1922 The Taranakian, Vol 11, No 2 November by New Plymouth Boys' High School

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

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THE

"TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS.

Agt路icu lture Notes Annual Ath letic Sports Annual Steeplechase Births and Engagements Cadet Notes Concert Notes Cricket Notes Dogged Donations Editorial Exchanges Football Notes Gerald Eustace O'Carroll House Notes Harry William Broadmore Libra ry Notes Marriage and Deaths Nelson College Visit Notice to Subscribers Old Boys' Annual Meeting Old Boys' Annual Report Old Boys' Gala Day Old Boys' Annual Ball Old Boys' Cricket Club Old Boys' Notes Preparatory Notes School Notes Shooting Notes Sub criptions Terms Examinations The Ghastly Deed War Memorial

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SCHOOL INSTITUTION S. FIRST TERM, 1922. [ ESTABLISHED

1882.]

PREFECTS.

Head Boy.- T. N. Foden.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS: J. S. Fox, EsQ. (C hain nan.) DR. E. F. F OO KES. A. MoRTON, ESQ.

L. C. SLADDEN, E sQ.

H . TRIMBLE, ESQ. F 'N. ATKI NSON, E SQ. E . P. WF.BSTER. E Q.

S. G. SMITH, M.P. L . A. NO LA N, EsQ. A. E. WASHER, ESQ. Secretary and Treasurer : E . LASH.

Day Boys.- J . Brodie , R. W . Bellringer, L . D inniss, L. Abbott, K . Ta~rlor , l. Palmer, R . B re wster. Hcuse.-H. W . Brown, H . R ickar d, J . D. Mackay, J. Palmer, H . \ V . M ason, T. L. Penn, W. E. Ale xander , H. 1. Mcl vor , R. H . Christie, J . Fraser, J . E. Eaves, A. M. Moyes, Ray Syme. COMMITTEES.

F ootba ll Com m ittee.- Mr. Papps (chairma n) , H . W. B r own, T. N. Foden, J. Brodie, H. Rickard, J. Palme r , K . T aylor, W. Ale x a nder (secretary) . Captain First XV.: H . W . .Brown. Cricket Com m ittee.-Mr. Bottrill (chairman), H . B r own, I. Palmer , J . Brodie, K. Tay lor, T. Foden, H . M a hrnj (secret ar y ) . Capta in F irst XI. : I. Palme r.

~taff: PRDICIPAJ. : W. H . MOYES, M.A .. B .Sc. R. C. A. .-\.

H . RoCKEL, M.A. G. BOTTRILL, M.A. W . DIPROSE, M.A. J. PAPPS, B.A.

ASSISTAJ'\T MASTERS: A. G. JoH NSON. i\1 Se. G. BERTRAND, (C Certificat e). R. 0. C. MARKS, M.A. w. G. \ VILKIE .

AGRICULTURE: J. W. CO NNELL. COMMERCIAL :

F. J. E GG LETON.

PHEPARATORY DEPARTMENT : G. H . PoPE, MISS K. CAMPBELL, MISS E. CAMP!lELL.

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DRAW ING :

A. M. BRADBURY (Pa rt Time Master) .

MUSIC : R ESrDENT MUSIC MASTER J. DoBSON, L.T.C. L . MISS. DOWLING (Violin). F . W. G. McLEOD (Wood a nd Brass).

Sw immi ng Com m ittee.-Mr. E gglet o-n (chairman) , K. Taylor, U. Collin s, J . Brodi e, J . P a lmer, H . Rickard; T. Foden and H. Brown (joint secreta ries ). Li bra ry Committee.-Mr. W ilkie (chair man), R. .Bellringer, R. Brewster , J . Brodie, A. Brodie, S. Fookes, J. Fraser, H. Julian , L. Uhri stie, R . \ \r. Sy me, H. Mclvor, R . lJolby, J. P a lme r. S hoo t ing Cc m mi tt ee.-Mr. Ber tra nd (chairman) , L. Abbott, H . Rick a rd , J . J ack son, 'vV. E. Alexander, J . lJ, Mackay; .l:i. Ma son a nd T. P e nn (joint secretaries). F in ance Commi ttee.-T. N. Foden (cha irman) , J. Fraser, J. Brodie, I. P a lmer, H. Brown, T. Perm (secretary). Concert Comm ittee. -Mr. Dob son (cha irman), W. Ale xan der , T F o d ~n , A. K id son , W. A. Brodie, M . Bree, U. L omas (sec r eta r _v) . Came ra Club Commit t ee.-Mr. Moyes (chairman) , L. Uhrist ie, H. S y me, J . J a ckson, A. Moy es (secretar y) . Magazine Com m itt ee.-Mr. W ilkie (chairman), J . Brodie, L. Dinniss, R. Bellringe r , J . D. M a ckay, A. Brodie , H. L Mcl vor H . P. l\1itca lfe , T. P e nn , H . Brown, '1'. Foden, R. Caugh ley .

Sports Committee.-Ml路. D ip;rose (chair man ), Rickar d, 'faylor, Abbott, J. Sha\Y, J'. P at ter son ; 'J.' . Foden and H. Brown (joint secretaries ). Tennis Committee.-Mr. Bertra nd (ch ain nau ), Ale x mider , L . Ohrist ie, C. Collins, H . M::h on, J. M. McOallum, J. Eaves, J'. Palmer , R Syme, H. Mitca lfe (secretary ) . Poundkeepers.-J. Fraser, H . Mitcalfe. SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT. Officer Commanding.-Captain A. J. P app s. Physical Drill lnstructor.-L ieuten ant F. J. Eggleton. Contingent Sergt.路Major.-Sergt.-Major Foden, T. N. Contingent Q.M.S.-Q.M.S. Ale xander , W. Assistant Q.M.S.-Cor poral Mason, H. Orderly Room Corpora i.-Corp or al Lamas, G. No. 1 Platoon.-L ieutenant G. Bertrand . Pl atoon Sergeant.-Sergeant Br own, H. W. Section Comma nders.-Ser geant R ickard, H. W., Corpora ls Pa lmer, J ., Taylor, K., Moyes, A . Bugler.-Wilson D. No. 2 Platoon.-L ieutenant A. W. Diprose. Platoon Sergeant.-Sergeant Abbott, L . Section Commanders.- Sergea.nt Ma.ckay, J. D., Corporals 路J ackson, J ., Penn, T. L ., F ookes S. Drummer.-McNeill H. No. 3 Platoon.-L ieut enant R. 0. C. Marks, D.O.M. Platoon Sergeant.-Ser gea.nt Bellringer , R. Section Commanders.-Sergeant Din niss, L., Corporals Griffin, A., Mitca.lfe, H . P ., Sha.w, J'. Drummer.-Jeffries, E. No. 4 Plat oon.-Lieuten ant F . J . Eggleton. Platoon Sergea nt.-Sergeant Brodie, J . Section Commanders.- Ser geant Christ ie, R.., Corporals Palmer , 1. ,V ., Brewst er , R.., Holden, H. Drummer.- Gilmon r, C No. 5 Platoon.Piatoon Sergeant.-Ser geant Collins, C. Section Commanders.-Ser geant Brodie, A., Cor pora ls McMa.hon , J ., Fraser , J'.

SCHOOL OROlJ.ll1STRA, 1922. . Oakley studio. N P. Back.-D . O'Ha.lloran, V. Mitchins on, A. ~idson, M. Bree, W. Brodie, T. Fookes. Middle. -V. Fookes, J. McMahon, D. Robertso n, G. Lomas (conduct or) , H. McNeill, M. Robertso n. Front.-A . Moverley, S. Cottier.

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

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EDITORIAL (R. W. Bellringer.) N important event in the history of education in New Zealand is the est ablishment of Junior High SchooiB. Of all the schem es proposed by the educational authorities for the improvem ent and the enlargem ent of the spher e of education this proj ect appears to be the best. For it has as it· aim the education of that great l.mlk of the population which commences work at fourteen years of age. Education is largely an experiment al science, and the experiments which are attempted r equire time before they yield their H ence the sch eme should not be roundly conr esult· . demned before it has been allowed a fair trial.

On the other h and , the most ardent supporter of the pr sent syst em cannot deny that it has not fulfilled all his expectations . There are certain deficien cies in the education syst em and remedies must be made . For instance , a large percentage of the pupils are at present t aking courses quite unsuited to their special n eeds. Too often are the natural desires of a youth stifled by an ill-chosen course of instruction and consequently lat er in life he experiences the bittern ess of failur e . In the Junior High Schools , however , the pupils will be t est ed by differ ent course and given the instruction to which they are best adapted . In the event of the establishment of an intermediate school in a town, a co-op eration between the existing schools iR n ecessary. Th er e are three schools which are aff ected by this system-the Primary, the High, and the Technical School s . In the first pl ace we have bhe Primary School , the hmction of which should be to develop n ascent intelligence

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EDITORIAL. 6 From l)rimary we passed to Secondary education, which is in two divisions . Herein lie the difficulty; for the educatiou of a people is a task of great magnitude and adequate care must be taken to prevent all intelligence from being driven throuo·h the same mill . In other words, it is desirable that th~·e should be some preliminary classification of what work an individual is best •s uited for. It serves n o purpose to draw a p erson of only moderate intellect from the manual to the brain-working group. Yet since trained intelligence is the basis of national prosperity, it is essential that h e should have a short general education . When t he scholars leave the Primary S hool they are faced with a dilemma, namely, whether to pursue their studies at the Technical School or at the High School. A fal se choice means failure and ' ·all the voyage of their life, Is bound in shallow and in miseries.''

The object of the Junior High School is to remove this difficulty by aiding the scholar in his choice . Thus the distinct gap which exists between the P rimary and Secondary School i bridged, and the unification of the teaching profcs, ion result . 'I'be primary teacher will have a new avenue of promotion opened to him while the young inexperienced s condary teacher will gain a useful training In addition, the deplorable in the method of teaching. overlapping of Standard 6 and the lower t hird forms will b e Under the present system , during the most minimised. critical period of the pupil's educational life , the course is not well-balanced owing to this overlapping. A similar state of affairs exists between the High Schools and the secondary department of the Technical Schools. This illogical arr angement impairs the efficiency of the educational system, entails unnecessary expense, and is instrumental in wasting much effort and many precious hours of the pupil. Finally , to even the uninterested it is evident that new separate schools ar e a necessity in the larger centres in order to r elieve the congestion. The difficulties which confront the experiment er alLooking at it from the though real may be eliminated. Secondary School viewpoint, the greatest defect in the proposed system is that there is a los of school spirit since it gives the pupils three separate schools . Anyone who h as been conn ected with a school r ecognizes that the school spirit is one of the greatest factors of educational success. It paves the way for inculcating sound ideas and morals.

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Also the community training and spirit which it fosters is often of immeasurable benefit in later life. As has been suggest ed thi:-; flaw may be obviated by a.t taching the Junior ~c·hools to the existing High Schools . Such is the advice of the H igh Schoo l Boards' Association. Thi::; latter ,.uggestion raises the important question of c·ontrol. 'l'h ere cannot be dual administr ation, otherwise c·on fusio n would reign. 'I'be only sensible solution is that the teacher in charge of the Junior School must b e r esponsibl e for its scholar ship but not for its gen eral administration. Finally to ensur e the success of the scheme more provision must be made for playing faciliti es . In no school should the need for althletic exercises be disregarded, for the athletic boy possesses two elements of success- good h ealth and intelligence . Although only the merest mention of the different phases of the system h as been made, yet we feel that the importance of the Junior High School has b een fully stressed . It should be our earne. t endeavour to evolve the best system of education and in seeking on e which allows perfect freedom of choice and which educat es focr different c-areers and orcupations of 'life , we are following the right principles . Above all let us rememb er that trained intelligenrr i,; the mainspring of modern n ational life.

SCHOOL

NOTES.

(R. W. Bellringer and J . Brodie.) On J uno 19 we assembled in the Hall to far ewell Miss J. McLeod. 'I'be function was both a sad and happy onesad b eca u c we had to bid farewell to one who b ad endear ed h erse lf to the n·hol e school, happy because she was departing to take up a position wher e h er energy and abilities Mr. Moyes, in a short speech, would have fuller scope. eulogised the work of Miss McLeod and emph asised the fact that although she had taken up h er duties at the school during a trying period, sh e h ad proved both a s u ccessful and popular teach er . Her never-failing kindness and sympathy would b e treasured memories to us all. He then asked h er to accept as a parting gift from us , two silver vases; in token of our great regard and esteem . In a graceful reply , Miss McLeod thanked u and reiterated that sh e h ad been very happy and had made many real frienrus· during h er connect ion of nearly 5i years with this school.

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NOTES.

It is our pleasant duty to welcome Mr. A. G. Johnson, M .Sc., formerly of the staff of the King Edward Technical College, Dunedin, and to express a. hope that hi's s ojourn will be a long and pleasant one. School re-opened for the Second Term on May 30 . Beautiful weather ushered in our return to school and continued throughout the term. Owing to the increase in the personnel of the staff, a. r e-arrangement of the forms and a new time-table were necessa1·y. D espite these momentary setbacks, however, the students soon r esumed "the noiseless tenor of their way." We take this opportunity of congratulating Mr . R. 0 . C. Marks, who played with conspicuous success in the Taranaki reps . The experience gained in the Southern tour should be of great value to him next year. Early in the second term School entered two teams in the Senior A Grade Seven-a.-side Competition for 'faranaki. Both teams played well, but unfortunately our B team had to play our A team in the semi-finals and was beaten. The A team managed to . ecure the shield, notwithstanding the fact that a very heavy shower had transformed matters finally into a seven-a-slide competition. The annual vi ·it of the Education Department Inspectors took pla ce early in the Second Term. As usual, the recipients of their attentions were chiefly the fi·ee-place candidates, though sufficient time was found to carefully inspect the other forms. Votaries of terpsichore h ave h ad a most enjoyable time this year. On Friday nights many of the uninitiated were piloted through the various movements by capable exponent. , and no doubt in time acquired a mastery of the art. Dancing, we feel, has its criticaJ. moments. When the blushing maiden looks demurely on the learner , that bashful youth lea.ps like a tartled antelope and hurriedly makes a , trategic retreat to the uttermost bounds of the hall. Later , h e falls a willing victim to h er fascinations and while the h appy pair "foot it featly," the a quisition of sufficient courage prompt the stronaer ex to make even audible sounds and to become almost boisterous. As the evening draws to a close, h e wears an air of sublime assurance and reflects on future feminine conquest s . It is thus tha.t the reluctant beginner becomes the enthusiastic dancer . 'l'hat the sententious remarks of a witty master ar e often misunderstood, was r ealised one day by two students,

N01'ES.

Surprised by a master in the midst of an .inky combat! in which both were lib era.lly spattered, tremblmg they awaited the outcome of their fo.Uy. 'rhe master, however, contented himself with remarking that they wer e a pair of "bunkers." Later, during the progress of a history test the cla,ss was asked the name of a certain battle, the master adding that the foreaoing in idents should enable at least two pupils ta answer ;,ithout difficulty . Now these additional remarks possessed an illusive appearan~e of. sir;~plicity aJ?-d each. eagerly wrote : · 'Battle o·f Bunker s Hill. To their chagnn, a joyful master uttered in vibrant tones: " Wrong. Battle of Ink- er-mann. '' During the year we have had the pleasure of attending several School concerts. We should like to congratulate all con cerned on the splendid organisation and excellent performances provided . The Orchestra especially is worthy of our highest prai e, considering the short interval whi has elapsed between its inception and present h eiglit of attainment. On July 8 the School en masse journeyed to Hawera to witness the annual contest between its First Fifteen and that of W anganui College. T'he game, which was fast and open, re ·ulted in a win £or chool for the first time since these matches h ave been arranged. The boys were royally entertained by the citizens of Hawera to lunch and tea. For t his liberal generosity we wish to tender our sincerest thanks. During our brief sojourn in Hawera, we were able to visit the ·w inter Show, which provided an added interest for us, because in the Secondary Schools Essay Competition , School had gaineu second, third and fourth prizes. With the increasing democratic spirit of the age it was decided that each form should have a "refer endum " to d ecide what should be their prize books at the conclusion of the year . J:<.jach ooy was to hand in his choice of three book: on a slip of paper. In a certain form a choice by one of our darker brethren was as follows:-' 'Broken Windows,'' by Eva Brick; " Hungry Dog," by N ora Bone; "Follies of Youth,'' by Henrietta. Greenapple. '' By the way, have you h eard the la'test? "The Prince is married!" "Go on! To whom?" "Sonia Rumour, of course!" The much mooted question oncerning the respective merits of the football r presentatives of the Day Boys and of the Boarder. was ettled by a r attling contest held towards the end of the Second Term. The Day Boys, spurred on by the united efforts of their supporters and the franti c

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frenzy of their opponents, who had staked their next week '·s pies on the issue of the H erculean combat, played a splendid game. Fates ruthlessly decreed, however, in favour of the Boarders, who won by 22 to 13. This score, however, does not indicate the true merits of the respective teams! Deep interest was attached to t.he return visit of th · Nelson College football team. On their arrival on Saturday uight they were billeted 'out by Nelson Old Boys and boys of the :::; hool. On Sunday morning both teams attended ·ervic at St . Mary' ·, and later were motored in private cars to the mountain, where a most enjoyable outing was spent. On Monday an interesting match was provided in Pukekma Pctrk. 'l'h e evening (and part of the morning) passed merril;y to the accompanying trains rendered by the chool Orch estra, under the able baton of G. Lonias. For this enjoya.b le dance we are indebted to Mr. and Mrs . Moyes. Tue day morning witnessed the departure of our visitors, who we m·e pleased to· learn arrived home safely. Much intere t was shown in the Near East crisis. Happily, the feeling that the tense military situation would lead to a g neral Furopean conflagration was not borne out l •. event . Tho. e who remembered the penalty of negligence m the Great War and p rceived that England was makina acrifices befor~hand _as a s curity for the lib erti~s of Europ~ could only adnm·e thrs remarkabl determination. 'rhe fact that the mod rn youth i · affected by the same traditions as of old was prov d by the rush to join the colours. The immediate lo al r e.. ult ha been a revived intere t in the N nr Ea t , both in history and geography lessons . Cricket has once more come into season and the sharp smack of bat on ball and too frequent sharper click o-f ball on wickets resound over the green playing fields . We h:we played only two matches-one v . Masters, and the other the annual match v. Old Boys. We lost the first, but won. the econd for the first time in our history. A feature of the game wa. a spa.r kling century by I. W. Palmer, our captain. Although this i but his second appearance this . season, he gave us a bright display of open and pretty rick t. Our h earti t congratulations! . 'l'he nnnu:1l steeple .hase vents were h eld on Thursday afternoon, Octob r 12. Both from a spectator's and omp -titor's point of view, the ·onditions were almost perfect. 'l'he junior ra e wa won by A. Field and the senior event by D. Robert on. E. G. Smith ran a splendid race and succeeded in reducing his own record by 58 2-5sec.

DOGGED. (From the French by R.W . , R.W.B., and J .B.) 'rhe night was cold and dark _and, subconsciously, ~ lengthened my stride . I was passmg a~ong the streets of Paris at midnight . I passed the lofty sprres of Notre Dame and their dark silhnu ettes sent a shiver running through my frame. How deserted were the streets after the busy day. As I turned the corner to cross the gloomy bridge I stopped . I listened. Instinctively I knew I was being followed, but I heard nothing. I moved on again some twenty odd paces and again ::;topp ed ::;uddenly . Then quite _distinctly, to fr!-Y supersenI ·itive ea.r, came the pit-a-pat, prt-a-pat of runnmg feet. heard clearly the laboured breathing, ~he breathless p~-nt~ng of an animate being. Suddenly srlence! A shnekmg ilence! While the night winds whispered 1s trange stories in my ear and fanta.stic shapes stretched fnrth their shadowy. tentacles to bind me to the "Bridge of Sighs. " He knew then that I was warned! I determined on a ruse. I walked on once more and dr w into the sh aded sh elter of an arch, s till moving my feet up and down on the pavement but with less and still less noise ea .h time. Soon I heard again his breathing and footsteps. I took out my knife. Nearer and nearer he approached. I felt the keen edge on my thumb. Now he was quite close. I ould h ear his breathing and footst ep . ow he was but ten yards away, and now-with a yell of triumph I sprang forward and· thrust the sharp blade into hi neck. He uttered no sound, but rolled overdead. I lit a mat h and stooped over his inanima.te form . .tes, as I thought, all his body bore the imprints of the very worst kind of life. I searched for his name and found it on his collar-Jean. I picked him up and lifted his body over the side of the bridge. With the slightest splash he slipped into the sluggi h stream to disappear from mortal view. Years afterwards, when walking in the country, along the banks of th id ntical river on whose bridge the foregoin g ev nt. o UlTed , I happ ened upon the skeleton of t:• larae rnoncrr 1 dog, hidden in a corner of the bank. Around it: neck was a ollar bearing the name-Jean. That, I r marked to my friend, is the remains of the identical mongrel that I slew years ago, on the bridge of Notre Dame.

TH.b GHASTLY DEED. He braced him.::; elf for the horrible blow, A fiend 's expres::;ion h e wore, Hi::; eye~<, they had that bloodshot flow , Of the day of the night before. From gritting teeth small splinter s fl ew, vVe say it sans tergiversation; His eyes wer e slits , his face was blue, He brooked no interpolation. In his hand h e h eld a tiny phial , You n ever saw substance serener; And this was the eau ·e of his ghastly dial , And his knees-an enlarged ·on certina. A choking gurgle and then-no more,

He fell on the ground in a coil ; They picked up the bottle from off the floor, The label was-· ·castor Oil. ''

SENlOH. D IlVIPERlAL

CHALLENUJ~

SHIELD TEAM, 1922.

SHOOTING NOTES. (H. W . Mason and T. L. Penn.)

Sin ce the r e ults of last year's Imperial Challenge Shield Competition h ave come out, Viscount J ellicoe has pre;;ent ed a Chall nge Cup to be h eld by the school obtaining the best average in shooting and percentage of comp etitors from it contingent. L ast year we were su ccessful in winnin a the cup, and thi;; year we have a shooting average for nine kams of 92.96. On Jul y G Colonel Melvill e visited the School and congmtulated th m emb ers of the , hooting teams on their p erfo rmance in this y ear' s shooting. Although he had not seen th final r esults, h e expe ·ted us to come well up on the prize list. JUNIOR C IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD TEAM, 1922.

SHOOTING NOTES.

'l'he following are the detailed ,s cores of this year's Imperial Challenge Shield shooting:-

IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD COMPETITION.

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24 COMPANY -

SENIOR COlYIPE'riTION.

No. 1 PLA'l'OON-A TEAl.Vl. Age.

Name. Jackson, J. E.

16yrs.

3mth~ .

Slow (50) 50

Penn , 'L'. L.

16yrs.

6mths.

Alexander, IV. E.

16yrs.

5mths.

Mason, H. " ' 路 t:ltevenson, H. Y.

17yrs.

5mths.

16yrs .

3mths.

Rapid (50) 49

Total (lOO) 99

99 97

Guy, D.

17yrs.

8mths.

Taylor, K.

16yrs. llmths.

Mnckny, J . D.

16yrs.

9mths.

Rickard, H. IY.

17yrs. lOmths.

Rapid (50) 49

Total (lOO) 98

Avera ge age of team, 16yrs. llmths. Average tiCore, 95.66.

No. 1 PLATOON--B TEAM. Name. Brodie,

vv.

Brown, H.

Age. ......... . ..

Mcl vor, I. H . M. . . Bellringer,

il:[oyes, 路A. M. l 1'oote, \V. ...... . .. . .. Bellringer, H. Caughley, R. H. Broclie, J .

15yrs.

3mth s.

Slow (50) 49

17yrs. lOmths.

16yrs .

5mtbs.

15yrs.

7mths.

17yrs. 15yrs. 15yrs. l5yrs. l6yrs.

8mths. lmth. 7mths. lOmtb s. llmths.

48 49 46 47 46

48 46 48 46 46

96 95 94

Average age of team, 16yrs. 3mths. Avent,ge scor e, 95.33.

93 92

SHO OTING

NOTES.

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NOTES.

No. 2 PLATOON. Name. O'Halloran, D. C.... Syme, R. . ........ ... . Tait, V. Guild, J. . ... ...... . Crofts, C. J. Brewster, R. Bree, M. D. Clarke, H. Mitcalfe, H . P.

Age. 15yrs. 17yrs. 15yrs. 15yrs. 17yrs. 16yrs. 16yrs. 15yrs. 16yrs.

Slow (50) 49 50 49 49 47

lmth. 7mths. 8mths. 7mths. lOmths. 8mths. 2mths. llmths. 4mths.

46 47 46

Rapid (50) 50 49 48 48 49 49 48

46 46

Slow (50) 50 49 49 49 49 48 48 47

Rapid (50) 50 50 49 48 47 48 47 47

Total (lOO) 99 99 97 97 96 95 95 92 91

Average age of team, 16yrs. 4mths: Average score, 95.66. No. 3 PLATOON. Name. Smith, E. V. . . Standish, A. M. Ra.mpton, K. Fookes, V .. .... . Robinson, K. Morey , G. Christie, L. Christie, R. IV. Rainger, C.

Age. 15yrs. 15yrs. 15yrs. 16yrs. 16yrs. 16yrs. l6yrs. 17yrs. 16yrs.

3mths. 7mths. lmth. 7mths. lOmths. 3mths. 5mths. llmths. 3mths.

Total (lOO) lOO 99 98 97 96 96 95 94 92

Average age of tea m, 16yr . 3mths. Average score, 96.333.

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·No. 1 PLATOON. Name.

Winfield, B. Ogle, J. W. C-ooke, C. . .... ..... . . Jeffries, E. G. Banks, D. V ....... . Lovegrove, N. S. Eaves, J. E. .. . Pope, P.

Age. 16yrs. 15yrs. l6yrs. 15yTS. 15yrs. l6yr. . 15yr s. 15yrs.

2mths. 2mths. 6mths. llmths. 2mths. lOmth s. llmths.

Average age of t eam, 15yrs. lOmths. Average score, 92.25.

lst Target 2nd TaJ:get Total (100 ) (50) (50) 98 49 49 14yrs. 3mths. 92 46 46 14yrs. 3mths. 92 49 43 14yrs. lOmths. 93 47 46 13yrs. 6mths. 81 43 38 14yTS. 3mths. 89 43 46 14yrs. 3mths. 89 45 44 14yrs. 4mths. 87 45 42 14yrs. lOmths . Age.

Fletcher, R. Knuckey, D. J..,ysons, M. 0. Uriffiths, W. .. Buick, R. Hicha.rdson, S. Grant, G. .VIcGuiness, S. . ... Average age of team, 14yrs. 4mths. Average score, 90.125.

No. 2 PLATOON. Name.

Age .

lst TaJ·get 2nd Ta.rget Total (lOO) (50) (50) 94 47 47 93 45 48 92 49 43 92 48 44 91 46 45 39 87 48 42 44 86 33 73 40

14yrs. 6mths. i:lladden, P. 13yrs. 5mths. McCann, S. Wills, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14y:rs. lOmths. l'etty, A. . .. . . . . . . . . . 14yrs. lOmths. 14yrs. 4mths. J3lair, \\'. Law, J. . .. ..... ..... .. 14yrs. 14yrs. lmth. Barak, V. 14yrs. 9mths. i\IcDougall, D. 14yrs. 4mths. team, of Average age Average score, 88.5.

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110 COMPANY -JUNIOR COMPETITIO N.

No. 3 PLATOON. Slow (50) 47

Rapid (50)

50 49

47 49

44 46 44 44

47 44 45 41

Total (lOO) 96 96 96 95 91 90 89 85

1st 'l'm·get 2nd rr a.r get Total (lUU) (50) (50) 96 49 47 13yrs. Smths. Corney, U. A. 95 48 47 14yrs. 6mths. Brindle, S. J . 94 46 48 13yrs. 6mths. Reed, A. E. 94 46 14yr s. 9mths. 48 Ha.mmonds, 0. 93 45 l<'orsyth, R .. 14yr s. lOmths. 48 92 45 47 Bowe n, E. A ... .... .. . 14yrs. 4mths. • 44 45 89 14yrs. lmth. Humbnll, H. 82 39 43 13yr s. 3mth s. Fookes, H. F. . lmth 14yrs. Average ag e of team, Average score, 91.875. Name.

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'l'his y ear the cups have been very keenly contested for. The fo_llowing are t~e r esults, the third test being the score made m the Imp enal Challenge Shield Competition:SEARLE CUP (SENIOR). Place. lstTest 2nd Test 3rd Test Average (lOO) (100) (lOO) (lOO) Penn, T. L. 1 94 95 99 96 Mason, H. ""\V . ... . .. 2 92 93 97 94 Alexander, ""\V. E . ... 2 90 96 96 94 Guy, D. 2 89 97 96 94 Jackson, J. 5 92 90 99 93.6 Tait, V. ....... .. ... 5 88 96 97 93.6 Brewster, R ········· 7 92 94 95 93.3 Syme, R. ...... ...... 7 90 91 99 93.3 Brodie, W. ········· ··· 7 87 95 98 93.3 Moyes, A. ... ........ . 10 86 97 96 93 Name.

HAMHLYN CUP (JUNlOR). Place. 1st Test 2nd '!'est 3rd Test Average (lOO) (lOO) (lOO) (lOO) 'Iait, V. ·1 88 96 97 ···· ······· ·· 93.6 Brodie, W. ·· ······ ···· 2 87 95 98 93.3 Guild, J. ········· ·· ··· · 3 86 95 97 92.6 Belh·inger, S. . .. .. .... 4 83 93 96 92 Sta.ndish, M. ....... .. 5 89 87 99 91.6 E:wes, J . ....... ...... .. 5 92 94 89 91.6 Ogle, J. ·········· ··· ·· 7 89 89 96 91.3 Banks, D. . .. ..... . .. 8 89 92 91 90.6 Bellringer, H. 9 86 92 94 90.3 Clarke , H . ··········· · 10 89 89 92 90

LOVEDAY CUP (UNDER 15).

Age.

1st Target 2nd Target Total (50) (50) (100) Medley, J. S. 13yrs. 7mths. 48 48 96 Anthony, H . 14yrs. 4mths. 46 49 95 Somerville, D. 14yrs. 6mths. 46 48 94 ·wilson, E. 14yrs. 47 47 94 Alien, T. . ..... .. ... . 14yrs. 2mths. 45 48 93 Bithell, R .......... .. 14yr s. lOmths. 41 48 89 Trueman, F. 14yrs. 4mths. 46 40 86 Godfrey, T. 14yrs. lmth. 41 39 80 Average a.ge o.f team, 14yr s. 3mths. Average score, 90.875.

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Place.

Name. Fletcher, R. Reed, A. E. Hammonds, 0. .. .... Richardson .... ........ Forsyth ...... ......... ..... .......... Medley Sladden . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . McGuiness . .... .... .. . Knuckey, D. . . . .... .. Lysons ····· ······· ··· Griffith s ..... ..........

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10

1st Test 2nd Test 3rd Test Average (lOO) (lOO) (lOO) (lOO) 98 95.6 94 95 94.3 94 92 97 92 94 92 90 91.6 93 89 93 91.3 92 89 93 82 91 95 96 94 90.6 83 95 87 94 90.3 93 85 91 92 89.3 86 89 92 89 81 93 93 89

McLEOD & SLADE' CUP (UNDER 14). Name. Reed, A. E. Medley ......... ...... Griffiths .. . .. ... . . . . . . . McCann · ·· · ·· ·· · ··· · ·· Fookes, H. .. .......... Corney ··················

Place. 1 2 3 4 5 6

lstTest 2nd Test 3rd 'l'e\)t Average (lOO) (lOO) (lOO) (lOO) 94.3 94 92 97 91 82 95 96 89 93 81 93 88.3 93 83 89 82 85.3 85 89 84.3 96 79 88

Long range and W eekly Pr ess shooting is now being carried on in earn est. A great asset to the long range shooting is the lOOyds . gully range, which Mr. B ertrand secured for us after much work. The p eople in the neighbourhood are now awaken ed in the early hours of the morning by the early practice of our enthusiasts. So far we have not been out to the long ranges at Rewa Rewa, but expect to do so shortly .

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CADET NOTES. (A. W. Griffin .) Early in the S econd T e\·m, Colonel C. W. Melville, C .B. , C.M.G. , D.S.O., paid us his annual visit of inspection. This was carried out under the n ew sch em e; th e different platoon were split up into section. , and these , each under command of an N.C .O. , were insp ect ed whil e carrying out the allotted work. In the cour e of his address to the parade after the inspection, Colonel Melville expressed himself as well satisfied with the all-round standard of drill ,

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esp ecially n·it,? the improvement in musketry and in the w~rk ofthe N .C.O_'s . 'I'h~s incr eased efficiency is no doubt largely due t<;> the m structwn classes, which wer e continued r egularly dunng th Second 'l'erm under the s up ervision of Mr . Marks . 'l'h e old -£~ ·hioned long rifle h as given place to the regular ~rmy service pattern , with which we are now uniformly e~mpp ed. 'l 'he change was no do~bt one welcomed by m any · '' Ith an eye to economy of effort m rifle cleaning. 'l'he ..r:r~vailing inter est. ~urin~ th e Third Term lay in th: Riddifo~d Cup Comp etitiOn, for which the School ent~r cd , and m whic~ _It compet ed with the other seconda.ry schools of the Dommwn. The examination was carried out · on Monday ' Octob er· 16 , the examinthefii School grounds on . · · m g o cer s bemg Lieut.- Colon el J . H . Whyte D.C M · D .S .O .. (and clasp ), ~taff officer Central Comm:and , Cap ~ t am Br emn~r , M C. , m charge No. 8 R egimental District 1 ~ncl L teut. l...mg, lVl .C. , command m usketry instructor . Th~ l:)chool para~ed under Captain Papps, O. C. company, Lieut Hertrand , L wut . Diprose, Li eut. Marks , and Lieut . E ggle: t01: . Aft er ~he fal1-u~ , the N .C. O 's . took over their sections for s~uad ~nll , at whw~ work not only the Cadet s, but also the 1\ .C.O .·. we~·e exammed . Various evolution s in platoon and con: pany ~nll wer e carried out, and th en began one or~ea~ ?f m spectwn in the deta_il s of cadet work Many of th,· 1 eel ~Its answered the questions put to th em wit h an ingenmty a_nd resource~ul~ess worthy of a n obler cause. One of__the officer s, questwnmg on m usketry, wa n o doubt s urpllsed to learn , from on e budding general, that "the second loop on the pull-through is t o cat ch the fl ann el if it falls out t~e fir~t loop! " Lieut.- Colon el Whyte expressed hi~ satisactwn With the s~owing of the comp any, especially. in th company and physi al drill which ended the parade. What~ cv r the r esult of the comp etition m ay be it is certain that ~very Cadet a~d N .C.O. left the pa_rade g;·ound feelincr th at e had done h1. be t, and h ad acqmttcd himself creditably.

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(H. M. I. Mcivor and J. D . Mackay .) , The Third 'rerm was supposed to h ave st arted on F ri

fa~, Septemb er 15, but, as only about thirty of the boarder

1a r etm:ned by that time, we wer e unable to commenc. work until the following Monday morning.

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A School ch apel .. ervice is n ow h eld at St. Mary's euc·l 1 Sunday morning at 9. 30. 'l'his was inaug~rated by the_R ev. Strong, and it is to be hoped th at 1t :Vlll be a contmued su cess, for it is undoubtedly a gr eat Improvement on the The servic t hat was fo rmerly held in the Assem?ly Hall. more enthusiastic o.f those boarder s possessm g vocal talent have been form ed into a choir, which should no doubt pr~v e a great success . The R ev. Strong also holds ConfirmatiOn classes each Tuesday afternoon for those wishing to be confirm ed this _year . For some time much amusem ent was derived from the innovation of "vitality t est er s . " These ?o~sisted of a si?-all corked fl ask filled with wat er and contammg a sm all piece of glass tubing ·with a bulb on one end. B y cert_a in mani~u lation , the glass tubing could be lower ed or rm-sed at WilL Amongst the numerou. victim s of this gr eat hoax were several of our m ast ers . Great interest was displa.yed· when the phenomenon of the solar e !ipse could be viewed shortly aft er 5 p.m. on Septemb er 21. Practically all spar e pieces of glass in the est ablishment were commandeer ed and smoked. An excepti onally fine view was obtained fro:n ~he balcony, and a crowd of boys wa. t o be seen ther e vtewm g the sun throucrh n pi ece of sm ok ed glas . One little ch ap was h eard to say : " Somebody h as bitten a junk out of th e sun . " Many ar e the improvements th at h ave been eff ect ed in All the the S hool surroundings during the l ast t erm. paths h ave been asphalted and edged with n eat -s tone walls . When we h ave experienced wet weather in form er y ears, we have h ad to wade through mud up to our boot-tops, but now it is possible to traver se any of the School paths without fear of obliter ating the "shine" of our "clean " ( ?) boots . The app earance of the Old House h as been gr eatly brightened by a badly n eeded coat O.t paint , while the lawns -surrounding this house h ave all been dug up ancl la.icl clown again. The gener al app earance of the Sch ool grounds will be greatly enh anced aft er the completion of the Mem orial Gat es . When som e excavation work was being performed in the paddock adjoining the back of th e kitch en , with a view to forming new t ennis court s, the earth was r emoved to th e A lawn was then laid clown and front of the hospital. numerous shrubs were planted , so that the appearance of the h o~ pit al lias been greatly improved . A n ew califont h a been inst alled in the Old House and is proving a valuable a set for those r equiring hot wat er .

HOUSE NOTES. 20 Loud r ports are often h eard coming from the viciJ?-ity <?f th bathroom a.nd, if one happ en ed to b e near at the t1me, 1t is quite possibl e that a f1:ightened you_th would be seen makin cr a dive fo.r the door m fear of bemg blown up . Some boys mu t b e extremely afraid of the misbehaviour of thi · ca lifont, for on morning' a small boy was seen attempting to licrht the califont by means of a. long piece of string attach~d to the gas jet , while h e himself hid behind the door in anticipation of an explosion. L at e in the . econd t erm the Concert Club, in conjunction with the Orchestra, gave a very enjoyable concert, to which parents and friends of the boys. were invited. T'he stage was very artistically decorated with punga ferns -.and treamers, and was fitted up with foot-lights. All the item were appreciated very much.

Once again the dancing class was well patronised , ancl ea h Friday eveni.ng large .;num ber s of enthusiastic lads were to be een struggling round the Assembly Hall to the same old familiar strains of the piano. One evening during the earlier part of the Second Term , Mis · Humphries gave a very interesting lantern lecture on Dr . Barnardo's H ome . At the conclusion of the lecture he spoke to us of the aims of those noble institutions and the Young H elpers ' L eague, and wish ed to form a bran ch of the latter L eague h er e.

THIRD FIFTEEN, 1922 Oalde y Studio, N.P. (Winners of T.R.U. Fourth Grade Championship).

Another very inter e ting l ecture, at which the pupils of the Girls' High School were present, was given to us by the R ev. Oscar Blundell on " Astronomy. " W e all thoroughly enjoyed the le ture and ar e gr eatly indebted to Mr. Blundell for o-iviug up hi time to us . After the vi ·it of the Australian Association foot!" · t eam to New Plymouth , in July, ther e was a large numb er of Soccer enthu iasts amono-st the boarders, but as no proper ball could be obtained, a. b asket b all filled the vacancy quite· well , and each night there were to b e seen on the ho k ey ground , at the ra ecourse, these budding Soccer player , pra tising "heading" the ball and o-t her evolutions known only to the initiated . · In anticipation of the annual match with Nelson Coll eg , which was to h ave been played last term , the m emb er s of the First Fifteen on e Saturday morning took a trip t o the r ange. . They l eft S hool at 8 a.m. by lorry , which took them as far as the radiu. -line, whence they tramped to th r top, where they lunch ed . After a short r est the return

SECOND FIFTEEN, 1922.

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21 journey to the lorry was made, and School was reached before dusk. Great inter est wa 路 centred in the annual footbaH makh Once again, after a between Boarders and Day Boys . tititTing contest, the honour of the boarding establishmenL ,1路as upheld by ~4 points to 13. 'l"he "plum-duff" (not too 1nuch of the plum.!), which has been on our menu four days per week since the founding of the boarding department, was a huge fa ctor towards tuts meritorious victory! At the beginning of this term a large consignment of crockery was r eceived from a firm in England. Thi's 路crockcry, which is of very good quality, and is s tamped with th e S(路hool cr est , adds greatly to the attractiveness of the dining room , after the tin mugs and chipped plates to which we have been accustomed in former times . Th e long-felt need of tennis courts will soon be relieved , as an asphaU one is almost ready to be played upon, whilst another is ready to be tarred . As soon as the necessary excavation work has been completed fiv e more courts will be prepared-two more in the gully and three in the paddock behind the New House. Owing to an outbreak o-f m easles in the College, the Nelson College fifteen was una.ble to come up here at th e end of last term; however, they made the trip early in this term. They arrived by the mail train on Saturday night, September 23, and were billeted with da.y boys and old Nelsonians. On Sunday morning the t eam attended our chapel service a.t 9.30 in St. Mary 's and after tha.t , when mo-rning t ea had been partaken of, the members of the two teams left in cars for the Mountain House, where a. very enjoyable day was passed. After a sumptuous afternoon tea they returned to School. On Monday afternoon, in perfect weather conditions, the match was played. That evening a dance was given in the Assembly Hall in honour of the visitors, our first and second fifteens and the prefects also being present. 'l'he more en ergetic of the boarders artistically decorated the hall for the occaston with a canopy of multi-coloured streamers , to which were attached the colours of the two schools, and the pillars were surrounded with punga fern leaves . Th e music was suppli ed by th e School Orchestra, under the baton of G. E . Lomas, and the supper wa.s kindly arranged by Mr . . Moyes. When the dancing was brought to a close by the strains of "A uld L ang Syne" everyone felt regrets that so enjoyable an evening was at an end. On the fol-

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lowing morning the t eam left by the mail train for Wellington, where they could catch the boat the ·s ame evening for Nelson. On the night of the dance given for the Nelson team , Mr . M oyes allowed the rem aining boarder.s to go down to the pictures. On the second Saturday evening of this term Mr. Strong gave us a very interesting lecture on Tonga. We all enjoyed this subj ect very much, especially as two of our members hail from that part of the globe. We congratulat e Mr. Marks upon his selection to represent Taranaki against Manawatu and Auckland, and also for the Southern tour , when h e played in all except one game. In order to make this trip he had to lea.v e here a. week before the end of last term, and so we were left, for a short . time , without a house m ast er. Upon the occasion of the annual football m atch played against W anganui Collegiat e School at Hawera on July 8, the whole School travelled down by a special train to s ee the game. The citizens of H awera and the district very kindly supplied lunch and tea for us all in the Foresters' H all. W e must thank these kind-hearted people very much fo r th e trouble. they took in thus providing for us. One morning, wh en the beds wer e being inspected by the prefect on duty, a boy was asked if h e had turned his mattress. His answer was that he a.lways turned his m attress seven times on Saturday to last for the ensuing week. As the time for the exeat vacation was drawing near , a boy· r emarked that it was a pity they were breaking up on Thursday because they would mi.s s the Frida.y morning's pie. The last night before exeat of the Second Term, one of the boys in an upper dormiwry asked a " cobber" of his in the lower dorm. to wa.k e him in time to catch the m ail train . H er e was an opportunity for •s ome of the more mischievous boys to play a joke on him. Before going t o bed, they put his wat ch on five hours and decided to awake him at 12.30. This agreem ent wa.s carried out, and when Buck had been awaken ed, h e saw that his watch registered 5.30. As luck would have it, it was a very moonlight night and Buck quite unsuspiciously thought it was time t o rise. After having a shower and getting into his best clothes, h e found that no on e else was rising, so he went downstairs t o obtain an explanation. When h e discovered that he was the victim of a hoax h e s ulkily went back to bed, none the wors e for his little experience.

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We are told that you can get your muscle up quite eas ily nowadays . You have only to pick up a pencil or look at somebodv else when a master is writing on the blackboard and h e .~ill t ake out his little black note-book to put your name down for half an hour on the roller after school. Naturally no master hesitates to give you five or ten minutes' overtime. We have to r eport the advent of a. budding Marconi in our boarding establishment, for one of our prefects has now set up a wireless apparatus . One day he became very excited when he thouaht he was receiving an S.O.S. message, but he was greatly disappointed when he di•s covered that it was only the sparro·ws flirting on his aerial. Wonder what the r eal Marconi will have to say when h e hears that our enthusiastic wireless opera.tor received a message from Mar.s stating that that planet was being eaten up by one of the heathen gods! One early ·Saturday morni~g, so~e of our ~ore energetic boarders set off on a wh1te-ba1tmg. excursion to the W aiwakaiho. It was a rather cold morrung and when one of them fell into the river h e did not seem to relish tnis type of fishing. After all their exertions , however, they found that the hooks they h ad taken were rather large, with the result that the whole day 's catch amounted to about 22 white-bait and four golf balls. Two more enterprising youths, both eager to be fit for the coming steeplech ase, decided upon a visit to the mountain. Leaving here in the early hours of one fine Satu~day morning, they cycled up to the house, where they arnved in time for breakfa•s t . About an hour later they were ascending the bush- clad slopes of Mt. Egmont. Soon the snow was r each ed and one boy, sorry to relate, wore out the seat of his trousers whilst glissading down the frozen slopes . Aft er spending a couple of enjoyab~e hours i?- slidi.ng on the ice, ch asing ice-ra.t s , and attemptmg to kill smpe, they wended their way back to the house, wher e they partook of some refr eshments before starting on their homeward journ ey . L ast t erm the shanghai was in vogue for quite a time, much to th e detriment of several windows. Now that the use of this danaerous weapon has been vetoed , the small boys ar e to be "seen running round with ingeniously construct ed wat er-pistols, giving each other unnecessary (sometimes necessary!) shower -baths .

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During the second term the First Fifteen had to journey to Urenui to play a competition match with the local team . On the return trip the lorry had to pass a hm·,s e and gig, in which there was seated a rather large Maori "wahine,'' who was leading another horse behind the gig. This horse was evidently frightened by the motor-lorry, for it reared back suddenly and as a result deposited the poor "wahine " with a sickening thud upon "terra firma . " first it was thought that the accident was fata.l, but , however, she soon arose to h er feet and as far as could be ascertained had escaped little hurt.

LIBRARY NOTES. (J. Fraser.) Since the last notes were written a considerable number of books h as been added to the Library, owing partly to the expenditure of our own funds , and partly to the generosity of the late Mr . Percy Smith and the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, K.B .E., Minister of D efence. To these we tender our heartiest thanks . The latest additions are as follows :-Thirteen volumes of " 'The Times' History of the War, " donated by the lat e Mr. Percy Smith; two volumes "Official History of New Zealand's Effort in the Great War," donated by the Hon. Sir Heaton Rhodes. 'I'h e following books have been r ecently purchased:' ·Ladyfingers," "The Joyous 'I"rouble-Maker, " " The Bells of San Juan," "The Short Cut," "The Splendid Outlaw," by J ackson Gregory; "Red Eve," "The Pearl Maiden," "Joan Haste," "Lysbeth," "Nada the Lily," by Rider Haggard; "Cappy Ricks," "Th e Long Chance," "The Valley of Giants," "The Go Getter," by Peter B. Kyne; "Huckleberry Finn," "The Prince and the Pauper," "A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur," by Mark Twain; "The Scarlet Pimpernel," "The First Sir Percy," by Baroness Orczy; "McGlusky the Gold Seeker," "President McGlusky," "The R ed Hawk," by A. G. Hales; " The Ne'er-do-Well," "The Net," "The Iron Trail," by Rex Beach; "Bar 20," "Bar 20 Days," "Hopolong Cassidy," by Cl'arence Mulford; "To the Last Man," "The Roaring U.P. Trail," by Zane Grey; "The Adventures of Jimmie Dale," "From Now On," by Packard; "Troopel' 0 'N eill," "Colorado JiiD'," by

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Good child ; ''A Gentlem.a.n of Leisure, '' '' IndiscretioThs · of Archie, '' by W oodhoB.se ; ' ·The Man Trail, ' ' ·' The Snow Burner," by H enry Oyen; "The Loom of Youth," by W auah; ' 'Castle of the Carpathians, '' by J ules V erne; ··An Outl~w of the Plains," by George Surrey ; "Down the Amazon, " by Rathbone; "Trail of the Seneca," by Braden; " Trent's Last Case," by Bentley; "Our Admirable Betty," " The Amateur Gentleman," "The Broad Highway," by G. Farnol; '' Bindle, '' '' J ohu Dene of Toronto,' ' by H. J enkins ; "Mr . Steadfast, " "Salute to Adventurers," by John Buchan; "The Man who Almost Lost," by Joseph Hocking; '''fhe Great Impersonation, '' by P. Oppenheim; ''The Flying U 's Last Stand," by Bower; "Wh~spering Smith," by Speerman; '' Where the Pavement Ends,'' by Russell; "Scara.mouche," by Sabatini; "Tarzan, the Untamed," by Burr.oughs; "Way of Revelation," by Evyart; "Timb er Wolves ," by Cronin; "The Mystery of the Silver Dagger," by PalTish; '' Vice Versa,'' by Anstey; ''A Little More Than Kin," by Wentworth; "The Red Lady ," by Burt. These n ew volumes now bring the total number of books in the Libra.r y to approximately 2500. Very little change in the control of the Library has been n r-essary since the First Term. Slight alterations have been made to the rules; some of the cupboards have been m encled and refitted, and upwards of 300 torn books h ave been re-bounil. by the committee . To cope with the everinrr easing number of books, a new index book was secured, ani!. all names of books therein ent ered. In order to eliminat e any probability of confusion these were entered according; as the:y wer e classical , historical, or fiction.

FOOTBALL. NELSON COLLEGE VISIT. The whole School was looking forward with great interest to the coming of the Nelson College team at the end of the Second Term when news came through that owing to measles the trip would ha.ve to be postponed and perhaps nh:mil.oned altogeth er. The Nelson boys, however, had suffi r iently recovered to make the journey at the beginning of the Third Term. Saturday evening , September 23, saw a

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large numb er of masters, parents, old and present boys on the station to greet the visitors on their arrival. They were under the charge of Mr. J. G. McKay, and as they stepped out on to the platform h earty cheers were exchanged. The Nelson boys were then introduced to their hosts, and were ;;oon on their way to their temporary homes in New Plymouth. On Sunday morning both teams attended the School service at St. Mary's, where the Rev. E. H. Strong, an old boy of Nelson College, preached a stirring sermon. Afterwards they were the guests of the Nelson College old boys r esident in New Plymouth and the Taranaki Rugby Union in a motor trip to Mount Egmont. The cars left about 11 .30 a .m., and a pleasant trip soon brought us a.ll to the J'vlountain House. After lunch the visitors were taken up the track, and as the clouds lifted , our guests were fortunate enough to see our mountain in all her winter glory. After aft ernoon t ea all left for home, and New Plymouth was r eached at du 路k. Little was done on Monday morning, and i~ ~he afternoon the match :was played. In the evening the visitors attended a dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Moyes in the Assembly H all. The hall had been tastefully dec01:ate.t by the ~econd Fi.fteen, and the School Orchestra supplied the mus1C . A damty supper was served in the dining hall which had also been neatly decorated , the colours of tb' t~ro sch~ols oeing a promineD;t feature. Everyone enjoyed himself 1mmensely , and dancmg was kept up until a little after midnight. The visitors left by train early on Tuesday morning, and a large crowd were present to see them off and wish t~~m a pleasant j O';!rney back. We were all sorry that their v1sit was n ec.essanly so s.hort, but to us it was a very pleasant one mdeed , and If the Nelson boys enjoyed themsel-~ es h alf as m~ch as we did, then we are indeed quite satisfied. There 1s no doubt that the visit has done much to strengthen the bonds of friendship that already existed between the two schools. '

W e wish to take this opportunity to thank all those who help ed so much towards the entertainment of our visitors, to .the people of New Plymouth who gladly took the boys to th~1r homes, to the Nelson old boys , to the Taranaki Hugby Umon .. and to Mr. and Mrs . Moyes. . Their kind help and co-operatwn h ave made the visit one that will always 路 live in our minds.

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THE GAME. For the following account we are indebted to the Tarauaki Daily News:HIGH SCHOOL DEFEAT' NELSON COLLEGE.

FORTY-S路E VEN POINTS TO NIL. LOCAL BACKS TOO GOOD. The attraction of inter-collegia.t e football, in which one ex ects to see bright and attractive play, drew an attenda!ce of about 3000 to the Sports Ground at New Plymouth, when the New Plymouth High Scho?l and Nelso? qollege fifte ens played their annual match, High s.chool wmnmg b~ 47 points to nil. The conditions were all m favour of goo f tball the around being dry and the weather dull but fine , v.~~h little wind . Of the 47 points gained by High School.' Brown obtained ~0 (three tries and seven goals) , Foden 1~ (four tries), Shaw o (two tries), Mackay and Paterson 3 each. . d h 'l'he game was op en a?d attract1ve, a.n t o~gh 1't was somewhat one-sided, the visitors played a .determmed garr:e to the end . F.orward the teams were. fa1rly even, but m the rear division the School h9:d an Immense advantage. 'rheir backs worked like a machme and showed gr~at combination, initiating attack after attack, n~any ?拢 wh!-ch were pressed right home. They gave an exh1la:atmg d1spla~ of attractive, spectacular football, and thoroughly. d~s~rve~ their success. Nelson backs possessed some good.md1vH.lua , players , but the team did not succeeded in combmed worl< , their handling being very feeble. 'rhe gan1e op ened sell:sationa~ly. Scho~l kicked off, and almost immediately Brod1e set h1s backs gomg, and Alexander , Shaw ancl Brown handled till the ball r~ached Foden, who streaked across. Brown converted.-H1 gh School 5, Nelson College 0. For some time the pressure was all on Nelson, and play centred in the visitors' half. Time and ag~in Sc~ool attacked , but Nelson were successful in defendmg tne1r goal. Several bright passing bouts saw School danger<_H~S~ but Nelson str enuou ly defended. Presently th~ v1s1tm~ pack , h eaded by Wood , Hume, Wills, and Dalglmsh, earned play to School t erritory , where Sampson broke away, but was collared , as was Thompson a moment la~er. Colle~e press~d until Petty marked, and by fast followmg up spo1lt the r eturn, and a passing bout by School put them on the attack.

NELSON COLLEGE VISIT. 28 8chool, both backs and forwards_, tried har~ to score, but the tac:klina wa ound, and twice m successwn College were forced . Then from a scrum the ball travelled from Brodw to Alexander and Shaw to Brown, who badly be_at the oppoition and scored behind the posts, also convertmg.-Sc hool 10, College 0. !,.dams and Barron, with a clever move, gained considerable ground for Nelson, the latter being taken by Foden. College now tried to open out, but the bout broke down. School again gained the upper hand, and after play hau travelled up and down the field, Paterson scored from a forward rush. Brown goaled.-School 15, College 0. Almost immediately Brown and Brewster put School in an attacking position, but Alexander was caught with th ,路 ball . From the scrum Brodie set the speedy rearguard going, and Shaw made a nice opening for Brown, who scored a pretty try. Foden failed to goa.l. - School 18, College LJ . College now livened up, and good work by Irwin, Lloyd, Adams and Dalgleish carried play to Petty, who checked gamely, and in the resultant play School were forced. College again attacked, but the tackling was good. A moment later Petty , with a great kick, drove Nelson well back. The visitors were playing up now, but School again got going, and Brown, with a corkscrew run, beat several opponents, but no one was with him. Keeping up the pressure School forced their opponents, and just on half-time Fod~n was nicely taken by Thompson. 'l'he spell ended : High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Nelson College . ... . . . . .. ... . .. . .. . ......... . 0 On r esuming Eady retired, Stace taking his place. Nelson attacked at once, Irwin, Lloyd, Sampson and Adams handling nicely, but the bout broke down, and the School forward. returned play to half-way. Adams was prominent for the visitors, who kept play at midfield for a while. Then Brodie set his backs going, and the ball travelled via Alexander and Shaw to Foden, who sent it in again to Shaw, who streaked over the line. Brown converted.-School 23, College 0. School were now dominating play, and whenever the ball came to the backs it spelt danger for Nelson. The College boys, however, fought splendidly. Adams gathered up smartly and tried to get his wings moving, but Thompson fail ed to take a high kick, and this let School attack, Brown !.lttempting to pot. Brodie "dummied" nicely to Christie,

SEVEN-A-SIDE TEAM, 1922 (Winners of T.R.U. Senior Seven-llrside 'l'ournament).

FIRS'J.'路 FIF'lEEl~, 1922 Oakley (Winners of T.R.U. Second Grade Cha-mpionship).

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whose pass went forward right on the line, Nelson forcing from the scrum . 'l'he Nelson backs carried play to School territory, where Adams wa.s upended. Then Collins made a gr eat opening for L. ClD:istie, who handed on to Foden, and the latter did the rest. Brown converted.-School 28, CoLlege 0. Eaves , the Nelson full-back, beat several badly, but Collins smothered Thomp.son 's return. Like a fl.8!sh the ball travelled via Brodie and Alexa.nder to Shaw, who cut in and handed on to Brown, who outpaced the opposition and ::;cored. Brown failed to goaL-School 31, College 0. Dalgleish, Wood, Knyvett, and Wills were prominent in a gr eat rush that saw the latter pushed out at the corner by Petty, whilst Thompson was also well taken by Foden. From a free kick Adams failed to goal, and from a m ark Lloyd just m issed a drop-kick at goal. College tried hard to score, but the defence stood the strain , and finally a long kick by Brown found touch poot half-way. Irwin tried to 路et his backs going, but the attempt woo weak. Then Brodie set his men moving in great style, all h andling well. Brown made an opening for Mackay, who streaked across. Brown goaled.-School 36, College 0. Almost immediately Paterson broke away, and the ba.ll came to Foden, who beat the opposition, and running behind the po 路ts, scored. Brown converted.-School 41, College 0. S hoot soon got going again, a nice bout ending in Shaw ::;c.;oriug. Brown failed to goal.-School 44, College 0. atill K olson did not relax, a.nd a pretty bout of poosing .;a w the ball come via all the backs to Barron, who was taken by P etty, a scrum on the line ensuing. Adams marked and had a shot, but the ball was charged down. Brown made a 路haracteri 路tic dash and removed the danger. Then the ball travell ed from Brodie along the line to Shaw, who beat about three opponents and handed on to Foden, who ::;cored . Brown failed to goal. 'rime then sounded with the sc.; ore: High School . . .. ... ....... .... . . ............. 47 0 Nelson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. A. H . Guy refereed. The Boys' High School and Nelson College have met on two previous occasions . In 1919, at New Plymouth, Nelson won by 13 tot~ , whilst at Nelson last year New Plymouth turned the tables, winning by 21 to 6.

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The 1922 season has without doubt been the most successful in the history of the School. Not only has the fifteen succeeded in winning for the first time the Taranaki First Junior Championship, but it has also ga.ined its first victory over \Vanganui College and an easy victory .over Nelson College. In addition to this, the first seven won the Senior Seven-a-side Tournament at New Plymouth on June 3. These victories, however, have not been gained without much hard work, constant training, and the worries that inevitably come when players are injured . The team struck form early, both backs and forwards playing with fine dash and combination. Although the training indulged in wa-s not heavy, yet staleness began to make its appearance about three weeks before the W angan ui match ; added to this several players were injured, and it was with a certain amount of appreh ension that we went out to meet our Wanganui friends. After this match the team had a 1spell of three weeks, long walks and a trip to the ranges were indulged in, and soon we had the satisfaction of seeing the team com e back to its best form. This enabled it to win the Junior Championship quite comfortably. The September holiday's afforded another spell , and when the team returned at the beginning of the third term it ga.ve its two best performances of the year by narrowly defeating a strong Old Boys' team aft er a splendid exhibition, and then putting up a big score against Nelson.

The third fifteen wws again successful in winning the Taranaki Fourth Gr ade Championship. Though not a big team, it is very keen, and the combination of the backs has been exceptionally good. The forwards at all times played vigorously, a.n d their scrum-work and following up were of a. high order. The fourth fifteen and lower grades have had a most enjoyable season, and there are many players among these junior boys who show promise of reaching the first fifteen within the next few years. WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL v. NEW PLYMOU'rH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL.

'The chief strength of the team lies in its back division. 'l'h e combination has been an exceptionally dangerous one on the attack, an~ the majority of the points scored by the team has ?een gamed by the three-quarter line after good crisp passmg bouts. The forwards, though not brilliant, have played h ard, S"~lid games, and their efforts in the final championship match against Clifton, and in the annual match with the Old Boys, are worthy of all praise. A gr eat deal of the success of the team has been due to the happy relation路 existing between the various members. 'l'here _has b_e~n no gru~bling, and everyone has stuck closely to h1 trammg and tned to aet himself as fit as ~ossiblc. Th Rce nd fifte n h ave als~ rendered gr eat ser-:we by the ~'ay they have turned out and stood up agaml'lt the heavwr first fifteen at practice. Some of these boys will have their reward next season when the first fifteen caps are being handed out. 路

On July 8 the whole School journeyed to Hawera, in a special train leaving at 7.30, to barrack for the first fifteen in their match against W anganui College. We take this opportunity of thanking those Hawera people who so kindly made arrangements for providing the School with refreshments. 'l'he following ac ount of the match is taken from the Taranaki Herald. The teams were: Wanganui (white) .-Full-back, Williams; threequarters, Broad, Hewitt ( captam), Camp bell; five-eighths, Ormond, Bremner; half-back, Blythe; forwards, Williams (wing), Young, Hawkins, Hare, Fairbrother, Lance, Willis and Halcombe. High School (black and white) .-Full-back, Taylor; three-quarters, Foden, Brown (captain), Ab bott; fiveeighths, Morey, Alexander; half-back, Brodie; forwards , Paterson (wing), Rickard, L. Christie, Collins, Palmer, Rev ell, R. Christie and Brewster. Wanganui kicked off facing the sun, and immediately. assumed the offensive. Campbell got off-side, but Hare led the white forwards to the line, where from a scramble Bremner secured and scored rather easily. Hare failed to convert. College 3 School 0 A bright passing rush by the W anganui backs again looked dangerous, Hewitt cutting in nicely and passing to Campbell, who was almost over in the corner, but Brown dealt with him safely and play reverted to mid-field. Abbott gained po:session and penetrated the opposing defence solo for about twenty yards, but slipped wh en endeavouring to beat the full-back High School attacked and were

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awarded a penalty kick, which Brown just failed t d d . . . o s~n over. The blacks continued to attack more dash into their play R k d an h were mfusmg with the ball and Brodie openedc o a: thmot ered Williams ner saved. Alexander made a r~tt e g~e, but Bremtu ·sle on the line took place ~ . Y cut ~n, and a long forced. A period of forward, un~g "_'hiCh Wanganui Brewster broke up a W l?lay m mid-field followed had another attempt at an1~nm attack, and later Brow~ for obstructing. Thrillin~oal~ng, when Hewitt was caught Morey, who received fro~p B~ ~~llowe~. A breakaway by and Brown found touch nem~o Ie , game~ useful ground, had forced twice in succession ;~: g~al~~ne. yY'anganui ful man behind the scrum .. n ro le! who I•S a usean~er ,_ Morey and Foden ha:d~i~ed the blmd side, Alexstnppmg several opponents befor g, t~e la;st na~ed outwhiCh Brown was· unable t o convert e sconng a beautiful try '

~~~~~le · · ·· ····· ·· ····· · ········ ······ ········· 3 :From the kicl~~~~ .. ~~~.. .. 3 Hewitt invad ed black territ;l~ce was fast. Ormond and great opportunity, and Hi h S yh but a . knock-on spoilt a Numerou s infringements gho c o~l returned ~ the attack. off their attacks Br·od! Bwever' were takmg the sting . . . le rown d Fad ~-mted m a promi ·in a mo~em an en were assomto touch-in-goal wh~n acr enRr b_ut Foden lost the ball a moment later, but the bo~~~ b orey_ chased the ball over fa,;t play followed S ·h 1 e ~at him for a try. Hard t d b ' c oo smashino· thr h , ~ oppe y sme tacklino· H 'tt " oug , only to be Ily, and the form er had'to r eet:: W:d Brown ?ollided heavmade another da. h for the line fm a short tune.. Foden fine tackle, whilst on the oth : ~t Campbell got him with a narrowly missed scorin . ;~hwmg A~ bot~ and Morey both the gong ounded for hj"f-time. ool were s till pressing when A handy kick by Brown m cdiatcly put Wanaa . . when play wa;s resumed imon the defe · 1 a . clever cut in ,nm mace but the nsive. Alexander Alr~wst Immediateiy Alexa cl . ball was_ passed forward. :vhipped out to Morey. Bl:v~ secured In the ruck and m the leather neatly raced was handy, and gathering he failed to conveit. ' over and scored a try, which School College 6 . Continuing th~ · ·~·1:~~~~~:~· · ·Hi.·· ········· ·... . .. 3 anxi~>us and were several ti~1 gh S~hool became overreceived a nasty blow in the fir~s penahs~d. Hewitt, who t spell , still seemed a little 00

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groggy and nearly let Brown through, but Williams savea . Wanganui ra.llied and made desperate efforts to score. Campbell got away nicely, but was unlucky in losing the ball when h e had a practically clea.r field. A dash by Hewitt stopped at Abbott. Fairbrother made a :s plendid attempt at goal when High School infringed, and Young led a promising attack, but the ball went into touch. The whites now assumed more aggressive tactics and set up a strong attack. Fairbrother rushed play to the line, where the blacks infringed, but his drop-kick at goal failed to rise. Blythe, the Wanganui half, got his backs in motion. Hewitt and Broad threatened the School line, but tenacious tackling and a good kick by Brown kept it intact. College held the initiative for some time. Hewitt went alone , but met with little 'su ccess . Blythe, who is a nippy half , got possession and, after a sma.rt piece of work , passed out to Broad , who passed in again for Blythe to Rrore in the corner. Hewitt' kick fail ed.

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With the score equal gr eat excitement prevailed and fast play followed. School had a busy time in stemming the College 's determined onslaughts. Brown and Abbott , with assistance from Taylor, worked play into Wanganui territory, where Foden and Bro-w n both made attempts to goal , the latter 's kick falling just under the bar. School pressed and Broad was lucky in just touching a pruss to Abbott, who had only to dive across . With Fail·brother and Blythe in the forefront, a forward rush by College threatened danger, but Brovvn stopped the att ack. Foden secured and raced away for the line. Williams stopped him, and both players were out for a few minutes. Ormond sent play back to half-wa.y, but the School forwards, led by Paterson , who was forever on the ball, opened the way for the backs, who att-acked 's trenuously for some time, but were unable to penetrate a solid defence. Brown, however, made no mistake when CoUege infringed in a dangerous position, and placed his tea,rn in the lead with a beautiful goal.

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A free kick put College attacking, but the gong sounded and an exciting game ended.

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The following is the result of the First Fifteen competition matches:Won.

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Champ. points.

265

Matches played.

13 2

College Matches. 0 56

FIRST FIFTEEN v. TUKAP A. (May 13-Won 24 to 3.) This match took place in the Recreation Ground and Foden, Abbott, Palmer, proved an easy win for School. Alexander and Shaw •scored. Foden converted one Brown ' converted two and kicked a penalty. • v. CLIFTON. (May 20~Won 17 to 6.) The First Fifteen journeyed to Clifton, and after a hard and exciting game in the wet managed to defeat their much For School, Abbott, Brown, Palmer heavier opponents . Brown converted one and kicked a and Shaw 1scored. penalty. v. STAR. (May 27-Won 32 to 3.) This ma~ch was played on a fine da.y at Pukekura. Park.

Sc~ool, makmg t)l~ game open and tossing the ball about,

easily defeated their opponents. Brown and Foden scored two tries, while Collins, Brodie and Abbott scored one. Brown converted four and kicked a. penalty. v. RAHOTU. (June 10-Won 40 to nil.) As it was a fine day Brodie set going at every opportunity the backs, who ran through the Rahotu defence time and again. At this time the team was at its best both forwards and backs being very fit, which enabled th'em to play fast football. Foden scored four tries Brown three Abbott two and Jack Paterson one. Brown'converted five:

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v. OLD BOYS. (June 17-Won 12 to 3.) This was the commencement of the second round. School played with three emergen cies, Alexander, Shaw and Brewster being on the injured list. It was a poor exhibition of Rugby, and School were lucky to win. The backs lacked their usual sting, and the forwards were slow and Brown It was evident that the team was stale. lazy. scor ed two tries, Foden one a.nd Christie one. v. TUKAPA. (June 24-Won 16 to 9.) This match took place at Pukekura Park and the School team put on a poor exhibition. The victory was due to the way the team stuck to it till the end . Mackay and Brown scored two tries, the latter converting two. v. CLIFTON. (July 1-Lost 13 to 6.) The This was School's 09ly defeat of the season. match was played at Western Park in wet weather, and the School's opponents were very heavy, especially in the forwards. School were leading at half-time by 6 to nil, but in the second spell the heavy Clifton forwards wore our lighter pa.ck down. Mackay and Brown scored for School. v. STAR. (July 15-Won 11 to 3.) The small scoring was due to the team's staleness. The School had no dash and .seemed to be very tired at the conclusion of the game. Foden scored two tries and Rickarrl one. Brown converted one. v. URENUI. (July 29-Won 38 to· 3.) As we had a bye the previous Saturday we went for a tramp to the ranges with the hope o.f working off some of our staleness. The team felt fit and fresh when they entered the fi eld to play Urenui. The backs tossed the ball about Time and and the forwards played with their old dash . again the ball shot out to the wings. Foden, Abbott and Brown scored two tries, while Pahner, L. Christie, Collins and Alexander scored one, Fod~m converted one a!ld Brown three.

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v. URENUI. (August 3-Won 11 to 3.) School journeyed to Urenui on Thur.s day to play the return match . After a dull and somewpat disappointing match School managed to pull off a victory. Abbott scored two tries, Foden one and Brown converted one. v. CLIFTON. (August 12-Won 13 to 5.) This was the final for the N m路thern Division, and was played in Pukekura Park as a curtain-raiser to a representative match. Clifton brought in a very heavy team and School knew they were up against it. Right from the kickoff the game was made open, and Shaw, who always plays a clever game at second five-eighth, saw an opening and potted a very pretty goal. This aroused Clifton, and at halftime the scor e was 5 to 4 in Clifton's favour. In the second spell both the School backs and forwards tossed the ball about, .and wore Clifton down. After a fine dribblinf! rush Paterson, who is forever on the ball, scored a brilliant try. Brown scored a try and kicked a penalty . SENlOR A IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD TEAM, 1922.

v. OKAIAWA. (August 19-Won 21 to nil.) The match took place at Hawera and was the final for the Taranaki First Junior championship. School did not play up to their usual form. The forwards seemed to be saving themselves for the following Thursday, when we were supposed to play Nelson. The ground was wet and heavy, which was the reason that the game w&s slow and dull. The School backs did not get many opportunities, a, the opposing forwards were very heavy and invariably hooked the ball. We took full advantage of our opponents' mistakes , and it was from these we were able to score. Foden scored two tries , and Eaves a.nd Brown one. The latter kicked a penalty goal a.nd converted three tries. v. OLD BOYS. (September 16-Won 17 to 16.) Tllis was the annual m at ch between Old Boys' senior team and School. It took place in the R ecr eation Grounds and the conditions were in every way suitable for football . JUNIOR D IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD TEAM, 1922.

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The match proved to be the best School had played during the whole .season; every member put every ounce of vim into it. The team was no doubt at the top of its form-it had lost its staleness during the term holidays. As the Old Boys' representative had returned from the South Island they were able to enter the field with their strongest possible team. l<'rom the kick-off both teams made the play open, and it vvas not long before our much heavier opponents had built their score to ten. When half-time sounded the score was 10 to 5 in Old Boys' favour. On resuming, Old Boys got busy, and it was not long before their score had reached 16. School , however, never gave in; they stuck to it as long as time lasted. Time and again the ball shot out to the School's speedy wings, but the opposing three-quarter line W!lis faultless on the defence. With twenty minutes to go the score was still 16 to 5. School , 路who were fitter than Old Boys, still kept the game open, and John Brodie, who was playing well behind the scrum, badly dummied the opposing five eighths, and thus made some clever openings, which were no doubt the cause of Old Boys' defeat. For Old Boy-s, Sykes , Boon, Penniall, and Wilson scored. Doile converted two. For School, Brewster, Palmer, Brodie , and Shaw crossed the line , while Brown converted one and kicked a penalty. SEVEN-ASIDE TOURNAMENTS. The School seven, consisting of Brown, Brodie, Foden, Paterson, Shaw, Alexander, and Brewster, journeyed to Okaiawa to play in a seven-aside competition. In the first round they drew to play Okaiawa A and defeated them by 8 points to nil. Brown and Foden scored, one of which was converted by Brown. In the second round they played Joll's and were defeated by 13 to 4. For School, Brown drop-kicked a goal from the field. On April27 the team journeyed toKaponga. First round: v. Kaponga C (won 6 to nil). Foden and Morey scored tries. Second round: v . Kaponga. Hockey (won 13 to 3). Foden scored two tries and potted a goal, and Paterson sco-red a try. Final: v. Petone (lost 8 to 3). This proved a路 very fast and strenuous game . Petone possessed some very speedy members , who were no doubt the cause of School's defeat. After several passing rushes School succeeded in working the outnumbering attack, which resulted in Foden crossing the line. At the June 3 tournament a.t New Plymouth two teams were entered from the School. First round : School A v. Star A (won 8 to 3). Brown scored two tries, one of which

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he converted. School B drew a bye. Second round: School A , a bye. School B v. Technical College A (won 6 to 3). Morey and Jim Revell scored tries. Third round: School A v. Sehool B (A won 15 to nil). Shaw scored two tries, Foden one, and Brown converted tlll'ee. Final: School A v. Inglewood (won 5 to 3). Foden scored and Brown converted.

v. TUKAPA. (July 1-Won 20 to nil.) Morey and Mason scored a try each and Dinniss two. Petty converted four. V . 'I'ECHNICAL COL.L EGE. (July 8- Lost 18 to 9.)

For School, Mason, Davies, and. Guy •scored.

SECOND FIFTEEN NO'l''E S. (W. H. ¥a son .) v. TUKAPA. (April 22-Won 6 to nil.) This proved a very strenuous contest, but School were superior in the forwards . Tries were obtained by Davies and Mauri. v. TECHNICAL COLLEGE. (April 29-Lost7 to 3.) Just before half-time, when the score was 3 to nil in favour of Technical College, the ball shot out to Mackay, who scored in the corner. This was School's only score.

v. OKATO. (May 6-Won 13 to 3.) School journeyed to Okato, where they easily defeated the home team. For School, Dinniss, Mauri, and Mackay scored. Mason and Mackay e<mverted one each. On the three following Saturdays, Lepperton Clifton, and Urenui forfeited. ' v. OLD BOYS . (June 17-Lost 12 to 3.) . School were wea.kly represented, 1several men being picked to play for the First Fifteen. Petty kicked a penalty. V . STAR. (June 24-Lost 6 to 3.)

. T?-is was a very closely contested game. After a good dnbblmg rush Eaves , who is always on the ball, scored a clever try.

v. OLD BOYS . (August 5-Won 21 to 3.) This proved an easy victory for School, wh~ were superior in all departments. Petty scored three tnes and converted three, while Fookes and Mason ,s cored one try each. V. STAR. (August 12-Lost 17 to 5.) This ma.tch took place on the Racecourse in a strong wind. Star were •s uperior in the forwards. The School backs did not have many opportunities. Banks scored and Stevenson converted

THIIRD FIFTEEN. V. STAR. (April 22-Won 18 to nil.) Lash scored two tries and J effries one. Petty converted two and kicked a penalty. J effries converted one.

v. OLD BOYS. (April29-Won 13 to nil.) Fletcher, Jeffries and Petty scored. The latter converted two. v. CLIFTON. (May 6-Won 21 to nil.) Petty scored two, J effries one, Gibson one, Dinniss one, M UI'dock one, and Moorhead one. v. HIGH SCHOOL D . (May 13-Won 31 to nil.) Petty scored three tries, Jackson, Dinniss, Webb, and Pope one each. Petty converted five.

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v. TUKAPA. (May 20-Lost 5 to 3.) Thi::; ·wa::; the first defeat of the season. Petty kicked a penalty . v. STAR. (Ma-y 27-Won 24 to nil.) Petty scored two tries, Dinni•ss, Gibson, Bellringer, and E. Mason one each. Petty converted three.

'l'he juniors are divided into two groups, A and B. The A group played four rounds and the B three round·s. The following are the positions of the leading teams for the season:A GRADE.

v. HIGH SCHOOL D. (June 10-Won 8 to niL) J ackson and Petty scored, the latter converting one.

Tukapa, 22 points . .. . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. . . .. . . . . . 1 Inglewood, 21 points . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. 2 Star and Okaia.wa, each 16 points 3

v. TUKAPA. (June 17-Won 3 to niL) Petty kicked a penalty. v. STRATFORD. (August 12-Won 11 to 3.) This was the fin al for the Taranaki Fourth Grade championship. It proved a very fast and exciting contest. Although the School backs were by far the lighter, they made up for it by their nippiness and dash. The forwards also played well, especia.Uy in t,he loose. For School, Petty, Smith and Fookes scored, while Petty converted one.

FOURTH FIFTEEN. v. Old Boys.-April 22: Lost 4 to 0. v. Tukapa .-April 29: Lost 13 to 5. Bleakley scored and converted . v. Star .-May 6: Draw, no 1scor e. v. School C.-May 13: Lost 31 to niL v. Clifton.-May 20 : Clifton forfeited. Moyes and v. Old Boys.-May 27: Won 8 to 6. Brokenshire scored, the former converting one. v. Tukapa.-June 10 : Won 7 to 3. Moyes scored and Hawkins potted a goaL v. Star.- June 17: Won 9 to niL Cooke, Brokenshire and Mitchinson scored. v. High School C. -June 24 : Lost 8 to nil.

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B GRADE. Albions, 21 points . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparatory, 19 points ..................... Wanderers , 14 points

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JUNIOR SEVEN-ASIDE TOURNAMENT. Winners. Tukapa. Prepa-ratory

A Grade B Grade

ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE (L. Dinniss.) 'l'he Annual Steeplechase wa.s run on the Golf Links on 'l'hursday, October 12. The weather was threatening with rain , but this did not prevent a considerable number of parents and friends from being present.

JUNIOR STEEPLECHASE . In the junior event there were 64 competitors. The limit boys start ed at 2.30 and 1! minutes later the scratch boys had left. When the leading boy came into view, he was seen to have establish ed a good lead and by the aid of field-glasses he was found to be A. Field. He finished well

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in front of P. Grover , the second boy home. This constitutes the .second win for Field, who came in first in last year 's race. The first t en were : . A. Field (40sec.) , 13min .... .. .. .. ......... .. ....... 1 P. Grover (scr. ), 12min. 38sec. .......... .. ......... 2 Olson (scr.) , 12min. 39sec. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 3 H.oebuck ( scr .) , 12min. 42sec. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . 4 '1'. B ellringer (scr .), 12min. 55sec. ...... .. .. .. ... 5 H . Thomson (90sec. ), 14min. 30sec .... ......... 6 D. J ackson (80sec.) , 14min. 22sec .. ... .... ..... .. 7 L . B arlow (scr. ) , 13min. 3sec ............... .. ..... 8 H . L aw (90sec.), 14min. 34sec . ...... ............... \:! A. H.ead (30sec.), 14min ........ ... ... .. ... ... ...... 10 The n ext in order wer e :-Gm· don ( 40sec.) , 14min. llsec . ; T. Bayly (40sec. ), 14min. 12sec. ; A. Wilson (30sec.) , 14min. 3sec . ; Buchanan (20sec.) , 13min. 53sec .; J . H ammonds (10sec.), 13min. 43sec.; McCann (scr.) , 13min. 35sec. ; B . Cooke (scr.), 13min. 41sec. P . Grover gained fast est time, t aking 12min. 38sec. 'l'his is 1 m inute 3 seconds faster than T. Bellringer 's time for la.st year. SENIOH. STEEPLECHA SE. Two hundred and thirty boys started in the senior race. 'l'he limit m en had 2t minutes start , and had covered a consider able dist ance befor e the scrat ch m en caught up with the r est of t he fi eld. The high tide m ade the beach section stiff running. When the leaders came into view aft er leaving t he beach , the fi rst m an had a good lead. A little lat er h e '''as identified as H.ob ertson, and E. G. Smith was then running fifth . H.ob ertson maintained his lead and r an in 49 3-5sec. ahead of Sm ith, who had com e up to second place. Smith r an exceedingly well, t aking 58 3-5sec. less than h e did last year , thus m aking a new r ecord of 24min . 20sec . This is the third time Smith h as done well . In 1920 and in 1921 h e won , and m ade the fast est time in the latter year . Following ar e the det ails :D. H.obertson (1min. 50sec .), 25min. 20 2-5sec. 1 E . G. Smith (scr .), 24min. 20sec . .... ............ .. 2 J . Gr ey (2min ) , 26min. 30sec. . .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. 3 D. Wilson (30sec .), 25min. 1sec . .. ............ .. .. 4 L . H.ichardson (80sec.) , 25min . 52sec. . .. .. .. . .. .. 5 Crawford (60sec.) , 26m in . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . .. .. . 6 J ackson P alm er ( 50sec.) , 25min. 55sec. . . . . . . . . . 7 W . Brewst er (1min . 30sec.), 26min. 45sec. 8 H. S. Knuckey (1min.), 26min. 16sec. 9 R Brewst er ( scr. ) , 25min. 30sec. ..... .. . .. .. .. . .. .. 10

Next in order were:-Taylm· (30sec.), 26~i~. lsec. ; "!· A. Brodie (80sec .) , 26min. 53sec. ; qhnstian (lm~n . 20sec) 27min. ; J . Brodie (20sec.), 26mm. 2sec. ; Mor_ey (30se~. ) , 26min. 15sec . ; Brokenshire (30sec.), 26~m . 23sec .; Jillett (lmin.), 26min. 53sec. ; SutheJ;land (1mm .), 27min. 1sec . ; Forsyth (1min. 20sec.) , 27mm. 21sec. ; C. J ackson (1min. 50sec.) , 27min . 52sec. 'rhe fastest times were:E. G. Smith, 24min. 20sec. . .. .. ... .. ............. · 1 D. Wilson, 25min. 1sec. .. ............... · .. .... · .... · 2 D. H.ob ertson, 25min. 20 2-5sec . .... ... .... .. .... . 3 R. Brewster, 25min. 30sec . .. .. ........ .. ...... .. .. .. · 4 L. H.ichardson , 25min. 52 sec. .. .... ....... ·........ .. 5 J ackson Palm er, 25min . 55sec. . ............. ·...... 6 Crawford, 26min. ..................... ........... 7 J . Brodie, 26min. 2sec. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 The times put up by Smith and Wilson were both faster than la;st year 's record. CHAMPIONSH IP POINTS . Senior .-R. Brew,st er 5, D . Mackay 3, L. Abbott 1. Junior.-G. Sutherland 5, C. J . Collins 3, E. Ma-son 1. Under 14.-P. Grover 5, Olson 3, H.oebuck 1. Under 12.-A. Field 5, 0. Clarke 3, Cresswell 1. Under 10.-H. Thoms on 5, H. L aw 3, T . B arlow l.

CRICKET NOTES. (J . Brodie.) Not withst-anding that it is so early in the season we h ave already played two of our most important fixtures---:one against the Mast ers and the other our annual_ match _agamst Old B oys . The m at ch es proved exceedingly mtere~tmg ~n~ the r esults surprising. The Masters defeat ed us Ign_omm~ ously and we- we defeat ed the Old B oys. W e believe It is the fir st time that Scohol has defeated our generous rivals at cricket. E ven now , however , we cannot t ak e too m uch cr edit upon our achievem ent, for w~ h ave ~ small but persist ent notion that , h ad th e Old Boys cap_t am ~ a.d e ~s play strictly to time, he would h ave beell: qmte wi~hm his limits in callina the m at ch a draw. Our victory agamst Old Boys was dueb chiefly- to the ~atting , did s?me familia:r voices say?-no , to th e fine ~attmg of I. P al~ er and Taylor. 'l'h ese two put up a first wick et partnership of 100. P alm er , himself , m ade 100 not out, aft er a pretty an~ exceedingly cr editable innings . W e offer him our heartiest congratulations on his fine performance.

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'lhe first important function that the Orch estra att ended was the long-night dance at the end of the second t erm . Much practice under the efficient leader,s hip of Eric Lamas was responsible for the success of this performance. On the following evening a concert was staged, and the following programme was presented to a large and appreciative a.udience :-Overtur e, " Everybody calls m e Honey, " Or0hestra ; d1orus (select ed), Preparatory boys; song, ''A noise annoys an oyster , " Aubrey; song, " The hills of Donegal, " Lamas ; chorus, " H appy ," The Boys; piano solo (select ed ), Wilson ; r ecitation (•s elected) , P. Moyes and Co.; selection , " Ki,;s a miss," Orchestra ; songs, " Laughing Vamp" and " Amazon," P eyton and Robinson; -pianoforte item s, Mr . Dobson and Guy; community sing, B.H.S. Choral Society ; selection , 0-H-I-0 ," Orchestra; song, "The old sun-downer ," P eyton ; s ong, " Oh! Mother I'm wild ," W. Blair and Co. ; son g, " Brian of Glenaar ," Lamas ; quartett e , ' ' Cavatina ' '; song, " Oh! L ady," W. Foot e ; song, '' There you ar e then , " Davies ; song, " I 'd love to fall asleep ," Alexander ; selection , " I love you Sunday ," Orchestra ; local parody , Buick and Co.; recitation, Davies; son gs , " It 'll be all the sam e" and " Mammy's little sunny honey boy ," B anks and Murdoch; duet, "The only way ," Alexander and Davie. ; chorus, " The Sheik," The Boys; finale, ''Chariot r ace , ' ' Orch estra; National Anthem. The quart ette which played in this concert was organised by Miss Dowling. It · m emb er s wer e as follow s :-Brodie (violin), Mitchinson (viol in cello) , Cottier (violin) , and Bree (piano) . The evening of August 21 saw an en action of Longfellow 's " Hiawatha " at th e E mpire Theatre. At this production the orehestra gave two selections . These wer e r eceived so enthusiasticall y that two encores wer e necessary. 'l'he Orch estra wer e invit ed to play at the W est End a chool's concert on September 20 and 21. Two selections wer e given on the fir st night, but on the second the m an agement asked our perform ers to pro-tract their progr amme, so the numb er of item s was incr eased t o seven. In honour of the advent of the Nelson College footballers , a dune was h eld in th e Assem bly H all on September 25. The m usic fo r this function was supplied by the Orchestra , and to judge by the applause of the dan cers was well executed .

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On Sa.t urda-J, Octob er 21, a Gala D ay was organised by the Old Boys ' Association for the purpose of raising funds for our much-needed gymnasium. While partaking of tea, the patrons of this fete w ere regaled alike with the floating ,;trains of the dreamy waltz and the sonorous vigour of the m arch or fox-trot. W e notice with r egret and d~sappointment that the vacan cies in the Orch estral ranks caused by the departure ot previous clarinette player,s have not been fill ed; and that there has not yet joined the Orchestra any member who can officiat e at the double-bass. It is hop ed that the in,;trum ~ntation may yet include these desirable additions .

AGRICUL TORE NOTES. President Garfield·.-"At the h ead of a.Il the sciences and :u·ts, at t he head of civilization a.ud progress, stands-not militarism, t he science that kills ; not commerce, the a.rt that accumulates wealth- but agriculture, the mother of all industry a.nd the ma.int uiner of human life."

W e h ave been fortunat e in securing for our practical work a level piece of ground close t o the School. During the term m uch h ard work was n ecessary to clean it up , m easure out plots, and get it r eady for planting and sowing. H owever , t wo experiments ar e now under way a.nd other plots are in r eadiness . :For t he Manurial Trial , eight plots of equal area \rere t aken. The following shows the classes of manures applied : -P lot 1: Nitrogen . Plot 2: Phosphorus . Plot 3: Pot ash . Plot 4 : Nitrogen and Phosphorus . Plot 5: Nitrogen and Potash . P lot 6: Phosphorus and Potash. Plot 7: Nitrogen , Phosphorus and Potwsh. Plot 8 : No manurecontrol plot . So fa r Plot 1 h a·s made most growth, while P lot 8 is backward. However , wh en the cr op is mature, it will be dug and w igh ed and the r esults worked out. The summary of r esults will be published in the n ext Magazine. Methods of Planting.-During the t erm Mr. L. B . W ebst er gave us a lecture on , and demonstration of, the method h e adopts in planting potatoes . Briefly, instead of digging a ·hallow trench , placing the potato sets in it and

ANNUAL ATHLETIC SPORTS. 46 then covering, he places the set s on the surfa.ce and covers them with about four inches of soil. He claims many ~d vantages for this m ethod. To find out fm, ourselves whiCh is the better h ere, we planted one area as he su ggested ~nd another adjacent area. in the usual way. We are lookmg forward to the result s with inter est.

Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Cl~bs.-From the Preparatory Classes, ther e ar e seven entnes for Mangold and Carrot Growina Com petition. Although most of the competitors usually spend their Christmas holidays away from New Plymouth, this year they h a.ve _undertake~ to attend to their plots at r egular interva:ls dunn.g the ~ohdays. Indeed , the long Christmas vacatwn , dunng whiCh crops and weeds grow rapidly, Reriously interfer es with all plot work. For the Poultry R earing Competition there is one entry, and for the Calf Rearing a similar number. GeneraL-Keen rivalry exist s in the lower forms over the formation of a weed h er barium . One section of the class •s et out t o collect weeds of the roadside, others of the cliffs , pastures, cutlivat ed garden s, et c. Some u:s~fu~ information r egarding plant life, h abitat .and . ass oCiatiOns , et c., should be available wh en t he h erbanum IS more complet e. Preparations for spraying the potat o crop, to prevent t he blight , " Phytophthora infestans,". are ? eing m ade. A fun baicide-Bordeaux Mixture 4-4-40-Is bem g used.

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committee ar e also due to Mrs . Moyes and the ladies who so ably disp ensed afternoon t ea in the Assembly Hall, where some musical items were r endered by Mrs. Wood's Orch estra . Th e officials for the day wer e :-Judges, Dr. Fookes, Messr s. W. C. W eston, L . B . W ebster, E. Griffiths, E. J ackson , R. W. D. Robertson , E. Whittle, T. C. List and A. L . Humphries . Starter: Mr . W. H . Moyes. Marksmen: Rev . E . H. Strong and Mr. A. J . P a.pps. Ground Stewards: Messrs . C. G. Bottrill, W. G. Wilkie, J . Dobson, G. H . Pop e and R. 0. C. Marks. Stewards : Messrs. R. H. Rockel, J . W . Connell, G. F. B ertrand , A. G. Johnson and F. J . Eggleton . Timekeep er-s : Messrs. J. B ennett, N. Gr einer , V . D algleish and W. Roberts. Committee: Mr. A. W . Diprose (ch airman ), Mr . A. M . Bradbury, H. W . Rickard , K. R. Taylor , A. 3. P at erson, J . T. Shaw and L. H . Abbott. Secr etaries : T. N . Foden and H . W . Brown. The following aJ."e the r esults of the various events of the programme : 150 Yards Open.-First h eat: C. Cooke (llyd.s.) , 1 ; time, 17sec. Second heat: McMahon (8yds. ), 1; time, 17sec . Third h eat: R evell (3yds.), 1; time, 16 2-5sec. Fourth h eat : Guy (6yd-s .), 1; time 17 2-5sec. Fifth heat: McCa1lum (10yds.), 1 ; t ime, 17 2-5sec. Sixth heat: Erlandson (5yds.), 1 ; time 17 1-5sec . Seventh heat : H . Clarke (10yds.), 1 ; t ime 17 2-5sec. Eighth heat : T. Fookes (10yds.), 1 ; t ime 17sec . Ninth h eat: Blundell (1 3yds.), 1 ; time, 16 4-5sec. Tenth h eat: H . Insull (9yds. ) , 1 ; t ime, 16 2-5sec . E leventh h eat : K. Taylor (9yds.), 1 ; time, 17 2-5sec. F inal : H. Insull 1, R evell 2, McMahon 3; time, 16sec.

The Annual Athletic Sport s were h eld on the ~chool arounds on Saturday, 28th October , under very smtable ~veather conditions. Some very inter esting finish es wer e witnessed by th e large cr owd of par ents, old boys and friends pr esent, especially wh en Brown lowered the 440 yards senior r ecord from 56 2 - 5s~c. t o 55 1-5sec. ! and the 880 yards senior r ecord from 2r~nn . 1 ~sec . to 2mm; 1~sec . E . G. Smith a1so broke the m ile semor r ecord, his time, from scratch , being 4min. 55 1-5sec ., while Grover, in the 220 yards under 14 yearR, lower ed the r ecord by 3-5sec ., hiR t ime being 28 2-5s c.

100 Yards (under 15) .-First h eat : Gr over (4yds.) 1, S. Cottier (scr .) 2, S. Richardson (4yds.) 3; time, 12sec. Second h eat: Robb (4yds.) 1, R. Flet ch er (1yd .) 2 , R. Sampson (3yds.) 3; t ime, 12 2-5sec. Third heat: L ee (1yd .) 1, J . Gr ey (7yds.) 2, A. F ookes (9yds.) 3 ; time, 12 4-5sec. Fourth b eat: Shute (8yds.) 1, E Wils on (6yds .) 2, Moor e (1yd .) 3 ; time, 12 2-5sec. Fifth heat : J . P ease (1yd .) 1, D . Robertson (4yds.) 2, P . Sladden (5yds. ) 3 ; time, 12 4-5sec. Fina.l : Grover 1, S. Cottier 2, E. Wilson 3; time, 12sec.

The committee desires to t ake this opportunity of thanking the judges, timekeepers and m arksmen for per forming t heir duties so efficiently. The thanks of the

100 Yards Senior Cup. - First h eat (championship ) : Bwwn (scr .) 1, Foden (scr. ) 2, Mackay (scr.) 3; time, 11 2-5sec. Second h eat: Moyes (1yd. ) 1, Erland•s on ( 4yds. )

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2, Penn (5yds.) 3; time, 111-5sec. Third heat: S. Lea~and (1yd.) 1, McMahon (6yds.) 2, Revell (2yds.) 3; time , 11 1-5sec. Fourth h eat : Guy (6yCLs.) 1, N. Smith (2yds.) 2, C. Cooke (7yds.) 3; time, 11 2-5sec . Fifth heat: Rainger (9yds .) 1, J. W . 'Palmer (7yds. ) 2, J. Eaves (5y<1s .) 3; time, 11 2-5sec . Final: McMahon 1, S. Lealand 2, Moyes 3; time , 11 l-5sec. 100 Yards Junior Cup (Beckbessinger Cup) .- First h eat (ch ampionship): Gilmour (scr.) 1, Mitchinson (scr.) 2, C. Ta.t e (scr.) 3; time, 12sec. Second heat: D. McLean (2yds.) 1, Benjamin (6yds.) and S. Richardson (6y&.) dead h eat 2; time , 12 2-5sec. Third h eat: Woodham (3y<1s.) 1, F. Read (2yds .) and Guild (3yds.) dead heat 2; time, 12 l-5sec. Fourth heat: Petty (2yds.) 1, H. Bellringer (3yds.) 2; time, 12 1-5sec. Fifth h eat: E. J ac:klson (7yds.) 1, Banks (4yds .) 2 ; time, 12sec. Sixth heat: T . Fookes (3yds.) 1, M. Robertson (2yds.) 2 ; time, 11 4-5sec. Fina.l: T. Fookes 1, E. J ackson 2 , Woodham 3; time, 12sec. L ong Jump (Senior Cup ) .- H . Insull (12in.), 19ft. 10t in., 1 ; Mackay (scr.) , 18ft. llin. , 2; Rickard (scr. ), 18ft. lOin ., 3. Long Jump (Junior Cup).- Petty (6in.), 18ft. 1in., 1; C. Tate (scr. ), 16ft. 5in., 2; Gibson (scr .), 16ft. 3!in., 3. 75 Yards (under 13) .-McGinty (5yds.) 1, F. Barrack (2yds .) 2, L. Barlow (scr .) 3. Time, lOsec. 880 Yards, ~enior Cup (Mason Memorial). - Brown (scr.) 1, K. Taylor r20yds.) 2, J. D. Mackay (scr.) 3. Time, 2min. 12sec.- record . 880 Yards (Junior Cup ) .-L. Rich ardson (20yds.) 1, E. Wilson ( 40yds .) 2, Godfrey (15yds.) 3. Time, 2min . 21 3-5sec. 100 Yard::; (tmder 14 Cup) .-Championship heat: Gra-ver 1, L. Bm路low 2, Olson 3; time , 12 2-5sec. Second h eat: Medley (3yc1 .) 1, J. Hammoncls (3yds.) 2, W. Griftiths (6ycls.) 3; time, 12 4-5sec. Third h eat: R. Mahraj (2yds.) 1, Simons (8ycls.) 2, H ardwick 3; time, 13sec. Final: Graver 1, Mahraj 2, Medley 3; time, 12 2-5sec. 220 Yards Op en .-First h eat: A. Moyes (scr .) 1, Robb ( 12yds.) 2 ; time, 25 4-5sec. Second h eat: S . L ealancl (scr.) 1, C. Dinniss (6yds .) 2; time , 26 3-5sec. Third h eat : T. Fookes (9yds .) 1, H. Mason (5yds .) 2; t ime, 27sec. Fourth heat: N. Smith (2yds .) 1, S. B ellringer (10yds .) 2; time, 26 2-5sec. Fifth h eat : McMahon (8yds.)

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1, B. Mahraj (5yCLs .) 2; time, 26 3-5sec. Sixth heat: Rev ell (3yds.) 1, Bm路well (6yds.) 2; time, 26 3-5sec. Seventh heat: S. Fookes (5yds .) 1, R. Hoby (9yds.) 2; time, 27 l-5sec . Eighth heat : Blundell (9yds.) 1, Penn (4yds.) 2; time, 27 2-5sec. Final: Rev ell 1, McMahon 2, Dinniss 3 ; t im e, 25 4-5sec. High Jump (Junior Cup) .-Kidson (1in.), 4ft. 8!in. , 1; Crawford (2in.), 4ft. 7tin ., 2 ; F . Read (1in.), 4ft. 61in.,

50 Yards (under 10 Cup).- H. Thomson (scr.) 1, H. Law (scr.) 2, W estern (scr.) 3. Time, Ssec. 440 Yards , Senior Cup (Old Boys ' Shield) .-Brown (scr .) 1, Mackay (scr. ) 2, Foclen (scr.) 3. Time, 55 l-5sec. -a record. 440 Yards (Senior Handicap) .-D. Wi1son (15yds.) 1, R. H oby (30yds .) 2, Taylor (20yds.) 3. Time, 56 2-5sec . 440 Yards, Junior Cup (Mrs. Bothamley 's Cup) .-Gilmour (scr.) 1, C. Tate (scr .) 2, Mitchinson (scr.) 3. Time, 60sec. 440 Yards, Junior Handicap (Mr. H arman 's Cup).W oodham (20yds.) 1, J. Pease (15yds.) 2, E. Wi1son (25yds .) 3. Time, 62sec . 75 Yards (under 14 Cup ) .-First h eat (ch ampionship): Graver 1, F. Grey 2, L. Barlow and H. Fookes (dead h eat ) 3 ; time, 9 3-5sec . Second h eat: Medley (2yds. ) 1, R. Mahraj (2yds.) 2, McGinty (6yCLs .) 3; time, 9 2-5sec. Third heat: Simons (7yds .) 1, H ardwick (4yds .) 2, J. Ha.mmonds (3yds.) 3 ; time, 9 3-5sec. Final: Medley 1, R. Mahraj 2, Grover 3; time, 9 2-5sec. 50 Yard路s (under 11) .-H. Thompson (3yds .) 1, W estern (6yds.) 2, P. Moyes (6yd . . ) 3. Time, 7 2-5sec. Three-legged Race.-First h eat: Galbraith and Johns (lOyds. ) 1 ; time, 10 3-5sec. Second h eat : S. Cattier and H. Haw kin ( 5yds .) 1; t ime, 11 4-5sec. Third heat: Will and Ca ughley (15yd:.) 1; t ime, 112-5sec. Fourth h ea.t : J. La\1路 and Grant (5yds ) 1 ; time, 10 3-5sec. Fifth heat: Calvert and E. L eech (1 5yds.) 1; time, 11 4-5sec. Sixth heat: H. Rnuckey and F. Read (10yds .) 1; time , 11sec. Seventh h eat: Blundell and Saxton ( 5yds.) 1 ; time, 10 2-5sec. Eighth h eat : A. Wilson and Harman (15yds.) 1 ; tim~, ll sec . Ninth h ~at: Woodham and W ebst er ( 5yds.) 1; ttme, 11 4-5sec. Fmal: Knuckey and Read 1, Wills and Caughl ey 2, L aw and Grant 3 i time, 10sec.

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High Jump (Senior Cup).-C. D. Collins (,s cr.), 4ft. llfin. , 1; Mackay (,s cr .), 4ft. llin., 2; Rickard (scr.), 4ft. 9~in. , 3. 100 Yards (under 12 Cup).-Perry (scr.) 1, Washer ( scr.) 2, J. Mackay (,s cr.) 3. Time, 14 1-5sec. Potato Race (over 15) .-First heat: E. V. Smith 1, B. Hoby 2, Peyton 3; time, 61 2-5sec . Second heat: Mitcalfe 1, F. Read 2, McDougall 3; time, 64sec. Third heat: Mauri 1, A. Sutton 2, Ogle 3; time, 61 3-5sec. FinaJ.: Mauri 1, Mitcalfe 2, Sutton 3; time, 59 4-5sec. Potato Ra.ce (under 15) .-First heat: C. Stronge 1, Field 2; time , 65sec. Second heat: Strombom 1, D. Knuckey 2; time, 64sec. Third heat: J . Grey 1, S. Richm·dson 2; time, 64 1-5sec. Fourth heat: Webster 1, N. Lealand 2 ; time , 63 1-5sec. Fifth heat: Morris 1, Tuffery 2; time, 66 2-5sec. Sixth h eat: Grant 1, J. Pease 2; time, 62sec. Final: Strombom 1, Webster 2, Richardson 3; time, 60 4-5sec. Invitation Race (100yds.) .-M. Gray (Hawera Technical High) 1, H. W. Brown (N ew Plymouth Boys' High) 2, K. Elgar (New Plymouth Technical) 3. Time, 11 1-5sec. 75 Yard,; (under 10 Cup).-H. Thomson (scr.) 1, H . Law (scr.) 2, T. Western (scr.) 3. Time, 11 1-5sec. 50 Yards (under 12 Cup).-Washer (scr.) 1, J. Mackay (scr.) 2, 0. Clarke (scr.) 3. Time, 7 3-5sec. Sack Race (75yds.).-First heat: A. Hutchen (10yds.) 1, Groombridge (15yds.) 2; time, 19 2-5sec. Second heat: J. Hetherington (15yds.) 1, Peyton (5yds.) 2; time, 18sec. Third heat: L. Burgess (10y<1s.) 1, 0. Clarke (15yds.) 2; time, 18 4-5sec. Fourth heat: T. Bellringer (15yds.) 1, C. Griffiths (15yds.) 2; time, 18 2-5sec. Fifth heat: 0. Ham·monds (10yds.) 1, A. Leech (10yds.) 2; time, 20 3-5sec. Sixth hea.t: M. Thompson (10yds.) 1, Morris (15yds.) 2; time, 16 4-5sec. Final: Bellringer 1, Griffiths 2, Hutchen 3; time, 14 4-5sec. 100 Yards (under 10 Cup) .-H. Thomson (scr.) 1 , H. Law (scr.) 2 , Western (scr.) 3. Time, 14 4-5sec. 150 Yards (under 12 Cup) .-Perry (~scr.) 1, Washer (scr.) 2, J. Mackay (scr.) 3. Time , 21 1-5sec. Old Boys' Race, 100yds. (Mr. Pridham's Cup) .-L. B. W ebster 1, F. N. Whitcombe 2, R. Clela.nd 3. Time, llsec.

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51 . 120 Yards Hu~·dles , Senior Cup (Mr. Noa.kes's Cup)..1!\rst heat (cha.mpwnship): Brown (owe 7yd,s .) 1, Rickard (owe 7yds.) 2, Mackay (owe 7yds.) 3; time, 17 3-5sec. Second he~t: McMahon (scr.) 1, P. Pope (scr.) 2; time, 20 1-5sec. Fmal: Brown 1, Rickard 2 McMahon 3 · time 18 2.-5sec. ' ' ' .120 Yards Hurdles (Junior Cup) .-First heat: C. J. Collms (owe 7yds.) 1, Sutherland (owe 7yds.) 2; time, 21 1-5sec. Se.cond heat : Foo~e (owe 7yds .) 1, C. Tate (owe 7yds.) 2; time, 21sec. Thi:d heat: F. Read (owe 3yds.) 1, J. Law (owe 3yds.) 2; time, 21 4-5sec. Fourth heat : M cL ea~ ( scr.) 1, H. Hawkins (owe 7yds.) 2; time, 21 :2-5sec. Fmal: McLea.n 1, Foote 2, Collins 3; time, 21 1-5sec. One Mile (Senior) .-E. G. Smith (scr.) 1, J . D . Mackay (scr.) 2, Jackson Palmer (20yds.) 3. Time, 4min. 55 1-5sec.-a record. One Mile (Junior) .-L. Richardson (30yds.) 1, H. Knuckey (30yds.) and Simcock (20yds) dead heat 2 Time 5min. 22 3-5sec. · ' . 220 Yards (under 14 Cup).-First heat (championship): Graver 1, F . Grey 2, L. Barlow 3; time, 28 2-5sec.a r ecord. Second heat: Allh~sen (10yds.) 1, List (12yds.) 2, J. Hammonds (9yds.) 3; time, 30 1-5sec. Final: Grover 1, Allhusen 2, Hammonds 3; time , 29 1-5sec. Throwing Cricket Ball (Senior) .--:-I. W. Palmer 1, R. Brewster 2, Bleakley 3. Distance, 95yds. Oft. 1in.

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Ball (Junior) .-Crawford 1, Rakau 2, 72yd~s. 2ft. 2in.

CHAMPIONSHIPS. The. championships resulted as follows:Senior Champio~ship.-H. W. ~rown (22 points) 1, J . D. Mackay (21 pomts) 2, H. W. R1ekard (9 points) 3. J~nior Championship.-Gilmour (15 points) 1, C. Tate (9i pomts) 2, Foote (9 points) 3. Under .14 Championship.-P. Graver (20 points) 1, F. Grey (6 pomts) 2, L. Barlow (4! points) 3. · Under 12 Championship.-A . Washer (11 points) 1 J. Perry (10 points) 2, A. Field and J. Mackay (5 point~ each) 3. Under 10 _Championship.-H. Thomson (20 points) 1, H. Law (12 pomts) 2, T. Western (3 points) 3.

PREP ARAT ORY NOTE S.

Since last publica tion of the School Magazi ne six new boys have been admitte d, H. Ca.r ey, L. Black, D. Greenwood, C. Kenny, V. P illay and J. Stewar t; H . Nops and R. B ennett h ave left the district . The beginn ing of last t erm was not marked by any sensa.tiona l event, the general routine of school life being carried on until about the middle of the t erm, when the annual match betwee n School and W anganu i College took place. The football season termin a.t ed with the end of last quarter . Three membe rs o.f the Prepar atory team were include d in the North Tarana ki primar y schools ' t eam ; of these R. Flet ch er was elect ed captain . The Junior Steeplech ase was won by last year 's winner , A. Field, who broke the tape lon g before the n ext competitor breast ed the hill. P. Grover made fastest time, comple ting the course in 12min. 38sec. D. Robert son won the Senior Steevlech ase. Cricke t is comm encing again. We play on e game during the week, and also have net practic e on Friday afternoon. W. Hardwick has b een selecte d to play for fourth group and R. Fletch er for first group. One team h as b een ent ered fo'f primar y school comp etitions . The Inspec tors recentl y paid us a visit. Six upper school boys sat for this examin ation. Near the end of the first term Saunders had the misfortune to break his hip and was confined to his bed, but h e is now better, and we a.re glad to see him around again . J!'or the R elay Race on L abour Day, we entered a team - consist ing of C. Gilmou r, P. Grover , C. Robb and E. Smith -which gained second place, being b eat en by Centr al School. Since last t erm we have h ad our church service at St. Ma.r y's Churc h-a great improv ement on the Assemb ly Hall •service. We have a choir con sisting of twenty boys ; o.£ these eight are Prepar atory boys. W e ar e greatly indebted to R ev. Stronge , who conduc ts the service, and takes such f.\ lively interes t· in our welfare .

SENIOR C IMPER IAL CHALL ENGE SHIELD TEAM , 1922.

JUNIOR A IMPER IAL CHALL ENGE SHIELD TEAM, 1922.

StJBSCRIPTIONS.

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The Bu::;iness Manager acknowledges with thanks the following sub,·criptions received up to September 30 :-R. Hair, '22; W. N . Ewing , '21 , '22; B. Grayling, '21 , '22; A. J. Foreman , '22; H. W. Kirkby , '21-'23; A. Osborne, '22; J. Messenger , '22, '23 ; W . M . Moyes, '22; T. S. Martin, '21 , '22; U. Calder , '22 , '23 ; J. Shaw, '21, '22; S. R. Tait , '22 ; W. C. Weston , '22; B. Noakes, '22; M . Anthony , '22; A. E. Smith, '22; H. Avery , '22 ; J. Templer, '22; A. Me Hardy, '21, '22; M. H arker , '22; E. R. Knuckey, '22; J . S . Dockrill , '22; C. Ducker, '21 , '22; K. Ducker, '21, '22; E. M. Clegg , '22 , '23 ; L . L. B ellringer, '22 ; N. Bellringer , '22; A. M. Ma r Diarmicl, '21 , '22; J. H. Nicho1son, '22, '23, '24; N. L eech , '22 ; W. G. lVlander, '21, '22; I. Watkins, '22; V . W ells, '22 ; R. P ayne, '22 ; B. Hooper , '22; A. Marfell , '22; A. H oaly , '22; C. T. Gibson, '22; M. J. Smith, ' :~ll , '22 , '23 ; H cr . Smith , '22 ; E. C. Smart, '22; P. Honnor , '22; A. G. J obn. on , '22 ; A. H. Brackebush, '22; L. B. Horrock , '22; R. L ealand , '20 , '21 , '22; C. P. Baker , '22 , '23; C. L. L ee , 21 , '22; R. H. W ells, '22; R. Blundell , '21 , '22 ; B. M. J ohn , ·22 ; S. Allem ann , '22; W. E. Rawson , '22 ; J. Howard , '22; R. Wi ll. , '22 , '23 ; D. Doile , '22; .1) Atkinson , '22 ; H H amblyn , '22 ; S . Smith, '21, '22 ; C. J. Hill , '22 ; C. White, '22 ; 0 . Drader , '22; W. C. R ea., '21, '22; E. P fll' i.:O , ~2 ; L. B ryce, '21, '22 ; H. K. Clarke, '22; A. E. Sykes , '21 , '22 ;; C. F ookes, '22 , '23; F . W. Grant, '21, '22 ; C. H awkos , '22 ; ~ . Gr oinor , '22; D. J. Pm·die , '22; L . Rich ardson , '21 , '22; L. W elLs , '21, '22; R. Livingstone, '22; A. H . Johnstone, '21, '22; D. Winfield , '21 , '22; S. Rowla;nds , '22 ; H. J. M. W ells, '21 , '22; I. K. Sole, '22 ; G. M . Roberts , '22 ; R. M . Monteath, '22- '24; H . Hine, '22 ; G. F. Ba.y ly , '21 , '22 , '23; Miss H . V. Tait , '22; W. D. Neal , '22; T. H W est ern , '22; G. Chong, '23- '26; S. Skelton, '21 , '22; F. M. Standish , '21 , '22 ; F. Williams, '22; M . Osborne, '21 , '22; H. V . Searle, '22; H. P. Richmond , '21 , '22 ; G. W . Brown e, '22 ; D. W ells, '22; G. Mason , '22; A. W . Young, '22 , '23 ; W. Gilbert, '22 ; H. J . Bird, '21, '22 ; Dr. G. MacDiarmid, '22 ; V en. Archdeacon Evans, '21- '27; C. Honnor , '22 , '23 ; E. L angmuir , '21-'23 ; T . Furlong, '21 , '22; H . Lu cena , '21- '23 ; C. P ease,' 22; R. H. P ease , '22; S. Hurle, '22 ; G. H urle, '22 ; A. Rumball , '22 ; H B. Movcrley, '21 , '22 ; C. L yn ch , '22; W. Taylor , '21 , '22; P. Barnett , '21 , '22 ; E. Griffiths, '22 ; A. C. MacDiarmid , '22 ; B. H orner , '22 ; W. F . R elly , '22 ; L. Avann , '21 -'24; S . White, '21 , '22 ; T. C01·kill , '21 , '22; A. B ewley, '22; R. Broken>lhire, '22; A. Brooker , '21, '22 ; F. Corkill ,

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'22; Hay Deare, '21 , '22; Ellis, '22; L. Inch, '22; A. Ambury, '21, '22; D W . C. Beck, '22, '23; F .

N. Deare, '22; E. Ellerm, '22; 0 1<'. N well , '22; Alf . Gilbert, '22; Grant, '21, '22; H. E . Pope, '22; A. Corney, '22 .

DONAT IONS. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following donatio ns:Mrs. Kelly.-A â&#x20AC;˘s plendid collection of geological specim ens. Mr. Harma.n .-A challenge cup fo'l' the winner of the 440 yards under 14 event. This cup reposes with the winn er in two consecut ive years, or the winner in three different years.

NOTIC E TO

SUBSC RIBER S.

Subscrib er who have not already done so are requested to forward their subscript ions for the current year to the Business Manager . It has been possible to carry on during the period of high cost of productio n only with the hearty support of Old Boys . W e therefore ask you to continue to h elp us by keeping your subs. paid up to date, and al.so by notifying change of aclrlress.

EXCHA NGES. W e beg to acknowle dge th e r eceipt of the following exchange s :-The Wellingt onian, The Scindian , The Timaruvian, The Nelsonia n, The ~.G.C., The Canterbu ry Agricultural College Magazine , 'Th.e Spike, The W aitakian, The Wanganu i Collegian , The Torch Bearer, The King's Collegian, The Sacred Heart College Magazine , Auckland Gramm ar School Chronicle , Palmerst onian, Christ's College Hegister, Christch urch B.H.S. Magazine , Ashburto nian, Canterbu ry College Magazine , Otago Universi ty Review, Gisborne High School Magazine , The Southlan dian, Otago B.H.S . Magazine , Diocesan High School Chronicle , The "Scot," Dannevi rke lligh School Magazine , The Hamiltonian, Ipswi h Gramma r School Magazine , Canterbu ry Universi ty College Review.

OLD BOYS' ASSOC IATION .

OFFICE -BEAHE RS, 1922-1923. Presiden t: Austin Bewley. Vice-Pre sidents: C. H. Wynya.rd and H. R. Billing. Hon. Treasure r: H. W. Kirkby. Hon. Auditor: F. N. Whitcom be. Committ ee: R. H. George, A. M . MacDiar mid, E. D. Colson, Dr . E. F. Foolres, R. A. Blundell , A. J. Papps , R. J. Brokensh ire. Hon . Secretari es: J . Bracken Wilson and P. F. Atkinson .

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the New Plymout h High School Old Boy:;' Associati on was held on Saturday night, October 28 at the School. In the absence of the presiden t (Mr. R. H.' George) the chair was occupied. by Mr. A. M . MacDiar mid. In an' apology for his absence on business in Hamilton , the presiden t expressed regret at being away on the occ-asio-n of the m eeting and re-union. He also expressed his thanks to the secretary and committe e for their assistance during his term of office. In moving the adoption of the annual r eport , the chairman r eferred to the er ection of the memoria l gates to the Old Boys who fell in the late war, and said the committe e should feel proud that theirs was the first memoria l erected to t.h e men of New Plymout h who had given their lives in that gr eat struggle. The motion was ,s e onded by Mr. A. Bewley and carried. ELECTI ON OF OFFICE RS. The election of officers resulted as follows :-Presid ent, Mr. A. B ewley; vice-pres idents, Messrs. H. R. Billing and C. R. Wynyard ; hon . auditor, Mr. F . N. Whitcom be; hon. treasurer , Mr. H. W. Kirkby; hon. secretal"i es, Messrs. Bracken '\Vilson and P. F. Atkinson ; committee, Messrs. R. J. Brokensh ire, R. H. George, A. M. MacDiar mid, R. Howell, R. Blundell , Dr E. F . Foolres, and Mr. A. J. Papps ( S.chool represent ative) . A discussio n took place on the question of invitatio ns to the annual ball, and it was ultimatel y resolved to recommend to the committee that m embers of the Associati on be

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invited, and those intimately conn ected with the School such as members of the Board of Governors, and member~ of sister associations . A vote of thanks wa. · passed to lhr. and Mrs. Moyes , to the ladies , to the press, and all who had assisted in the Association's functions during the year. ANNUAL RE-UNION. . The . annual.r~-union followed the general meeting, bemg h.elclm the dmmg hall of the School BoaJ:ding-house. Mr . Austm Bewley, the newly-elected president occupied the chair , and there was an attendance of betw~en 50 and 60 Old Boys. After the loyal toast had been honoured, the chairman welcom ed those present, and offered apologies for the absence of the Mayor. (Mr. F. E . W ilson), Messrs. R. H. Ro ·kel , J. S. Fox (chairman o.f the Board of Governors of the 8 chool), and R. H. George. Mr. Bewley then took occasiOn to express appreciation of the h onour done him in clee;ting him pr esident fo r this year . H e r ecognised that the able " ·ork done by the imm ediate past president (Mr . G-eorge), and others who had preceded him, ma.de his task all the more difficult. He hoped, however, to advance the work that had be n. commenced , especially that of raisina fnncls for the provision of a gymnasium. It seemed unlikel; that the . Goveri?ment could _find the n ecessary money witho~It out. 1de ass1 sta~ e, but 1t was hoped they would subsidise an7 mon.ey rmsed publicly for this fund. Mr. Bewley also _p md a tnbute i;o the work of the secretaries, m entioning parti cularly Mr . Bracken Wilson . · "THE SCHOOL. " The toast of " The School" was proposed by Dr. E. F. Fookes, who said it gave him great pleasure to do so especially because he h appened to be one of the oldest of the Old Boy , having been onnected with the School in its younger days. The immense development that h ad taken place in the School during recent years afforded the Old Boys great pl easure. 'rhat development was due in n o small measure to the influence of Mr . l\·foyes since his appointment to the. School , thouah h e was not forgetful of the good wor~ done. ~n .the past. The Pri?-cipal was essentially the movmg. spmt m. the School,. and rt was one of the happiest events m the history of thrs School when Mr.Moyes was appointed to that position. Another matter that should be valued by the Old Boys was the privilege of keeping in such

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close touch with the School by particip ating in its functions, and in m eeting, on ,such occasions as the present, within the School premises. No school , h e said, which h ad not an active association of old bo·y.s could hope to· carry on as it should. The Old Boys of the New P lymouth School should go on and h elp to make the School what it ought to be. Ther e wer e some things whi h the School lacked , and one was a gymnasium , to which reference h ad already been· m ade, and another was a swimming bath. H e sincer ely hoped the Old Boys would put their best efforts into the \York that might be undertaken in the immediate futur e. (Applause.) Mr. W. H . Moyes, in reply, expressed pleasure at once again m eeting the Old Boys under these circumstances, and thanked them for the interest they had maintained in the School. Nothing, during the time he had been at. the School , had been so encouraging to those concerned in its running as the inter e t taken by the Old Boys' Association. H e referred to the fact that in 1912 they had given the trophy which was competed for at the annual sporils. In the same year they found the means for forming a cricket ground. Then, when the new chool was built, they took a large share in providing the fine Assembly Hall therein , and latterly they had er ect ed the entrance gat es as a memorial to the Old Boys of the School who fell in the Great W ar . Their latest enterpri se was the finding of funds for the provision and equipment of a School gymnasium, and h e appreciated what they wer e doing. Speaking of the progress of the School , h e said in the last xaminations the School h ad ,;ccurcd two University s holarships, and there h ad been more m atriculation pa se than ever. In athletics they h ad been very succes.·ful , winnina football competitions and also the inter-school match es with N els;on and \¥ anganui, and in c·ri cket th ey bad defeated the Wanganui College. In shooting the S ·hool wa. the fir. t in the Dominion to win the Govemor-General' trophy , and in this year 's competition had \\·on fifth , ninth , tenth and eleventh places for the Empire. T'h ese r esults showed that in open competition th e Sebool was more than holding it own among other schools . A further ause of pleasure to th e School was the successes of young Old Boys in r ecent University examinations. These • boys wer e a big asset to the School , and mor e so as th ey began to rnake th eir mark in the world . Mr. Moyes m·g -d strongly that the Old Boys should take a more active part in the pnbli c life of th community. The privileges enjoyed in the present day were won by older boys of the School , and it was the duty of the young m en of the present

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time to take a hand in tbe public affairs of the community instead of leaving the work to men who had been in harness in this connection for many years. (Applause.) OTHER TOASTS. The toast of" Sister Colleges " was proposed by Mr. A. M. MacDiarmid, who, in the course of a neat speech, said the future of the Dominion would be to a large extent in the hands of present pupils of secondary schools. 'l'he response was made by Mr. A. Johnston (Otago Boys' High School ) and Mr. A. J. Pa~ps .(Nelson Coll~ge), t h e latter remarking that the best asset m hfe was the fn~nd ships formed at school and there was no more enJoyable time than when meeting old schoolfellows. He strongly advocated matches in various sports between secondary schools on account of the friendships made on such occasions, and the value they were in later life. In proposing the toast of th~ ." Board of Govern?rs, " the chairman said they had a d1fficult task to perform, especially to keep pace with the rapid growth of the School and to persuade the Government to provide the accommo.dation n o e::;sary. H e amusil.1,gly said that by the appomtment of Mr . Moyes the Board , while no doubt doing the best for the School, had given themselves a greater amount of work because since his appointment there had been such an adv~nce in the School that it had been difficult to keep pace with the demands for xtension of school and boarding accommodation. Dr. Fookes , in the a.bsence of the chairman of the Board, r e~ponded, as ·uring the gathering t_hat the object. of tho Board was to seo this School occupymg the prem1er place among the secondary . chools of the Dominion. Other toasts honoured during the evening wer e: "Ab,;ent Old Boys" (Mr L. B. Webst~~) ; "The Ladies " . (M~ . P. Atkin. on-Mr. J . C. Morey); Sports and Pastm1es (Mr H. R. Billing-Messrs . R. Marks and F. J. Eggleton); "School Sports Officials " (Mr. L . B. Webster-Messrs. A. ~V . Diprose and J. Connell); "The Press" . (Mr. J~ Brokenshir -Herald a.nd News representat1ves) ; The Chairman " (Mr A. JVI. MacDiarmid).

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A number oE mu ·ical items were contributed during the evcnina which added to the enjoyment of the occa;sion. The proceeding. concluded with the singing of " Auld Lang Syne" and "God Save the King."

ANNUAL REPORT.

The Sixth Annual Report of the New Plymouth High School Old Boys' Association for the year ended September 30, 1922, presented to members of the Association at the Annual General Meeting held at the School on Saturday, October 28, 1922, at 7.30 p.m. Your Executive has plea,sure in presenting the Sixth Annual Report of the Association. The work of the Association during the year has mainly centred round two objects, the completion of -the memorial to Old Boys who fell in the Great War and the raising of funds for the erection of a gymnasium at the Sch?ol. 'l'he former object has now been reached, the gates are completed , and the unveiling ceremony will take place within the next few week-s. The gates are a great addition to the School and a. fitting memorial to those Old Boys who gave their lives in the Great War. The tender fo'l: the work of er ecting the memorial was lower than was expected, the work being given to Boon Bros., Ltd., at the tender of £642. 'rhe Association has been in communication with hiJs Excellency the Governor-General, and it ~s hoped that he will unveil the gates during his visit to New Plymouth next month or early in December. The matter of raising funds for the erection of a gymnasium has been mainly centred ro·u nd a Gala Day which is being held on October 21, 1922. A Ladies' Committee under Mrs. R. H. George has been organising variou stalls, and it is hoped that a large sum will be raised so that there may be no delay in getting the etection of the building und er way, and it is hoped that all sums raised for this purpose will be increased by a subsidy from the Education Department of £ for £. The thanks of the Association are due to the Ladies' Committee for the very good work they rendered in this connection. Annual Re-union.-The annual re-uniQn of the Association was held at the School on October 15, 1921, and took the form of a smoke concert at the conclusion of the Annua.l Meeting. A large number of Old Boys were present from all parts of the province and a very enjoyable time was spent by those members pre. ent. We would urge all Old Boys to make the o casion of the re-union in each year a day for the renewing of their old friendships and a.lso the means of keeping in touch with their School. The re-union last year unfortunately resulted in a loss of some £11, and

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in future it is hoped that this loss may be wiped out and the function be a self-sup porting one, as the funds of th.e Associat ion will not beal· many such lo ·ses. Annual Ball.-'I 'he annua.l ball was this year held at the i:) chool on July 7 and proved a highly successf ul function , Old Boys from all parts of the pwvince being p~esent. The ::;uccess of the ball was largely du e ·to the efforts of the Ladies ' Commit tee and the thanks of the Associa tion are due to them for their help . Sports .-'l'h e Old Boys ' Footbal l Club and Cricket CluL c:outinu e to prosper, the former Club winning the Second Grade Compet ition for 'l'aranak i, b esides which severa.l of their teams were w ll up in the other competi tions. We \\·o uld ur 0ae th e Old Boys' Footbal l Club and also the Cricket Club to e ndeu.vou r to arrange matche · with Old Boys ' team::; from other schools . The Cricket Club continu e to have successful seasons and always h old their own against the other club s. An Old Boys ' Life -Saving Club has been formed and wa>i succe ·sful in winning the Tabor Shield for life-savi ng this year. We \vould urge al l Old Boys to join these clubs, as they tend to keep the Old Boys together and to keep them in touch with the old School. F inanrc .-It is satisfac tory to b e able to report that the n(' c:ounts sh o·'\\· a c:r dit balan e of £1 7 9 · 4d in the Gener al Ac-count and a balan ·e of £521 9 · 2d in the War Memori al Ac·c.;ount. 'l'h or c are still a few .-ubs riptions promise d to the latter fund whi h h ave not b een paid, and as the money wi ll be required shortl y we would a k Old Boys to forward their .- ubsc:ript ions without delay . The total cash r eceived , includin a that received ·ince Septem ber 30, 1922, is £706 16s. Old J3oys ' Column .-In thi. connect ion m emb ers arc lll'." cd to suppl any notes of inter est to Old Boys to the' Bilitor. 'l'b c n~ att r of c·ompilin g these notes is difficult and th Jijditor would greatly appre ·i ate any notes of Old Boys and their \Ther nbout s. Generai .-Durin g the year the Executi ve has m et on ten occasion s and the attenda nce at all m eetings has been aoocl. In conrlnsion all Old Boys are urged to keep in touch ~rith the A.'sociation and the School. It is a very difficult matter where th e m embcrs of the A. sociu.tion are s o scattered to keep in constan t touch with them all, and it would greatly assist the A sociatio n if Old Boys would notify the Commit tee of any change of address .

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61 'Ihanks .-The thanks of the Associat ion are due to the Ladies ' Commit tee in e:onnect ion with the ba.U and also in connect ion with the Gala Day, to Mr. Wynyar d and Mr. MacDia nnicl for the u::;e of their offices for holding Executive m eetings, and to Mr. and Mrs . Moyes and the mas.ters of the School for the very ready assistan ce they have gJ.Ven the As.'ocia.t ion at all tim es, :mcl also the Press. It is indeed gratifyin g to find tha.t the Associat ion and School ~re >iO intimate , as this conditio n is essentia l for the effective working of th e Associa tion . GALA DAY. The New 1-'Jymouth High School Old Boys ' Associa~ion may well be gratified at the r esult of the Gala Day. o~gamsecl by them in the int erc~t.- of the fund fm t~e bmldmg and '!J.Uipm ent of a modern oymnas mm at the High School. The event took pla ·e at the S ·hool on Saturda y afternoo n •. Oe:tober 21 , when , in spite of the very disagree able state of the weather , which made th e conditio ns for such an outdoor function unpleas ant, there was a very good attenda nce of the public, who evidentl y spent very freely, the taking being expce:t ed to produe:e a net return of about £250. Elu.bora te prepara tions had b een made for entertain in.g patrons of the gala, and incident ally for extracti ng the m~xi mum of cash that visitors c:oulcl be induced to part with. Stall for the sate of a ll kinds of useful and orname ntal work , sweets , produce , eak es , ice cr eam, flowers , etc., were set up and \Y Cl'C ,,· ell patroni. eel. 'l'hcre were also a num_b er of side-::;bo\Ys, inc:luclin g a hooting range, coconut shie~ , rinuing the c:irelc, dart-thr mving, weight-g uessing competi tio~s, boxing cv ut.' and a pie:ture >ilww . Many other device::; were adopted for c·reflting amu.'em ent and ass~sting to attract to various ::;ide-show . A number of boys paraded the 0orounds in \\'eird c:ostumc>i , and the aJltics of a couple of " ·lowns " II'Cl' e foll 11·cd 11·ith inter est , especial ly by the young portion of tho>ic pr ~s nt.. The more s~rious amusement of golf-put ting prov1dccl muerest for qmte a number of those pr sent. inuu~· of those who had n ever handled _a aolf club lJcfor c finding a great deal of entertai nment in this particul ar section of the aa.la . One of the most inter esting items o.f the afternoo n was a display of physica l drill given by a big squad of pupils of the Sc.; hool , under the cl.irec·tion of Mr . .!:<'. J. Eggleto n. The boys were very smart in th eir moveme nts, and despite the fad that the wind mad e it diffi cult for some of them at the extreme point of the formatio n to clearly follow the corn-

OLD BOYS ' GALA DAY. 62 mand s given , they moved with clear precision, and the display provoked a very heart y round of appla us e at its conclusio n. Aft ernoo n t ea was .s erved in the Assem bly Hall , the Sch ool Orchestra providing enjoy able music in this connectio!f . The aJ:"ran gement worked •s atisfa ctoril y, one prese nt appea r ed to fully enj oy the fun provi and every ded. The side-shows in the aftern oon were under the contr ol of the Old Boys , who wer e assist ed by some of the present pupils . The following ladies took charge of the stalLs name d :-

Swee t s.-M rs. W alter B ;::t.y ly, and Misses B ayly, Barthorp e, P . Greig and Wood . Produ ce .-M esdam es Cr eswell, Willi s and Grove r. Cake .-Mesdam es Rock el, Anderson , E. P . Webs ter, and Miss Greig . F lower .-Me sdam es George, B ewley and MacD iarmid . Fanc y Dolls and B ags. -Mesdam es Allem an, Ba.rn itt, L e May and B rodie. I ce Cream and Soft Drink s.-M esdam es Barth orpe, J ohns and Hum phreys . Afternoon Tea. - Mrs. Moyes, assist ed by a host of willin g h elp ers. Th e follow ing were the r esults of the vario us comp etitions :-Pa ir fowls, Mr . J . B. Wilso n; No . 1 cake, Miss B. F ord ; No. 2 cake, Mrs . Samp son; No. 3 cake, Mr. D . M . W ilson; No . 4 cake, Mrs. Penn ; put ting, Mr . W . sh eep-g uessin g (241-i lb .), Miss McLe an; h am, Hutch en s; Mrs. Bowden. In the evening a cabar et was h eld in th e semb ly H all . The galler ies could n ot h ave been School Asveniently ·ituat ed; on them and ben eath them m or e conwh er e peopl e m ight sit and sm oke or sip a cool wer e tables drink , while they watch ed t he dancers in th e centr e of _th e hall engag ing in a waltz or a fox-tr ot t o t h e accom panim ent of Miss Georg e 's Orch estra . Tbou ,sh t her e wer e over 100 coupl es the floor never seem ed undu ly crowd ed , and the many colou r,s of the ladies ' dress es mingled in th e rowel made a ka.leidoscop ic scen e, th e effect of which was h eight en ed by roses of vari ous t in ts scatte red about th e st age. bunch es of ridors and ante- room s soft drink s and ice cr eam In the corplaye d for sale , while supper was served from s wer e disa buffet . Than ks to the endeavours of a.n energetic m en's comm ittee,

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63 th e gathering pro~ed an outst anding s uccess , r esulting in a aros::; retur n of £40 for th e gymn asium fund . Mr . L . A. Nolan disposed of the roses on the st age by auctio n b efore th e gathering disper.s ed, a fair s um being collec t ed by this mean s. As t he r esult < f the G-ala D ay it is h oped that appro ximately £350 "·ill be availa ble for the gymn asium fund .

OLD BOY S' AN NUA L BALL. A BRI L LIAN T SUCC ESS. 'l'he New P lymo uth High Sch ool Old Boys ' fourt h ann ua.l ball took place in th e Assem bly H all of the High School on F riday night , July 7, and was m ost successful from every point of view. 'l"here was a large atten dan ce of dan ·ers , about ::lOO coupl es takin g part, amon gst them b eing vi.-ito rs from all parts of the d~stri ct. Th e decor ation s of the hall were most arti::;tically carried out and m ade a c:harm ing setting for the many pretty frock s worn by th e danr·ers . JVIany colou red ·tr eame rs were the keyno t e of the de<.: orativc syste m, the.-e radia ting from a centr al point in the roof. A gr oup of balloons of variou s hues wer e clustered in the centr e and other s were dotte d h er e and th er e among:;t the gr een ry . 'l'he pillar s wer e wreat hed with ivy vine::; , with which the galler y Wllil al o dr aped . The st age, from wh il'h a r eal jazz band cuspensed splendid dance music, wa.- backe d with green ery , whils t a fr esh-lo oking pung a s cm ed to be gro\\'ing at one end, th e whole effect b eing distinctly gay and pleas ing . The floor , which was in excel lent <.:ondi tion , had been speci ally pr epal·ed , and altoge ther a most ·njo;yabl tim e wa:; spent , dancing b eing contin ued until t he early hours . The supp er arran geme nts wer e in the hands of a comm ittee of ladies under th e presid en cy of Mrs. R. H . Georg The music was suppl ied by Mr s . Georg e's orch estra, 11·hic·h was specia lly augm.ented for th e occasion , and comp rised eight in trum ents. Th e suppe r tables wer e prettily decor ated with pink ·amellias and maid en h air fern , t he electr ic lights being sh aded with rose colou red sh ades .

WAR MEMORIAL. IN HONO UR OF OLD BOYS . The following is a. description of the memorial gates er ect ed at the School:'l'h e mem orial aJ.·ch which is being erected at the entrance to the New Plymouth B oys' High School and grounds by Old Boys in h onour of their old School comrades who fell in th e Gr eat W ar is n earing completion and will prove a striking monument , ever r eminding passer.s-by and pupils of the School of those former scholars who so readily r esponded t o the call in the E mpire's hour of n eed , and who paid the suprem e sacrifice in the cause of fr eedom , righteousness and justice. 'l 'h e designing of the a.rch was entrusted to Mr. T . H. Bat es, architect , of New Plymouth, and is most appropriate , immediat ely impressing upon one's mind the obj ect for which it h as been erect ed . I t is massive, but at the s ame time its lines ar e pleasing, and in keeping with the architecture of the S hool itself. 'l'he ar ch stands 27ft. high and is ::; uppor ted by massive columns . I t is set back s ome little di stance, and on each side is a circular wa.ll 8ft. to lOft. high, terminating in two more massive columns on the boundary of the footpath . The walls and archway ar e s urmounted by a panelled ·cap moulding, while the con cr et e is plastered IYit h \l·hite Atl as cement, lined out to imitat e stone 11·ork. 'l'h actual ·on. truction of t he m emoria.! h as been cal'l'i cl out by M s. r s. Boon B r os ., the fini shing work being in the h ands of Mr . G. Knight. 'l'o each of the t wo m ain pillar will be a.ffixed large pan el cont aining the names, in ·prom inently r aised bronze lettering, of the fallen , while above in white pla t er will be two laurel wr eaths, the School shield , also in white pia t er, being the centrepiece of the arch itself . The wall on either ·ide of the arch is pan elled , ll'hile immediately above wh r e the walls join the arch ar e two large : roll::; which add to t he gener al attractiven ess of the design . Just bel mY th e moul ding of th e wall ther e ar e in bron ze letters the words : '' Erect ed by the Old Boys of t he School in remembrance of th eir comrades who fell in th e Gr eat W ar , 1914-1918. " On the t wo outside pillars provision h as been m ade fo r carryin a t wo st andard electri lights . Th e memorial is one of which the School m ay feel justly proud .

OLD BOYS' CRICKET. 65 Th e dat e of the unveiling h a;s no·t yet been fixed. It is hop ed that the Governor- Gen eral , Lord J ellicoe, will perform the cer em ony . -Tru·a.n aki Herald .

A photograph of the gat es will app eru· in the next i>ssue of 'l'h e Taranakian.

OLD BOYS' CRICKET CLUB. THE AN NUAL MEETING. 'l"he annual meeting of the Old Boys' Cricket Club was h eld at th e 8oldier s' Club on 'luesday night, August 19, when Mr. A. Bewley presided over a fair attendance of memb ers . 'l'he annual r epo·r t stated :-As the m embership of the Club has ::;omewhat increased since th e previous season, it h as been fo und possible to enter both a senior and junior team , and it is hoped that sufficient young memb ers will be leaving th e Sc·hoo l this year t o permit the sam e n umber of t eams being entered for the comp etitions. The t eam was captained du ring the season by A. Osborne, and despite the fa ct that som e difficulty was often experien ced in getting a t eam t ogether , the Club did not lose any mat ch by default. Th e senior tenm pl ayed twelve match es, winning seven and losing fiv e. P articul ars of the gam es played by the junior t eam are unfnrtunat ely unavailable, but, considering the fact that the t eam was almost an untrained one, getting no practice, it did extrem ely well. After r eferring to the death of Mr . B ewley, sen ., and extending the ·ympathy of th e Club to his r elatives , the r eport went on to ·ay : From a finan cial point of view ther e is every r eason t o be pleased . A sm all cr edit balance is shown, despite th e fac t tha.t the member ship of the Club is, sm all and a considerable am ount was expended on gear . Additional expenditure will h ave to be m et this year , however , and junior m embers will have to bear in mind that nnl e"s subscription" ar e paid , it i: imp ossible for the Club to carry on successfull y . The r eport concluded by expressing nppr ceiation to tho. e who b ad assist ed the Club during the yenr and nrg d Old Boys t o c:ontinue t o give their support. T'he bahmce-: heet showed a redit balan ce of £2 lls 6d. The year h ad been commenced with a credit of £ 4 9s 6d.

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The receipts amounted to £18 10s 6d, £17 9s 6d being derived from members' sub scriptions, whilst a donatiori. of £1 1::; wa. made by Mr . Osborne. The principal items of expenditure were : Purchase of material and repairs to the existing equipment £12 Ss 6d, and affiliation fees £1 lls 6d . 'Ihe chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulate d the ·club on the successful year it had had. There had been a considerable amount of expenditure on ma.t erial during the year and h e considered they would have to face furth er expense th~s season. LaJSt year they had been considerably indebted to the High School fo-r the use of their material at a time when they were unable to procure equipment of their own, but these conditions did not exist now. He was quite in accord with the suggestion that two days should be taken over competition matches, for under present conditions matches were often left in a very unsatisfacto ry :s tate. Mr. L. M. Monteath seconded the motion, which was carried. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Office-b earers for the ensuing season were elected as follows :-President , Dr . E. F . Fookes; vice-preside nts, Rev. S. S. Osborne, Messrs . W. H. Moyes, A. A. Bennett and R. H. George; hon. treasurer, Mr. C. L~sh; secretaJ:y, Mr. J. D. Willis; committee, Messrs. C. U. Bottrill, A. Osborne , A. J. Papps, A. Bewley, P. Hawkins, L. M. Han·is; Club capt ain, Mr. A. Bewley; delegates to Taranaki Cricket Association, Messrs. C. G. Bottrill and A. Osborne. It was not known how many delegat es the Club was entitled to , and Mr. P. H awkins was appointed as a. junior delegate in the event of a. third being required. OTHER BUSINESS . Members' subscription s were fixed at £1 7s 6d, reducible to £1 2s 6d if paid before D ecember 1 for seniors , and 17s 6d, r clu cible to 12s 6d for junior members. It was intimated that a levy was proposed by the TM·anaki Association of 2s 6d per member. Members agreed with the n ecessity for . uch a levy, and on the motion of Mr. A. J . Papps it was decided to r ecommend the committee to support the proposal. A resolution moved by Mr. Monteath, that it be a recommenda tion to the committee to admit Mr. Fearless, a m ember of another Old Boys' Association, as a member of the Club, aused some discu sion. It was mentioned that Mr. PeaJ."less had r epresented New Zealand and desired to

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67 pla.y for Old Boys. Speakers cla.i med that it was not fair to turn clown their own members for outsiders and if exception was made there was a danger of estabhshing a precedent. The chairman pointed out tha.t the constitution of the Club provided that the Club should consist of past and present masters, old boy:s of the School, and not more than three old boys of other secondary schools. 1'his removed the difficulty and the motion was carried. Mr. A. J. Papps drew attention to the itinerary arra.nged for the Auckland touring team and it was decided to instruct the Club's delegates to bring the ma.t ter before the Association. The fixing of the opening day was left in the ha.nc1s of the committee with a recommenda tion to endeavour to arrange a match against High School before the competition matches commence. Hearty votes of thanks were ca.J·ried to Mr. W. H. .Moyes and the High School authorities for use of the School ground and for the assistance given the Club generally. The secretary was instructed to ascertain the cost of caps and blazers and to report to the committee. Votes of thanks to the chair and press concluded the meeting .

TERMS EXAMINA TIONS. VICTORIA COLLEGE. Among the list of successful candidates at the annual terms examination at Victoria University College appear the names of the following 'raranaki students:English Language and Literature.- Second-clas s pass: Wilford C. Aldis. Greek.-Firs t-class pass: R. Syme. Latin.-Adv anced (first year), first-class: Pass, first-class: W. C. A. Aldis .

-R. Syme.

French.-Th e following have kept terms in advanced French: Advanced (first year), first- class, R. Syme. The following have kept terms in French (pa•ss standard) .-Class 2: W. Aldis.

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Educati on.-Pa ss : First-cl ass, W . Aldis; third-cl81ss, V. J. H enderson , E. C. Smith. Mathem atics .-Second-cla. s pass : P. Brydon . Applied , second-c lass : P. Brydon. Physics . -Practi cal , Class 3: L. M. Cachem aille. Ch emi.-try .-- Aclvan ced (second year) class : L. H . Rich aTdson. Pass, Class 2: V. J. H enderso n. Medical interm ediate (inorgan ic and organic) , Class 3 : L . M . Cachem aille. Torts .- Terms (third- class) : F. S . Graylin g. Criminal L aw.-Terms (third- chtss) : C. Winfiel d. Prop erty II. - 'I erm s : Second- class, R E. Pop e. Third: C. Winfielcl . P rocedlu路 e.-Ter ms : R. E. Pope. Third- class : F. S . Gr ayling, R. C. Greiner, C. Winfield . Eviden e.-Term s (third- class) : R. C. Greiner , R. E. Pop e, C. Winfield. Jurif\pru dence and Constitu tional H!story .-R. C. Christi . Roman L aw. -Term : Second- class, R. C. ' Christie. Intern ational L aw .-Term : Second- class, A. B. WilRon ; thircl-cl a R, R Gr einer . Conflict of L aw .-Term s : Second- class, R. C. Christie ; third- class, A. B. Wilson. In addition t o the above, C. G. White, New Plymouth , kept t erms in P rop erty I. , Procedu re and Torts , gaining a third-clas. pa s in each subject , and R. Greiner kept t erms in Confii 路t of L aw, gaining a third- class pass, nnd Prop erty II., a second- class . UNIVE RSITY OF OTAGO . P a s Degr ee, French .- Class Ill. : E. Boulton . French Phon eti s.-Clas s III.: E. Boulton . S ien ce, German .-Passe d: K. C. Rob erts . P as D egr ee .-Edu ation . -Class I.: H. L. Calder. Advan ced E conomic. (second year ) .-Class Ill . : J3 oulton. E conomic History .-Class Ill. : E. B oulton .

W. L. VERNO N STANTON (Died April 27, 1922) .

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Curr ency and Bank ing (second year ) .-Cl ass Ill.: E. Boul ton. Hist ory, Adva nc -cl.- Clas s II. : H. L. Cald er. Adva nced Phys ics II.-C lass II. : K. C. Robe rts . Adva nced Chem istry (second year ) .-Cl ass II . : K. C. Robe rts. Dent al Anat omy (with Biology) .-Cl ass Ill.: J. H Nicholson, T. G. Fuoh y. Inorg anic Chem istry .-Cl ass Ill.: E. '1'. G. Fuoh y. Aegr otat Pass : J. H. Nich W. B. Griffiths , olson. Orga nic Che mist ry.-C lass II . : A. Huse . Clas s III . : E. W. B. Griffiths, J. H. Nicho1son. Phys ics.- Clas s III.: E. W . B. Griffiths, J. H. Nicholson, T. G. Fuoh y . Med icaL -Cla ss Ill.: E. W. Griffiths. Reco mme nded for Smeaton Rese arch Scho larsh ip.-K . C. 1-toberts. 'l'his cand idate , havi ng won this scho larsh ip , was r ende red ineligible for the. Beve rly Scho larsh ip in Advanc ed Phys ics. AUCKLA.l'l'D UNI VER SITY . Fren ch.- Pass stand ard, Class Ill., K. H. O'Ha llora n; oral test, K. H. 0 'Hall oran . Applied Math em atic 路.-Recom mend ed R. l~yder; Cla::;::; I. , A. R. Ryd er; Class for prem ium, A. II ., K. H . O'Ha llora.n. Phy,sics, .senior elem enta ry.-C lass Pra,ctical senio r elem entary , Clas s I., A. II. , A. R. Ryde r. R. Ryde r. Chem istry .-R ecom mend ed fOl' prem ium, C. A. Nobl e; pass stand ard, Clas::; I. , C. A. Noble. Philo soph y .-Pa st> stand ard, Class Ill., G. L. O'Ha lloran . Edu catio n.-A dvanced , Cla s I., K. H. 0 'HaJ loran ; pass stand ard, Class I., C. A. Noble. Rom an Law .-Cl ass Ill. , W. C. Rea. Inter natio nal Law .-Cl ass II., J . D. Clem ow. Conflict of Law s.-C la s III. , J. D. Clem 6w. Prop erty I.-C lass II ., R. 0 . Sinclair, J . D. Clemow. Cont racts .-Cl ass II., R. 0. Sinc lair. Tort s.-C la:ss II., R. 0. Sinc lair, T. F . Merr on .

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Crim inal Law .-Cl as · II., R. 0. Sinclair, T. F. Merr on; Class III., J. D CJemow, J. D . Will is. Prop erty Il.- Cia.·s II ., T. F. Merr on; Class III. , J. D. Will i ·. Pro edur c. - la.·· III. , J. D . Will i.· . E viden ce : Class III. , 'l'. :F . MmTon, J. D. Will i: Engi neer ing, Prac tical Math emat ics .-Cl ass II ., tl. All -man . Stru ctura l .l\Iec:hanic ·.- Class III. , S. Allem an. took a large part in the College footb all. O'CARROLL.

JYiick Hugh son,

It is with deep regre t that we have to of Geralcl Eu:t a ·c O'Ca n oll. Mr. O 'Carr recor d the deat h oll wa at School in 1892. H e wa: work ing for the Milh irst Dairy Compan;y , and by .·om cl feet in the guar d · h e was caug ht in the ma<:hinery cmd wfferecl inj urie · from which h e did not recover . W e xt encl our ·ymp athy to hi wido w and fami ly. BRO AD MORE.

It i · with deep r egTet that \Ve have to r cord the death of H arry Will iam Broaclmor , an Old Boy of this School. 'l'h e !at Mr. Broa dmo re was at School in there h male himself \r ell know n a::; a good 1900 and whil e athle t . Since leavi ng School he ha::;. been in the local office of the Land::; and Surv y D epar tm ent. We extend our deep est symp athy to his widow and fami ly.

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Fran k William.; , vvho l ft thi: year , ing ele trica l ngin , ring at Ham ilton . is at pres ent learnJ. M. Hine is at ante rbur y College takin g Law and Evid en . He kept term · in Conflict of Law.s, Prop erty I. , and Crim inal Law , and supp lies u with the following note. : Mon ty Bara k is takin g the B. Se. degr ee Chemistry, Phys ics and Pure Math emat and kept term s in ics, being brack et ed for the College prize in the last- nam ed subje ct. He also

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took a large part in the College footbaU. Mick Hugh son, also takin g B. S . , kept t erms in Math emat ic,s (Pur e and Appl ied) and Chem istry . Eric Sma rt play ed as first fiveeigh th for the College fifteen and gaine d his cap a-gainst Otag o Univ ersit y , and also play ed for Cant erbu ry against. the Sydn ey 'Var sity team . D. G. D. Mac kie and K. D. Clemow are both ·omp letin g the engin eerin g cour se this year. H. Luce na capta ined the 'Vars ity shoo ting team , whic h was succ essful in winn ing the Hasl a.m Shie ld . Roy Leal and is now a dent al surge on atta.ched Chri stchu rch Publ ic Hosp ital. Harr y Gos.sto the staff of the has a •s taff position in Engl and at prese nt, bein g one of Dun troon selec ted to fill five vaca nt positthe officers from ions at Hom e. .. Ging er " Davi s (the boxer) hrus ta-ken up a posit ion in a war ehou se in Chri stchu rch. G01·don Wyb orn, wh o is fa.rmi~g at 'Ie Aroh a, supp lies us with the follo wing note s of Old Boys in the Wa.ikato district :-Al ister MacH ardy is ·heep farm ing out of Mor rins ville. He i a mem ber of the Waik ato reps. Keit h and Doug las Fox are farm ing at Turu a, in the Hau raki Plain s . 'l'he form er wa. a. mem ber of the Tham es raki reps. ' ·Bar ney" Burk hard t has a farmVa.Uey and Hauat Kom ata . He disti ngui shed hims elf in a chop ping cont est recen tly. Ala.n Cand y is farm ing at Ngar ua, Wait oa. Billy Luxt on is living at Eureka, near Hamilton. Keit h Clemow 1s down at Cant erbu ry College, Jack is in a lawy er 's (Nic holso n and Grib bon) , and Bill is farm office in Auck land John Wyb ourn i with a firm of milk ing ing at Cam bridg e. m and Sta.n ., who left at the end of last year, achin e experts , Te Aroh a . Stew art and Dud ley Spence is on the farm at have a dairy farm near Wha.k atan e. Dick Dow liug is a chem ist in Ha.w era. Norm an Leec h is now fann ing at Awa plies the following list of Old Boys in the kinq. He supW . F. Kelly and J. McN eice are farm ing Awa kino distr ict: at Awakino. Len . Woo ds is also farm ing at Pio . Cam pbel l Rigg is shep herd ing on Pirip iri Stati on. Cecil Honm · is cade ting on W. F. Kelly 's farm . Dooley McK enzie and J. on farm in the distr ict. "Bill " Nort and C. Aver y are hern is assis ting in his fathe r 's store at Awakino. Arth ur and J ack W aiter are farm ing at Doug las. Anot her Old Boy , Erne st Cutfielcl, is fa. r ming at Tutu tawa .

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Jack Gibson, who is on his father 's farm at Eltham, ::;upplies us with th folluwing notes of Old Boys :-Eric and Alf. Knuckey, Jim (" Mascot" ) Campbell, Jack Rodgers, P er y Hungar (1913 ), Ma urice Goldstone, K. H emingway, C. Linn, "Ginger " lVI Whirt er , and Reg Burke are all working on farms in th district. Charles Burdett is on the staff of the B ank of Ne'v Zeal and at Eltham. Al ec McNeill is on the staff of Vosseler and Young, engineers . Bas Hooper is on the Exp erimental Farm at Moumahaki . Cecil l<'ookes i>' on the st aff of Roy, Nicholson and Beun ett, solicitor . Other Old Boys on the same staff ar e Harold Kirkby (1909) , R eg Howell (1913) , George Grover (1920) , Clem White (1913 ) , and Bob Reed (1899 ). C. 0. Barnett (1921) is on t h e staff of the L ands and t:lurvey Department. W e were ver y pleased to see Wilfred Fookes (1892), who is a ch emist at Taihape, at t h e annu al r e-union this year. H e now h as a on going to the School. 'l'om Wilson (1884) is now living in New Plymouth. His brother Bob is farming at Makuri , in th e Pahiatua district. L . A. Smart (1920) is now in t h e employ of Smart Bros . , plumb er s . W. Mitchinson (1883) h a· a nurser y farm at Belt Ho ad . R on O 'D owda (1918) i.- u ow traveller for John Avery , Ltd. , in 'l'aranaki. . Jim Ca llandor (1913) is with a finn of surveyors at l:'alm orston North. L. D . Neill (19:20) i · on a fa rm at T o Awamutu . wa::; in t own for the r e-union.

W. C. Hea (1 919) is on the . taff of Govett, Quilliam and Hutch en in t own . Other Old Boys in the same firm · arc Ron Quilliam (190,1) and Harold J ohnson (1910). K evin O'H alloran (1919) , who i. attending the 'l'raining College in Auckland , supplies us with the following notes of Old Boys :-Eri Chiver s is on the staff of L. D . Nathan , Ltd . Jac1. Clem.ow kept t erm s in International Law , Confli t L aws , Prop erty I. and Criminal Law , and is on the staff of Nicholson and Gr ibbon, solicitors . Bill Noakes is on the staff of the N ation al In suran ce Compan y . H e was a member of the College Rifles second fift een. L ionel 0 'H all or an

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k ept t onus in Latin and Phil osophy, and is with Jackson, Rus:-;cli , 'l~onks and Ostler , solicitors . H e was also a member of the Coll ege Rifle. sec·ond fift een. Qwen Bayly sat in ll.oman Law to c:omploto his LL.B. H e is now manager of 11 Corr esponden ue Coaching School h er e. John Terry is doing 11·cll as a baJ:rist er and soli(;itor. J ack Kingston is on the staff of Wright , i::)bephenson and Co. Ch arles Noble kept tl' nn :-; in Educ: ation :1nd Chemistry, topping the list in both the:-;c subjects ancl gaining t h e premium in Chemistry. B ert Boon played footbal l for the 'l"r ainin g College and captained t he Aucl:land juni or rep:-;. , which t eam also included Ron i:)inclair an(l Kcv O 'H tl lloran. 11.on Sinclair kept t erms in Property J., Contra c·ts, Torts and Criminal Law. Kev. 0 'Hall ornn k ept t erms in Advanced Education, Applied Mathematic-s, aml F r cn c:h. D avid P enman and Bill Airey arc in offi c- es in tmm. A. R. Hycler , who i. now first a sistant at the C+rammar School , k ept terms for h is M . Se . in l'hysicR and App li ed l\ In.th emati cs, gaining the premium in the latter subj ect . Ted Pop e , who is now in a solicitor 's office in Wellington , .·upplies us with note· of Old Boys in the metropolis:Hon ( Jrcin er h·pt t 'rm:-; in I>roc:edure, Prop erty II., Evidl' ll l'C, 'ontl i(·t or Ln\\·:-; nncllnternatwn al Law, and now sits for his fi na l scc·t ion in t he L L .B . Bl'lll'e Hutchen is on the staff of Dun('nn ancl H anna , soli citors . Cyril Winfield is on t he .·taff of D cv in c anrl Crombi c, solicitor s , and k ept terms in .Property lJ ., ]~ viden(' c, I'rocedure and Criminal Law, and 11·as a m emb er of th e ' \ ' ars ity econd fifteen . Ron Syme h as now tak en on Arts at Yict oria College, taking among other subject Ch·eok L or irn er Richardson is sitting his fina l sec:t ion for hi s B. t:lc. and has been appointed a student ass istant in Ch emi stry. H e h as been awarded the Sir Georg:e Grey . Scholal'ship_ in S.cien ce. 'l'cd himself has lately been m ho p1t al undergomg an operation , but we aJ'e glad to· h ear is now recup erating at D ay 's B ay. H e writes , inter alia.: " I , aw Fred 'J'r ain in town r ecently . H e was travelnng as h alf f?r the VV: an ga_nni rep. . Al. o r an across Lindsay Bryce a~d JJ_mmy Smclan·. ~1 e latt er is . ecr etar y for the ~.z. Umver 1ty Footb all Counml and was playing in the t est m at ch · against the Sydney 'Var sity as full-b ack. I was lucky enough to get a game in the Victoria College t eam again.-t th e Sydney 'Varsity . " Brian John ·, who i. taking medicine at Otaao University, s_upplies us with the fol:owing notes (in haJSt~) : -Murrny NJCh olson and P t er Gnffitb s aained t erms in Physics,

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Biology, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry. R. G. B. Sinclair played in the New Zealand 'Varsity reps. , and has recently bec om e engaged. "' Otto " Ruse gained terms in Phy. iology . Cliff Johnston is ta.k ing C.O.P. at the Dental School. W e recently received a note from Ernest Hursthouse (1882) , one of the original Old Boys, who is now an en gineer at W ellington . At hi suggestion we publish in anower portim1 of this JVfagazin e a li st of the' original Old Boys at the School in 1882. Jack Sha\T, who r e ·ently went Home, has now accepted a position as house surgeon in the Ear , Nose and Throat section of the London Hospital . In September , when rumours of a war in the East were around, a large numb er of Old Boys entered their names for service abroad . N ewton Quilliam, who is ati the Otago University, was successful in passing the fir t professional examination in Physiology. Norman Waddle was successful in the same examination in anatomy. vVe have recently received a letter from W. C. Beck (1910) , who is in the Architectural Branch of the Railway D0partment at W ellington . Wilfrid Taylor (1919) is now on the staff of the Department of H eaJth in W eTlington. Brian Homer (1918) , who is with Grant and Cooke, surveyors, at Gisborne , was captain of the junior Old Boys' football team in that town. W e h ave r ecently had a l etter from Peter Griffiths (1919), who is taking Medicine at Otago University. He " ·as su cce sful in k eeping t erms in his first y ear subjects . At the r e ·ent North I sland boxing championships at Palrnerston North, J ack Willis was su ccessful in reaching the final of the welter weight contest . Seft H erb ert (1919), who is fanning at Inaha , was a comp etitor in th e Round the Mou11tain Ra ce held last month and after leading n early all the way was successful in gaining sixth place. D er ek D enny-Brown , who is taking Medicine at Otago Univer sity , was successful this year in passing all subjects

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for the second professional examination in m edicine. N ews has just come through that h e ha b een appointed locum. house surgeon at the Christ church Public Hospital for the Chri tmas vacation. J;\angi Baillie (1915 ) is now on the local staff of the Vi ctoria Insurance Co. , Ltd. Old Boy.- are well represc•ntecl in th e insurance offic es in to11·n , the following being on the staffs of the various companies :-Arthur Osborn e (1902) and l'vL O'Dowcla. (1919 ), N ew Zealand Insurance _ Co.; L. J. Hoffma11n (1918) , United Insurance Co.; Pat. Hawkins (1919 ), South British; L eo Allen (1918), State Fire Office; Ow en Moss (1919 ), Pho enix Assurance Co.; Tom Corkill (1.913 ), Qu eensland Insurance Co.; Les . M cAllum (1907) , British Dominions; Arthur Moody (191.4), North British . N ewnham d e la Cour CormYaJl (1882), another of the originaJ Old Boys , who is captain oi' the s .s. Otaki, was r cently in New Plymouth, this being his boat's first visit to this town. He was r ecently appointed Naval Reserve Aide-de- camp to the K1ing. Loftus Russell (1913) , who is on the staff of the Eastern Cable Company at Port Darwin , b as recently b een transferred to Singapore and earl y n ext year goes to Cocos I . land . Cl-il b ert Ellis , " ·ho l ft Sch oo l this year , is on the local staff of th Union Steamship Company. Harold Grayling (1913 ) is on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand at Motu , Hawke' s Bay. Gedric N ewell ( 1915) i on the reporting staff of the 'L'aranaki Herald in town. P crcy J ohnson (191.6) is also on the staff o£ the H erald. 'l'r evor Ha ·ell (1919 ) h as recently been r elieving a.t the local B ank of Australasia. Rl'ssell M:c~tth ews (1911 ), \\·ho has b een attending the City of London Engineering Guild , has r ecently r eturned to . . ye\\· ~ e aland and wa · in ryew Plymouth recently. He was on th e 1-temuera when h e collided in the English Channel, and h e wa s unfortuna.t e enough to lose most of his papers and books as the r e ult of th e collision . He has recently acf' epted a po ition with a firm of civil en gineers in Hamilton. L auri e P ease, who left at the end of last year, is farming at Mangatoki. and was in t.own for the r e-wlion .

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olwyn Smith (1915) is workin g on a farm at Nelson . Athol Wilson (1915 ), who has been with a firm of ><olicitors in W ellingt on , is now managing a solicito r 's busin s. in I\: aitaia . North Auckla nd.

THE ORIGINALS, 1882. W e publis h h ereund er a list of th e first entran ts to the Rrhool at its com m encem ent in F Pbruar y, 1882. At the ro mmon r em ent there wer e thirty pupils :md of these at ]caRt nine h ave paRsed the Great Di vid e. Of the r em ainder th ere ar e Rev ral t he wh ereabo uts of whom we are unable to trare , nnd Rhoulcl any Old Boy be able to assist us with n n~ part icular. of th eir wh ereabo uts we w'ould be gratefu l. *Dece ased +Wher eabout s unkno wn. ':' I-Iende rsou , Loren s +Caver hill , Frank Bell ringer , Frederick C. J. I Crouch er, Char] R -/·Mann ing, E m est Hunter , Irwin /Mann erR, Arthu r - Syme, St:mle y ''M01·ton , Luther ':'Hum pbries, 'l"'homaR L . IBull ot, Percy IGilrnore, Willia m Cunni ngh am , Ernes t ':'Ha.l e, Rich ard Paynt er , Charles IW eston, Willia m Rawso n , W alter Furlon g, 'l'homa>S rearso n, Freder ick ·~Hcm p ton, Thoma R ':'Wilso n, R ichard C. *K elly, Charles ':'vVilson ,· J a meR IHunt, Alfred *Skeet , K enn eth Cottie r, Henry +Skeet , Wilfri d L. IBrook ing, Alfred Shaw, Charles ·/Broo king, Freder ick Freder ick B ellringer is a partner in the firm of Bellring r BroR., in Jew Plymo uth. Ernes t Cunni ngham is fa rm ing at Ngong otahia, near n .otorua. Walter Rawso n is a Judge in the Native Land Court. Freder ick P earson is a land agent in Hamil ton. Ch arles Shaw is farmin g n ear New Plymo uth.

RAY SCOWN (Died May, 1922).

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Irwin Hunter is a surgeon in Dunedin. 'l'homas Furlong now resides in New Pylmouth. Henry Cattier is in business as a draper at Inglewood. It is our intention to publish in the succeeding issues of 'l'he 'l''a ranakian the names of any Old Boys the wh er enbouts of whotn we ar e unable to trace, and we shall be glad if anyone knowing their whereabouts will communicate with th e Editor . W e publish her e th e list of such names of Old Boys who were a.t School up to 1895. The year in which they enter ed School iP. g-iven in pa.rentbeses :L over , J ohn F. (1882) .Schofield, Harry (1~82) Humphries, Fred. W. (1882) Con way, J ames (1882 ) 0 'Carrol, F elix (1882) 'l'hompson, Frederick , (1882) Bosworth, Ernest (1882) B ar clay, Edward V. (1882 ) W eyergan g, C. H . A. (1882) Buscke, Oscar (1883) Elliott, John B. (1883 ) Watkins, George (1883 ) Watkins, Jam es (1883) Brasch , Edward A. (1883 ) Downes, L awrence (1885 ) L ever , Charles (1885 ) Ryan, Georg.e (1886 ) Taylor, Alfred (1882) Wainhouse, Wm. H. (1882) McMillan, David (1882) Callaghan, Henry (1882 ) Callagh an, William (1882 ) Wickham , Ernest (1882 ) Bird, George (1882 ) Barcla.y, Henry A. L. (1882 ) Newsham, Alb ert (1883 ) E lliott, Ernest (1883) Boswell, H enry (1883) ::Brookes , Cha.r les (1883)

J>ardy, Robert (1883) Whe ler , William (1884) rriei=;tley , Arthur (1885 ) Irvine, William (1885) Whitcombe, Francis (1886 ) Standish, William (1886) Marshall , George (1886) Bayley, Charles (1887) Gayn e, Arthur (1889 ) Neild , Harry (1890) Ca.ldwell , Clement (1891) Robinson , Ernest C. (1892 ) Mackay, John (1892) Moore, William R. (1894) Runciman , Wm. M . (1894) O'Callaghan , Wilfred (1894) Blackburrow, Reginald (1886) 'l'aylor , Arthur (1887) P earce, Harry (1888) Fogwill, Alexander (1889 ) B alse, E dward F. (1891) Farquhar , Alfred V. (1891 ) Franklyn, William H. (1892) Binnie, Alex. Cr awford (1892 ) Holdsworth, Godfrey (1893) Gray, Alb ert (1893) 'Thomas, J amc Arthur (180~ , 0 'Callaghan, Michael (1894) Paynter, Sydney (1894)

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BIRTHS.

MARRIAGE.

CALLAGHA N. -At New P l;rmouth , on September 4, 19:2:2 , to the wife of Frank Callaghan (1900), a daughter.

BAKER-EA S'l'EHBRO OKE .-On April 27 , 1922, at vVharerata , Gisborne, by th e Rev. J . W. Shannon, M.A., Ueorge Selwyn, younger ,s on of the la.te R ev . and Mrs. F . 'l'. Baker, Taranaki, to Grace, only daughter of Mr . and Mrs. George Easterbrook e , Wharerata, Gisborne.

BER'JltAND .-At Nurse Clarke's, New P lymouth , on May :20 , 19:22 , to Mr. and lVlrs . G. F. Bertrand, a daughter. :\. \ 'Eil.l.-On Octob er 23 , 1922, to Mr. and Mrs. A . H. Avery , a son. JE~E.lXt;OK.-On July 23, 1922 , at Lo~·er Hutt , to Mr. and ~·ll· s . vV. Hop e J enkinson , R son. ~HA \V.-0~1 August 1, 1922 , at ~ ew P lymouth, to the wife of Enc Sha\Y , a son .

DEATHS. BROADMO RE.-At New P lymouth Hospital , on June 11, 1922 , H arry Wi lli am , t h e clearly beloved husband of Hilcla Broaclmore , Belt Road; aged 35 years . 0 'CARHOLL .-On 0 ·tober 23 , 1922 , at the Stratford Hospital , Gerald Eustace, beloved husband of Eth el O'Carroll , and son of the late Dr. O 'Carroll , New Plymouth; aged 46 years.

ENGAGEM ENTS.

SIXCL.~IR-R~ID :-'1'he engagement is announced of R. lr. B. Sm~la u· to Moura , eldest daughter of Mrs. Charles 11 eJd , Dunedin. WTLLIA~1IS-.o.swr~.-'l'hc engagement i · announced of Miss Mu·1 Oswm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H . Oswin of Auckland, to Mr: W il son Williams, only son of Mr : and Mrf< . H. A. WJlh an is, of Lansdowne , Masterton.

BAYL1'-GI~3S?.N.-'l'he engagement is announced of Miss

Queeme. G1bson , younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B . Chb son, Ne"· P lymouth , to Mr . Geoffrey Bayly, yo ungest son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bayl y, N ew P ly mouth.

MEULI-WHI'I'E.~The engagement is announced of Miss Ed~a R. W hite, cl aughter of Mr. and Mrs . G . H. White, of New Plymouth , to Mr. Gecil G. Me~li , scC'ond son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Meuli , of Tariki .

BECK-!OWN~END.-The engagement is announced of ~I1 ss :Nelii e May , younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs . H . Townscnd, of Wanganui, to 'iiVilliam Copland t lmd son of Mr. nncl Mr ··· F · 'I' · Bee]·' • N ew P l y-' • mouth ,

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