1920 The Taranakian Vol. 9, No. 2 November by New Plymouth Boys' High School

I EDITED BY THE BOYS OF THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR.

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"T 11 R 11 N 1\ K I 1\ N." CONTENTS. ·

Agriculture Annual Sports Annual Steeplechase Board of Governors Boxing Championships Births and Marriages Cadet Notes Camera Club Notes Concert Club Cricket Notes Deaths Editorial Exchanges Football Notes House Notes Journey Across Northern Chile Libra ry Notes Letter from India Literary Efforts Old Boys' Association Old Boys' Cricket Old Boys' Football Club Old Boys' Notes Preparatory Notes Prince of Wales Visit to Sydney School Institutions School Notes Sho~ting

Staff Subscriptions Tennis Notes The Great Barrier

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INSTITUT IONS.

SECOND

[ ESTABL I SHED

L. C. SL<I.DDEN , EsQ. (Chairn1an.) J. S. Fox, EsQ. DR. E. F. FOOKES. S. G. SM ITH, EsQ. M .P. A. R. MORTON ESQ. L. A . NOLAN, ESQ . H. TR I ~IBLE, ESQ. A. E ..WAS HER, ESQ. F. ATKINSON, ESQ. E. P. vVEBsTER, EsQ. Secretary and Treasurer : E. LASH, EsQ.

~fa££ : PRINCIPAL : vV. H . MOYES, M .A., B.Sc. ASSISTANT MASTERS : G. BERTRAND (C . Certificate). A. R. RYDER, M.A. MISS J. McLEOD, M.A. R. H. RocKE L. M.A. H. V. SEAR LE . B . A. (Cantab). ~f.Sc; (F.G S.) H. E. GLOVER, B.D. Th.L., Th.Schol. W. G. WILKIE. C. G. 80TTR ILL, M.A. H . L. C.~LDER A. W. DIPROSE, B .A. ·

W . CONNELL (C Certificate).

CoMMERCIA L MASTER AND PHYSICAL INSTRUCTOR : F. PREPARATORY

EGGLETON.

DEPART~!ENT:

MISS K. CAMPBELL (Partia l D Certificate). N. D. DAY (C. Certificate). MISS J. CAMPBELL.

PART TIME MASTERS:· DRAWING: MUSIC:

R. N. RE~AUD (Piano).

1920.

PREFECTS . Head Boy .- J. M. H ine . House.-M. Osborne, L. O'Halioran , K. O'Halloran, B. Noakes, A. Christie, R. Syme, L. Hoffmann, M. Sutherland, V. J . Henderson . Day Boys.-J. D. W illis, C. Newell, C. Noble, E. Smart, M. Nicholson, J. H. Boon, S. Alleman.

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BOARD OF GOVER NORS:

AGRICULTURE:

TERM,

A. M . BRADBURY.

MISS DoWLl NG (Violin} . MISS YoUNG (Piano}. M ISS PIKE (Piano). F. \ V. G. McLEOD (Wood and B r ass) .

COMMITTEES.. Finance . Committee .-J . M. Hine (cha.rman), J . H. Boon, K. O'Hallor a n , L. O' Halloran, J. Willis, B. Noa.k es, M. Os borne, R. Hair, C. A. Noble (secretary). Cricket CommHtee.-Mr . Bottril~ (chairman), J. Wi llis, L. O'HalJoran, J. M. Hine (secretary). Captain First XI.: J . M . Hin p. Football Committee.-Mr. Ryder (chairman), J. M. Hine, M . Os borne , K. O'Halloran, ,J. H. Boon, L. O'Halloran (secretary). Captain First XV.: M. Osbor ne. Tennis Committee.-Mr. Glover (chairman), L. O'Halloran, A. Christie, J. M. Hi ne, K, O'Hallora.n (secr etary). Camera Club Ccmmittee.- Mr . Moyes (chairman), A. Moyes, L. I<awson, G. \Vaterson, S . Herbert, B. Noakes (secretary). Swimming Committee.-Mr . Eggleton (ci1airman), L. Hoffmann, S. Hayden , M . Osborne, L . O'Hallor a n , K. O'Halloran , T. Foden, J. H. Boon (secretary). Library Committee.- Mr. N. D. Day (chairman). Day Boys: C. Boarders: S. R. Noble (librari an), W. Rea (secretary) . Tait, V. J. Henderson, R . Hair (librarian). Shooting Committee..- Mr. H. V. Searle (chairman), M. Barak, I. l\11 . Sutherland, L. Ab bott, J . H. Boon, E. Waters; W. G. Hughson and R. Hair (joint secretaries). Concert Ccmmittee.-Mr. Day (chairman), S. Hayden, J. Bennett, L. Rawson, M. Gachema1lle, G. C. Smith, G. Fookes (secretary) , Sports Committee.- Mr. Diprose (chairman) , M. Sutherland, M . Osborne, K. O'Halloran, E. Smart, J. Whittle; T. N. Foden and H . W. Brown (joint secretaries). Magazine Commi·ttee .- Mr. Wilkie (chairman), Mr. Galder (business manager), M. Osborne, L. O'Halloran, K . O'Halloran, J. M. Hine, D . Sutton , E. Waters, L. Rawson, M. Barak, \¥. Rea, C. Noble, M. Nicholson, G. Fookes, J. W. L. Jillett, R. Syme, and J . Willis. Poundkeepers.-L. Rawson and G. Waterson.

SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS. SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT.

Officer Commanding.- Captain A . R. Ryder. Second in Command .-Lieutenant H. V. Searle. Physical Drill lnstructor.-Lieutenan t F . J. Eggleton . Contingent Sergt.-Major.-Sergt .-Nlajor J .. M. Hi ne. No. 24 CO'MPANY. Officer Commanding.- Lieutenant G. F . Bertrand. Company Sergt.-Major.-Sergt .-Major M. Osborne. Company Q.M.S.-Q.lVI.-Sergt. R. Hair. No. 1 Platoon.-Platoon Commander: L ieutenant F. J. Eggleton .

Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant J . H. Boon . Section Commanders: Co~·poral .Sutherland, Corporal E. Smart, LanceCorporal E. Waters, Lance-Corporal H. Brown. No. 2 Platoon.- Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant A . Christie. Sect io n Commanders: Corporal M. Barak, Lance-Corporal U. Fookes, Lance-Corporal F. COI·kill , Lance-Corporal H . Hunt. Section No . 3 Platoon.-Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant T. Foden. Commanders: OorpOTal K. O'Hallnran , Corporal L. Abbott, Lance-Corporal C. Drader, Lance-Corporal G. Smith. No. 4 Platoon.-Platoon Cou1mander: Mr . H. E. Glover. Platoon Section Commander s : Sergeant: Sergeant C. 'Noble. Lance-Sergeant H. J. Nicholson, Corporal J. Henderson , Lance-Corporal M . Airey, Lance-Corporal L. P ea se. No. 110. C-.1MPANY. Officer Commanding.-Lieute nant A. W. Diprose. Company Ser gt.-Major.-Sergt.-Ma jor H . C. Newel!. Company Q.M.S.-Q.M.-Sergt. G. Hughson. No. 1 Platoon.-Mr. H . L. Calder. Platoo11 Sergeant: Sergeant

G .. L . O'Halloran. Section Commanders: Corporal C. D. Sutton, Corporal B. Noakes, Lance-Corporal M. Cachemaille, Lance-Oorp011al G. Hawken. No. 2 Platoon.-Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant L. Hoffmann. Section Commanders: Corporal W. R ea , Lance-Corporal Brun ette, Lance-Corporal R . Tait, Lance-Corporal C. Hawkes . No . 3 Platoon .-Pla.toon Ser-geant : Sergeant S. S. ·Alleman . Section Commanders : Corporal L. Jillett , Lance-Corporal Ber ridge, Lance-Corporal R. Bellringer , Lance-Corporal N. Airey . Section No. 4 Platoon .-Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant. J . Willis. Commander s: Corporal R . Syme, Lan ce-Corporal B. Hutchen, · Lance-Corpo-ral C. Johnson , Lance-Corporal Waterson . · Band.--Bandmaster : Mr. N. Day. N.C .O' s : Corponil Hayden , Lance-Corporal C. Fookes, Lance-Corporat L . Rawson.

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EDITO RIAL. (:R. Syme.) One of the 楼J.OSt gratifyin g features of the last few years with regard to the School has bee.n the increasin g number of Old Boys attendin g the various Universi ties. In addition many boys, while still at School, are successfu-lly availing themselv es of opportun ities to sit for University examina tions. This is propitiou s for the future, the more so because th~ professio ns foUowed are not the same as formerly . Not t1ie professio ns of law and medicine only, but also to an increasin g degree that of teaching is being followed . Many young men in sitting for B.A . terms contemp late this course, in which they deserve nothing but encourag ement and praise, for it cannot be denied that, up till the present, the teaching professio n h as been neglecte d because of the restrictio ns and disadvan tages that have seemed its inevitab le concomitant s . It has even been stated that as a conseque nce o.拢 this very few young men of any promise embark upon the teaching professio n. Such a state of a:ffairs is obviously detrimen tal to a high standard of educati onand in a countrv that prides itself on being one of the most progress ive. in the world! Neverthe less this state exists. A remedy is necessar y. This remedy has been to some extent supplied by the recent Educatio n Act, which has increase d the Ralaries of teachers . But this Act, like most of its kind, can hardly be termed satisfact ory. Nobody, not eve.n the

EDITORIAL.

most factious, can find any reason why a profession wl1ich demands the most ability should receive the least remuneration, why manual labour should be preferred to that of the. bram. So little advance has our boasted modem civilisation made that such is still the case. The Educat~on Act, if followed by others of the same tendency should, as optimists hope, have the requisite effect of reclaiming for this profession many abilities that would otherwise, for obvious reasons, have tended to drift to more lucrative employments. Were this to eventuate there would result a great raising of the level o·£ our standard of education: which any Government should make its object to effect . A question of great importance relative to education in 'l'aranaki has recently been raised by the attempt of the Victoria University Co·u ncil to acquire the revenues from what are known as the Taranaki Scholarship Endowments. To treat of the question with accuracy it is necessary to know the history and purposes of these endowll?-ents. Over fifty years ago land was set aside by Parhament for the endo·w ment of higher education .in Taran~ki. Late~, as Taranaki had no university, Parhament nghtly decided that provision should be made. for its future citizens, and further blocks of land were allotted for higher educatl.on for all time. More recently, under the Taranaki University ·Scholarships A?t, grants of money were made to students who atta~ned the. cre.dit lis~ in the Junio·r University Scholarslup e:s:ammatwn. 'lhe ongmal endowment as was but natural, has increased greatl:y in value, ~nd yields a revenue g:rea ter th.a n .t~a t req uued annually for Taranaki scholarships . It IS this endowment which the Victoria U nive.rs:i:'ty authorities seek to divert to their own use. It is feared also that the possession of the actual lands for obviou~ .reasons, is th.eir ulterio~ motive. This being ~he case, I~ the money IS to be diverted at all (which Is not provided by the law), the endowment should re~ain intact and the surplus revenues each year be duec:ted to the furtherance of hi"'her education in the pro:vm?e, which th.e s~irit of the "'provision would seem to m~10at~. ~ut, m view. of the inevitable necessity of a Umversit;y: for Taranab, as was p~·ovided for by the ~et, ~nd as IS confirmed by the great mCI·ease of population m the province, authorities and all 'who have the g-ood of the province and its education at heart should !llake strenuous effo·r ts to retain what will be of urgent 1mportance for the future of this coast.

7 Apart from the educational side of school life its eomplement sport must find a place. For the furt~er ance of sport in New Zealand it would be a · good thmg if competitive athl etic meetings we:r.e held annua~l;y: at some centre for the secondary schools of the Dommwn. A similar arTangemen t has long been in force in A ustralia. Its benefits are obvious. At the very least no ob jection co uld be raised to the t~ial of a system elsewhere vindicated . Rather should It be welcomed by all interested in the progress of athletics. Its merits are so outstandin"' that it seems strange that we have for so lon"' ,., been ~·ithout some form of inter-school meeting. EDITORIAL.

SCHOOL NOTES. (C. Noble.) 'l'he Second Term opened quietly with a full day's work, a happening which char~cteris es perfectly the tone of the whole term, although, mdeed, the first Thursday (the occasion of the King's Birthday) was loyally honoured. That popular institution, the Dancing Class, this year attracted so many membeTs that .a division had to be· effected· those who· had danced previOusly attended on Friday night whilst learners were exercised on Saturday evening. To pass -over without mention the Chess Club A s~all (unofficial) would surely be a grave offe~ce. room, used by tenns·' boys for study m preparatiOn periods has been commandeered be!ore and after school lwurs · at times as many as three games progress at once. Indeed some of the players were on the point of declaring themselves professionals when a severe blow-the defeat of the champion-was administered to their pride by a Master, who disposed of his opponent in double-quick time. One day early in the term the Masters were all obliged to be away. Instead o·f a "day off" as some of the gayer types expected, the Schoo-l v.:as handed o~er With entirely to the Prefects from 9 a.m. until dark. not a Master on the premises, school , drill, the crime sheet and football were conducted as usual-afternoon tea was even partaken of, after the manner of our instructors. (The crime sheet, needless to say, was blank; other methods of disposing of offenders· doubtless proved more efficacious.)

SCHOOL NOTES.

did the pine-needles cause a troublesome litter round about, but also the shadows cast across the pitch were bad for play . In addition to these improvements, the site of the old Gymnasium has been cleaned up, a hedge planted along the street and the plot laid down in grass.

SCHOOL NOTES.

. On the night of July 5, Mr. S . G. Smith, M.P.,

d~h.vered a lect~re at the School on the Parliamentary

· VI It to the Paci:fic Islands. The lecture which w elf of gre~t interest, was admirably iilustrated bs m y a We take thi fine et o£ views of the Islands. tunity of exp~ess·ing our gratitude to Mr. Smiths /ppthor e pleasant evemng he afforded us.

In connection with the physical drill a new syllabus has been issued . It provides for frequent sports meetino·s where general efficiency is the aim rather than specialisation. 'l'hese "tabloid sports" pTovide for run ning, jumping, and football kicking; teams are selected and not only is each credited fo.r attaining a standard, but· also failure to satisfy conditions entails loss of points.

I t The annual visit of the Education D epah ment .nspectors took place on July 13 and 14 . ' SOll_lew at earher than usual. They were cliie:fl e~amining the free-place candidates, tho~;hc-Uf:edthi~hf 0 m Oims were also favoured bv their attention.

At the commencement of the third term the two new rooms added to the main building were ready for · occupation. By use of these and one. of the remaining rooms of the original building, the entire school is now housed on our own property-for the first time in four years .

. t h . On the occasion· of the School College, practically everyone in ~ c S h ithl W anganm e c oo attended. When we anived at Hawer to Mr. Easton's house wher: we were conducted direct several H awera gentlemen ' through t~e generosity of . ' we were provided with lunch We wish to conve o men for their kin~ne~~ :I~e~~~~ntfl~~~s to these gentle.~ h · .. When Genera1 Bird wood w h e, with characteristic feelin()' ~doili IS VhiSift to. Taranaki oug t or us, plead. ed that we should be O'ive o foh?ay. qons~quently the Friday following the"' p c ors exammation was declared free.

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h It is with keen regret tl t la we ave to chronicle the departure of Mr D S t hccepted a position on the staff of Waitaki. B~;/~· c ool close towards the e~d of the Second Term M~'; With everyone at the Sch.ool . Sa;xton was v_ery popular ~epar~men ts. Nevertheless h~ed hi\~b~ence Is felt in all 1s then gain, we join in wi~hin:-hi?- enng th~t o~r loss ,.., Im success m h1s new sphere of duty.

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. . . The "Lon()' Night" D With all its us~al brillianc;n~~das thbs. year celebrated very su ccessful conclu ion t~ th t may e looJred on as a a very popular class. . · ht The followin()' Frid ball Dance in which ay mg was occupied by a Foot..members of the three fifteens participated 'Th d b . e evenm()' was thorou"'hl • e and ou~· he.artiesi thanks are due t~ Mr y endJoye _oy all t. atn. Mrs. Moyes for their lbndness in arranO'inO' t'-" ,.., ue en er a1nment. o d b A decided improvement h pearance. of t~e School cricket g'~sou:d~ b~~he ~o the most of the. pme trees along the A venue Road~ IeN~;~nly

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The elements must surely have been in league against us, as far as the sports functions were concerned. J.< 'irst the annual steeplechase had to be postponed for a week, and then the sports had to be deJayed . Ill the case of the lattei· the difficulty was increased owing to the danger of clashin"' with other functions and the annual examinations . Nevertheless the second day chosen was fine, if, indeed, slightly windy: everything was despatched to programme until the aeroplane fatality caused a • sudden cessation of all such festivities. N atum lly the cadets paraded for the funeral of the victims of t h e fatality . After assembling at school we were marched to the cemetery to line the paths leading We consider it an especial honour to to the gTaves. perform this last service to the memory of Mr. Clarke, whose interest in our institutions has always been a 'keen one . W,e shall miss his· help greatly . The loss, too, of a man o.£ such a fine stamp as Captain Russell we feel in common with every other New Zealander. In common with all o-ther sport s cricket has suffered The new scheme adopted, through the bad weather. however, is working well, and, with the1 coming of betThe whole ter weather, will soon sho·w to' advantage. school is graded-Upper, Middle, Junior, and Preparatory-and matches and practices arranged accordingly.

SCHOOL NOTES.

HOUSE NOTES.

A pitch has been made on the racecourse f'or J• ' . th e preparatory team uses the UnlOI . k-et, w h'l cnc I e. t t' K concre e · k t f WIC -e or yrac I~~_een competition will doubtless ta.ke place for pos1twns m the 2nd and 3r·d El h · · · ex t en_swn o£ th e p 1ay g'lVmg everyone add·1t · evens 1 h ' t e IOna c ances to gam a place.

around the window of the room and when the flautist was joined by a singer o£ no ~ean ability loud a~plau~e si"'nified the pleasure of the hsteneTs. Perhaps m this in~tance it would be appropriate to quote or rather to misquote '"fhe flute that of~imes has. charmed magic casements"; the casement bemg the wmdow of the master's room. There has been very little sickness amongst the boarders this term. Our old "friend" the mulllps has a"'ain visited us, but what few cases there were, were v~ry mild, due perhaps to the ir_nmedia~e isolation o~ the patients and the prompt attentwn which they recmve~L Many of us, however, contracted a most opportune ailment, "eye blight" as it is called; opportune because it attacked us during- exam. week and much to our disappointment rendered us incapable of do-i ng the exams. Perhaps this accounts for the number of boarders not placed in the class lists. Two or three of the fifteen have suffered from footballer's knee and such maladies and consequently thP team has been severely handicapped in many of its matches . During exeat the Old Boys held their annual ball in the School Assembly Hall. From what we can gather this was a very successful function and those who remained at school had a most enjoyable time . A few weeks ago Mr. D. F. C. ~axton left us to take up duties at W aitaki High School. Mr. Saxton, who in charge of the fourth and fifth standards of the Preparatory Sehool, joined the staff in the beginning of the second term of last year. He was head bo-· in 1918. We take this opportunity of farewelling him and wishing him every suceess in his now sphere of work. Shortly before half term the Conce-rt Club gave us an Pntertainment. Besides ourselves a number from the Girls' Hi~h School and several outsiders attended. The c-oncert was very g-ood, the dialogue being esp0cially well arranged and the musical items were most pleasant. On the 10th Juh the football team journeyed to Hawern to try conclusions with Wanganui College. Needle!'R to sav the wholp. School accompanied the team. A Rnecial train, leaving at 7.1fi a.m., was arranged for and th<> bnarrl<>r,q were llwakened nt an early hour in preparation for the great clay. .AJJ through tl,., day it rained steadily and consequently a good exhibition of football

HOUSE NOTES. (M. Barak.) This term our boarder ll h b . L. Threadwell, Treadwell, Y~rk a~d Denl _lnclreased by 1!.. Am on "'St th h0 I . a z1el . bert and R~ A. c~S:d; H:~t~:/~ht ter:m are H. S. HerCup, was also a pro~inent me:U . e WI?ner of the Kelly was invaluable ar~ gomg on the land d · u · success m their new enterprl·'se. .an we Wish them every

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. Once more Egmont has favour d . keen as ''Bitin()' Boreas , ]!; I e us :vrth storm& as clatterino"' on the roof . kar Y one mornmg a continued · a wo e several b · h t_ones. ne rather startled b oys m t e dormidre.aming of Zeppelins fea £ oily, _who_ perhaps had been . 'd ?" W hen we went ' r tu ·yt rnquued ' ''I s 1't an an . Iai · 1 erl we f~und that there had been a hailstorm of evou t.a T """cep wna seventy here have -lately been m . . the school. Several of th a~y lmp~ovements around 1 of the cricket field have b:e~a}~fi d_es whw~ l!ned the edge \Ve now get an excellent v' e .f and spht mto firewood. t-own. lew o the har hour and the About a month ft h G. Smith, M.P., vera .kfnde resumed school Mr. s. Samo~n trip. This l~cture l!anave us .a lect~re on his especlally _as it was illustrated sb exceedmgly mteresting, lantern shdes. Several . y a number of very fine School came up to he 't ptVIs from the Girls' Hi()'h thanking Mr. Smith. ar I · e take this opportunity ?of

Two more class room h b out last issue of this MaO'!zinave Th~n c?mpleted since used to accommodate th o p e. Is Will probablh be now removed from the e reparatoi]; boys who . ave racecour · · number o-f class rooms is sixteen~e bm dings. Our total The boys are eviden tl Many times this term afte: ve-ry fond of flute music a flute have been heard in onetef tif:e beautiful strains of seve-ral occasions a group of ~ maste.r's rooms. On oys Immediately collected

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· ' was impo ssible . How ever, we spent a most pleas ant day at Hawe ra, the Show parti cular ly attra cting most We are great ly indeb ted to Mess rs. Smit h and of us . wh.o very kindly. treate d some 250 of us to dinne ~aston r. Duri ng the winte r eveni ngs befor e Prepa ratio n, a 'num ber of boys bega n to play. chess . The numb ers of playe rs incre ased and tourn amen ts were held in the week ends. The "ches s craze " soon sprea d to the day boys, and now it is quite a comm on sight to see two d? -· boys porin g over a chess board , with a group of enthu siasts aroun d them . ' 'fhe danc ing class was . concl uded on the Satur day befor e we broke ·up with the "long -nigh t" dance . This exten ded well into the early hours of the morn judgi ng from the tired boys next day the danceing and rs must have had a very pleas ant time. 'fhe age of chiva lry is not yet gone . dance sever al found it their duty to accom pany After the "sist e·r s" home · or shall we say wme one else'stheir fair fair sisters. 'fwo in parti cular were seen at a very inopp ortun e mom ent whic h perha ps will live long in their any rate many otheTs will reme mber this rathemem ory; at r humo rous episo de. The matc h again st Gram mar Scho ol was put off this year becau se the Gram mar Scho ol boys could not visit us owin g to some arran geme nts abou t the JYioa scar Cup. Natu rally we were all disap point ed. The dance formerly arran ged for the two team s, the Gram mar Scho ol's and our own, was turne d into a footb allers ' dance , the first four fiftee ns being invite d. A most enjoy ing was spen t; in the case of many not wiselable eveny but too well (supp er). On the Satur day nigh t befor e the close of the term a conce rt was held. This was for the most part organ ised by the Conc ert Club, but two or three outsi forme d. The conce rt was altog ether a succe ders perss and for such an impr ompt u enter tainm ent, was very good. ' Wha t is that fearf ul sound I hear That eman ates from bathr oom near; The new boys all are taken in The califo nt has made that di~. The gas was thin and mixe d with air In space confi ned 'twas lurki ng ther~; · The two comb ined the pilot lit The air was rent with thund er fit.

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AGRICULTURE. (D. Sutton.) On account of the continued wet weather, and the approaching examinations,_ we have found it n~cessary to forego some of the practical work th_at we had mtend~d to do. _.. There is therefore, rather httle news for th1s section of the. Magazine. During the winter months - Mr. Rockel very kindly allowed us the u&e· of his m·chard for pruning work. The ·wo·r k there consisted mainly of cleaning and pruning old ttees that had been neglected. Throughout the term several visits have been made to Messrs. Moyes and Kebbell's £arm at Frankley Road. Here practical instruction has been given in the sproutiug, planting and cultivation of potatoes in connection with manurial trials. Particulars of the results will be given in next Magazine. Much interest was also taken in the very up-to-date milking machines, yards, and sheds . There is a large calf-shed with stalls £or each calf. Towards the end of last term an area of one acre was sovm in potatoes for the school boarding-house. The varieties planted were Maori Chief and Sir J. G . Wilson, with 3cwt.- per acre of potato manure. These have been sprayed with BOTdeaux mixture (4-4-40) and at present look very promising. A smaller area has· also been sown in new varieties o£ potatoes. The manure used was Basic super at the rate of 3cwt. per acre. The following is a list of varieties:- Senor, Boree, Queen o.f the Veldt, Gold Ree£, N eedpath Gem, Farmer, White Elephant, Endurance and 'foms. The seed was kindly o·iven by Mr. W. Healy and other friends ·Of the school. At present the best lookin g varieties are Queen o£ the Veldt, Farmer, and Endurance. 'fhis term extensive planting has been done, in the propagation plot. No less than 1000 cuttings o£ Golden Ake Ake were planted, while 200 rose cuttings were also put in. Practically all o:f these have grown. Early in the third term we visited Mr. J. Hale's farm at Mangorei . Here a most interesting and instructive time was spent with Mr. Hale's sheep and cattle. Woe, were shown round the various up-to~date buildings connected with the housin:;r of his cattle, and then Mr. Hale

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po~1_1ted out to us the various points of one of his prize. hei!ers. Later on the fine .flock of ped~gree sheep was VISited, and we were m.uch Impressed with the splendid appear~n ce of these ammals. Subsequently :Mrs. Hale very kl!ldly ~ancled round morning tea. We desire to· take tlns opportumty of heartily thankin()' lHr and :Mrs Hale for their .hospitality. · " · ·

Duri~.g t~e search for the .g rass g'rub, we found evi~e~ces o~ Its ravages on the cn cket ground. Especially Is It noticeable. on the ground that was laid down last ~eason. The Idea t hat rollinQ' would squasli the grub was foun~ to .be wrong. Jt is rather that the rollin"' helps cap1lla.ntv and th us stimulates the roots of th~ grass, enablmg- t hem to overcome the attacks of the grub.

Consid era~le interest was evinced in the

Winter ~~ow dl Thf e cli.splay of. forage crops was especially good, u , un e .o ensilage bemg excellent. We were also int IB;ted .m an apparatus for weighing and sampling each ~ow ~ milk . It I·s attached to th~ Ridd milkino· machine ,\Ud Its use saves the work of milL-in"' th ,.., b h d' to bt· · I . ' o e cows y an o cUll samp es. Th e display of root crop th'. was not up to the standard o:E previous years. s Is year

LIBRARY NOTES. (R. H air. )

, . As is e_ver t~e case, the end of a year leaves us with ~· feeh1ng of g~'atitucle to those whose o·enerous contribuJons 1ave ennch ed the library.

:\Iention has already been made of "N I .Uollusca, " presented by Mr W W S 'tl bewt ea a~cl 1 ·. t ·. · · m1 1, u we agam ~ 1esi~ ~T .0 expr~s ou~· appreciation of the annual copy of h~\as Is~~~aftwns of the .New Zealand Institute," which and. }Irs. Rob~rt~:~ ~~~sBra~~~~ks :re als? due to Mr. t!Jeu contributions, which form a v~luabfe Md.Icl.. At.verty, for hterature. a I 10n o our . Unfortunately , owing to ·lack of suitabl datwn, stu~ents are unable to take full I et accomf mhofi ne coll ectwn , which has bee ac v.an ag:e o t e rstahli slunent of the library n~~ccu~ul:t!n"' smce the som e time in the near futur . ·u e en am hopes that har t o further e::s:ten ~ion. e WI see t e removal of this

Piaced as we are, without a spe-c ial room for a library, n1any books of reference, which would otherwise be at the disposal of readers, a.re kept under enforced lock and key. . . . h d' It is satisfactory to note, that m spite _of t ese Isadvantages, the library has been we.l l patromsed, and has doubtless proved of interest and assistance to· many. We notice many old friends amongst the very generous collection we received from Mr. Bradbury. Such books as Davicl Copperfield, Pickwick Papers, I vanhoe, Guy :Mannering are little known by most school boys and ,vet afford most entertaining reading.

CAMERA CLUB NOTES. (L. R awson.) Last term the Committee arranged a competition, the subject being the "}'our Best Photos of t~e Prin~e' s Visit. " However, New Plymouth weather deClclecl agamst us and a dull clay prevented the snaps being taken. M~reover we were "on parade" all the time during the short time H .R.H. the Prince of Wales was here, so the comp etition was abandoned. Members seem to have forgotten that the club possesses a quantity of valuable literature dealing with the causes of and remedies for defects. By a study of this literature the standard of photographs being taken will he raised considerably. The high cost of all photo-graphic materials has had <l marked effect on the number 01 members who go in for enlarging. This. branch has been almost neglected for several months now, and it seems as though our valuable enlarger will be out of commission still longer i£ the price of materials continues to- rise still higher. Then again, th e club' s half~plate camera has been in its case, untouched for practically all the year owing to the same reason. A_ unique opportunity was offered to the members during the week the A_ vro aeroplane was in New Plymouth. There were several excellent photos taken of the machine. One or two boys who were in a handy position, were able to snap the machine in flight preparatory t.o landing . Also on Sports Day cameras were well in eviden ce, and there were good snaps of the grounds and events . We hope to publish numerous photos in this issue, but we have so· many that quite a number will not he published until next year.

TENNtS r;NOT:ES.

(K. O'Hallo·r an.) The opening of th~ .tennis season has so far been p~·evented by the prevaihng unfavourab le weather con· t . t promises to be a keen In ditiOns. However, 'there . s, which will be e.res · · th'Is years ch ampwnsh1p t.a.k en m held ~he purchase of two- new nets has b this term. ed by players, as the former nets w~~-~ greatl;I appr~ciatM . embers of the club are to be th k d eyon repair. for the. work done m stripping the turf o:ff the fault a!' e y orass . . . court m nrder to prepare for its c onverswn mto a 5"'Ood w t asphalt this long before that trust ?Oub · . . e s~~c~rely will congesthe relieve thust tand tion ~F~l~ye~sl~nr~tuelSoltthwn er wo cour s. .

FOOTBA LL NOTES. (L. Jillett.) the

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is the dull thud of the football heard upon

rack~r~:y,mg -field; no longer do cheering crowds of ''barfootb ll yell themselve~ hoarse upon the touch-line The . . a; season of 1920 lSf ath an end ' b u t I't WI'll I o.ng remam m memor the history of thea:ch~~l~ t e most successful seasons in h We were unfortunate ·n \~omuc ~sC o.lnlly. one interschool match-tha t ao·ainst 5 anganU1 o egiate Schoo-l . d -was pla ed unfortunate . in losing ~ore still ~e~h mate?. that had the better of' the o·a':n~ay s Jlay W anganU1 certainly congratulat ions. Gre~t enthan. tol them we extend our USiasm was aroused over . the proposed mat h Gram.mar School, ~uckland. afea~:_sth e~ch since especially . a one Wlll to: Its credit in th e two fo·r mer matche was felt when at th l s. t Equally keen disappomtm ent Cup fixture the G e as moment, owing to a Moaccar rammar team found themselves unable to- meet us.

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play;d f~et~~g3b~ Unidn fiSxtures, both 1st and 2nd XV.'s The r gra e. aturday competition s 1st XV for Clifton with g the N orthw~~r~~~kt~t~~n. dead~heatin the of account on b.fft, Onsh{:P, intervenin/I holidays term In the competition matchenotpl ay-o cdould be arranged. s le recor of the 1st XV. reads:Matches played. Won. Lost. 2 9 11

Drawn. v

Points Points Champ. for. against. points. Hla 18 159

FOOTBALL NOTES.

Naturally the 2nd XV. was not so successful; yet, out 0 £ seven competition matches, two were won and one drawn, whilf!t, in the matches. lost, the scores, with one Th~ .3rd and 4th XV:'s exceptiC!n, were fairly even. Here agam, played m the fo~rth grade compeht10n s. owin"' to the holidays, the 3rd XV. was unable to play o:ff against' Star to decide which t eam wall to annex the championsh ip. During· the whole ·p rogress o£ this series the 4th XV. was always well in the running, and was in many respects the equal of the 3rd XV. As in former years the 1st XV. forwards were a hard-w.orking pack, though perhaps a little on the light side.·. Nevertheles s, they showed more "head-work " than us.uaL , Many of .them could handle the ball like backs, and _forward p~ssing rus)les were often a prominent feature of tlie , ganie. _ f:n the latter part of the season especially they played togeth er well and indulged in many concerted movements which very often resulted in a score. The backs, too, we.re a "n.ippy" and resourceful lo.t, ancl invari~bly h ano]p(! tbe baJl well. Results of matclies are:-

FIRST FIFT-EEN. ""

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. . v. WANGAN UI COLLEGIA TE SCHOOL. (July 10- Lo-st 11 to 3.) · The School journeyed down to Hawera in full force to see thi s match, which was played as a curtain-rais er to the Taranaki-W anganui representati ve match. The wet weather and slippery ground made anything in the nature of an exhibition of good football out of the quesEven under these verv adver se conditions both tion : teams were able to demonstrate that, given favourable weather, a very interesting game would have resulted. 'l'h e teal;n s lined out as follows :.· Wanganui .-Full back, Hewitt, three-quarte rs, )iacDonnell , Boyd, Bayly; five-eighths , Gilmer (Captain) , Collier; half, Babbage; wing forward, Lethbridge ; forwards, Gilmer ii, Yoimg, Parsons, L ethbridge ii, Porritt, Toole, Hobson. New Plymouth. -Full back, Sutherland; three-quarters, L. O'Halloran, Brown, Willis; five-eighths , Smart , Boon; half, Foden; wing-forwa rd, Os borne (Captain); forwards , . K. O'Halloran, Newall, Noakes, McRae, Drader :S:air, Christie.

FOOT BALL NOTE S.

Scho ol kicke d o:ff, but it was some time befor e eithe r side appea red to gain any adva ntage . W anga nui then instit uted sever al good passi ng rushe s, from whic h score s were preve nted only by sound defen ce. Scho ol retali ated by rushi ng play down-field, and Wan ganu i were compelled to force twice in quick succe ssion . Gilm er made a good open ing, but the Scho ol forwa rds, led by Osbo rne, set up a coun ter-at tack. Bo·y d lined just in time. School, howe ver, were not to be aenie d, and from a mark , Osbo rne l ~nded a goal from a wide angle. This arous ed vV ~nganm, who rushe d down and penn ed Scho ol in then ow~ twen~y-five till a f~ee kick reliev ed the pressure. _ 'Ihen Gilm er and C?lh er set up a passi ng movement ; the latte r nearl y scorm g. Wan ganu i came again and Sut~erland at full-b ack was kept busy. The spell ended with a fine run down the line by Boon to near half-w ay, wher e he was force d out. . In the secon d hal~ W anga nui liven ed up consi derably and made deter mme d effor ts to equal ise the posi~Jon.f Up and down play fo.llow ed. Then er, secur mg rom the loose, set sail for the line Gilm and was only stopp ed unde r the schoo l goal. Soon after s howe~er, Boyd se~ured and. raced acros s. Colli ward con'verted With a good kiCk. This arous ed Scho ol to er fresh e:fforts and, altho ugh. on sever al occas ions they were ace of. scorm g, Wangan~i's defen ce was too withi n angan m. then s~t up a senes of passi ng rushe sound . bne of V: h1eh Colh er secur ed and finished a dashis, from ng run Y .sco~rng. The try was not conv erted . Wan anui mam tame d the press ure their five eiCJ'h CJ'Ood . k F ' - o th s rme gdOlng o W<?r · ~om a mark near halfway Collier with a magmfic~nt kiCk for such a day, put the ball over the bar. Scho ?l then made one final rally to incre ase th~ scor~, and nght up to the call of time kept Wan ganm busil y on .the defen ce, but no· furth er score had rTesSulted when time was sound ed shortly after ward s Mr • . . McK ay refere ed. · · V. OLD BOY S. (May 1-W on 11 to 3.) This was the first matc h of the comp etitio n series and was d onbthe racec. ourse S hplaye Aft"er a f an i · 1 . y even' game c oo won y 11 pomt s (tries by Ho:ff and Osbo·r ne, one conv erted , to 3 (try by Saxto mann (2) n). '

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v. OKA TO. (May 8-W on 27 to 3.) Okat o journ eyed int? town ~o play this matc h. The cnune took place in a. dnzz ly ram. Scho ?l had the best ~f the CJ"ame throuO'hout but Okat o ralhed at the last anJ sco;e d an unco :verte d try. rrries for Scho ol were o·b\aine d by Ho:ffmann (3), N oakes , Boon , Smar Brow n; of these Willi s conv erted 2 and Os borne t and 1. v. CLIF TON . (June 5-Lo st 11 to 3.) rrhis was Scho ol's first defea t this ~eas on. Rain fe ll heavi ly just prior to the matc h, and the natur the groun d, there fore, milit ated again st good e of play. Scho ol's only score was an unco nvert ed try by Ho:ffmann. v. TUK APA . (June 12-W on 52 to 5.) rrhis O'ame, whic h was playe d at West ern Park , prove d rathe r a "field -day" for School. The score consisted of 13 tries (5 co.n verte d) and one pena lty goal. Just on time Tuka pa scored a conv erted try. V. OLD BOY S. (June 19-W on 17 to 3.) Rain fell just prior to this game . The were below stren gth, but this deficiency was Old Boys made up t1 uring the. cours e of the play . After ~ rathe r loose. exhib ition of footb all Scho ol won by 17 pomt s Scho ol tries were obtai ned by Brow n (4), and to 3. Fo1 of these Osbo rne conv erted one. McH ardy Os borne ; score d for Old Boys . v. OKA TO. (June 26-W on 5 to nil.) Scho ol journeyed out to Okat o. In ~he stage s of the game Brow!?- score d a f.~y whiC~ open ing conv erted . Rain fell dunn g the rema mder ofl Osbo rne the game ann no furth er score s resul ted . V. STAR . (July 3-W on 15 to 5.) In this matcl1, playe d on the racecourse, Scho consi derab ly the bette r of the game throu ghou ol had t. The follow ing obtai ned uncon verte d tries :- L. O'Ha llo:an (2), K. O'Ha llora n, Boon , and Inch. In the stage s o£ the game Star score d a conve rted try. closm g

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V. RAHOTU. (July 24-Won-"23 to 6.) School ma:de the trip out to Rahotu and ained a comfortable wm. Osborne scored t t . g two, a_nd potted a goal from the field~.oH rffs, converted two tnes, and Boon one. ' o manu scored

v. LEPPERTON . (Aug. 9-Won l8 t~ 3.) Owmg to a misunderstandi th · t h . set down fo·r the Saturda ng Is ma c , whwh was Grounds on th was played at the Recreation Lepperton were e b~¥hci: ~ng . Monday. As_ ~ohool and championship, considerabl~on:~a~d~ng positiOn for the match, but School had a fai 1 m eies . attached to the School, Brown scored a try raY td.sy Wk:J?. ~y/8 to 3. For the :field, Boon scored a tr c~nve~op- l C e a goal from manu an unconverted tr y d ted by_ Osborne, Ho:ffGrayling kicked a penai{y' !n lOfsboLrne kicked a penalty . . o oa or epperton. V. OLJFTON. . (Aug.l4-Wonl7to· 5.) This match, played at Waitar l h . able e:ffect upon the competit'10 a, Cl~f ad a considerSchool by one point S h as 1 ton were leading cision of an earlier .dat c od reversed the former depoints to 5. Scores wer~ ob~ain::tb coHfffrtably by 17 and Boon (two of which Osb Y o manu, Smart drop-kicked a goal from the fl~ld. converted), and Brown

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v. LEPPERTON . (Aug. 21-Lost 15 t~ 5.) This was the second' defeat S h l . comp~tition games. School led c boo . sus~amed in the half time, but Lepperton came t . y ~ pomts to 3 at of the second spell with four add~;.hght I~ the latter part Brown scored a try which 0 b l wnal tnes. For School s orne converted.

SECOND FIFTEEN. V. OLD BOYS. May 1-Won 8 to 6) The 2nd XV com d h · Old Boys by 8: p~ints ~~:6@e Ft e Sehsol wel~ by beating try whwh Foden converted }f0 d c ool· Ool~ms scored a alty goal. · en a so kwked a pen-

FOOTBALL NOTES.

v. LEPPERTON. (May 8-Drawn, no score.) This match was played out at Waitara. After a very even game the match ended in a draw, no score resulting on either side. v. OLIFTON. (June 12-Lost 36 to nil.) The 2nd XV. went down rather badly to their heavier opponents, who played to their weaknesses. V. TUKAPA. (June 19-Lost 9 to 3.) At Western Park Tukapa avenged their former defeat, winning by 9 points to 3. Waterson scored for School. V. OLD BOYS. (July 3-Won 8 to 3.) After a fairly even game the 2nds won by 8 points (tries by Nicholson and Hutchen, one of which Renderson converted) to 3 (try by Renaud). V. STAR. (July 24-Lost 14 to nil.) Played at Recreation Grounds. School staved o:ff Star's attacks in the :first spell, in which no score resulted. In the second half, however, Star had the better of the game and "rattled on" 14 points.

V. OKA.TO. (Aug. 14-Lost 18 to 15.) A high mountain wind which swept across the racecourse interfered considerably with the play. After a rather straggling exhibition, Okato won by 18 points to 5. Brunette scored a try which L. O'Halloran converted.

v. STRATFORD D.H.S. Ist XV. (Sept. 25-.Won 11 to 6.) Early in the third tenn the above teams met on the racecourse in a friendly match. Heavy rain fell throughout, and the game developed into a mud-scramble, although at times the play was fairly fast and open. In the :first half Noble and Ohristie scored tries, the latter of which Foden converted. Stratford had the better

FOOTBAL L NOTES. 22 J t of the second half and crossed our line twice hulf before the call of time Sutherla nd made a great· run ha the length of the field and scored near the corner, t us putting the issue beyond doubt.

THIRD FIFTEE N. V. STAR. (May 1-Lost 9 to 3) . . ·. The 3rd XV. opened the se losing to Star. Sutton scored fo~sS~h~~i~SPICiously by

v. TECHN ICAL SCHOOL. (May 8-Won 6 to 3.) conteste d match S h I keenly a . Afte.z: won by 6 pomts (tnes by Rawson and Jillett) t 0 3 c( a oo penalty goal). V. STAR. .. . (June 12-- .. vll 12 to nil.) ' fai~he 3rd.s retrieyed themselv es by defeatin Star b Evan:ar gm. Tnes were obtained by Jill~t (3) ind v. TECHN ICAL SCHOOL. (June 19-Wo n 6 to nil.) d d · The 3rd XV again g Technica l School. For School Jiilect~eeaned Hma wdke.featin ms scored. v. FOURT H FIFTEE N (June 24-Los t 19 to 5.)· · ild The 4th XV. created ally defeatin g the 3rd XVab 19 sen~atwn bF substant iSmnts to 5. For 4ths B · Y Rickard Hunt G ii t1red tries, Fo~t~od ~d on?e7ted Abbo~l'c two of ~hich r s, I ett scored a try which Hawkins converte d. v. FOURT H FIFTEE N July 1-Won 8 to 5). 3rd ihis second round fixture resulted in a win fo h e t . V .. by.a narro·w margin. The 4th XV . I ed b yr two pomts till Just on the call f t' s?o~~d two tries, one o.f which N Ime. For .3rds Jill~tt conveite d. Chnsbe u scored for the 4ths and Abbewtetll o converte d. V. STAR. (July 3-.L.ost 9 to, nil.) St After a hard forward 5aame ar emerged the winners by 9 po·i nts to nil.

FOOTBAL L NOTES.

v. TECHN ICAL SCHOOL. July 24-Wo n. 6 to 5.) evenly conteste d game. In the openan was 'fhis ing stages Patterso n a~d Fo()kes scored fo~ School. Tee. scored a converte d try JUSt on the call of time. V. STAR. (Aug. 7'-Lost 3 to nil.) 'l'his match proved one. of the most strenuou s und keenly conteste d of the 4th grade games. Star eventually won by 3 points (a try secured near the end of the "'ame) to nil. v. FOURT H FIFTEE N. "' (Aug. 10-Wo n 9 to 5.) The 3rd XV. won a hard-fou ght game by 9 poiBts to 5. For the 3rds, Hunt, Patterso n and Evans scored uncon verted tries, while for the 4ths·, Ab bott scored, converting his own try. FOURT H FIFTEE N. In addition to the matches played against the 3rd XV., other games were played as follows : v. TECHNICAl_) SCHOOL. (May 1-Won 9 to 3.) A good game resulted in which the advantag e rested with SchooL V . STAR. (May 8-Lost 12 to nil.) The 4ths were unable to stave o:ff their opponen ts' constant attacks. v. TECHN ICAL SCHOOL . (June 12--Wo n 8 to 5.) Played at Western Park. Tries were obtained by Ab bott (who converte d his own try) and Bayly. V. STAR. (July 3-Lost 6 to nil.) This was a very even game. Star scored a try and kicked a penalty goal in the last few minutes . v. TECHN ICAL SCHOOL. (July 3-Won 14 't o 5.) The 4ths secured a rather easy win. Abbott scored two tries (one of which he converte d),. and also kicked Collins scored the other try. a penalty go-al

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STAR . (July 24--W on 5 to nil.) ~fter a keen contes t Schoo l won by 5 points (try by Maun , conve rted by Abbot t) to nil.

SENI OR . First Round .

V. STAR . Aug. 14--L ost 5 to 3.) Played at Weste rn Park as curtai n-rais er to O'llrie n · Shield match . Star won by 5 points to 3 (allan try by Whee ler).

INTRA -SCH OOL NOTES.

Fo-r the purpo se of improvinO' play two new rules were adopte d for practi ce match es. 0 (1) Failur e to attem pt to take ball on full, and (2) Fall ure to tackle ~ow (excep t in certai n excep tional cases) . to be penah sed by award ing the oppos ing side a free kwk. · No- school match es were played on July 31st on a~count of the death o-f the wife of Mr. J. McLeo d, pres~dent of the Taran aki Rugby Union . We tender our smcer e sympa thy to- Mr. McLeo d in his bereav ement . On Thurs day, July 29th, the 6th Forms played the 5th J!~orms. After a very even game Forms V. won by 11 pomts to 6. On Thurs day, June 17th, an under 8 stone team played a simila r team from the Techn ical Schoo l and secure d a good win-5 4 to nil. On the same day a Day Boy-B oarde r match was p~ayed. The latter had a rather easy victor y by 33 to ml. Resul ts of the 1st Grade Junio r footba ll compe tition (2 round s) are:Tukap a (19 points ), Clifto n (9), Prep. A (2).

Waim ate (16) '

Rover s (11),

The 2nd Grade Junio r result s are : Digge rs (19 points ), Kiwis (16), Pouak ai (15) Prep. B (1~), Excel sior ~8), Pirate s (6). '

Boon (8) beat Osbo-rne (5). HoJ:hnann (3) beat Brown (3). Decid ed on forcedown. O'Hal loran (11) beat Smart (3). Semi- Final. Hoffm ann (3) beat Boon (nil). O'Hal loran a bye. OwinO' to the late hour the final betwe en Ho:ffmann and O'Hal loran co-uld not be decide d. Junior . In the final of the junior compe tition at the e~pir ation of time •rukap a and \Vaim ate each had 8 pomts Extra time was played , and after a great. ga!fie Tukap . a were compe lled to force, "'Naim ate thus wmnm g.

JUNIO R FOOT BALL NOTES.

Two junior compe titions we.re held during the year. In the first O'rade five teams were enter ed-"T ukapa ," " Rover s " "Waim ate " "Clift on" and Prep. A. In the second ,;rade there w~re six teams playi ng-"D igger s," "Kiw is/' "Poua.k ai," "Pira tes," Excel sior," and Prep. H. Throu d10ut the compe tition the games proved very iJJ teresting~ The follow ing are the p_oints :-· First Grade .-"Tu kapa" (Day Boys) team, 17; "vVai mate" (Board ers), 16; "Rove rs" (Day Boys) , 11; "Clift on'.:' (Board ers), 9; Prep. A., 2. Secon d Grade .-"Di ggers " (Day Boys) team, 19; "Kiw is" (Day Boys) , 16; "Poua kai" (Day Boys) , 15; Prep. B., 14; "Exce .lsior" (Board ers), 8; "Pirat es" (Board ers), 8. Two seven- a-side compe titions were held. In the first grade ''\Vai mate' ' were succes sful in defeat ing " Tukap a" 'by a narrow margi n, after a strenu ous gam~ In the second grade, "Poua kai" had a rather easy win. over their smalle r oppon ents in the final.

CONCERT ct0 8.

. . , Duri ng the seco nd and third te~m three very slic" s A ld h were erts conc ful cess l conc ert was held in the Asse mbly Ha~l ~n thn lore estr~mg of the :first even ast e . estra orch term . The , and rend ered the follo wing program::~~n good form 1. Entr 'acte "Elv era " 0 h t ra. re es , '. Sl ow Wal tz, "Mis sour i ' " 0 re h es t ra J. L ,h.t ame Duc k Wal tz ' "Ple ase , " 0 Ic es ra. "H 4:. S .h t, 1 '" ( 010 ong, . arve ster' s DNigh t SonO es I a acco mo pam men t) ' M I.. ay. 5. Wal tz Song , "A Littl e B'n . h Canoe and You ," · Orch estra . S 'th 6. Pian ofor te Solo·, "Hu sare nritt ' " G . mi . U k "P ' 7 Son g, ac- p You r Trou bles " F W'll . ). 1ams. 8. Reve rie ' "A u t umn Mem orie s' ' 0' h · t· es I a. 9. \Val tz, "Mo onli(o)'ht , " 0 re h es t' ra. re

"Go d Save the Kin g." !hi~ conc.ert was very well atten ded by a very enthus1ast10 audi ence . The seco nd conc ert was th e grea test e:ffort mad e by the comm ittee a n d 1't s succ ess t'f . . was v ~Iy ' gra 1 ymg . Th ch orus and the orch estra e came out m fl anne ls and straw hats , with red band , toge ther with larg e red sash es, no doub t s, a~d tlhese of the publ ic ·eye e Jt caug Th . : ws e prog ramm e was as follo .h 0 h 1. Open ing Sele ction , "Sho w()'i rl" M aic ' re estra . Bo M b a sh "Hu us Chor 2. - - ye a aby " (_; omp any. ' 3. Sele ction ' "Ple ase , " 0 reh est ra.' l " Comp any. 4. S on()' o• . "Ma oril anc, . h es t ra 5. Sele ctwn ' "Valse Belg e , " 0 Ic · 6 · S ong, "Mia mi Shor e , " Comp any. . S estra Orch " '. elect wn, "Elv era, " 0 b . 8. Song , "Ab e ' My Boy s orne . ' , (d S . 9 uet) ' "Ou r Farm ' " Cach emm'11 e and Peas e. ong Inte rval, ten minu tes.

CONCERT CLUB.

s Den ." Char acte rs: Mr. Grab 10. Sket ch, "A Den tist'" L. Raw son; Mr. Jork ins, "His

bit, "A Den tist, N. Aire y; Assi stan t," A. Cand y: Sam , "A Pag e," Pub lic," ish Mr . Smit h, "A Mem ber of the Brit C. Fook es. "Go d Save the King ." the audi ence , The sket ch caus ed roar s of laug hter in bein g very e" Pag "his and the an tics of the "As sista nt" for Mr. rs chee with d lude conc ert laug habl e. 'l'he conc ber of num larg e Day anu the perfo rmer s. Ther e was a outsi de visit ors amo ng the audi ence . the Hall on An impr omp tu conc ert was held in main ly maswere s rmer Satu rday , Aug ust 20. The perfo than k them to wish We . ters and gent leme n from town e was as ramm prog 'l'he e. since rely for their assis tanc :~ red enco g bein follows, ever y item estra Ove rture .... .. ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... , Orch lle emai Song . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . Cach land s Pian ofor te Due t ...... ... G. Smi th and Row man Hart Mr. ...... ...... Eloc ution ary Item ...... el Rook Mr. . .... ...... Viol in Solo ...... ...... .... ...... man Hart Mr. Eloc ution ary Item ...... ...... ...... Ben nett 'Cell o Solo ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ... J. Smi th Song ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Mr. Sear le Flut e Solo· ...... ... ...... ............ .... .' .. Mr. Fred ric Song ...... ...... ... .... ...... ...... ... ..... Mr. Day Mr. and ric Fred Due t ...... ...... ...... Mr. estra Orch ... ...... Sele ction ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... "Go d Save the King ." th were very Mr. Fred ric, Mr. Hart man and Mr. Smi lled three reca was man Hart Mr. and ved, well recei ved ovat ions . time s. The assis ting mast ers also recei uous time The Scho ol Orch estra has had a very stren erts and conc ol scho three this term , as it has play ed at er a rend to tly shor is It . ents gem two outs ide enga to also and ital, Hosp ic prog ramm e of mus ic at the Publ mon y. Cere ing e-giv Priz the and er Dinn ts play at the Spor s Brea k-up . It play ed the extra s at the Dan cing Clas

CONCERT~ ! CLUB. The outsid e engag emen ts were at the perfo rini:tti de of "Sno w Whit e" at the Wo-rk ers' Socia l Hall, and at the 'Baza ar in aid of the Puke kura Park funds . The instru menta tion is as follo ws:Violin sFife sG. Brune tte. T. Fooke s. S. Cattie r. J. Roge rs. H. McNe ill . Cople stone. H. Hunt . Craw shaw. G. Hugh son. Basha m. Viol aHorn J. McMa hon. S. Wood s . 'Cello~ Drum s, etc.J. Benn ett . C. Cranb y. Corn etsBass Drum M. Osbo·r ne. L. Raws on . A. Kidso n. Pian oClari netG. Smith . S. Hayd en. Cond uctor -· Flut esMr. N. D. Day. M . Cache maille . C. Fooke s. In comm on with most schoo l orche stras, our want is a doubl e bass. This instru ment, howe ver, main cumb rous for the ordin ary perso n who takes up is too and is not learne d like the violin , or other popul ar music , ments . vVe are fortun ate, howe ver, in posse ssing instru 'cello and viola, as these instru ments are essena good build ing up a good body of tone in a:ny orche stra.tial in ],ave been bette r o:f£ as regar ds music than the. orche W-eof the past, a.s we receiv ed a ~rant of mone y fromstras Board , and wer-e fortun ate enoug h to secur e a good the supply of pieces from an· outsid e orche stra. There are, fact, sever al excel lent maich es and select ions that in have not playe d. These will no doulit help to brigh we ten future conce rts. THAN KS. We wish to thank those gentle men who assist at our conce rts. Also Mrs . Healy and· Mrs. Courted us fo·r the loan of screen s, etc.; also Mrs. Cache mailleenay the follow i.n g piece s: "By Heck " (Foxt rot) "Dardfor auella" (Foxt rot), "Old Fa1th ful" (Two Step) .'

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We also regret to state that we are losing the ser\·ices of :Mr. Day, who has bee:q appointed to Hamilto·n East School. .A.s chairman of the Concert Committe e and Conductor of the Orchestra he has been untiring in his efforts to make these institution s a success . When the orchestra was in want of a practice room he allowed us to hold our practices in his own room, and for this alone our best thanks are due. We can only conclude by wishin"" him every success in his new position, and hope that be" will remember his associatio n with the orchestra with the same pleasure that we do. We are also greatly indebted to :Mr. Renaud for coming up on sev.e ral occasions to assist us with our practices. He has done this at no small inconveni ence to himself, and his lectures were extremely interestin g and instructiv e.

CADET NOTES. (W. G. Hughson and R . Hair.) 'fhis term opened with a departure from the normal routine, in the shape of a new system o£ fall-in. Instead of assemblin g directly on the battalion parade-gr ound as previously , the companie s now fall-in on separate parade grounds, and thence march on to battalion markers. Another branch o£ the work this term was the extended o·r der drill, carried out by signal, on the racecourse. During last term ho1idays the Group .A.rmourer made an inspection of rifles. On October 12 the Cadets commence d class-firin g, and of the considerab le number qualifying , many ob· tained marksmen 's badges. Physical drill has likewise progresse d, owing to this year 's boys having become proficient in the more elementary exercises . Special t;raining was undergon e in order to give a display at the Labour Day functions, but owing to the inclemenc y of the weather and the intervention o£ holidays, this was rendered impo-ssible. On two- occasions this term we have been visited by Captain Hudson, O.C. Ta.ranaki Group . On Septembe r 29 he expressed satisfactio n with the physical drill and later, on November 9, complime nted officers and n . ~.o.'s on the e:ffi.ciency of their companies in military movements . DurinQ' his latter visit be inspected the gully ranges, and passed both as safe for shooting.

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, THE GREAT BARRIEit Lying to the north-ea st oi Aucklan d and distant from it about 60 miles, lies the Ltreat Barrier Island; "Great" because it is great in comparis on with the smaller but perhaps better known Little Barrier, the splendid bird sanctuar y of the Hauraki Gulf. 1t was my pleasure to be a membel' of a party of ten to embark at m1dmgh t on 8.B. lJaphne m preparatwu tor the trip across the H.aurakl Ltu1f, and to awake 1rom sleep, at SIX next mommg to the realisati on of the ract that we had arnved at 'l'ryphen a, the southern mos-t haven of the island. With what haste we prepared to go· ou deck, with what eager anticipa tion we met the morning au, with what raptures we greeted the beauty of the place in the ~arly hght of dawn, I cannot stop to relate: but the quiet beauty of the shimmer ing water as it later caught the slanting rays of the early sun and lighted up the darkened cliff face and menacin g rock masses was a sight that long remained impresse d upon the memory. We were. soon steammg out of 'fryphen a, passed Cape Rihau- a place which through subseque nt events we shall long rememb er-and soon found ourselve s in the beautifu l Whanga parapara Harbour . We pulled up alongsid e the old mill wharf, a relic of the days when great foreign timber carrying vessels came there to load kauri cut by the Kauri 'fimber Compan y's mill, which was one of the largest in New Zealand. Around the bay are scattered many huts in different stages of decay, and where once the mill hand and his family made their habitatio n the 'wild cat now finds shelter. Althoug h it is in many respects more a deserted settleme nt than a deserted village, there is much to bring to mind Goldsmith' s poem. We did not stop many minutes at Whanga , but soon were out o.£ the harbour and on our way up the coast, for it must be borne in mind that this is not a tiny island, but is about 20 miles in length. Away across the port bows the isola. ted pinnacle s o·f the Pigeons were coming into view, and graduall y the white beaten surf appeared around the base of the group . After leavin()" F lail Island , our next call, the vista of islands before u~ presente d in morning sunlight a picture difficult to describe. Imagine a blue sky and bluer water relieved

by a successio n o~ "white horses" driving .bef01:e a freshni.UO" westerly · m the foregrou nd numerou s Islands o.£ etonn "' battered ' rock crowned wit "h green, " :J?-Or 1ackd e ~hey many a banner fair," a rugged _shore _hne on the rio-ht where. the sea is dashed in dazzlmg whitenes s, and y;u have some idea of the scene befo-re us. When we were right amongst these island.s, and before the reason was revealed , we found our course set appar ently towards the sho-re, but ever as we neared the fo-rbiddin g headland a new waterwa y lay open before ~s till at. last passing through a narrow passage -a stone s throw across, yet in which we were assured there was sufficien t depth to leave many fathoms under the greatest dreadnou gh aflo at-we entered upon the grandest harbour it has been my lot to see. We had entered ;port Fitzroy harbour by the southern passage; the!e 1s a northern passag-e as well. At the _entrance to t~Is splendid harbour of hundred s of acres m · extent, as If t_o protect it from sea ruri rollers, nature has planted Kaikour a or Selwyn Island in such a way as to· leave these two narrow passages , and no matter how great the r~llers outside, the1·e is always inside the harbour compara tively still water. Althou()"h our visit did not coincide with the po_hutukawa sea~on, we were well abl e to· imagine as we sailed up this beautifu l harbour, what a gorgeou s effect -yonld be produced when this sheet o.£ cerulean blue were fnnge_d on every side by the bright.. colour o.£ _the bloom of this beautifu l Christma s tree, wh10h extendm g to the farthest reaches of the harbour, cast grateful shade even upon the vemnclah of the house of our hosts, where we were warmly received at the end of our voyage. Durin o· o·u r stay ther~ was not one day when we did not 0"0 so~ewhere . Our first excursi on-a tramp of abo ut seven miles-w hich took place the da'.f afte1r '!le arrived, consisted of a climb to the top o.f the ndg~ whiCh forms the backbon e of the island and from wh10h the sea may be. seen both to the easil and to. the ?"est, there presenti ng a glo·r ious sp~ctacle of. white f~11!-ged isl ands on an azure sea. Th e L~ttle ~arner was visible, but the mainlan d was barely d1scerm ble . Mount Hob. on, the highest peak of the island, and many. other landmar ks of interest were seen, but most of the Islands as yet were unknown to us. One. pretty picture I cann_ot forbear to mention , partly because we photogra phed 1t,

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and als.o because it remains clearly impressed upon iny We. w:ere descending the winding track from memory. the ndg-e, obtammg but. occasional glimpses of the sea, ~hen suddenly on roundmg the rugged escarpment of a time-worn headland, the sheeil' side of which to·w ered a:bove, the harbour lay before us, silver and blue in the hght .of the sinking sun, framed in a vignette of rock aJ?-d hght green .manuKa; the picture terminated in the hills at the far side of the harbour on which Castle Rock stood silhouetted in dark contrast to the glory of the refulgent western sky, "Huge as the tower which builders vain, Presumptuous piled on Shinar' s plain."

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Our excursions were generally taken in the launch, a splendi~ three-skin 28ft. boat driven-by a Twigg heavy duty ~ngme: However, there is not space to tell of all the tnps we made so· that a brief account of one which was more eventful than the others must suffice. We were on .this partic.ular occasion on the way to Flat Island, at whiCh you will remember we called on our way up the coast. All went well the while we sailed up the harbour, came through the narrow passaO"e and sailed out of the harbour .on the lee side of Australia, False Head and N elson Island, but o·n ce past these we had some distance of open sea to cross before we should come into the shelter of Flat Island. Now there is nothing unusual in sailinoan open sea in a good launch, but it must be remembered that a pret_ty sti:ff westerly had been blowing ever since 'lYe had arnved some days before and there was some conSlderabl~ sea running .. Still there was no cause for apprehenswn nor anythmg to occasion uneasiness but about half way 3;cress, the strain exetrted upon the p~inter ~y the seas whiCh struck us and the dinghy upon the "tarboard quarter proved too great for "hempen span" t<? bear and we found o-urselves suddenly minus the c~mghy. N ?W to put about and secure the dinghy again .\ ou may. thm~ _would b~ but the work of a few minutes, . hut to th1s ~pmwn_practiCal experience adds much. It is not the easiest thiJ?-g to Pl!t about in a heavy sea, for unless _much case IS exerCised there is a possibility of ;,wampmfi the boat; she must at a favourable opportunity pay off and come round to port or "head up" into it and ,com_e _around to starboard, and this after some minutes dnvmg before ~he heavy swell was accomplished and the boat beat up mto the face of the wind to return

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to the lost dinghy, which appeared to be about a mile away . It did not take long to get alongside, a,nd now tl1e most difficult part of the business commenced. The difliculty would be to get and maintain a hold with the boathook as the dinghy was one minute high above us threatening to· dash down upon our deck and next minute was low in a trough below us. With the boathook a grip was secured fm a second, but the strength of two pairs of brawny arms was not great enough to maintain this hold, while a third pair endeavoured to secure the derelict, and it broke away again. The manoeuvre had to· be carried out again and by the time we had "come round" again the dinghy was drifting well in towards the treachHo·w ever, the tactics of the erous rock-bound shore. first attempt were abandoned, and as we once more came abreast of the drifting boat the "mud hook," to which was attached a sufficient length o.£ rope made fast at the st~rn ~ollock, was well and truly cast so that it landed fauly m the b_ottom o.£ the boat, now ah~ost swamped. Fortunately with the first pull on the pamter the hook became firmly engaged under a thwart and the towing of It seemed to the now waterlogged punt commenced. have lost all the characteristics of a boat, for it dived and ~·oiled over and behaved in the most extraordinary fashJon for a respectable launch's dinghy. Just before we leave this little island paradise I should like: to . ~ention the names of a few of the places of mtere.s t we VISited, as some of you some day may visit these self-same places and may perhaps remember that you have heard the names before. There was Kiwiriki ~ay, wh~nce. a track leads o·v erland to Whangaparapara; 'Ihe Wairakl, where many oysters grow which in one res:pect resemble the fruit of the tree of knowledge; K~natara, where feeds the beautiful Arara · Wellington Head, at the northern entrance of the harbour· False Head, which mistaken mariners have taken for Wellino-ton Head ; Mokohino Lighthouse, some distance north ~f the i s~and, w}lere one member o.£ our party assisted in the catchmg of 64 hapuka-some of which weighed as much Oh, yes ! the as lqlb.--:-besides a big hau] of other fish. Barner 1s a wonderful fishmg ground. The last impr~ssions ~f the Barrier were by 'no means the least. The wmd, whiCh had been comin(J' from the west for over a week, ·did not lo e anything in velocity as the day of our departure drew near so that this fact together with the added responsibility' of steaming with

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a blown steam packing, kept the captain of the W aipu two days after the usual sailing' date. However, finally at about 8 o'clock on Saturday morning we left. All went well with the W aipu till we emerged from behind the shelter o£ the islands and then things went further; at least the crockery in the galley and the milk cans in tlie stern did. We were getting beam seas and in no small doses, so that the o1d boat rolled till her gunwales lapped the foam and as she righted rushed the water across the deck as i£ it were a sluice gate. But the worst was not over till after Rihau had been passed, so now you will understand why we remember Rihau . However, we were finally safe in Tryphena, but an attempt to get out proving hopeless against the st.ill rising sea we returned to .our hav_en, w:here we remained till evening, when the wmd havmg d1ed down the sea quickly moderated and we we able to leave in comfort, which fortunately we enj.oyed £or the rest of the voyage back to Auckland, whwh we reached at 1 a.m. Sunday morning.

SHOOTING. (R. Hair and W. G. Hughson.). We are sorry to have to chronicle the departure o£ R. A. 9andy and H. S. Herbert . Candy made a very energetiC seCI'etary, and both were keen shots . We wish them every success in their new spheres. In reviewing the past year's shooting one is struck by the keenness displayed by all concerned . Masters havf' devoted both time and attention to furtherinO' the welfare o£ the t eams, and the boys in their turn °have responded enthusiastically. The first term saw the commencement o£ regular and assiduous practice, which soon enabled probable teams and emergencies to be picked for the various platoons. The relative merits of the competitors, however, required careful com1deration. and it was not till the second term that the Imuerial Challenge Shield teams were finally selected. The matches commenced on June 15 and lasted about a fortnight. We take this opportunity of thanking Lieut. L. W . Andrews, V.C., Area Officer for New Plymouth who kindly acted as umpire. '

IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD COMPETITION.

No. 1 PLA'rOON, No. 24 COMPANY. Cadet C. Bell . . ..... .. Cadet L . Abbott Gade.t P. Wills . . . . . . Sergt. J. H . Boon . . . Cpl. I. M. Sutherl and Cpl. H. S. Herbert. .. Cpl. R. A. Candy . . . Cpl. M. Barak .. .. .. ...

44 46 46 42 46 46 46 45

49 49 48 44 50 48 45 49

93 95 94 86 96 94 91 94

743 382 .......... .. 361 Average 92.875. Average age o£ team: 16 years 6 months.

Totals

No. 2 PLATOON, No. 24 COMPANY. Cadet L . J . Linn . . . Cadet A . M . M oyes ... Cdt . G. W. Bracegirdle Cpl. K. H . O'Halloran Q.M.S. W. Hughson Cpl. E . B . Waters... L. -Cpl. H . W. Hunt Cadet G. H. Holden

43 41 44 47 46 46 46 47

48 47 46 49 47 43 47 43

91 88 90 96 93 89 93 90

730 370 ........ ... .. 360 Average 91.25. Average age o£ team: 16 years 6 months.

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No. 3 PLATOON, No. 24 COMPANY. Cadet A. Gibson Cadet A. Brodie .. ... . L.-Cpl. H . Brown . . . Cpl. R. McRae . . . . . . Cpl. L. T . Rawson ... Cadet M. Goldstone Cadet H. W. Rickard Cadet A. E. Smith...

46 43 44 48 47 44 47 44

43 47 44 48 46 45 46 44

89 90 88 96 93 89 93 88

726 363 ............ 363 Average 90.75. Average. age of team: 16 years 2 months.

Totals

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·No. 4 ·P LATOON, Cadet H. Calder ...... Cadet R. ·Cleland . . .. Cadet M. J. Sutton . Cadet A. B. Shaw .. . S.e rgt . T. N. Foden.... C,adet N. W. Airey . . . Cadet H. W. Mason Cadet J. W. Palm er

No. 24 COMPANY. 92 44 48 88 45 43 88 42 46 91 43 4, 8 47 89 42 45 49 94 44 44 88 44 46 90

·Totals

. . . .. .. .. .. . 349 371 Average 90. Average age o·f tea:qt: 16 years .

720

Junior Competition. No. 1 PLATOO~, No. 110 COMPANY . Cadet R. H. Caughley 43 48 Cadet C. J. Rogers ... 45 47 Cadet E. Chivers .. . 4~ 48 Cadet R. Kidd ...... 43 48 Cadet K. R. Lambie 46 48 Cadet J. J ackson . . . 42 49 Cadet T. L , Penn ... 44 46 Cadet F. T. Williams . 47 45 Totals ............. 352

379

91 92 90 91 94 91 90 92

WEEKLY PRESS TEAM, 1919. Top Row : J. Jackson , J. Brown, R. McRae, P. \¥ills, J. Rogers . . Bottom Row : M. Barak, R. Hair.

731

Average. 91.38. Average age o£ team: 14 years 6 months. No. 2 PLkTOON, Cadet M. Lysons . . . Cadet H. Madsen .. . Cadet G. Ballinger... Cadet S. Bellringer... Cadet J. Brodie . . . . . . Cadet V. Carthew . . . ·Cadet A. Foreman .. . Cadet H. Stevenson

No. 110 COMFANY. 41 45 86 42 43 85 42 40 82 41 43 84 40 44 84 43 45 88 43 47 90 44 41 85

Totals ' ." : .......... 336 348 .A:verage 85.5. Aver~ge age of team : 14 years.

684

SENIOR TEAM , No. 1 PLATOON. T op Row : C. Bell, P. \¥ill s, M. Barak, I. Sutherland. Bottom Row: L. Abbott, R. Candy, H . Herbert, J. Boon.

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No.. 3 PLATOO N, Cadet U. W. Rainger Cadet B. J. Foreman Cadet H. Clarke Cadet C. H. Honnor Cadet E. J. Olson .. . Cadet C. R. Parker.. . Cadet V. A. Tait .. .. .. Cadet V. C. Fookes...

No. llO COMPAN Y. 47 o~ 38 3!:! 47 40 48 43 43 38 43 39 42 44 45 35

86 77 87 91 81 82 86 80

670 353 .. . .. .. .. .. . 317 Average 83.75. Average age of team : 14 years 3 months . No. 4 PLATOO N, l~o. llO COMPAN Y . 84 45 Cadet A. Rumball. .. 39 85 45 Cadet J. D . Mackay 40 82 43 Cadet A. L. Kidson 39 87 44 Cadet H. I. Mcivor 43 84 路43 Cadet J. M. Guild .. .. 41 82 42 Cadet J. 'l' . Shaw . . . 40 88 46 Cadet C. Thomson . . . 42 85 42 Cadet P. Pope .. .. .. 43 'fotals

677 350 ............ 327 Average 84.625. Average age of team: 14 y<lar s 2 months. A cable just received from Englaud gives the results uf t l1e above competitio n as follows :Totals

SENIOR COMPET ITION.

(100.) 93.2 1. Royal Australian Naval Brigade, Caims South d, Birkenhea 2. A Company, Naval Cadets, Australia ...... , .... ............. ............. . . 92.2 3. New Plyn1outh Boys' High School ........ ... ... . 92.1 JUNIOR COMPET ITION. 91.8 1. Naval Boys' Brigade, Devon port, England d, Birkenhea Cadets, Naval 2 . Twelfth Company, So路uth Australia ..... ...... .. .. .... ........... . 91.2 3. New Plymouth Boys' High School ....... :.. .. 91.1 820 teams from variou parts of the Empire entered for the Senior Competiti on and 569 for the Junior.

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'l'his year there has been keen competitio n for the various school cups awardeu for miniature range shooting. The following are the scores of the winner and runner-up in each case:-

Since these notes were written No . 110 Comp~ny · •Weekly Press" team fired fo.r the North Isl.a nd Shiel~ ( .22 miniature range). Captam Hudson, ~.C. Taranakl L-houp acted as umpire. The targets have. JUst been forwarded to Headquar ters and detailed scores will appear Mr. Searle and team are to be conin our next issue. "'ratulated on the record score for the School of 671 out of ~ possible of 680 points.

SEARLE CUP. (Senior Champion ship.) Qualifyin g Rounds . 97 98 L . Ab bott .. .. .. .. .. .. 96 93 97

R. Hair .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 95

Average . 96.6 95 .1

HAMBL YN CUP. (Junior Champion ship.) Qualifyin g Rounds. M. Barak .. .. .... .. .. 95 94 96 P. Wills .. ............ . 93 94 94

Average. 95 93.66

LOVEDA Y CUP. (Champio nship under 15.) Qualifyin g Rounds. J. Rogers .. .. .. .. .. .. 93 · 93 92 94 92 91 R. H . Caughley

Average. 92.66 92.33

McLEOD AND SLADE CUP. (Champio nship under 14.) Qualifyin g Rounds. 94 92 91 R. H. Caughley A. Foreman .. .. .... . 88 90 89

Average. 92.33 89

Since Mr. H . V. Searle' s return there has been a revival in ./.:l03 shooting. Practice is held daily on the 25. yards range, and, whenever Taranaki weather perThe remi~s, the Re'Ya Rewa _long range is visited. ~namder of this term will be very busy as far as shooting Is ~011cern_ed. The Secondary Schools' Match has been teviveu this year.a;nd wear~ endeavou ring to get together a tean;. I_n additiOn to this the Lady Godley Cti.ps, the st'ill to be :\lacDiarm id Belt, and the Kelly Cup have · ' competed for. · The Group Rifle Meeting at Hawera on December 10 ·should also attract a large n'umber of competito rs from • the School.

ANNUA L S PORTS . 'l'he followin()' appeared in the Daily News:'fhe ann~al :ports in connectio n with the New ~ly mouth Boys' High School, postponed from a fortmght · ao·o owina to wet weather, eventuate d yesterday , and u~til the ~egrettable aeroplane disaster in the a£tern~on caused them to be brought to· an a!Jrupt ~onclus10n proved highly successful from every pomt of view . ~he weather proved fine and though a cold wind was blo:wmg this did not deter a large number o~ parents. and fnends hom gathering , and the scene, partwularl J:' m the af~er noou, was a very animated one, unusual mterest be~ng added by the flights of t~e . aerol?laue overhead, wh10h ,vas a novelty to the maJority of those present, all of whom were delighted by the stunts and. apalled !Jy the subsequen t disaster. The grounds were m splendid concTition, and complete arrangem~nts had been made for the conduct of the sports with the result that the. numerous events were got ~:ff wit~ the expedition . and precision that has always characten sed these gathermg s, and the programm e was kept well up to time. The lads entered keenly into .the various. eve;n~s, and ~ome splendid contests were witnessed , fimshes m practiCaU.y every case being close. Several records were broken, VIZ., the o;enior and junior long jump, the 190 yards under_12 cup, and the 100 yards senior cup, whilst other records were rC]ualled . The officials all did their work well. Mr. W. H. Moyes, Principal of the Sc_hool, as stai:ter, despatched his fields awaJ well, bemg ably assisted by )lessrs. C. H. Wynyard and A. R. Ryder as mar~smen_. :\1essrs. T. C. •List, E. Jackson, A. L. Humphne s, E. Whittle, R. W. D. Robertson , Dr. Fookes and E. P. vVebster, as judges, had a verv busy time, but though events followed quickly and finishes were remarkab ly close they "'ave their decisions promptly. Messrs. R. H. Rockel, J."'Benne tt, N. Greiner and L. B. Webster

ANNUAL SPOHTS.

ANNUAL SPORTS.

proved capable time-kee pers; whilst the stewards , .Messrs. C. G. Bottrill, H. E. Glover, F. J. Eggleton , H. L. Calder, H. V. Searle, N. D . Day, W. G. Wilkie, J. W . Connell and G. F. Bertrand , all ' did their work well. The officials and the committ ee alike, comprisi ng Messrs, A. W. Diprose, chairman , and A. M. Bradbur y (masters ), M. Sutherla nd, M. Osborne, K. O'Hallor an, E. Smart and J. Whittle, together with the joint secretaries (T. N. l!'oden and H. vV. Brown), are to be congratulate d on the success achieved . During the afternoon tea was dispense d in the Assembl y Hall, where further enjoyme nt was added by a musical program me submitte d by Mrs. Woods' Orchestr a. The sports were at once abandon ed as soon as it was realised that the aeroplan e had crashed, the accident occurrin g in view of many of those present. THE CHAMP IONSHI PS. There was keen competitio-n for the champio nships, as may be seen from the detailed 1·esults :Senior Cup .-J. H. Boon, 15 _points; H. W. Brown, 13; J. Whittle, 13; M. Sutherla nd , 11 ; M. Nicholso n, 8; L. B. Inch, 3. Junior Cup (under 16 years).- C. D. Collins, 17 points; A. M. Moyes, 16; R. Rea, 13; R. Brewste r, 5; R . Bellring er, A. T. Wheeler and R. 'f. Jury, each 3; R. Atkinson and K. Meuli, 1. Under 14.-C. Gil~our , 15; S. Cottier, 9; J. Simcock, 5; E. Clegg, 3; R. Fletcher , 2; V. Mitchins on, 2. Under 12.-•H . Fookes, 20 (the pos ible); B. Cooke, 9; R. List, 3 · T. York, 1; C. Ambury , 1. Under 10.- J. Pen:y, 13 : A . Washer, 11; 0. A . Clark, 5; J. Davies, 4. The followin g are the detailed results :. · 150 Yards Open . -Firsth eat: Waterso n (2yds.) 1; tune, 16 s~c . Second heat: Hoffman n (scr.) 1; time, 17sec. Thud heat: Foden (4yds) 1; time, 17sec . Fourth heat: L . Abbott (3yds.) 1; time, 11 1-5sec. Fifth heat : Hawkes (2yds.) 1; time, 17sec. Sixth heat: Os borne "(3yd~.) 1; time, 17sec . _Seventh heat: E. Smart (2yds.) 1_; time, 17 2-5.sec. E1ghth. heat: Hutchen (4yds) 1 ; hme, 17sec. Nmth heat : Hme (2yds.) 1; time, 18sec . Tenth heat : Cleland (5yds.) 1; time, 17 2-5sec. Eleventh heat: Calder (8yds .) 1; time, 17 2-5sec. Final: Hoffman 1, Waterso n 2, Foden 3; time, 16 1-5sec.

100 Yards (under 15) .-First heat: ~rewster (scr.) 1 Alexand er (scr.) 2, B. Lash (5yds.) 3; tm:).e, 12 2-5sec . s'econd heat: T. Penn (2yds .) 1, C.,'l'hym son \scr.) 2,_C. Dinniss (1yd .) 3; time, 12 2-5sec_. rl_nrd heat . N. S~nth (2yds.) 1, Pope (scr.) 2, MacD1arm1d (2yds.) 3; time, 12 2-5sec. Fourth heat: C. Morey (3yds.) 1, ~canla~ (2yds.) 2; time, 12 2-5sec. Fmal: Morey 1, Brewster 2, N. Smith 3; time, 12 1-5sec. 100 Yards (Senior Cup).-F irst heat (champio nship heat) : Whittle (scr .) 1, Nicholso n (scr.) 2, Brown (scr.) 3 · time llsec. Second heat: Hoffman n (scr.) ~' G1bson (5yds .)'2, Abbott (2yds.) 0; time, llsec. Thud he~t: Willis (scr.) 1, K. O'Hallora:t;t (3yds .} 2, Cachema1lle (6yds.) 3; time, 11 2-5sec. Fourth heat: Wate~·son (2yds.) 1, Foden (2yds.) 2, Hawkes (2yds.) 3; time, 11 1-5sec. Fifth heat: Os borne. (3yds.) 1, L. ~ease (6vds .) 2, Parkinso n (6yds.) 3; time, 11 2-5sec. Fmal: \Vhittle (scr.) 1, Ho:ffmann (scr.) 2, Waterso n (2yds.) 3; time, 10 3-5sec. -a record. 100. Yards (Junior Cup).-F irst heat (champio nship heat): Moyes (scr.) 1, R. Rea (scr.) 2, Ktkmson (scr .) 3; time, 1.~. 3-5sec . Second heat: Le~land (2yds.) 1, M:;tclmy (1yd.) 2, Northern (3yds.) 3; time, 112-5sec . Thud heat: Ballinge r (3yds.) 1, Sarten (3yds.) 2, Bleakley (1yd .) 0; time, 12 2-5sec. Fourth heat: Erlan~son (3yds.) 1, R. Wells (2yds.) 2, Grover (2-y-ds.) 3; bme, 12 1-5sec. Fifth heat: Joll (3yds.) 1, Dav1s (1yd.) ?, C. I-'ash (3yds.) 3; time, 12 2-5sec. Final: Lealand 1, Rea 2, 13allinger 3; time, 11 3-5sec. L~ng Jump (Senior Cu~) .-Whitt le, 19ft. Hin. (scr.), 1: Sutherla nd, 19ft. 21-m ~ _(scr.), 2; Brown, 18~t. 9-tin. (scr.), 3 . All beat the_ prevwus record of 18ft. 9m. establish ed by F. A. Bruce m 1913. Long Jump (Junior C~p).-C. D . Oollins, 18ft. 2~n. (scr .), 1; Wheeler , 17ft. 6m. (scr .), 2; Moyes, 17ft. ~1n . ( scr.), 3. All beat the previ?us record of 16ft. 9m., establish ed by R. J. H arnson m 1917'. 880 Yards (Senior Cup).-H o:ffman n (scr.) 1, Nicholson (scr.) 2, Boon (scr.) 3. About _thirty star~ed. A great race. Won by two yards, w1th the thud boy about a foot away. Time, 2min. 16sec. 880 Yards (Junior Cup).-B allinger (30yds .) 1_, R. Rea (scr.) 2 Northern (20yds.) 3. About thirty started. Another go~d race. Time, 2min. 29sec,

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100 Yards (under 14 Cup).-First heat (championship heat) ·: Gilmour (scr.) 1, S. Cattier (scr.) '2, R.· Fletcher (scr.) 3; time, 13sec. Second heat: B . SGanlan (scr.) 1, T . Fookes (scr.) 2, E. Jackson (2yds.) 3; time, 13 2-5sec. Third heat: Philpott (2yds.) 1, H . Belltinger (4yds.) 2, M. Robertson (1yd .) 3; time, 13sec. Final : Gilmour (scr.) 1, B. Scanlan (scr.) 2, Cattier (scr .1 3; time, 12 2-5sec. 220 Yards Open Handicap.-First heat: . F . Davis Second (9yds.) 1, Hawkes (3yds.) 2; time, 2B 2-5sec. heat: G. Waterson (4yds.) 1, D. Mackay (9yds.) 2; time, 25 l-5sec. Third heat: Parkinson (12yds.) 1, Ron. Syme (5yds.) ~;time, 261-5s~c. Fourth heat: Lealand (11yds.) Fifth heat: Os1, J. Hme (5yds.) 2; time, 26 1-5sec. borne (6:yd~ . ) 1, L. Smart (12yds.) 2; time, 27sec. Sixth heat: Willis (scr.) 1, C. Bell (13yds.) 2; time, 26 2-5sec. S.eventh heat : ~bbot (4yds.) 1, L. Dinniss (7yds .) 2; Eight~ heat: B. Hutohen (7yds.) 1, N. tlm.e, 27sec. Final: Lealand Smith (17yds .) 2; trme, 26 2-5sec. (11yds.) 1, Water on (4yds.) 2, Hawkes (3yds.) 3; time, 25 3-5sec . High Jump (Junior_Cup).-Co1lins (scr.), 4ft. 91in. (equal to reco-r d established in 1917 by R. Ward) 1; Jury (scr.) and Lambie (2in), 4ft. 5in., 2. . High Jump (Senior Cup).- Sutherland (scr.), 5ft. lj-m., 1; Boon (scr.) and Whittle (scr.), 4ft. U~il;l., equal, 2. 75 Ya:~;ds (under 13).-Jfirst beat: S . Cattier (1yd), 1, A. Fussell (5yds) 2, H . Fookes (scr.) 3; time, 10sec. Second heat: Riley (4yds) 1, C. M'Neill (3yds .) 2, J. Peas~ (1yd.) 3; time, 10 1-5sec. Final: S . Cattier (1yd.) 1.' R1ley (4yds.) 2, A. Fussell (5yds .) 3; W·on by inf!hes; bme., 9 2-5seo. 50 Yards (under 10 Cup).-ViTasher (scr.) 1, P. Allen (3yds.) 2, Perry (scr.) 3; time, 7 4-5sec. 440 Yards (Senior Cup).-Willis (scr.) 1, Berridge (20yds.)' 2, Boon (scr.) and Brown (scr.) equal 3 . About 50 started, and a good race ensued; time, 59 2-5sec . 440 Yards (Junior Cup).-R. Rea (scr.) 1, Northern (20yds.) 2, Ballinger (15yds.) 3 . Another very bi()' field "' · and a good race; time, 61 2-5sec.

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75 Yards (under 14 Cup) .-First heat (championship heat): Gilmour (scr.) 1, S. Cattier (scr.) 2, Mitchinson (scr.) and R. F letcher (scr.) dead heat, 3; time, 9 3-5sec. Second heat: E. Jackson (5yds) 1, Nash (1yd.) 2, M. Fletcher (scr .) 3; time, 10sec. Third heat: T. Fookes (2yds.) 1, J. Riley (6yds.) 2, Scanlan (scr.) 3 · time, 10sec. Final : Gilmour (scr .) 1, T. Fookes (2yds.) 2, J. Riley (6yds.) 3; time, 10sec. 50 Yards (un~er 11).-B. Cooke (scr.) 1,. A. Hutchen • (scr.) 2, A. Washer (1yd .) 3; time, 7 2-5sec. Three-legged Race, 75 Yards.-First heat: Pope. and H. Wells (4yds.) 1, Foden and Henderson (1yd.) 2. Second heat: J. Pease and N. Smith (5yds.) 1, Wills and Parkinson (2yds.) 2. Third heat: 11cMahon Bros . (6yds .) Final: Farmer and 1, Farmer and McLean (6yds.) 2. :M cLean 1, Pope and Wells 2, Pease and Smith 3. 100 Yards (under 12 Cup).-First heat (championship heat): H. Fookes (scr.) 1, B. Cooke (scr.) 2, . C. Ambury (scr.) 3; time, 13 3-5sec. Second heat : J. Riley (3yds.) 1, J. Dykes (3yds) 2, C. Strange (2yds) 3; time, 13 2-5sec. Final : J. Riley (3yds.) 1, H. Fookes (scr.) 2, · B. Cooke (scr.) 3. Potato Race .-First Heat: Kilpatrick 1. Second heat: Gibson, 1. Third beat; L. Dinniss, 1. Fourth Sixth heat: heat: Coleman 1. Fifth l1eat : Barnett 1. N. Smith, 1. Seventh heat: Philpott, 1. Eighth heat: Rlair 1. Ninth heat: P. Allen 1. Tenth heat: Graver 1. Final: Kilpatrick 1, Gibson 2, L. Dinniss 3. Invitation Race, 100 Yards.-L. Wilson (Stratford D.H.S.) 1, C. W. Davies (Stratford D.H .S.) 2, H. W. Willis · started: Also 3. (N.P.B.H.S.) Brown (.N .P.B.H.S.) and O'Byrne (N .P. Technical College) . A fine race, inches separating the placed men; time, 11sec. 75 Yards (under 10 Cup).- ·A.llen (3yds) 1, Perry (scr.) 2, Davies (scr.) 3. Time: 11 2-5sec. 50 Yard (under 12 Cup).-Fir t beat (championship heat): H . Fookes (scr.) 1, Cooke (scr.) 2; time, 7 1-5sec. Second heat: J. Riley (4yds.) 1. Washer (3yds.) 2 Dykes (3yds.) 3; time, 6 4-5sec. Final: J. Riley (4yds) 1, H. Foo1ces (scr.) 2, Cooke (scr.) 3: time, 7 1-5sec. Sack Race, 75 Yards.-First heat: H. Arthur (8yds.) 1, Jol~ . (10yds . ) 2. Sec.ond heat: MacDiarmid (8yds.) 1, MeN eiil (6yds.) 2. Thrrd beat: S. Hutchen 1 B. Blun· dell2. Final: MacDiarmid 1, Joll2, H . McNeill3.

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150 Yard s (und er 12 Cnp ).-H . Fook es (scr. ) 1, A. Fuss ell (5yds ) 2, Cooke (scr. ) 3; time , 20sec . 100 Yard s (und er 10 C1rp ).-Pe rry (scr. ) 1, P. Allen (5yd s.) 2, Was her (scr. ) 3; time , 15 l -5sec . 120 Yard s Hurd les (Sen ior Cup ).-F irst pion ship heat) : Brow n (owe 7yds .) 1, Suth heat (cham erlan d (owe 7yds ) . 2, Boon (owe 7yds .) 3; time , 18 2-5se heat : Hine (o-we 7yds .) 1, Osbo rne (owe 7yds c. Seeo nd (owe 5yds ) 3; time , 19 4-5sec. Final: Hine .) 2, Fode n 1, Tirown (owe 1yds .) 2, Suth erlan d (owe 7yds(owe 7yds .) .) 3; time , 20 2-5sec. 120 Yard s Hurd les (Jun ior Cup ).-R . Mau ri (owe 3yds ) 1, Colli ns (owe 7yds .) iG, J .. Brod ie (scr. ) 3; time , 21 3-5sec. 220 Yard s (und er 14 Cup ).-Fo okes , T. (lOy ds.) 1, Gilm onr (scr. ) 2, B. Scan lan (scr. ) 3; time , 29 4-5sec. One l\Iile (sen ior). -L . Sma rt (lOO .) l, Boon (seT.) 2, Berr idge (lOOyds.) 3; time , 5minyds . 6 3-5sec . One Mile (jun ior). -•E . G. Smit h 1, :M:ackay 2, Mace 0; time , 5min 18 3-5sec. Thro wing Crick et Ball .-Se nior : J. M. Hine , 82yd s. O£t. Sin. Juni or: C. 'l'hom son, 72yd~ . Oft. 2in.

ANN UAL STE EPL ECH ASE . This year ' s steep lecha se was to have take n pface ·On the 14th o£ Octo ber, but . owin g to bad weat pone d till the fo.llo ·wing w .e dnes day . The her was posttook place at the Waiw akaih o· Golf Link andsteep lecha se was keen ly conte sted in both senio r and junio r classs, es. We take t ' ·s oppo rtuni ty of since rely than king the Golf Club for so kind ly lettin g us run on their links . · Over 200 boys comp eted. Tne fields . were not as large as last .year owin g to prev ailin g colds prev entin g a mtrn ber from parti cipat i:ug. The J u.nioT Steep lecha se f0·r boys unde 50 comp etito rs, who had to run a dista nce r 14 attra cted A. Fuss ell soon took the lead, and by runn of two mile s . ished 400 yard s ahea d of Dyke s, with 0. ing well, finHeth ering ton and H. Fook es third and fourt h.

ANNUAL STEEPLEC HASE. 1920. E. G . Smith , W'inn e r of Senior Steeplechase路. Seni or Competit0rs. Juni or Competi tors. A. Fu se ll , \\Tinn er of Jun ior Ste epl echase.

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The Senior Steeplechase was over a distance o£ nearly four miles, and proved a good race. In the early stages E. Fussel took the lead, and then gave place to E. Smith. Grn,dually the scratch men gained on the leader, but Sn1lth was able to stay the journey, and ran in 20 seconds before Ho:ffmann, who was eight seconds ahead o£ Boon, last year 's winner. The fastest time in the junior event was put up by In the senior Ho-:ffmann established a new A. Fussell. record, his time being 25min . 57sec. Detailed re·sults are as follow : SENIOR STEEPLECHASE. Smith, E. G. (2min.) Ho:ffmann (scratch) Boon (scratch) ... :Mace (1-£min.) A.bott (1min.) Ballinger (2~min.) Cavaney (2min.) Hutchen, B. (20sec.) Smart, L. (1min) 1[a:s:well (Hmin .)

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CRICKET.

. Next in ?rder w:ere : Silson (2imin.), Geddes (H mm.), Har~wlCk (2mm.), Eayes (2imin .), Clark (3min.), Nol~n (4m~n.), Washer (3mm.), Paget (2min.), Fargie (~mm.), S1mcoc~ (s?r.), Cleg~ (scr.), Lysons (1!min.), ~aston (scr.), ~ltchipson (scr.;, Leech, E. (2min.), Bell~·mger, H. (-tmm.), Fletcher, R. (scr.), .Bayly (scr.), Thomson, M. (scr.), M'Lean (1 min.)

Second Inning5.

CRICKET. (J. M. Hine.)

. Th_is season has shown a decided improvem ent in the cnck etm15 atmospher e, fo-r the good turf practice and match ~1eket~, a~d a clo·sely cropped playing field have made cncket mfimtely more enjoyable . The new horsemowe.r. works splendidly , although 50 boys are oftener seen m harness. than one horse . A long felt want has thus been supphed at last-a road-grad er wr:.s first delivered ~or t~e mower-a nd we o-nly hope that this new maclnne will fulfil many useful years o.£ service . The weather, as o~ old, h~s hindered .cricket very much, so·, as yet, there 1s. certamly no mamfest improvem ent. · The season opened with the annual match against Old Boys. School w~re defeated by a p.arrow margin of runs, but t?-ere are still the grade matches to avenge our loss. Detailed scores:SCHOOL. First Innings. Palmer, b Osborne Willis, b Os borne .. . Brown, b Wailer ... ... .. . Hine, c Bertrancl, b Monteath .. . Os borne, c Bewley, b Eggleton .. . Lash, run out ... Hughes, b Monteath Smart, stumped ... Broclie, b Monteath Inch, b Bertrand Hemingw ay, not o·u t Extras Total . ..

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73 Analysis. -Osborne , 2 fo·r 18; Monteath , 3 fo-r 4; Bertrand, 1 fo-r 3; Eggleton, 1 for 12; W aller, 1 for 11.

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Analysis .-Brown, 6 fo-r 34; Inch, 2 for 35; Palmer, 2 for 15. · J

Cricket had ~ade such great headway throughou t the Sch?ol, that 1t was fo~nd necessary to divide the players m to three grades w1th four or five teams in each. Matches are played with great keenness a sure indication of merit in future el evens. It is as yet' too early for any complete rounds, bu~ it is hoped that by the end of the tel!ll three rounds wlll be completed in each grade. The skill shown by the Preparato ry XI. is arousing enthusiasm, in fact they are the most successful batsmen the "Prep." has had for many years. Account of their matches will be found in the Preparato ry Notes.

PREP ARAT ORY NOTE S. (H. Bel1rin ger.) "Friend ship is no plant of hasty growt~. Tho' planted in esteem' s deep-fixed s01l, The gradual culture of kind intercou rse Must bring it to· perfect ion." The object of nearly every school is to· crea:te lifelong friendsh ip among its student s as well as to foster learnin o. Even though we be scattere d to the uttermo st ends ot' the earth, there is the friendsh ip of school-b oy days which binds us to one anotlier . It is hoped that the senior boys who will be dispers ing at the end of the year, some to carry on in the Upper School, others to leave and commen ce work, will carry pleasan t memo·ries of their school days here and will prove worthy of the school to which they once belonge d. · The roll has risen conside rably since the last issue of the Magazi ne, the number being now 102. The followi ng boys have left since the Prepara tory Notes were last issued :-R. Butler, H. Clarke, G. Coplestone, F. Lee, S. Meredi th, :M. Sutton, W. Thomas . New boys are: P. Allen, K. Bleak!e y, A. Field, A. F3;rgie, A. Leech, L. Martin, W. Martm, B. Nolan, S. R1ley, D. Thomas , H. Powell. While we· were at the Raceco urse we learnt with deep regret that Mr. Saxton had decided to leave the Preparator y Teachin g Staff for a positlOJ?- at Waitak i. He was an ideal Master and was sadly missed. Hew::~~ 111r sented. with a small travelli ng portma nteau by the boys, 'who gave him three hearty cheers and wished him goodbye . · · Miss Campbe ll arrived on the 4th Octo·b er to take up the position that had been rendere d vacant by l\lr. Saxton, she having charge of the Fourth a.nd Fifth Standards. Since the new wing in the new buildin g has been comple ted , we )1ave been able to remove from the Racecourse buildin gs to otlters on the School g-round s. The First .Second and Third Standar ds are using- one of the room~ in the new wing , while the Fourth and Fifth Standards are accomm odated in the Library . The Sixth Standar d, which has grown into the largest class tltere has ever been in the Prepara tory Departm ent, is now billeted in the old Prep. building~<, and takes up the whole of it ior its own use.

PR~PARATORY NOT~S.

Mr. Bradbu ry, who is the dra~ing master at School, used only to take the Sixth Standar d for a class, but no:w Standar ds 4 and 5 have joined in taking drawing lessons. Earlier in the year we had some very exciting games of football . Althou gh we were exclude d from the Primary Schools ' Co~petition we manag.ed to have some friendly games with some of the Pubhc Schools . In all the matche s we were success ful. The first game was with the West End Public School, the scores being West End 0 Prepara to-ry 12. Our next game was played in Pukek~ra Park against Central School, the scores being Central School 0, Prepara tory 22. A return match was played on the Raceco urse, the home team winning by ten points to nil. A strenuo us game was played against Inolewood Public School at Inglewo od. As a strong wind ;as blowing againstt us during the first lialf it looked very much as if we were going to. lose, but when we did play with the wind the score mounte d from Inglewo od 6, Prepara tory 0, to Prepara tory 19, Inglewood 6. This was the last game that was played during the season. In the Primar y Schools ' Cricket Compet ition we have entered two teams. Our senior team has been so far success ful in every game, while the junior team has been success ful in only one. 'rhe scores are as follow s:October 16th.-C entral v. High School B: Central , first innings 18, second innings 18, total 36; Prepara tory B, first innings 62, second innings (not played) , total 62. Three point win for Prepara tory B . :Fitzroy v. High School A: Fitzroy , first innings 14, total 14; Prepara tory A, first innings 93 for 4 wickets , t otal 93. Two' point win for Prepara tory A. October 23.-Fit zroy v. High School B: Fitzroy , first innings 38, second innings 35, total 73; Prepara tory B, first innings 41, second innings 27, total 68 . Three point win for Fitzroy . October 30.-·W est End v. High School A: West End, · first innings 40, total 40; Prepara tory A, first innings 114 for 6i wickets , total 114. Two point win for Prepara tory A. Novem ber 6.--We st End v. High School B: West End, first innings 48, total 48; Prepara tory B, first innings 28, second mnings 15, total 43. Three point win for West End. The match between Prepara tory A and Prepara to-ry B is to be played to finish the first round, while the eeconcl round is to be played after the Christm as holiday s.

LITERARY EFFORTS.

LITEflARY EFFOtlTS.

'l'he following which recently came into oui· hands :;houlJ serve to indicate the pernicious influences or Vvordsworth. Sonnet composed in amazement at seeing t he cricket pitch unoccupied (after W o·r dsworth) : ,·Earth has not anything to show more fair; Dull would he be of soul who could pass by, A sight so touching in its majesty." The cricket pitch cloth like a green suit wear Its carefully tended sward of close mown grass; No sho'u t of boys nor master' s voice is there Its unaccustomed silence to impair, llut only does some idle wanderer pass, ·w ith deep amazement smit, and wonder where Is gone the busy mower' s buzzing sound, 'l'he heavy roller ro-lling round and round, And where the boarder' s language far from fair W1w, gated, finds no pastime to be found \Vithiu the school-gates' scanty plot of ground. I have often heard regrets expressed that Wordsworth did not give a complete family history in his ()'reat h umorous poem "We al'e Seven ." The following ~cat tered stanz{.ts may show something of what he mi()'ht 0 lHtve a~ded or improved in his poem, l~or example, he has omitted the parents, whose characters would have a. great effect on their offspring. Brothers and sisters are we seven And _:;_ome yo~l think may go to heaven; But 1f you w1sh the. truth to know ' I 'fear that al1 will be below, My father "·as a naughty man, He always smoked a briar And evel'y now and then he'd 'O'o 0 ·And spit into t.he fire .

M:y mother ~;he ne' er let hirri be, · She swiped hi.m wit_h tl1e rolling pin; .-\ ud "·~ere sl1e swiped hnn, you could see -His poor old hair was growing thin·.

Re slipt "on the br~dge at midnig)lt," To bed from h1s beer returnmg; By the gasless gaslamp' s fitful l~ght, And his red nose dimly burmng .

ENQU IRY COLUMN. Were "stern measures" taken on the boy who strode down the corridor loudly proclaiming his intention to take "drastic steps"? Are we blessed with nobility in our midst-though in an attenuated form? Was it a debatable point fo.r a _ma~ter ~o bait a boy on his abating interest in a certam duectwn? Is a boy whose name coincides with that of a common leguminous vegetable addicted to buster-cuts? What incident provoked the quotation-Apres nous le deluge? ·was the boy wlw transl~t~d "she ~tays'.' by "elle corset" connected with the m1llmeTy husmess? Is the following statement justified? "My heart sinks down ~hen I descry Our master out at cncket; ]'or then 'tis known he soon will cry, 'Come boys, let's roll the wicket !'"

BOXI NG CHA MPION S HIPS. 'l'he Boxino· Championships were decided this year on Novemb er l8th. As was done last year the ring Th~ contests was roped off in the Assembly Hall. throuo·hout were keen and some of the competitors showed co~siderable skill in the manipulatio-n of "the nasty left " while others absorbed punishment in a manner whi~h proved their grit. The exl?-ibition on the whole was an improvement on t~at of nrevH~us year~ and reflectlil O'reat credit on the coachmg. The hght we1ght contests in particular >yere better. exhibition~ than usual, some of . the rallies bemg very hvely, rousmg the onlookers to great excitement . · Hughson won the trophy for the most scientific boxer, closely fflllowed by Fookes.

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Mr. T. Smith gave every satisfaction as 1~Meree and .Jlr. Ryder acted as timekeeper . .

' The bo.ut between Hooper (12.12) and Willis (10 .7) for the open champi0nship had to be postponed, as the former was ill. It will take place before the end · of the term. · During the evening the contestants were seconded by Osbome and L. O'Halloran. Under 6st. Championship.-:Fookes. Under 7st . Championship.-Fletcher. Under Sst . Championship.-Davis. Under 9st. Championsh~p.-Rughson. Under lOst. Championship .-Smart. Under llst. Championship.-M . Airey. Senior Championship.-To· be decided. Each bout consisted of three two-minute rounds and the results were as follows:UNDER 6 S'rONK Winfi.eld v. Foolms.-Fookes won the first round ehiefl.y by good defence. The .second round was a draw, but by taking the offensive vVinfield evened up points in the third roul).d. A deciding round had to be fought at the end ·of which Fookes was declared a winner.

No. 2 PLATOON SENIOR TEAM. Top Row : H. Hunt. A. Moyes, H. Holden, G. Bracegirclle . . Bottom Row : E . \'Vaters, G. Hu g hso n, K. 0 ' Ha! lora n, L. L111n.

J£aston v. Hawken.-Easton won the first round by being the aggressor, but Hawkell' took the following two rounds and the bout. Final. :Fookes v.Hawken.-1!'ookes led off well in the first round, out Hawken, per medium of aggre·s sive leading, evened up in the second round. In the third round, however, Fookes proved too good and won a very well earned decision in his favour. The winner has a very clean snappy left and uses it well; he is also possessed of a very effective sidestep and to get full advantage of this should weal' shoes. UNDER 7 STONE. Fle tcher v. l\Iason.-This was a very e:s:citing bout, both boys being "all out" at the finish and striving · desperately for the decision. It was not possible to separate them ·at the end of the third round, so a fourth romi d of one minute was ordered, at the end of which Fletcher No. 3 PLATOON SENIOR TEAM. Top Row : A. Broclie, A. Gibson , M. Golclstone, A. E . Smi~h. Bottom Row: L. Rawson, R McRae, H. Brown, H. Rtckarcl.

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O'ained the. verdict. The rallies in this contest were very fierce and Fletcher only won because more of his blows connected . Mason has a nice upper-cut, which he should · · develop. UNDER 8 STONE. J. Jackson v. F. Davis.-Both these boys Lsliaped. very well. Davis, however, carried too many guns for Ja?kson and won fairly easily, though he had to keep gomg . Penn v. Robinson.-Robins on won the first round by a narrow margin, but Penn more than equalised things in the last two and gained the verdict. Final. He Davis v. Penn.-Davis won all three rounds. showed good footwork and was too fast for his opponent. He should make the fight more, however, and not wait for his opponent to lead . Bein(J' possessed of speed he should use it to some purpose other than circling round an opponent inde-f initely. Davis also lost points for hitting with the open glove . His display, however, was ,-ery good and interesting. '' l

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UNDER 9 STONE. N. Airey v. L. Ra;wson.-The hits in this contest were even, but Airey gained the decision for landing mor~ cleanly than Rawson. · The latter gained points. for leadmg, and had these leads been cleaner he. would probably have reversed the decision. Hughson v. Burdett.-This was a sluggish bout, Hughso·n being the winner. Semi-final. J. Scanlan v. N. Aire·y .-This was a £.'ne bout, Scanlan putting in some good work in the first round. Airey evened things up in the second round, but Scanlan won in the final. Final. Scanlan v . Hughson .-Another fine bout. Scanlan won the first round by neat work with the left. Hughson took the second, making Scanlan miss very often. , In the last round Scan1an tired, leaving himself open to Hughson, who did not fail to accept, and so won the bout. The winner showed great cleverness in countering. Scanlan's leads, and was awarded the medal for most . scientific boxer.

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

UNDER 10 STONE. R Hair v. E. Smart.-This was a close fight, which was won by Smart through following up leads in the exchanges and rallies. Hair has a bad habit of lifting his right and dropping it again, so- allowing his opponent to· get in. Pease v. Rickard.-This contest was won easily by Pease gaine-d Rickard, who made most of the fighting. points for good work in the breakaway, but must learn to be more aggressive. Final. Smart V. Rickard.-Smart won this bout, taking the first and third rounds, honours being divided in the second. Rickard made the fight-,that is to say made the leads, but these were so- wild that tbey did not connect, and consequently points were lost. Smart was too cool and steady for his opponent. UNDER 11 STONE. K. O'Halloran v. M. Airey.-Airey had the advantage in the first and third rounds, O'Hallo-ran taking the second. In the exchanges O'Halloran more than held his o-wn, but Airey with his great advantage in reach and height scored heavily in the leading and so wo-n the contest. · Foden v. Drader.- Drader was too good for Foden, winning all three rounds. Final. Drader v. M. Airey. - In thi::. bout there was more fighting- than bo·x ing, though now and then Drader would demonstrate that he knew something of an upper-cut. The third round found both boys even, so an extra minute was ordered. In tlJis Airev put his best into one final rally, which lasted just long enouO'h to enable him to win. Both boys showed great gameness in t his contest . The final heavy w eight , Willis v. Hooper, has not been decided. The prospects for nexii year seem to l:le very good, a~> n_ow there are a certain number of the boys who are gettmg a knowledge of the game, and the tournament itself is an encouragement to. others to take up the noble art. It is hnped also· to' get a punch ball and this will make the training much more 1nte.r esting, for there is not the slightest doubt th::1t the arm muscles and the eye need more training than they get in bouts only.

OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION. OFFICERS (1919-1920). President: E. P. W ebster, Esq. Vice-Presidents: A. 11. MacDiarmid, Esq.; P. Jackson, Esq. Hon. Treasurer: H.. H. George, Esq. 'Hon. Joint Secretarie.s: J. B. Wilson and R. Howell . Executive: P. J. H. White, A. Bewley, U. H. Wynyard, P. Atkinson, R . Blundell, H. Cald_er, E. D. Colson, and N. D. Day (School Representative). Old Boys' Representatives: Auckland: Phil. Grey, cj o Grey and Delamore, Solicitors. Palmerston North: Cyril Day, cj o· Abraham and . . Williams. Dunedin: Bernard Sinclair, Ota:go Umversity. 'l'hames: J. Wyborn, 're Aroha. Stratford: Colin Smart. vVellington: A . Callender; Government Buildings. Editor of "Old Bo·y s' Co·l umn": Norman D. Day, Boys ' High School, N.P.

OLD BOYS' BALL. The annual ball was held in the Assembly Hall on July 20, and was voted by all to be the most success~ul yet held. The hall had b~en tastefull_y decorated .With artificial pink flowers and _Ivy. The mght, fortu:J?-ately, was mo st suitable for dancmg: a large crowd-estimated at 500 people-was presenti and the hall presented an n: imated throng when the first dance commenced. The suppe;r arrangements were un~e~· the cap_able supervision of Mrs. Moye~ and a very wilhng com~Ittee o£ ladies: to these ladies, and to th~se who kmdly decorated the hall, the Old Boys' Committee are deeply indebted. Old Boys from all parts of Taranaki, even from Pal·merston North and Auckland, were present; we were extremely pleased to see them again, and hope that next year even a gre~ter nun;ber of the more distant Old Boys will come to this function.

pLD BOYS' ANNUAL REPORT.

FOURTH ANNU AL REPORT OF OLD BOY S ' ASSOCIATION. To be submitted to the Members of the Association at the Annual Meeting to be held in the School Assembly Hall on Thursday, 28th October, 1920, at 7 p.m . Your Executive have much pleasure in presenting the :Fourth Annual R eport of the Association for the year ended 00th September, 1920. Since, the Annual Meeting in October last the subject

w~ich has received most attention by the Associa-

atwn has been the question of a memorial to those 44 At that meeting the Old Boys who fell in t he war. matter was left in the hands of the, Executive with a recommendation that tlle Memorial should take the form Your Executive immediately took of. a School Chapel. this matter in hand, and early in November circulars we.re sent to all Old Boys sohciting donations to the fund . T,he response to this circular was not as good as might have been expected, and the sum of £277 5s 9d was received, and a further £75 5s 6d promised. The Headmaster (Mr. Moyes) very kindly undertook to write to all those Old Boys who had passed tnrough the school in his time, and this no doubt accounts for the fact that tue amounts received have largely come from the younger generation of Old Boys. The members of the Executive have, since the end of the :financial year, made ~·· canvass of those Old Boys resident in New Plymouth, and the result has been tbat a further £150 has either The present boys at the been received or promised. schoo1 have contributed a sum of £50 5s to the fund and the t~an~s of the Association are due to· them for' tbis contnbutwn. An a~o?-nt of £20 10s 6d, the surplus of the proceeds of_ the Citizens' ball held at the opening of the new school m 191,9 has also come to this fund. With the amount transferred from the Baths Fund the total amount receive~ and promised_ t?. date is in the vicinity Owmg to the prohibitive cost of buildinO' at of £700. t~-e present time it has been decided not to close the F~nd h ll tb~ end of 1921, when the Association wiU decide on wJuch of the tw? forms proposed at the last annual meetmg th~ mem<;mal is to take. Parents of Old Boys are to be crrculansed, and from the opinions expressed

~hould ,come from t his 'rhe question of obtammg a G<?vernment subsidy on the, amounts collected h_a_s b~en_ discussed by _the .H;xecutive, but it is felt tLat, If this Is to be a :fit~n_g_ memorial to those Old Bovs of the schoo~ who gave t en lives for the Empire, it should come entuely from those interested in the, school_ and not partly from th~ Govei~ This matter will, ho"':ever,. be dealt with at . ~ e ment. meetinO' of the Association whwh will be called to deCide upon the for:m of the memorial. It is hoped that those Old Boys present at t~is ~eeting ~ho· . have not. already clone so will lose no time m contnbutmg to _this Fun~. The mo~ey received f~r the Fund has bee~ Inve_sted_ m the New Plymouth Savmgs Bank and the Ta~anakl Bmld. ,. ing Society . Old Boys' Association Bad_g~.-The Executive have considered the question of obtammg ~ badge for the Association, and Mr. Bradbury, d~awm~ master at the school, very kindly submitted designs tor a bad~e : It has been proposed that the badge should be ~ mimature of the present school badge,, and members. will be asked to decide on this matter at the annual meetmg. Annual Reunion.-N o reun{on of Old_Boys ~as been held since the opening of the new schoo1 In Apnl, 1919. Your Executive considered that the, 9ld Boys ~ad had rather many calls du_ring _1919. and It wa:s deCided not It has to hold another r eumon ti~l the presEmt time. been decided that the reumOJ?.S shall be, an annual fun?It IS tion to be held on the evemng of ~ports Day. hop ed that Old Bo·.ys will make ~h1s day at leas_t, one occasion for renewmg the acquamtances of then old schoolmates. Annual BalL-Since our last anm1al meeting the Association ha held two. ball~ in the school assembl~ The :first of these functwns was held on 9cto·b ei ball. 24th, 1919 , and the second on July 16th of this year. Both of these functions proved very successful gat~er i n g 8 , Old Boys from all parts of the N ortb Island ·bemg The ball this year was run at a pro:fit of £4, present. and tl,i<~ " ' j]] he nlaced to a reserve fund to ~eet any fuhue losses "hich may a1·ise out of the runmng of these It has been decided that these balls shall functions he an au~ua.l function to be held in July of each year. The succe.ss of these £unctions i~ l~rgely d~1e to the .enerO'etic manner in which tl1e laches comm1ttees assisted, ;nd the thanks of the association are due to them.

b . some of them a good sum

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On 4th August, 1920, a smoke concert was held :in the school assembly hall to farewell Mr. Donald F. C. Mr. Sa:xton had Sa:xton on his departure for VVaitaki. been a very energetic member of the Executive besides being a member o:f tl1e Old Boys Eleven and First Fifteen and secretary of the Old Boys Football Club. Some foTty Old Boys and the masters were present, and a· very enThe thanks of the Execujoyable evening was spen·t . tive are due to Mr. Saxton fo·r his energetic wo-rk, and we wish him every success in his future sphere of life. Spmts.-The Old Boys ]'ootball Club has this season played two teams in the town competition, and although neither team was successful in winning, yet with the material at their resources the teams should become the 'l'he season was opened with senior ones c1f the town. the annual match against the School team. The Old Boys Cricket Club played in the town competition last season, and after a very successful season they were defeated by the New Plymouth team in the final game. It is hoped that this season the team will be even more successful. 'l'hese two- Sports Clubs tend to keep up the interest in the Association, and it 1s hoped that as the boys leave school they will join both of these clubs. The rules of the .Association are to be altered to include the representation of these- clubs on the Executive, and this will help to keep them attached to the Association. The School Sports' Committee has this year placed two events on tl1eir programme for Old Bov , and it is hoped that large entri es will be forthcoming for both these events. Finance.-It i.s satisfactory to be able. to report that the accounts show a credit balance of £18 17s. lld ., together with a sum of <£3 Os. 9d. held in trust for the The JlemOI·ial Fund shows a credit Ball Committee. balance of £37d 6s. 2d. GeneraL-The Executive have met on eight occasions during the year, and all these meetings have been well attended. During tbe year Messrs. D. F. C. Saxton and \ V. H. Jenkinson resigned .from the Executive and their places were filled by tbe appointment of U ess1:s. H. L. Calder and R. A. Blundell. It is hoped that the Old Boys will continue to show an interest in the Associaand that they will continually keep in touch with tion, the Association.

6LD BOYS' ANNUAL RFPORT.

h Association are due to Thanks .-The thai~ks, of t e •ttees who so kindl;y: aslo es and the ladies comm~ Bradbury for designs (Mr. Moyes) 1]:I'Sl w?th the annual bs.ll, to the have given th~ lste Old Boys' badge, and t~ . t? fi:nct ready of Jhhis staff for an·ecutive at all times. It ;sS~hool a;d the Assomatwn th ndition is essential to tlhe tE,:• t the relations Thanks are a so . t. nate as t lS eo , . .ua P Webare so m n . . f the AssoClatwn. of E. t " . (Mr. Association the of ot workl~f effective 1 to the_. Presic office for mee mgs . en of l ·IS f 01 . the use ue c ter)

t~e betweh~n

:~·Principal ass:st~:a:ed O'~atifying

the Executive.

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· ner was - -. an d elm -reunwn t · to have t. h school 's athletw spor s, The annual mee_mg' cl was wet-and the held on the mght of t e Unfortunately the_ ay f th 11th Novembeenb , 98th · f e o evemng the t cl · Octo er "' cl of Fate intervened, . ol on reunion was post:poneh Once agam t e an ·rw tragedy-,the aerop ane ber that day occuned the ~~?ckl the late Mr . Jas. C~arke, disaster. One of the vicofmt,}{e speakers at thde dmde\ aO'ain postpone ' an a , was to have been on~ Accordingly the reumon t v. ~~·es; the date has not been the time the·s_e notes go o Old Boy of this school and definitely demded up_on. Bn s' Association, 'Y"e exan WI~son, E. 'I'o i\Ir. J. a former Presi~ent of t~~a?~fatioJs on his promotwn to tend our heartiest . ~ono of Chief Magistrate o~ Samoh. the important po~Itlob k that Mr. Wilson resigned t -~ ' Tis but a short time ac uth in order to take up ~ posi h in Auckland. His stay :Ma oxalty of N e:v Ply~o but was sufficiently long tioJ on the :Niaglstrate s h B or ' coufidence . of . a11 there was sthe And there on t e . en eh win into contact with him. . . to enable him to who professionally,_ camt e f r to an eminent posltlond . h h'lS Wl'fe an e rans Wlt . company . now ' we h ear. of hls in Samoa . Mr. V~Ilslon,d lin September last. W e-~-i Ito Mr. conO'ratulations ant.est £amily, leftt New o I d our ehaear d romotion. school-ex en hout the school and h son on his well-deserve p Prn£ouncl regret was {elt ~;os~~ news came through also amongst O~d Boys, w ·ln d son of Major and M.rs. that Lieut. Ahster S.uthhr dndi~d in the Meerut StatlOn T. Sutherland, Manma, a

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60 . OLD BOYS' ANNUAL REPORf. Hosprtal from a severe tt k f joine~ the school in 1913 ac dO· en~eric fever. Alister year m Form VIB. Athl~ti~~ll left m 1914, being that boys t.urned out by this h yl fe was one of the best 1914, ill addition to bein"'sc oo o-r ma~y years . In ~ember of the, 1st footb~lt .f!:ouse_ Prefect,. he was a cnoke~ eleven ; won the senio , tft~en' played. m the 1st one of the best three 'l'i:B.e rxmg cha.mpwnshrp; was year; was a sero·eant in th sO ods mO the school for that to. :p. Sykes in· tne hio·h . e . a et .orps; and was second as~wally, Lieut. SutherlJ~~p, cle~nng 5ft. Otin. Scholbemg_ top boy in VIB f . attamed a high standard exammation enablin"' · hi 0 \ 1 ~11. He also passed th~ at Duntroon. In F~bru~'Y 0 ~115 ~he. ~1ilitary College 1 ht Duntroon, graduatinO' as i t L ' ' e JOm~d the college ze returned to New Ze~land s d leutenant m 1918, when ealand Staff. Fo·r a short~~ was posted to the New Tren~ham as an instructor H~e he was employed in Hamllt.on .as area o:ffi.cer a~d ad ·utt-eu was .transferred to to Indra m October 1919 b .J ant, untrl he. was sent (E.mpress of India's) Lander emg a:ttached to the 21st ~hrved al very good l'epo·r t fi~~m ~reuOt.CSutherland ree wor <: he had done . e · · Lancers f . rowing: mother and fa~he~~~tam warfare. To hi~ so~·~ pathy m .the oTeat loss h. h h extend 01U' sincere sym"'1 . o w lC as befallen them ~~ aJor and .Mrs. Sutherl . . . and letters of co-ndolence. and recerved many, telegrams Brigadier-Gen eral G G 4tlt 0 ava1.r'Y B l'l"'ade · ' at M · r.eo·ory ". ' o:ffiJ?er commandino· " D ." ' eerut, wrote mter alia. o · · · urm"' the .· d L' · tached to this bri"'"'ade ~enh d wut. SutheJ·land was at byt his keenness a~d s~ldi • ~ ealf~~ the respect of ali n,o only the N.Z. Staff Cor qua 1 res. By his death Eorce~, lose a most promisin/~ffi~e~~,also the Imperial .. Lreut.-Oolonel J. L Sl Mrhtary Trainino N z .F eeman, I.G.S., Director of l "AlthouO'h ;s, . . . orces, wrote, inter alia:f~re going to·"'Indi~ Iah Wlth us fo-r a short time onl b ~s merits and co~side;dth~?ie op1ortunities of J'u/gine~

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O~cer Commandiuo 21s cerved from Major G. \Vhelen

Q~eers. at Darpai; "Dunt~·o~!ncers, Meerut; Staff Corp~ fnends m all parts of Austral' Oopd~e Cadets; and many la, n la and the Dominion.

OLD BOYS; ANNUAL MEETING. MEMORIAL QUESTION POSTPONED . The annual meeting of t he New Plymouth Old :Boys' Association was held November 27, 1920, the President (Mr. E. P. vVeoster) occupying the chair . In moving the ado.p tion of the report, the Chairman remarked that the Association's activities were growing with the School. He expressed the opinion that every boy on leaving School ought to join the Association in order to· h-elp in the work. It was a matter fo-r satisfa'Ctio-n that the School class-rooms had been extended in accordance with the original design. It would not be long, however, before the School and Boarding-hous e became too- small to meet the requirements o.f the growing district. It was felt by Old Boys that a great measure of the School's success was due to Mr. M.oyes' untiring efforts. The Association could congratulate the School on their success in the shooting competitions. A very important matter concerning education in 'l 'aranaki, said Mr. Webster, was the question of the Opaku Reserve, containing approximately 10,000 acres of land, near Waverley. This was set aside some years ago for lJniversity endowment purposes, and it was now reserved for the promotion o£ higher education in Taranaki . 'l'he accumulated funds stood at over £15,000, and as some of the leases would be falling due within a few years, and the rents would no doubt be increased, there would be a good sum available. There had been an agitation to have the funds diverted to Wellington, and it behoved everyone interested jn secondary education in Taranaki to watch carefully that this valuable endowment was not lost to the province. · It would not be long before Taranaki would need the funds. Mr. C. H. Wynyard, in seconding the motion, sa~d he thought the younger Old Boys must realise the benefit the Association was to them. He made an appeal for greater support tn the sports teams by Old Boys. . If they were not members of the team they should attend to watch the games. It was discouraging to see some spending their time in Devon Street on Saturday afternoons when they could be better employed in some sports.

OLD BOYS' ANNUAL MEETlNG.

Mr. A. Bewley, in supporting the remarks of the previous speaker, referred to the trouble which had been experienced in getting teams. If boys, on leaving the School, would only continue to take an inte1·est in sports such a state of a:ffairs would not exist. In regard to cricket they had nearly ertough Old Boys to· run a second team. The drawback in this branch was the lack of suitable grounds. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Officers for the ensuinrr year were elected as follows: .President, .J.lr. A. MacDiarmid; 'Vice-presidents, Messrs . P. J ackson and R. H . George ; Treasurer, Mr. R. H . George; Auditor, Mr. A. Avery; Joint Secretaries, Messrs. R. G. Howell and J. B. Wilson (re-elected); Committee, Messrs. A. Bewley, E. Colson, C. H. Wynyard, P. Atkinson, R. Blundell, N. B. Bellringer, and 0 McHardy. THE WAR MEMORIAL. 'l 'he Chairman stated that the Executive had decided to defer the question of a war memorial for a further twelve months, with a view to obtaining further funds, and also in view of the fact that building was so difficult at present. Even i£ they were anxious to push on with the memorial in whatever form was decid ed upon it would be impossible to get a permit at present. 'l'he funds in hand totalled £387, and a further £ 150 was in hand or had been promised since the statement of accounts had been prepared. With an e:ffort next year it was hoped to reach four figures. The m emorial would be one of the main planks of the Executive's work during the coming year. A resolution was pa sed adopting the I'ecommendat ion of the Execli.tive in favo_m of keepi11g the fund open t ill next annual meeting, when the question will be settled. GENERAL. The question of whether t he annual re-union, which has bee·n defe rred on two occasions, should be held was before the meeting. It was decided to hold the re-union, the Executive to fix the date and decide whether the function should take the form of a dinner or a smoke concert. For an Association badge it was decided to adopt a miniature of the Sclwol badge, in silver with black -and white enamel facings .

6tD BOYS; ANNUAL MEETiNG.

An enlargemen~ of a photo of an Old Boys' group taken on sports day 1s to be forwarded to the headmaster of the Schoo1 (Mr. W. H . Moyes), and also one for the School. Reference was made by the Pr:esident to the good ork accomplished by the secretanes (Messrs. Howell :nd Wilson), and he emphasis~d the import.an?e of young members taking an interest m the Assomatwn. It was decided to enter a protest again ~t ~he :proposal of the Defence Department to abolish the d1stmctlve puggarees worn by secondary ~cl~ool .cadets. The :value. of the school puggarees as a d1stmctive mark a.nd m mamtaining the e-sprit de corps among the vanous schools was regarded as important. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to M:r. ~nd Mrs. :Moyes for their e:fforts on behalf of the Assomatwn. The retirina President was accorded a vote of t hbanks b · I ~ Ie· . p ly ' Mr. · We tster for his work dunng t h e year. ·n said that although he was not takmg an ac~1veh par h1. the Association in the fut ure they ~m~ld sthlll :;tde IS heart support . An Old Boys' Assomatwn, e sal , was an i~portant factor in the life of any secondary school.

OLD BOYS' CRICKET. The annual meeting of the Old Boys' Cricket Club was held in Mr. Wynyard's office on September 21, 1920. Th fo llowing officers were elected :-President : Dr. E Fe Fookes (re-elected). Vice-Presidents : Messrs. W · -.:r E< p Webster R. George, and Rev. S. S. H .. 1inoyes, · · ' ( 1 t d) S Os borne 'freasurer: Mr. J ohnson re-e ec e . . ecretary · ·:Jir. R. M. :Nlonteath (re-elected). Gom~Ittee: ::Uessrs·. Bewley, Osborne, Quilliam, Colson, Bottnll. It was decided to play two teams, one in the senior competition and one in the junior . Considerable interest was taken in the fir~t match of the season-a .aame between Old Boys and High School, which was played on the High School ground. on Sat.urday, November 6, 1920. After a close and .mt.erestmg game Old Boys won by 22 runs on the first mmngs. School batted first, and than~\:S to fine scores by P almer (15), Willis (18), and Hme (2~), :put up 66 runs for the first four wickets. But the tall failed badly,

OLD BOYS' CRICKET. OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

the last six wickets only adding seven runs, with the result that the innings closed for 73. Old Boys opened badly, l~JSing Os borne and Monteath for nine. W aller and Bottrill carried the score to 38 for four wickets, but the next three wickets fell cheaply, seven being down for 43. Colson (23) and Quilliam (12) carried the score to 73 befoTe the eighth wicket fell, and then Bertrand (15 not out) was responsible for the last wicket, the innings . clo-sing for 95. School lost seven wickets for 40 runs in their second venture. Detailed scores:-

v . . . .·D BOYS. First Innings . Osborne, c. Willis, b. Brown Monteath, b. Inch Wall er, b. Palm er .. . bottrill, b. Brown .. . .Bewiey, b. Brown ... ·Eggleton, l.b.w., b. Palmer J olmson, b. Brown ... Colson, b. Inch Wuilliam, c. Smart, b. Bro·wn Graham, ·b. Brown Bertrand, not out ... Extras

4 4 12 11

2 6 1 23 12 0

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Bowling analysis: Bertrand, took two wickets' for 3 runs; ~1o·nteath, three for 24; Os borne, twn fo·r 18; W aller, one for 11; Eggleton, nne for 12; Bottrill, none for 1; Graham, none for 13. Second Innings. 12 Palm er, b. Bot trill .. . 0 Willis, b. Bottrill .. . 8 Brown, b. Bottrill .. . 2 Hine, b. Bertrand ... 0 Osborne, b. Bertrand Osborne, b. Bertrand 0 Lash, l.b.w., b. Bertrand 4 ' Hughes, c. J obnson, b. Os borne 4 Rmart, not out 8 Extras 2 Seven wickets for

Bowling analysis: Bottrill, took three wickets for 8 runs; Bertrand, three for 11; Os borne, one for 5; Graham, none for 14.

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

Total 95 Bowling analysis: Palmer took two wickets for 14 runs· Brown, six for 35; Inch, two for 31; Hemingway, none for 5. HIGH SCHOOL . First Innings. Palmer, b. Osborne 15 Willis, b. Os borne ... 18 Brown, b. Wall er 4 Hine, c. Bertrand, b . Monteath 22 Osbmne, c. Bewley, b. Eggleton 6 Lash, run out .. . .. . . .. . .. .. . 1 Hughes, b. Monteath · 0 Smart, st. b . Bertrand 2 Brodie, b. Monteath 0 Inch, b. Monteath 0 H emingway, not out 0 Extras 5 I

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Olrl Bovs entered two teams in the football competition!' this year, o·n e team in the Seniors and one in the Third Grade competition . The semior team played in all 12 games, four of which were won, six were lost, one won bv default, and one drawn. The junior team played .13 games, won one game, lost 11 games, and one game was drawn. Two of the. Old Boys' senio·r team were chosen to· play in Lhe Taranaki representative team-D. Sykes and Rmith, the former player showing consistent form and brilliancy hroughout the whole season. Tl1 e following are the matche·s played by both teams rl nring the season:April17Old Boys v. High School: a friendly match-the first of tl1 e season. A good game, ending with the score 6 all. F'or Olrl Boys Eggleton scored a try and Hughes kicked ·n pe.n altv goal: for School, Os borne cored a try and also kicked a penalty goal.

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

In the junior game on the same date ·High School beat. Old Boys by 6 points to 5. The competition games commenced on May 1, 1920. Seniors.- .Old Boys v. United: Old Boys won by 9 points to nil. Sykes and Eggle.ton scored tries, and D. Hughes kicked a penalty goal. This match was afterwards lost by protest, owing- to Old Boys playing Burkhardt, who was then resident in the Inglewood district . Third Grade.-High School 1st XV. v. Old Boys : A real good game, which ended in the scores 6 all. May8Seniors.-St~r (B) v. Old Bovs (3). An exhilarating game ; a good display of fast and bright football, for which Old Boys were mainly responsible. For Star, Jenkins kicked two beautiful goals, and Sykes scored for Old Boys. . . Third Grade,.-Old Boys defeated Tukapa by 20 pomts to 3. May 15, 1920. Senio-r.-Clifton (27) v. Uld Boys (3): This game was played at W aitara. Clifton we·r e greatly superior in all departments of ' the game and had a somewhat easy wm. Sykes scored for Old Boys. Third Grade.-Old Boys a bye. May 22, 1920Seniors.-Old Boys a bye. Third Grade.-Clifton (18) v. Old Boys (3): Clifton had much the better of the game. Whittle scored for Old Boys. This game was played at Waitara, in a torrential downpour; a very even game. May 29, 1920Seniors.-Rahotu (11) v. Old Boys (8) :_ Played at Rahotu. Though Old Boys bad much the better of this game, they were narrowly defeated by Rahotu. Doile and Sykes scored for Old Boys and Hughes converted the former player's try. Third Grade.-Star (9) v. Old Boys (0).

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June 7, 1920Seniors .-Old Boys (6) v. Tukapa (18): This game 1yas played nn Western P ark and was conspicuous for the brigh tness, dash and enterprise shown by both teams; it \\·as uot Lill well in the second spell that the result looked anything like a certainty. l!'or Tukapa, tries were scnred hy 'f aylor, Hart, Davis and R. Oliver, three of which were converted by G. Hooker. For Old Boys, D. Hughes kicked twn splendid goals. Third Grade.-Lepperton (14) v. Old ·Boys (0): This o·ame was pl::\yed ·at Lepperton. After the match both feam were entertained by t he Lepperton ladies to afternoon tea. This was much appreciated by both teams . June 12, 1920. Old Boys (16) v. Okato· (6): This game was played at Okato-a good fast open game. For Old Boys tries were obtained by Smith, Hartman· and Whittle (2). Hughes kicked two goals. McCarthy scored a try and kicked a penalty goal for Okato. Third Grad .-Okato (22) defeated Old Doys (0). June 19, 1920~ Seniors.-Old Boys had a bye. Third Grade.-Old Boys, owing to sickness amongst members of the team, forfe ited to High School A, ancl a practi ce game was played. June 26, 19200ld Boys (6) v. Okato (3) : These two teams met on ihe racecourse. Th e game was fast and strenuous; the OJ(f Boys ' backs showed up particularly well. In the first half Hartman and Doile s ored for Old Boys. Okato, just on the call of time, scored, J ones crossing the line after a fine passing bout. Third Grade.-Tukapa (11) v . Old Boys (0): This game was played on \V est ern Park as a curtain-raiser to th e senior ga~e, Tukapa v. Olifton. Tries were scored by "J£alcolm. on and Ronaldson. one of which was converted h t he latter, wl1o al so kicked a penalty goaL

OLD BO,YS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

July 3, 1920 . Senior.-Old Boys (23) v. Star (9) : For Old Bo·y s tri~s w~re scored by Sykes, MacDonald (2) and Fuller, all o£ which were converted by Hughes, who also· kicked a penalty goal. Bertrand and Spence (2) scored for Star. Third Grade.-High School B defeated Old Boys by 8 points to 3. July 17, 1920 . Senior.-Oli:fto n (22) v. Old Boys (0): Cli:fto·n and Old Boys played this game at Western Park, where the visitors won with an ample margin, though the match was not so easy :for them as the score might suggest. Hartman's kicking was particularly good . Tries for Cli:fton were made by Ooutts, Cain, J ones, Soffe, K. George and Goodwin. Oolman ani! George converted two o:f t he above tries. · Third Grade.-Oli:fto n {8 v. Old Boys (6): This match was played as a curtain-raiser to the senior game, the country team just notching- a win in the last :few minutes of the game. Knuckey and Rachley scored tries :for Olifton, the latter converting his own try. Knapman and Blundell scored :for Old Boys .. July 24, 1920Senio·r .-Tukapa (12) v . Old Boys (9): Tukapa backs were superior to their opponents, but there was little to choose between the teams so :far as the :forwards were concerned. Trie.s for Old Boys were scored by Smith (2) and McGie. For 'Iulmpa Gush scored and B. Hooker kicked three penalty goals. August 2, 1920Senior.-Owin g to no·t being able to mu ter a :full team, Rahotu defaulted to Old Boys.

No. 4 PLATOON SENIOR TEAM. T op Row : J. Pa lm er , M. Sutto n, R. Clela nd , A. Shaw. Bottom Row : H. Mason , T. Foden, N. Airey, G. Calde r.

Third ~rade.-Lepperton (12) defeated Old Boys (0). August 9, 1920. Third Grade.-Raho tu. (9) v. Old Boys (8): The two teams met at Western Park, the country team winning b.y the narrow margin oi one point. For Rahotu tries were scored by Gilbooley and Glo-ver, while Barrie kicked a ·l_)enalty g-oal. For Old Boys. Fo:s: and Dowland Rcorecl tries, the former being converted by Knapman. To. 1 PLATOO J UNIOR TEAM. Top Row : J. Jackson, T . Penn, P . Kidd, E. Chivers . Bottom Row: J. Rogers, F. \ Vi ll iams, K. Lambie, R, Caughley.

THE PRINCE 'S VISIT TO SYDNE Y.

(By G.E.H.-A .n Old Boy.) Sydney, June 15L 1920. It is the eve of the arrival of the Prince of Wales. Already the streets of Sydney are thronged with a wildlv ex pectant crowd, and the weather gives every promise of doing justice to· the title this State has earned of " Sunny New South -wales." 'l'he decoration s are practicall y finished, and. it is har l to describe t he wonderful ly gay appearanc e of ~he city. The main route along which the Ro·y al pro~es~wn is to- proceed is nothing short of brilliant. The prmmp~ streets, Pitt and George, have flag -poles erected every five .Yard s, on which are flying pennons, banners, and flags, representi ng every corner of the British Empire . From each flag-pol e i s suspended a huge double garland of laurel leaves, giving a wealth o·f colour with their vivid green; and at night will be a gorgeous spectacle, studded us they are, t heir whole length, with electric light bulbs nestling in the foliage. Macquarr ie Street, the show street of the city, is g oing to- be a dazzling spectacle . H uge white pillars o£ Yarious design have been erected, each Court of the Empire being r epresented . Between the various Courts, flagpoles are again in evidence, and the banners, bunting and flag s are waving in a bewilderin g blaze of colour . Here again both sides of the entire street are draped with coloured electric bulbs , and not only the length o£ each side, but al so, at intervals of 20 yard s, garlands o£ gaily-colo uJed ,.Jo.bes are draped across the street, giving the appearanc e o£ a huge jewel-stud ded cave o£ gigantic proportion s . Such objects as the Queen Victoria statue, Cleopatra's Needle, t ablets erected on old historic landmark s, etc., have all come in for th eir sh are o£ the decoration s. It woulfl be h ard , I think, t o find a spot on any one o£ them wh en• one could place anoth er -light or flag. It appears as if every big- commerci al house, bank, or Governmen t buildin(l' had tried to out-do its neighbou r in making- a more br illi ant display. Some o.£ the efforts in this direction are magnifice nt. ' . F armer' s, the largest drapery establishm ent in the l'Ity, has a display well worthy o·f special mention.

THE PRINCE'S VISIT TO SYDNEY.

At the top of the imposing front facing the corn of Pitt and Market Streets, is hoisted a huge sun-bu e~s composed of electr~c lights, the centre. ones plain whi: ' g!adually shadmg toward the outer edges from er e, to a nch golden yellow. Beneath this is a O'jo·antic o-iab pain~ed wi~h a map of the wo·r ld , the whole~of the B~itish Eh_pue bemg stu~ded with clusters of red ~lectric light w rble the whole cucle containing the map is outlined bs,y b u 1 s.

pedestal erected on the verandah before a very artistica,lly draped black background, the out eclg~s . being outl!ne,d with laurel, makes a very handsome addrhon to the City s decorations. The Town Hall and Post Office are something · to remember, especially the former. Surmounted at ~~e to_P of the great to-wer an enormous crown of electne1ty rs placed, while electric Prince of Wales Feathers are suspended on each of the four sides. Every window, pillar and door is outlined with bulbs, and fro-m the top of the tower to the corners of the building long ropes of lights are suspended . With it all, flags and bunting, crests and foliage everywhere. A few weeks ago the general cry was "It will not he up to the American Fleet decorations," but now it ' is "This even beats Fleet W eek."

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~nd corner 1s outlmed w1th electn city, draped and hunk

m such a manner as to be almost dazzlino.,.

~ Along the whole lengths of the verandahs facin rr George Stre~t ar?1md the corner into Market Street ~ most att~actrve drsplay h as been arranged in the form' £ well-p_amted scene rep~esentingo the workings on a lar:e ustrahan farm.. Not Just a flat canvas but each · has ?ee~ placed s~ as ~o give effects quite like a sfe~j_~~ s~ oprc prct:ure, whrle brg flood lights are so arran ed t 0 gorve, at mght, all the brilliancy this exhibit so~ fully d eserves.

Then there are the triumphant arches erected at . mtervals .all along the route . . The shippi;ng companies are represented b a huO'e plb~t.r _lighthouse, fitted with a powerfJi searcJ1 _ JP 11 t' \Vf Itch Is to. be turned on to the city durinrr the <=> · e carnrval. mg 1 s o

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oiJ~l_lisatwll. On either side o£ the arch, plaster casts of o - Im e · g:: eys are seen, while from the top the mast

~f .a fu¥h-r1gg:ed_schoon er gives topical colour to the struc~ue. J mes

THE PRINCE'S ~ISIT TO SYDNEY,

th e fihnrlshm g touch i s a thick boat's cable that oute w o e arch.

A few yar~s above the shipping companies' arch .

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l . e er v oa ~ts. Tbrs ha s been supplied by th brokers, and It m ah::es an imposing sirrht with 't e wo?1 s massrve <=> · . 'th blocks of 1 't t a smtable welcome inscribed e s one, wr ld . l~ ~ofi en e_tters, and th e whole surmounted by a n I egure m stone of a fin e horned pedigree ram. srze

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. David J ones also has an uncommo·n dis I form of ~ white, life-si zed cast of the Prince ~:.~n~nd the a splendrd charger. This cast, standing upon a ehi~h

July 15, 1920. Brilliant as we expected the city to appear, the realisation was far in excess of even O·Ur wildest imaginings. As for the crowds on the streets at nights, some slight idea ma~r be formed by comparing Sydney with a piece o.£ honeycomb on which the b ees are busily at work . The Saturday night bad be en reserved for a fire wo-rks display and searchlight drill from the warships in the harbour. A fine black night was just right to show up everything to its best advantage. It was indeed a great sight to see the R enown, H .M .A.S. Australia, Sydney , Brisbane, Challenger, Adelaide, destroyers and submarines all outlined in brilliant li ghts, while at a given signal all the ships turned on their searchlights and gave a great exhibition with these powerful lights. As suddenly as they appeared, so they went out, to be replaced by the most magnificent display of firewo·r ks ever witnessed in this city. At the conclusion o.£ the entertainment the thousands of people collected tn watcli the show were of the one opinion, that it had indeed been a great night, and would lon"" live in the memorie s of those fo·r tuna:te enough to h ave been present. And now we are settled down again to the ordinary routine of things, waiting for the next demo·n stration when we bid farewell to our Prince in August.

LE A JOU RNE Y ACR OSS NOR THE RN CHI •

(By H. Sten. Hurle .) a eo t Excep t Egyp t, there is not lll the world dun ry so l miles 700 is t Egyp str angely forme d as Chile. ere, C'-~lng. an nowh3000 save in the Delta , more than 1')~ m ' les 'Vl.de near! ·m lengt h, nowh ere more than 130• ·r· l l'dl e 1sand fory most ·r nn es m1 es w1 e, ' h ' . 1 N "' d 0 t. llei engt much narro wer · -'-"ven I Ol'Way whose sh f but l500 ·r are an sea- ront best resem ble those of Chile haa width N ~I esO~ Icoast, and has, m. her soutil part, 250 mile~ of ry than i~ ~:r p~yes~c:i tenito shape of her moid'et~mgulaOr inthetheeas£ d d 1 she i b n con I Ions. s ~~1un et . a I the way down to the Mag~ llan Strai ts by the ""'And - es 1• oun ams the h · ht f h t:e:: ; and. thous mne to ve om . Paral lel to the Ande s thei·e runs a 1ong the eo t g. . avera Iange ha as t b feet and Ing from two to three thous ween t e foot of which b and the ocean there is practi cal!Y no r'eveel groun d Tl Ie space e. · . A d o-e and th e n.n f rom · · sion tween this coast ran "' es IS. a long d epies . y to fifty m ·res ··d · t\rent 1 w I e somet unes hill y, some t Imes ding sprea ,liei· out .nto plains ' but every 'v e very narro w. • . The part of this long a n d nano ssion that rIes w centr al depre b h. d th e coast al towns of. Ant , .. t . f e m is the great lones MeJil nd a a ° agas deser t of Ataca ma 1 sh "conSpani the to terror of ~ame a i~n~ =~ .. quista dores " It ~ of this s waste less water and reary Ie : fi. deser t that. AI h t and magio , I st the fnend rival the en t ner, par . tJ st la and enem y• ' <and at < · . . th e conqu eror of 1e VICtim of . p Izane , P en1•• lost half h •s men an d nearly . h d h. Jmself in his march pens e into Chile from Peru And .t <. famo us dese: t that this A the great internation~l railwa i ~s t across gasta m Chile and ntofa :~:n ytoi~u its La Paz in Boliv ia, wends afford s acces s to and aSy wll . . some of the finest moun tain see neiy outh Amer ica. m a . . · . The rmlwa y Itself is one of tl most mtere sting in the world on accou nt of I'ts narro w gauge of Ie 2 fe t 6 . h or a little more es, e m e than half that of Engll' sh r aJ.1ways 4 f.eet 8! · h . but ~ metre .es,. me Ev t~ted gauge ~me is being rapid ly substi en as It IS, trams run at consid erabl e speed s and the stand . . goods wago ns carry a load aid t . of 20 tons. The main 1me s arts at Ant of ag~st a, a port on the .. ChJha n coast some few miles sou tl1 of t h e Trop f c· · . apriC orn and le o 684. miles north of the city of Val a. . expr ess week a TwJCe .. IaJso p n sleepi trams , with excel lent d' . and iOn modat accom g coach mmg a h . wIne suppl ies much bette r mea1s t h an hav b on me d serve een e d EnooJ In some of the leadin g roads "'an ' leave Antof agast a for La Paz. The railw ay run s south alon th e coast from Antof agast a for g . . about two miles before t mmn · g east throu g h a pass m the coast . t the for range of moun tains the drear y en betwe own lS crush ed in '

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A jOUR NEY ACROSS NORT HERN CHiL E.

almos t unkno wn in these dusty hills and the rocky coast. Rain is gullie s in the hills and the from des region s, so that one conclu runs and down which ay from the pass throu gh 1\·hich the 1;ailw te has altere d conclima the that , Sl\·ept e hav torren ts seem to nt form. prese their sidera bly since hills and valley s took in 223 miles, the Havin g to reach an altitu de of 13,000 feet Porte zuelo , 17 at and , train loses no time in begm ning its climb vel. sea-le above feet 1800 y alread is a, agast .miles from Antof juncti on of the branc h line to -~t O'Hig gins (24 miles ) is t he h is 75 miles long and rises branc Tlus the Boqu ete nitra te fields . vel. sea-le above et fe 2622 of t heigh to a in two hours . It is Prat, 40 miles from the coast, is reach ed port opene d by the a lones, Mejil to line h branc a of on the juncti 37 miles to the some ed situat any, Antof agast a Railw ay Comp B.nest harbo ur on the the· has es on J\lejill a. agast Antof of north capab le of holdin g all Pacifi c · ocast of South Amer ica, for it is ports in these parts , the fl-e ets in the w<Jrld, and unlik e all other shipp ing lying in that gales est uth-w so e th it is so prote cted from bad weath er. from ence it can never suffer the small est incon veni itudin al Railw ay, a At Baqu edano the Lne crosse s the Long gical purpo ses, strate y road built by the Gove rnmen t for purel Pisag ua in the to south the ·in t Mont o stretc hing from Puert enanc e of this maint The . north , a total distan ce of 2000 miles annua lly, but y mone of sum large very a line costs the State the warwrite I as and war, to shoul d the count ry at any t1me go nced that convi feel I then land, the over eavy h cloud s hang very for the const ructio n of the foresi ght of the Minis try 1 espon sible ed. nstrat demo amply be will the road the line trave rses a Befor e the nitrat e distri ct is reach ed y bold and in places r scene its t, deser e fitabl unpro strip of wholly depriv e it of all ness brown and striki ng, but the utter baren ess ing sunlig ht gives, even and ;ng morn the which that t charm excep . To the north , the bring ing out delica te tints on distan t slopes hes out to the horizo n, stretc sand ot waste the east the and so uth, arid hill s, every detail broken here and there by small range s of atmos phere , thoug h clear that in e visibl y plainl faces their on twent y miles away. puffs of smoke and At about eight y miles from Antof agast a in the "pam pa" as out well spots du st can be obser ved rising from of buildi ngs appea r s group ed isolat Then . called is t the deser colum ns of thick black with tall iron chimn eys belch ing forth of this part of Chile and ct distri te nitm chief the is This . smoke The te factor ies). (nitra nas" "ofici of conta ins over a score the north ern provi nces in area large very a cover fields e nitrat

A JOU RNE Y ACROSS NOR THE RN CHI LE . ~nd as thde expo rt duty or roya lty whic h the Chil ian Gov ernm t eVles pro uces larg e annu stay of the finanacevery of the Re bl"al r eve: ue, they. en form at a very low figu re 1\n l pu Jc, ena hng taxa twn the main to be fixed prod ucti on and so f~r .as c I a: told that at the pres ent rate of anot her cent ury. can e conJ ectu red the fields will last

Nitr ate soda is foun d m bene ath the ofsurf . . ace of th ·t~ s·t.Iatu m whiC h hes abou t a foot thic knes s It I·s b. e lea.J. 1 .and aver ag·es abo ut thre · e feet nlS l grey rock and look s exac tlylOW like k d m dco 1our, . a lmos t as hard as calle d "cal iche ." Gro ups ofca m: m~ . In Its crud e form it is grou nd or blas t It with d . . t n Ewith plCk ax·es brea k up the · ynam i e • very whe re gaug e line s of rails " ·ith lo th . s o f truc ng 10w ere ks ·p · on to whic h the wor kme n load dare narr ow tbe " cali h " assi~g own them the "ofi cina " ther e to b . d c e. It IS conv to The liqu id mas s is then r:n g~~ u~ ~o ~owder, ~vashed al).d eyed boile d. ant wh;t ish pow der kno \vn a ; ' rl~mt dne d, and the resu lt' • s sa 1 ree ' ' a~d sent dow n to the coas 1s k · t f . pac ·e d mto or s1 1pm sack s and ent, ' Eac h " ofic ina" is the esta te and the mo . l d .cent re 0 f r or sma ller nitr ate le mo e1n ones area e arge the man a"er and tlre · d · 1 k . · ., qmp pe wor ·peo ple An " fi · , . w1t VIllage whe re the nitr t . 1 hous es for . o cma IS m fact a sma ll all thei r nece ssar es ai e S~Olllt pl. an! lies the work peop le with " · n ou 1 .nmsupp enca on 1 l ated min ing villa ges in dese ·t e sees P enty of isounab le of itsel f to supp ort hu~ :n bl~~t here . a who le wide regi on popu latio n. It has an . IS. ahve WJth an mdu strio us nou s econeomic val of the chie f sour ces of enon d . . nat . . u e an IS mde ed one tinen t s. It is the r eg.o n ~I\1 1 wea th m the two Ame rica n conwhole worl d with theil~ .tw ~c 1 sudpplies the agri cult uris ts of the the coun try is abso lutel m ra_ ~~ an the . are here beca use ranu ess Rainnitr ates prec wus min eral' out of Y ld h th .'] · wou the Paci fic. was hed the e sol 1ong ago and swe ave pt it dow n into Th e an . · bemg · dry and pure t tl . t he nitr ate regi . . · on is •app roxi ma: el cons ider able elev atio n, for ~he sea, the clim ate is dist inct ly' h[alus !~OO feet abo_ve. the level of rma gme a mor e · dism ai place to . ~. But It IS Impo surf ace from whic h tl. . al mha bit and thos e part ssibl e to s of the 1e mm er has be y . l f orsa ken. lt is an unm itiga t d d en Iem oved a r e imm edia tedry and barr en not a hr e eser t, a regi on of low ston y bills f er t'J 't ' s ub·t, not a blad e of 1 1 Y to othe r coun tries . . gras s. A sour ce of' I 1 ema..ms Itsel f fore ver ster ile . Afte r leav ing the nitr ate zon l tn ct whe re the hills o . 'tl . e t re lme pass es thro ugh. a disren , are not with out n e. 1er s1de alth 1 ·1 l ' oug 1 stil t! . abso lute ly hara pecu 1ar beau ty .le presenc~ of rich copp f th · er _o . _eir own , due to your first ghm pse of the A dores . And heie It IS that you catc h n es. ill

A JOU RNE Y ACk OSS NOR THE RN CHI LE. 75 The n sudd enly the eye is refre shed with the sigh t of gree n past ure land s ahea d, t he fu·st s1gn of anyt hing gree n sinc e leav ing the uoa, t. ltivu lets draw n from the ltive r Loa mak e an oasi s of br,g ht gree n corn and alfa lfa, and supp ort a few shru bs that glad den the wild erne ss. A stro ng stee l bnd ge can ies the line acro ss the riv er-some time s a mer e tnck le, som etimes a roan ng torr ent --an d a mile furt her on the tow n of Cala ma is reac hed, 148 mile s from Ant ofag asta and 7400 feet abov e the sea. Eve ning is alwa ys the best t1me of the day in the trop ics, and it is mo st so in a dese rt, whe re mst ead of the hard afte rnoo n glar e, gent le ligh ts begin. to fall upo n rock s and eart h and mak e thei r dryn ess lum inou s . And here at this plea sant est hou r a ehar min g dist ant view can be obta ined of the And es runn ing in a long serr ated line to the sout h. Nea rest and gran dest are the mas s.ve cone s of San Ped ro and San P ablo and from them the line of snow s can , in that clea r and luce nt air, be trac ed with out a brea k, peak risin g beyo nd peak , till 90 mile s awa y it sink s bene ath the hori zon. Cala ma , now with a pop ulat ion of abou t 4000, was , even in tbe time s of the Inca s a cent re of copp er min ing, and ther e is still one smel ting esta blis hme nt in the neig hbou rhoo d whic h obtain s its pow er from the wat ers of the Loa . lf rom the stat ion past Cala ma, San Salv ador , a shor t bran ch line runs up to the copp er min es at Chu quic ama ta. The plan t ther e, und er Ame rica n own ersh ip, is one of the larg est in the worl d , and alth oug h mos t of the ore deal t with cont ains but two per cent . copp er, they can on a-ccount of the size of thei r plan t make this pay hand som ely. Nea r to Con chi stat ion is the J~oa Viad uct, one of the mos t inter estin g engi neer ing stru ctur es in the worl d. The leve l of the rails on the viad uct is near ly 10,000 feet abov e the sea, whi lst thei r h eigh t abov e t he surf ace of the wate rs of the rive r rush ing below is 336, feet , or mor e than twic e the heig ht at whic h train s cros s the wate rs of the Firt h of Fort h. The viad uct is a mos t grac eful steel stru ctur e cons istin g of six latti ce gird er span s of 80 feet each in the clea r, su ppo rted on steel tres tle towe rs. At San Ped ro stati on, 193 mile s from .Ant ofag asta and 10,700 feet abov e t he sea, are situ ated the colle ctin g rese rvoi rs-b last ed out of solid rock - of the wate n>o rks which Rail way Company has con stru cted at a cost of £1.0 00,000 . The se wor ks supp ly the town s of Ant ofag asta and Me jillo nes, the nitr ate fields and the com pany 's own services witl1 wat er, for no othe r fre sh wat er can be obta ined exce pt by cond ensi ng sea- wate r. From the rese rvoi rs, pipe s are laid the whole dist ance to t he coas t, deli veri ng the pure snow wat er of the And es at sea leve l. cert ainly no inco nsid erab le und erta king . The wate r to fill the rese rvoi rs is take n prin cipa lly

.A JOURNEY ACROSS NORTHERN CHiLE. from the Solili Spring, some 40 miles to the north-east of the r<Lilway at an altitude of .14,500 feet. This source is capable of supplying as much as 6000 ton s of water per day through pipes of eleven inches diameter _ Shortly after leaving San Pedro station the line skirts the base of t he volcanoes of San P e dro and San Pablo. From the cr ater of the former ascends a constant column of smoke and tho ugh it has not shown greater sign s of activity than this in recent years, it is evident that in comparatively r ecent times it has been in e.ruption, for the railway cuts through a lava bed nearly a third of a mile wide which looks as fr esh a s though it had been deposited but aJ year ago. From this point onwards the scenery is of incomparable grandeur. 'l'he 1·ailway after passmg the two volcanoes mentioned, whieh appear as sen t ries guardmg the e nt1·ance to these mo untain fastnesses, and twisting and turning along a narrow passage that leads through tlre purple depths of the Cordillera, reaches at Ascotan the highest point on the Main Line, 13,000 feet above cue sea and 223 miles from Antofagasta. 1'h en the valley turning to the south-east among snow-capped mountains whose slopes are bright with metallic hues, the Lne begins to descend to Cebollar, wher e it skirts a great borax lake. Looking down on the lake's nearly dry bed, one can see where patches of wh itish green open water r efle ct the crags a nd snows of the peaks that tower above. t:lcores of peaks ther e are, sixteen to twenty tho11sand feet high , herpming you in on every side., t heir rough crests mantled in snow, the"r faces, from which her e a nd there black crags project, are slopes of ash and cinder s showing str an ge an d gruesome contrasts of colour so often seen in the nnneral world when vegetation and the atmosphere have not had time to tell upon t he)n. One great moun tain displays almo st every colour of t h e spectrum, bright yellow and orange, pink and purple, and a brick red passing into deep brown. A ridge tl1at stand s out on its face shows one side a yellowish white and ano t her a brilliant crimson. The colours are here so bright because there is so litt le rain to wash away their brightness, but the intensity of the colours heightens rather than redu ces the sombre· gloom of the landscape . One seems admitted to view an abandoned labora,tor y of Nature. 'Where once flames lit up the sky above and explo sions shook the earth bene ath, all is now silence and a eath .

JUNIOR TEAM, No. 2 PLATOON. T op Row : H. Steve nson , J. Broclie. Bottom Row : H. Maclsen, S. Bellringer, M. Lysons. Absent: A. Foreman , V. Cm·thew, G. Ballinger.

!l'l1e borax lake, which i,s 24 miles long and 4~ miles wide, is said to be the largest single deposit of borax in the world and is the main source of the world's supply . This singular formation appears to ·b e due to the evaporation of t he waters of the lake . for beyond a ·f ew isohted pools Df no very great size, there is now no water there. The saline. deposit is found on the surface of the

No. 4 PLATOON JU NIOR TEAM. Top Row : D. Mackie, P. Pope, I. Mcl vor. Bottom Row : J. Guild, C. Thomson , A. Kidson. Absent: A. Rumball, J. Shaw.

A JOURNEY ACROSS NORTHERN CHILE.

It four feet or more. lake bed, varyi ng in thickn ess from two to and in acid, ic borac ent. c per 36 to cent. conta ins from 24 per by comm erce it is neces order to give it the 40 per cent. requi red not difficu lt and consi sts i's tion opera This 1t. sary to conce ntrate s, which is done by ontain c , it in dryin g out some of the water action of the wind the and s my sun's he t to atum str ex posin g the rever berat ory furin salt the g fo r sever al day s and t hen treatm plant at Cebolla1路 large a is there tion opera latter the naces . For from the railyards few a, but and at t he easte rn end of the la ke mass of crysta ls, white a like looks then which , borax way . 'l'he for shipm ent. is packe d in sack s and sent to the coast betwe en C'alam a and Most of the mines situat ed m the region n as "yare ta." know is what fuel for the Boliv ian front~er u se the rocks betwe en 8000 of evices cr he t in antly abund grows This .green cu shion s of moss. and 14,000 feet and in appea rance is liKe with a picka xe and beThe thick hard plantS! have to be dug out but so quick ly that flame fierce a with burn s ing very r esinou the fires going . keep to in n large masse s must be const antly throw the hug(> aches appro After leavin g Cebol lar the line rapidl y high. feet 20,000 r crate ng smoki its vo lcanic mass of Ollag ue, with beast of burde n a as sed u l anima iar pecul the s, llama Herds of ation, are const antly as fa r back as the period of the Inca civilis railro ad, and it is the to a" t "yare of loads their g bearin met w.th, to eat on what hing somet find can als nim a aston ishing how these appea rs barre n groun d. a small town nestAt Ol!ag ue, 275 miles from Autof agast a, , you come to the name hat t of o volcan the ling in the shado w of just beyon d the for la st statio n路 in Chile on the Main Line, ntier. fro ~an statio n is the Boliv the coppe r mines at From Ollag ue a branch line runs up to This bra.nch n. know t Collah uasi, said to be amon gst the riches the great ng eachi r ld, wor the in y railwa of i_ the highe st line highe r feet 140 sea, e th of he .ght of 15,809 feet above the level railwa y I preh (whic eru P in y railwa Pasco de t han t he OeiTo A truly magn ificen t . viously stated in error was the Trighe st) on t he way up . The seen be o t is tains moun clad snowof panor ama o Olea, from where volcan ct extin he t lin e passe s a long t he side of lake, a view is olitai ned salt er small but er .anoth ss acro g lookin ctly conica l moun tain in of what I consid er mu st be the most perfe 0 or 19,000 feet high, t he " 路orld, Oleo Pinch incha . Altho ugh 18,00 collec tion of peaks as huge a of midst the in stand ing as it does ty well away from locali a in high and even hi gher than itself, and of the Ande s , rers explo and Chile to rs visito of the beate n track s not seen Fuji have I due. its i t has no t receiv ed the fame that is tion than Egperfec r neare much is incba Pinch Oleo Yama , but mont.

JOURNEY

A.c.Rdss NORTHERN CHILE;

Shortly ~fter passing Olea and before reaching Ujma station an~ther smokmg peak co1~1es into view, that of Santa Barbat·a: WI~ly. the most ev1l-lookmg volcanic giant that there is . If t.hei e IS a Hell one can 1magme it consistmg of a continent of :::ianta Barbaras, and that the railway does not approach the wicked mass of. black rock streaked With r ed nea.rer than by some ten nules, IS a matter for fervent thanks"ivin<Y . o o• .. The Collahuasi branch is the one part of the Antofagasta Ra1lway where snowstorms are troublesome the li 1 · b ' ne Iaving een con1 I t 1 bl k d f . P e e ~ oc e or four days in July, 1908. Only the smallest st~nted shrubs are seen growing among the stones, but the sp1ead themselves so regularly over the hillsides that tl . yt an app · . 1ey p1esen t ., earance simi1ar to the little tufts on a negro' s wooll If ever mgger's hair was green. "Yareta" r·s fou d . b y dpa e, . tl r n m a un ance · 11 1 a a .ong le m.e and the surrounding mountains are inhabited b the httle chmch~lla, whose light grey fur, . exquisitely soft fet l y so h 1gh a pnce m Europe. . , c 1es

~ollahuasi ,' 40 miles from Ollague, is reached after a six hours chmb. There is a suggestion of a vil! . . workers at tl · . age mhab1ted by the f. 't , Ie nunes, and on certam days of the week excellent ,J~t!I!Jey'· floofwC·elrs and vegetables, grown across the n~ountains in the u IUsouma ar bt •. bl <Yoods on th t t' , le o ama e from hawkers who trade their b e s a lOll p atform 'l'he run ha I t 0 on just half the time three hours · th t b . c' ague takes impossible 0 f ' d' ' . a emg s1ow for forty miles but spee mg up ow1ng to th b f curves. e num er o dangerous

I hope at a future date to· enJo a t . .. . . Paz OUI ovei th~ Bohvi~n secBolt via, for that section takes one thro~ the beautiful capital of kn ew t he rule of the Incas. gli the country that first

tio~ of the railway, Ollague to

Antofagasta, Chile, July 22, 1920.

A LETTER FROM INDIA. W e have recently received the f 11 . . . . letter from Lieutenant Leech:o owmg mterestmg E . . Ladha, .Waziristan, June 30 1920 ver smce OhnshLas Hll9 h b ' · Mahsuds . a tribe .0 f Path~n < b'0 fe . .ave een at war with the 1 :'liarch 30 I received a tel s. w . five ~ Central Waziristan On . egiam m onnmg m th t I . re ed on active service. With th li e . a was to proJ left No'~' shera about nine o'clo~kll?-a es·t possi~]e amount of kit all n;ght m the train Th' l h m the evemng, and travelled roug;hly so uth, followii:tg th~s ~nneeraas .a 5ft. 6in. g_auge and goes on Its eastern bank. Altho~ h itl lme of th~ RIVer Indus and moon and I could see what thg twas at n.Ight, there was a e coun ry was hke. It was undu-

A LETTER FROM INDIA.

lating and thickly intersected WJth nalas and wadis, like it is in most of India. Nalas and wadis are watercourses, which are of varying width, with s·teep preCipitous sides, like canyons. The country was very banen; very sandy, with little vegetation, and here and there high precipitous cliffs. Several times we stopped at little wayside stations. All one could see there was the Indian st.ationmaster . I suppose people must have been living there, for 1Yhat other reason would there be a station, but if there were, there was nothing except sand and desert waste for them . ~Well, at 8 o'clock next mo·r nmg I .got out of the train at Dand Khel , where I had a cup of tea, "chota. hazrin as one call~ it in Ind1a. H ere I changed trams and soon arnved at Man Indus, one of our bases on the River Indus, where I was met by a railway transport officer , and then I got into a little tiny tra.i n with a 2ft. 6m. gauge, in which I went for about a mile and a half, and then had ·to get out, because we had reached the place where we had to· cross the lndus. But there was no bridge there. The carriages a nd trucks a.re sent across in twos and threes on a big punt, which is wwed by a small steamer. All the passengers (about half a dozen officers) went across in an oil launch. Just there the nver ·emerges from a gorge, with high, steep, rocky sides, and flows into fairly open country. The two landing places were a bout 300 yards apart, and this broad placid river looked very pretty with the morning sun shining through the gorge, especially when the waves from the swell caused by our pretty little launch sparkled in the sunlight. On the other side of the river there is a village called Kalabagh, and there I had breakfast in the r·e st camp. I was h eld up there for a day, so I spent the time in wandering about having a look round and taking photographs. They are going to. build a huge railw.a y bndge her e, a nd it is going to take four years. Why it will take .s uch a long time is because the riverb ed 1s very sandy, and as you know , the. Indus is one of tho se rivers which floods every summer because of the snows melting at its source in the Himalayas. But the nver does not rise more than about ten feet; instead it scour s out its bottom to a depth of thirty or even forty feet. Next morning I r esumed my journey and left in the 2ft. 6in. train, now known as the Trans-lndus Railway, at ten o' clock . I was travelling first-class, of course, but as there were four of us in a dingy litt le compartment, each of us with a certain amount of bagga.ge, there was not much room , and it was beginning to- get warm. About 1 p.m. we arrived at L a.kki, where we had lunch. But it was so· warm inside the tiny litt le dining-room that eating was an effort, ·a nd I enjoyed chiefly a large glass of\ ration limejuiCe . All tliis time we had been passing through flat country, mostly barren, except here and there where there was a little water and where. there was a httle cultivation. About 4 p.m. we passed thTough P ezu Gorge, m a range of bare clay hills . Itreminded me of a huge garden in which the earth had been heaped up and th en left to be scoured out by thunderstonns. When it was getting d ark we arrived at Tank City, which is a collection o.f hovels round the only water there. ·i s for miles · truly an oasis , with a few trees growmg. Itl is a terrible place i~ summer, very hot and' swanning with mosquitoes and flies.

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A tETTER F'ROM INDfA.

After waiting for a while we moved on to the -c antonments, and I st ayed in the Rest Camp . Here I put in one of the worst n•, ghts I have ever spent Inside my tent, it was dug down so as one should be safe from snipers' bullets. You must realise that in this place one is getting near Mahsud country, and the inhabita nts ar e Pathans The camp 1s wued in to keep out raiders, but that do eSI not stop bullets, and several bullets came in during the night. But that was nothing compared w1th some of my worries. Inside the tent a lot of evil-smelling stuff had been put to stink away any flies. It was very hot and I was attacked by mosquitoes and other insects va.rying in sLZe up to bug s as big as elephants. Howe ver, daylight eventually came. 1 got up , had br eakfast, and continued my Jom·ney. Hut now there were no carnages, and l had to nde m a truck perched up on a lot ot fodder. This part of the line has onlv just been bmlt, and there were gangs ot navvies all along-ail natives, and mstead o·f takmg the earth away in barrows in t'he approved British way, they carried it in baskets on their heads. At 10 a .m. I anwed at Kawr Bridge, and the end of t11e railway. ..l<'rom there on there were convoys of l<'o rd motor lornes, li ttle ones carrying only about 800l b., and mto one of these l got with my baggage, bearer and his nephew. I had not noticed this boy bet ore, as he had stowed away in the train a.nd was com,ng along looking for a job as bearer . So, with my small party, I travelled to Manzai, a dvanced headquarters. After calling on the necessary staff officers I proceeded to Khirgi, ju st in t ime to get there fo·r lunch. From now on ther e \Yould be i10 motors-all camels and mules. From Kawr Bridge to Khirgi the route is patrolled by armoured motor-cars. Khirgi is . just on the edge of the hilly country, and from there onwards the route is picketed w1th troops and .one can travel durmg certain times only. Next morning, at about nme, I set out on a pony which l had borrowed from the medical people, with three mules for my baggage . The route lay along the riverbed of the Tanki Zam. H vaned in width from about 50 to 100 yards, and was gravelly and sh.ngly. The so-called river flo1Yed t hrough nanow channels up to about six yaJ:ds m width, and the track crossed and recrossed it hundreds of times . On each s·1de there wer e high cliifs, and labour battalions were engaged in bla sting and making a motor roa,d for strategic purposes . The next place was Jandola, seven miles on. Jandola is on the edge of British territory. There is a fort there which was besieged before th1s campaign started. Behind is the North- v"vest Frontier Province . In front t he blue, with hairy Mahsuds, where very few wbite men had ever been- almost only those who were in the small expedition of 1904. At J ~ndo l a I stayed for about half an hour, changed my horse, and was accompanied by a Sikh orderly . After proceeding for about a mile I was held up by a sentry on the road and told that no one could go on, after noon on foot and no one after two on horseback. It was then 10 past 12. I was alright myself, becat;zse I was on horseback. I put the bearer, who had been '"alkmg. on one of t he mules. But what was I to do with the boy? I did not want to turn back, but fortunately just then along came a native on a riding camel, and a camel can carry two men. Here was luck . I stopped the camel sawar and made him take up t he boy . Now I could proceed, as everyone in the party

A LETTER FROM INDIA.

was mounted. I soon met th e down convoy, about 800 camels. l!'rom now on I was passing over wher e there had been heavy fighting . This campaign is one of the biggest frontier shows we have ever bad to take on and in. some sin gle battles we have had more casualties than in the whole of somP. shows. About 2 p.m. I anived ut Kotkai, ,;,here there had been heavy fighti~g and where there was a camp, a post on . t e line of communicatio-1. All these camps were posts well pr?tected by barbed wire and permanent picquets on all t he hill tops. .b;ach camp is buil t on a raghza, whiCh is a small plateau up on tile hillside. It was now gettmg cooler as we were gettmg well into the hills and climbing roughly a thousand feet m every ten miles. About 6 p.m. there w11.s a heavy thund er storm which flo od ed the place out and made ever ything very mucky. And it got quite cold. i\ext morning, when all the picketing troops had got out m d made the route secure from orgamsed attack, I set out. It >\'as then about nme. I bad to send my mules back to Khirgi, and I got a camel for my baggage . I decided. to wal)r . to Sararogha, t he next. stage, as it was a cold mornm~. Soon after starting, one or two bullets came over, but nothmg was h1t ~nd the sniper or snipers were dnven away by fire from the p1Cketmg troops. I soon regre·' tted not having taken a horse because. the river was in spate (that is, flood). There had been heavy ram further up, all the steppillg stones had been washed out, and the n ver was about six inches deeper than u sua l. So I soon got wet feet and realised it was of no use trymg to keep dry. ·when I had gone a little be:yond half-way: :m Indian officer came. a)-on~, and snid . " Oh, why 1s the Sahib walkmg? he shoul~ be ndmg. . I suid, "Oh , it doesn't matter; 1t 'l& a cold day. B ~t. he sa1d, "No, the Sahib must ·ride." And he got me a spar~ ndm~ camel which \Yas in the convoy . i::iuch is. the respect m whiCh the Inaian so ldier holds the British officer. I must confess that untl1l recently I had had a loathing for the camel. It is a huge anima, with long legs and a long neck, and can make a gha~tly wound if it bites . It is generally sluggish and quiet and tam e with anyone who uses it. But only a fe11· minutes before I had seen a camel man stoop down by one's bind leg. lt quietly put out its leg_and sent him sp r ~wl.n_g into the river. But now I have a profound r espect for 1t. It has don e u s very well in our campaigns , and here we are quite denendent on it for our supplies. This force would be paralyseu in a d ay were it not for the daily convoy of camels. There are no road s, no cart can get a.long, and pack horses would soon go lame on t ,h e stones. Soon after we passed through Aknai Tang'i, a defile , where we had such a hard fight witl1 the Mahsuds that fo·r a whi le it was t hought we mi ght be beaten . Then I came to Sararogha and had to climb about 300 or 350 feet out of the nullah by a winding path to r each the camp. All along\ one side of the raghza there was a steep precipice droppin g straight into the nullah.

A LETT ER FROM INDIA . The next place was Piaza Ragh za, which was the last stage before Kanig uram , where the Deraj at colum n was. Betw een these two place s the convoy went only once _ini four days, so I decid ed to stay a day or two in Sarar ogha. When I did leave I took a riding camel . Piaza camp is very high out of the nullah and I h ad to climb up 500 feet . There I got_ a lovely view of Pir Gal, a moun tain 11,50 0 feet high, a.nd cover ed in snow. It looke d .v ery fine. The count ry I passe d throu gh from Khirg i to here was -a tangl ed mass of _mou ntains and ravin es. In some places the river be d, which was t.he road, was three hund red yards wide; in other s, when it passe d throu gh a defile , it was only thirty . Every here and there were Mahs ud villag es and tower s which we had destro yed. At first the count ry was quite barre n, without a tree or a blade of grass an ywhe re, only Mahs ud crops growi ng on fiat s in the river bed. But from now on, there was a thick stunt ed scrub growi ng. There are sever al high peaks about here and on them ilex and deoda r grow. I had to wait anoth er three days in Piaza , becau se there was a fight going on on the upper Badd a Toi, beyon d Kanig uram , and so there w·aSI no convo y. At last, on the third day, there was a convo y, and I set out on a count ry-bre d pony which I had borrowed . After going about a mile we came to Dwa Toi, where two rivers , the Badd a Toi a nd the Dara Toi, join to form the Tanki i-zam . Maki n was a fairly large Mahs ud town on the Dara Toi, and was the religi ous capita l. As it had alread y been destro yed, t he colum n had retm'l led from there and gone up the Badd a Toi to Kang aram , the politi cal cap ital nnd tradin g centr e, and the he!lll't of t he! Mahs ud count ry . All along the route now there were perm anent picke ts on the tops· of the hills, but other t roop s were neces sary as well to watch th e convo y itself . Sever al t imes W81 h ad to stop becau se Mahs uds had been repor ted, wb1le a few troop s got into positi dn. Abou t 11 a .m.. we arrive d at La.dh a where I am now , but which was then only a stron g point occup ied by the Guide s R egiment.

Along this part of the ruut.e only a few Mahs ud villag es and tower s had been destro yed, becau se th'is sectio n was less obstin at-e than t h e remai nder and agree d to our terms . Some of these tower s look rathe r pictur esque , too . They are squar e in shape and made of mud and stone . and each one costs about 2000 rupee s to build. Kanig aram was to be ~estr oyed on Marc h 20 if our terms were not accep ted , but as this sectio n was steadi ly handi ng in rifles and payin g fines the time had been exten ded and it was not destro yed and we retire d- to Ladh a towar ds the end of ApriL From Khirg i to Kanig aram is about 45 miles one of the most intere sting t rip s I have ever made . And now I must e nd my story . Next time I will tell you some thing about the anima ls and birds of India .

83 OLD BOY S' NOT ES. Vve are extre melv pleased to see our. E p Web ster abou t once more , after h1sPres ident , Mr. recen t seve~e iline~s, and tr~lst that he will soon be resto red to h1s form er good healt h . Hug h O'Lo ughl in is a clerk in the Railw ay Depa rtment , Auckland. John Terr y is now with the firm of Nich ol son and Gri.bbi.n, solicit'Ors, Auck land. Stew art Spen ce has recen tly purc hase d a farm at \Vha katan e . Erni. e Armstro-no· is prac tisin g with the firm of Urqu hart and --, ;olic itors , Wha kata ne. Fran k Clark e came m from Strat ford to the Old Boys ' ball . . Bob Engl ish is one of the partner_s in the firm of Engl ish and Luxf ord, acco untan ts, Ham 1lton . A. Binn ie, who left in the first term this year, is farm ing at Puni ho . Hria n J ohns was · succe ssful in keep ing First Term s this year, in hi s medi cal cours e. Stur teva nt also comp leted l:Us term s this year. Les McA llum who was o-rdered to the Snna to;·iu m some m'onths ago, is, we are pleas P ukeo ra ed to bear , m[tk ing good prog ress towa rds recov ery . G ordo n Salw ay has boug ht a farm at Wait oitol Or enui . H e has anot her 0 ld B oy, "D oc " More y, wo-r king on the place with him. C. iYiorey is now farm ing at Tarik i . Atho l Mcls aac, who has been in _the bran h 0 £ tbe U nion Stea m Ship Co. smce C)lri stchu rch New Zeala nd , has recen tly been trans ferre hls retur n to d to the New Plym outh office. Lolt us Russ ell recen tly paid a visit mou th. H e is now in the Sydne.y o-ffice ofto New Pl~ the Easte 1n Exte nsion Cable Co. Fran k Gran t has joine d the staff of the Natio nal Hank , Haw era.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

Eric Cole has taken up chemistry, and is with W allace, chemist, Hawera. Harold Clarke is on his father's farm, Hunter Road Eltham. ' Ed. Ducker and Frank Duncan looked in to see us a short time back. "Bill" Thomas is farming on theN ewall Road. A. Brackebush is now in Rotorua. "Seedy" Sutton is workinQ' on his father's farm, just out of Opunake. Len. Sole has been transferred to the Manaia branch of the Bank of New Zealand. R. Harrison has joined the staff of the Havelock North School, Hawke's Bay. We extend our congratulations to Frank Kelly, who has recently been appointed sub-editor of the Taranaki Herald. Hugh, George and Douglas Bradbury have bought a large dairy farm near the sea coast at Oakura. Harold Morey has returned from Auckland, and is now in his father's drapery establishment in town.

R on. Ward paid a visit to New Plymouth recently. Ce.cil Quilliam spent his last vacation in New Plymouth. Several Old Bo路y s from the Stratford and Hawera districts came in 路 on the day on which the sports were postponed. Amongst those who called in at the School were "Spud" \Valters, "Soot" McKay, Jack Gibson: Scow:o., Vickary. Norman Perr.y , who ha:s be.en farming in the Hawera rlistrict, has retu:med to New Plymouth. Owen Bayly has been successful in keeping Fourt"\1 Year's Terms at the Auckland University, o-btaining a second class pass in Evidence and Procedure and a third class pass in Contracts and Crimes. Twys Forbes is now in the offi ce of the Guardian Trust, Auckland. G. N. More路" has been transferrefl to Wellington, and is now in the Central Pharmacy.

OLD BOYS' AT AN NU AL SPORTS, 1920.

OLD BOYS' NUTES.

Arthur .Moody has rece.i ved promotion to the Auckland branch of the Standard F ire I nsurance. Bob Gillespie is now working in the New P lymouth branch of Sargood, Son ana Ewen. IL Webber is in Geo. Fowlds' Auckland branch. Lisle J ennins is now farming a few miles from Cambridge. 0 . Moss is with the. Phoenix Insu rance Company in New Plymouth. F . D. J effries, who has been on the staff ofthe A uckland branch of' the Bank of Ne"· Zealand, has been pro• moted to the position of manager of the Stratford branch . vVe extend our sinceTe sympathy to C. L. MacDiarmid in the great loss he has suffered through the death of his wife. A.. C. Jl.iacDiarmid has left Reotahi, where he was second engineer in one o£ Vestey Bros.' freezing works. He is n.ow chief en O'ineer of the new freezing works recent!-· erected some three miles from Taihape . Sefton Herbert, with one. of his brothers, has leased a :tarm ,on the Duthie Road, Manaia. D. N. MacDiarmid. was married recently to an InverWhile still connected with the Soudan cargill lady. United Mission, Don is undertaking the inauguration o£ an important educational scheme on behalf of the Government, who are working in conjunction with the S.U. :M., the object being to truow an outpost line o£ Christian stations from East to West across the Soudan to check the spread o£ Mohammedanism southwards. Cyril Mo~s has join eel the Borough Council staff, New Plymouth. Noel Harcling was in town recently. Colin Smart was present at the annual spo-rts . A. M. MacDiarmid is this year PFesiclent of the New Plymoutb. Branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association. Dr. G. N. MacDiarmid h as still a practice in Taihape and also has a private hospital there . :J:[urray Guild is public school teaching at Pungarehu .

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BOYS' NOTES.

I an (" Puke") R enaud is in the L ands and Deeds Department, New Plymouth. In the recent engineerinrr examinations held in Christchurch, H arry Lucena passed in physics and chemistry, and R. K. Clemnw in advanced descriptive geometry. . In a letter recently received from "Mick" Wybornour Te Aroha representative-he gives the following informat~on : Alan ("Su gar") Candy is a cadet on a !arm at Spnngdale. Hub ert Ferguson has bought a farm at Waito-a, ten mile~ from Te Aroha. . ~lister McHardy has been playing in both the Mor- · nn. v1lle and South Auckland representative football teams. Keith Fox is on his father's farm at Turua. Copestake-formerly in W aitara-is an engineer m the freezing department of the Te Aroha West Glaxo factory .

BIRTHS. BEWLEY .- On October 22nd, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. Austin Bewley, a daughter . .

MARRIAGES. McKINNEY- CLARKSON. On September 11th , 1920, at 17 Goring Street, vVelby the Rev. Colin Harrison, Charles Andrew, thud son of Mr. and :Jirs. Anrhew McKinn<:>y, 25 Benso·n'::; Road, R emuera, Auckland, to Lilian, thinl dauO'hter of the late Captain J. H. nncl :Jirs . Rose Clarkson~ of l.Jyttelton. .

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Jj\Ji,7ING- £VANS. On June 9th, 1920, at Moninsville, by the R ev. 2\1organ Richards, Elizabeth Campbell (" Lysta"), daughter of Mrs . and the late John Evans, Devon port, Aucklnud. to Kenueth Strathi e. t>l cl er son of ~:rr. and Mrs. \V. N . Ewing, New Plymouth .

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DEATHS. HLANE.--At New Plymouth, on 30th August, 1920, Percy Georg~ Henry, son of :Mr. and Mts. J. G. H . Blane, South Ro-ad; New Plymouth, aged 19 y~ars 7 months . SUTHERLAND .-At 1leerut (India) Station Hospital, on the 28th August, 1929. Alister, son of Major and Mrs. T. Sutherland, :Mana1a.

EXCHANGES.. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following exehanges :-'fhe Scmdian, :.rhe Otago Hoys' High Sc.hool Magazine The Palmerstoman, The Queensland U mversity Review, The vVaitakian, The Ipswich Grammar School :Mao·azine, 'l'h e Nga 'f awa Girls' High School Ma"'azine The Nelson GiTls' High School Magazine, Tht> the Ra~iltonian The Canterbury College Review, H.eporter, The Canterbury Agricult ural Colle&·e Magazine, The Scot, TheN elsonian, The Southland1an, The Wellingtonian.

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