1924 The Taranakian Vol. 13 No. 2 November part2 by New Plymouth Boys' High School

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ball often travelling through the hands of most of the backs. Alexander and K. Fookes were combining well, and they managed to make pl~nty of openings for the scoring men, but the tackling was good and the challengers were still able to withstand the pressure ·which was put upon them. They were also capable of initiating movements, and repeatedly changed defence into attack by clever and judicious kicking, for which J enkin, \Vilson and Monk were principally responsible. Both sides were compelled to force down on several occasions, and while this gave momentary relief, the pressure was imPetty mediately put on again as strenuously as ever. on and times, at runs sensational and brilliant some made two occasions looked as if he might score. Butler, however, who had not been impressive in t h e early stages of the game, improved as it progressed, and he got his side out of several tight places in the concluding stages. A penalty to School in a good position in front of the goal was entrusted to Loveridge, but he failed with the kick, and Mt. Alb ert set up another hot attack, sweeping right down the field. Monk cut in cleverly when on the opposition twenty-five line, and then transferred to Kirkpatrick, who missed his pass in a movement which looked like ending in a score. Petty resorted to a speculator to clear, and he fortunately found touch well down the line. School secured from the throw-in and the ball came as far as Loveridge, who tried to swerve through but was held up . An infringement gave School another shot at goal, but Loveridge again missed.

SCHOOL v. W ANGANUI TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

The local side maintained their advantage, however, and a pretty piece of work, which added a further three points to the score, put a fine finish to an excellent game. A scrum was formed just inside Mt. Albert territory, and School hooked very smartly and Mason got the ball away cleanly. It travelled swiftly through all hands to Mackay, who dashed down the line and scored a brilliant try, amid the greatest enthusiasm. The extra points were not added, and the whistle sounded "no side" immediately with the scores: High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Mt. Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mr. E. Gilmour was referee,

On July 11 the Wanganui Technical College team arrived and were met by members of the Rugby Union and Mr. Moyes. During their visit h ere they stayed at Niger House. On the Sunday after the match both teams were the guests of the Union in a drive to Urenui. The following· account appeared in the Daily News:The teams were : Wanganui (dark blue).-Tabart (full-back); Crichton, Stiver, Rangi Ruahine (three-quarters); Blythe, Brown (five-eighths); Ambrose (half-back); Cutelli (rover); Thompson, Smith, McKillop, Bun·ell, Dixon, ·winter (captain ), Linssen (forwards). Ne-vv Plymouth.-Petty (full-back) ; lVIackay, K. Fookes, Crawford (three-quarters); Fletcher, Alexander, captain (five-eighths); Mason (half-back); Read (rover); Ennis, Gibson, S . Fookes, Bleakley, O'Halloran, Benringer, Tiplady (forwards). New Plymouth lost the toss and kicked off against a .-trong breeze. From the sounding of the whistle their forwards swept down to the attack, and a rattling pace was set and maintained. Three times in succession the ball was hooked back to Mason, the half-back, who set his backs in motion, but the attack broke down each time at K. Fookes, who knocked the ball on. Again the New Plymouth backs raced away, Alexander cutting in neatly to beat several men, but his pass was late and play returned to half-way. Out shot the ball to Mackay, on the New Plymouth wing, who kicked high, and in a scramble the home team were nearly over, but Wanganui relieved. 'l'he visiting forwards swept clown the field, headed by Twice in succession Thompson, but Alexander saved. \V anganui were penalised for off -side play ; then on account of an obstruction by a New Plymouth player the visitors were awarded a free kick. From over half-way Brown's kick was well short. Alexander snapped up the ball and away went the New Plymouth backs again, the attack breaking clown wh n Fletcher failed to accept a prematm·e pass,

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Petty :fielded cleanl y from a long \'iTangan ui punt and l'acecl ronnel to start his backs off again , but K. knock ed on, <md from the scrum that follow ed theFooke s tables were turne d when Dixon came away in great Fletc her obtain ed posse ssion and once more the style. complexio n was chang ed when he gallop ed away to pass to K. Fooke s when collar ed. The latter could not get past Stiver , howev er, and play r eturn ed to half-w ay. Petty badly misju dged a high kick, and it was an anxio us mome nt for New Plym outh when a scrmn was order on the g-oal-line. N'ew Plym outh hooked the ball, ed Alrxa nder took his pnss off-side, and Brow n ch-ew but ·first blood for the visito r. · with a w ell-pla ced o·oal. vVang anui ..... ..... ..... ..... .. . . 3 New Plym outh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 From the kick-o ff Cutel li and Thom pson heade d a vVang anui rush, New Plym outh being penal ised for side play. 'fhe kick was unsuc cessfu l, the ball strikioffthe hands of the home forwa rds, and Read led a count ng attack . Ran"' i Rnah ine snapp ed up the ball, and erdifficu lt positi on found touch with nn excell ent line in a The samr playe r was ag-ain prom inent a mome nt kick. but his short punt went too far and Petty forced . later, From the drop- out Fletc her picke d up and his backs soon swun g into their stride with a lively passin g bout, which broke down when Mack ay pa.-sed forwa rd. Fletc ber sm;ta ined an injury to his knee, ancl, t hough h e resum ed his positi for a time, was soon comp elled to retire , being replac on by Revel l. K. Fooke s cnme in to secon d five-rig·hths ed and thr newco mer playe d centre t hree- quart er. "\Vith a vigor ous rush the New Plym outh forwa penet rated the oppos ition; then from a scrum the rds was whipp ed out to K. Fooke s, who was collar,ed rightball on the lin e. -with lightn ing speed the ball was hooke d back and shot out to Craw ford, who dashe d up to groun over the O'Oal-ljne netn· the corn er. Petty 's kick failed d it . W angan ui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Plym outh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Craw ford fielde d from the kick-o ff and made anoth er sensa tional run down the line. From a scrum K . Fooke s receiv ed the ball and broug ht the home suppo rters to their feet with a cut-in that pierce d the oppos ition, but his pass was not taken , New Plym outh were penal ised, and

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'rhom pson almos t goale d with a fine drop kick. v; wter mark ed in a good positi on, but his drop- kickThen was sJ10rt. Tipla dy was off-side a mome nt later, but fortun e did not smile on the visito rs, for Brow n's kick was just wide. From the drop- out the New Plym outh spran g into their stride , and more exciti ng mome backs nts followed when, from an openi ng made by Alexa nder, ford dashe d throu gh, only to be pushe d out right Crawin the corner . Alexa nder again cut in from the line-o ut, but tackled. Mack ay, penne d near his goal-l ine, ptmte was d infield direct ly in front of his goal, but no one was there, a11d the home team relieYed. Half- time so1.mded imme diately with the score uncha nged. "\i\ Tanga nui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Plym outh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A light drizzl e comm enced just befor e the interv al, but it cease d shortly after play resum ed, and the was finish ed in dry thouooh threa tenin g weath er. game vVith undim inishe d vigou r the forwa rds set a hot pace imme ately. Read was penal ised for not puttin g the ball straigdiht into the scrum , but no goal result ed. 0 'Hallo ran led the New Plym outh vangu ard in a rush, and from a scrum backs launc hed a brillia nt attack . v1lith snap and the precision the ball shot from Maso n to Alexa nder, K. Fooke s, Revel l and Craw ford, the latter being well tackle Stiver . Maso n and Alexa nder misha ndled and Brow d by W angan ui on the attack with a short punt, but n put Petty .-aved. vVith a sensa tiona lnm clown the line Mack ay beat practi cally the ·w hole oppos ition, but when a try seeme immin ent he stopp ed short in his stride to find someo d ne to pass to and threw away the oppor tunity . Stive r chang ed the aspec t imme diatel y w ith perha ps the cleve rest piece of work in the match . .After a fine clash down .the touch -line he short punte d to the centre , where th re was no oppos ition. The ball bounc ed high to fall awon g the New Plymou1"l1 playe rs, who were able to effcc! reliei. .Almo:-;L imm ·diately, how ever, New uJOuth were penalifled, and Brow n kicke d a good Plygoal, placin g the visito rs o'n ce more in the lead. vV angan ui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 New Plym outh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New Plym outh return ed to the attack , and Alexand er cut in to beat sever al men and pass to Craw The latter wa:-; collar ed, but whipp ed the ball out ford. in oLLer clirccL.ion Lo K. l<'ookc.-. 1\lacka.y receiv ed in the turn,

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and after fending off one man was pushed out in the corner. Bellringer obtained in the line-out and dashed the remaining few yards to score. Petty could not goal, and the scores stood level. Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 New Plymouth were within an ace of scoring again when the backs raced away in one direction till Revell received his pass, and then to the other corner, where Mackay was pushed out. A fierce struggle for supremacy ensued, first one side and then the other gaining the advantage. Wanganui swept down, only to l;>e stopped by Crawford. Then the home backs dashed back and a try seemed imminent when Mackay slipped and fell. Ambrose marked gamely in the face of an opposing rush; then Tiplady reciprocated with another mark, and play came back to \Vanganui 's corner with S. Fookes leading the rush. From a scrum Alexander was slow to pass, and Brown intercepted, breaking clean away. With practically no opposition and a line of W anganui men in support Thompson knocked on, and the chance was lost. For an anxious ten minutes the home team were pressed on their goal-line till the forwards came through and Tiplady effected timely relief With increased vigour vYanganui returned, but Petty saved. Mason set his backs in motion, but Alexander again gave a late pass, and a \Vanganui man intercepted to institute a strong attack. Cutelli worked the blind side from a scrum and was just pushed into touch by Mackay. The deciding factor in the game was the next fine movement. Bleakley and S. Fookes came through a loose scrum in grand style, and the ball was whipped out to Alexander, K. Fookes, Revell and Crawford, who clashed over in the corner to place his team for the first time in the lead. Mackay's attempt to goal was w1de. New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tab art, the W anganui full-back, was compelled to retire on account of cramp, being replaced by Stewart. From a scrum Alexander cut in and beat several men, but was finally tackled. The ball returned to half-way, and time sounded with the score : New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mr. F. Julian refereed.

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SECOND FIFTEEN. 'l'he second fifteen had a very successful season and considering that the team was changed round so mu~h its record is very good. Following are the results:. V. Tukapa; won 3-0. Tukapa were superior in the forwards, but School held its own in the backs. For School, l\IIurdoch scored after a great run. V. Old Boys; won 41-0. A field day for School. Both ?acks and forwards played well. For School the follovvmg scored: Brodie, M cLean (2), W etere, K. Fookes, T. Fookes, .Robertson, Hutchen, Pease, 0 'Halloran (I). Of these trres l\IIcLean, Pease and Grant converted one each.

V. Okato; won 11-0. This game was played in the mud. McLean scored two tries and converted one. Eaves also scored.

V. Star; lost 8-3. School fielded a weak team. School 's score consisted of a penalty kicked by 1\IIcLean.

Cli~ton; draw, no score.

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V. Tukapa; lost 8-6. School had a weak team but n~vertheless put up a good fight. 1\IIcLean scored 'both

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V. Old Boys; won 6-5. 'l'h'is was a hard O'ame 路 Revell and Hutchen scored for School. "' ' V .. Okato; won 11-3. School journeyed to Okato. Galbra1th scored two tries and kicked a goal. Pease converted a try. V. Clifton; lost 17-3. Clifton 's forwards were too heavy for School. Galbraith scored for School. V. 'l'hird Fifteen; draw 8-8. This was one of the hardest games of the season. The 'l'hird Fifteen forwards played well. The Second Fifteen backs were apt to hang on too long and so lost chances. Murdoch and J ones f;COr ed for the Seconds, McLean converting one. V. Star. Star forfeited to School.

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Score Score Result. For. Against. Drawn 6 6 Won 32 0 Won 60 3 Won 3 0 Won 34 0 Won 16 3 Won 38 0 Won 27 0 Won 32 0 Won by forfeit. Won by forfeit. Won 52 0 Won by forfeit. Won 25 3 Won 16 5 Won 16 G

We are indebted to the Taranak i Herald for the following account of the Fourth Grade final :Hawera kicked off and play centred about half-way for a while. The Hawera forwards had the advantag e in height, but the New Plymout h pack indulg·ed in dribbling rusl1es wl1ich eventual ly took them into the opposing twenty-f ive. A hard tussle followed near the line and a.t length Amold succeede d in crossing the line. Crawfor d converte d. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hawera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The visiting backs made persisten t efforts to break away, but the tackling of the New Plymont h boys was safe. An excitiug ( usslc l'ollowecl in ~cl tool 's (went.v-five, but Penman broke a war in ! he ruck , aud was well supported by the remaind er of the pack. When near halfway the forwards overstep ped the ball, but Galbrait h picked up neatly and beat the oppositio n all the way. Crawfor d failed to convert. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ilawera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THUW FIF'l'EEN, 19 24. Oal;ley Studio . Back Row : S. Spier s, E. McCallum, J . Ah rahnm, E. Arnold, vV. Pen mnll, D. Rob ertson, G. Bayly . Middle Row: L. Pen ny, C. Strombom, J . Medley, H . }'ookes (c npt. ), J. Galbrnith, C. Co llin s, I. C ra11路ford. Fro11t Ho11路: H. Bro11路n, K . Hiley .

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The I-Iawe ra backs were perhap s slight ly more aggressiv e than their oppon ents, but the greasy state of the ball and the soft nature of the groun d made back play almost impos sible. A ftt>l' gradm llly forcin g Schoo l back into their twent y-five the Hawe ra backs got movin g and C. Bail ey crosse d over. Gates conve rted. Schoo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hawe ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Schoo l waste d no time in going to the attack , and as the result of a conce rted forwa rd movem ent Hawe ra were compe lled to force down. Half-t ime was then called . Schoo l had the advan tage in the openin g stages of the second half, Hawe ra being oblige d to force within few minut es of resum ing. Play then hovere d about half-a way, and after an excha nge of high kicks the Hawe ra forwa rds took the ball away at their feet, but lost an admir able oppor tunity of scorin g by kickin g too hard and so afford ing Schoo l the chance of forcin g down. 'fhe drop-k ick gave Schoo l a chance to return play to halfway. Slowly the forwa rds worke d their way into Hawer a 's twenty -five and from a scrum H. Fooke clever ly cut his way throug h the five - iglltlm and passeds to 11 forwa rd, who ch路opped the ball, bnt succee ded i11 kickin g it OVC'r tl1e lin e and Collin s tonch t>d clown . Crawford's kick Jailed by :inches. Schoo l ...... ... . ...... ...... .... 11 Hawe ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Shortl y after the kick-o ff Schoo l entere d the Hawe ra twenty -five again and Riley, who picked up from tbe loose, mad e a brillia nt run, stab-k icked over the fnll-ba ck's head ancl touche d down. Crawf ord conve rted. Schoo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Hawe ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 There after Schoo l had by far the better of the game and towar ds the end Hawe ra found it necess ary to force clown time and again. With but a few minut es to go, they made an effort to, score, but this they found impos sible. Mr. F. W ebb was the refere e.

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FOURTH FIFTEEN. First Round. April 26.-V. Star; won 5-0. Ford scored and Strombom converted. May 3.-V. School 6ths; won 19-3. Davis, Gilmour, Robb and Strombom (2) scored. Gi lmour and Strombom converted on e try each. May 31 .- V. Sch ool 5ths; won lJ.-0. Ford and. P enman scored a trv each. :B..,orcl conver ted one and k1cked a penalty goa l. 路 June 7.-V. 'rukapa; won 6-3 . P enman and Collin s scored a try each. June 14.-V. Old Boys; won by default . . Old Boys withdrew from the competition . June 21.-V. Clifton; lost 9-0. Clifton w er e too heavy for the School team. June 28.-V. T echnical College; won 16-lJ.. Law, Davis and Collins (2) scored tries. Ford and Law con verted one each. July 5.-V. School 3rds; lost 27-0. The thirds were too fast for the fourths. Second Round. July 10.-V. School 6ths; won 11-3 . This was played on Thursday instead of Saturday. Collins and Davis scored a try each, Ford converted one, and Glengarry kicked a penalty goal. July 15.- V . School 3rds; lost 32-0. This was also played on a Thursday. The thirds were again too fast fo r the fourths. July 17.-V. Star; lost 15- 3. Law scored for School. July 23.-V. Clifton; lost-forfeited . Owin g to the end of the term we could not get a team. September 6.-V. Tukapa; lost 3-0. 1'ukapa w ere too heavy for the School forwards. September 13.-V. Technical College; won by default. Owing to their holidays Tech . were unable to get a team together. July 20.- V. School 5ths; won by forfeit . 'rhe fifths wuld not get a team together. September 20.-V. Old Boys; won by default. Old Boys withdrew from the competition in the first round.

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FIFTH FIFTEEN. V. Technical College; won, 12- 0. V . Clifton; won, 12-3 . V. Sch ool B; lo::;t, 21-0. V. School D; won, 11-3 . V. Star; lost, 21-0. V. Old Boys; won, 27-0. Y. School A; lo.路t, 28-0. \'. Tnkapa; won, 21- 0. SIXTH FIFTEEN. V. School A; lost, 32-0. V. Sch ool B; lost, 19-:3 . V. Star ; lost, 28-0. Y. 'rukapa ; lost, 18--0. \ . Clifton ; lost, 56-0. V. School C; lost, 11-3. V. Star; lost, 17-3. Y. 'rechnical College; lost, 1.5-6 . Y. Tnkapa; lost, 17- 0.

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(H. Bellringer.) 'rhe term commenced on September 10, as we assembled to greet his Excellency Viscount J ellico e when h e came to New Plymouth to unveil t h e Cen otaph. Despite interruptions work has progressed very satisfactorily. All form.路 are preparing for the ann.ual examinations which eventuate sh ortly. The term is expected to end on Decemb er 18. This year the annual football match against \Vanganui College was played at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, on Thursday, July 24, instead of at the Show Grounds, Hawera, where all previous matches had been played. The fin e weather and hard ground greatly h elped to make t h e game, which was thoroughly enjoy ed by both sides, fast and interesting. On t.h e night prior to the match the visiting team was met at the Railway Station by the Principal, Mr. Papps, Mr. Nielson (secretary of the Rugby Unio:n ), and by the members of the First Fiftee n. The following evening the gu ests were entertained at a dance given in their honour by l\'Ir. and 1\frs. Moyes. During

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their stay in New Plym outh the mem.bers of team were bille ted amon gst the Old Boys of the Colle giate the School. Alth ough we ourse lves did not hold an invit this year, repre senta tives of the Scho ol were ation race parti cipat e in the annu al sport s of the Strat invit ed to H igh Scho ol and of the New Plym outh Tech ford Distr ict nical College. On the form er occas ion the even t, 220 yard J. D. Mack ay, while C. Gilm our carri ed off s, was won by the 100 yard s invit ation race at the latte r's scho ol's sport s. We take this oppo rtuni ty of cong ratul ating H. W. Brow n on the fine reco rd h e has achie ved on the footb all field. Prob ably neve r befo re in the anna footb all has a play er risen so quick ly to ls of Rugb y fame . That he shou ld have b een capta in of inter natio nal the First Fifteen as recen tly as last year and that with in of his leavi ng schoo l he shou ld b e chose n to a few mont hs repre sent the land of his birth on the playi ng field is a feat are justl y prou d of his havi ng acco mpli shed. of whic h we ly hope that the wide expe rienc e gaine d in \Ve since rehis tour with the All Blac ks throu gh Grea t Brita in and Fran ce will be of tbe great est help to him in the f utur e. The annu al boxi ng tourn amen t, whic h the even ing of Thur sday , Nove mber 6, was was held on a large crow d of inter ested spec tator ., who atten ded by with a spark ling displ ay of the "man ly art." were treat ed like to add that the evide nt succ ss of the even \Vc shou ld main ly to the inde fatig able effor ts of the masting was clue ers and the mana geme nt comm ittee . Tow ards the end of the secon d term very inter estin g lectu re on the Briti sh and we recei ved a Fore ign Bible Asso ciatio n from Mr. Mack ay, of Cant erbu ry College, who is an Old Boy of the School. At the comm ence ment of his nddr ess b e state d how pleas ed h e was to be back at the old schoo l again and how h e had follo wed its ing the last few years . Proc eedin g, h e outli grow th durned the main objec t of his Asso ciatio n and gave a distr essin g pictu re of the cond ition s under whic h the stude nts of 'rom sity, in Siber ia, exist ed. He exhib ited some sk Univ erinstr uctiv e phot ogra phs of 'rom sk Univ ersit y and r ead an actua l letter from some of the profe ssors than king for their time ly help to some of the starv ing New Zeal and stud ents. He then appe aled to the boys for assis tance , nove l plan carri ed out by many of the Oldsugg estin g the Boys at Canterbu ry Colle ge of going out to work for devo ting wage s earn ed to the destitute Russ the day and ian stude nts.

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'rhe follo wing have left Scho ol sinc e the last issu e:Skclt on, M.; Taun t, A . ; Moss, K.; Broo me, D.; Ford , M.; Ritte r, vV.; Petty , A.; McL ean, M.; Cart wrig ht, G.; Hutc hen, S.; McC ormi ck; Park in, D.; Uttin g; Davi dson , J.; Shea rd, I.; Atki ns, S.; Dick ey, I . ; Groo mbri dge, W.; Cobh am, R.; Ansl ey, N.; NoonU?, F.; Petti grew , H.; Mere dith, P.; Roche, P.; WooJenk ms, I.; dhou se, C.; Bree , R.; Hook er, J.; Scott , A.; Duffin, J.; Cra~shaw, H . ; Anth ony H.· Cotti er S.; Bow en, A.; Haw Slad den,' P.; Woodha~, A.; Latte r, H.; Wigg kms, H. D.; , P.; Clcg g, K.; Clela nd, F.; Dalz iell, R.; E.; Chiv ers, Roge rs, F.; West , A.; Easto u, G.; Pank hurs Dobs on, H.; tree, C.; Sahe n, \V.; Atki ns, S.; Bart lett, t, R.; Pl~lm R.; Beam ish, J.; Hem pton , K. The follo wing enter ed the Scho ol since the last issue : Molloy, P.; Colsou, E.; War d, _R.; M,~nley, J.; Robe rts, R.; Baily , li'.; Hagg er, G. ; Kor·lns, F.; Ihorn e, A.; How se, L.; Loveridge, L. G. Rain man·ecl the visit of the Gove rnor- Gene ral when he visite d New Plym outh for the last t ime. of this the Scho ol gath ered in the Asse mbly On acco unt Lord J-ellico e deliv ered his parti ng addr ess Hall, wher e and prese nted the J ellico e Cup to the Scho ol for the secon also prese nted meda ls to indiv idual s of the d time. . _He the hio-h est ao·o-regate poin ts. He then procteam gamm g town ~here h'e\m veile d the mem orial in the eede d to the pour ing rain. D espit e the inclem ency of the weat her a large red to witn ess this even t. Lord and Lady cro~d gathgeth er with their staff, were prese nt at the J elhco e, totary Ball h eld at the Coro natiOn Hall that An?- ual Milievem ng. 'rhe annu al fixtu re with Auck land Gram mar Scho ol was play ed this year on Saturcla~, Augu st ~3, at the Spor ts Grou nd, Puke kura Park . rhe exc~p weat her made the gro1m d very hard , and this tionally fine adYantao· c to the visitor:-;, who thoro ughl y was of gre~t dese rved their wi11 011 Lhe day'::; play. 'J'b e H.ugb;y: Unio n both team s at a dinn er at the Term mus Hotewere lwst? to ward s at the moti on pictu res. The follo l, and after wing day both team s moto red to the Mao ri villa ge of H.ahotu while Mr. and Mrs. H.oebuck were Parih aka and hosts pleas an't danc e held at th_eir resid~nce the follo at a very wing evening. The visit ors were bille ted w1th some of the day boys durin g their sojou rn in New Plym outh .

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'l'lle H.eY. J:i'. G. Harvie one moruing gav e au instruct ive addr e::;:; on behalf of the Society for t he P rotection of Cr uelty to Auimals. 'l'he boy::; listened attentively, and it is to b e hop ed that some of th em at least will consider carefu lly the r em<n·ks made on b ir ch' nestin g and ::;imilar practice::;. 'l'he mmualm<~tcll aga inst Nelson College was played at th e College ground on 'l'hm·sda~-, Augu:;t 28. 'l'be weather on tbe morning o£ t h e match was anytl1ing but pleasaut, and consequentl y the ground wa::; ext rem ely wet ancl ,·lippery . This was of achantage to our opponent::;, who played well iu the forwards, but it hampered our back division considerably . 'l'he same eYen.ing we vvere the guests of the College at a delightful ball, an excellen t feature of which was the lavi.-h supper, an item at all times greatly appreciated by the team. The .Assembly Hall, which was tastefully decorated with flow ers and coloured papers, presented an animated .-cene. The sittin g-rooms, one of wh ich was skilfully designed to display the "Telson colours-da rk blue and black-whil e anoth er was done in the School colour s-black and white -were also beautifully and ing'enionsly d ecorated. Our arrival at Nelson had been :;omewhat of an eventful one, as in the thick fog of t h e morning t he ship became shoaled on a :;and bank, and the passengers were forced to beguile the time until a smaller .teamer conveyC'd them and the baggage to the wh:H'ves. Til e day of our arriva l was spent in insp ecting E:irkpatrick 's Jam Factor? and Griffin's Biscuit and Sweet:,; Factor.\·. Car s were kindly provided on the clay fo llowing the match, and a v'e ry enjoyable and instructive trip was made round Tasman Bay to Motuekn.. 'l'hi.· was through the h eart of the fruit growing country, but it wa:;, of course, out. of the picking ::;easou, yet we wer e ab le to catch a o·li mpse of t he ~e riou. clifficulties with which the aspirinO' fruit farmer has to contend. ·wh en at last the t ime came for departure we turned our backs on Nelson wi:;hing t hat our ~:>tay could be longer. The team, which wa:; accompanie d by Mr. Papps, l\Ir. Eo·gletou and l\Ir. Diprosc, enj?ye~1 t~e trip innncnsely, for the Nel.-onians, w] JOSC ho.-pitaht~r IS pronrbial, cc1·tain ly more t h an liv ed up to their reputatio11 . The numb er of terms stndents i.- mn ch larger t h an in previons yc<ns. J.J;Jtiu, Bn gli sh , ll ist 01·y, .i\Iat il ematics, allCl Comlllcr cialli'rellclJ m·e all ta ken for the B. 1.., LL.B., and B. 0111. degTees. Ther e arc eleven .-tudent. · doing terms work thi:; year . . This i::; a r ecord number f or the School.

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School retains the Moascar Cup for one more year as the result of ::;uccessfully with::;tancling the attempts of three other secondary schools to wrest it from them. All the matches were played in Pukekura Park, and each was witnessed by 1-1 very considerable number of spectators. The wet gronnd con::;iderably hampe1· ed both sides in t h e first match against \Vanganui 'l'echnical College, and the di::;play ha .- been called by some worthy critics, disappointing. 'l'h e visiting team was met at the station by l\Ir. 1\Ioye::;, Mr. Papps and other ofilcials of t h e Rugby Union and on the following evening both teams were entertai~ed by the 'faranaki Rugby Union at the motion pictures and afterwards at sup:per. On. the Sun~ay both teams had a trip out to Urenm. Durmg the time they spent in New Plymouth the visitors stayed at Niger House. It is ~ur pleasant duty to welcome Mr. G. M. Pearson, i\I.A. (Cantab.), to the staff of the School. Mr. Pea1:s?n, "·ho is an ardent cricketer, should be a welcome add1tlon to the Old Boys' cricket team. V,T e hop e sincerely that his sojourn with us may b e a pleasant one. 'l'he most strenuous of all th e matches, perhaps, was that of the second l\Ioascar Cup match against Te .Aute College on Saturday, A.ug·ust 16. The Maoris wer e much the heavier team, and the muddy ground was assuredly in their favour. In the evening the teams were present at the Long Night Dance. On Sunday both teams attended Divine service at St. Mary 's, and were afterwards conveyed by ca r ·· to Urenui as t h e bush track on the mountain was not open to traffic. 'l'he following day the 'l'c Aute team left for Wangauui to defeat our old opponents, \ \Tanganui Tech11ical College. During their short holiday in New P lymouth the visitors resided at Marsland View. Running against a h ead wind the greater. par t of the way, and with the turf sodden, the compet1tor~ m the annual Steeplechas e had little chance of lowenng the r ecord set in 1923. The Junior Steepl echase was won by Scott while Robertson (iii), scratch, ran a good second. The .~enior event was won by Spier.-, who also gained fn~:>tc.-t time, while Robert:on ( ii ), :;c1·atch, fini:,;h ed second. 'L'h e N •w Plymouth Golf Club kindly placed their property at the disposal of the :;pol't.- committee, who greatly appreciate this favour.

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'l'he final match of the season against Mt. Albert Grammar School was played on Saturday, September 27 in dl'izzling rain that reduced tb e ground to a quagmire' yet, in spite of these adver::;e conditions, the gam.~ was fast and op en. 'l'he same evening the teams attended a boxing tournament as guests of the Rugby Union, and on the following day were conveyed to Parihaka and Rahotu. The morning express on the following day returned to Auckland the visitors, who had boarded at Marsland View. A very large crowd attettded the mmual atlllet ic ::;pol'L::;, which vvcre held on Saturday, Novemb e1· 1. It i · Yery gratifying to notice tbc keen inter est taken by the general public in all of the School's activities. Although the weather appeared so unpromising the day before, and even during the early part of the morning itself, the atmospheric condition ::; eventually were perfect. Considerable labour had been expended in markin g out th ground::; and making the anangemcn ts, Eor some days ahead, so that it was with extreme chagrin that we watched th e copious showers of rain laying waste the r ::;ults of such hard work; but, on the ve1·y morning of the sports themselves, the boys and masters set to and prepared the grounds with su ch a will that the events were started on the scheduled t ime. It was hardly to be expected with such a h eavy gronncl t hat any records. hould be broken, yet three jumping records were broken and the time for the Senior Hmdles wa. · equalled. Last year, when li. ·w. Brown was included in the 'l'aranaki representati ves, the School, it was thought, had r eached high water mark in the spher e of Rugby football, but we are pleased to relate that this year two of the li'irst Fifteen, V\T. E. Alexander and T_;. G. Loveridge, played with conspicuous success in several representati ve games. \V e extend our h eartiest congratulati ons to them and hop e t ha t the experience so gained will be of immclJ::;e h elp after they have left School. \V c ::;hould lik<' lo add how gratifying it i.· 1o m; to h ear of ::;o wany Old 13oy. · playiug in r epre.'entativ c team:; t hroughout the Dominion. Tl1 e annual dancing cla . se:; were thi · year conducted by Miss D. Bedford and Miss Humphries. 'l'here wa:; alway. a large attendance and the evenings went "with a swing." 'L'hc l1ong Night Dance, which was a great suct.:c::;::;, wa::; h eld on the eve of the High School v. 'l'c Autc

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61 match and the Te Aute boys were our guests. After a most enjoyable term's dancing, three well-deserv ed ch eers, called for tl1 e Misses Bedford and Humphries, end ed this pastime for the year. We should like to congratulat e h eartily the New Plymouth Technical College on their winning Lord J ellicoe 's sb ooting trophy. The J ellicoe Cup, which is presented to the school that obtains the b est all-round scor e in the Imp erial Challenge Shield Competition in New Zealand, was won by School in the first and third years of its exist ence. Owing to tl1eir not bein g able to fire off the total slrmtgth of ca d ets this year, School did not euter fo r the cup. · Early in the pr esent term Captain Mackintosh Ellis, Director of Forestry in New Zealand, gave an extremely instrnctiv~ lantern lecture ou ''Afforestat ion.'' The lantern ::;lides were a particularly choice :;election, and were much admired by everyone who saw them. The address allowed one to catch a glimpse of the great work done by the Governmen t l!'orestry Department . Afforestatio n is an extremely important subject, and one that bears an immense influence on the prosperity of the land, yet very few of the general public ever stop to give the matter thought. Steps are now being taken to clothe the main watersheds, most of which are at present barren, with a protective covering of vegetation, and this will not only have the effect of ensuring a r egular water supply, but will also produce a favourable r esult on the climatic conditions. The ever-shiftin g san d-hills, whose acreage in New Zealand i::; almost incredible, are being stabilised and rendered possible of b eing productive areas, and not mere wastes as they are at present. The milling of t imb er is supervised to ensure that it is clone economicall y, and the commercial possibilities of the substances extracted :Erom rejected woods arc being' investigated \Yith marked success. The pre.'enation of the b eautiful forest regions still r emaining from fire, the depredation:; of unscrupulou s Limb er exploiters, and other cle:;troyiug influences, is not, by any means, the least of its obj ects. Furthermor e, Captain Ellis has drawn up a forestry programme, which, if carried out, as we h ave every r eason to believe will be done, will h ave a far-reaching effect on the happiness and prosperity of the people of New Zealand, when, in the near :Eutmc, the timber shortage throughout the world will ha vc r eached a crisis.

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Once again "the sport of gentlemen" makes its appearance, and the enthusiasm with which it is received allows for n o doub t as to its premier position amongst summer sports. A very decided improvement is the acquisition of four more nets, making a total of six alto'gether. These extra n ets greatly facilitate the coaching of boy who arc not in any of the elevens, and should thus result, in the near future, in an improvement of t h e present standard of .cricket in the School. A match against Nelson College has b een fixed for Decemb er 23 and 24, and we venture to hope that this is the first of many more such occasions. Owing to the long sp ell of fine weather experienced in the last few weeks, swimming has been growing, for some time, mor e and more popular as a pastime for t h e boys. A lmost every clay visits are paid to Te Henui River at the back of the Cemetery, while in the week-ends the Public Swimming Baths and the Fitzroy b each , which has of late been greatly patronised by the boarders, are the most popular resorts. Regular life-saving classes have been started under the sup ervision of JUr. Eggleton, and during the second term t hree boys were presented with honorary instructors' certificates, t hree gained teachers' certificates, 24 gained bronze medallions, 63 were granted certificates of me1·it, 220 were awarded certificates of proficiency, and 230 gained elementary certificates. During the third term we received a very interesting lecture from Dr. Carpenter, D.Sc., of Seattl e, Washington, U.S.A., on '' Telescop_es and the Recent Discoveries on Mars . '' 'l'he address, which wa::; greatly appreciated by the boys, dealt with the discovery of the use of lenses, and with the works of Galileo Galilei and his fo llower .·, up to the masterpieces of the pre::;ent day. The lecturer t h en went on to outline t h e extent of our knowledge of the planet :Mars, and supplied u s with some very interesting and suggestive facts which are the result of recent research. In concluding, Dr. Carpenter expressed his admiration of the type of student that f r equented the ·econdary schools and univer ·ities oE New Zealand, and invited any of u s who should eYel' be in Seattle to mak e ourselves known to him, as he wished to reciprocate the hospitality h e h a d received cYerywh crc in this country. The ·Amateur Athletic As .. ociation, which has not met with the general popularity it deserves, holds on the Sports Ground, Pukekura Park, its weekly meetings,

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which <ll'e attencled by a f ew euthu::;iastic Old Boy::;, ::;ome prcse1Jt p upilH and a f ew other:;. Th e object of thi::; worthy "bsociation is to encoura ge stucl<'nt::; to continue t h eir activities on the athlcbc fi eld after th e.v have left .. chool, a n d to l< eep them in training· t hroughont tl1 e year. l\Ien a llC1 women owe it, i f on ly to t l1 emsclv es, 1'o k eep in the lwst condi t ion, and >mr ely t his is a n almost unparalleh·cl oppor tun ity to do so . Tennis conditions l1av c greatl.' · imprond this year, as t il e n ew conrt s at the School arc now in u se, <llld for a nomin al fee bo~·s m· c entitled to u:;e t lw a:;plutlt courts at l:'ulu•hllJ'a Park dming the morning . H er e it is t h at the tennis ch ampion:;hips a r e b ein g h eld under very f avo urable conditions. The School greatly a ppr eciates the kindn ess of th e Pari<:: T ennis Club in allowing the boys the u se of tl1 eir property. To illustrate the progref;s made by some of t h e y ounger scholm·:; in English, the followin g" Ode to--," which , a:; we think, justly deserves its present popularity, i. · quoted :"\\'ho i~; h e that cometh lik e a11 hono m 'd g uef;t, \Vith mat h s book and with ruler, \ Vith question a nd with test ? \Vh en h e comes in h e sayeth , ' Boys, pick up the paper! Pick up all the cha lk, Open all the windows, And kno ck off all t h e ta lk !' '' W e admit that the metre is not perfect . 'J'h r follow in g in tcrr::;t.ino· f<wts ha n~ bel'll g h·ancd l'rom examination pa1~ers :;in ce the last issu e of t he ma gazme :T h e Bosphorus is a dull lig ht that com es hom decayed wood; you .. ee it in swa mps at night . A ci\·il war is a war fo ugh t by people who arc civilised and not :;aYagcs, so that t h e~· tn ' to kill each other as p<linlessl,v and a::; ::;oon a .. th ey can , without torturil1g t hem. Sece~;sio n is t lw sh ock yo 11 gd wlJC' ll S01li<'O I1 C' hi ts yon 011 l11e h ead. ~ p e uiu ::; ula i .· a bird that liY c::; 011 ic -•b er n·:; . 'lou .'CC pictures of t hem in the news r eel ..

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When a temper ature is Fahrenh eit, it is a lot hotter than when it is Centigr ade. It sounds liquid measur e when i.t spills . out of the thing it is in, and dry mea::;ure when It stays m. Larvae are the streams of molten rock that come out of volcano es when they erupt. Glacier s are men who fix your window s when they get broken. 'l'he Lady of Shallot had a pail face.

PREP ARAT ORY NOTE S. New pupils during the current term are P. Lewis, P. lVIolloy and E. Colson. The roll at present shows a total of 75 pupils, 37 day boys and 38 boarder s. The annual examin ation by Inspect ors Ballant yne and Griffin was held on October 19, and in all forms ~ xcel lent results were recorde d. 'l'he Standa rd VI. p1:oficwncy tests have yet to take place and boys are worlnn g sedulously to achieve success. Two boys, Jackson and Brookm~, have entered for the Junior Nationa l Scholar ship examm atwn, and .Hardwick, A. lleth eringto n and Reakes have b een nomma ted for the Bayly lVIemorial Scholar ship. ''Shall lVIan or Insect Rule the W odd,'' an interest ing story in our October Scho?l J o~u·nal, has initi~ted a fly-killi ng crusade , the boys vymg with each other for the greates t number of victims. Prep. Fifteen had a successf~1l footb~l~ sem;on runners -up in the Primar y School Compet ltwn. The match between vV est End and Prep, was won by Prep.9 points to 8 points- after an intensel y exciting ~·ame . .iH r. lVIoyes kindly invited th 1ca m to. a .turl~ ey dm~lCl', ::;ince which they ha vc borne a very cli::;tmgmshecl title, '' 'l'lte Prep. 'l'urkey s. '' Cricket is now in full swing. Already we have played matches against Inglewo ?d, West End and Central, and althoug h on each occasi?n we have ~uffered defeat, the games have been most enJoyab le, p articula rly our jaunt to Inglewo od.

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65 At the annual steeplec hase, Kere Scott won the junior event in good style, and several Prep. boys showed to adYI1ntage in the senior race.

At the sports, W . Hardwi ck's high jump, 4ft. 9in., was an excellen t perform ance, while lVI. Palmer and H . Thomso n comfor tably won their champi onship events.

A numb er of the boys have tennis fever. Some were on the courts before cock-cro w, but rules have now been formula ted to check the crazines s of these early birds. Our agricul tural master is prepari ng ground for tree plantin g-a fierce job too-an d to Prep. comes the honour of having moved the most soil-22 0 barrow loads. Keep k een Prep. • \Vireless has its fascinat oins. Do you know our radio king ~ His contrap tions of wire and batterie s (made from empty marmit e jars ) ar e weird and wonder ful. Actuall y h e can ''call spirits from the vasty deep. '' The Lower Prep. are sadly perturb ed! ''Dug outs, 'Borneo ,' Potato chips\Vhat oh!" 1924 will soon be over. vV e hav e had a happy year and a good time in the Prep. A lVIerry Xmas to All.

BRITI SH EMPI RE SCOU T JAMB OREE . (G. C. lVIacDiarrnid. ) \Ve h ave to complim ent Scout F . Truema n, from the School, and Scout J. Rogers, an Eltham Old Boy upon their having b een two of those chosen to r epresen 't New Zealand at the British Empire Scout Jambor ee. As will have be en already gathered , they fully justified their selectio n as they were praised for the general efficiency wherev er they went. These two Scouts wer e held to be after b eing thoroug hly tested, the most suitable of th~ Scouts in their various troops.

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The purpost> of th e Jamboree was fi rstly to show t h e boys from overseas t h e greatn ess of t h e ~\/[ot h er Country, nnd secondly, to sb oYI' the people and Scouts of England what a far-renching effect the Scout movement h as had. The New Zealand Scout s, 11 altogether, left New Zealand under the leadersh ip of :Major Sanc1ford, from Ne'~' Plyn~outh, about t he beginning of t he year. Arriving in Englnnd they spent t h e first pnrt of their visit in se~ in g the various places of inter est, t he mo. t imp or tant bemg, 路 of course, 路w em bley Exhibition. Th ey also went to t h e famo us villa ge of Bournville, where cocoa nnd chocolates are made. oon the object of t h eir visit, the .Jamboree, ";as h eld. This took place in vVembley Stadium in the presence of a multitude of spectators. Representatives of nearly every country acknowledging British alleginnee might have been seen assembled th ei路e. A smnller Jamboree was then h eld in Denmn rk, nt which th ey al. o nttended. The route they took in going to the Old Co untry wn s Yia Panama . Coming back they chan ged routes wi th t~e Austrnlian.s, who had come by Suer.. 'flius by gomg v1a Pnnama nnd returning by way of Su ez they mnde <1 complete trip round t he world. 'fhe Sco ut s nre now home again, and it need hardly be said th ey enjoy ed every moment of their trip <1 broad.

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(D . O'Halloran .) As was explain ed in our last issue, owing to the new cond itions for the Imperial Challenge Shield competition, this yenr only 100 boys fired . Th e avernge score obtained was 86 out of a possible of 100. The results should b e known ' sl1ortly. Under the new conditions nn increased amount of coaching is necessary to ensure succ ess, and we wish to thank Mr. Bertrand for the manner in which he turned out day nfter day to assist tl10se who required special attention. 路 This year we failed to win t h e .rellico e Cup, but. we offer our congratulations to New P lymouth Techmcal College, who were suc cessful. 'fhe Governor-G eneral paid us a farewell visit to present his trophy for last y~ar . '!'his is th e second time we have had the honour of h avmg

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67 such a distinguished visitor, and it speaks much for the high standard of shooting maintained here that Lord J ellicoe should present his cup twice within three years. He also presented the following boys with medals which they won in the Imperial Challenge Shield competition for 1923:Sergeant-Major Vl . E . Alexander, Senior A Team. Sergeant-Major J. D. Mackay, Senior A Team. Sergeant M. Lysons, Senior A Team. Sergeant M. D. Bree, Senior A Team. Corporal D. C. 0 'Halloran, Senior A Team. Cadet R. Fletcher, Senior B Team. Cadet N. MacDiarmid, Senior B Team. Cad et E. Fauchelle, Senior B Temn. Cadet R. Buick, Senior B Team. The following had left school:Sergeant H. P. Mitcalfe, Senior A Team. Corporal I. H . M. Mci vor, Senior .A Team. Cadet H. Y . Stevenson, Senior A Team. Corporal S. Bellringer, Senior B Team . Cadet V. Fookes, Senior B Team. Cadet W . H. Foote, Senior B Team. Cadet W. Ritter, Senior B Team. The winners of the trophies given in connection with the Imperial Challenge Shield competition are decided on th e average obtained from the two best tests and the actual score in the competition. The following are the results:SEARLE CUP. (Over 16 years.) Average Score. (H.P.S. 100) 1. C. Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 2. W . Ritter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 96.6 3. R. Fletcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 HAl\I[BL YN CUP. (Under 16 years.) Average Score. 1. P. Grover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.6 2. E . Buist ... ....... ... .... . .... : 89.3 3. L. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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LOVE DAY CUP. (Under 15 years.) Averag e Score. E. Harma n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.6 W. Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 G. M:acDiarmid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 McLEO D AND SLAD E CUP. (Under 14 years.) Averag e Score. 1. W. Hardw ick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.6 2. R. Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 On Octobe r 25 severa l of our more enthus iastic shots partici pated in the rifle meetin g held at the Rcwa. Rewa range. 'l'he School team won the Second ary School Competitio n, while several individ ual boys won prize-m oney. Those compri sing the team were as follows :-Corp oral C. Green, Corpor al L. Ennis, Cadet W. Griffiths, Cadet S. Cooper, Cadet J. W esterm an, Cadet E. Read. The match consist ed of 10 rounds rapid at 200 yards, time 45sec. The results of the match were added to the aggreg ate of all the other matche s cluri11g the day's Rl10ot. 'l'he pri?.emoney for the t('llm was 拢3, or 10/ - per man. Other sucCfsSeR were :-S. Cooper : Second i!pp. 11ncl snap at 200 yards, prize-m oney 20/ -; third rapid at 200 yards, prize- 路 money 15/-. J. Weste rman: First rapid at 200 yards, prize-m oney 30/-. E. Read: Second app. and snap at 25 yards, prize-m oney 20/ -. E. Mason : Fourth app. and snap, prize-m oney 10/-. 1. 2. 2.

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(T. Fookes .) The Concer t Party gave their first concer t on the evenin g of Saturd ay, Novem ber 15. There was a large gather ing of parent s and friends and, judgin g by the amoun t of applau se, the concer t was thorou ghly enjoye d by everyo ne presen t. rrhe progra mme was varied, with vocal and instrum ental items, and the latter part of the progra mme was given by the "Plant ation Melody Troup e.''

SCOUT F. TRUEM AN. New P lymouth 's represen tative to the British Empire Scout Jambore e.

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Follo wing is the prog ramm e:ORCH ESTR AL ITEM S. Minu et . ..... .. . .... . ..... .. . ...... .. . . .. Pader ewsk i Doge 's Marc h ("Me rchan t of Venic e") . . ..... ... Rosse "Rose buds" (Nove lette) . . .. . ..... .. ... . .... Zame cnik "El Capit an" (Marc h) ..... ..... ..... ..... .... Sousa "Bell s Acros s the Mead ows" (Inter mezzo ) ... . Ketel ly "Our Boys " (Marc h) ..... ..... ..... .... . .. Zame cnik HIGH SCHO OL PIER ROTS . "Hitc h Your 路wago n to a Sunb eam" ..... . .. . . Comp any Song, "Mem ories " ..... ..... ..... .' ..... ..... . Carte r Song, "Roll icking , Rollin g Stone " . . . . . . . . Alexa nder Song, ''The re is a song down every roadw ay,'' "Sala am" ... . .. . .... 路..... ..... ..... . Ande rson Song, "Funi culi, Funic ula" .. Buck eridg e and Comp any Piano forte Solo, Noctu rne, B major (Chop in) ... Sutto n String Quart ette, "Pley el" ..... ..... ..... .... . Brodi e, Rodge rs, Thom pson and Rober tson Song, "Bob bed or Shing led?" .... . .. . ... . ... . Hutch imwn , Ennis and Comp any Recit ation (selec ted) ... . ..... ..... ..... .. . T. Le May Trio (Moz art) ..... .. . . ... Brodi e, Betts and Camp bell Song, "vVh en it's Night Time in Italy ," ..... .. . Ande rson and Comp any Violin Solo (selec ted) .. . ... . ..... ..... ..... .. Brodi e "Plan tation Melod y Troup e" ..... ..... . . .. Comp any Song, "Hig h Schoo l Days " . . . . ..... ..... ... Comp any "God Save the King ." The Orche stra has had nume rous engag emen ts year. The music for the W angan ui College-School this ball dance , and also a portio n of the "Lon g Nigh foott" gramm e, was suppl ied by the Schoo l Orche stra. proOrche stra a gain playe d for the West End Schoo l's The cert, as well as for a conce rt held by the New Plym conouth Tenni s Club. The new music -room is now comp leted, and althou gh not large enoug h for orche stral practi ses, it is well suited for teach ing music in.

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Quite a number of boys sat for the annual music examination s, and both in the 'rrinity College and Associated Board's examination s good results were obtained. All the boys are pupils of Mr. Dobson, L.T.C.L. Following are the results:TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON. (Theory.) Advanced Junior.-Bu ick, MacDiarmid , \Vyborne, l\T eredith and Buchanan. Jnnior.-Mi ller, Camp bell and Da h~iell. (Practical.) Higher Local.-Sutt on. Senior.-Ma cDiarmid. ASSOCIAT ED BOARD. (Theory.) Rudiment of Music.-Ma cDiarmid and Phillips. (Practical.) Higher Division.-F ord and Campbell. Lower.-Bu ick. Elementary .-Phillips. We desire to thank Mr. Collier for a donation of orchestral music, and also Mrs. George for the loan of orchestral parts.

ANNUAL SPORTS. ( S. Fookes.) In the presence of a large crowd of spectators the ammal sports were held on the School grounds on Saturday, November 1. Although the day was fine, the ground was very heavy after a week of wet weather. In spite of the state of the ground some good performanc es were registered, as four records were broken and two equalled. The championsh ips resulted as follows :Senior.-J. D. Mackay. Junior.-J. M. Buckeridge. Under 14.-W. D. Hinkley. Under 12.-H. L. 'l'homson. Under 10.-l\'I. H. Palmer. During the afternoon tea was served in the Assembly Hall by a willing band of helpers, under Mrs. Moyes, as.

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71 sisted by the High School girls, whose help was much appreciated. Music was supplied b~' 1\'Irs. Wood's Orchestra during tea. \Ve were much indebted to the Taranaki ,Tocke~r Club for the use of their tables nnd chairs. The officials were :Judges.-M r. F. E. Wilson, Mr. IN. C. Weston, Dr. E. F. Fookes, Mr. E. Jackson, Mr. E. P. vVebster, Mr. E. Whittle, 1\'Ir. A. L. Humphries, Mr. C. H. Wynyard. tart er.-Mr. W. H. Moyes. Marksmen. -Rev. E. H. Strong, Mr. A. J. •P apps. Ground Stewards.- Mr. C. G. Bottrill, Mr. A. G. Johnson, Mr. W. G. Wilkie, Mr. G. H. Pope, Mr. H. G. Dyer, Mr. J. Dobson. Stewards.- Mr. J. V..T . Connell, Mr. G. F. Bertrand, Mr. V. E. Kerr, Mr. :B,. J. Eggleton, Mr. T . M. McDonald, Mr. J. Leggatt, Mr. R. C. Wilson, Mr. G. M. Pearson. Timekeepe rs.-Mr. J. Bennett, jun., Mr. V. Dalgleish, Mr. F. C. Ferry. Committee .-Mr. A. W. Diprose (chairman), Mr. A. M. Bradbury, E. D. Gibson, A. J : Paterson, H. E. Bellringer, T. C. Fookes, D. G. Grant. Hon. Secretaries.-S. F. Fookes and E. B. Mason. The results were as follows :150 Yards Open.-Firs t heat: D. McLean (ser.); time, 17 .1-5sec. Second ~1eat: Taylor (9yds.); time, 17 1-5sec. Th1rd heat: 0. Dav1es (9yds.); time, 16 2-5sec. Fourth heat: Fookes, 'l'. (1yd.); time, 16 4-5sec. Fifth heat: Lobb (2yds.); time, 18sec. Sixth heat: Mahra~ (2yds.); time, 17 3-5sec. Seventh heat: Saunders (9yds.); time, 16 4-?sec. Eighth heat: Collins (2yds.) ; time, 17 2-5sec. N rnth heat : Honeyfield ( 8yds.) ; time, 17 2-5sec. Tenth heat: 0 'Hallo ran ( 3yds.) ; time, 17sec. Eleventh heat: Bleakley ( 5yd~ . ) ; time, 18sec. Final: 1, Fookes, T. (1yd.); 2, Da·VIes, 0. (9yds.); 3, McLean, D. (scr.); time, 16 3-5sec. 100 Yards (under 15).-First heat: 1, Batger, S. (s;r.); 2, Rogers (1yd.); 3, Lysaght (3yds.); time, 12 J -osec. Second heat : 1, Allhusen ( scr.) ; 2, J enkin ( 8yds.) ; 3, Barlow, L. (1yd.); time, 12 3-5sec. Third heat: 1, Clarke, 0. H. (scr.); 2, Betts (5yds.); 3, Crapper (2yds.);

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time, 12 2-5sec. Fourth heat: 1, Lobb (scr.); 2, Sather ley (6yds. ); 3, Furrie (2yds. ); time, 12sec. Fifth heat: 1, Colson (5yds.) ; 2, Brown , H. M. (scr.); 3, Lee (2yds.) ; time, 12 1-5sec. Final: 1, J.Jobb (scr.); 2, C1arke, 0. H. (scr.); 3, Colson (Gyds. ); time, 11 4-f.isec. 100 Yards -Senio r Cup (Recor d: J. \Vhittl e, 10 3-5sec., 1920) .-Firs t heat: 1, Gilmou r (scr.) ; 2, Macka y (scr.); 3, Crawfo rd (scr.); time, 11sec. Second heat: 1, M cLean, D. ( 1yd.) ; 2, Collins ( 2yds.) ; time, 11 3-5sec. Third heat: 1, Fookes , T. (1yd.); 2, Gibson (3yds. ); t ime, 11 2-5sec. Fourth heat: 1, Black (3yds. ); 2, Galbra ith (3yds.) ; time, 11 1-5sec. Fifth heat: 1, 0 'Hallor an (2yds. ); 2, Jackso n (1yd.); time, 12sec. Sixth heat: 1, Petty (2yds) ; 2, Saunde rs ( 5yds.) ; time, 11 3-5sec. Final: 1, Gilmou r (scr.); 2, Fookes , T. (1yd.) ; 3, Black ( 3yds.) ; time, 11sec. lOO Yards -Junio r Cup (Recor d : E. Beckbe ssinger , 11 1-5sec., 1916); lVIr. Beckbe ssinger 's Cup.- First heat: 1, Warne r (scr.); 2, Lobb (scr.); 3, Medley (scr.); time, 11 4-5sec. CW arner thus won Mr. Beckbe ssinger 's Cup). Second heat: 1, Taylor (1yd. ); 2, Little ( 4yds.) ; time, 12 1-5sec. Third heat: 1, Bailey ( 3yc1s.) ; 2, Roe buck (1yd.) ; time, 12 1-5sec. Fourth heat: 1, F. Davis (scr.); 2, Harma n (3yds.) ; time, 12sec. Fifth heat: 1, Barlow , L. (1yd.) ; 2, Sampso n, A. (3yds.) ; time, 12 2-f.isec. Sixth heat: 1, Davies , 0. (3yds.) ; 2, Batger , S. (3yds.) ; time, 11 1-5sec. Final: 1,- Lobb (scr.); 2, Davies , 0. (3yds. ); 3, Davis, F. (scr.); time, 11 3-5sec.

Long Jump- Senio r Cup (Recor d : J. D. Macka y, 19ft. 9Mn., 1923) .-1, Macka y, 19ft. 11in.; 2, Crawfo rd, 19ft. 3in.; 3, Petty, 18ft. Sin. The winner made a new record of 19ft. i1m:ll1. Long Jump- Junior Cup (Recor d : C. D. Collins, 18ft. 2in., 1920) .-1, Lobb, 18ft. 2fin. ; 2, Riley, 16ft. 9in.; 3, Bucker idge, 16ft. 7iin. rrhe winner broke the previou s record by i}in., making a new one of 18ft. 2fin. 75 Yards (under 13).-1 , Ford (3yds.) ; 2, Whittl e (2yds.) ; 3, McLea n, J. (3yds.) . Time, 9 4-5sec. 880 Yards -Senio r Cup (Recor d: J. D. Macka y, 2min. 11 3-5sec., 1923); Mason Memor ial Cup .-1, Macka y (scr.); 2, Gilmou r (src.) ;) ; 3, Telford (10yds .). Time, 2min. 12 2-5sec. Macka y won easily by 10 yards.

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73 Yards -Junio r Cup.-1 , F. Davis (10yds .); 2, Bucke ridge (scr.); 3, Graver (scr.); time, 2min. 19 1-5sec.

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220 Yards Open.- :b'irst heat: 1, Ricbar dson (9yds. ); 2, li'ookes, K. ( 6yds.) ; time, 26sec. Second heat : 1, Fookes , S. ( 4yds.) ; 2, Rev ell ( 5yds.) ; time, 27sec. rrhird heat: 1, Bailey, T. (11yds .); 2, Bayly, G. (6yds.) , Murdoch (5yds. ); time, 26sec. Fourth heat: 1, Fookes , T. (2yds. ); 2, Petty (5yds. ); time, 26sec. Fifth heat: 1, Forsyt h (11yds .); 2, Honeyf ield (10yds . ); time, 26 1-5sec. Sixth heat: 1, Galbra ith (6yds. ); 2, Batger , S. (9yds. ); time, 27sec. Sevent h heat: 1, Salmde rs (Syds. ); 2, Davies (11yds .); time, 27sec. :b'inal: 1, Forsyt h (11yds .); 2, Bailey, T. (11yds .); 3, Fookes , K. (6yds. ); time, 26sec. High Jump- Junio r Cup (Recor d: R. Ward, 1917, C. D. Collins, 1920, 4ft. 9iin.)- 1st, Penma n, W . (scr.), Hardwick ( 3in.), 5ft. ; 3rd, li'ookes, H . ( 3in.), 4ft. 11in. In this event W. Penma n, by jumpin g 5ft., broke the existin g record by 2i}in. 50 Yard -Unde r 10 Cnp (l~ecord : G. Bell, 7 1-5sec., 1917) .-1, Palme r (scr.); 2, Somer ton (scr.); 3, Mercer (scr.). 'l'ime, 8 1-5sec. 440 Yards -Senio r Cup ; Old Boys' Shield (Recor d: J. D. lVIackay, 54 1-5s~c., 1923) .-1, Gilmou r (scr.); 2, Macka y (scr.); 3, Crawfo rd (scr.) . 'l'ime, 541-5s ec. 'l'he winner equalle d the record. 440 Yards -Senio r Handi cap.-1 , 'l'elfor d (5yd 路.); 2, M cLean, D. ( 5yds.) ; 3, Black ( 5ycls.). Time, 56sec. Won by 10 yards. 440 Yards -Junio r Cup; Mrs. Botham ley'. Cup (Record : C. Holme 路, 58 4-5sec., 1923). -1, Graver (scr.); 2, Warne r (scr.); 3, Lobb (scr.). Time, 58 2-5sec. rrhe winner broke the existin g record by 2-5sec. 440 Yards -Junio r Handic ap (Mr. Harma n's Cup). 1, Davis (scr.); 2, R. Mahra j (20yds .); 3, Webb (15yds .). Time, r: 9 3-5sec. Won in the last few strides .

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75 Yards- Under 14 Cup (Record : A. R. Botham ley, 9sec., 1916).- First h eat : 1, K edgley (scr.); 2, Girling (scr. ) ; 3, Dinniss (scr. ) ; tim e, lOsec. Second heat: 1, Jones (l y d. ) ; 2, Tonks (3yds.) ; 3, l\l[cLean (2yds. ); time, 10 2-5sec. 'l'hird heat : 1, Whittle ( 4yds.) ; 2, Ford (2yds.) ; 3, Barlow , A . ( 4yds.) ; time, lOsec. Final: 1, \Vllittle ( 4yds.) ; 2, Bar low ( 4yds.) ; 3, Ford (2yds.) ; tim e, 9 4-5sec. 50 Yards- Under 11. -1, Pahuer (6yt1, ·.); 2, t)omerlou (4yd:;.) ; 3, Andrew (5yd:;. ) . Tim e, 7 3-5see. 'l'hree-l egged H.acc.- Fir:;t h eat : 1, Honeyfielcl and Stronge . Second heat: 1, Hilliard and Barlow . Third h eat: 1, Benjam in and Roberts on. Fourth h eat: 1; Smith and J ohnson. Fifth h eat : 1, H ar vie and Whittle. Sixth h eat: 1, Buick and L aw. Seventh h eat: 1, Thomas and Collinge. Eighth h eat: 1, Calvert and W ells. Ninth h eat : 1, Harman and McLeau . Final: 1, Hm·vie 'l'. and Whittle ( 1 5yd~:;. ); 2, Smith, A., alid Jolmsou , N. (lOy ds.); 3, Hilliard and Barlow ( lOyds.). High Jump-S enior Cup (l-~ecord: D. S. Sykes, 5ft. 5:\;in., 1914) .-lst, O'Hallo ran (scr. ) and Fletcher (3in. ), 5ft. 2in. ; 3rd, Mackay ( scr. ) and Collll.1s ( 2in. ) . 100 Yards- Under 12 Cup (Record : H. :B'. Fookes, 1919; H. L . Thomso n, 1923; 13 2-5sec.) .- 1, 'l'homson, H. L . (scr.); 2, Insull (scr.); 3, Whitco mb e (scr. ) . Time, 14sec. Potato Race-O ver 14.-:B'i rst h eat : 1, L ealand; 2, Richard son. Second heat: 1, B9-tger, S.; 2, N . MacDia rmid. 'l'hird h eat: 1, Cooke; 2, La\v, J . Fourth heat : 1, McLean , R.; 2, Squire. Fifth h eat: 1, H eth erington, D. ; 2, J onas. Sixth heat: 1, Gray; 2, J enkin. Seventh heat : 1, 1~. Mahraj ; 2, Looney. :B'iual: 1, Lcalaud ; 2, N. MacDiarmi d ; 3, R. Mahraj . .Potato Race-U ucler 1±.- :B'irst h eat: 1, Shoema rk; 2, McLean ; 3, Dinniss . Second h eat: 1, :B'airbrother ; 2, Smith; 3, Cresswe ll. Third h eat : 1, Scott; 2, N olan ; 3, \Vhit combe. Fiual: J., Sho cmark ; 2, McLean . 75 Yards- Under J.O Cup (Record : G. Bell, 10 4-5sec., 1917). -1, Cruicks hank (r:;cr .); 2, Palmer (scr.); 3, Somerton (r:;cr .). Time, 11 4-5sec.

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75 50 Yards- Under 12 Cup (Record : J. Pease, 1919; H . L. Thomso n, 1923; 7sec.). -First heat: 1, Thomso n, H. L. (scr. ) ; 2, Insull (r:;cr.); 3, Whitco mb e (scr .) ; time, 7 2-5sec. Second heat: J. , Moyes (3yds.) ; 2, Law (lyd. ); 3, Thomso n, T. (2yds.) ; time, 7 3-5sec. Final: 1, Thomson (scr.); 2, Moyes (3yds .); 3, Insull (scr.); time, 7 J.-5sec. Sack Race (75 yardr:;) .- Fll.·st h eat : J., Hamrno nds;. 2, L ee. Second h eat: 1, Robinso n; 2, Phillip.·. 'l'hird h eat: 1, Bennoc h; 2, Moverle y. Fourth heat: J., J ohnson; 2, Cotteril l. Fifth h eat: 1, Moyes; 2, 'l'aylOl'. Sixth h eat: 1, Street; 2, Brookm an and Hetheri .ugton, D.. Seventh h eat: 1, \Vaddle ; 2, J ohnson. Final : J., Hammo nds (15yds. ); 2, Waddle (20yds. ); 3, Johnson , W . (10yds. ). 100 Yards- Under 10 Cup (R ecord: G. Bell, 1917; W. Hardwi ck, 1919, 14 2-fisec.) .-1, Palmer (scr.); 2, Cruick::;hank (scr.); 3, Somert on (scr.). Time, 15 4-5sec. 150 Yards- Under 12. Cup (Record : H. F. Fookes, 20sec., 1920 ) .-1, Insull (scr. ); 2, 'l'homr:;on (scr.); 3, Harvie, T. (scr.). Time, 2lsec. Old Boys ' Race-M r. Pridham 'r:; Cup.-1 , H. A. H. Tusull; 2, E. P . W ebster; 3, R. Brewst er. 'l'ime, llsec. 120 Yards Hurdle s-Senio r Cup; Mr. N oakes 's Cup (Record : J. D. Mackay , 16 4-5sec., 1923 ) .-First heat: 1, Mackay (scr.); 2, Crawfo rd (scr.); time, 16 4-5sec.; in this h eat l\i(ackay equalle d his own r ecord. Second h eat: 1, S. Fookes (owe 3yds.) ; 2, S. Hutche n (owe 3yds.) ; time, 19sec. Third heat: 1, D. McLean (owe 3yds.); 2, Collins (ow e 3yds.) ; time, 19 l -5sec. Final: 1, Mackay (owe 7yds. ) ; 2, M cLean (owe 3yds.) ; 3, Fookes, S. (owe 3yds.) ; time, 17 3-5sec. 120 Yards Hurdle s-Junio r Cup (Record : B. A. Normau , 19 4-5sec., 1914) .-First h eat: 1, Lobb (scr.); 2, Brown (::;cr .); time, 20sec. Second h eat: 1, Bucker idge (scr. ); 2, Warner (scr.); time, 20sec. Third h eat : 1, Olson, II. :B'. (owe 3ych:.); 2, Beaveu (owe 3ycls.); time, 20 4-5sec. :B'inal: 1, Lobb (owe 7yds.); 2, B eaveu (o·we 3yds.); 3, Olson (owe 3yds.) ; time, 20 3-5sec . 220 Yards- Under 14 Cup (Record : P. Grover, 28 2-5sec., 1922). -First heat: 1, Hinkley (scr.); 2, Robertson (scr.); 3, Kedgle y (scr.); time, 30 l-5sec. Second heat: 1, Sutton, G. (5yds.) ; 2, Scott (2yds.) and Barlow , A. (6yds.) ; time, 3lsec. Final: 1, Hinkley (scr.); 2, Robertson (scr.); 0, Sutton (5y ds.) and Scott (2yds.) ; time, 30 2-5sec.

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M.A.

One Mile- Senio r; Dr. E. F. Fooke s 's Cup (Reco rd: E. G. Smith , 4min. 55 1-5sec., 1922) .-1, Rober tson, D. (scr.); 2, Spiers (scr.); 3, Bree (10yds .) . Time, 4min. 59sec. Won easily from Spiers . One Mile- Junio r.-1, .Ander son (20yd s.); 2, Roebuck (20yds .) ; 3, Bellri ngcr, 'l'. (20yc1s .) . Time, 5min. 15 2-5sec. COMP E'l'ED li'OR PREV IOUS LY. Throw ing Cricke t Ball (Senio r ).-], Crawf ord, D.; 2, B everle y, S. Distan ce, 88yds. Oft. 1-;kin. 'l'hrow ing Cricke t Ball (Juni or).-1 , Bailey , '1'.; 2, Batge r, S. Distan ce, 74yds. 2ft. lin. CHAM PION SHIP POINT S. Senior .- J. D. lVIackay 26, F. C. Gilmo ur 22, D. Crawford 14. Junio r.-,). M. Bucke ridge 17, C. Lobb. 15, J. "Warne r 14. Under 14.-\V . D. Hinkle y 13, C. Rober tson 11, E. G. Kedgl ey 8. Under 12.-H . L. 'l'hom son 1 , G. Insull 12, E. Harvi e

Under 10.-lV I. H. Palmer 16, F. Cruick shauk 8, J. t:\om erton 5, N . Saund ers 5.

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1Jn jfflemortam. Mr. R. II.li.o ck el, lVI.A., died on Novem ber 21. It was with a sense of p ain that the Schoo l that morni ug learnt of the loss it had sustai ned. It was difficult to realise that a person ality which had been so much a part of the life of this school had been remov ed. For eleven years Mr. Rock el had be en on the staff of the school. He bad been a. · ·ociate d "With it during th e most eventf u l years of its

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77 histor y, during a period when it had grown from small beginn ings into one of the leadin g second ary school s of the Domin ion, and much of what succes s had been attained in those years had been due to the indust ry of our late maste r.

Mr. Rocke l had spent many years in teachi ng. The story of his life is one of patien t endeav our and of difficulties overco me by determ inatio n and hard work. He gradu ated for his M ..A.. d egr ee in 1901, with honou rs in langua ges. .After t eaching· for some years in prima school s, both as assista nt and as h eadma ster, he chang ry ed over to second ary work, and .·pent a numbe r of years in the Timar u Boys' High School, where he was for some time acting -headm aster. It was from Timar u that he came to New Plymo uth. Succe ssful as he was in his profes sion, it was by no means his only interest, and h e was far from being narrow in his outloo k on life. Indeed , the extent of his knowledge in many fields beyon d that of his daily work and the scope of his many activit ies marke d him as a man enorm ous energy . He was an enthus iastic church workeof r, a leadin g memb er of the Secon dary Schoo l Teach ers' Assoc iation, a recogn ised music al critic and studen t of music al histor y, a promi nent memb er of the Mason ic Lodge , an autho rity on ancien t Maori histor y, and a keen tennis player. Yet he was nowhe re superf icial. 'l'o all these activi ties h e broug ht a charac teristi c thorou ghnes s which enabled him to master the difficulties they presented . But it is not because of these things that we value his memo ry most. Befor e all, Mr. Rockel was a man charac ter, and all his work wa · contro lled by the highesof ideal. . 'l'o his pupils and collea gu es alike was eviden t hist strong sem;e of duty. All admir ed his enorm ous capac ity for hard work and the joy h e took in giving of his best for the school and for the boys under his care. He displayed the warme st inter est in t h e w elfare of his pupils , and the . enior bo:rs especi ally realise d how much their succes s meant to him. Ilis fellow maste rs, too, regard ed him as a fri end to whom they could go for the advice which his wide experi ence in teachi ng qualifi ed him to give. To the young er teachers his attitud e was one of kindly helpfu lness, and all r ecogni sed with gratitu de his sincer e d esir e to assist. 'l'he kindn ess of his nature was r ecogni sed by all with whom h e came in contac t.

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While we feel his loss and sympath ise deeply with his widow and daughter , we are thankful at the thought of such a life spent gladly in the service of others. During his life some thousand s of boys must have passed under his care, and many old boys will feel sorrow for his death and count themselv es privilege d to have come under the influence of so cultured a mind and so noble a characte r. We feel that Mr. Rockel has done a great work in the world, and that the structur e he has builded is one that will endure.

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OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION. OFFICERS, 1924-1925. President: H. R. Billing. Vice-Presidents: Dr. E. F. Fookes and E. P. \".\Tebster. Hon. Secretaries: P. F. Atkinson and R. A. Blundell. Hon. 'l'reasurer: H. \V. Kirkby. Committee: J. B. vVilson, C. H. \".\Tynyard, R. Ge01·ge, R. Howell, L. Lovell, H. Insull, C. D. Collins and A. J. Papps (as representative at the School). Editor, Old Boys' Column : Bracken Wilson, Box 69, New Plymouth. ANNUAL

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'l'he Eighth Annual Report of the New Plymouth Hi()'h School Old Boys' Association for the year ended September 30, 1924, to be presented at the annual meetin()' of members to be held on 'l'uesday, November 18, 1924, 0 at 7.30 p .m. Your Committee have pleasure in presenting the Eighth Annual Report of the .Association. Gymnasium Fund.-No big effort has been made durin()' the vear in this connection. It had been intended to hold a iar()'e function early in 1924, but owing to the Sports Gro~md Committee holding their Queen Carniv~l at that time our effort had to be postponed. Au effort 1s being made to hold a big Gala Day early_ ne~t yeay and the Committee are at present in commumcatwn w1th an organiser to run this function. It is hoped by this met)wd to raise sufficient in the one effort to erect the Gymnasmm and also to make further improvements at the School. DurinO' the year the receipts in this fund totalled £29 Ss 3d and at present the total amount invested amounts to £393 10s 10d. A sub:cription list was opened during the year in the hope that Old Boy~ re.sident out.Jde New Plymouth mio·llt contributr to Uns fund. It lS hoped that when the "'Association makes its effort to raise further funds that members will give it their full support. Annual Re-union, 1924.-Acting on the recommendation at the last annual m eeting the re-union this year was held during Easter, and a very successful function was

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the result. A football match was played on Easter Saturday between visiting and local Old Boys, and in the evening the re-union dinner was held. The dinner was the most successful yet held, over 160 Old Boys being present, and a most enjoyable evening vvas spent. On Sunday morning a special service at St. Mary's Church was conclucted by the School chaplain, Rev. E. H. Strong. The re-union concluded on Easter Monday with the Annual Ball in the School Assembly Hall, and this again proved to be the enjoyable function it usually is. Old Boys were present at the re-union from all parts of New Zealand, and it augurs well for the success of future re-unions. This year we were unfortunate in clashing with the jubilee celebrations of Victoria College, and this prevented large numbers of Old Boys from attending the re-union who otherwise would have been present. We would urge Old Boys to do tb eir utmost to make Easter an annual occasion for visiting their old school and rene·w ing the old school acquaintances. It is satisfactory to report that the re-union was run at a profit. Sports.-The Old Boys' Clubs in the town continue to prosper and this year the Old Bo?s' Cricket Club were winners of the North Taranaki senior competition, while the junior team acquitted themselves creditably in the junior competition. The Football Club had a successful season, and although the .·enior team did not meet with much success the strength of the Club is increasing and its membership is nearly the largest in the town. With increasing experience the Club should in the near future be the leading club in New Plymouth. The Old Boys' Life-Saving Club have again had a successful season and were runners-up in the 'l'abor Shield competition. We would urge Old Boys to give these clubs their support and 'through them keep up their interest in the School. The Association extends to the School First Fifteen its heartiest congratulation. on its splendid success in again retaining the lVIoascar Cup, which the? won last year, an~ also on their succes.· in their matches against \Vangamu and Nelson College. vYe would also congratulate Handley Brown, one of our members, who has the distinction of being selected to play in the All Blacks' team now touring England. Farewell to Handley Brown.--On Tuesday, June 17, 1924, a farewell luncheon wa. · tendered to Handley Brown 1 who was .-elected to -play in the All Blacks' team

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to travel Englan d and France. Over sixty Old Boys and masters of the School ·were present , and on behalf of the Associa tion the Pre::;ident (Mr. C. H. Wynya rd) present ed Brown with a leather suit-cas e wit.h the best wishes of all member s for his success abroad. On the occasion of the Moasca r Cup match between th e School Fifteen and Te Ante College on August 16 a gatheri ng of Old Boys was held prior to the match, wi:en over seventy Old Boys were present . An o~portum~y was taken of entertai ning som e of the Engbsh Pubhc School boys who h ave come out to Tarana ki under the Chamb er of Comme rce sch eme, and som e ten or twelve of these boys were present at the luncheo n and later at the match as guests of the Associa tion. An invi~ation has been extende d to them to attend our next re-umon . Financ e.-From the account s it will be seen that there is a credit of £27 7s 9d to the General Accoun t, compar ed with a balance of £16 8s 10d last year. The increase is represe nted by the profit on the r e-union and also by t~e increase in subscrip tions. It ,has been suggest ed that this year a levy should be made on member s. The member ship fee is only five shilling s and this constitu tes th~ whole of the Associa tion's revenue . Now that the re-umo n has reached such dimensi ons it is though t that a reserve should be h eld t o meet any loss that might in any year accrue from the r e-union. This matter will come up for discussi on at t h e annual meeting . Branch Associ ations. -The W ellingto n branch still continu es to prosper , and with the increasi ng numb er of member s vvho are attendin g the Univers ities th ese branch associat ions should increase in strength . Old Boys' Colum n.-This column is still kept goin g in " The Tarana kian" and provide s news of the movem ents of Old Boys through out the Domini on. Once again we must appeal to m ember s to forward any notes of interest regardi ng Old Boys, as this would conside rably help the work of the Editor, besides adding interest to the column. Genera L-The attenda nce at all executiv e m eetings has been good. Now that the memb~rship of the A~socia t ion is increasi ng the matter of keepmg m touch with all member s is incr easingly difficult , and it would greatly assist the workin g of th e Associa tion if Old Boys changinO' their a ddresses would notify the Associa tion so that th~y may continu e to k eep in touch with them. Old Boys are continu ing to do good work for the School, but we

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VISIT TO A BLACK COUNT RY WORK S. (F. C. Kelly.) Glassw are is almost as fascina ting ai'l china when a show-ro om :filled with the product s of an art works is viewed. The followin g notes were jotted down to serve as a remind er of wh at was seen on a visit to Messrs. Steven s and vVilliam s' art glass works at Brierley Hill, one of the towns on t h e fringe of t h e Engbsh Black Country . Th e show-ro om was a won derful reposito ry of beauty in colour and in f o1·m: one h ad not dreame d t h at .·uch a mul 1i tu cl e of differen t article.· cou lcl be m a de in glass : From \Volver hampto n a train carried us the nine or ten miles (wh atever t h e distance is) through depress ing surroun dings under a grey sk y . 'fhr ough Black Country -a success ion of glimpse s of slag h eaps, of works of variou s kinds (all alike in dingy grimine ss) and of towns and villages , consisti ng of very uninter esting brick building s, some of which found it too much of an effort to stand up str aight. My compan ion told m e that the main street in a town not far away, a few year s ago sank nine feet in one drop, this being due to coal mining carried on ben eath that town in bygon e day. . Afterw ards he was not sur e whethe r t h e town sank nine feet or nine inches; bnt one was read;v to believe it either way after seeing

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the peculiar angle of many of the roofs and chimneys within sight of the route for that clay. Vast quantities of coal have been taken from under the Black Country, of course. Mixing we were first initiated into, to some small extent. The ingredients of gla ss, we learned, are silver sand, oxide of lead (or "red lead") and potash. For tinting the glass various things are added. To obtain ruby glass, gold is used. A bright boy was guiding us. In the furnace room, next visited, we kept close to him and stood where he stood, because nearly everywhere long metal tubes with blobs of white-hot glass on one end were being darted and twirled ab out by workmen. One feared the effect of even a slight touch from one of these magic warids. Magic wands they seemed, indeed, for, in the hands of a skilful operator, the glowing blobs of glass changed shapelessness for the graceful form of fancy lamp shades. The skill of the blowers was impressive. A certain rough form would be given to the expanding bubble of glass by placing it in a mould and blowing it out so that it conformed to the shape of the mould. But the final .路haping and finishing to the perfect form desired were done by hand, the worker depending on his skilled judgment and manual dexterity to produce perfect sym:rnetry and impart decorative twists and turn .. It was the same with wine glasses. Molten glass gathered on the end of a tube was blown out in a mould to the shape of the bowl. Then a man performed amazing feats in affixing the stem and the stand to the bowl. From a mass brought from the furnace he would detach just the right quantity of molten glass for the stem. ''Dabbing" this against the end of the now-cooling bowl, still attached to the blowing tube, which he kept revolving with his left hand, using a framework rest, while with an instrument like large tweezers, held in the right hand, he shaped the stem. Again a blob of molten glass would be brought from the furnace and exactly sufficient detached to form the stand, which was shaped with the aid of no other implement than two pieces of board fastened together at one edge. Behold, then, a wineglass of perfect symmetry, requiring to finish it only a certain heating process and after that the cutting away of the surplus glass from the end of the bowl opposite to the stem.

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1\.fter thi~ \\路e were shown something of the work inYol vccl in making articles containing glass of more than one colour. There were lamp shades in which the colour at the top gradually merged into complete transparency. 'l'o make these shades a small quantity of molten ruby glass was first taken on the end of the blowing t ub e, after which it was dipped into uncoloured glass. The gradation of colour was obtained in the blowing. It was shown how lay ers of colour were obtained in a somewhat similar fashion, and we realised how a pattern could be picked out in varying colour. by cutting through th e outer layer.

'l'he cutting department was another interesting part of the works, but there is not space to describe in detail how a train of wheels, of stone and of wood, of which those for cutting were feel with sand and water, cut the desired patterns and polished the roughened surfaces. 'l'he operators were gu ided only by a few white lines painted on the tumbler or on whatso ever thc3r were putting the pattern . The details of the pattern were uot traced for them to follow; so the work of etching required considerable skill. All those articles we had seen in the making were comparatively plain and it remained for the visit to the show-room to reveal to us the beauty and the . amazing Yariety of colour and design that can be acl1ieved in art glass-making.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SONG, 1900 Below is a football son" and chorus composed by Mr. H H. \Vard in J900. Ehewhere we have pub li shed a photo of the team in 1900. It is inl<.:rcsting to note that no competitions such as played to-clay existed in those days, and conseq uently the match es played were aga in st such lL:ams as Stratford District High School, and a local team known as the 路路 ;-..;ativc Roses."

Uowe ull yo u jolly High Sehool l.Joy.Put books aud peus aside, l~oll out a lusty choru.-, shout And send it far and wide. Forget yom dates and postulates Your props. and riders grim Leave H.C.F"s and L.C.M 's to either r:;iuk or swim.

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ChorusFor our work is done, the fuu 's begtm, Enjoy life while we may, Let's shout and sing till the rafters ring, For we 're off on a. holiday. But yet we think that we should tell Our friends assembled h er e A thing or two, or more if you \Vill be disposed to hear. Of football wins, '"e've had our fill, No boy could wish for more, Although the score against wa::; nil ' We hoisted seventy-four. Chorus. Our forward van, were, every man, Good honest workers stout, Tnloo ·e or scrum to make thing::; hum Or heel the leath er out. 'l'~ er e '. · HORROCKS small, and HORROCKS tall, B1g SAXTON, fighting MAC, No broken REID to trust indeed Tn pushing A VERY pack. Chorus. 1\nd should they choose to make it loo.·c T1ikc lightning comes the ball ]<'or "Natives crew" a trouble br ew And snap it, pig·my PAUL. '!'h en quick a11d straight to smart {ive-cighth \Vl1at boots t h e Ro::;es ::;trength, 'l'hen feint or bunt Ol' quick screw punt A half GOODACRE'S length. Chorus . But if at last when h e i · gra::;scd 'l'o BILLING passes fine ]:;ike battle .·hip, om gallant skip, Then clashes o'er the line. 'rhe kick 's acute, but BEVvLEY 'S boot Can ever r each as far, IIe needs no arc to find the mark But clean bisects the bar.

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Chorus. But yet we never must forget, Two men, outside the pack, Who beat in fray, Sir (FRASER) any day, Sir, G OJ~DON 'S on attack. And 'l'OMl\'I:Y not of Atkim; fame \.::; quick as basilick (BASIL ) i: \Vhose grip-like "Vice" you want not twice Away the oval whisks. Choru s. II. II. \\ ard, \ssistcmt :Niaster, N.P.H.S., 20/ 12/ 00.

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. c\ NNUAL l\IEETING OF ASSOCIA'l'ION. Disappro Yal of undesirable practices t hat were 'creepin g in in regard to school football owing to publicity as a re~mlt of the lVf oascar Cup matches wa: expressed at the annual meeting of the New Plymouth High School Old Boys' Association, h eld at th e Soldiers' Clnb on 'l'uesday, ~o , •ember 1 . There wa.- a fair attendance, and the president (1\Ir. C. H . W ynyard ) was in the chair. In moving t he adoption or the report and balancesheet, thE' chairmau referred to a big effort which was to ' be made n ext February to raise funds to build a gymna sium. "Our n ext great work," lJC then said, "is to attack th e ()'ully. It is a cleplora ble :feature that the school has no ground of its own and the need of one is more apparent after attending matches at Pukckura Park." Proceeding, Mr. Wynyard :aid play of that kind brought the school team into too close contact with the whole public, with the result that practices were creeping in that were not desirable. 'l'hc chairman :aiel it wa s regrettable to think that tl 1ese games were the subject of a great deal of betting, and naturally playing them on a ;;chool ground before a gathering that vvould, in the

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majority, co u~ist of parcJJts, friends and old Loy~ of t il e ~choo l would do a great deal towards suppressiuo· undesirable features. o The chairman said he desired to take the opportunity of congratulating the school upon retaining the Moascar Cup. He considered last year's team had done even bet~er than the team which originally won the cup, because 1t had taken the field early in the season a poor ·team, but Ly hard practice and enthusiasm had won t hroug·h, much to the credit of the boys them~elves and their masters. Passing on, the chairman said that the coming year was likely to be one of the most important in the history of the association, as it was hoped to make the gymnasium an accomplished fact and then to tackle the football ground in the gully. He considered the ground was really the most important, but the association had embarked upon the gymnasium sch eme and could not go back. 'rhe association was gTeatly indebted for the assistance it had r cceiYed from the masters, and, working in such hearty and close co-operation with the school, the association need have no fears as to the future.

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Mi' . A. M. MacDiarmid said it was a great credit to the school to have held on to the lVIoascar Cup but it was felt that it had its weaknesses and one was that the Ruo-by Union should be in control of school match e.-. He did ~ot know the feeling of the school in reo-ard to the matter but he knew that a section of the public felt that schooi football should be kept separate as a school iustitution and that if. any money was to be made . out of it it should go to the benefit of the school. EHear, hear.) Speaking on behalf of the ·chool, Mr. A. J. Papps, who acted as coach to the team, thanked the chairman for his congratulations. As regard.- the continuance of the l\Ioascar Cup matches, nothing definite had been decided by the school, and he was not in a position to state what its attitude would be in the future. There was a good clt·al of truth in what had been said, but he could not sec l1ow th e position could be overcome. For instance it had co'it £80 to bring the Mt. A lb c1t Grammar team. to New Plymouth, and if it were not for the gate, out of which these expenses were paid, that team could not have travelled. As .a member of the Rugby Union, he could say that the unwn was not making any money out of school football . In fact, it had been exceedingly generous in

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encouragin g R.ugby in schools, and la"st season it had returned to school football all that it had got out of it. 'rhe problem ·was a big one, and it was made harder b:v t h e nnmb cr of matches that had to be played. 'l'h e school h ad fm· too m1my mat chrs ln st Reason. '"l'h c qncRtion is a big onr," Raid Mr. vVynyarcl, "and can only lw solved by t h e acquisition 'Of a Rchool gronnd on which a triang-nlm· tournament with two other seconcl<ll7 schools conld be h eld cvenr third yenr." l\Ir. \Vyn ~· ard said h e did not condemn the Monscar Cup compcti1ion, which h <:' r<:'g-ardecl as a good onr if' it conlcl br r m1 on lin rR thM sn it cd the sc hook l\Jr. "E. P. W<'bstcJ· Wit!'; of the opinion t hnt thr cha irman had hit the nail 011 the lwad when he said that a school ground was the solution. lie commented upon the number of matches played, ·which h e considered imposed too gr eat a strain upon the boys. He instanced the hard struggle the team had had with 'l'e Ante and before they had time to recover they h ad to play their annual intercollege fixture with \Vanganui. They were keener on winning that college match than th ey were upon retaining the l\Ioascar Cup, added l\Ir. \V ebster, who cons idered thai· three matches in 10 days wa.- too much for any school t<:'am. On behalf of the youn"'er old boys, l\Ir . Cecil Fook<'s rnclorsed the views rxpressed during the discnssion.

The matter was not pursued, and t he report and bala?-ce-sheet were then adopted ·without further discussJon. The question of an annual subscription or a levy was cli.-cussed. An mmual subscription was not favoured on the grounds that members away might not pay, and therefor e forfeit membership and thus drift away from the association. A recommendation was made to the committee that a levy should be struck this year for the purpose of creating a reserve fund, the arnount and conditions to be decided by the committee. It was suggested that a levy of 2s. 6d. should be made on old bo~r s who had left school since December, 1922. Appreciative reference was made to the work of Mr. J. B. Wilson, who did not seek re-election as one of the joint .·ecretaries and who had been in office since the inception of the association, and it wa.- decided to place

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on r ec ord a ppr eeiat ion of his i n va lna ble ser v iee. :Reference was ~ils o ma de t o th e work of Mr. A . M . 1\'IacDiarmid, who , havmg bePn a memb er of th e exe cuti ve sin ce th ass ociation had · been form ed ' wa s r etirino· and a -heartv,] 'f 0' vo1e o·: thanks was a ccorcl ed to a ll onto·oino· o:fficr1·s t h r 1'<'1iring presicl ent, and t lw press. r r '

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. Th e Pr esicl en~ of th P "'..ss oeiation (H enry Billing) i.ch airm an of t h r H1gh School Board of Gov ernors and th r two v ice-presiclent:::, D1·. E. 1~ . Fook es and E. P. \vebst e1· nrr al so memb ers of 1·l1 e Boarcl of Gov ernors . . ' C. H. \V yny arcl, who wa s la st y ear President of t he .A ssociation, WFI S r ecen1"ly married, and ha s left on a tour to .Anstralia , wh er e l1c will be abst>nt for several month s. L en. Hug-h es, who was at school in 1916 is n ow a. so licitor, and i.- pra cti.·in g- wit h hi s uncle, ~Ir. R . ITughes, in New Plymont h. Ja ck. on Palmer is now on t h e sta ff of th e New Pl ymo uth Savings Bank. Jimmy Sin clair, who wa s house surgeon Rt · t h e Ilawcra. Hospital, is now pra cti sing in par1n t>J'ship with Dr . Buist in t hat town. D cr ek D enny -Brow11 , wh o completed his medi cal dr g-r ee la st year, i · ]paving- f or En o·land in .Ta~ma rv . \V e wish him t h e best of lu ck '"' • 'l'he two Vice-Pre.-idents of t he Associa t ion, Dr. K

1~ . Fookes and P er cy \Vebst er, wer e de.-k mates when

th ey att ended th e Rchool to gether. \V • h ave r eceived th e following- letter f rom H an cllev Bro wn, onr All Black r epresent ative, which gives son{e inter estin g det ails of th eir tri p to P anama. H e wa s unfor tunate in straining a mu scle early in t he to ur, and as a consequen ce ha s not been play ing in th e majority of matches. After t h e fift h match he had sc ored the most numb er of points f or t h e All Bla cks. W e ar e lookino· f orw ard to r eceivin g- furth er letter s from him:- " I intend p osting t hi s at P anama. \\ e are at present nbout 11 days

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from there . So far we have had a wonderful trip. The sea has be en ver y calm and t h e w eather fin e. E ver y morning at 7 o'clock w e ha Ye physical drill. This is tRken by Dr. Pater son, who is going to t r avel throu gh England with us. BreahfR st is at 8.30. At 10.30 we h a ve scrum practice, skipping, and th e m edicin e ball. Dinner is at 1 o'clock, and from 1.45 to 2.30 we are in structed on th e rules of Rugby by :!\Ir. Simpson , who is a m emb er of th e official party. H e is a Ye17 capable r ef er ee. After that we eith er play d eck gam es, cards, or r ead. This atmo spher e seems to have a ver y dreary effect on t he boys. Those wh o play cards gen erally play a couple of hands and then drop off to sleep . Th e same wit h those wh o r ead . It is ver y funn y t o Ree p eople lyin g all around th e place faRt asleep. Concerts and dances are held in th e evening. An amusement committ ee ha s b een f ormed, and competitions are p layed n early ever y da y. :;.vrrs. Flet ch er and myself won t h e d eck quoi t~; . La st nig-ht the captain gave an a ddress on Pitcairn I sland. \V e call ther e and ar e suppos ed to get t h er e at 1 p.m . to-mor row. Tt is 1t miles lonO' and one mile wid e. Th er e are 184 people ther e, and it is 1080 f eet high. It grows t h e b est oran ges in t h e world . They h ave some ver y funn y by -laws. H er e are t wo of t h em: (1) Say Mr. A 's fowl is on 1\'[r . B's prop erty ; Mr. B is allow ed to shoot it and Mr . A h as to p ay for the powd er Rnd shot t h at was u sed. (2) If t h er e is a stray cat on Mr. A's place and he kills .it, t h en h e h.as to go out and cat ch 300 rat.- and hang their t ails up in t h e main street as a p r oof. T went down into t h e engine-room y esterday, and it i · wonder f ul. Th ey burn oil now in place of coal. \¥ h en t h ey burnt t h e lat t er they had t o employ 30 m en in t h e stokehold ; now. th ey h ave only nine. They used to burn 120 tons of coal a day ; now t h ey only burn 78 tons of oil. So y ou will ,·ee it is a O'r eat savinO'. The working of th e oil is wonderful. I t hink I have given you most of th e n ews up t o date. I will prob ably w rite t o y ou again when w e land. ' ' Bracken \Vilson, who for the past . f:iix year. , h as b een joint secretary of the Old Boys' Association , has r esigned from that position. H e is now p ar t n er in the firm of Duff, \Vyn y ard and \¥ il: on, acc ountant.-, in New P lymouth . Bria.n Jolm s, who is attending- Otago Univer sity, was successful in completing th e first section of his final degt'ee. H e sits for fina l about tl1 c middl e of Decemb er.

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\V e l1ave r eceived an interesting not e from Brian · Horner, who .is supervising engineer-surveyor at th e \Vairnrapa Power Board 's h y dro- electric works nt Cart ert on. lie was one of t h e seven successful ca n didates in New Zenlnncl who pnssecl in th e finnl of th e Anstrnlian nnd New Zen]nll(l Snr wyors' Exnm. H e gin•s u s 1111 ini·cres1·inp: rlescription of th e work nnd hi s dlli'ies th r r e. H e int r1Hl s being present <lt the n ext Old Boys ' r e-union. ,Jim Shaw, who is attending th e Cnnterbury Training Collrg·e and C<mterbnry Collrge, suppLieR ns with t llC follmving not es of Ol(l Doys in Christchnr ch :-L\ lex . Broche is tnking enginrrring; .Jack Broclic is stncl~ring jonrnnlism , and h e, ,Jim Shnw, E1·ic Smart, l\L Tinghson ancll\f. Bm·al' w ere pln ying in th e Cant erbnr? College senior· Afteen. M.onty Bnrnk <llld 1\Iick Ilughson arc tal\ing 1·hc- B .Sc . course, ancl the former this ycnr wa~ awarcl ecl th e Ilayden E ssay Prize , while th e latter " ·o n the college priz in physics. Charlie Darn ett is in the Public 'l'rust Office . Fred. Davis is pupil-t eaching and also attends the School of Art at Canterbury College. Eric Lomns is in th e office of Slat er, Sarjeant and Dale, solicitors. Eric Smart is ntt ending the Ca nt erbury Engin eering Coll ege and Chnrlie Drnd er is ta king lectures llt Cnnt erbnrr Colle ge nncl 1·h e 'l'r·aining College. Jim IIin e is with IIi11 e, VP rllOJI and Ha wort lt , .·ol icitor·s, at 'l'e Kuiti. Among the Yisitors who went to Nelson to src 1·h e School play Nel·on College were Hon. Quilliam and Bracken Wilson. Andrew Hastie, who is farming at Kaupokonni, supplies us with the follo ·wing not es of Old BoyR in Sm1th Taranaki :- Bob Donald ha s joined t he benedicts and is farming n ear Kaupokonui, and Seft. Herbert is shortly to fo llow Bob's example. H. Clarke is teaching at Manaia and is an en thu siastic memb er of the local Miniature Rifle Club. Lin Hugl1 es it; farming at Tnaha. Claude l\IcKay ha .· now 1·aken up :farming n ear Inglewood. The Snowdon broth ers (3) are farming nea r Inaha. Lauric Christie and Arthnr Parkinson are in the Bank of New Zea land at M:anaia and the former is secretary of the local T ennis Club. Aubrey Stevenson is farming n ear Manaia, while Ken. Robinsou ("Robby") iR working at Otakeho . At the 'l'erritorial Camp h eld at \Vaverley, Norman L eech was one of the officers, ·w hile Jimmie Sinclair wa s our medical officer. Miles Atkinson is farming n enr Ball Road and is shortl y to be married.

H. W. BROWN. Captain First Fifteen, 1921, 1922, 1923; All Black, 1924.

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93 \Ve h RYe r ecently r eceived a l ett er from RV. A~r lin g, who was at sch ool in 1916. H e is w ith th e Anch or Ship pi n g- Compa n:v Rt Nelson. l\Ii ck H u p:hson, wh o is ntt cncling CRnt r rhlll'? Collcg-r , won his wrig-h t at the Collrg-r boxin g- chmnp-ionsl1ip s, ancl was also r nnn r r-n p for t·h r 1'\ew Zra lancl ' \' m · s.it~' ch amp ions hips. \ \T c h ave r ccci vr cl a lcttrr f r om Frccl. Davi.·, wh o is t·rachin g- in Christchnrch. Hr g ivrs li S fnll pa rti cnl m·s of nll Old Boys in t ha t city. l\I a nr ice Ca ch emaille, w ho is ta ki ng lectllrr s in d ent is11·y nt Ot ago Pnivrr si1y, s upplirs li S w it h th P fo llowing not es on Old Bon in D un edin :- Br icm .To hn s is s itt ing· for h is fina l medical d egree . " P eter" Qnillimn is al. ·o sit·t ing for his fi11al. Cliff Jo lm. ·on sits f or his s<'concl sect ion of t h e first professi ona l in d entistry . A . B. Sturt evant com plet ed his second professiona l medica l ex am. r ecen t ly . D er ek D enny-Brown, wh o complete d hi .· cleoTee last year, wa s capp ed t his ye ar. H e is lecturer in Anatom y at t h e l\Iecli ca l Sch ool. K en. Rob erts is doing r eseRrch work in Or ganic Ch em istry and is a laboratory in stru ctor in that b r an ch . l\ Iurr a ~· Nich olson w as su ccessful in P<Jss ing hi s sr con d sect ion of t he fir st profess ionRl in D entistry. Ot h r r Ol cl Bo~·s at t endin g t he 'Varsity are Norm rm \\' c1 cldle, R. W . B ell r ing er and M:ur r a ~· II e ~·c o c k. Hop e J cn ki m;on is now in New Ply m ou t h and i. a gent an d r epresenta t iv e for t h e New Zealand P rrp rt nal For c.·ts, Ltd. At hol Wilson is wit h D nf an r , Lusk , Biss an d .B' awcett, soli cit or s, at Auckland . Br ian \Vinfield is with t h e Bank of New South \ Va les at Haw era. H is brother , "Squib, " is wit h a firm of solicitor .· at W cllin gton. Clive Vealc h as n ow join r d th e .·ea staff ot th e Un ion S.S. Company and left for W cllingt on r ecen t ly to takl' np his n ew work . l\Iark AntlJOn y i.· a writ er a1 .Au cklan d.

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Eric Cole is now an a gent of t he A .l\I.P. i:) o c iet~· in 1\'arrandera (N .S.W .) . H e wi.·h cs an y Old B oys who arc in t llC\ A .l\I.P. So cict? t o writ e him at N nnandcra.

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Bob Caughley is now attendin g Victoria College at 1;r-.,r ellington . Don. l\'IacDou gall is working with Mr. H.. G. F letcher, solicitor, at Palmerst on. He says there are three other Old Boys there-V ie. Fookes, in the Bank of New South ·wales; Pat. 0 'Shea, who is at the High School; and B. Linn, in the Bank of New Zealand. R. \V. Dalziell is farming near I-Iunterv ille. Bob \Villiamson, who left school in 1919, is also farming at I-IunterYille, and was recently married. C. I-Ionnor is working on a farm at Mangam ahu, near Ford ell. Dave Penman is now accounta nt with N. Cole, builder and contracto r, at Aucklan d. Bill Noakes is with the National Insuranc e Company at Aucklan d. .A. L. I-Ierdman is attendin g the vV ellington Training College. 'l'he followin g Old Boys arc also attendin g lectures ther e :-John Nicholso n, P ercy Metcalfe , and George Smith. 0. Rainger, who left school in 1923, is working in Foote Bros.' warehou se in Aucklan d. •T. Howard is farming at Nnkuhak ari, Awakino . Geoff. Bayly is sh eep farming near 'l'urakin a. Les. Marfell is farming at Toko. R. H. and Percy Pease are farming at Croydon Road, Omata. Maurice Osborne is accounta nt with I-Ialliwell, Spratt and Thomson, solicitors, I-Iawera. R. I-I. Candy is farming at Ngarua, vYaitoa. J. T. \Vhite ("Bu ster") is now with \Vhites, Ltd., at New Plymout h. Harry Calder, who is on the staff of the Mount Albert Gramma r School at Aucklan d, supplies us with the following Old Boys' notes :-J. Simcock is with A. Irwin, chemist, at Ponsonb y. Tom Merron is now in the A nckland Customs Office. Keith Clemow is an engineer to the City Council and ha s recently become engaged . Charlie

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95 Pntt is on th e Cit:v Enginee r's staff . Emi e Beckbcs sino· cr is lea ving shol"tly for Ch ic11go to take A position in a romm ercial house there. ,Ja ck Clemow is with Nicholson lll icl Gribbon, solicitors . Gera lcl \V ebst er nncl Clancl e 1\Iorcv left New Zealancl re cPnt l_,. for a trip to America . Unfo.rtun at r ly owing to the immigra tion laws they were unable to enter the States, but w Pnt to Canada in.-tead. \\Th en thc~r last 1rrote t hey 11er e near· \Vinnip rg harY esti11g. The:v int end going- to Eng-land nt th e rncl of t h e .venr to sre thr finfll A ll Black g-nmr there•. \Y e wish them th r bpst of ln ck on their travrls. F'rnnk Krlly is on th e staff of the 'l'arannk i H era ld ancl we arc ind ebt cl to him for nu articlr in this issliC'. On the occasion of the Hig-h School- Te Ante Colleg-e football mntch a lun ch eon was held pr ior to the mntch. OYer 7?> Old Bo~r s wrr e present and th ere were also prcsrnt as guests of t hr .Association scwral of t h e Publi c School Bovs who hflY C r ece ntlY come out to Tarannk i. Tt was felt tl1at this was n gooci wa_,. of keeping the 1IH'111 bers in touch " ·ith one anoth er and th ev int end to hav(• othrr such function s next seHson. Tt h~d bcrn int enclrrl that Olcl Boys .-hon lcl go er1 blo c to th e Park , bnt thP went hrr int rfrrf'cl with this . lton. Blunclell, the nrw joint secretary of thr Associflt' ion, is on the lo ca l s1aff of the J3flnl\ of J\rw Zralancl. Artlnu- Osborn e is on th e stnff' of thr Nrw ZralmH'l Insuranc e Company , J_;1.cl. L. Iloffman n, who had th e misfortu ne to b1·eak his leg recently, is now about a,.ain. H e is wi1·h 1'11!' Alliance· .i\ssnrnn ce Company at New Plymout h. Old Boys were Yery glad to see l\Ir. .A. R. R?Cic·r down hr1·e with th e ~\ n c klm1d C:lramrnnr ~cho o l t eam. Bas. liooper is working in New Plymout h. He is <I l\ cen pugilist and hns won seYeral bouts during th0 lii st srason. L cs. Hill is now practi.-in g as an ncconntn nt at W hangarci . · Ifnrold Gibson is prnctisin g ns a sol icitor nt Ilnwern.

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Prio r to his depa rture the Old Boy terta ined Han dley Brow n, who left New s' Asso ciati on enZeal and with tlle All Blac ks, at a lunc heon . Over 70 Old ters were pres ent, a.nd on beha lf of the Boys and masPres iden t (Mr. C. II. \Vyn ya rd ) pres ente Asso ciati on the d case with the best wish es of th e mem ber. him with n suit he cong ratu lated Brow n on hi s selec tion 路. ln doin g so in the team and wish ed him the best of succ ess whil st on Mr. ,Jas. l\l[cLeod (Pre side nt of the Rug by the tour . Unio n ) also congrat ulate d l1im and state d that h e was snre the Scho ol conlcl l1a ve no bette r repre senta tive. Vang han Kirk by is farm ing Ht. 'J'nta raim aka.. Loft ns Rnss ell, who is with the East ern Exte nsio n Onble Com pany , ]1as rece ntly been tran sfen ecl f1路om Banjowa nge to Cocos Islan d. He expe cts to Zeal and on six mon ths' leave ea rly in 1926 retu rn to New . Seym our Cliff ord and Owe n J ohns are on the staff of th e East ern Exte nsio n Cabl e Com pany at 路Wel lingt on. \\ ilfrecl Kell y is farm ing at Awa kino . Trev or Simp son is on the Rtaff. of the New Zea land Hera ld. Hug h Fras er is Edit or of the 'J'ara naki Dail y NewR . \V e wou ld cong ratul ate Lori mer Ricb succ ess in gain ing the Sir Geor ge Grey Trav a.rds on on his Rhip. He has left for Engl and, whe re ellin g Scho larhe will stnd y scien ce for three year s. \Vill ard Ewin g is repr esen tativ e of the Dail y New s at Stra tford . Stanley Hutc h en and G. Plum tree, who left scho ol this year , are in the main office of New ton King , Ltd. Roy J路ack son, who was secr etary of at one time , is on the staff of the Nati onal the Asso ciati on Ban k at Auc kland . Tedd y Pope "is chief clerk to Perr y and Perr y, solicitors, at Well ingto n. Ron. Boon is with Boon Bros . at New Plym outh . Bert iR teach il1g at \Var ea.