.Sgt . Richards, L. C., Corp. Rowla.nds, F., Pvt. Salway, G. F., Trooper Standish , I. T ., Lieut .Colonel Standish, A. R ., Lieut. Skelton, N. , Pvt. Searle, H . V., Lieut.

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Stapp, A. D., Driver Throssell, F. , Gunner Tunbridge, P . .A. , Sapper West, B . . F., Pvt. W est, H., Pvt.

Woodhouse, R. , S gt. Whitaker, G. L. , Pvt. 'White, K. S. , Pvt. White, C. J., Pvt. W eston, I. W. , P1rt .

As t he above list is by no mea ns complet e t he H ead Illast er would be grat.3ful for any informatio n concerning Old Boys serving with the for ces.

M1\STERS: 1?1\ST 1\ND J?RESENT. 'f hi s t erm we have to chronicle t h e departure of Mr. Searle for Trentham. Ever since he has been with us he ha s thro\\'n himself whole-heartedly in to everything that made for the good of the School and of everything connected with it. H e left u s on Octob er 13th, and was made th e recipien t of presentations from Mast ers and Lays. On principle we r efrain from an y expressions which may seem fulsome; but we venture to say that the rem arkable success achieved by t h e shootin&' t eams was almost entirely due to his untiring e:fforts . Eor a Master to r aise these t eam s to a stat e of effici ency sufficiently high t<;> g ain second place in both the Senior and Junior Schools of the Empire competition , and first place in both ':lJ e Senior and Junior Imperial Challenge Shield competitions, with third place also in the form er is a feat of which anyone migh t well be proud . U nder Mr. Sea rle's management, t oo , the Library has been cxcecclingly well c·on cl ucted, and his uccessor is left n9 light task. W e deeply r egret t h e cause of Mr. Searle' s leaving us, but we ar e proud t h [\t h e has ob eyed the ca ll and has gone t o clo what he cnn. \ V e hope tha t before long peace will b e de claTell and tha t :Ur. Searle will soon be with us again. \ Ve ext end a h e<u t y \Yelcome t 0 jfr. W ynya rcl, who joined us t his t erm. H e was not altogether a stmnger t o us, as he came as manag er of the Te Aute t eam on its \·isit h e1·e last term . \Ye hope :L\Ir. \ Vynyanl " ·ill b aYe n pleasant experience iu New Pl.t·moutll and th at ho will lon g remain \Yith us .

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l Ye h an' to acb lO\\·leclg e '' it l1 th anks th e receip t of i.IJ e foll owing exchanges :- N e\v Plymout h Girls' Higl1 School }ingazine, Sc:inclian, 'f orch , P alm er st onian , Cantc·rbury Colleg e R eYiew, N el sonian, W aitakian, Ash bur-

''FOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE." Q. M. SERGT. D. L. COL LI S- Fl!A~ C E. 1916.

PHI\'A'J'E P. BURKHAIWT.

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tonian, Southlandian, Christ's College Regist,er, Christchurch Boys' High School Magazine, Timaruvian, King's Collegian, A.uckland Grammar School, Chronicle, W ellingtoman, Otago Boys' High School Magazine.

The business manager begs to acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of the following subscriptions :__:I. W. \V eston, '17, '18; A.. Mitchell, '15, '16; Trevor Simpson, ' 16; A. L. Death, '16; Athol Wilson, '15, '16; J . Cliff, ' 15, ' 16; A. Bayly, ' 16; H. Bayly, ' 16 ; P. Grey, '14, '15, ' 11), '17; C. S_. Clarke, '13, 14, '15, '16, '17, '18; A. Glc:!Ut, ' 16.

I?R (351?EeTUS. NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HICH SCHOOL (Established in 1882).

THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL is situated on what is probably one o拢 the finest school sites in the Dominion. Standing on the edge of a plateau that stretches inland from the coast, it commands a magnificent view of the town and the ocean on the one hand, and of Mt. Egmont on the oth er. It is within 15 minutes' walk of the Post Office and the R ailway Station, and is within two minutes' walk of the farfamed Pukekura Park. 'l 'H E SCHOOl, GH.OUNDS cover an are.a of 17 acres, which are laid out in lawns, tennis courts, cricket ground and agTicultural plots. In addition to this, 8 acr es adjoining the School have been leased for the agricultural work in connection with the School. A further area of 11 acres next to the路 School has been permanently secured fo r football grounds. THE BOARDING DEPART ME NT is under the superYision of the Headmaster, whq is assisted by six resident jlasters. There are two houses adjoininO' each other, one being tbe house occupied all along and the other being a fine new building containing 35 rooms. Views of this building, both of the exterior and of the interior, appear in this issue of the Mae-azine. There is ample accommodation in the two houses for between 90 and 100 boaTders. All domestic arrangements ar e in charge of an experieJJ.Ced Matron.

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The following is a brief description of the Principal's house, taken from the "Taranaki Herald":-

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Built of reinforced concrete with rou"'h-cast finish it is indeed an imposing structu're probably unequalled by anything of its kind in the Do~inion. It is situated only .a very short distance :from the School proper, and the SI~e ·appears to. be ~n excellent one, healthy and commandmg: a splendid VI~w. The front P?rtion is mostly two-.stoned, con?rete pillars from the mam entrance supportmg a fine httle balcony, which gives additional attraction to the building. Inside, the plast~r finish, with Oregon panelling, is extremely hands.ome m appearance. On the ground floor the first rooms mspected were the private sitting rooms and dining-room for the Principal, Prefects' room and then tl?-e splen~i~, large dinins--room? to seat 200 boys. rr:here IS a semi~cncular bay wmdow m front, and at the ~Ide there are wmdows wherever practicable, so that there IS an abundan?e of light. This portion is only one-storied, a;nd the room I~ of .good height, grealty assisting ventilatwn. ';('he design· IS good, and the room is, in every respect, Ideal for the purpose for which it was designed. . Then, jutting out £rom the eastern end to the north, IS the most striking portion of the whole buildin"'. Dormitories for 24 boys are here, 12 beds being on th; ()'round floor, and 12 upstairs. The position is such that the dormitories get the benefit of the snn all day long, and they are wonderfully airy and well lighted. The health of the boys has been t~1e first consideration, and it is safe to say that no school m New Zealand can boast of better dormitories. A small wardrobe is provided for each boy and quite near to the dormitories are shower-baths, etc: Cther rooms on ~he. se~ond :floor include the sick bay (three beds), PrmCI pal s quarters (four bedrooms), and a. 'york. room. On the eastern .side of the building pro·vi~Ion IS made for another "wmg" to be ·built at some time in the future. Altogether, the accommodation Gould hardly be improved upon, whether from the point of view of the Principal, the boarders, teaching staff or domestic staff. 'fhe new boarding-house, it is not too much to say, could not be surpassed anywhere in the Dominion. It is a valuable acquisition to the School, to New Plymouth, and to 'l'aranaki.

School UniformThree Uniform Shirts Two Uniform Knickers Three pairs School Stockings One Dark Suit for Sunday One Overcoat Two pairs Boots One pah· House Shoes One pair Rubber Shoes One School Cap and Badge One Leather ·B elt 1'wo Pyjama Suits 'l'wo Soft Shirts suitable for Linen Collars

Two Singlets (i£ worn) Eight Handkerchiefs Four Collars Three Bath Towels One Necktie (black preferred) Brush and Comb Clothes Brush Tooth Brush Tooth Powder One pair Braces One Prayer Book One Boot Outfit

All :uticles must be marked distinctly and a list fixed inside the trunk. 'l'he school is divided into:(1.) The Upper School.-This consists of Forms V., VIA. and Yin. In this department boys are prepared for the following examinations:(a) Junior University Scholarship. (b) Taranaki Scholarship. ' (c) Matriculation. (d) Engineering Preliminary. (e) Solicitors' General Knowledge. (f) *Entran8e Examination for Duntroon Military College. (g) Senior Civil Service. (h) Pupil Teachers' Entrance Examination. *This examination is held in December of each year. The subjects are (compulsory) English, History, Elementary Mathematics, Geography, General Knowledge; (optional- two of the following) Mathematics (Div. II.), Physics, Chemistry, French or German. The course at Duntroon extends over four years, and £Tom the day of their admission to the Royal Military College, cadets need cost their parents nothing. The Government provides £200 a year for each boy, who is, moreover, able to contribute from the age of 16 to the Public Superannuation Fund . On completion of training ~t.the College at the age of 20 or 22 years, the cadets will JOlll the New Zealand Staff Corps, with the rank of

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Lieuten ant at a salary of £250 per annum . At the usual mte 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 yea rs' service, of Lieutenant-Colonel at £600 after 22 years' service, and of Colonel at £750. (II.) The Middle Schooi.-This consists of Forms IliA., IIIn., and I V., and prepares boys for the Upper School. The following examinations may be taken by pupils in this section of the School : Senior National. .Bayly Memorial 1:lcholarship. Senior Free P lace. Public Service Entrance (formerly called Civil Service Junior). 'rHE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.

Scope and Aims.-'rhe 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 offered by a secondary school , it so prepares boys that, on leaving it, they proceed to higher work with a minimum of interruption. The courses o.f study of the Middle and Lower School dovetail, an d , a~ the preparatory syllabus is not fixed by the Ed u cation Depar tment, it can here be modified to suit individual requirements. 'l'he elements of French, Latin 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 61 pupils, of whom 20 are boarders, who are subject to ordinary house discipline, including special supervision of preparat ion of work. The lower division of the school consists of 21 pupils, varying in ages from 8 to 12 years, while the upper division prepares boys for Edu cation Board Scholarships and proficiency certificates . Specia.l schemes of work, covering the whole preparatory progress o£ a pupil , are in operation. Class Rooms.- The class rooms are new, large and hand'sorp.e. They 'have been specially desi!!"I1erl for thi~ department, and are finished in asbestos anrl oiled rimu. Th e lower division room i's fitted with modern hyloplate

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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. Library.-The department has a special library of its own, and t he reading matter provided is carefully supervised. Cames.-The Lower School enters teams in the local football a,nd cricket competitions, "\'\Thile every boy physically fit takes part in these winter and summer g-ames. 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 and physical culture. • Cadets.-'I'hose boys who are old enough drill in No. 2 Company of the School Cadets, while the smaller boys receive the el ements of drill in special squads. Boarders.-These pupils are provided with a separate dormitory from the remainder of t he school , and in all respects, except as regards length, preparation classes ar e subj ect to t he ordinary house discipline o£ the school. Playing Fields.-The playing fields are spacious, and include an excellent cricket ground , as well as tennis court and miniatur e rifle range. The teachers in charge of this department have had special training in primary school work. The boys thus have the benefits o£ a secondary school training in the way o·£ gymnastics, drill, and the supervision o£ all school ga mes.

e0URSE 0F STUDY. To the U ppe.r and Middle Schools there are three sides, viz.: (1) The Classical; (2) The Agricultural; (3) '['h e Commercial. The Classical Side.-Subjects of Instruction: English , French, Geography, Arithmetic, Chemistry, Latin, History, Al gebra, Geometry, E lementary Physics, Trig onometry, H eat, Elementary Mechanics, Drawing, \ Voodwork. The Agricultural Side.-English, Geography, History, Algebra, Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, Botany, Agriculture, Dairying, Animal Physiology, Ch emistry, Elementary Mechanics, Book-keepin(}', Dn nying , \Voodwork,

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The Commercial Side.-English, Geography) History, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, 'l'rigonometry, Chemistry, Elementary Mechanics, Book-keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Commercial Correspondence, Drawing.

SeH0L1lRSHIVS. Pupils attending the School may compete £or the following Scholarships:(1.) dunior National Scholarships.-rhese vary in value from £5 to £ 35 per annum. 'l'hey are tenable for three years and ar e open to boys under 14 years of age. (2.) Senior National Scholarships.-Open to boys und,er 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 14 years of age and tenable for three years. Value £10 per annum. (4.) Taranaki University Scholarships. -Tenable for £our years. Value £60 per annum. These are awarded on the results of the Junior University Scholarship Examination, and in order to obtain one a candidate must gain a place on the credit list of that examination. rhe scholarships are open to all candidates who have attended a school within the 'l'aranaki Provincial District for not less than two years and are between the ages o£ 16 and 19 years on the 1st day of December nearest to the date of the examination . (5.) dunior University and Senior University National Scholarships.- Value £50 per annum for three years.

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Tuition-£3, reducible to £2 lOs if paid within 31 days. Board-£15, reducible to £13 if paid within 31 days. Weekly Boarder$- .£12 1Os, reducible to £11 i£ paid within 31 days . ExtraS-Dinner for Day Boys , £2 2s; Music, £2 2s; Boxing, lOs; Dancing, 15s. Subscriptions.-Games, 4s; Library, Is (for boarder s Is 6d); Magazine, ls.