1921 The Taranakian, Vol. 10, No. 1 May

1 EDITED BY .T HE BOYS OF THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR.

TAftANAKI H81tALD ~IIIINT.

THE

"TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS.

Agriculture Annual Re-Union Births, Deaths and Marriages Board of Governors ...

Boxing Notes Breaking -up Ceremony Camera Club Notes Concert Notes Cricket Notes Degree Examinations Editorial ...

Examination Results Exchanges Football Notes Form Averages House Notes Lieutenant Alister Sutherland Library Notes My Ideal Hero Old Boys' Association Old Boys' Cricket Old Boys' Football Club Old Boys' Notes Preparatory Notes School Institutions School Notes Shooting Notes Sports Dinner Notes Staff Subscriptions Swimming Notes Tennis Notes The Roll

Page 33 61

80 2

37 8 24

36 55 54 5 53

81

37 54

25 74 28 51

60 63 66

69 30 3 15 40

38 2 81 19 29

48

SCHOOL FIRST

~cfu Jl~mnut4

2!li£4

[ ESTABLISHED

~r4nnL

1882.)

BOARD OF GOVER NORS:

Dt~

.\ H. F.

E

L C. SLADDEN, EsQ. {Chn iYIII£111.)

J. S. F ox, ESQ. E. r . l"o IICio:S. S. G . SMITH, EsQ. M.P. K :\lotno:-; EsQ. L . A. NOLAN. EsQ. TRnttii.E. E Q. A. E. vv.~sHER, EsQ. ATKt);S<l);. ESQ. I'. \ \'I'. IISTER. ESQ. Secretary and Treasurer : E. LASH, ESQ .

~tu££: Pllt:SCIPAL: \V. H. MOYES, M.A., B.Sc. A . R RYDER. M.A. K H . l~ OCKEL, i\I.A.

C. G. BOTTIOLL, l\I.A. PAPP ', l::l.A.

A. ]

ASSISTANT MASTERS : A. W. DIPROSE. B.A. G. BERTRAND (C. Certificate).

MISS J. McLEOD, M.A. W. G. W ILKIE.

AGili CULTU RE:

J.

W. CoNNELL {C Certificate).

CCJ\DIEilCIAL INSTRUCTOR : F. ] . EGGLETON. Pn E PAt~ATORY

DEPARniENT :

G. H . POPE, Mt S K. CAMPBELL, MISS E. CAMPBELL.

PART TIME MASTERS: DtiAIVING: ;\! U

IC:

A. M. B tiADBUIIY.

R. , . RE'IA UD (Piano).

MI DOWLING {Violin) . i\1 1 • PIKE {Piano).

MI YoUNG tPi a nn) .

F . \V. G. McLEOD {Wood and Brass).

INSTITUTIONS. TERM,

1921.

PREFECTS. Head Boy.- V. J. H enderson.

House.-B. de B. Noak es, T. li'oclen, M. B arak , W. G. Hugb son , tl. vV. Brown, C. Drader, H . Rickard, L. 'f . l{.a wson, U. li'oo kes, E. W. B. Griilith s.

Day Boys.--J, H . .Nicholson, J. Broclie, li'. Corkill, L. Dmniss, L. Abbott, R. B. B ellringer.

COMMITTEES, Football Committee.-Mr. R yder (chairman) , V. J. Henderson, J. Broclie, H . W. Brown, B . Noakes, C. JJra der, M. B araK, 'J'. l!'oden (secretary). Captain FirS\t XV.: H . W. Brown.

Cricket Committee.-Mr. Bottrill (chairman) , H. Brown, 1. .Palmer, J. Brodie, T. l!'oden, J . H. Nicholson (secr etary) . Captain First XI.: I. W. Palmer.

Tennis Committee.-Mr. Bertrand (chairman), M. Barak, V. J .

H encler son, C. Drader, L. Pease, N. Airey, .P. Mitcalfe (secretary).

Swimming Committee.-Mr. Eggleton (chairman), L. Rawson, V. J. Henderson, B. Noal•es, C. JJrader, A. Moyes; '1'. l<'oden and H. W . Brown (joint secr etaries).

Library Committee.-Mr. Wilkie (ch airman), E . W. Griiliths, M. Barak, V. J . Henclerson, W. G. Hughson, J . Brodie, U. I<'ookes (secretary).

Librarians: W. Aldis and R . B. Bellr in ger.

Shooting Co m mittee.-Mi·. Papps (chairman) , M. Barak, L. Abbott, J. J ackso n, B. Noakes, N. Airey ; vV. G. Hughson and T .

Penn (joint secretaries ).

Finance Committee.- V. J. Henclerson (chairma n) , E. ,V. Gritlith s, T. N. Foden, vV. G . .~.~ug h son, B. Noakes, M. Nicholson , M . Barak (secretary) .

Concert Committee.-L. Rawson, F. D avis, L. P ease, J. McMat· on, J. Bennett, G. E. Lomas (secr etary).

Camera Club Committee.-Mr. Mo'yes (chairman) , A. Moyes, L. Rawson, B. Noakes (secret ary ). · Magazine Committee.-Mr. W ilkie (chairman) , V. J. H ender son , J. Brodie, M. Nicholson, L. Dinniss, R. B ellringer, . W. L<.

H u g h so n, M. Ba rak, , V. Aldis, F. JJavi s, H . .P. lV.Utcalte, 'l'. Penn, L. Rawson, C. Drader , T. Foden, J. Moorbead.

Poundkeepers.- R . Christie, H. Mason.

SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT. Officer Commanding Contingent.-Captain A. R . R y der .

Second in Command.-Ca ptain A. J . P apps.

Physical Drill lnstructor.-Lieutenan.t F. J. Eggleton.

Contingent Sergt.·Major.-Sergt.-Ma.jor T. N. Foden.

Contingent Q.M.S.-Q.M.S. G. H ughson.

Contingent Clerk.-Corporal G. Lamas.

"A" COMPANY. Offi.cer Commanding Company.-Lieutenant G. Bertrand.

Company Sergt.·Major.-Sergt.-Major J. H. Nicholson.

Company Q.M.S.-Corporal R. Christie. ~ec­ No. 1 Platoon.-Platoon Sergeant : Sergeant ~1. W. Brown. tion Commanders : Lance-Corporals l:l. Hooper, .!<'. Junau, C. Cranby, J. Palmer.

No. 2 · Platoon.-P latoon Sergeant: Sergeant L . Rawson. ~ection Commanders : J,ance-Corpora Is H . Holden, J. l{ogers, L Palmer, C.· La sh.

No. 3 Platoon.-Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant C. Fookes. ~ectioH Commanders : Lance-Corporals S. iVood s, H. Hickarcl, '1'.

Penn, J. Jackson. ~ectio n No. 4 Platoon.-P latoon Sergeant: Sergeant F. Corkill.

Commanders: Lance-Corporals D. Mackay, R. l:lrews,ter, L. Pease, C. Barnett.

"8" COMPANY. Officer Commanding Company.-Lieutenant A. W'. Diprose.

Company Sergt.·Major.-Sergt.-Major J. Henderson.

Company Q.M.S.-Corporal W. Alexander. ~ection No. 1 Platoon.- P latoon Sergeant: Sergeant C. Drader.

Commanders : Lance-Corporals C. Collins, R. Rea, A. Wheeler, J. McMahon. ~ection No. 2 Platoon.-Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant L. Ab bott.

Commanders: Lance-Corporals K. Taylor, P . .Mitcalfe, J. Shaw, F. Davis.

Section No. 3 Platoon.-Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant N. Airey.

Commanders: Lance-Corporals vV. Aldis, A. l:lroclie, A. ~.

Smith, H. Mason. ~ectwn No. 4 Platoon.- Platoon Sergea111t: Sergeant B. Noakes.

Commanders : Lance-Corporals A, Moyes, C. l:lurdett, J,.

Dinniss, J. Scanlan.

"C" COMPANY. Officer Commanding Company.-Lieutenant F . J . Eggleton.

Company Sergt.·Major.-Sergt.-Major M. Barak. ~ection No. 1 Plat oon.-Piatoon Sergeant: Sergeant C. Hawkes.

Commander: Lance-Corporal Griffin.

No. 2 Platoon.-P la:toon Sergeant: Sergeant R. Bellringer. ~ectwn Commander: Lance-Corporal D. Ward.

Section No. 3 Platoon.-P latoon Sergeant·: Sergeant J·. Brodie.

Commander : Lance-Corporal J . Fraser.

No. 4 Platoon.-Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant E. Griffiths.

V. J. HENDERSON. (HEAD BoY, 1921}

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

VoL. ro.

MAY,

I92I.

No. r.

The Subscription is 3/- per annum (postage included), and should be forwarded to the" Business Manager, Tarana klan , Boys' High School, Subscribers will please notify any change of Ne w Plym outh. " address.

EDITORIAL. (W. Aldis. ) 1921 m arks the fortieth year since OHTY years on! the establishment of the School , and the appointment of Mr. Ernest Pridham , M .A., as Hector. Like the grain of mustard seed it has been st eadily growing through the years, and h as acquired fam e in both sport and scholastic attainments . Looking back thus over the pages of the past we feel justified in optim ism for the futur e. May this anniver sary be but a st age in the road to further successes, a link in the ch ain binding the m ature School of the future to its bygone infancy.

F

This last year Honald Sym e carried our standard to the very pinnacle of success in the Junior University Scholarship examination. Placed first on the list with a m argin of practically 200 m arks, and h aving gained 93 per cent . and 96 per cent. in L atin and Ch emistry r espectively , and first place in five of his seven subj ect s, he has est ablish ed a r ecord, not for this district alone, but for the whole Dominion . His highly m eritorious performance r efl ects credit on both himself and the School. It shows the latter to be as virile now as ever it was, and augurs well for the future of the for mer . While we are t ouching this subj ect, we must r emember the uccesses of our candidat es in the Terms and Degr ee examination 路 last year. Her e we may m ention that a Terms claRs is h e1d each year in which boys who wish to prepare for U niversity degr ees may do so as exempted stu d nts. F ive boys last year kept t erms, and in the November examination>; wer successful in passing the first section Ch arles Noble did specially well , gaining of the degree. first- class passes in L atin , Mathem atics , and English.

6

:E nit d:R iAt .

Am on gs t th e pro po sal s for ed uc ati on alt befor e th e passi ng of th e n ew Ed ucati on •ei orm su bm itt ed the follow ing :- In Ac t, we m en tio n the sch oo l age to fifth e fir st pla ce it wa s pro posed to rai se t een , an d to lim it th e pr im ary school sta nd ard s to th e Fi secon da ry schools we fth St an da rd.

Co ns eq ue ntl y jun ior ing th e pr esent St r e to b e est ab lis he d, ap pa ren tly by t akan schools an d th e 'rh da rd VI . pu pil s fro m th e pr im ary ird Fo rm s fro m th e ex ist ing sec on da ry schools . Am on g th e of st aff s at a tim e obj ect ion s to thi s are th e du pli ca tio n wh we ak en ing an d dis org en eco no my is hig hly d esi rab le, th e an d a ser iou s ov erl ap an isi ng of ex ist ing sec on da ry schools, \v ou ld be ad vant ag eo pin g of wo rk. Ho wever, thi s sch em e sec on da ry or int erm us in th at it wo uld g1v e a kin d of ed \vh o us ua lly st ay bu iat e ed uc ati on to a gr ea t ma ny pu pil s t t wo ye ars at a sec are ra th er an en cu mb on da ry scl;wol an d th ere is th e m ult iplica ran ce th an otherw ise .

Ag ain st thi s tio eo ns eq uent loss of sch n of sch oo ls a bo y att en ds , an d th e ool sp iri t.

An oth er of th ese pro wa s th e dep art ment po sal s qu en t lo ali sat ion alisa tio n of sch oo ls an d th e co ns eof co ntr ol in wo uld involv e both W ell ing ton .

Th is lac a sch oo l -a nd th e st k of loc al int ere st- -o ften th e lif e of an da rdi sat ion of work alo lin es an d its de t err en ng sp ecified ing stu de nt s wh o m t effect on ini tia tiv e . Hi th ert o pro mi sigh t h av e b eco m e su h av e been dr awn aw ay int o mo re r em un cce ssf ul t ea ch ers th e ed uc ati on r efo rm era tiv e ca reers . B y las t, th ese fin an cia s ins tit ut ed by th e Act of D ec em be r l dis ab ili tie s h av e les sen ed. Ag ain , ap art fro m th e pro pobe en co nsi derab ly pa sse d h as b een pro du sal s , th e Ac t as fu rth er degre es a t ea cti ve of de sir ab le r esu lts, for by t ak ing ch er ca n rai se his sta increa ses his sal ary tu s an d by so do ing au ad va nt ag e of an en tom ati cally . Th is is dis tin ctly to th e t erp ri in g t ea ch er , res pect thi s gra din g bu t perh ap s in on e t we en th e h ou se- ma fails t o dr aw sufficien t dis tin cti on b etio ns , and th e ma st er st er or en thu sia st in ou tdo or ins tit uof a da y school.

Fo r som e tim e pa mu sic ",/[ast er wh ose st n eed h as be en fel t for a p erm an en t thi ngs, tra ini ng of orc du ty sh ou ld includ e, am on g other as well as m ere pia h est ras an d m an ag em en t of co nc ert s , no ev ident wh en on e ful ins tru cti on . Th is will be th e mo re ly r eal ise s th e r ece nt pro mi th e orch est ra an d th ne n ce of yo nd doub t th re is e lat en t t ale nt th er eb y r ev eal ed.

B eam ple proof of th e exist en ce of thi s t alent an d of an en thu sia sti c sp iri t am on g inclin ed in ou r m id. th e mu sic allyt wh en thi fac t is r . It will th er efore be on e st ep fu rth er ecogn ised. an d a p erm an en t ins tru cto ap po int ed to gu ide r th e de velop ment of thi s br an ch of ou r

:Eb iTO RIA L.

1

. , . . h r efor e wi th sat Sch ool aff all's . It ls; isf ac tio n tha~ y;re no te ~oard in ac tiv ely th e step t ak en oy t sy mp ath lzm g an d . d eo-op er ati ng wi th us e for thi s en . .LLtthcTto th ere h~ b - - : rien ce d a ser iou s lack of b oard ing ac co nu Tlod s een exp~ ~o as to pr ev en t n atu ral atw n, .so mtu cnt to · im d p t eri o l a pro sp ec ts for cer ex pa nsiOn an , h' . tam . . ex . n e , th e fu tur e .

For t l\I ~~so 180th e bo ard er s thl s ye ar. h a•.e Ho wever , lat ely we b een r e ·tr ict ed m ~u hav,e . a l ea se of M r . be en su cce ssf ul mrn er ~· Pe nn s secun ng R ad .

By thi s m ea ns , res 1de nce on th e Avenu e · o · . for smne ye ars , we h for th e fir st tun e . av e Th e su fficien t l ea sed ho us e ac com mo is l ass essing ev ery desir ide al for ou r purp da tiOn. ab le os~ t:on ve nien cc . bu t als , ?o t only ~ sh or t dis t an ce fro m ~h e o oth er bu ild ing s . . An oe m g .on ty ac uis iti on to th e bo ard mg otl \e\ gl~~ h isq n earin ·r·b ool is th e n ew h osp g co mp let ion l a "': lCt' ble be nefit in th e evan d vl·ill wh en conlpl et~ en t d be .of lll'l~n ce th e inc ep tio n of an ou tbr eak of slc of the kn ess . vte br.

Sl . lik ·d· e thi s ha s b een r epr e~e nt no ar .1 na syc;t en'l so1ne m g qu ired . It w1ll oth us. wa nt. su pp 1Y a 1on oa-felt '

liES

• W e ar e um ted m ~m~ rr of ara tificatio n at th(~ W~~ m ,to th eoC hief J ap p oin tm en t of Mr us tic esh ip ?f ~ a moa. an d we h op. eJf ~ · h a ~~result fro m his inf luen ce or a N p Ze al an d' s m th ose ~n settle d isl an Pacific ma nd ate ds . ~~ :r t o up ho ld th e tra dit n eed s stron ~ men at ~~l S Mr . W ils on is an Ol ions of Br itish JUSt lCe ar: d d Bo y, fan /l aB . d pr aet ise an ~ b efor e r eill:ov m g t d as a l aw yer her•~, o .uc f ~ s com mu nity . In A~ b em g at on e t l.m e Ma ckland yo h e h el d a l:'a gls tracJ: r o . 'l co urt .

His ap po mt ment ofS t;: o~ Jd~ mo ns trates th e hig t o ur h a hJ gh office l? a fr om thi s Scho ol ca h sph ~re of pu bli c du ty .t o wh n a.n d th e n ob le lde al ifch .t:J.: boy h'p th at is sil en tly bu att am , o cl lze ns l t su rel y inf us ed h er e. .

A sadd er n ot e lS no w -- :- -; . r eferri na t o th e de ath of st~ucd l~ho l eft ~s for an Ol d Bo y' Alist~r Du ntr oo n.

H :w ing p ass ed thr on ~uth ert~ iii~ar college, h e ser ved in oh ~ ~ h ' yo Zt hfu l pr im e, he sucIn dia ; bu t th er~, cfu t ~ t~~s pl~ ematurely cu mb ed to en ten c clo sin g wh at pro ev er, . . mi sed t o be a no tew ort hy car eer .

•

Th e >;ucccf\. es of las - - : h tin g team s un de r th e t ye ar. s s ~~h of menti on h er ab le coac.hing o~ ~r e. · S~ arl e a~\ ~: S~ ~tr ~ , bo th in th e I.n~per­ Once ag am th e Sed oCoh ~ to ~ r ch Pr ess Sh iel d co ial Ch all en ge a.n mp etl tw ns . us c u

1

BREAI{ING-UP CEREMONY.

The r apidity with which the ranks of our champion shots though depl et ed through the d ~parture of the more experi~ enced m embers , ar e filled up, IS a good omen for future shooting competitions.

BREAKING-UP CEREMONY. The priz e-giving and "breaking-up" ceremony took place on Tuesday evening, December 14th. The chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. L. C. Sladden, presided over a large attendance of parents, friends of the School, and boys . Th~re wer: also present: Mr~. Sladden, the Mayor and May?r ess. (Mr . .and !-1rs. F. E. Wllson) , Professor Hunter, of VICtona Umver sity College, Messrs. R. W. D. Robertson and~· B. ~oy , the Principal (Mr. W . H. Moyes) and the memb ers of his st aff, together :with the members of the · Board of Governors.

The School Orchestra , under the baton of Mr. R. N. Ren~ud , played. several selections in an excellent manner.

Dunng the evenmg the boys sana " Queen of the Earth" and the School song ''Forty Years 0~ ."

REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN. I

'l'~e Chairm?'n _wel~omed the presence of so large :1 gathenng. as an mdiCatwn of the popularity of the School.

H e m entwned that ~he School work during the year had been hamper~d b.y SIC~ness, and also by tne lack of a sick room or hospital m whiCh cases might be isolated. · H e was glad to ~e ab le to say t~at the Board was now beginning to The se~ .daylight as far as It · finan ces wer e concerned.

Mmister of Education had granted them £200 for improving the l?u~ly and they t~emselves had acquir ed leases of sections a~Jm_nmg the boardmg-houses which would be sufficient to piOvide room for all n eces ary buildings in the n ear future He. ext~nded a welcome to Professor Hunter of Victori~ ' Umvers1ty College.

HEADMASTER ' S ANNUAL REPORT. Mr . Moyes, h admaRtcr, r c>ad hi fl annual report which ' was as follows:, In proseJ?ting th e fortio~b annual r eport of the Boys ' School, he wished ,. on e agam , to convey his thanks to all those who h ad assisted the School during the past year.

BREAKING-UP CEREMONY.

9

Especially did h e desire to thank the p are~ts of P~·epa1:atory boys for the patience they had d1splayed w~1l~t their cl~1ldr en wer being t aught in the racecourse bmldmgs.. Owmg to the increase in the roll numb er and to the unavOidable delay in eonnection with the er ection of extra class-rooms , it had been found impossible to accommodate all the classes in the School buildings and they therefore had again been compelled to make use of some of the rooms kindly placed at their disposal by the Taranaki J ookey Club. To this body the School was under a great debt of gratitude. Without its assistance the School would have been very severely handicapped dunng the last six years and would have been compelled to remain at a standstill .

Unfortunately, School had opened on February 12. influenza had broken out two days after opening, and work had not been commenced until a fortnight later. The number entered on the roll was 415-an incr ease of 59 on that of last year. Of the total number attending the School 203 had been boarders and 102 had been pupils in the Preparatory Department.

STAFF APPOINTMENTS. er School no new appointments had been Upp the In made during the year. In the Preparatory School Miss E .

Campbell had been appointed to fill' the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. D. Saxton , who had left to take a position on the st aff of the'Waitaki Boys' High School. Mr. E. A. Rowe had r esign ed at the end of 1919 in order to take up the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship and was then pursuing his studies in London. Mr. H. V. Searle, who had been for two years absent on active service, had returned in February. He would like to take that opportunity of expressing 1"1s appreciation of the manner in which he (Mr. Searle) had carried out the duties allotted to him. H e had again taken charge of the School shooting t eams and had been instrumental in bringing them to the high state of efficiency which had won a name for the School in the past.

Mr. J. Connell, who had previously been instructor in agriculture to the Taranaki Education Board and who had been a part-time Master at the School in 1919, had accepted a permanent position on the staff at the beginning of the year. This appointment had materially strengthened the staff, for apart from making possibl e a more compreh ensive course in agriculture it had enabled him to synchronise, to some extent, the work in the different forms.

The commercial work done in the School had been in the hands of Mr. Eggleton.

10

BREAKIN G-UP CEREMON Y.

11 The annual cricket match against Wanganu i College Alhad taken place in W anganui on March 5th and 6th. though the School h ad been defeated by 122 runs he was glad to say that the form displayed by the t eam had been a distinct improvem ent on that of former years. The standard of cricket was still far below what !t should be in a school of that size, but every effort was being made to imH e was in hopes that , when suitab1e grounds prove it. were provided in New Plymout h, the Taranaki Associati on would co-opera te wrth the School in providing a professio nal coach for the younger players. Until this was done, cricket would n ever be likely to reach a very high standard in North Taranaki .

BREAKIN G-UP CEREMON Y.

EXAMIN ATION RESULT S annual examinat ions wer· e rnos t Tbe res ult of the ·~ · · l~atwnal A s enwr · b Scholarsh ip had be gmtr·fymg. en wdond Y K C. li.oberts; 'l'a.r anaki Scho.larships had boen awar ' h arc1 on and R. Groiner and E Se . to " W a ddl c, L . I"-•rc ~~ . h' · m~th had been _awarded ~ Junior National Sch' 'Ihe ~ a~ s 1P· Matrwul atwn Examma tion had been ringer , R. Blundell , A. Candy A Ohrl:t~se J Y N. B ellGilbert, J. H ender son, B. H~rn~r J We, L. o;~mow, A. · · ,rllett, B Johns , C. Kyngdon, L. Malt M d· · K. O'H alloran W . Rea M S tllChflsodn, L. 0 Halloran , Waters, 0 . White and S. Whiteu l er a~.' S. Train, E. same examinat ion had been ained b ~rtral passes for the ton and 0. Newell. H e r e l?ett cl y . Hutchen , H . Marmost yromisin g candidat es ghacl \ to say that several of the een unable to srt for the exammation throu 5ah illne ss .

t.

the year a class h ad

Four t eams h ad been entered for the North Taranaki football competit ions. Of these the senior t eam had' tied with Olifton for the Northern ch ampionsh ip, but owing to the holidays the final match h ad not been played. The only School match played had been against W anganui College at Hawera . That had t aken place in pouring r ain and had r esulted in a win for Wanganu i by 11 points to 0.

.

During ma~riculation boys de irous of 'tt~gam _been h eld for post-

sr_ m g fm the degr ee examin atwns. Eight bo s had ~ the t e_rms examinat ion in andaiio BYA. with n co?nectio Of these J. . . degr ees.

Hme, L. Jillett 0 Noble cessful. Noble's' pe~·fonna ·' W . Rea, and J. Willis were suc~his candidat e gained fir~~~I:S~s worthy_ of spe_cial m ention passes m ~atm and Engh sh , coming top of the li t of l ca:ndrdate s in Latin t~?cessfu I h Engli in second and thank tho e member~ of hi n t ks . chnnectw n he wished t o of their spare time to as . : - s a w o had devot ed so much The success achieved oyls m~ -~o;s t~king a degr ee course been due, in no small meas~~~ \a es rom the School h acl r esponsinl e for the work hade, th _the ~a t that the teachers classes out of School hours. , roug out the year, h eld

Cadet work, swimmin g, life- saving and t ennis had all been carried on as usual. The work of the cadets under Mr. Ryder, who had been ably assist ed by other m emb ers of the staff, had been very highly comment ed upon by those who had had an opportun ity of witnessin g it.

The Preparat ory D epartmen t had again been handicapped through lack of accommo dation and through the unsympath etic attitude of the education al authoriti es in W ellington . H e h ad no h esitation in saying that the boys from this departm ent h ad , during the last six years, played an importan t part in the developm ent of the School. They had done much towards est ablishing that school spirit which was notweabl e that day and which h ad en abled the S.::hool to carry on during a very trying time. While preparato ry schools of that kind were allowed by the Educatio n Act, it waR unfortun ately a fact that they were not popular with H e sincerely hoped that in the Educatio n D epartmen t. be done to establish the would g somethin future ea.r the n Preparat ory School on a firmer basis and that it would be found possible to finance a sch eme to provide buildings entirely separate from those at present in existence .

SCHOOL INSTITU TIONS. · t' The various S h 001 m s rtutions had received the usual c attention . . . . .

In shooting the s hool h 1 ~lad easily h eld its own with tl ac ~~a~n- won drstmctw n and wn_. Eight t eams were enter~~ ~m-er schools o_f the Domin~hreld Competit ions, and all h ad . the Imperwl Challeng e h st. In both senior and . . . game~ _a place m the prize · been third for the EmpirJeW:~od fi~:-~e~:trhns the .S?hool had In o t e Dommwn . the comp etition for the Oh . t h the t eam r epresenti ng the ~-~toolu~c~ W eekly Press Shield good score and would no do bt b a llput up a r emarkabl y e we up on the list when the r esults wer e published. u

•

The Boarding Departm ent had again been taxed for accommo dation; 198 boys h ad been in residence during the first t erm and of these 20 had been housed in ''Montos a.

M

12 •.

BREAKING-UP CEREMONY.

t the difficulty of access to the property that arrange-

Owr~"'h d prov cl unsuitable. It had therefore been decided ~l~eijmit the numb er of boarders to 1_70. until such time as it wa '

found pos ible to er ect more bmldmgs.

It was with profound r egr et that h e h ad to report that in the fir::;t t erm two of his most promising boys , Keith Baker and Brian Dailey, had di ed as a result of operations.

Both boys, by their kindly nature and manliness , had won their way to the heart of every boy and Master in the School.

They would long be r emembered by those who had been privileged to be numbered amongst their friends.

As in previous years he was under a deep sense of gratitude to the .old boys of the School.

Individually and col lectjvely they had .shown in many ways that th'eir interest in the School was still alive. H e wished to take £hat opportunity of offering the congratulations of the t:lchool to Mr. J. E. Wilson, a former presjdent of the Old Boys• Association, on his appointment to the Chief Justiceship of Samoa, and to those younger old boys of the School who, by their scholastic successes at the University Colleges were helping to place the School in th.e front rank.

He felt that he could not allow the present occasion to pass without referring to the death of one of the most prom ising of their younger old boys. It was with deep regret that they had learned that Alister Sutherland, their second r epresentative to proceed to Duntroon Military College, had succumbed to enteric fever whilst engaged on military duty in India.

They extended their heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved parents in their loss .

In conclusion he wished to tender his sincere thanks to the Board of Governors for the whole-hearted support they had given him during the year. He wished, also , to thank his staff, the prefects and the boys of the School for the support they had at all times given him during the last twelve months.

PROFESSOR HUNTER 'S SPEECH. Professor Hunter said h e would like to express his sympathy for the School in· the very severe time it had gone · through owing to the loss of its buildings and also to place on record the high appreciation that was h eld of the work that was being done by Mr. Moyes and his colleagues in New Plymouth, by people far distant from the borders of Taranaki itself. H e added, as one who had come into close contact with a good many boys from the School, that they had

• R.

A. SYME .

J UN IOR UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

BREAKING-UP CEREMONY.

13

a very high reputation indeed and that their sportsmanship could be r elied upon. H e said he did not believe that the (;ountry wa>;; doing its duty by the education system until it was prepared to put clown 拢 10,000 ,000 on the estimat es for education alone, because after all the r eal asset of the cou路ntry was the next generation. The conditions in the secondary schools were not what they ought to oe, and the conditions in the Univer 路ity Colleges, particularly in the North Island , were little short of disgraceful as far as educational Students were being taken in facilities were concerned. without any provision being made for their physical welfare.

In connection with Victoria University College he looked forward to the time when each of the provincial districts from whom its students were drawn would have its r esidential college that would provide home-life and the corporate spirit that was so n ecessary. " If we want to have a solution of the problem s now arising we mu 路t carry on that t eam Rpirit being instilled in the secondary schools through the Universities,'' Professor Hunter declared.

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES. The scholastic prizes were presented by Mrs. Sladden and the sports trophies by the Mayoress.

PRIZE LIST. The list is as follows:Standard I .-J. Dykes 1, J. Davies 2.

Standard II.-0 . Grover 1, A. H etherington 2.

Standard III.-D. H etherington 1, A. Washer 2.

Standard IV.-P. Grover 1, H. Fookes 2.

Standard V.-T. Silson 1, E. Leech 2.

Standard VI.-H . B ellringer 1, G. Bayly 2, V. Carthew 3.

First in Form IIIn.-First in Form: D. Avery.

Mathematics and Science: C. Saxton . First in L anguages and Literature : R. Cottier.

First in Form IIIc .-First in Form: H. Hunt.

TvTathematics , Scien ce and Languages: H . Hunt. Second in Mathematics , Science and Languages: D. McLean.

First in Form IIIB .-First in Form: 0 . Evans .

Mathematics, Science and Languages: 0. Evans . Second in Mathernati s, Science and L anguages ; Webb .

14

BREAKING-UP CEREMONY.

Form . liiA.-First in Form· M L . · · ysons.

First in .

M . a th ematrcs, Science and Lanauaaes · M L S m Mathematics, Science and Languages:. vif.s~~s~h . econd Form IVc_.-First in Form: Jennings .

First in Languages. and Literature: J ennings.

First in Mathematr'cs and Scrence: Rum ball. _Form IVn.-First in Form: K. Neal. First in Mathem_a tics and Science: W. Alexander F' Literature: R. Burke. · rrst in Languages and _Form IVA. - First in Form: m_atrcs and Science : R. Rea. R. R ea. First in MatheFirst in Languages and Lrterature: P. Mcivor.

Form Vn.-First in Form· c, h . . ~a tics, S~ience and Languages :Iac:~.::hawFrrstSm Mdth~­ athematrcs, Science and Languages: C. H~wkesecon m Form V A. -First in Form. R B ll .

Mathematics Science and · · e rmger.

First in Second in Mathematics Scie LangudagLes: R. Bellringer. ridge. ' nee an anguages: W. BerForm VIn.-First in Form.· M . B a1a , k.

Form VIA.-First in Form· R s . · . yme.

Agrrculture Prizes .- .l"orms liic d III . J Forms IIIn. and IliA . M K bb Fan D.. ensen.

11 Form V . : S. Wood .. For. ~I ~D- SjormiV.: D. Mackay. m · · . utton.

Commercial Prizes. -Form III d Forms Ilin. and IliA . p d' s Fe. an IIID . : D. A very .

Form VA. : M . Osborn~: ur !e. j orm IV. : A. Gibson.

Special McMahon.

Drawing

Prize (Mr.

B

ra

db

ury's) .-J.

V.

Be~dall Memorial (Essay) .-E. Waters.

Whrte Memorial (Literature) .-R. Syme.

General Excellence Cup .-M. Osborne.

Dux of School (Order) .-Ron. Syme.

Head Boy (Order) .-J. M . Hine.

CONGRATULATIONS OF MAYOR. The Mayor expressed · · rendered to the town d a~~re~Iatwn of the services being School, and what was !~r rstrrct by tlie_ teachers of the standard they wei·e ma· te ~h!l't o~ce havmg attained that . ' und er which th In arnrng ' d r'ffi cultres S h 1rt ' no t wr'th s t an d mg the past few years The M e c oo had laboured during the . ·' . ayor proceeded to thank the boys for

SCHOOL NOTES.

15

the assistan ce they had given in public functions.

H e said the boys were the featur e of any demonstration of a processional na.t ure in this town.

1\Ir. Roy, in the c-ourse of a happily-worded little speech, c-ongratul at cl the School on the remarkable progr0ss it h ad made during the past t en or fift een yeart;.

National Anthem.

SCHOOL NOTES. (J. H. Nicholson .)

School was supposed to r e-open for the first term on Tu sday, 8th F ebruary, but owing to unforeseen occurrences School did not start until Thursday, lOth, although all boys turned up on Tue. day. The reason for the delay was that , ome of the alterations were not completed and would not be r eady for a few days . The wheels of the School machinery proper were not set in full motion until the following Mooday-this delay b eing occasioned by the distribution of stationery . As is usually the case the first few days of the t erm wer e wet, thus increasing the low spirits of homesick boarders .

When we were definitely ·ettled ther e were a great many gaps in the classes aused by the: departure of boys, some to the Univcr. ity and -oth er · to work in ofBces . There \\·as ind e d a great thinning out of the senior boys of the Sch ool, as is evinced -from the fact that only three of last year 's prefe ts are back this year.

Shortly after the commen cement , Colonel Melvill', the offi cer commanding the Wellington Military District, paid us a h asty visit for the purpo e of presenting the W eekly Press Ch allenge Shield and medals, together with the Imperial Ch allenge Shield m edal , to the various winners .

The shield h as b een won by the School in 1918, 1919 , and 1920.

Colonel Melvill r marked, inter alia, that he was very proud of having a seh ciol in his district which had done so well in the shooting world as this partic ular one had done .

He greatly .· tressed the point of tra.ining all able-bodied citizen R in the art of shooting and said this training should be comm enced early in life.

H e , aid that it was only the good shooting of the " Contemptibles" that saved the situation a t th e beginning of the war.

He con cluded oy wishing the Sc-hool every success in the future. Before h e departed the Sc-hool gave him three h earty ch eers . H e asked Mr. Moyes to gr ant us a holidav in commemoration of his visit.

SCHOOL NOTES.

16

SCHOOL NOTES.

The annual cricket m at ch with the W anaanui Colleaiat e School took Place on the School gr ounds onbF ebruary ~bud ?'he Wanganui boys arrived by the train on a,nd 23rd .

M.~nd a;y evenmg and st ayed at the 'l'erminus Hotel. W an oan m gam ec~ a lead of 76 runs on the first innings and 'incr ~ased ums lead by .82 runs on the second innings . W an aa. nm_ open ed and p~t on ~07 runs before being dismissed, bto In their second attem t whwh Sc~ool r eplied with 131.

Vv anganm compiled 176 for the loss of nine wicket s aJd then declared.. S~hool made 94 runs in their second innin s and Wanganm ~amed the verdict by 158 runs . Althou gh ~chool we~e agam beat en the st andard of cricket has grea~y It is a great pity that Improve~ m the. last few years. ~r eater I~terest Is not t aken in the gam e, for undoubted! ~f well-wi~hers of the School wer e present at the match~~ It would mvest the m emb er s of the eleven with a r eat er ~?\0 ':[r fm~t~~dgame and play would gr eatly improve. Bolonel ed VI s .o I ay was granted us on the W ednesday in or er to Witness the match.

DuriJ?-g the term , m at ch es were arranged for t eams r~presentmg _ Day Boys and Boarder s. This has greatly increased the I~terest t aken in this sport. Towards the end of th e season mter-form m at ches wer e played It · · d d IS In ee · h t ·t th a very gr~a P~ Y at t er e are not more playmg grounds and pr actiCe Wickets in the town that J·unior clubs miaht b e o formed.

Again the swimming season h as com e and gone E arl . m the t erm . various c~rnivals wer e h eld in the Munici Baths under t~e auspwes of the local Swimmmg Club PAt ?n e the_carmvals one of our m emb ers succeeded in d~feat­ m g ~ nwright, a champion swimmer of this Dominion in h andwap event over a distance of 33i yards On Sat ' d a 26th March, a carnival took place at which. the Greyur Cay, It was presented for a r elay r ace a~~ was competed for. was won by the School with New Plymouth No. 1 second a~d New .Plymouth No. 2 third. In the " All Schools " Car ~~;:J . School won practically everything for which they en~

J

Jt

1he swimming sports t ook place in the baths on 2nd ar c , and_ went off very successfully. Ther e was a lar e g number of mter est ed sp ect ators The champ· h' wns Ips wer e · . th f ff sw urn o . on. e. o1lowm g Monday niglit. A full account o~ the swimmmg IS to be found on another page of the Magazine.

M

. Ronald Syme topped the University Scholarshi list With_ an unprecedented total of 2222 marks. Seeing tifat his possible marks added up lio 2700 inst ead of 2800, this m akes

17 age aver His percentage on an h.is ·uccess st.ill greater . worked out at 82 . W e wer e granted a holiday in honour of W e t ake this opportunity of congratulll S brilliant success. lating him and also of wishing him every success in his 'Varsity career . 'l'he work of filling in the hollows in the cricket ground near E liot Street is now rapidly reaching :finality and when this is :finish ed we shall have a level ground of almost four acr es . This job, which has taken a good time to do, has areatly improved the ground as a whole. There is still a great n eed for a wire-netting fence or a wall of some description along Eliot Street and also along the top of the gully .

I n every cricket m at ch a ball goes over one of these edges and gen erally it t akes quite a time to find it . B alls ar e now too expensive to be lost.

The additions to the School have given us more room for our library . In one of the two rooms we have been able at last to prop erly house our library, whilst the agricultur~l labor atory is in the other room. The agricultural boys will now be able to carry out their various experiments without any difficulty occasioned by the absen ce of appar atus, for just r ecently eight cases of apparatus and glasswar e arrived from E ngland. Of course these " farmers" do not have a claim to all this. Now again we have a separate room for the library . In this room ar e to be seen pictures of old New Plym outh and Taranaki. These indeed ar e a valuable asset t o the library .

Underneath the Prepar atory room are now to be seen sever al room s either in the process of construction or else complet ed. The shooting room , which occupies the end n ear est the t ennis courts, is finished . Its floor is t arred , and sh elves and rifles are neatly arranged around its walls. Next to this is the cricket room , which is in the proc·ess of constru ction. Next to the cricket room is the agricultural sh ed and behind this again is the sports room-the sm allest yet, These last three n evertheless not the least important. r oom s are not op en for inspection yet , but wh en the doors are thrown open it is hoped that everything will be found as n eatly arranged as the shooting m at erial.

During the last few months ther e h as been construct ed a roa d which lead. directly from the back of the boardingh ousCil to E liot Street , ·thus avoiding the two sharp turns of the old road . To beautify the r ear of the boarding-house a r ockery has been construct ed. This, as well as beautifying the grounds, can be used as a circular road round which a vehicle can turn , and the younger boarder s ride bicycles.

18

•SCHOOL NOTES.

SCHOOL NOTES'.

Since tne pubiication of our last numb er our hospitai h as been commenced. This is situat ed at the r ear of the n ew house . At present it is a long way from completion , but it is hoped that in a short while the builders will be able to see their way to finish it. 'rhe turf tennis court in the gully was badly worn, in fact so badly that it was decided to lay it down in asphalt; all the turf has now been removed and the court is almost ready for asphalting. When this is finished we shall have two asphalt courts, suitable for playing on all the year round, and one turf court.

a vel'Y great inter est taken in shooting an~ we h~pe tha~ we may have the same su ccess in our shootmg as m prevwus years. .

Not long ago one boy was ~·ep?rted to have dozed off durina a lesson· our advice to hnn IS that he should get to bed e~rlier and get up earlier if he still h as some swat to do.

At present he must be burning the candle at both ends.

The age of the humorist is not yet gone ~nd every no:v and again some witty r emark or perhaps foohsh response Is made.

The Master was informing his class tha.t in E~gl~nd in some schools the roll was answered in Latm . ~Ishm~ to know how much a particular boy knew he questiOned him. 'rhe boy r eplied that if h e were present the answer would be "adsum ' ' (I am present); if h e were absent, absum (I am absent)-(a ventriloquist stunt).

Master: Who was the hero of the heights of Abraham?

Boy: Please, sir , Abraham.

Free translation always affords ample room for a boy to make himself a hero or otherwise.

Here are some examples: Sentence: Tu as tort , j 'ai raison (you are wrong, I am right).

Translation: You have tart , I have raisons. (Perhaps he vvas feeling the pangs of hunger-Friday's tart.)

Sentence: n y avait un chat devant le foyer (there was a cat in front of the fire) .

Translation: They were having a chat in front of the fire.

Sentence : Que vous ont fait les Troglodytes? (what have the 'l'roglodytes done to you?) 'rranslation: Who h as made you the Troglodytes? (Is it not a nuisance to have so many correct translations.)

The last cricket match of the year took place on 2nd April , when a t eam chosen from parents attempted to lower the colour· of the eleven , but without success.

School won this match by an innings and 20 runs. It looks a large score on pap er , but n evertheless the game was enjoyed by both sides . It is to be hoped that this match will be made an annual fi xture- something to look forward to, and for young hop efuls to look at.

Footb all , the Dominion 's favourite sport , has comm en ·ed . On Monday, 4th April, boys were to be seen wending their way to the racecourse-not to see races-but either to watch or take p art in , the matches arranged for the afternoon . At present no definite t eam s h ave been picked as it is indeed a very h ard m atter to pick a t eam on a week's practice.

W e have to welcom e to the School two new Masters, Mr. Papps, who came from Mr. Papps and Mr. Pop e .

Auckland, i t eaching in the Upp er School.

H e is h ead House Master at present and is in charge of the house which the Board h as acq uired from Mr. P enn.

Mr. Pop e, who used to be at Urenui , has t aken charge of the Preparatory in place ofMr . Day, who r esign ed at the end of last year to take up a position in the Hamilton East School. These are the only additions to the staff in place of Messrs. Searle, Glover, Day and Calder. Mr . Sem·le h as gone to the Hamilton High School and Mr . Cald er to pursue his studies at the University at Dunedin. Owing to r ecent legislation which h as been passed , Board of Governors cannot appoint more than a certain number of Masters for a certain sized school and this account for what may seem understaffing.

We .wish that the :=;t ay of these t wo Masters may be long and pleasant . ~r . Papp.· ha:=; t aken over the :=;hooting which la t year was m the capabl e h ands of Mr. Searle and we wi h and firmly believe that Mr. Papps will have su ccess as great as Mr. Searle had, in his all important duty. There is indeed

19

SWIMMING NOTES. (T. N . Foden.)

The annual swimming sports were h eld at the Muni~i­ pal Baths on W e.d~e ~ay , 2nd M~rch. The ":e!'l'ther did not look too promism g m the mornmg, .but later m the day "Old Sol " came to liaht and shone bnghtly. We have to thank Mr. Blennerha:sett for h!s assistance in judging the diving events.

20

SWIMMING

NOTES.

We ar e indebted to L . and K. 0 'Halloran for pl'esenting to the School a handsome challenge shield , to be compet ed for by the different f~rms in the !nter-form r elay _rac~ , and we take tbis opportumty of thankmg them for their gift. 'l'he officials for the day were :-Starter , Mr. V.l. H. Moyes; marksmen, Messrs . ~- R. Ryder and G. B ertran~; judges, Messr s. C. G. Bottnll and R. H. Rockel; ofiicml recorder , Mr. A. J. Papps; timekeep ers, Messrs. A. Diprose and G. H. Pope ; stewards, M essrs. J. W. Connell and W .

G. Wilkie; judge for diving events, Mr. Blennerhassett. 'l 'he following are the r esults of the different events of the programme:-

33~- Yards Op en .-First h eat : H erdman (8sec.) 1.

Second h eat : Kebb ell (3sec.).

1'hird h eat : J. Brodie ( 5sec.). Fourth h eat: R. Fl etcher ( 5sec.) .

Fifth h eat: Rawson (1 sec.) . Sixth h eat : R. Christie (4sec.). Seventh h eat: Malcolm Robertson (8sec .) .

Eighth h eat: Dailey (6sec .) . Ninth h eat: 0 'Halloran (5sec.).

Tenth h eat : Grayling (lsec .). Eleventh h eat: Sladden (9sec.) . Twelfth h eat: Hutchen (6sec.). 'l'hirteenth heat: Buch anan (7sec.).

Fourteenth h eat: K. N ea! (6see .).

Final: Christie, R. (4sec.) 1, Sladden (9sec.) 2, H erdman (8sec.)

3; time, 27sec.

Preparatory Boys' Race, 33~- yards.-First h eat: A. Bayly (~sec . ) 1, Sladden (3seo.) 2, S. Cattier (6sec.) 3.

Second h eat: Murdoch (Dsec.) 1, Linn (7sec.) 2, Buick (9sec .) 3. Final: A. Bay1y (9sec.) 1, Murdoch (9sec .) 2, t::l1adden (3sec.) 3.

661 Yards Open .-First h eat : Taylor (3sec.) 1, R enderson (scr.J 2. Second h eat: Foden (scr.) 1, Corlnll (5sec.)

2.

Third heat: Rawson (1 sec.) 1,· Hooper (6sec.) 2.

Fourth h eat : Coll ins (2sec.) 1, G. l<'ookes (4sec.) 2. Fifth heat : Handley Brown ( 4sec.) 1, J. W. ralm er (6sec.) 2.

Sixth h eat: Rickard (scr.) 1, R. Christi e (5sec .) 2. Seventh h eat: Cranby (6sec.) 1, Honeyfie1d (6sec.) 2.

Final: Rickard (scr.) 1, Taylor (3sec.) 2, H. Christie (5sec.) 3.

New Boys' Race, 33t yards. -]'irst heat: O'Halloran ( 4sec.) 1, Gibson (2sec .) 2.

Second h eat: Sutherland (6sec.) 1, Aubrey (2sec.) 2. Third h eat: A. Bayly (8sec.)

1, Burgess (6. ec. 1 2. Fourth h eat: C. Tate (9sec.) 1, H. R um ball (8sec·.) 4. F inal : A. Rnyly (8sec. , 1, Tate (9sec.)

2, 0 'Halloran (4sec.) 3.

J..~enrners' Ra e (across baths) .-First heat: Meuli 1, IWey 2. Senond heat : T. Rayly 1, Noble 2. Third h eat: Cartwright .1, J effries 2.

Fourth h eat: Read 1, York 2.

Ji'ifth heat 2, Riley 3. : Payne .1 , Carman 2. Final: Meuli 1, T. Bayly

SWIMMiNG NOTES,

11

. , .] ·d -First h eat: C. L ash (?sec ._) B r east Stroke, 33s yar { 1 t· Penn (5sec.) 1, M1tcalfe 1 Ab bott (1sec.) :4. Secon lea bertson (7sec. ) .1, Tay(Gsec.) 2.

(4sec.) 1, Blair (6sec. ) lor (1sec .J 2. J!omt p ea · ( sec .) 1 Sladden (7sec) 2.

2. Fifth h eat _: L . eas)e 5 J Sha~ (4sec.) 2.

Fmal : Sixth h eat: Riley (8sec. 1 , .

Hiley 1, P enn 2, L . P ease 3. '

R 'l'h~rd ~~a~: ~a~~t~he:

· h eat.. 1' Rickard (scr.) 1,heat R.: 100 Yards Open .- First ) 3 Second .. . ( 7 ) 2 H ender son (se · · u· l· Chn tie(scr .)sec1,. Rawson ' ( 1s~c..) 2 , Cm·kill (6sec.) 3. .r m a · Foden Foden 1, Rickard 2, R. Chnstie 3. . d -First heat: Herdman (9sec.)

Back Stroke, 33! yar ~cond h eat: Wyborn (7sec.) 1, 1, B r ewst er (S)s~c.) 'l~irdSheat: Kebbell (7sec.) 1, Hutchen Lysaght (7se~. . · h at. Shaw (gsec .) 1, Rickard (4sec . ) (7sec Fmal: . )_ 2. ] oL mth 2. ysaghte (rlsec . ) 1 , Wyborn (7sec. ) 2, Shaw (9sec .) 3. d b R 66" yards (shield presente y Inter-form Relay :ce, A~ Rickard, Rawson, Foden, O 'H alloran Bros.) .-(~~m ~. C~ristie Abbott, Taylor) 2, Wood)Vc. 1, F(~Conlnl.

VB.Palm:;·, J . ,. Buchan~n, Brown, H .) 3.

Fonn o Ins, Diving for Plates .-Foden l , Griffiths, E. , 2.

Gr easy Boom.-W 00 d 1 ' Manning 2.

200 Yards Open.-Fo d en ( scr. . ) 1 ' Cor kill (llsec.) 2, Rawson (2sec.) 3 .

Duck and Drake Contest .- H ooper 1 , J. P almer 2.

CHAMPIONSHIPS . . h ld t the Municipal Baths The champi?nships ~re he . athe presen ce of a large on Monday ev~nmg, 7th ar1n'di~ld boys.

Even though gathering of fnends, par eft s 11 competitors toed the mark , the water was I:a~her coo '. a and some good fim h es wer e Wl't n essed by the spectators. . . hank Mr . Bennett for offi.ciating as ~I~eWe WishMr. to t B l nnmm. ·] se . tt for. ].·udgm "'a the d1vmg keeper , nncl events.· H · w. I ·eR· -Starter Mr.F.W Ber. · The otnrialf; for the ~v.emng der and' G.

\N.

Moye. ; marksmen, MeRssr sH. ARo~kel G. Wilkie, A. W . t . d · J. udaes lVIessrs · · · ' M r. A . J . Papps '· ran , o ', H p . fficial recorder , Diprose, and G. · ope' 0

SWIMMING NOTES.

time-keeper, Mr. J. Bennett; judge of diving events, Mr. Blennerhassett.

Results:Under 14 Championship .

25 Yards.-First h eat: O 'H alloran 1, Gibson 2; time, 1~sec . Second heat: G. Fookes 1, Ogle 2 · time 18 2-5se Fmal: O'H alloran l , Gibson 2, Fookes 3; time, l6 2-5sec. c.

50 Yards.-First h eat: Gibson 1, O 'Halloran 2 · time 4G~sbec. S e c~H nd h eat: Ogle l , Cottier 2; time , 45sec. 'Final; 1 son , a1loran 2, Ogle 3; time, 41sec.

1 0

75 Yards.-Gibson 1, Aubrey 2, Ogle 3.

Time, 67sec .

Junior Championship.

25 Yards.-~ir st h eat : Taylor 1, Hoop er 2; time , 16sec. ~econd heat.: l\.ebb ell1, Burkhart 2.

Final : Taylor 1 Kebbell 2; t1me, Hi 2-5sec. ' 50 Yards.-First heat: Taylor 1, Roop er 2; time , 36sec. ~.econd h eat: Burkhar~ 1, K bbell 2; time, 4lsec . Final : l aylor l, Kebb ell 2 ; t1me, 36sec. lOO Yards .-'l'aylor l , Kebbell 2, Chivers 3.

Senior Championship.

8.

25 Yards.-Foden and Hickard (dead h eat) 1, Rawson No tiine t aken .

<.:>0 Yards.-Foden 1, Rickard 2, Collins 3. Time, 33sec . 100 Yards.-Fod en 1, Hi ckard 2, Collins 3.

Time, lmm. 16sec.

200 Yards.-Foden 1, Collins 2, Hawson 3.

Diving.

High Dive. -Taylor 1, Rawson 2.

Corfu Dive. -.L. Christie 1, Rawson 2.

H.ibbon Dive.-Rawson 1, Brown 2.

H.elay Race.-Old Boys v. School· Old Boys (Kynadon ~IcHardy , Boon, l.V!oocly) 1, School (Rickard, Foden,5 Col~ lms , Rawson) 2.

3.

,Old Boys' Race, 33} yards.-Kyngdon 1, Boon 2,' Sykes l'lme, 21sec . · Barrel Race.-Wood 1, Ballantyne 2.

Awkward Entry.-Hooper 1, Palmer 2.

SWIMMtNG NOTES.

13

Championship Points.

Under 14.-Gibson (13 points) 1, O'Halloran (8) 2.

Junior.-'l'aylor (15 points, 1, Kebbell (9) 2.

Senior.-Foden (Hi points) 1, Rickard (10) 2, Collins (3) 3.

School swimmers have this season made a name for themselves at carnivals held at the local baths.

In almost every event in which School swimmers competed, one or other of them secured a place.

On Thursday morning, March 24th, five swimmers from Suhool went to the baths to r eceive instruction in swimming from Miss Shand and Miss Bristed. The fellows picked up the strokes quickly and found that the new stroke taught them was much speedier than their old one.

They are gre.atly indebted to Miss Shancl and Miss Bristed for the valuable hints given.

It was through this lesson that they seuured several victories that night.

On Saturday, March 26th, School again figured in the honours list.

Owmg to Easter intervening many of our promising swimmers were not able to compete in this carnival.

School, comp eting against two New Plymouth Club t eams, after a good raue annexed the Grey Cup, New Plymouth A t eam swimming second.

The School team was comprised of: Rickard, Collins, Hawson and Foden .

The following are the r esults secured by our swimmers at the differ ent carnivals held at the baths:February 18th.

33} Yards Open.-Rickard 1.

March 18th.

Boys Under 14, 25 yards.-O 'Halloran 1, Gibson 2.

Boys' 33-§ Yards Open.-Christie, R. , 1.

Boys' 66! .1.ards Open.-Collins (3sec.) 1, :Foden (scr. ' 2, Rickard 3.

Boys' lOO Yards.-Foden 1, Collins 2.

Breast Stroke, 33} Yards.-Hiley 1, Penn 2.

Boys' Diving.-Rawson 1.

Obstacle Hace,-N. Airey 1.

CAMERA CLUB NOTES.

HOUSE NOTES .

Thursday, March 24.

J3oys (under 11::l) , 3a~· yards. -Rawson 1, Rickard and l<'odon (dead heat ) 2.

1vi en 's 66§· Yards .-Foden 1.

Men's 100 Yards.-Foden (10sec.) 1, Rawson (13sec.)

Owing to the high cost of all photographic materials, s. suggestion has been made that the club should manufacture its own developer. 'l 'his would be comparatively cheap, and the club could sell it to the members at a sm all cost .

25

::2 .

HOUSE

Saturday, March 26th.

50 Yards Op en.-Mr. Enwright 1, Foden

B.ickard (4sec.) 3.

Boys' Diving.-K. Taylor 1.

Monday, Mar ch 28th. · Yout,hs (un~er 18), 66;} yards.-Collins 1, Rickard 2.

Mens 33} Yards.-Rickard 1.

CAMERA CLUB

NOTES.

(L. Rawson .) . During th_e past few year s the School has been gettin g on Its f_eet agam aft er the disastrous fir e of 1916 I ~on With the other School institutions, the Ca~er~ o~:-b as suffer ed severely . In fact, it h as been a dead club for ihe whole of that time . However , brighter times seem to _oo~ ':1-P a~ead of us and there is every prospect of this club r egammg Its lost ground. . Comp~titions, once so popular among the members iill be r evived,. an~ the r esults publish ed in the Magazine' f ~ el? 6portumty Is offered in and around New Plym~uth OI t e est class of photogr aphy.-Nature has soul tured a . . photograp~er 's Paradise h ere and Mount Egmont p l ~~~;h~~ndid maJ esty, is the source of numerous gdod ~~~t~~ b t.:fh~ m os~ popular cameras among the boarders seem to e . e est ocket Kodaks. These handy cameras have a special class ~o them selves in the competitions as there . are , so m any entnes .

At _every_ cricket match , or at any sports cameras ar e ~b1ways m evid ence and I:nany pictorial r ecords ar e kept of . ev nts. At our swimming sports many close fi · h a 'er_e snapped, _and showed some well cont est ed ra~es ; sh es urmg the cn cket match, Wanganui Colleaiate s '·hool en b v. "' f School, although dull weather predominated , a ew mem er s c found oppor t um·tY to photograph the play.

NOTES.

(M. Barak.)

(4sec. ) 2,

Once again we are re-united; but this year owing to insufficient accommodation our numb ers have been limited to about 180. However, our prospect s of an additional boarding est ablishment are bright.

Again we must chronicle various changes in the staff. .

At the end of last t erm Mr. Day, Mr. Glover and Mr. Calder left us . Mr. Searle, our invaluable shooting coach, has also It was with sincer est assumed work in another school. regr et that we learned of his departure, but we wish him every success in his new sphere of life. To our new House Mast er, Mr . P apps , we ext end a hearty welcome and hope his stay with us will be long and pleasant . Three of our Masters have taken to themselves additional burdens-Mr. Bottrill, Mr. Bertrand, and Mr. Connell . To these we offer our congratulations , though perhaps our sympathy' would be more appropriate. ""s usual on two or three occasions we visited the pictures . The "Wild North-West of Australia" provided a good entertainment one night and dainty M'lle Carron h elped fill the bill .

The W aiwakaiho Show also attracted many from the the cow judging competitions being very popular.

W e t ake this opportunity of con gratul ating the winners.

Shooting is now in full swing and the alarming r eadin ess of boarders to rise early in the morning attests to the keenness to secure places in the t eam s .

S choo~,

Some of our budding shots contested in a rifle meeting at R ewa R ewa on the 17th February. Of these Abbott and Jackson secured a little prize-money, but otherwise we were unsuccessful.

The initiation cer emony, always an auspicious event in the history of a new boy , was successfully carried out one Songs and fisticuffs were well mixed Saturday evening. and the profuse application of soft soap to miscr eants added a zest to the proceeding.

HOUS E NOTES.

26

H OUSE NOTES.

Once. more we have met Wanganui Collegiate School 011 the. crwket £.eld and altho'!gh the honours went to them w notwe ome Improvem ent m our own eleven .

The n~otor sports were well patronised by us all. Th fence provided. an excellent grandstand and certain] did not annul .the mterest and excitement of t h e wat h ~ th . ma . b'l· e on ly d raw b ac k b emg I Ity to concrratulate sue c fers, 1 t estants . b cess u conGreat. enthusiasm was shown over the swimmincr s or and .especially the championships, the senior in pa~·tip t~ 1 provmg a great tussle: In the club carnivals, se~~r:~ events cam e to our swimmers and we t · 1 · grat u1a t e th e wmners of the Grey Cup musth smcere ·. . y con. performance. on en m entonous On 11th March we were favoured by a visit of th Secondary School In pectors Mr Parr "nd Mr· D de 'rhe · 't f th ' · "" . rummon f'eivede~~~ci~l m:n~~~~~ was good and the military drill r e:

. Yf e are now well armed against £re In th S h bulidm1':s.ltwo patent extinguisher h ave been hunge onc t~l wa , w 1 I e the ol~ boarding-house has three. A .e escape has been omh in the back of the n ew hou n ew £~e admrts easy egress from the building. se and thrs .

qur School Orchestra is now run b the bo s G L baton. At present the orclestra isyh~ndicaom:J m r esp ect to a room for practise b t th' '11 pp r emedrecl. ' u I. wr . oon be

:V1elclmg the

. o.ur library has once more taken over new ttme trme permanent ones It . l· cl b . · cl · · rs a 1 ea y em a wellq!larters, t !se ' the day boy membership in p~rticular being opna rtohnlllCl'ease . e A short time ago the R ev Harvi . k' d an eve.ning 's entertainment by a lant:r:e~! t~~ ly ~r•e us apprecratecl very much a 1 t k . · ns we thanking the R ev. Harvie~c we a e thrs opportunity of

:t :.

Our faculties for hmnour are not yet cl d Th trouble in Poland has instilled in us all a f e ~ecent ledge of this country, but we lit.tle dreamt t~~~~'Sor n~w-

:~~ ~~!. ~·· h~~r~~::~~fiqt~itf~s ~~~ldul~~!~~~g /s0;l~t2~ ~~ 1

1

d' We gave heard that history r ep eats itself but one b d mg s.tu ent swears black and blue that he'd uhrepeatmg history in his class. oes a11 t e

27 W e understand nominative case and obj ect1ve, etc., but cannot grasp '·imperative case. " I s it an occasion of exigent demand?

Owing to the lack of accommodation in the houses the boarder roll was t111s year curtailed to about 180. It was found, however, t hat the boarding establishments could not comfortably accommodate even this limitea number, and so the Board of Governors leased a house a short distance up the Avenue Road , the property of Mr . Penn .

There eleven of us have been installed under the able charge of Mr. P apps, our new House Mast er , and Mrs. Papps.

The short walk from "Fairfield," as the house is known, provides an excellent constitutional before breakfast, while " lost " homework may frequently, not inconveniently, be left there .

Our old friend " the mumps " has again visited us . The few cases were, however, very mild and prompt isolation prevented any contagion. We are pleased to record £hat our hospital ward is novv nearing completion and hencefort h any . iclm ess will have no opportunity of spreading.

Much inter est was evinced, one Saturday night, when our music Master, Mr. R enaud, very kindly gave us a lantern lecture on insect s . The lecture, quite ext empore , was h eld in the Physics L ab .. and most of the boarders were present . The.microscopic views of cyclops and other aquatic life wer e particularly inter esting. On a previous occasion Mr . Moyes had explained with the aid of the lantern the anal ysi. of light and the spectra of metals . This also was intensely inter esting, and we are looking forward to more littl e lectures next t erm.

Football is now in full swing and the annual Boarders v. D ay Boys mat h will soon be coming off. Our first competition match, against Star, was won by 48 points to 0.

On the 12th of April we again visited the pi tures, this time to see the r epre. entation of Tennyson' "Lady Clare.

The picture wa very good and was an almost exact r endering of the poem which, of course, we knew very well.

On another occasion further amusement were provided in the shape of the Central " At Home. " Naturally, being granted a half-holid ay, we went to the fet e .

Our luck certainly seemed out at cocoanut shies, but in the matter of boudoir cap we were more successful.

There was som e rumour that one of us had won some other piece of lady 's apparel, but to our great ch agrin it was a case of mistaken identity.

Our "moving'' picture lantern with its custod ian also proved a great asset to the company on that day.

28 LIBR ARY NOT ES. Perha ps of all the School instit ution s there .is not one which has bad a more chequ ered cM路oor than the hbrar y . In the dav 路 of the old School build ing, the librar y was in a larae r~om and was more up-to -date and bette r mana ged th:n it has ever been since.

Since the fire it has been move d into a "tm-sh ed" and from there , after the comp letion of the prese nt build ing, to one of the classroom s . It r emain ed in this unsui table positi on until the begin ning of the prese nt year when , to the satisf action of all concerned, it was move d to its prese nt quart ers, viz ., one of the two old class- room s which belon ged to the origin al build ing.

On 25th Febru ary a gener al meeti ng was held in order to elect a comm ittee for the ensui ng year.

Of ten candidates , the following were electe d :-J. Hend erson (chair man) , M. Barak , W . Hugh son, C. Fook es (hono tary) , P. Griffi ths and J. Brodi e (the day boy rary secretive). At a subse quent meeti ng of the comm repre senta itt lowin g librar ians were chose n :-W . Aldis (boar ee, the folder) and R. Bellr inger (day boy), to be assist ed by C. Fook es and P. Griffi ths.

The first thing that was done was the movi ng of the books and tables to their new quart ers.

The Schoo l was then scour ed for missi ng books and, as a result , hund rea were recov ered . The vario us ch anges well over u the librar y has gone durin g the last five years under which upset the classificati on of the books. This list have great ly has trans ferred to a new volum e and, this being up-to now been librar y h as re-op ened with a total of 144'0 books -date, the As carpente rs h ave been puttin g in new sh elves, etc., . zin es and news paper s have not been issu ed the maga yet.

But, when a new sch eme of rules has been comp l eted and the room is more or less ship-s hape, these will again be at the dispo sal of subsc ribers .

The numb er of sub scribe rs this year show impro veme nt on last y ear's. There are now s a mark ed 170 board ers and 50 day boys on the list . The fact that the being so well patro nised is a great en coura geme librar y is committee and it is hoped that boys, espec ially nt to the day boys, will take more advantage of this fine collec tion than has been taken in the last few years .

S XAP ~

OF THE BOARD ING HOUSS.

TENNIS

NOTES.

29

The committ ee has great pleasure in acknowle dging a very useful gift from Mr. Jackson, an old boy of the School.

This is a " Natural History of the World, " by E. Prothero e.

Another very valuable presentat ion is that of Mr . Snowball .

This gift consists of two dozen framed pictures, showin g New Plymout h and lVIoturoa in their earliest stages of settlement. These pictures, as well a::; forming a valuable asset to the library, ar e of great interest historical ly.

TENNI S NOTES .

(P. Mitcalfe. ) The last season h as seen a great deal of progress in tennis. As the numb er of the members is close on a hundred , our chief difficulty is in the limited amount of space at our disposal. W e have one asphalt and two grass court s, but during the last term th e asphalt court has been the only one available, as one of the grass courts had to be topdressed, while the other one has been re-levelle d in order to make another asphalt court . We may look forward to next season when we sh all h ave three good courts .

A meeting of the committee was held on the 22nd :February . It was decided to skim the turf off the bottom grass court and lay down an asph alt one. It was also d ecided to have the other grass court top-dress ed, and to buy Rome wire-nett ing which was needed for the asph alt court. 'l'he match between the Masters and ooys was arranged to be played on 19th March. This match was played on the town courts, and although we were outclasse d by the MasWe take this opporters we had some very good games. tunity to thank the committ ee of the town courts for the use of their grounds. The Masters won by 99 games to 50. The results were as follow s, the Master's name being m entioned first in each case :Singles.- (1) Mr. Ryder beat Mitcalfe , 9-5; (2) lVll'.

Rockel beat Rawson, 9-3; (3) Mr . Bottrill beat Drader , 9-3; ( 4) Mr. Papps beat Barak, 9-2; (5) Mr. Diprosc beat Christie, L., 9-5; (6) Mr. Eggleton beat Ward, 9-7; (7) Mr. Bertrand beat Pease, L., 9-2; (8) Mr. Wi lkie lo;;t to Brown, U-9.

Doubles .-Mr. Ryder and Mr. Wilkie beat Brown and P ea,.;e, 9-3: Mr. Rockcl and Mr. Dipro;;e beat Mitcalfe ann Chri;;tie, L., 9-3; Mr. Bottrill and Mr. Papps beat Drad er and Barak, 9-3; Mr. Eggleton and Mr. Bertrand beat I-tawson and Ward , 9-5.

30

TENNIS

NOTES.

The 1920 championships were held towards the end of last year . It could be seen by the great number of entries that the boys were very keen.

The following were the winners:Senior Championship.-J . Hine.

Junior Championship.-H. Mitcalfe .

Doubles Championship.-M. Osborne, K. O'Halloran.

Handicap Singles.-C. Drader.

PREPARATORY NOTE£ (J efferies.) ''Boys may come, and boys may go, But school goes on for ever."

'1'he old boys of the Upper Prep. have passed on to b.igh er studies, have left School, or r emoved to other districts. and when School r eassembled, quite a number of new scholars filled the desks in the old class-room.

The boys admitted to the School this t erm are :-Bayly, F., Bayly, W., Barlow , L ., Barlow, T., B ellringer, T. , Pope, C., Davies, B., Knuckey, 8., Murdoch, R. , Pease, B., Wells, L. , Smith, H ., Shaw, J., Abram, J ., Fell, A., Harvie, E., Hm·vie , G., Hammond , D., Le May, H., Le May, I"., Moyes, P ., Nops, H ., Whitcombe, D., Thomson, H. , McLean, M., Barak, v ., Buick, R., Blair, W., Button, J ., Syme, T ., Smith, W., Law , J., Law, H ., and including former pupils, make a total roll of 102.

At the New Plymouth Annual Show, a cow-judgina competition was h eld for primary schools. Schools from all parts of Taranaki _w~re competing.. Many Prep . boys ent er ed, fou~ boys gam111g places, their names being: J . Pease first, T . Silson second, M. Goldstone third, and H. Stevenson fourth .

Cricket this year h as caused great enthusiasm amongst the boys. Prep . had the honour of having a representative Palmer, playing for the First Eleven in the annual match a~ainst Wanganui College. W e have played two m atches with Central School, both of which we were successful in winning. In our matches against Form III. we won in each class, and were victorious over a combined team from the whole form,

PREPARATORY NOTES.

31

M.1 D a 's vacant position on the sta.ff has been filled b Mr . PopZ who has taken ch arge of the Preparatory. W e h~pe that his st ay will be a long ~nd enJo_yabl e one. .

There are about eight boys 111 the S:xth. Stan~ard _to ~e · cl for· their proficiencv exan1Ine • , the exam111atwn for which .s to be h eld in M ay .

During the term,_ the Education Board's Inspector (Mr. Grif:Tin) paid us a visit. · Football is already in full swing, and lat er on we. h~pe to play in the primary school competition , if the associatiOn will admit us .

MY IDEAL HERO. (J. Wilson.)

I first met my ideal h ero at the H erne Bay tram t erminus i~ \..JURtoms' Street, Auc·kland . It was JU St arer :v~ on equ en ce , ~h.ere were f~·om a 1un r e 0 ·oclock and , as a to a hundr ~d and fifty people wmtmg for a tram. I c~ug~t a fieetina glimpse of his face as b e turned m y way for t e ur ose ~f exp ectorating . H e w.as a lit~le man-not more fha~ five feet high - with a. slightly bibulous _nose. and _a squ int in one eye and a c::Lst 111 the other_. ~I s ears were laraer than one v-muld have thought po Sible 111 so small ~ ma~ , hiR ey es protruding, hiR nose wa.· broken. Altogether h e was not th e man most peopl e would have c ho ~ en for a h ero . }lis r;iz , however, did not troubl e . m e, _sm e both N [son ancl 1 apoleon were short. AR for. h1s. plamnes , t~ e h eroes in th e latest novels are always plam, Just as the villainR are handsome .

As a matter of fact , I did not at once decide that h e was a h ero , but wh en, the tram arriving , b e made a -powerful ru. h and jostled his way on , it stru~k m e that this _wa~ 8 truly nobl e act prompted. by the desi~·e not to_ let his .wif: h av e tim e to b ecome anxwus about him. Dur111g the JOUIn ey , al so, wh n h e did not give .up hiR s ~ at to an old J:J?-an, ~ knew that it wa · becau .. e h e clJcl not WISh t o make himself tired and cross, on his wife' s account.

H e left tb~ tram at Victoria Park and I took his seat next to the man with whom h e had been talking and whom I rightly took to .:Je his friend.

On m y expressing an interest in my h ero b e v~ry kindl_y volunteered several pieces of information about mm.

HIR name, it seemed, was Cormack, and h e was a wh arf labourer with Bolshevistic t endencies ; which, thought I, i the r esult of a bad edu cation and a la1,1dable desire to get at the bo~uorn of things.

32

MY IDEAL HERO.

A few days afterwards, I saw in the paper that my hero 路fhis showed his had oeen M路rested for beating his wife. his wife by improve to preferred he that in nature un. elfish correcting h er faults rather than to improve himself by bearThe Magistrate who heard the case was , ina0 the faults . however, a man of no discernment of character and fined Cormack heavily. I hoped he would appeal , but, in his respect for his country's laws and the administrators thereof, he did not do so After that I lost track of him for nearly a month. One Saturday afternoon, however, at the end of that time, I was walking clown Queen Street when I saw a crowd collect in front of the J.C.L. Elbowing my way through it, I found my hero engaged in a heated argument with another wharf labourer who had signed the pledge and who wa::. intent on Just after I arrived persuading Cormack to do . likewise. somebody threw a rotten orange at him . Cormack turned round, scarlet with anger, and expressed his opinion of the It was a masterly display, lasting, without ~ thrower . pause, for five minutes. It would have lasted longer had not an officious policeman arrested him for his pains.

I moved away, full of sympathy and admiration. What What a nice choice of What eloquence I imagination I Had he of meaning. shade exact their conveying words, been properly educated and given a commission in the army, he would have been promoted colonel or major. Had he made politics his profession, he would have been Premier.

But, owing to an insufficient education, his great gifts have been misapplied and have become a hindrance to him.

That is all I know of him. So far as I know, he still lives in that I;emnant of the Auckland slums, still works on toe wharves, still adheres to his belief that Bolshevik Russia is the working man's Utopia, still endeavours to improve his wife, still misapplies his gifts of eloquence and imagination.

He does not know and he will, in all probability, never know, that he is my ideal hero. Certainly I shall never tell him. H e will go. on through life wronged and misunderstood , but, by the mercy of Providence, without knowledge of the fact.

33

AGRICULTURE. This term opened with over 100 boys ~aking agricultur e, which is a large increase o"':er _last year_ s num?e~路s, thus showing that parents ar e begipnmg to realise that It IS ne?es:;ary that their boys should have a good secondary educatwn, if they want them to be successful farmers.

Just before the Show, the Third and Fom:th For~ bo~s visite.d Mr. Hale's farm for the purpose of mspectmg his pediaree Jersey h erd. Besides gaining a great deal of kno~颅 l eda~ from this inspection, they also benefitted by his sho~ing them the various poin~s of a d~iry cow. We must take this opportunity of expressmg our sm cere thanks to Mr. Hale for his generosity.

We must also thank Mr. Gardiner, who invited some of the junior boys to inspect his pedigree Friesian cow, Lakeside Beauty Canary. He pointed out to them the numerous points of a Friesian dairy cow.

Some of the senior boys spent a very enjoyable day at Mr. Harper Lepper 's farm , _Lepperton, on Mar,ch 11th._ this occasion, the Taranakl Jersey Breeders Assomatwn held their annual field day, at which Mr. Watson, of Canterbury, was demonstrator. The ass?ciation arranged for cars Durmg the day Mr. Watson to convey us to the farm.

He demonstrated the chief points of dairy cows and bulls. said that, to have a good dairy cow it is ~ece~sary that s~e should have constitution, capacity, good d1gestwn, good milk Cow veins and milk wells and a well developed udder. judging competitions were held in the afternoon, and the competition for boys was won by R. B1:ewster . . Mrs. Lepper , with a committee of Leppe:toE. lad1es, provided luncheon and afternoon tea. We desire to express our thanks to the 'l'aranaki Jersey Breeders ' Association and also to Mr. and Mrs. Lepper.

?n

RESULTS OF UOW JUDGING COMPETITIONS AT 'l'HE ANNUAL SHOW. Ballantyll:e Amateur.-D. Ballantyne 1, L. Pease 3. must ue congratulat ed on his m eritorious y erforma~~e , as It will be r em embered that he also won this competitiOn last year. Ther e wer e J4 entries ,_ and they had to place three :Bri sian cows in thmr r esp ective places. There were a few men ompetitors , so Ballantyne's performance must be regarded as a particularly fine one,_

34

AGRICULTURE.

Secondary Schools .-W. Joll 4.

All four prizes in the prim·a ry school division were won by preparatory boys, while fourth place in the secondary division was filled by J oll. 'l'hese must be regarded as fine performances, as ther e were also representatives from Stratford, Inglewood, Egmont Village, Lepperton, and Motonui schools, making up a total of 108 entries . The above winners must be congratulated on their good performances .

Extracts from Mr . Ransford 's remarks on above com petitions.-·'For the first time in the history of the competitions, girl competitors took part in the judging, and they marked their advent by annexing the fir st and second priz es in the secondary division . Most of the score cards show quite clearly that the powers of observation ar e being developed in the pupils in no slight degr ee, and I would say that , taken all round, the r em arks and scoring show a distinct -improvement on previous years. This reflects credit on the t eachers, and I ext end to them my congratulations The dividing of the on the thoroughness of their work. c;ompetition into primary and secondary classes is a distinct improvem ent , making the work of the judge much easier than formerly.''

All the agricultural boys received a whole holiday for the annual show , so that they might compet e in the foregoing cow judging wmpetitions .

This year, as we h ave an agricultural laboratory, we are not suffering from the inconveniences that we have been in pat:!t year . This room is one which was saved from destruction by the fire that destroyed the r em ainder of the School buildings in 1916. Since then , this room has oeen used as a chemical laboratory, then as a class-room for the Preparatory School, and now it has been fitted up with a good supply of agricultural app aratus for our use. The agriculture work h as suffered a gr eat deal in past years, for the want of a laboratory \Nith up-to-elat e apparatus to carry out the numerous experiments which occur in agricultural instruction.

35

AGRICULTURE.

Primary Schools.-J. Pease 1, T. Silson 2, M. Goldstone 3, H. Stevenson 4.

Results of Manurial Test with Potatoes: Plot Ma nure per Acre

Yield per Acre.

Large Small Total

R emarks.

A fine sample of potatoes w ith many large ones.

7.1

5.7

1.4

7.36 3 cwt. Super 2 cwt. Blood and Bone 1'4 cwt. Sulphate of Ammo nia 6.56 3. 2 cwt. Super at planting 2 cwt. Super earthing up 1 cwl. Blood and Bone 1 cwt. Nitrate of Soda 7.2 4. 5 cwt. Super

5.6

1.76

5.12

1.44

Th!s plot did not do so well as might have been expected.

5.0+

2.16

This plot matured earliest, but the per ccntage of small potatoes was large.

This plot was noticeable for th e high per centage of small potatoes. There were \·ery few large ones.

A fairly good crop.

1.

3 cwt. Super 2 cwt. Blood and Bone 1 ~ cwt. N itrate of Soda

2.

5. 4 cwt. Ba.sit; Super 1 cwt. Blood and Bone

5.92

3.7

2.22

-!cwt. Ephos 1 cwt. Blood and Bone 7. 5 cwt. Newton KinS's Potato Mixture

6.7

+.8

1.9

6. 24

4.2

2.0+

3.5

2.1

1.4

6.

8.

Control-i'io manure

A good eyen crop.

The

heaviest total yield .

A good c\·en crop, but rather too many small potatoes. Tl~ey \\·ere of good shape and quahty A yery poor crop with no extra large potatoes. and with o\·er 60 per cent. small ones.

Notes on above experiment.-(1) The seed ~otatoes were Early Vermont and Sir J . G . ~ilson for the mam crop,. tained three varieties-Sir J. G. Wilson, planted on O ctobe~ 15th, 1920; New Era, planted on October 19th, 1920; Maon Chief planted on Septemb er 24th, 1920; (3) they w~re lant~cl with the p.ough; (4) they were all sprayed wit~ ~ordeaux Mixture ( 4-4-40) on D ecerr:-ber 9th! 1920. . Sn J. G. Wilson matured earliest, but did not give so hi g~ a As r~gards eatmg ielcl as the Maori Chief or New ~ra . y ualities, Maori Chief was first , Su· J. G. Wilson s.econcl , { -ew Era third . A feature of the crop was .the entu·.e absence of blight. 'l'his ':'as cl~ e to the selectw~ of .smtable In varieties and the spraymg with Borde~u x Mixture. 'l'aranaki the very early and late J?lar;ttmg~ usually escape the blight , but this crop was put m m ~Id- season, so. no advantage could ne expect ed as r egards bhght from the time of planting.

L ast term some very rar e species of see~ potatoes. were se ·ured and planted, for the purpose of findmg out smtable varieties for this climate, and also to procure more seed.

These varieties in ·lud ea Queen of the Veldt, Bovee_, Early Vermont The Farmer, King Eclwarcl, Endurance, Su J . G. Wilson , \Vhite Elephant, Neeclpat~ Gem, Gol~ Reef and Senor. The plants were dug up this term, and It was found

36

CONCERT NOTES.

that of th e above varieties the only ones worth another trial were .arly Vermont and Sir J. G . Wilson for tne main crop , and Queen of the Veldt , King Edward and Gold R eef for an early urop. The others wer e rnor e or less of a failure.

CONCERT NOTES. (C. Fookes.)

At a gen er al m eeting h eld in the Library on F ebruary ~1 st the following committee was elected for the ensuing year :-L. Hawson , F. D avis , J. B ennett, J . McMahon , L .

P ease, E. Loma.s (secr etary) . It was decided to hold an orch estral concert in the Assembly H all on the second to last Saturday of the t erm. The committee decid ed to run the work on the sam e lines adopted by last year' s committ ee . During m e second t erm several concerts will be given by the Concert Club and the orch estra, and will no doubt h elp to m ake the long winter evenings p ass very quickly.

THE OHCHESTRA. This institution is now under the direct control of the Concert Committee. Since last issu e of tne Magazine conMr. l: i idera ble ch anges have t aken place in the personnel. lJay, who was conduct or last year, h as left to t ake up a position at H amilton . Hi place h as been a bly fill ed by .uomas . L a"t year fi ve memb ers left us, viz. : Osborne (c.om et), S . H ayden (clarinet ), B runette and Hun t (violin 路), G. Sm ith (piani st) . This was a seriou 路 r eduction ot our rank , out h appily furth er pl ayers h ave come forward to fill the breach. The n -w m embers are : Bree (pianist) , Livingstone (clarinet ), Brodie (viola) , Moverly and Mitch enson The wh ole orc hestra is working well and will (violins).

A trip will shortly give a GOncert in the Assembly H all. also be ma d e t o L epperton at the end of the t erm . A pair of cymb als a.nd a triangle h ave been added to our equipment and are und r the control of Cranby . The instrumentation is as foll ows :- First violins, McMahon , Cottier, McNeill; second violins, Moverl cy, H ugh .-on , Mitch enson ; viola, Brocli ; piano, B r ee; ' ec ll o, Bennett ; first cornet, Woods; f.:el路oncl corn et , Kid . on ; flu te, C. Fooke. ; piccolo , T. Fookes ; drums, t'k., Cranby; clarinet , L ivingst on e; con du ctor , E. Lomn ..

A uonsiclora ble am ount of n ' W m u ic h as been puruh ased and this will be Jllayecl at futur e con.certs during the year .

THE SCHOOL.

CONCERT

NOTE 'â&#x20AC;˘

37 A pleasing feature is the keenness of all members of the orchestra, as they give up the best part of their Saturday morning in practising. Some of the day boys have to come a long way, and this r egularity of their attendance is a great uredit to them.

In the next issue of "The Taranakian " we hope to report that we are ¡omfortably established in our new practice room, wher e we will have every convenience t o carry on our work.

BOXING

NOTES.

(F. Davis .)

Owing to H ooper 's being ill the senior boxing championship between Hooper (12 .12) and Willis (10.7) could not be decided until D ecember lOth. A number of the public was present. Both contestants looked in the "pink of condition." At the sound of the gong both boys jumped out and began vigorously, alternately leading and defending well.

Hoopor made use of a good straight left , the :first round ending in his favour.

In the second round Willis even ed things with good steady fighting.

In the third round Hooper began to show signs of tiring, which gave Willis, the better trained man, his chance, the :fight ending in his favour. Mr . Dunlop officiated as r eferee and Mr. Smith as judge.

This year boxing has been carried out with Mr. Eggleton as instructor.

The many new boys who have taken up the art with great inter est should provide material for masterly bouts m the future. We hope to h ave a punching ball soon , which will provide splendid training for boys wishing to enter for championships.

FOOTBALL NOTES. (V. J. H endcrson .)

Winter has set in and with its advent another football has come upon us . This year we were fortunat e in obtaining an early st art and soon after the Easter exeat the game was in full swing. The scheme of classification r elJlains the sam as last year ; the First and Second Fifteens tomprising the S nior Group, and the Third and Fourth Fift eens the Junior Group. The rest of the footb all enthusiasts have been classified in differ ent grades. ~eas on

38

FOOTBALL NOTKS'.

'l'hi year the F;rst ~ifteen . is playi~~ in The f;ec:ond Grade of the Nort.h rarana~I CompetrtiO~S; the t;c ·ond Fifteen is ent er ed m the Thrrd Grade, whrlst the 'l'hird and Fourth Fifteens are both entered in the Fourth Grade Competitions.

The annual fixtures against the Old Boys were not d this year owing to cutticulty in arranging the matches.

The first match of the season was the First Fifteen v. Starthe first of the comp etition matches. ph~y

FIRST FIFTEEN v. STAR. (Won 48---0.) . Thi::; match was played on the racecourse on Saturday, Apnl 23rd, under somewhat bad conditions, a fine rain falling thr?u~hout almost the entire match. This game proved an. easy vrctory for th·e School t eam, who began to pile up the Tries were pomts soon after the start of the match. scored for School as follows : Ab bott (3), Barak (3), Foden (3) , Brown (2) , Brewster, and. 'raylor; one try was converted by Brown, who also dropped a aoal from the field · Foden drop-kicked a goal from a p enalty~ SECOND FIFTEEN v. TUKAPA. . 'l'his match was not played as Tukapa were unable to r arse a t eam.

THIRD FIF'l'BEN v. TECHNICAL COLLEGE. (Won 28-3.) '!'he School t eam wa~ much superior and won by an easy margm. For School tnes were obtained as follows:'Yheeler (3), Mitcalfe (~), Shaw (1) , :rv~euli (1), Corkill (1) .

Shaw converted two tnes. For Techmcal College Dickson · scor ed after a fine run.

SPORTS DINNER NOTES. (W. Aldis.)

This year the much-belated sports dinner cam e off on Despite postponements, boys were the 13th D ecember. as keen as ever. ~pening with a loyal toast to the King, followed by n selectiOn. rendered by the orchestra, the evening toast list The began wrt? Hend.et:son's toast to the First Fifteen .

P.r?poser, m eulogrsmg the good work of Osborne and the untmng efforts of Mr. Ryder, referred to the hopes for next

SPOJ~ts

DiNNER NOTES.

39

yea1'. In l'e'ply, Osborne mentioned the unselfish work of the Masters, and pointed out to what an ext ent the success of the First Fifteen depended on enthusiasm from the less privileged section of the School.

Neal, K. After an amusing recitation by Ken. Both 0 'Hall or an proposed the toast to the First Eleven. he and Willis , the r esponder, laid special stress on the proThough we h ad been beaten in the last mising future.

W anganui match, and though our batting had left much t) be desired, a distinct improvement could be perceived.

Then followed a selection rendered by the orchestra .

While proposing the Sports Champions, C. Noble remarked on the great interest shown h ere in healthy sports of all kinds, and the r ecords broken this year . In his response, B. Boon carried the whole School with him , we are sure, when h e spoke of Mr. Diprose's valuable assistance.

After a piano solo by G. Smith, Nicholson toasted the Boy::; L eaving School. H e r eferred to the change from the ''hard' · work of five hours a day to the much more strenuous employment to follow. In his able r esponse, Ron. Syme expre sed the r egr et all would feel on leaving such an institution , but remarked that "Boys may come and boys may go, but the School goes on for ever. " As was reCachemaille then sang a popular song. marked by L. 0 'Halloran, the proposer of the toast to the Masters, the last toast was, perhaps, the most important of the evening. He said that we boys soon forget our petty quarrels with the Masters; but he urged us not to rely too much on their good nature. He r eferred to their outdoor activities and expressed the regr et of all at the misfortune of losing any such zealous help ers. In his reply, Mr. Ryder, on behalf of the Masters, in thanking us for our responsiveness in school work as well as sport, r eassured us by saying our need for reliance on the Masters was not so great then as it h ad been. We were learning the meaning of "initiative."

As the orchestra finished another selection, Monte Barak rose to toast The Prefects. They had shown, by their assistanc to Masters and boys, that the.Y were truly preHe fects. On behalf of the latter , J. Hine then replied. spoke of their willingness to h elp on the School and all concerned, of· the great trust imposed on them by Mr. Moyes , and concluded by saying that a position as prefect did more than anything else at School to broaden and strengthen one's character .

SHOOTING No'TES. SHOOTING

40

NOTEs:

The Chairman , Mr . Ryder, t?en proposed a hearty t'o ast to Mr. and Mr s.' Moyes for th8lr thoughtfulness and their intere t in our individual progr ess .

Rousing cheers were then offered for the School , Mr. Moyes and Mr. Ryder followed by " Auld L ang Syne" and the National Anth e~.

41

I h ave inform ed the High Commissioner that the reference to the New Zealand unit is t o your High Sch ool. I am sure that you and your cadets will be proud of the inter est His Majest y has taken in your achievement s.

Yours faithfull;y , R J. FENNELL, (Hon. Col. lOth South African Infantry.)

The other letter from Colonel Fennell is as follows:-

SHOOTING NOTES. (W. G. Hughson .)

The end o~ last year saw the dep arture of our hiahly esteemed shootmg; Mas_ter, M~路 路 Searle. A great deal of time was devoted by hun t? coachmg and to shooting m atters in g;eneral, and h e h as with his 1920 Weekly Press team establish ed a r ecord by their gaini~g an average percentage of 98 .67. W e would h er e take this opportunity of wishing Mr S ~arl e every success in his new sphere of work at Hamilto~ High School. Although we r egretted losing Mr. Searle last ~ear ~he comr~ence}:l1e~t of this term found Mr. Papps, who uo':?-e~ to us f1om OI~mg s Colle&e, Auckland, enthusiastically t~kmo up the positiOn of shootmg Master, and we ext end to hun a h earty welcome, trusting his stay with us will be 1 a and pleasant. ono

I~ our la t is oue there appeared detailed scor es of the In~p ena_I Ch allenge Shield t eams and also the positions gam ed m both senior and junior competitions .

The su cces~ of these t_eams_ h as now drawn a tribute from His MaJ esty the Kmg, m the following letter r eceived from Colonel Fennell , the donor of t h e shield:Heferring _to my previous letter of congr~tulation t o you , I beg to mform yo u that I h ave r eceived a m essaae t~rou&h Colonel Cli:V~ Gigram from His Maj esty the Kin~, of . whwh I ~av_e ofllCially sent the following extract to the High CommiSSIOner for New Zealand : "His Maj_e sty is much interest ed to see that Austrahan ?oys stil~ c?ntmue to assert in so definite a m anner_ then路 sup enonty of markmanship over other com p etmg t eaD?-s ; he ~otes that on e New Zealand unit h as R~ICceeded m secm:mg a ?ig;h place in the list of ( speCial ) awards. It Is gratifymg to the King to see how IJ?-any t eams ar e ent~red from South Africa, which testifies to the oopulanty of the movement in that country."

I beg to con gratulate you most h eartily on the magnifi cent shooting of the boys of your School in the Imperial Ch allenge Shield comp etitions, senior and junior , for 1920.

Their p erformance in shooting eight t eams , of which all eight stand high 'i n the prize list , is really very fine , and you will see that their scor es as well as those of the 3-27th Infantry Hegiment , Australia, and the H.A.N.B ., Sydney, Australia , are being r.i.rculated in detail t(j all t eams thR,t ha ve taken part. in both t h ese comrAtitions . New Zeal an:i . w ith Anstrali::t coni;inues to clear th e bcsrd in the senior comp etition s of n early all t.he princ路ipal prizes, thereby maint aining the high ~:;t and ar d of exc.Pllen ce shown in previoo~s years . There is only one suggestion that I would venture to make; it is that the numb er of entries for the Imperial Shield, from New Zealand, is too small. You will see that New Zealand ent ered only 98 t eams and it h as r emained in the n eighbourhood of 100 for sever al years .

The same criticism applies to Canada and Australia. South Africa , on the oth er hand, h as progr essed st eadily and rapidly during r ecent years , and in 1920 entered a total of 450 teams .

If all New Zealand units entered in as large numb ers as your cadet s, and the cadets of the many other units elsewh er e, the num ber of entries for the Imperial Shield would b e much high er in New Zealand. New Zealand should enter n early as many teams as South Africa, and more New Zealand t eams should figure in the prize list .

You can help t owards this end , no doubt, by letting your brilliant successes become known. I am , with ren ewed and very h earty congratulations, Yours very truly, R W. J. FENNELL.

0

I

0

Perhaps still more worthy of note is the brilliant success of the 1920 Weekly Press Challenge Shield t eam.

In presenting t wo challenge shields, one for each Island, for comp etition b etween the cad et comp anies, the proprietors of the W eekly Press h ave t aken a gr eat st ep towards encouraging rifi t;l !;;hooting. RegulatiQns for this ma~cp :provide fQl:

SH OOTING NOTES.

42

SH OOTING NOTES.

team of t en , members of which must be under sixt een y ar s; seven shots deliberate and t en rapid are allowed each m em ber, to be fired on t;econd- lass figure t argets with .22 rifle · at 25 yards r ange. The North I sland Shield we h ave su · ·eedecl in holding for three suecessive years, and we m ay estimat e the value of the scores from Colonel Melvill 's smiling r emark, " The donors would h ave saved money if they h ad presented only one shield , as New Plymouth has always round the best t eam not only for the North but also for t.h e South Island . ' ' Our latest t eam, however, h as gone beyond all form er bounds , in establishing a r ecord score of 671 points out of a possible of 680 ; this works out at an average of 98.67 p er cent.

Unsuitable weather conditions forced several postponements of the match, but it was finally fired on Novem ber 6th, under the sup ervision of Captain Y. Hudson, Group Commander , who gave the scores as follows:Range at : High School , New Plymouth. No . 110 Company , New Plymouth High School Senior Cadets.

Date : November 6th, 1920.

Name.

P enn, 'l' .

Smith, A. E. Chivers, E ....

Moyes, A. Davis, F. Rogers, J. Mason, H .

Jackson, J ....

Hracegirdle, J. Lambie, K ....

Age. (years) 15 15 9-12 14 10-12 15 11-12 12 6-12 14 5-12 15 9-12 14 7-12 15 5-12 14 7-12

Slow.

4444444 4444444 4444444 4444444 4444444 4444344 4434444 4444444 4344444 4434344

Poss.

(28) 28 28 28 28 28 27 27 28 27 26

Rapid.

4444444444 4444444444 4444444444 4444444444 4444444444 4444444444 4444444444 4433444444 4444444443 4344444444

275 Average : 67.1

Poss. 'l'l.

(40) (68) 40 68 40 68 40 68 40 68 40 68 40 67 40 67 38 66 39 66 39 65 396

671

(Possible: 68).

Coach: H. V. Searle, Lieut .

Officer Superintend ing: F. Commander .

Hudson , Capt.,

Group

Directly this match h ad been fired, practice at long r ange shooting commenced , and as every Saturday morning was consider ed to give us insufficient practice, for we int ended firing m at ch es in about three weeks, we were often found as early as 5.30 peddling our way to R ewa R ewa.

43 H er e we were able to shoot practices often on as m any as three ranges before we collect ed our empties and r eturned for breakfast.

Our thanks are gr eatly due to those boys who willingly stirred out with the sho?ting t eams to act as markers . After practising for some t1me we h ad a matc~1 arranged with the Territorials.' .and on Thursday , 25th, 1t was fired under the sam e cond1t10ns as those of the Secondary Schools. Match . . The .Territorial~. were indeed .ve~'Y obliging to g1ve us this pract~ce , .for th~us was only a scratch t eam who did not know t h eir nfl.es, p1cked fr~m t h ose who h appen ed to be classifying on the day . The h1ghest scorers were Abbott and Moyes.

Two days later, Saturday , November 27th, the SeGondary Schools Match was. ~red at t~e R ewa Rew~ range.

B eautiful weather cond1t10ns prevmled when sho~tmg c.omm en ced at 5.45, but within half an hour the typ1cal tnc~y Rewa R ewa wind had sprung up.

In. an ~ndeavour uo lessen as much as possible the eff ect whiCh this would have on our shooting we commenced at the 500 yards range and worked forward to the 300 yards and 200 yard~ ranges. "! e wish to thank Lieut. A . Andrews, V.C., and Lieut. A . Sr~uth for their services in acting as umpires . The scores g1ven are as follows: Snap Shooting. Rapid. Application. Tl 200yds. (15) 300yds. (24) 500yds. (20) (5\:l) 49 16 18 Corporal L. Abbott . . ... . 15 48 15 18 Cadet P . Wills ......... . . . 15 43 16 18 9 Cadet G. Bracegirdle 42 10 20 Drummer L. 'l'. Rawson 12 41 13 19 9 Q.M.-Sgt. W . G . Hughson 40 13 15 .Corporal M. Barak ... . . . 12 33 13 11 9 Corporal E. Waters 27 6 12 9 Cadet A. Moyes .. .. .. .... . .

90 131 102 Possible number of points , 472.

323

In this comp etition we gained second place for New Zeal and w aitaki School being first. This Secondary Schoo_ls J ' < t ·t' · n it might b e st ated , h as only b een t ak en. up m compe I 10 , · ,, M t h h h we the absen ce of the '' Schools of Empire a c , w 1c hope will soon o e revived .

In the MacDiarmid B elt Competition the original conditions were as n early as possible adhered to_. . Usually aperture sights and slings h ave b een u ed , ~m~, o;;,intg ~o t~e fact that ther e was no ''Schools of Ernpue ~u.a c l f\

SHOOTING NOTES.

44

year , the expense of purchasing aperture sights was not indulged in. Servie;o sights and sling were ther efor e used, the e;ondition::; of the mate;h b ing that e;omp etitors h ave two shoots at both 200 yards and 500 yards, 10 shots and one optional sighter being alloVited at each shoot. The end of the first day's shooting saw Hughson leading by one point from J3arak and Abbott. The following day the first practice placed Barak three p oints in the lead, but on going back to the 500 yards r ange with Hughson three points b ehind nnd Abbott four points behind, Abbott put up a good shoot ronRidering the day and won by the narrow m argin of ono point from Hughson, with Barak third . Scores: :...._ 200yds. (.50)

Abbott, L. G. Hughson, B arak , M.

47 47 46

.500yds.

(50)

41 42 42

200yds.

(50)

.500yc1s.

(50)

45 45 49

45 43 38

Aggregate.

(200)

178 177 175

The Lady Godley Cups have again been the cause of k een competition , all boys who qualified as mmksmen in the classification practises being allowed to enter. In order thnt each boy should h ave the opportunity of shooting on one of the best rifles, and h en ce a better ch an ce af\ a comp etitor , the class-firing RCOl'OS were not t aken into account.

On D ecember 3rd the competitors from the junior company (No . 110) fired the nine claRR-firing practiseR on th mininturo range with .22 rifl es, whil e th e Renior competition took place the following day , on the 200 yards r ange, R ewa Rewa , .303 ammunition and ri:fl.of\ bring used.

As the following scores will show , both cupR wor e k eenly and closely eont eRted .

No. 24 C01'IPANY- LADY (JODLEY CUP (SENIOR.).

Total.

(11 5) Hugh son , W. G. . .... : .... ·· ·· ··· ··:· ·· ····· · ······· 10!5 Will s, P. . . .. . .. . .. .... .. .. .... ... . ... ... .. . .. . ......... . 104 F oden , T . N. . . . . . . . .. . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . . 103 No. 110 COMPANY- LADY GODLEY C.UP (JUNIOR.) .

Total .

(11 5) Chivers, E. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. .. . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . . . .. . 112 P enn , T. . ... .. .. .. . ....... ........ ............ ... ... .... 110 Jackson, J ...... ......... ... : .. . ;,.,., . , ... , ., .. ,. ..... 109

WEEK LY PRESS TEAM , 1920.

T op l< ow :

J . JA CKSON , Bottom

H . MA SON , A. MOYES , G. BRA CEGIRD LE, E CHIVER S.

How: F.

DAVIS,

K.

L.U!BIE , J . Ro G~.RS, T

PENN.

SHOOTING NOTES.

45 'rho K elly Cup, originally presented for the high est ~c or er in the "School s of Empire" Match, was, in 1920 , donated to the highest scorer in the "Secondary Schools" comp etition.

As may be seen from the above-mentioned scores Abbott was very closely pressed by Wills, who tied with him both on the ~00 yards and 300 yards ranges . .On the 500 yards, however , Abbott gained a point on Wills and was· thu ~ su cce~s ful in gaining the trophy .

'Phis marks the end of our Sehool match es and cup comp etition for that term, but before the holidays a rifle m eetin g was to be h eld at H awera . A largo numb er of comp etitors enter ed from the School , and although the D ecemb er examinations prevented sever al of our best shots from comp eting, Friday, D ecemb er lOth , found Mr. Searl e and about thirty enthusiasts on the m ail train on their way to Hawera.

In the list of successful comp etitors four of our boys arc p erhaps worthy of special mention, while many others were r ecipients of smaller amounts: Chivers , E .-First Grouping, £ 1 l s; second Rapid , 10s and medal.

Palrner , J.-First Application , £1ls .

Jackson, J.-Third Group ing, 3s 6d; third. Rapid, 5s.

Hobin on, K.-S econd Snap Shooting, 5s; third Group ing, 3s 6d.

At this m eeting K. Hobinson showed gr eat ronsistcnc3; in his shooting, and we wer - all pl ca." ed to h ear hi s nnme announ ·eel as winn r of the aggr gat rnedal.

During the Christmas holidays a camp for Secondary Schools' N.C.O . 's was to be h eld at Tr 'ntham.

Three courses were open-Physical Drill , Infantry and Musketry~md schools were asked to send represent atives to each course . Eight of our boys were select ed , but unfortunat ly on F ebruary 4th when we l eft for camp , two of our numb er through si '].mess wer unable to a company us.

All too soon the fortnight ame to an end , for although dis iplinc was strict in all branch s of work, th e instructors seeJ;Yted only too pleased after four o 'clock to umpire at a cricket match , or to take cha.r g of the swimming parade. 'The last few days saw the final cricket m at ch bet ween North and 8outh I sland t eams , the boxing ch ampi onships, whirh occupied two evenings, and the sports m eeting, which was run on th e nay of our dep artur from camp. Finally there was the prcsentBtion by L ady Chaytor of m ed als and trophi es won by boys in ~he qiff e~· en~ lines of sport.-boxing, running, et ,

SHO OTIN G NOT ES.

46

soon er had we retu rned to School 0 to take up anot her year 's work than shooting m atter s were imm edia t eJ:v taken in hand . . On F ebru ary 1fth a m eetin g of all boys inter e ted in shoo tmg was h eld , for the purp ose of elect ino路 a . b com~ittee for t h e ensum~ .year . Boy s were imm edia tely det ailed to procure amm umt wn and the follo wing mor nina a part y of last year 's shot s left for the long range , wh~r e practice cont inued till f2 o'clock.

The Rifle Associati on Mee ting, for which we inten ded to ente r, was to be h eld on F ebru ary 17th and 18th , so it was only a limi ted amo unt of time we had in which to beco me used to our rifles and sigh ts ; we, how ever, m ade the best use of our time and early Thu rsda y mor ning left for R ewa R ewa, where at 7.30 a .m. s~ooting com men ced. Owing to the large num ber of com p etito rs from the lead ing club s of New Zeal and our successes wer e not grea t: Both J acks on and Ab bott won small sum s, whil e several others were unfo rtun ate enou gh to be coun ted out of prize lists .

I

~he n ext day , Frid ay, Febr uary 18th , Colonel C. W .

Melvill, C.B ., C.M. G., D.S. O ., visit ed purp ose of presentin g the W eekl y Pres the School for the s Shield . The m emb e~s of the ~e~m r eceiv ed the med als this comp etiti~~' and m edal s gain ed which they h ad won in lenge Com petit wns wer e also pres in the Imp erial Chalented.

The School p arad ~d at a stren g~h of abou t 250, and wer e .draw n up on the. cn cket grou nd m fron t of the Scho ol. Colonel Melvill ar~路Iv e d shor tly after the fallin at 2.30 , and, havi ng been receive d by Mr. Moye~ and the <?hai rman of the Boa rd (Mr. L . C. S~add en ) , earn ed out an m spec tion addr essm g the Cade t Corp s, Colonel M of the Cadets . In elvil l said that it was a real pleasur ~, . as Offi.c er. Com man ding the_Cent ral Mihtar;Y Dist nct ,_to be in wha t was know n a::; purp ose of pres entm g a considera ble New Plym outh for the num ber of m edal s and the W eekly Press Challe~ge Shield.

W eekly Press h ad very kmd ly dona tedThe prop rieto rs of the each I slan d , for com petit ion betw een two shiel ds one for the Cadet co~p anies and this was the third t~me the New Plym outh Boy s' Hi~h School had won the Nort h I slan d Shie ld. Than ks wer e due t o the dono rs for the st ep t aken to en cour age rifle shoo ting which in addit~on t o i~s. mili tary valu e , was a gr eat spor t: To be a good nfle shot It was n eces sary to be a clean liver and ~o learn self- cont r?l. As to the mili tary valu e Colonel Melvi~, r ecall ed that m 1914 the "Co ntem ptib le Littl e ft..rm l h eld b!J.clr h9rq es of R11n s solel y by mag nific ent rifl e

SHO OTIN G NOT ES.

47

shoo ting . R eferr ing to the Imp erial Chal leng e Shield Competit ion, h e said that if it h ad not been for this School, the New Zealand school. wou ld not have m ade a very good showing.

Colonel M elvill offer ed his congr atula tions to the Sc;hool on its good perf orm anc;es, and in c;onc lusio n expr essed a hop e that later in the year h e wou ld h ave the plea snre of seein g the Cade t s actu ally work ing .

H e also hoped that Mr. Moy es wou ld see his way clear to gran t an ~:xtra h alfholid ay in r ecog nitio n of the succ ess of the shoo tmg t eam s.

The t eam s which h ad won the m edal s are as follo ws : CHR ISTC HUR CH PRE SS SHI ELD .

191 8.-C aclet s L . Malt , E . P earce, E. Wat ers , R. Hair , R. Will s, L. Abb ott , M . Bara k , R. Cand y, S. J acks on, 8.

Het路 bert .

191 9.-C adet s P. C. Will s , L. C. Mal t, H. W . Brown , H. D . McR ae, K. D . B aker , J. E. Jack son , C. J. Roge rs, M. L. Jona s, Lan ce-Corporals M. B arak and R. Hair .

192 0.-C adet s F. Dav is , H. Mas on , G. Brac egirdle, A. E. Smi th, '1' . P enn, K. R. L amb ie, J. Rogers , J. J acks on , E. Chiv ers , A. Moy es .

IMP ERI AL CHA LLE NGE SHI ELD .

Seni or Com petit ion.

No. 1 Plat oon, No. 24 Com pany (thir d place for the Emp ire) .- Cadet s C. B ell, L. Abb ott , P. Will s, Ser gt. J. H . Boo n, Corp orals I. M. Suth erlan d, M. B arak , H . S. H erb ert , R.A .Can dy.

No. 2 Plat oon , No. 24 Com pany .-C M. Moy es, G . W . Brac egird le , K. H. adet s S . J. Linn , A. O'H allor an , Corporal E. B. W at ers, L ance -Corp. H. W . Hun t , Cadet G. H . Holden , Q.M .S . W. G. Hug hson .

No. 3 Plat oon, No. 24 Com pan y.-C adet s A. Gibs on , A Brod ie, L ance-Corp. H. Brow n , Corpo Raw son, Cadet s M . Go1d ston e, H. W. _rals R. MeR ae, . L R10l mrd , A. E . Sm1th.

Juni or Com petit ion.

No. 1 Plat oon, No . 110 Com pany (thir d pl ace ~or Emp ire) .-C adet s R. H . Caug hley , C. J . R oger s, E. Chl vers , R. Kidd , K. R. L amb ie, J. Jt;tck son , T . L . P enn , F. T. Will it.tm s.

48

SHOOT ING NOTES .

For miniatu re range shoo~ing and for the Imperi al Challen ge Shield Compe titions fo ur new rifles were procure d early this t erm and have so far given satisfa ction . A consider abl e amo unt of trouble was exp erienced in getting them all fitted with apertur e sights, but once this was over shooting progr essed r apidly. The whole School fired off form by form and gradua lly the numbers wer e narrow ed down.

After abo ut a month 's practising the r equired level was practic ally reach ed , and special days for firing were design ated to each term . Practic e was b eginnin g in earnest , and keen comp etition for places in the teams was display ed.

The final choice , however, h as yet to be decided on the average of three t est matche s, which will be fired under the same conditi ons as the Imperi al Challen ge Shield Compe tition. As was the case last year the two best scores in these t est matche s, together with the score obtained in the comp etition itself will count for the senior champi onship of the School (the Searle Cup) . These results and the scor es of the five senior and four t eam s which we have enter ed for the Imperi al Shield Compe tition will appear in detail in our n ext issue .

Great interes t h as this t erm been manife sted in the er ection of our new shootin g room. On Friday , Februa ry 18th, it was decided that a sp ecial room was necessa ry to do justice to the shootin g materi al we had in hand.

Accord ingly the most attract ive-loo king corner of the baseme nt of the prep aratory room was examm ed and declare d good . The n ext day b eing Saturd ay h elp was not difficul t to get, and rapid progres s was made in the er ection of the walls . A set of sh elves was soon procure d , and after a favoura ble position had been elect ed, it was mounte d and fill ed with materia l. The door from the old cricket shed was n ext confi scat ed and is now doing excelle nt service in its new position. In order to m ak e the room less damp and more com fOl·tabl e in general , we decided that the floc>i: should b e t arred and on March 5th after a considerable amoun t of fun th e job was complet ed .

THE ROLL .

The roll now st ands at 368, of whom 175 are boarder s.

In the upp er school ther e are 268 boys, of whomj 130 are boarde rs ; in the lower school the numbe rs ar e 100 and 45 ~· espe cti vely.

The followi ng is the compl ete roll;~

1

' Aldis; W. *.Airey, N. W. t *Barak, M. H3ellrin ger, R. W. tBrodie , J. tOorkill , F . J. tDinnis s, L. B. t*Fooke s, .A. 0.

Griffin, .A. t*Griffi ths, E. W. B . t''Bine, J. t*Bugh son, W. G. t*Bende rson, V. J .

Moorhe ad, J. W. Maxwel l, B. D. tNichol son, J. B. Wheele r, .A.

V. A. Balla. tyne, F. D .

Barnitt , 0. 0.

Brewste r, R . E. 13rodie, .A. Brokens hire, E. L. *Burde tt, 0 . 0.

Cra.wsha.w, R . S. Dolby, R . M. t ' Dra.deT , C. F. *J!)aves, J. E. t *Foden, T. N. Fookes, S . F. *Fraser , J .

Bawkes , 0. F. B. *Beycoc k, M. B . *Macka y, J. D .

MaTtin, B. W. JVIcMahon, J. V . *Messengel', W. J. *Moyes, .A. M. *Mclvol', B. I. t *Noa.kes, B . *Pea.se, L. R. "f*Rawson, L. '1.'.

Rea, R. C. ·r* l'tickard , B. W .

Smith, S. Wilson, J. N .

Wood, S. 0. *Julian , F. W. *Davis, F. R.

V. B. *.Alexander , W. E. .Abbott, L. B. -~ *Ohristi e, R. B.

· *Christi e, L. Calder, B. G. Holden, G. B. H erdman, .A. L. Hoby, R . P. Jillett , D. M. *Jack son, J. E. *Julian, '1'. B. R. "Lys aght, J. F. L ealand, S. *Mitcal fe, H .

Neal, K . N. ·•P enn, S. L. *Pridea ux, J. G. *Riley, R. R. ' lwckel, .A . .A. Shaw, J . T. *Syme, R. W. *StandisJ;;, .A. M. Smith, .!!i. G. *Thread well, E. L. 'l'aylor, K. R. *Thomp son, J. W. *William s, F. T. C. •· winfi.eld , B . H. *Ward, R . D. V. 0.

Bendall , .A. C. Bennett , J . 0. t'"J:3rown, H. W . *Buchan an, .A. G. Collins, C. D .

Honnor , 0. H. *James, H. N. J ennings R. H. *Kilpat rick, R. W. Lash, C. Lash, B. G. Lamas, G. E. Maasen , H. N. *l\fanm ng, J. C. *Mason , H. W. Pa.lmer, I. W . *;Palmer , J. W. *ltobert son, R. Mac. l"tumball, .A. *Smith, .A . E. *Veale, C. Wil son , D. M.

IV . .A. Bellringer~.-., S. G. l3lunclell, 1<". B. Bree, M. D. Burgess , 0 . 0 .

•·caughl ey, R. H.

so

·ffi:E ROLL:

THE RotL. *Clarke, H. Dinniss, C. E. .~!.:v an s, 0. A. G.able, A. C. G. James, F. Jeffries, C. R. Kebbell, G. M. Kenny, J. H. Kidd, P. R. Kidson, A. L. Lysons, M. C. 1\1itchmson, V. *Nash, C. W. _rope, P. 0. *Purd1e, D. J. *ltainge.!.J 0. W. *Read, li. C. *Roberts, S. R. *Snowdon, H. A. *SimcO'ck, J. L. 'l'homson, H. M. Webb, G. W. *Wells, R. H.

IV. B. .13allinger, G. *lletts, A. * Hlair, J. H. Dailey, K. R. l!.:llis, 0. *Erlandson, F. H. Farmer, L. Geddes, J. H. *Gibbs, B. G. Graylmg;,. C. N. Grover u E Hunt, H. ·D.· Lovegrove, N. S. *Mauri, K. P. McLean, D. P .

McMahon, Joe . *Ogle, J. W .

• H.evell, J. D. Robertson, M. J. *Robinson, K. E. Saxton, C. L. Scanlan, A. B. *Sinclair, R . H. Steffensen, C. T. *Wells, L. B. Avery , D. L. Joll , W. A.

IV. C. *Atkinson, R. *Bell, D . *Chivers, E. R.

Cottier, R .

Dowsett, C. F. D. *l<'ookes, T. C. *Guy, A. D. Hughes, B. *Hooper, B . F .

Hoby., B. G. Hutcnen, S. W. *Honeyfield, J. F. J ensen, S. A. Milis C. B. *O'Sulhvan, F. J. *Hoch, N. '1'. G. Scanlan, J. P. *Scott, G. J. Sutton, A. Philpott, H. *Putt, H. J. *Tait, V. A. *Wyborn, S. I. *Meuli, K. lVI. *Waugh, L. F.

Ill. A. Hellringer, H. C. Baunton, C. E. Bleakley, K. W. Bates, R. W. Brodie, W. A. Henjamm, C. B. Carthew, V. Cartwright, J. A. l!.:llis, G. 0 . *Fookes, V. C. Fookes, G. H. *Ford, N. F. *Foote, W. H. *Grant, D. G. Galbraith, J. Jackson, C. L . *Livingstone, H . H. H • McGuiness, S. MountjQy, W. J. Moreyf G. C. Mover ey, A. W. *Mason, E. B. McDougall , D. *l\1cNeice, C. *Neal, W. D. *O'Halloran, D. *Phillips, S . W. Shaw, C. G. *Strombom, C. H .

Button, W. F. Tait, C. D. Woodhouse, G. C. *G01·don, C. G.

J'

.

:r:n.

B.

Banks, D. llrien, J. P .

Hroome, D. I. Brown, H erb.

Carr, R. J. *Chapman E. *Cranby, C. A. G. Crawshaw, H. *Fletcher, lVl. *Fussell, E. *Gib son, E . D. Gowen1 G. W. G. Groomnridge, W . *Guild, J. *Hair T Har/is, ·J. *Hawken, P. Hill, C. Jones, T. W. *Julian, A. L . * Knuc~ey~.P · W. Martm, w. *Mahraj, B. *McCallum, J. M. Noble, W. *P aterson, A. J .

P epperell, I. Hampton, K. *Riddleii W. J. Russe , S. *Sefton, M. B. Shaw, I. B. *Sutherland, G.

Ill. c. *Aubrey, H. W. Bayly, G. S. *Burkhardt, J. P. *Carman, P. H. Cook, C. Deare, C. H. Duffin, J. H. Fookes, K. F. *Hutchinson, J. M. *Lee, D. P. Leech, A. C. Moorhead, G. Ogier, W. S. *O' Neill, J. H. *Payne, R. Richardson, L. P. *Rogers, C. J. Rumball, H. *Stevenson, J. A. *Scott, G. M. *Stewart, A. *Stewart, R. A. *Wills, C. A.

51 s'l1A:Nb.A:Rt vi.

*Barak, V. S. *Bayly, W. A. *Buick, R. F. Cottier, S. W. *Davies, W . B. *Eaves, T. ·w.

Garner, H . E. Gilmour, F . C. *Goldstone M. C. Honeyfield, M. B. J effn es, E . J. *Knuckey, H. S. *Knuckey, F. L. Le May I. E. Leech 1 E. F .

McNe1ll, C. A. McNeill, H. L. MacDiarmid, N. S. *l'Hurdoch, R. Palmer~.-.J.

*Pease, tl. H .

P ease, P. B. *P ease, J . J. *Sladden, P . *Stevenson, H. Y. *Syme, T . *Smith, N . G. *Smith, E. V. *Smith, W. L. Smith, H. N. *Sarten, C. R. *Silson, T . *Button, J. H. *Thomas, D . G. *W ells, Leonard. *Blau , W . B .

STANDARD V. *Barlow, L. R .

Bellringer, T. C. *Cooke, B . E. *Dalziell, H. W. Davies, '1' . 0. S. *Easton, G. M. Fookes, H. F. Griffiths, W. F. C. Grover, P. G. Law, J . D .

Linn, C. B. List, T. R. *Lucena, G. L. M.cLean, M . D. M01·gan , 'f. D. J. Pope, C. H. *H.iley, J. L. *Robb , C. S. Stronge, J. S.

52

'r'I i'E ROLL. ·STANDARD IV.

STANDARD It Abram, J. G. *Dykes, J. G. lJavies, J. *Fell , A. S. Fairbrother E H Hammond, 'D. ·H . · Harvie, E. F. Hetherington, J. · Nolan, D .

"Perry, J. W. Strange C. R. *York, '11. Y .

Ambury, C. R. *Bayly , F : T. Clarke, 0. W. Cresswell, R. M. *Fletcher; R. Griffiths, C. Hetherington, D. W. Hine, E. Hutchen, A. H .

Jackson, E. ·R. C. S imons, A. G. Washer, C . A.

STANDARD I.

STANDARD Ill .

*Barak, F. Brookman, R. W. ·•J3arlow, T. J. *Field , A. G. F. Hm·vie, G. D. L. Le May, H. *Moyes, P . S. Nops, .H. D. Thomson , H. L. Whitcombe, D. W.

Bennett, R. R. :Uennett, A. K .

Brookman, N. W. •·Fu ssell, F. A. E. H etherington, A. "Har dwicke, J. ·w.

Jackson, D. G. *~1cGinty E. W .

Palmer , ~,. L. *Shaw, J. V. Waddle, I. B.

''Indicat es boarder. +Indicates Prefect.

Enter ed thi::; year.-Griftin, A. , ':'Frase'r , J., *Y/a.rd , D., Burgess, C ., *Waugh, A. , Baunton, C., Bates , R., Brodie, W, B enjmnin, B., E lli , G. , ''Ford, N., *Foote , W . , ''Grant, G ., Galbraith, J., Jacll:son, C., *Livingstone, R. , ''McGuiness , Mountjoy, J. , Moverley, A., ''Mason, E., McDougall, D., ''1\'IcNeice , C., "-'Neal , W. , *O'Hall oran, D. , ''Phillips, S. , Shaw, C. , *Strombom , C., Sutton, F ., 'l'ait, C., Woodhou e, G. , ':'G01·don, C., *Banks , D., Brien, J. , B roomc, D., Brown, Herbert, Carr, R., ""Chapma.n, E. , Crawshaw, H ., ""Gib "on, E ., Gowen, W. , Groombridge, W ., ':'Hair , '1'. , H anis, J., Hill , C., Jones, T ., *Julian, A., •:'1\.nucli:ey , D. , Martin , W ., *McCallum , J., Noble, W ., ':'P aterson , J. , P epperill, I. , Rmnpton, K., *Hiddle, J . , ':'Sefton, F. , Shaw, I., ''Sutherland, G. , Russell, S., *Mahraj , B. B , *Aubrey, R. , Bayly , G ., ~'Burkh art, J., Carman , P ., Cook , C. , Dcarc, C., Duffin, J. , ':'Hutchinson, J., Lee , D , Le May, I., Moorh ad, G., Qaier, W. , ''O'Neill, J., "'Payne R. · R ich·mtson R ':'Sc:ott G M ''Wilt.s C "'Stewa{·t , .A., ''St c"v.art ,' ':'Barak, ·.v. , .,"'Bayly , ' ':'B ui k , R. , Cotti r , S. , "'Davi s , B. , Eaves, T. , "'Knuckey, H., ''Murdoch, R. , ''Pease B. ':'Syme T ''Smith W ''Sutton, J ., '' Thomas, D: ''Wells, L'eo, ., *Blair , ' w.':

:R::

w::

F'IHST ELEVEN, 1920.

THE ROLL.

(

' '

'

:(

53 '"Bar路low, L ., Bellringer, T., Pope, C ., ':'Riley, L. , ':'Bayly, T., Cresswell , D., ':'McGinty, T ., Palmer, F., *Shaw, J., Abram, J., '"Fell , A. , Hammond, D. , Har路vie , T ., ~'Field, A., Harvie, G ., Le May , H., Moyes, P. , Naps, H ., Thomson, H., Whitcombe, D., ':'Smith, E., Smith, H. ':'Indicat es boarder. term.-Jillett, L., Noble, C., Syme, last Left at end of R. , Willis , J ., Christie, A. , Hutchen, B. , Newell, C. , O'Hal loran , K., O 'Halloran, L. , R ea, W., Smart, C., Sutherland.

M., Sutton, D. , WaterR, E.,Allemann, S., Airey , G. M., Boon, J. H., Herridge, W., Brunette, G., Cachemaille, M. , Coleman, E ., Gilb ert, A., Hair, R., Hawken, G., Hunt, H., Hayden, S., Hoffmann, L. , Johnson, G., Osborne, M., Smith, G., Silson, W., Tait, S., Thomson , C., whittle, J., Hasell, T. , Holden , G. , Neill, L ., Smart, L., Waterson, E., Martin , H. , Arthur, R., Burke, R., Cleland, R. , Greiner , C., H erdman , A. , James, H. N., Northern, W., l:'arkinson, A., Wills, P., Lambie, K. , Braeegirdle, G., Gibbs, J ., Linn , L., Mace, H. , Rowlands , S., Smart, A., Wells, V., Templar, J ., Bell, C., Foreman, A., Gilb ert, W ., Grant, U ., O'Dowda, M . , Woolridge , V., Colson, G ., Smith, C., Bates , 0. , Clegg, E., Foreman, A. J., Howard, J., Jury, R. , Knu ekey, A., Thomas , J. , Threadwell, T. , Clarke, H., Bs- . pin , B., Evans , C., P aget , T. , Meredith , M., Linn, H. , Thomas, D., Gillman, I. , H emingway, A., Dawbin, H., Elliot, E., Fargie, A., Glover, 0.

Left during t erm.-Hine, J. M. , Smith, S. , Farmer, L eo, McMahon, Joe, Carthew, V ., Smith, S.S., Powell, H.

EXAMINATION RESULTS. DECEMBER, 1920.

Junior University Scholarship.-R. Syme, who passed this examination with 2222 marks, put up a record for the 8 hool. W. Aldis was placed on the credit list, while J .

H. Nicholson and M. Barak also passed matriculation on the sam e examination .

Senior National Scholarship.-F . J. C01路kill , R. Bellringer, J. Brodie, C. 0. Barnett, J. D. M~ckay, J. Wilson .

Junior National Scholarship.-R . Dolby.

Matriculation and Allied Examinations.-G. M. Airey, 8. S. Allemann , R. W. Bellringer, W. B erridge, E. C. Colerpan, L . B . Dinniss, E. W . B . Griffiths, R. Hair, B . l=l:utchen, H. C. Newell, K. H. O'l::lalloran, E. C. Smart, D. W. Sutton, S . R. Tait, E. B. Waters.

EXAMINATION RESULTS. 54 . Partial Passes for the same examinations.-N. W. A_n·ey, J. H. Boon, J. Brodie, L. M. Cachemaille, F. J. Uorktll , A. C. Fookes, R. A. Gilbert, G. H. Hawken S J Hayden, C. Johnson, H. D. Maxwell J. W. Moorhe,ad . W .

L. Silson, G. C. Smith, C. Thomson, 'A. T. Wheeler. '

DEGREE EXAMINATIONS. NOVEMBER, 1920.

Passe~ first section B.A.-C. Mat~emattes.; W. Rea, English,

Enghsh, Latm.

A. Noble, Latin, English, L atin; L. W. J. J ill et '

P_ass~d first s_ection LL.B.-J. M. Hine, English, Latin, qonstttu~wnal Ht~tor;y- , Juri~prudence; J. D. Willis, Eng-

hsh , Latm , Constttutwnal Htstory, J"urisprudence.

FORM AVERAGES. FIRST ·.rERM. Form VI.-Not placed as some are doing special work.

Form VA. (average 63 per cent .).-1 , A. Brodie 84· ' ' 2, J . Fraser, 80 . .Form VB. (average 61) .-1, T. Penn, 79; 2, D. Jillett, 71.

Form V c. (average 55.9) .-1, I. Palmer, 71.8; 2, N. .J ames, 63.5.

Form IVA. (average 59.1) .-1 W Nash 77 5 · 2 Pur · ' ' ' · ' die, 76.6.

Form IVB. (average 50.8) .-1, H. Hunt, 73; ~ .

McLean, 62.

64 3 Form IV c . (average 53.1) .-1, D. G · ; 2, L. uy, Waugh, 62 .7.

Form IIIA . (average 64.4) .-1, Strombom, 87.3; 2, Mountjoy, 83.3.

Form IIIB. (average 47.9).__..:.1, Hair, 58.6; 2, Mahraj, 57.4.

2 F?rm IIIc . (average 56.9) .-1, J. O'Neill 73 .l:J; ' J . ' Hutchmson, 68.9.

PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Standard VI. (average 71) .-1, R. Buick, 86 ,· 2, E. J effries, 85 .

FORM AVERAGES.

55

Standard V. (average 73.6) .-1, P. Grover, 88.5; 2, H Fookes, 84.4.

Standard I\'. (average 67.6) .-1, 'T. Bayly, 79.5; :.l, H. Fletcher, 76.1.

Standard III. (average 73 .26) .-1, R. Bennett, 8:.:l.6; 2, D 'A. Jackson, 82 .2.

Standard II. (average 78.2) .-1, J. Hetherington, 87.2; 2, J. Dykes, 86.2 .

Standard I. (average 76.4) .-1, F. Barak, 86.8; 2, Thomson, 84.5.

CRICKET NOTES. (J. Brodie.)

During the last season strenuous effort has been made to improve the standard of School cricket and to encourage the boys to take more interest in the game. This result has to some extent been accomplished, but the standard attained is not yet on a par with that of successful school cricket t eams More attention has this year been given to Prep. ericket, with the result that some promising material has come to light, one member of the Prep. having gained a place in the First Eleven while others h ave played several matches there. The season on the whole favoured cricket .

We have to thank Mr. and Mrs. Palmer and Messrs.

Hasell and Silson for the trophies they so kindly donated in connection with the Wanganui match, and Dr. Wade for a bat .

The following are the averages for club matches:Palmer, 23.5 (352 runs); Hine, 19.8 (238 runs); Brown, 11 .4 (114 runs); Lash, 8.7 (113 runs); Mahraj, 9 .2 (37 runs; Hughes, 8 (120 runs); Taylor, 6.9 (76 runs); Brodie, 6.2 (81 runs); Holden, 4.3 (39 runs).

Bowling Averages.-Palmer, 9.9 (40 wickets); Hughes, 12.3 (36 wickets); Brown, 21.7 (13 wickets); Mahraj, 20.5 ( 5 wickets) .

In School matches Hine has easily the best batting average, 103 (206 runs), while Palmer comes next with 30 (120 runs) .

Bowling Averages .-Lash, 4.25 (4 wickets); Brown, 5.1 (6 wickets); Mahraj, 6.1 (7 wickets); Hughes, 7.4 (11 wickets) ; Palmer, 11 (5 wickets).

so

CRICKET NOTES.

WANGANUI MATCH. (February 22nd and 23rd .)

.CRtCI{ET NOTES.

The ann ual matuh bet'vl路uen W::mganui Collegiate School and w Plymouth BoyH' High School was played on February 22ncl and 23rcl on the High School groun~s. Wanganui, by keen cricket, secured a victory by a margin of 158 runs. The inclem en cy of the weather somewhat hamp er ed the players, play having to be postponed during the showers.

'The wicket would have been iri 'good condition but for the rain; as it was, however, it stood the wear welL Wanganui batted first and by forc eful batting compiled 207 runs . School r esponded with 131 runs.

On the second day the pitch was greasy, but a good drying wind was blowing from the south-west.

At 11 o 'clock Wanganui opened their second innings and the score stood at 98-1-45 when play ceased for lunch.

When play was r esumed, however, School got rid of eight more batsmen for 78 runs, when W anganui declared at 2.30 with a total of 176.

School thus h ad to make 253 runs to win, but man aged to secure only 94. Wanganui thus won by 158 runs.

Scores:WANGANUL First Innings.

Cameron, c Brown, b Mahraj Stonewigg, b .Hughes ...

Hewitt, b Brown Gilmer, c Brown, b Mahraj 'l'averner, run out Giesen, b Palmer Vi' ells, b Palmer Hall, b Palm er ...

Hare, b Palmer Buchanan, c Hughes, b Palmer Bailey, not out ...

Extras

57

Second Innings.

3l:l

18 68 ~

Cameron, b Mahraj Stonewigg, c Brodie, b Palmer .Hewitt, b .Hughes Gilmer, c Lash, b Palmer Taverner, b Palmer Giesen, c and b Hughes Wells, b Hughes Hall, b Palmer Hare, b .Hughes Buchanan, not out Bailey, not out ...

Extras

45 itl

:to 14 16 0 11 :6

5 ~0

Total for 9 wickets Bowling Analysis.-Palme r, four wickets for 45; Hugbes, four wickets for 80; Mahraj, one wicket for 32.

SCHOOL. First Innings.

Brodie, l.b.w., b Gilmer Hine, c and b Stonewigg Palm er, b Wells Lash, c Bailey, b .Hewitt Brown, b Gilmer .Hughes, b Gilmer Taylor, b ' Veils Holden, b Wells Palmer ii., run out Mahra.j, not out Betts, b '\V ells ...

Extras

5

15 7

:tO ~~

11

10

15 0

u u " '/

ti

14 g

3 11 z~

i:l

13 ti

Total ~07

Bowling analysis.-Palme r, five wickets for 67; Hughes, one wicket for 66; Brown, one wicket for 34; Mahraj , two wickets for 27.

Total

li:ll

Bowling Analy is.-Wells, four wickets for 38; Stone~igg, one wicket for 13; Gilmer, three wickets for 45; Hewitt, one wrcket for 26.

Second Innings.

Brodie, b Stonewigg 1b Hine, b Hewitt 11 Palm!lr, b Wells ~t) Lash, b Stonewigg 1 Bxown, b W ells lU Hughes, c Cameron, b Bailey \) Taylor, b Stonewigg 0 Holden, b Stonewigg ...

0

CRICKET NOTES.

58 Palmer ii., b Stonewigg Mahraj, b Wells Betts, not out Extras

CRICI{ET NOTES.

:& ;$

u 1b

Total

IJ4

Bowling Analysis.-Stonewigg, five wickets for 13; Wells, three wickets for 10; Hewitt, one wicket for 23; Bailey, one wicket for 4; Gilmer, none fur 29.

SCHOOL v. NEW PLYMOUTH NORTH. (February 19th.)

'I'his was School's final club match before the annual fixture with Wanganui. The eleven had been practising strenuously and consequently were in good form. The game resulted in a win for School by an innings and 97 runs. For School the following made most runs :-Palmer 43, Hughes 44, Brown 24, Hine 20, Brodie 10, Holden 9.

New Plymouth North's first innings closed with the score at 47 (Mason 32). Palmer took 6 wickets at a cost of 16 runs and Hughes took 4 for 10 runs. In their second att empt New Plymouth' s last wicket fell at 30 (Quickfall 14) . Hughes obtained the bowling honours (7 for 10 ), while Brown secured two wickets for 19.

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS. (February 12th.)

School batted first and were all out for 48, Brodie 11 , Taylor 12, Palmer 10, Foclen 9, being the high est scores .

Old Boys replied with 148 (Bewley 37, Bottrill 30).

In their second attempt School scored 85, Palmer with 16 runs being the highest scor er. The bowling honours wer e shared

by Bottrill ( 5 for 28) and Eggleton (4 for 13). Other successful bowlers were: P alm er (4 for 44) , Hughes (2 for 43) , Hine (1 for 17).

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS. (March 12th.)

School batted first and made 88 (Taylor 29 , Palmer 27).

Old Boys r esponded with 163 for 5 wickets and then declar ed (Bottrill 64, Colson 36 n ot out, Papps 22, Bewley 21 , Osborne 18). Palmer took 3 wickets for 39, Lash 1 for 43, Mahraj 1 for 19) . In the second innings School made 96

59 (Palmor 44). 'l'his left Old Boys 23 to make in a less number of minutes . Eggleton and Quilliam were sent in, but the first wicket fell when the score was 1, Eggleton being run ' out.

Quilliam m ad e 7 runs before his wicket fell .

Papps and Bottrill raised the score to within three of the numb er required to win; the last over was being bowled.

Bottrill pulled the second ball to the boundary , thus winning th e m at ch and 3 points for Old Boys (Quilliam 7, Bottrill 'I not out). Palmer took the only wicket at a cost of 13 runs. tlUHOOL v. BANKS .

School won this match on the first innings; batting first they scor ed 147 (Palmer i. 78). B anks, following on , scored 88 (Palmer, S. D. , 31, and Blundell 24) .

School again batted and a rot set in , but it was eff ectually stayed by Lash and Taylor , who scored 21 and 13 not out r espectively. With the scor e at 53 for 7 wickets stumps were drawn for the day.

School won on the first innings by 59 runs.

Bowling for Banks , Osborne took 4 for 49 and 4 for 16; Colson took 5 for 21. Bowling for School Brown took 3 for 16; Hughes took 3 for 36. .t'ARENTS V. BOYS. As a wind-up m at ch for the season a gam e Parents v.

Boys was played.

W e hop e this will become an annual match .

School batted first and made 156 for 6 wicket s (Lash 43, Mahraj 40) . Parents batted next and were all out for 63 (Mr . Moyes 27 not out, Mr. Lash 14) .

The P arent s again went in and this time produced more of their old form. With the scor e at 78 for 5 wickets, however , stumps were drawn on account of the failing light.

Mr. Moyes 35, Mr. Fairbrother 17, and Mr. Griffin 11 were the most successful bat smen.

MA'l'CH

A'r

SCHOOL BE'l'WEEN " A" AND " B " TEAMS. This game resulted in an easy win for the ''A' ' t eam by 51 runs . "A" batted first and scor ed 101 (B rown 28, Holden 28 , Lash 25) . "B" t eam made but 50 (Palmer 11::l , Hugh es 10). Most successful bowlers for ' 'A" t eam were Lash 4 for 17, Brown 3 for 15, Fletcher 2 for 4, and for "B" t eam Hughes 4 for 33, Palmer i . 3 for 36, Mahraj 3 for 19.

60

OLD BOYS ' ASSO CIAT ION.

At the annual m eeting of the As.soci ation held in ) . .mber last the following officers were elected :-Pres i~ A. l\1. lV[acDi annid, Vice-P residen ts : P. J ackson and n on:fi. George . Hon. Audito r: A. H. A ver y . Hon. 'l'reasut: r: R. H . George . Joint HoJ?-. Secr et aries: Brack en Wilson and R. G. "Howell. :b;xecut1ve : A. Bewley , C. H. Wynyard , E. D . Colson , 0 . M cHardy ,. R. A. ~lundell.' N. ringer, P . Atkins on , and the Pres1d ent , Vwe-P restd entsBelland Treasu rer and Secret aries ex officio. A r epresentativ e at the School was not elect ed and the matter of electin g su ch i·epres entativ e was left. in the h ands of the incom ing Execua tive .

Since the annua l m eeting the E xecuti ve has lost one of its most en ergetic m emb ers by the death of Oswal M cHard y. The vacanc y caused by his death was fill ed d D. Doile. At the last m eeting of the Execu tive, Mr. by A. P apps was appoin ted r epr sentat ive ofth e A sociati on at the School. Messr s . E. P. W ebst er and B. Wilson h ave beeu appoin ted Editor s of the Old Boy ' Colum n in the Tar a nakian .

The work of the E xecuti ve h as been mostly confin ed the W ar Memo rial Fund and it has b een decided to definit to ely close the fund at the end of Augus t. Alread y the sum of £700 i in view , and it is hoped that thi will be crea .ed to £ 1000 befor e thB fund is closed . There ar e stillina number of Old Boys who h ave not yet subscr ib ed to this fund and it is h op ed that they will not lose the opport unity ot doing so befor e the fund closes . Any donati ons to th e fund should ·be addres sed to the Hon. Treasu rer , N .P. High School Old Boys ' Associ ation, P.O. Box 76 , N ew Plymo uth.

It h as been decided tb.at the form•of the m emoria l sh all t ake the form of Entra n ce Gat es and it is felt that this will m eet with the approval of Old Boys:

ect

An Old B oys ' Badge h a b een ·decide d upon and are now being m ade in Englan d and should r each New these :.6 ealand some time this year. As much difficu lty is exp erien ced in keepin g tou ch with all Old Boys it would greatly facilit at f! t.h e work of. the ~ssoci ation if . those Old Boys wh o ch an ac their addres ses would notify the secr et aries of the ch ange. There arc still a number of Old B oys wh o have not p aid the m ember ship fee ( 5 ) t o the Associ ation , and these fees form the only source •of r evenue of the A ·sociat as ion the secr et aries would be glad to receive any that h ave not been paid.

A. MAcDI ARMID , ESQ. PRES!llE NT OLD Boys'

AssoCIA TION,

1921.

O.:tD BOYS' ASSOI!:IATION.

61

ANNU AL RE-UN ION. The annual r e-union in connect ion with the N ew .l:'lymouth Boys ' High School Old Boys ' Associat ion was h eld in the dining h all of the School boarding establish ment on D eeemb er lOth. Mr . A. MacDia rmid, Presiden t of the Associa tion, occupied the chair, and despite the unfavou rable weather ther e was an attenda nce of over 100 and a very . enjoyab le evening was spent .

A numb er of apologie s wer e r ead, and, after justice h ad been done to the light far e dispense d, the Chairm an proposed " The King," which was enthusia stically honoured .

Mr. R. H. Quilliam , in proposin g "The School, " r emarked that it was a matter for congrat ulation that they eould look back on such a successf ul year in every dep artm ent . The School h ad m aintaine d its r ecord in sport and had increase d in popular ity, whilst there was no r eason t o doubt that the scholast ic r esults would be quite up to form er years . H e p aid a tribute to the Princip al (Mr. W . H. Moyes) , to whom the r emarkab le progress made during the p ast few years was largely due. One had only to se..e the Cadet s to r ecognise the disciplin e, which could only m ak e for good.

Mr . Moyes, who was gr eet ed with enthusia stic applau e, said that h e appreciat ed the r emarks as a proof of sincere r egard for the School and a k een desire to promote its inter est s. Withou t their assist an ce h e would b e una ble to achieve his aim , which was to build up in New .nym outh a 'Chool worthy of the town and district , and no gr eater encourage m ent co uld be given than to find tnat h e h ad the goodwill, fri endship , and loyal support of the Old Boys ot the School. L ooking back on his eight years at the School , h e r ealised that they h ad played no little h and in the developm.ent of the School ; indeed, without their assist an ce it could not h ave grown t o the position it h ad among th e schools of the Dominio n. Its progr ess, h e said , h ad been rem arkable . In 1912 the roll numb er was b etween 60 an d 70. In 1913 it was ... dO. Since then it had gone on incr easing, until now the roll numb er was 414. 'l'his growth h e attribut ed to the good fellowsh ip that existed between the S 路h ool and its old pupils . Of this every week h e h ad proof , applicat ions for aclmi. sion commg to h and.

It was often st at d that N ew Plymou th was dead , in that it h ad no sports ground , et c., and in this connect ion h e would like t o see the younger m en r ender assistan ce . He t ouch ed on the ch olastic attainm ents achieved at the universi ties by pupils

62

OLD BOYS ' RE-UN ION.

. d said that at last the Schoo.l was turnm g ch oo1, an . f ota of profe ssion al men. Befor e cone1u d'm g, out 1t ..u 11 qu her ferr d t o the death of an Old Boy .o f t h e S c h oo1, L'1eu t . . .

Ali t r Suthe rland , who died recen tly m Ind1a from enten c fever . .. Sport and Pasti m es " was ~roposed by M~ . Kirkb y, who referr ed to their im.po rtanc e m the schoo l hfe of a boy.

Sport s and pastim es were really essen tial t~ a schoo l, and in this conne ction he point ed to the wond erful r ecord of the Schoo l in shoot ing , etc ., which had made its name know n throu ghout New Zeala nd.

Mr. A. B ewley , in respo nse, said that to the Old Boys of the Schoo l it was not only a pleas ure to watch the sports , but to see the r esults , the Schoo l havin g now r eache d a point when it could comp ete on level t erms with the big schoo ls of the Domi nion, and this was a tribu te to Mr .

Moye s and his staff. As show ing the calibr e of in sport, h e point ed out that a m embe r of the ~he Schoo l cncke t team had last year r ept路es ented North Taran aki, and this year had just failed to r each the centu ry. He urged Old Boys to take a k een er intere st in sport , and not allow the end of their schoo l days to finish their intere st in sports .

There was great need for their assist ance in gettin g a crick et groun d worth y of the town, as witho ut this it would be impos sible to raise the stand ard of cricke t locall y.

0

f the

" Sister Coll eges" was propo sed by Mr . C. H . Wyny ard and respo nd ed to by Mr. A. R Ryde r, who referr ed to the influe nce such instit ution s had on the youth of the Domi nion. " The Board of Gove rnors ," was propo sed

by Mr. A. MacD iarmi d .

Dr. Fooke s , in r espon ding, said :.te realis ed that the positi on the Schoo l now oceup ied was large ly due to the Princ ipal, vvho was one of the most popul ar "head s" in 1\l ew Zea land . The Board 路had every possib le desire to see the School r each the positi on it deser ved amon g the instit ution s of the Domi nion. \ Other toasts were: " Absen t Old Boys ," feelin gly proposed by 1\lr. W. P. 0 k0y ; "'l'he Ladie s," propo sed by Mr. Bracl bury and r espon ded to by Dr. Fook es ; "'l'he Press ," propo sed by Mr. H. Fook es and r espon ded to by the press repre entat ives prese nt.

63 Durin g the eveni ng an excel lent progr amme was rendered , items being contr ibute d as follow s :-Pia nofo rte solo, Mr . More y; songs , Mess rs. Brook er, Okey , Cocke r, Calde r and Fox; r ecit ation, Mr. MacD iarmi d; whils t some storyettes were contr ibute d Dr. Fooke s, Mr . MacD iarmi d, and Mr. H. Fook es . Mr. More y played the accom panim ents.

OLD BOY S' CRIC KET .

SEAS ON 1920-21.

ANN UAL MAT CH WIT H HIGH SCHO OL (Nov . 6,

19~0).

Won by 22 runs on first innin gs.

Schoo l batte d first and made 73. Best score s : Hine ~2 , Willi s 18, Palm er 15. Secon d innin gs: Seven wicke ts for 40 (Palm er 12).

Old Boys made 95.

Colso n 23, Quill iam 12.

Best scor es: Waile r 12 , Bottr ill 11,

For Old Boys , Mont eath, Bottr ill and B ertran d bowle d be:;t , and for Schoo l Brow n and Palm er.

OLD BOY S v . HIGH SCHO OL (Nov. 11, 1920) .

Old Boys made 114. Best scor es w er e made

by Bottrill 57 retire d , Mont eath 36. Secon d innin gs, three wicke ts for 83 (Col son 17, Eggle ton 23, Mont eath 31 not out).

Schoo l made 80 runs (Palm er 33, Osbo rne 15, Lash 15 not out). Secon d innin gs, three wicke ts for 39 (Palm er ~7).

For Old Boys , Osbo rne and Mont eath bowle d best , and for Schoo l Palm er and Hugh es.

OLD BOY S v. NEW PLYM OU'l' H SOU TH (D ec. 4, 19~0 ).

New Plym outh South in first innin gs decla r ed with four wicke ts for 264 (Hesk ett 132, Morri son 30, B erg 13, Clark e 54 not out). In the secon d innin gs South made 135 (Heskett 09 not out).

Old Boys made 208 in the first innin gs (Bott rill 48, Mont eath 53, Colso n 29, Eggle ton 25, Johns on 14 In the secon d innin gs they made 62 for 8 wicke not out). ts ( J ohnso n 14, B ewley 17).

For South Bragg bowle d best , and for Old Boys Bottr ill and Osbo rne.

OLD BOYS

64

OLD BOYS' CRiCI{E't.

OLD BOYS v. NEW PLYMOUTH NORTH (Dec. 11 , 1920).

Old Boys , first innings, made 153 (Bottrill 52, Mont eath 34 , Osborne 213) .

New Plymouth North, first innings , made 53 (Macdonttld 15, Girling 27) . In the second innings lihey made 71 (Priar 15, H. Quickfall 23, Girling 11).

For Old Boys, Osborne and Eggleton bowled best and for North H. Quickfall.

OLD BOYS v. HIGH SCHOOL (Dec. 18, 1920).

In the first innings High School made 62 (Hine 22).

In the second innings School made 88 (Lash 15, Hine 39) .

CRICKET.

65

OLD BOYS v . NEW PLYMOUTH SOUTH (Fell. 19, 1921).

In the fir st innings South m ade 87 (E. L ash 11 , 8heppard 23, Burns 12 , Clarke 16). In the second inning ~ oouth m ade 8\:l (.l:'.i. L ash 34, Ularke ~1, Sheppard 13).

Old Boys, first

inning ~,

made 48 (Bottrill10 ) .

For Old Boys Bottrill and Osborne bowled best , 路and for South Inch and Clarke.

OLD BOlS v. NEW PLYMOUTH NOR'l'H (Feb. 26 , 1921 ) .

In the first innings North made 4 7. innings they made 80 (Macdonald 33).

In the second

Old Boys made 160 (Os borne 17, Colson 44, Monteath 28 , Bottrill 29 , B ewley 19, Wynyard 12).

Old Boys, first innings, made 68 (O sborne 27 , P apps 12, Eggleton 11) .

In the second innings Old Boys lost fiv e wickets for 63 (Quilliam 14, P apps 20).

For Old Boys, Eggleton and Bottrill bowled best , and for School Hughes and Hine.

For Old Boys Osborne bowled best , and for North H. Quickfall.

OLD BOYS v. NEW PLYMOUTH SOUTH (Jan. 22 , 1921 ) .

OLD BOYS v . HIGH SCHOOL (March 12, 1921).

Old Boys made 136 (Osborne 39, Saxton 16, Graham 28, Inch 10 not out).

New Plymouth South made 132 (B erg 11 , Ularke 17, Elliott 14, Bragg 47, Sheppard 15 , R evelley 11) .

For Old Boys, 0 oorne bowled best , and for :South Bragg.

~<!).

High School , first inning. , m ade 88 (Palm er 27 , 'l'aylor In th e second innings School made 96 (Palmer 44).

Old Boys, fir st innings, five wickets for 163 (Bottrill 64, Papps 22, Osborne 18, Colson 36 not out, Hewley 21) Second innings, two wicket s for 23.

For Uld Boys Osborne and Billing bowled best , and for School Palm er.

OLD BOYS v.NEW PLYMOU'l' H NORTH (Jan. 29, 1921).

North made 109 (Nicoll 18, H. Quickfall 17, Stain ton 23 , Priar 10) .

Old Boys made 36 .

For Old J3ovs Osborne bowled best , and for North Carey and Ni coll~ OLD BOYS v. HI GH SCHOOL (Feb. 12, HJ21) .

High School , first innings, made "'9 (Palmer 10, Brodie 11, Taylor 12) . In the second innings School made bo (.Palm er 16, Brown 10, L ash 11 , Holden 10 not out) .

Old Boys macle 148 (Papps 25 , Bottrill 30, B ewley 37 , Billing 25 ) .

For Old Boys Bottrill , Eggleton and Osbo111e bowled best, and for School Palmer and Foden.

AVERAGES FOR SEASON 1920-1921.

BATTING. No of Innings . Not out.

Bottrill 11 1 Monteath 5 0 Papps ..... ....

6 1 Colson 1 9 12 Os borne 1 Billing 5 1 12 B ewley 0 Eggleton 0 11 Quilliam 11 1 Inch 3 7

Huns.

318 151 87 125 149 41 119 67 60 18

Average.

31.80 30.20 17.40 15.63 13.55 10.25 9 .92 6.09 6.00 4.50

OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

66

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

BOWLING. Osborne ··· ··· Colson .........

Billing Eggl~on

Bot trill Papps Inch

Overs.

116 2 14 64 104 11 7

Runs.

434 13 43 196 421 47 66

Wickets.

71 2 5 22 40 4 4

Average.

6.11 6.50 8.60 8.91 10.52 11.75 16.50

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB. Gentlemen - I h ave much pleasure in presenting to you the Second' Annual R eport of the New Plymouth High School Old Boys' Football Club.

At the Second Annual Meeting of the Club held in the Soldiers' Club Rooms in March, 1920, the following officers were elected:-President: Dr . E. F. Fookes (reelected). Vice-Presidents: Messrs. E. P. Webster, W . H .

Moyes, A. R. Ryder, P. J. H. White, F. N. Whitcombe, A. Bevvley, A. M. MacDiarmid, Lieut.-Col. Standish, and Lieut . Standish. Hon. Treasurer: R. G. Howell.

Hon. Secretary: D. F . Saxton.

Hon. Auditor: B. Wilson.

Execut~ve: Messrs. D. Sykes, C. H . Wynyard , R. J. Brokenshire, D . Doile, J. Whittle, F. Kelly, and Messrs . D. F. Saxton and R. How ell (ex officio) .

As the membership of the Club had considerably increased since the previous season, two teams were ultimately affiliated under the Taranaki Rugby Union, one t eam ent ering the Senior Competition and the other the Third Grade Competition. It is hop ed that with a still incr easing membership the Club will be enabled to enter three teams in the competitions during the forthcoming season.

The senior team during the season played under the leadership of D . Sykes, with R. J. Brokenshire as vicecapt ain. The personnel of the t eam, however , varied so greatly in the different matches, owing to numerous unfortunate injuries to players , that it would b e a <llfficult m atter to mention any particular members as comprising the fifteen. Altogether three m em bers of the team were chosen to play in r epresentative t eams. D. Sykes and C. T. Smith both showed consistent form and brilliancy throughout the

67 whole season, oeing picked to play in the "A" r epresentatives, and L. Sole r epresented the Club in the " H " r epresentative t eam. The t eam played in all twelve games, four of which were won, six were lost, one was gained by default, and one game was drawn.

R. G. Howell captained the junior team throughout the season, with I. Renaud as vice-captain.

The team was weakened materially in all games owing to the withdrawal of players to fill vacan cies in the senior team. Notwithstanding this handicap, however, the m embers of the team showed good promise and should prove a valuable asset to the senior t eams in future years. 'l'he fifteen played altogether thirteen match es, winning one game, losing eleven and drawing one.

It is with much regr et that we have to report the death of one of the most promising younger players , Oswald 11'1cHardy. As a member of the junior t eam, h e showed great promi e and a di tinct Ios to the Club is sustained by his death.

Tu his parents and relatives we extend our h eartfelt esymp athy.

The sympathy of the Club is extended to the President of the Union, Mr . J ames McLeod, in his r ecent ber eavem ent.

Football Badge.-The E xecutive of the Club, in conjunction with the Old Boys' Association, have for some time past considered the question of obtaining a badge for the Club . At the annual meeting of the Association it was decided to adopt a miniature of the School badge as the It is most desirable ~hat during the Assoeiation badge . forthcoming season the Club should endeavour to h ave the School badge reproduced in a form suitable for a football badge, in order to h ave a distinctive uniformity in the player ..

Finance.-'l'he season h as unfortunat ely been a poor one fr?n{ a financial aspect. This is due, as the balance-sheet will show, largely to the poorness of gat e receipts caused by inclement weather, and also to lack of outside support. 1t is hoped that the coming season will en a ble ·us to enjoy a good working balan ce . .

In con ·lusion I should like to thank all those who h av h elped to further the inter est s of the Club during the season, to congratulate the Club on the continued progress shown, and to extend my best wishes for the coming season .

E. FABER FOOKl<.:S, l:'resident .

68

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the New Plymouth Old Boys Football Club was h eld on March 18th, 1921, Mr. C. H. Wynyard occupying the chair .

In moving the adoption of the annual report. and balance-sheet the Chairman remarked on the progress the Club had made and congratulated the members on their play throughout the past season. lvH. F . J. Eggleton, in seconding the motion, commented on the progress made during the year and urged that in the future the Club should nominate more t eams in the local competitions.

ELECTION OF OFFICEH.S. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:Pr 路ident : Dr . E. F. Fookes . Vice-Presiden.t s: Drs . Wade, Home and Brewster, Messrs . E. P. Webster, W . H . Moyes , A. R. Ryder , P. J. H . White, F . N. Whiteombe, A. B ewley, A. M . MacDiarmid, A. R. Standish, A. M. Bradbury, R. H. Quilliam, T. P. Anderson, G. Gr ey, D. Hutchen.

Hon. Secretaries: R. J. Hon . Auditor : J. B. Wilson.

Fuller and R. G. Howell. Delegates to Rugby Union: C. H. Wynyard and R. J. Fuller . Club Captain: .J:<". J. EggleExecutive: Manager and Coach: R. J . Fuller. ton .

Messrs . D. Sykes, R. J. Brokenshire , C. H . Wynyarcl, J .

Knapman, S. Dowland.

GENERAL. 'l'he day for the opening practice was fixed as the first Saturday in April.

The meeting decided to support the proposal to be put before the annual meeting of the Rugby Union by Mr. James McL eod , affecting the grading of teams in the Senior Competition, subject to several minor questions being approved by the Club delegat es .

It was decided to enter a protest to the Rugby Union against the practice of allowing individual Clubs to monopolise particular ground s to th e detriment of other t eams having no fixed ground.

The Ch airman reported that Messrs . A. Boon and E. Whittle had offered gold medals to the best senior forward and back r espectively . The meeting, in accepting the offers, passed a hearty vote of thanks to these gentlemen.

LIEUT. ALISTER SUTHERLAND. (Died in India , Au ar. 28 1 1920)

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

69

The meeting t enninated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

SEASON 1921-1922. 'rhe opening practice was held on April 2nd, when about 50 m embers of the Club were present . On the play di::;played on that day there seems to be every prospect of the Club turning out t eams which will more than hold their own against other teams in the respective grades.

At the wish of the Club our sen ior team h as this year been graded as ' 路 B" seniors . There is no doubt that by so grading the team the Club will benefit. Three t eams have been entered in the local competitions, on e t eam in the Senior Grade, one in the Second Gr ade, and one in the Fourth Grade Competition . 'rhe Club colours will remain the same as in previous yean;, namely , all white with black stockings.

OLD BOYS' NOTES. We should be glad if Old Boys who have r ecently passed examinations, and whose success has not been mentioned in these columns, would advise us of the fact. -Ed. J. J . K. Terry, who is with Nicholson and. Gribbon, ::;olicitors, Auckland, r ecently completed his LL .B. degree J. M. Rine (last year 's Read Boy) is studying law at Canterbury College. R e was successful in passing a section of his LL.B . degree in the November examinations .

J. D. Willis and J . Jillett passed the first section of LL.B. degree in the November examination.

Among those who passed in the Accountancy examinations in November ar e Eric Shaw, who complet ed his Professional Accountants' examination , Norman Bellringer and Bracken Wilson, who passed the Commercial Accountant s' examination.

Owen Bayly h as passed the third section of LL.B. in fiv e subj ects, Crinaes, Contracts, Evidence, Property and Procedure, at Auckland University.

C. Noble, who passed with high marks the first section of his B.A. last year as an extra-mural student , has gon e to Auckland 'l'raining College.

70

OLD BOYS'' NOTES.

• 01..0 BOYS' NOTES.

Athol W ilson, wh o is working with Buddie, Andersort and Kirkaldie, solicitors, vVellington, was successful i~ completing his L aw Professional and has been admitted as a solicitor of the Suprem e Court.

H. L. Calder, who passed the first section of the H.A. d egr ee in the r ecent examination, has entered the Secondary School Teach er s' Training College in Dunedin.

The fo_llowing: Old Boys at~ending Victoria College wer e s u cce:>sfu~ m passmg t?e follovvmg subj ects in the Novemb er e_xamma~wns :- C. Wmfi eld, English, Latin, and Constitu-

twnal History , for LL.B. degr ee ; R. H. Greiner Philosophy, Constitutional Hist ory, Jurisprudence, and L atin for LL.B . degree; Lorimer Rich ardson Botany Ch emi~try E. Pop e: Mat~ematics . (pure a~d ~pplied)? for' B.Sc. ; Engh sh , L atm , Constitutwnal History, and Jurisprudence, for LL.B . d egr ee.

R.

Of Old ~oys ~tt ending Canterbury College, H. L. Lucena, who Is t akmg the Associat e Course in Science llas Chemistry and Physics passes t o his cr edit ; W . G. M ~cki e has passed his first Professional (Electrical) B.l!;.; R. A .

Clemm~ h as p ~ss ed first Professional (Civil) B .E.; E. Sm~rt IS st'!dym g for B . ~. in SJivil Engineering ; Don. Sutton I .studym g for B .Sc. m Agn culture ; while J. lVI. Hine is studym g for LL. B . degr ee. " W eed " H am blyn is at present a student at Canterbury Agricult ural College.

The r esults of t~e ~xaminations h eld in England last 9 ctob er , of, the Instit~twn of Civil Engineers, h ave been 'lhe many fnends of Mr. Gordon McL ean H eck I s~u ed. will be pleased t o hear h e is on e of the fiv e New Zealanders who have passed .the preliminary. Gm·don B eck is an old New ~lymouth .High Sphool boy, and is now on the st aff of the r ailway engm eer , Christ church.

T . E . H am erton , R. J .. Brok~nshir e and C. H. Wynyard a.ll complet ed L aw Professwnal m the Novemb er examinations . R. G . H owell passed in the following subjects for the sam e : Prop erty, Torts, Criminal L aw.

Algar ~raill , who is working in W ellington , has r ecently passed h1s final engineering examination.

J ack S.haw,. who h as been attending lectures at the Melbou.rne Um versity, has complet ed his final m edicine examinatiOn and h as been appointed to the Melbourne Hospital.

' 71

Alf . H onnor, who has been farming with his uncle in the Whangm:ei district , h as been in town r ecently .

Maurice Osoorne, who is working in the Bank of New South W ales at H awera, is this year playing second fiv eeighths for the H awera senior fifteen . H e supplie\l the following notes of Old B oys in H awera :-W. Silson is workR. Tait is ing on H odder and Tolley 's office staff.

F . Grant is working a clerk in the .Farmers' Co-op. in the National Bank; h e is playing footb all for the H awera Ji'. juniors, and h as been doing very well in swimming.

L ee is working in his father's office. G. Hawken is farming on his father 's farm at Eltham. P . Wills is farming on h1s father 's farm at M anutahi . E spin Bros . are farm ing at ~1tham . S. H erb ert , who is farming at Otakeho, is playing for the Okaiawa juniors in football. H. Honeyfield is in cha~ge of a farm outside of H awer a.

Of those Old Boys attending Otago University this year K en. Brokenshire is in his fo urth year of 1vledical Course and sits for his se ond Professional examination n ext month.

Hoy L ealand is n ow in hi. final year of the Dental Course.

G. B . Sinclair and D er ek D enny-Brown ar e in their third year of Medical Course and sit for their first .Professional examination next m onth . " Ted " Boulton is taking the Arts Course and obtained his section last year and is this year t aking the Training College Course. K en . Rob erts is in his second yea.r of the Science Course, passing his first section last year. Otto Huse is t aking first year in m edicine this year. H arry Calder is taking a course at the 'l'raining '-Jotlege .

J . W addl e, Newton Quilliam ; R. Rockel , B rian Johns, and A. B . Sturtevant are all in the t hird year of the Medical Course at Knox College.

C. Smith and M . Smith (" Hoppy " ) , who wer e t eaching under the Education B oard last year , ar e now attending the Training College at W ellingt on.

Bruce Hutch en is studying L aw at Victoria College.

Arthur Christie is ~m·king with .Peacock and Hadfield , solicitor. , W ellington, and is also attending lectures at Vic· t oria College .

G . W at erson is working on th e clerical staff of the Gear Meat Company at W ellingt on.

M . Cachemaile is attending Banks College in W ellington , wh ere h e intends completing Matriculation, in order that h e m ay go t o Otago University.

OLD BOYS' NOTES,

72

R ay J,epine is working with a firm of solicitors in Hastings .

Oedric N ewell is on the literary staff of the 'l'aranaki H erald and Budget.

L esli e ,Jillett is in the office of the Taranaki Daily .N ews .

S. G. R owlands is in the office of the Taranaki H erald.

T . L. King has ·r ecently been transferred from the .N ew Plymouth to the Auckland branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

Our Stratford corresponden t (Oolin Smart) supplies the following notes :-" ' Sharkey ' Olarke is accountant in the Stratford branch of the l<'armers' Co-op. Noel Fookes is working in the Public Works D epartment. George Moore has been tran sferred from the New Plymouth to the Stratford branch of the Publi c Trust Office. Leslie Malt, who is in the Public W orks D epartment, is playing footb all for the Stratford First Juniors .

Percy Meuli is a clerk in the office of Spence, Rutherford , Colem an and McAllister , solicitors, Stratford. ' ' Edgar Meuli is on his father' s farm at Tariki and is playing for the Tariki fifteen.

Arthur Moody h as been appointed Inspector of the Taranaki branch of the North British Mer cantile Insurance Company and i r esiding in New Plymouth .

· C.. Fair is working with Thorne and 'l'horne , solicitors, Auckland.

Seymour Clifford is working in the W ellington branch of the E ast ern E xtension Cable Company .

M. H arket·, who ·is farming in the Canterbury district , was in town recently .

Mark Anthony is working on the st aff division of the .

Al an Matthews is farming in the H amilton district .

E . J : Om·thow·, who has been on a trip to England , returned to New Zealand in MaJ:ch.

G . ~.O. , W ellington.

Newton Matthews is practising as a doctor in Bournemouth , England . His brother Keith is still in London.

OSWALD

McHARDY.

(Died Feb. 4, 1921)

OLD BOYS' NOTES .

73

Arthur H empton, who was recently appointed manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, has been transferr ed to the London bran ch of the bank and exp ects to leave New Zealand som e time in June .

Lansley Waller has been transferred to the Auddand oflice of the South British Insumnce Company, Ltd. Ivan Watkins is working on McMurray and Alexander 's farm at Waverley.

Con P each is fanning at Lower Mangorei.

I

I

H enry Pitt is working on the Pio Station at Awakino .

H e waR in town recently and seems to like h1s work. . RuRsell Matthews is studying engineering at the London Guild Engineering School. H e exp ects to return to New Zealand when h e h as completed his engineering course.

During his last vacation h e toured W ales.

--~------------------------------------路--i-OSWALD

McHARD V.

It is with deep regr et that we have to record the death of Oswald M cHardy.

Oswald enter ed the School at the beginning of 1915 and left at the end of 1917. During the p eriod h e was at School h e proved himself to be a good all-round boy . H e won the under 14 Athletic Championsh ip , and the under 14 Swimming Championsh ip in 1915 and in 1917 h e was runner-up in the Junior Swimming Championship. Since leaving School h e h ad been working in the New Plymouth branch of the National Bank. H e was a member of the Old Boys' junior football t eam and at the last annual m eeting of the Association h e was appointed a m ember of the E xecutive of the Association.

By his death the Association has lost one of its most en ergetic m emb ers, and the o chool an Old Boy of the type who are a credit to their School.

--t-------------------------------------路--~-

OLD BOYS' NOTES. 74 LIEUTENA NT ALISTER SUTHERLA ND.

The following Jetter , on e r eceived by .Norman L eech show· th e ~·c ·pec-t in which Alist er S utherland, wh ose death from ent n · fever was rep orted in th e last edition of th e magazin , was h eld by orother officer s : Meerut, 20/10/20.

Dea.r L eech, -Your letter of the 17th instant re poor t:lutherbeen · a.t the tin1e , h avmg lnnd's death. 1 wa.s on• leave in l!;ng bmd < ' bnck about a month. I gather th at he was t a ken ill w~th enteric of Au ...,O'ust nnd was admitted t o h ospr·t a 1 a 1most at nbout th e middle . t · on ce. H e cl1ed on August 29th l think "We ha clve bsu s arlnfed n g reat loss, as dming his st ny ,; it.b u s· h~ ba d ex1mse e ma .

1 .. ,.reme Y popu lar Wit h all r anks. A Committee of Ad'J US t ment has . . f . d · b · een 0 1 me With Capta m S. G'. Howes ' D ·s ·0 ., M ·c ., a s. .P.resrdeno 1 ·h S · H · · t .. l d l(; u t herland's people in N . e I S m ouc 1 wit ew ea an and rs f t l e · )e t · 1 l I sho 11 b XI c m g . o 1ear rom . them soon· · u c e g ac of any I i f · .t· . n OI mn wn you cou cl g ive me r eg·uding Snth er·! an d , I.e. b O J· n, e d uca t ec1. I enath of ser vice et c< y ' wh ere . suiCerely, .- ours , "' 1<'. W. MAH,.I:U.l!.:Tl'.l!.:

Adjutant, 21st

La~cers.

bl Th e following is a cop 0 f th e ea egr am r eceived by Y AliRt er 'R father :.

Staff Corps offi cer s wish express sympa.thy death yoUI son by . h vVhat ar e your erectm g head ston e.

R eply Uoxia , WI S es.

R.awa ipindi. .

,

Ulifton,

Daroai, 17th.

·t· One of Ah st er s brother officers in Ind · that as Alist er 's n am e was Sutherland th~a 2~r~ I~ , says an cers ·s a:"ked the band of the Seaforth Hi hla d . t wned at M eerut , to pl a for his fug . n er,s, wh o wer e st aScottish L am ent, " The :;lower~ of ~~l a~ The~ played the . e ',or est , o~ ~he way to the grave and the Scottish t.h · mbai ch , Macken zie s F arewell t o Sutherland " ' on e way ack.

Sacr ed to the Memory of ALISTER M ORPHE TT SUTHEii.LAN D ' Lieuten ant , New Zealand Staff Corps, only son of Major and Mrs . T. C. Sutherland ' of Tar an aki, New Zealand who died at Meer~t on 28th Aug~Jst Hl20 aged 24 years, whil st serving \'irith the 21st (E. of P. ) Lancers.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

75

This t ablet is erected by his New Zealand comrad es of Duntroon, in rem embrance of one who was loved and resp ect ed by all who knew him and served with him.

The badge will be en gr aved above this .

P erey GuReott is farming in the Taumarunui diRtrict .

Rurl'Ord Norman is farming at Mount Wharite , outside Woodville. ))ick Wilson is farming in the P ahiatua district.

Ken. Grant is working on a sh eep st ation on the J:i;ast Coast , north of Gisborne .

T. E . H am erton, who was successful in completing his L aw Professional examination at the Nov ember examinat ions , has recently been transferred to the New l'lymouth offi ce of W cston and Billing .

L en. Lovcll is working in Mr. Hugh B aily 's otlice in New P lymouth.

Roy and K en. 1>.1.urray are. farming in the W aikato diRtrict.

Clem Rigg , who is farming at Awakino, r ecently underwent an operation for app endicitis ; we ar e glad to see him about again .

Trevor Simpson, wh o is on the st aff of the New :6ealand H er ald , Auckland , visited New Plymouth during F ebruary to compet e in the Taranakl t ennis tournam ent.

At the E ast er golf tournam ent , Gerald Chong was su cCC'R sful in winning the Medal H andicap Comp etition. " D ave" Syk es is working in the Frienrily 8ocieties · DiRpensary in New Plymouth.

At the Novemb er L aw examination s U. H. Wynyard , who is practising in town as a public accountant, was successful in compl eting his Law Professional.

Ken . W est is working in the Borough E n gineer 's Oflice at New Plymouth . '" Dr. I. J . Faris is n ow District H ealth Insp ector , r esident a t W ellingt on.

76

OLD BO YS ' NOTES.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

I. J. Howell (Wynne), who is a civil engineer , is working at the H ead Office of the Railway Department, Auckland.

H. L. Lueena is a m ember of the Christchu nh D efen ee Rifle Club which had eonsiderab le success at the Wan路arap a and Dominion Rifle Meeting recently . A photo of the team appeared in one of the Southern papers r ecently .

Arthur Gilbert is studying at the Training College, Wellington .

Kiven 0 'Halloran is attending the Auckland 'l'raining College.

Lionel O'Hallora n is with Jaukson, Russel , Tunks and Ostler, soliuitors, Auckland.

Rob. Hair writes from Auroa , Taihape :-路'As you will observe from my addr ess, I am far removed from the city, and have been for the last month working on a farm. Life is no longer r egulated by bells, though, at 5.30 a.m. on a frosty morning, at our altitude of 2000 feet, I sometimes wish it was. However, an outdoor life certainly has its compensations , although in this out-of-the-way place there is no l' hance of any footuall or other game.''

Lwutenan t L. U. Goss is on the D efence Staff at J:'alm erston North.

Jack Willis is working in the office of Mr . George G-rey, solicitor, New Plymouth.

V. D . Rolston is in the office of the warehouse of John Avery, Ltd., New Plymouth. .d . Moss, who is with the Phoenix Assurance Company, Ltd., New l:'lymouth , m et with a serious motor- cycle accident early in March . . W e are glad to h ear that h e is making satisfactor y progress towards r ecovery.

C. Greiner is working with Hay croft, R ankin and J osling, manufactu ring jewellers , W ellington.

Loftus Russell has been transferred from the 8ydney branch of the East ern Extension Cable Company to the J:'ort Darwin branch.

Eric Johns (Tommy), who has been farming in the Hawke's Bay district, is now managing Mr. C. H. Weston 's sheep station at Mangorei.

Pat. Hawkins is in the employ of the New P lymouth branch of the South British Insurance Company.

Percy J aclu;on, manager of the Union Dank, New J:'lymouth, has been transferred to Ashburton .

S. Hayden is on Mr . Warren's sheep st ation , J:'ort .l<'itzroy, Great Barrier.

J. Catanach is teaching in the. Central School , New Plymouth.

R. Adlam has been transferred from Stratford to a similar position on the st aff of the Central School, New J:'lymouth.

R. M. Monteath, who has r ecover ed from his recent illness , is now working in the Lands and Deeds Office, New Plymouth .

F . .d. Bruce (Bm路go), who is working with a surveying party in Hawke's Bay, was in town r ecently.

77

Harry Goss, who is at Duntroon, will have complet ed his training n ext year, when he will fi'robably r eturn to l'-iew Zealand.

Chas. Yates is working in Longburn. He is studying Accountan cy and in .the recent examinatio ns was successful in passing a section of the Profession al Accountan ts' examination.

A . R. Call ander, who was lately on the Staff Division of the G.P.O ., W ellington, has b en transferred to J:'almerston North.

Don. Saxton is in charge of the Preparator y Departm ent of the Waitaki Boys' High School.

S. Allemann is with Mr. Cummings, architect, Auckland.

0. Huse is taking a medical course at Utago University .

V . S. ThlcMmray and Bill Alexander are farming at Waverley .

Ernie Beckbessi nger, who is in business in Waitara, has lat ely won several running events in local spons meetings .

Claucle Mor y is farming at Waipukur au.

R. I. Harrison is t eaching at Havelock North.

H . B. Moverley is at Morgan 's Central Pharmacy, New Plymouth. v arey Tait is farming at Kaipikiri, Urenui.

80

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

rcccivin<> a commis ion in the New Zealand F~rces . While rvi~ in Waziristan he contract ed malanal fever and ~~b ~quently h e was shot in the ~eel while riding away from the column on the first stage of the JOurney back to .New Zealand.

SUBSC RIPTION S.

ENGAG EMENT .

Owen Bayly is engaged to Miss Frances 1vlatthews, da ughter of Mr . and Mrs. Walter Matthews, of Thames, formerly of Inglewood .

MARRIA GES. CONNEL L-HURLE Y. On December 16th, 1920, at St. Joseph 's Church New l'lymouth , by the R ev. Dean McKenna, John Walter. second son of Mr . P. Connell, North Otago to Gertrucle . daughter of Mr. T. Hurley, New Plymouth. ' ' ALEXAN DER-MA CDONAL D. At St. Andrew_'s. Church, New Plymouth, by the Rev. Oscar Blundell, . Wilham, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Alexander , to Miss Urenui Macdonald , niece of Mrs. Honeyfield, Moturoa.

BOTTRIL L-GUNSO N. On January 4th, at all Saints' Church Auckland by the R ev. F. W. Youn_g, Christophe r George, ~on of Mrs. 'and tl~e late C. H. Bottnll, to Elizabeth May, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Gunson, Ponsonby.

BERTRA ND-SIMP SON. At St. Paul 's Pro-Cathe dral Church , W ellington, on J anuary 5th, _1921, George Frederick, son of Mr. G. Bertrand, . Urenm, to Kathleen, second daughter of Mr and Mrs. Simpson, W ellington. 路

I

The Business Manager acknowled ges with thanks ~~e following subscriptio ns. Subscrib ~rs arc req_uested to notif~ any omission or inaccuracy , and t.o notify changes of address :-L. Grah am, '20- ':.l6; D. Spence, '20; J. J. K. T.erry, '19, '20; A. L. D eath, '18, '19, '20; G. MacDiarm id, '20, '21; A. R. Callendar, '19 -'23; C. Zinsli, '20, '21; P. Atkinson '21; H. Billings, '20, '21, '22; H. O'Loughle n, '17-'21; C. Noble, '20 , '21; N. D ear e, '21; R. A. Wilson, '18-'20; L. Linn, '21; N. B ellringer , '21; L . Case, '21; 8.

Cattier , '21; R. English, '21; Dr . Dockrill , '21; H. Goldwater , '20, '21; J. Cliff, '21; H . Clarke, '21; F. Dawes, '21; H . Bauchope , '20-'25; W. W. Smith, '22 , '23; A. D. McNeil , '19, '20 , '21; A. Candy, '20-'23; S . Hayden , '21, '22; S. R. Tait, '21 ; C. Bell , '21; M. Jonas路, '21- '23; 1vl.

Harker, '21; K. Webster, '19- '21; A. Healy, '21; J. Ulemow , '21; H. Corney, '21; A. Marfell, '21; A. Brennan, '20-'22; S. Grayling , '21 -'23; N. Greiner, '21; W. F. Kelly, '21; R. Foreman, '21; F. Clemow, '20-'26; N. Ellerm, '21; W. Beck, '20, '21; H. N. Johnstone , '21; E. Aish , '21; L. T. Fagan, '21; H . Grigg, '21; W M. Atkinson , '20- '23; L. King, '21; T . Hamerton , '21, '22; A. Young, '21; R. Hair , '21; W. Northern, '21, '22; R. Greiner, '21; R. Howell, '20, '21; L. L. Bellringer , '21; G. Hair, '21; H , Grayling, '21 -'22; H. Dempsey, '21; L. B. Horrocks , '21; A. Bewley, '21; D. Doile, '21; G. M . B eck , '20, '21; C. Kyngdon, '21; P. Jackson , '21-'23; E. Colson, '21-'23 .; A. Matthews, '21; K. Honeyfield , '21; G . Fraser , '21; G. Cliff, '19, '20, '21; T. D . J effri es, '21; J. Howard , '21; J. D. Willis, '21; W . E. Jones , '21; F. A. Corney, '21

BIRTHS .

FOOKES .-To Mr. and Mrs . Noel Fookes Stratford awn. ' QUILLIA M.-To Mr. and Mrs. R. Quilliam, New l'lymouth-a son.

DEATH .

McHARD Y.-At New Plymouth on February 4 1921 0 . wald, the beloved son of Ale;ander and G~rtrud~ McH ardy; aged 18 years 9 months. R.I.P .

EXCHA NGES. W e beg to acknowled ge the receipt of the following exchanges :-The W ellingtonia n, The Scindian, The Timaruvian, N.P.G .H.S. Magazine, The Nelsonian, The N .G.U., The Canterbur y Agricultur al College Magazine, The Spike, The Waitakian , 'rhe Wanganui Collegian, The Torch Bearer , The King's Collegian, 'rhe Queen Margaret' s Uol .. lege Magazine, The Sacred Heart College Magazine, Auckland Grammar School Magazine , Palmer tonian , Christ's College R egistrar, Christchur ch B.H.S. Magazine, Ashburtonian, Canterbu~y College Magazine, Otago University R eview, Gisborne High School Magazine, The Southland ian, Otago B.H.S. Magazine.

l

I

'

l

~rfu :J:.II\IIIIOUiq: TARANAKI H•RALD AfrtD BUOQE.T PRINT, 1

g~

1