1926 The Taranakian Vol. 15 No. 2 December by New Plymouth Boys' High School

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.\gricultu re N otcs \nnual Bal l Annual Re-Un i01t A ucklancl Re- U nio 11 Annual Athletic Sports Annual Steeplech ase Boxing Champio nships Cackt Notes Chapel Concert Club and Orchestr a Notes Death Editoria l Engagcm en ts Exchang es Football House Notes Marriage s Olcl BoY ·' Associati o n Old Bo\· ~· Football Club Old Bo~·s ' Notes Old Boys' Orchestr a Opening of. Club Room:; Preparato ry Notes Sc hool N l..:s Shooting N oles Subscript ions Terms Classe · The \iVireless Club The Roll To All Old Boys ~W ith the R.A.F. in Egypt \\ e llin gton Branch

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PREFECTS. Head Boy.-F. L. Read. Boarders.-F. L. R ead (h ead), K. Weter e, R. Fleteher, B. Pease, S . A nd er son, J . B uck eridge, J. Beaven, J·. Mo or e, E. Harm a n . Day Boys.-K . Fookes, J. Medley, J. Thomas, 1'. Bailey, A. Moverl ey. COMMITTEES. Football Committee.- Mr. Papps (chairman) , K. l!'ookcs, F. Rend, R . F lctcher, K. Weterc, J. Meclley. Library Committee.-Mr . Shrimpton (clmi.rman), J. Thomas, J. Galbrnith, '1.'. Bailey, A. Moverlcy, G. MacDiarmicl (sccTetary) , E. 'l.'onks, C. Han·is, S . Bntger, D. P lrillips, J. Mu nay, F. Read. Swimming Committee.-MT. Eggleton (chairman), J . Galbrait h, J. 'fhomas, S . Hayton, H. Fookcs, J. Stronge. Cricket Committee.-Mr. Bottrill (chairman), K. ];'ookcs, J. Galbraith, H . Fookes, R . Fletcher, F . Read, J. Thomas. Tennis Committee.-Mr. Johnson (chairm an), R . Fletch er, F . Read, J. B uckeTidge. Magazine Committee.-:Nil-. Earl (chairman), E. 'l.'Ollks, J. Galbraith, F . Davis, A . N. Samps011 1 M. Gedcles, K. Fookcs, R O'D ea, G. MacDiarmid, J. Thomas, T. Bailey, F. Read. Sports Committee.-Ml'. Dip1·osc (ch airman), :NIT. Braclbury, J. Abraham, J . S. :Medl ey, E. G. Hnn11an, H . M. BrowH R. FletcheT; K . F . Fookes and F. L. Read (joint secretaries) . Wireless Committee.-1'1.. llall ·lcy, R . NooJltlll 1 l!'. Read, J . Beavan, K. Riley, W . Cato, G. 1\{n Diarmicl, 1\L Clnn·ton, J. Murray (secretary). Shooting Committee.-1\'h-: Bertrancl (chairman), F. L. R ac1, R. Plctch er, B . H . Pease, K. Riley, R. Noonan, K. \ Vctm· , C. McNeill, J. Bu ckericlge, E. Harman (secretary) . SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT. Officer Commanding.-:Major G. F. Bertm11d. Contingent Sergt.-Major.-F. L. Head . Contingent Q.M.S.-E . Harman. Orderly Room CorporaL-Corporal E . Touks. Physical Drill Instructor.-Licutcllan t F ..T. Eggl tOJl . A. COMPANY. Officer Commanding.-Lieu tena11t TI. G. Dycl'. Company Sergt.-Major.- J. T h omn , . Q.M.S.-:M. Clmrton.

No. 1 Platoon. Platoon Comman der.-Lie utenant F. J. Egglcton . Platoon Sergean t.-Sergea nt K. Fool<es. Section Comman ders.-C01·poxal s K . ·vlctcxc, J. Abraham , H. Fookcs, R. Sutton. No. 2 Platoon. J. Leggat. utcnaJ.lt der.-Lie Platoon Comman Platoon Sergean t.-Sergeant J. Ga}brait h . Section Comman ders.- Corporals R. Fletch cr, . Batgcr, A. i\[oYcrlcy, H. Gorriuge . No. 3 Platoon. Platoon Sergean t.-Lan ·c-Sergea nt J. Stro11gc. Section Comman ders.-Co rporals R. Noo JJ an, .J. \\'arurr, l\I. Standish , M. Ingle. No. 4 Platoon. Platoon ·sergean t. - 'ergcant F. Davis. Section Comman ders.-Co rporals . :M ··Nclll , G. ~IacD iarmi ll, J,. Petty, P. Eaves, Lauce-Co rporal R. List. B COMPAN Y. V. E . Ken. eutcnant ding.-Li Officer Comman Company Sergeant -Major.- J. Bcav en. Q.M.S.- D. Hetherin gtou. No. 5 Platoon. Platoon Comman der. -Lien teu ant R. C. W ilsoJl. Platoon Sergean t.-Lance -Sergt. S. Allhuseu. Section Comman ders.- orporal H. Brown, K. Rilcy, ll. Georgl' , Lrtnce- orporal C. Rani~. No. 6 Platoon. Platoon Comman der.-A ·ting-Lieute11aut IV. I . , hrimp ton. Platoon Sergeant .-Sergca nt J. MooTc . Section Comman ders.-Co Tpor als B. Pease, \r. Rawsou, LaucceTgeants A. EYans, A. Rcthcrin gtou, J~an ce-C orporal \ ·V. Haywa1·d . No. 7 Platoon. Platoon Comman der.-A.c ting-Vieu tcJJant A . H. B lundell. Platoon Sergean t.-Serg aut J. Buckerid ge. Section Cornman ders.-Co rporals G. Grace, H . Olson, S. Dinniss, riffith s, LUJICC- orporal i\L l'togcrs. No. 8 Platoon. J. Earl. utcnant der.-Li.e Comman Platoon Platoon Sergean t.- crg cant J. Medley. Section Comman ders.- orponJs A. Beck, hl. Gcdclcs, J. W. E"·art, A. N. , ampso11. Buglers.- 'orr orals S. Audcrson , J'. i\fcDonal d, J . Hetherin gtou. Drurnme rs.-Corpo rals C. Carupb cll, J. Duigau, R. I V. 0 'Neill.

FIRS'r FIF'rEEN, 19 26. Photos- J. R. Wall. Buck Row : E. W. :M:cCa.llum, R. Fl ctc h er , R. NoOJJ Ull 1 K. 路w etere, J. Buck ericlge, J. Abra ha m, R. \Vatson, J. Thomas. 1Iiclclle Row: H. M. Brom1 , H. F. Fookes, K. Ril ey, K. F ookcs, F . L. R ead (captain) , J. M edl ey, J. Galbraith, L. Petty, P. Eaves. In Fro11t : H. Olson , F. L. D aYi s.

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EDITORIAL. (J. Stronge.)

ably demonstrates the necessity for education B ACON when he says, ''Men's deeds are after as they have

been accustomed. . . Certainly custom is most perfect wh n it beginneth in young years: this we call education, which i. , in effect, but an early custom. '' It is usual to refer to the present educational system a. the culminating point in the history of youthful instruction. Certainly it is an improvement on that of the last century. The works of Dickens and Thackeray give us a glimpse of the trials that children had to 1.mdergo and though, undoubtedly, many men of outstanding ability were ''turned out'' by these schools, they generally maintained that they 路ucceeded in spite of their :chooling. For instance we find Lamb and Col eridge inv ighi:n"' again.-t the brutality of the regime at Chri t 's Uo. pital. ff, on t he other hand, we examine the ancient Greek method:, we find that they do not compare unfavourably with tho 路e of the present day. Plato, Lycurgus and Aristotle, all dealt fully- with the subject of education. Plato was the theorist and though many of his ideas we:cc totally impracticable, yet his influence still dominates the thought of those incorrigible optimists who will ever maintain the virtue of human nature. 'rhe Lycurgean . ystem, on the other hand, stressed to the exclusion of all else the need for creating a nation of warriors who would be not only physically p erfect but also the incarnation of bravery. It was left to Aristotle, however,. to collect and

EDITORIAL. 6 systematise, and a. · his last ''Constitutions'' indicate, he was intimately acquainted with the working of the Governments of the Greek and the outlying barbarian State:;. In fact, his writings seem a practical evolution of the teachings of Plato. Aristotle enumerates the ''four things which it is usual to teach children" as "reading, gymnastic exercises and music, to which some add painting.'' Now if we examine the meaning which he construed into these fo11r, we find that as a system they do not fall far short of our modern schoobng. 'l'he Greeks also made provision for a rigid manual training; for the slaves who performed all the menial trades and tasks were carefully instructed in their duties. Firstly, by "reading" he means a sound instruction in the works of those great philosophers, scientists and historians who formulated the basic principles of all modern intellectual life. 'l'hus it would be incorrect to say that the curricula of th e modern schools take~; cognisance of a greater number of faculties than did the Greek. ' Secondly, it is only dming the last balf-ccntmy that phy.·ical training has been really incorporated in the British educational system. It would be ridiculous, however, to advocate the adoption of such a far-fetched scheme of gymnastic exercises as that of Lacedemon. 'l'hircUy, we will deal 'vith the arts, painting, sculpture and music. 'l'he empha. is given to music as a factor in education is a thing which many people of our day cannot seem to comprehend. 'l'bey maintain that it i · one of the trimmings of life and a.- ·such .-hould occupy a :;econdary position in our training; but it is tl1e:e trimmings tlJat make life worth living and help to eradieate or at least to cloak the ingrained brutality of mankind. :M:u.-ic was in a sense their spiritual training, for we may omit the exceedingly ''worldly'' influence of their gods. For centuries the intellectual pre-eminence of the Greeks wa:; largely based on their recognition of harmony as an es:;ential to a correct conception of education. It raised them to the "level of the cosmopolitan idea," which, however, did not extend past the borders of Greece; for the)' eontinnecl for centuries to flout 1·beir :uperiority i11 tlte face of the barbarian world. 'l'beir :ystem, in short, lacked but the gospel of humanity and the brotherhood

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7 of man, which was the fundamental principle of Christianity, to make it almost perfect. 'l'hus the downfall of the Grecian Empire may be largely traced to the neglect of humanitarianism, which is absolutely opposed to slavery and the oppression of subject races. 'l'he result was that the upper part of the Greek body politic (the freemen) grew; while the lower part (the slaves) remained in a base and brutal state. "'l'he face was that of Hyperion; the legs were shrivelled and hideous as those of a satyr.''

FOOTBALL. (F. L. Read.) 'l'he 1926 season may be regarded as one of the most successful that the School has experienced. 'l'his may seem rather an exaggeration in view of the splendid perfonnances put up by fifteens of the past, but the team this year, by winning the 'l'aranaki junior championship and all it.- inter-collegiate fixtur e.- , proved itself worthy to rank with any fifteen of previons years. We have certainly Lacl more finished back combinations, and we have had more clashing fonvards, but we have never had finer physique, better defence, and greater all-round excellence. Although no single player rose to great heights, and although at times combination was a little lacking, yet by bard forward play, deadly tackling, and sure determined running, the team proved itself probably the hardest team to beat we lJave had. We were fortunate in having nine old "caps" back at "chool, and with good talent available it was confidently expected that the team would do exceptionally well. Constant accidents to the backs, however, retarded the acquisition of good combination; indeed, it was not until three weeks befor e the end of the second term that we were able to put a full team in the fielcl. Hacl all the backs been available the whole season, there is every rca:·on to think that the team woulcl have been better still. The forwards, though very heavy and strong, were at first Yery crude, but it is to their credit that while the fifteen was seriously l1ampcred by tb e lo:s of s v ·•ral backs, they I.'Osc to the occasion and developed into a fin pack. This enabled the team to win the earlier matches of the junior championship and to defeat W anganui 'l'echnical 'olle~.

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For the Te Aute and Auckland Grammar matches the team was at full strength, and in these games gave the best displays of the season, winning by a ~omfor.table mar"'in in each case. The School was very d1sappomted in b~in"' compelled to forego the annual fixture with Wan"'a~ui Collegiate School. Owing to epidemics of influen~a in both schools no suitable date could be found at the end of the term on which to hold the game. We hope, however, to have the pleasure of welcoming W anganui Collegiate to New Plymouth next year. The Second Fifteen was forced in the early part of the season to provide each Saturday many emergencies for the First Fifteen, but later on when at full strength defeated the leading teams in the third grade championship. The strength of this team lay in the forwards, five of whom at least were worthy of a place in any school side. 'l'he 'l'hird Fifteen were runners-up in the northern division of the fourth grade competition. This team, though g·enerally overmatched both in age and weight, put up some splendid games. 'l'he Fom·th Fifteen in the same competition stuck pluckily to their uphill task throughout the season. 'l'he Fifth Fifteen were runnersup to Stratford Technical High School in the fifth grade competition, and the Sixth Fifteen also played some good games in the same series of matches. All these four teams gave evidence of careful coaching, which will bear fruit in the future. 'l'he remainder of the School was divided as usuaJ into groups, each under a master, and was coached in the elements of the game. Later on sides were selected and competitions organised. 'l'he. ·c, together wjth inter-form and Boarders versus Day Boys games, provided plenty of b ealthy exercise and entertainment for the jlmior.·. 'l'l1 c Preparatory School team took part with fair success in the North Taranaki public schools' competitions. We wish to offer our thanks to all the masters who ungl'Udgingly gave their time and energy to directing our football. We are fortunate in having on the staff so many who have not only been good footballers in their :routh, but who still retain their keenne. ·.· for the Rugby game. We wish too to thank those parents and friends who kindly billeted 'l'e Aute College and Auckland Grammar boys, and the Hugby Union and Mr. and Mrs. Moyes,

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'b t' "'enerously to the entertainment who. ~Y. contr~~ ~~~ ~~u·b own have made this season one of VlSl~I~g ltea r be reO'arded ~rith very great ple~sure by that hon~ur to belong to the First F ifteen . thosewilh w oalwal:~tshe 1ac COMPETITION MATCHES. . . "'ainst This The first competltlOn ma~c h was a.,l . ,Star. d somel the Recreation Grounc s, prove .' . game, play~c on . . t either team played with Its what of a. dJ. appomtmen ~.s ~chool emerged victors by customary clash., .Howe~e ' , cl for School by K. Fookes 17 points to 3. 'I nes were score h hile Fletcher (2)' Read, McOa.llum and Brown one ea.c ' w converted one. 1 l t Oka.to on a wet 'l'he ~econcl ~atch wl~s !~y'~'~S aa decided iml~roveground with a. greas~ ba ' t h . 'l'houO'h Okato played ment on the two prevw,us ma es~ints tobnil. 'rries were sound football School "~n by lpN and K. Fooke, scored for School by Riley anc I oona.n drop-kicked a goal.

1 cl n the Recreation The third match wa~ ~va.:n~ c~ntestecl game than Grounds and prqv.ecl Stm?re Thou~ School did not pli.ty our first match With aL 8 oi~t~ to 3 Tries were O'ood football tb ey wonDby . . p r] ile Flet~her converted scored by Brown and avis, " l

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h' h was played at Western The fourth match, w.~c t of a brilliant character, Park a.gai~st O~rato, th~:~t ~~ the game played agai~st was a decided Imp~ove t' me School emerged vieStar After an unmteres .mg ga , d bv Medlev (2) · . t 0 8 . Tnes were score .1 • ' tors by 26 pomts · d R d ( each) 1 Brown (2)' Fletcher an ea ' while Fletcher converted four. ·

. t Old Boys and though The fifth match was agg~ns oints to nii' they did not School won ~om~O.~'t!bJ bfa ~ PSo f~r this ~eason Scho?l give a very mspni~" d Ii~~ck:\ .as they had lost players m had had a. run .of a . injuries and this match nearly every mat_ch owl~~thoMedley ·~nd N oonan had to P roved no exceptwn, as cl. by Medley Riley, fi l l 'l'ries were score ' leave the e c. d h'l Fletcher kicked two penalty Davis Pease and Rea ' w I e goals 'and converted a try.

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SE OND GRADE SEMI-FINAL.

In the semi-final of the second grade competition 8ch?ol m et Ur enui. This game, which was played at Wartara, was a g ood exposition of Rugby, and School a~ter ~ hard fought game defeated Urenui by 19 points to ml. 'lhe o·ame produced many hard forward tussles co~nbined with bright flashes of back play by both team!l. Tnes were scored for School by Medley (3) Galbraith Rnrl F letcher (l each), two of ·which Fletcher converted. TARANAKI ,JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. In the final of the Taranaki junior competition School met Stratford, the winners of the Southern and Central Divisions. 'l'h e match was played at Eltham as a curtainraiser to the representative match between Taranaki and Man_awatu-Horowhenua. Both teams played sound def ensive games. 'rhe Stratforcl backs, playing close up, gave the School back combination ver y few opportunities to get going. 'l'heir forwards also played a hard game ~nd by keeping the ball in the tight, they managed lat~ m the sec ond spell to register two tries against School. School on the other hand endeavoured to open up the game, and both their tri (:ls came from this source. 'l'ries were scored for School by Medley and W atson while Fletcher kicked a penalty, School thns winnino: by 9 points to 6. This i. · t h e second time in the histo1;. of. the School that the fifteen has annexed the Taranaki junior championship. · SCHOOL v : W ANGANUI TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

On July 3 the School team, together with the r est of t he School, journ eyed by special train to Hawera, where we played the Wanganui Technical College fLfteen. Both teams on arriving at Hawera were entertain ed at lunch by the Ru()'by Union. The teams took the field as follow:Wanganui (Dark Blue).-J. Hair (full-back); S. Nattma, R. 'l'illey, E . Brown, captain (three-quarters); J. Doir, G. Blyth (five-eighths); N. McDonnell (half- back); S. Knight (rover); C. Fowler, G. Anderson, J. Waters, E. Cakobau, G. Burrell, J. Farley, D. McGregor (forwards).

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11 New Plymouth.-Watson (full back); H. Brown, J. Galbraith, F . Davis (three-quarters); R. Fletcher, L. Petty (five-eighths); H. Olson (half-back); F. Read, ca ptain (rover); E. McCallum, J . Thomas, R.- Noonan, K. Wetere, J. Buckeridge, K. Riley, P. Eaves (forwards).

School won the toss and elected to defend the southern goal with a stiff breeze behind them. A long punt by Galbraith took School to the attack, and they swept down on W anganui 's goal-line. Fumbling amongst the School backs let Wanganui away, out School soon returned. From a good position Galbraith drop-kicked at· go al from a mark, but the ball just mi~secl the uprights by a narrow margin. 'l'he ball then commg ~rom a scrum inside Wan()'anui 's twenty-five, travelled via Olson to Pett3r, who broke away on the blind sid~, and_ after outclassin()' the opposition was unfortunate m losmg possession o; the line but in the general -dive for it Davis got there first. Fletcher handled the ball twice when placing it and the kick was disallowed. School Wanganui ..................... .

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full-back, was playing a sotmcl I-Iair_· the Wano·anui 0 ' . g-ame, and capped a series of fine saves b y cl'1vmg pas t half-a-dozen men before being tackled. Natuna marked g-amely in the face of a fi erce rusl~, but ~rom a scrum Olson again set the School backs 1~ mot10n, a_nd Petty cut in smartly to leave the Wanganm men stanclmg. He passed when almost over, but ~he p_ass went forward, and with two unmarked men outstcle him a golden opportunity was lost. From the ensuing scrum School opened out their attack across the goal, and Petty attempted a sharp drop-kick which was just _astray. _T?e School hookers were now hooking splendidly, obtammg the ball from practically every scrum, and ag3;in_ t~e ~chool ba~ks swung away down the field, but miStlmmg Ill the passmg broke up the movement. · Within a moment they ;-vere racino· in the other direction. Galbraith o·ave a dehghtf.ul dummy, and dashed through, giving Brown a cle~r nm in to the corner, where the second try was registered. Fletcher could not goal. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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AO' ain and aO'ain Sch ool ham mer ed b awa y at W ang 0 . . nui 's goa l-line, mak mg pra cbc ally all the play . Wa anga nui tack led dog ged ly, but the y cou ld not kee p pac e wit h the pro cess ion of ope n pas sing bou ts tha t con tinu ally thre aten ed them . Wa nga nui wer e pen alis ed from wel l out in fron t, and Fle tche r 's sho t mis sed by inch es. Dav is nea tly field ed a lon g pun t and bru shin g asid e sev eral hal f tack les sen t the p lay stre ami ng to Wan O'an ui 's goa l-lin e. Fro m a scru m the forw ard s cro wde d ove r the line and McCallum pou nce d on the ball . Fro m wel l out, Fle tch er 's kick was just outs ide the pos t. Sch ool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 9 Wa nga nui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 0 A mom ent late r the spe ctat ors wer e bro ugh t to the ir feet wit h a spe ctac ular effo rt by Gal bra ith, who pun ted. high , foll owe d up fast to bea t Hai r bad ly for the ball , and was unl uck y to be pus hed into who ove rha uled him j~1st as the tou ch-i n-g oal by Hai r, y Pla y con tinu ed to be cro wde d wit reac hed the corn er. h inci den t, Sch ool crea ting sev eral bril lian t ope ning s from the dep ths of tigh t defe nce s. J. Hai r mad e a ver y com men dab le kick along路 the touc h-li ne, but Dav is field ed clea nly, and wit h a diag ona l spr int dow n-fi eld sen t Fle the line afte r dra win g his man tch er raci ng awa y for . Fle tche r, inst ead of pas sing , cut sud den ly in-f ield and out stri ppe d the opp osition , to sco re in a han dy pos itio n. try, half -tim e sou ndi ng soo n afte He con ver ted his own rwa rds, wit h the sco re: Sch ool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wa nga nui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 0 Wit h the win d beh ind them , W ang anu i in the seco nd spe ll wer e giv en a bet ter opp ortu nity of atta ckin g, and they mad e use of it. Fro m a scru did pas sing rush , the firs t insp m in mid-field, a sple nirin was ope ned up, but Fle tch er tack g effo rt of the bac ks, led his man mag nifi cen tly. In an anx ious mom ent, Gal bra ith sav ed nice ly, but afte r wor min g his way into safe ty he pas sed into a cro wd of Wa nga nui forw ard s. Wit h con cert ed drib blin g the y cro wde d dow n to Sch ool' s terr itor y, whe re Sch ool wer e pen alis ed for han dlin g the ball on the gro lmd . Cak oba u h_ad no diff icul ty in ope ning W ang anu i 's acc oun t. Sch ool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wangan11i . , , , .. , . . . . . . . . . . ..... 3

SECOND FIFTEEN , 1926. C. McNei ll , J . Thoma s, P . G1·over. Stronge, . J Back Ro\1·: H. Batger, B. Pease, Olson, Miclclle Row : A. Moverley, J. ·v\' amer, 'r. Bailey, F . L . Da 1·i s ( captai11), H. In F1·ont: J. Bea,·en, 0. DaYies.

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Wanganui continu ed to push their opponents hard, the forwards playing with great dash. Petty was penalised for throwing the ball deliberately into touch, and from almost on the side-line, Cakobau landed a 楼1-agnificent goal. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6 Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Headed by a team of forwards that were now superior in both the loose and the tight, Wanganui rattled the School backs. Fumbling let the vanguard through, and Fowler touched down over the goal-line, Cakobau again converting. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wanganui .. . .............. ... .. 11 \Vith the scores so nearly even, the atmosphere was electric. Suddenly Olson sent his backs flying up the field . Fletcher drew his man and dived past him to create a fresh thrill as Galbraith raced away for the corner with Davis in support. At the exact moment he transferred to the winger, and amidst an uproar of cheering Davis Again Fletcher 's kick was just scored in the corner. wide. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Wangmmi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 W anganui were penalised shortly after, and Fletcher added another three points to the score with a long, low kick that sailed between the uprights. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Inspired with fresh spirit, School forwards again predominated until the W anganui vanguard rallied for tl1eir last big drive. School were rushed into the corner and after a loose scramble, E. Brown had a quick drop at o路oal that was only just short. H. Brown fielded cleanly, but Tilley was on him, and the pair fell over the line toSchool were gether, the referee awarding a scrum. penalised in front of their goal, and Cakobau made no mistake. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Wanganui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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The spell wanted only another half minute for the .] final bell, when Blyth cut in from a scrambl . field, and transferred to Burrell for the 1 tte ltn mJc· . 0 a k obau converted with a 0er" o _.ra ce over in the corner. _ a .,r eat ldck, and the game ended immediately: School . ..... . ...... . ··········· Wanganui

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SCHOOL v. TE AUTE. . On T1mrsclay Auo·ust 19 tl T A by mail train, and we;e 'bill;tedJe t e .t~lte.t.eam arnved town.

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cl "'· Y Unwn, who so corchally entertained both te . ams urmg Te Ante's stay with ns. This match may safely be · 1 t b annual fixture in T~ranaki s~~ · o. e the most popular b Is Is borne out by the record crowds that have l . a ways een present to view the games. The teams took the :field as follow:hackT) ~ TAlRlte'l?oll~ge (R~d and Black) .-E. Kino· (full. "' (thrcc' · · UrCI, captmn' 'l' · s ~ymom,. W. IIa1g ' qnarters). M Ob 1 hs)., W . (_five-eio·llt (1' lf b. k)es ey, H. I-Iannora Pot"l"' "' ( "H, la - ac . J Tho . 'l'e~o~ . rover); R. Bristowe, W. Davis, H . Pahew'a mei, S. Himona, J. Green, . A. Pipi (forwards). '

son ~~h~~ol~~ack and Wh,ite).-Petty (full-b ack); Watbraith .(five-ei~ht~e)~le~ (thlree-qu~rters) ; Fletcher, Galeac' ' b M c Ca ll um, Buckerid{)'e '.. Ab ra h am, . . N (rover) W t captam e eie, 1 oonan, R1ley, Eaves "' ' (forwards). School won th~ toss and 1 t cl play ~ith what little sun there was b~bind the ec e ~ 1 om ~ hue-out IC. Fookes kicked up :field and We~. ~ son .ollowmg up fast was within an ace of sc~rin{)' they were capable of bv ., . . 'le Aute. then showed what O~lt mto several bright passing rushes which kvep~p~~ngl c 10,0 _us:y. From the linep out which resulted f cl rom. otaka s lnclnng into touch the 'l'e Allte f . ' S . t orwar s carried 1 where Petty cleared with a sppl:Y1'ml1o. 1- ch~ol territory, ne IC ne~ . 'I e Aute agmn

carried play to School 's line, where :Petty with a great Watson, k ick. sent thj:lm back to their own territory. who had followed up at a great speed , seemed abont to scor e, but King just forced in time. Galbraith made a good opening and Noonan, supported by Riley, caught King in possession, but he just managed to find the line. From the line-out all the School Watson, with K . Fookes outside him, backs handled. Like a flash Fookes received a:nd dashed for the line. passed infield to Fletchcr, who scored. His attempt at goal failed. 3 School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 're Ante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Almost immediately K. Fookes, beating several men, sent Medley away on the left wing. In a :fine run t h e winger side-stepped Kin g and scored behind the posts. F letcher converted. 8 School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Te Ante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . King fielded and kicked high to K. Fookes who, with a great burst of speed, took the ball on the full and raced for the line. Finding himself blocked he short punted {)V er several Te Ante players' heads, but the ball went ont n ear the lin e, where from a scmmble 'rhompRon marked and cleared with a good kick. Fletcher kicked for the line, K. Fookcs and Medley carrying play to Te Abraham and Aute 's line, where the ball went out. McCallum came through from the line-out with the ball at toe, and with a quick heel the School forwards enabled At li ghtning speed H . Fookes to send the backs away. play was carried to the 're Ante line, but soon School A penalty kick enabled were sent back to half-way. 'l'hompson to send play into School's twenty-five, but they were soon back, Galbraith breakin"' through to pass to K. Fookes, who failed to accept it. A O'Oocl kick by Fletcher saw play transferred to Te Aute 's line, where 'l'c Ante were penalised for picking out of the scrum. Fletcher 's attempt was good, but failed. 'l'nrei :fielded it, however, and before School were aware had kicked into touch at half-way. A wild pass by Fletcher spoilt a good School back movement, and an infringement by School resulted in

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Pahewa making an attempt to goal. His kick fell short and was well fielded by Petty, who found touch at halfw~y '~ith a g~od k~ck. Good play by W etere resulted in ~mg JUSt h.avmg time to ·find touch, with Eaves descendmg upon him. In turn Abraham and McCallum made efforts to score. Turei, however, gained possession and attemp~ed to cle~r, only to be brought down by Watson. In a br~ght passmg rush School sent the ball out to the other wmg, but M~clley dropped his pass. K. Fookes wa::; equal to the occasiOn and came round the back to swino· play to the Te Ante line, where Riley nearly scored. b . From a S?rum at half-way the School backs got o·oin()' .m another bright rush, Fletcher cutting in nicely, b~1t h~ passed forward to K. Fookes, Te Ante clearing. Petty fielded well and raced up to attempt a "pot " which hit the cross bar. . Shortly afterwards Potaka w~s compelled to. force. ~gam another attempt to ''pot'' by Galbraith missed by mches, and again Te Ante forced. School attacked strongly, but good work by Haig enabled Te Aute to clear. Gal~raith stemmed a strong Te Aute forward rush b~ marlnng a;nd sent them back to their own twenty-five With a good lnck. A School passing rush broke down and ~t great speed Thompson and Davis came through, beatmg Petty for the ball, but K. Fookes backed up and cleared when a try seemed imminent. Te Aute made great efforts to score, but Eaves, with Galbraith in support, ~roke through and, from a scramble near the Te Aute hne, ~· Fo.okes sent the School backs away Watson nearly. scormg, but his in-pass to K. Fookes ~as wild. ~albr3:1th, backing up well, found touch near the Te Aute h~e With a good kick just as the bell went for the spell w1th the scores:-

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~rom the kick-.off Te Aute indulged in several bright passmg rushe,s until Petty, with a good kick, sent play mto Te Aute s twenty-five. From a scrum at half-way H. Fookes sent the School backs away, and the ball travelled out to W atson, who was effectively tackled by Turei. Good work by Read put Te Aute in a difficult position but they cleared with a high kick which, had Medley only

taken it, would almost certainly have resulted Play travelled to the other side of the field, Fookes and W atson made a good attempt to an infringement by School enabled Te Aute to a splendid kick.

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Play near the side-line saw H. Fookes clash up the line to pass to Read, who set the backs going, but K. Fookes over-ran Galbraith 's pass and Haig was able to clear to half-way, where from a scrum the School backs again got going, Fletcher finding touch in Te Aute 's twenty-five. H. Fookes came round the blind side, Fletcher, K. Fookes and Medley then being associated in a bright movement, only to be cramped for room. From a scrum on 'l'e Ante's twenty-five Galbraith and Fletcher were set going, but K. Fookes failed to accept Fletcher 's pass after the latter had cut in nicely, and a knock on resulted. A fine penalty kick by Galbraith sent play to Te Ante's twenty-five, where the same player cut in but lost possession, and Te Ante forced. Still making great efforts, School attacked strongly and W atson was within an ace of scoring. His efforts were not in vain, however, for from a scrum on the line H . Fookes sent the ball out to Galbraith, who sent W atson away at a great pace to score near the corner flag. Fletcher failed to convert. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Te .Aute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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'l'hen after a great Te Ante back movement 'rurei gained possession and made a valiant dash up the line, only to be effectively tackled. 'l'e Autc continued to make great efforts to score, play remaining in Scltool's twentJ -five. Potaka sent his backs a'Nay, but Seymour was held up. With a splendid penalty kick for playing off the ground Galbraith sent play to the other end, where Read sent the School backs away, but :B'letcher 's pass was wild and the movement broke clown. '.rhen Pahewa broke through from the line-out twice in quick succession, and if he had only been backed up a score might have resulted. Again Pahewa came through, but obstruction enabled School to clear when things looked dangerous. Riley fielded and attempted to initiate a passing rush, but his own pass was wild and only a good kick by Galbraith

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extricated School from an awkward position. Pollowing up fa ·t, Watson caught 'l'urei in possession and forced him into touch. .Again School attacked, but Fletcher lob-passed to W atson and 'l'e .Ante were able to clear. Shortly afterwards Galbraith e~:;sayed to "pot," but his attempt failed and Potaka found touch. Headed by Pipi, the Te Ante pack broke throrwh but a free kick enabled School to ciear. King fielded 'well and sent play to half-way. Shortlv afterwards the mighty Pahewa broke through and be~t several men but was stopped by Wetere and good play by Fletcher' saw School in Te Ante's twenty-five, where Potaka found touch. Medley fielded a penalty kick by Pahewa and in,tead of kicking, initiated a passing rush . The bout broke down at Fookes, who received a wild pass from Fletc~er, ,and like a flash 'l'urei came through. He was effectively tackled by Read after he had made a great run anq. Petty cleared. From the line-out W etere and Eaves carried play down the line with the ball at toe and after a fine run Eaves scored near the corner flarr: With a great kick Fletcher converted. o School ......................... Te Aute ....... . . . ....... , ..... .

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'l'e .Aute came back and Galbraith found touch. From the line-out the Te Aute backs got going, but Petty cleared. Headed by Eaves and Read, the School for~ards carried play to the 'l'e .Ante line, where .Abraham piCk~d out of the scrum, enabling 'l'e Aute to clear. Just on tune Petty e.. sayed to "pot, ' but his kick went wide ancl the game ended with the score· School Te Aute

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SCHOOL v. AUCKLAND GRAMMAR. On Tl mrsclay, J\ng-ust 19, tl 1e Grammar School fifteen atTivecl b~r mail tra in with 1\1:1·. Ryder i11 ch a ·ae 1 "' · 'I"·.ue t eam wa.' m~t at tlJC · station by Mr. Moye .. , Mr. Papps and members of the School fifteen. During their stay

here, the Auckland boys_ were billeted_ with citi~~ns of thi.' town, and once agam 1ve take tlus opportumty of thanking these hospitable people. 'l'he teams took the field as follow:Auckland Grammar School (Blue and Gold).Schnauer (full-back); Garlick, Be_ll, Gladding (threequarters); Fraser, C~shmore Cfi-:e-eighths); Watts (ha~f back); Woller, Hamilton (captam), Owens, Young, Wilson, Edwards, Mansill (forwards). SchooL-Petty (full-back) ; Medley, K: Fookcs, Watson (three-quarters); Fletcher, Galbr~1th (fiveeighths); IT. Fookes (half-back); Read, captam (rov~r); Abraham, McCallum, Buckeridge, Noonan, Wetere, R1ley and Eaves (forwards). Grammar won the toss and elected to defend . the northern goal with the ,'liD behind them, and a shght br'eeze in their favour. .Alter a forward rus~ by Grammar, Watts set his backs in m~tion, bu~ a wile~ pass by Fraser gave School its opportumty. Sohd tacklmg, however by the Grammar backs broke up the movement: A da.-h by Edwards carried play to Scho~l '.s terntory, where a scrum resulted. Watts, upon recmvmg the b~ll, transferred to Cashmore, who dived through on the blmd side to score an easy but well deserved try. Schnauer just failed to goal with a splendid kick. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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li'rom the kick-off, School fi1·ed to fres~ effor~s by having a try scored ·o easily against, the~! ImTI_tech~.tely carried play to the other end, where Galb1mth astomshe~ the opposition by curving in and out 1~ast a couple of men, gave the dummy to Watson and shd past a couple more of the opposition to score a well deserved try. Fletcher did not goal. Grammar . . . . ... . .. . ......... . . . School . ..................... .1 • •

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Encoura o·ecl bv their success, School rattled the .-isitor,. agai~, and" Galbraith, constantly in the van, was nearly over when he lost possc~sion a~d Edwarcls wa.· able to find the line. Even but mtercstmg play followed

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in w~ich Gramm~r sho,yed their distinct superiority- in hookmg and feedmg their backs from the line-out. .Away went the School backs from a scrum, and School 's second try was registered from a delightful solo effort by Fletcher. Receiving in turn at top speed, he suddenly gave the dummy to K. Fookes, and repeated Galbraith 's movement, turning sharply in-field · and racing over. Fletcher 's kick was just wide, and the first quarter ended immediately. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Hamilton, the Grammar captain, was injured, and had to retire, being replaced by Gillet. Petty was completely b eaten by the slippery ball, and Gla.dding dived through fast, gathering in the leather. Unfortunately he could not tu:~:n to avoid the School ruck, and was held up, Petty effecting relief by taking a neat mark off the toes of the bustling Grammar forwards. The state of the ground and the ball made quick and snappy play out of the question, and the bell marked the end of the third quarter that bad been to a large extent lacking in incident. Ever keeping the spectators on the brink of expectancy with his unexpected movements, Galbraith opened the last quarter in characteristic fashion, after recehring from the scrum, by piercing his way clean through the five-eighths. Though pulled down, he employed, with astonishing success, a combination of dribbling, picking up and side-stepping to take him up to the goal posts, and had no difficulty in converting his own. try. School ........................ . 22 3 Grammar

School sprang into stride from the kick-off, and a beautifully judged line kick by W atson found touch in the corner. Fookes whipped the ball ou.t to send the combination away, and K. Fookes had only to pass to Medley to give the latter a practically clear run in, when he made the mistake of cutting in and was well tackled. The Grammar respite was brief, however, for again the School backs sped away in the opposite direction. W atson receive·d on the vving to dive into the corner for a fine try. F letcher converted with a splendid goal from the touch line. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Grammar : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A tropical shower soon ·afterwards sent the crowd scurrying for shelter and drenched the players and the ground, h alf-time sounding without further score. . ~br~lwm did not appear in the .-econd spell, owing to lllJUnes, and was replaced by 'l'homas. Play had hardly started before H. Fookes sent his backs away the passing "ith the very greasy ball b eing admirable. · Medley received the ball, fended off an attempted tackle by Garlick, and surprised the crowd by divinO' over for a meritorious try. The kick was r estlitless. "' School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Grammar 3 Within a few minutes the passing rush was repeated. Medley was soundly tackled, but he passed in and Fletcher seized the ball and tbe opportunity to dash over. Fletcher could not goal. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The game ended with a stirring piece of work on the part of Grammar that turned defence into attack, giving them three points they well deserved and calling for a burst of applause from the spectators. School backs were well on the ·way to a potential try when K . Fookes mulled his pass from Fletcber. The mistake was expensive, for Bell snapped up the ball and raced away. After a splendid run in which he outstripped several pursuers, he transferred to Garlick as he was tackled by Petty. The fast winger crowned an equally good run with a try in the corner which was not converted, and the whistle sounded imrp.ediately. School . .. . ....... . ....... . .. .. . Grammar

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Mr. Babe Hooker refereed. It is interesting to note that of the seven matches played between School and Grammar, School had hitherto lo.-t every match played in New Plymouth, and won every match played in Auckland. This year's team was the first to defeat Grammar on the home ground.

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The following is a list of matches played between the two schools :-

May 29-v. Clifton, at Racecourse No. 1 ; won by default. June 5-v. Star,· at Racecour se No. 1 ; lost, 36-0. Owing to casualties School could only field a weak team.

1918-.At 1919-.At 1921-.At 1923-.At 1924-.At 1925-At 1926-At

Ne1v P lymou th, Sch ool lost, 53 to 10. Auckland, School won, 9 to 6. New Plymouth, School lost, 13 to 5. Au ckland, School won, 6 to 3. New Plymouth, School lost, 9 to 6. Auckland, School won, 7 to 0. New Plymouth, School won, 22 to 6.

FRIENDLY GAMES. School v. Old Boys.-In order to raise f unds for t h e School gymn a ium, a match was arranged between School and Old Boys, which resulted in a win for Old Boys by 21 points to 11. 'l'his game was played on the Recr~atioi:t Grounds and was the first match of h e season. As the ~cl10 ol fifteen had onl~r about two practices in preparation for it, they put up quite a creditable performance. Trie.· were scored for School by Galbraith (2) and Read on e. of which Fletcher conver ted . ' School v. Star.-A. School had not played in any competition match es for . ome time, a practice match wa·s arranged between School and Star seniors, in orcler to k eep the fifteen in training for the rr e Ante match . 'I'h e game was played on the Recreation Grounds, and was a friendly match in the true sen. ·e of the word, as the Star team, wJrich by the way also comprised. a couple of our own players as substitutes, played a very fine game and gave us a o·ood practice. The game, however, resulted in a. win for School by 11 points to s·. School v. Old Boys .-This 'match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Taranaki versus Auckland match and resulted in a win for School by 6 points to 3. Thoucrh it was played on a heavy ground with a greasy ball it w~s a bright exhibition of Rugby, for despite the unfavourable conditions both teams threw the ball about well. Medley scored for School and F letcher kicked a penalty goal. SECOND FIFTEEN GAMES. May 22--v. Urenu i 1 at Western Park i won by defanlt,

,June 12-v. Tukapa, at Rac ecourse No. 1; lost 8-0. A go od game, in which School were unlucky in not b eing able to score. ,June 19-v. Old Boys A, at Pukekura Park; won 9-6. A ragged game, in which forwards predominated. Brown and Pease sc ored and Riley kicked a penalty. June 26-v. Old Boys B, at Racecourse No. 1; lost 9-0. P layed in mud. Old Boys forwards were too h eavy for the School pack. July 10-v. Cli.fton, at Waitara; won 16-6 . School played a good game and won comfoxtably . List, Grover and Davis scored , Thomas kicked a penalty and converted two tries. July 17-v. Tnkapa, at Western Park; won 9-8. Another good game, in wbich School predominated. Davis (2) and McNeill scored for School. July 24-v. Star, at Western Park; won 14-6. 'l'he best game of the season, School b eing snp01·ior in all departments. Davis (2) and Olson sc ored for School and 'rhomas kicked a penalty and converted one try.

THIRD FIFTEEN GAMES . v. Old Boys third jlmiors; won 17-9. v. Star; won 10-3. Beck and McCallum scored tries. Beck also converted two tries. v. Old Boys B; won 11-9. Si.nclair and Allhusen scored. Sinclair kicked a penalty and converted a try. v. School B; won 27-0. McCallum and Hetet scored two tries, Sinclair, Beck and McDonald one each. Beck also converted three tries. v . 'l'ukapa; won 15-4. Beck scored two tries, while McCallum, Anderson and Sinclair obtained one each. v . Clifton ; won 21-0. Harman, Anderson, Hetet, Sinclair, McCallum and Beck scored. Beck also kicked a penalty goad.

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v. Star; lost 8-12. McCallum and Beck scored. Beck also converted one.

FIFTH GRADE COMPETITION MATCHES.

v. Old Boys B; won 27-3. Tries were scored by llarman (2), 1\.nderson (2), Abbott, Alhusen and Beck. Beck also converted t bree. v. School 8; won 22-0. Tries were scored by Anderson (2), Hetet, Beck and Sinclair. Beck also kicked a penalty goal and converted two tries. v. Old Boys A; twice won by default. v. Tukapa; won 27-0. Tries were scored by Het et (2), Anderson (2), Beck, Brown and Sinclair. Sinclair, Beck and Anderson also converted a try each. v. Technical College; won 9-6. Brown scored two tries, and Sinclair kicked a penalty goal. In order to finish the competition matches before the end of the term the 1'echnical College agreed to play the match for four points. v. Clifton; won by default. FTNAL OF NORTHERN DIVISION. In the final of the Northern Division, School thirds met Star. This ga:m.e, which was played on the Recreation Grounds, resulted in a win for Star by 9 points to 6. 'l'ries were scored by Beck and Hetet. FOURTH FIFTEEN. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v. v.

Tukapa; won 16-3. Clifton; lost 6-3. 'l'echnical College; lost 10-6. Third Fifteen; lost 27-0. Star; lost 19-0. Tukapa; drawn, no score. Clifton; won 6-0. Technical College; lost 16-3. Old Boys B; lost 8-6.

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J une 5-Sch ool A v. Stratfor d A, at Stratford; l ost Hughes kicked a p~nalty goal for School.

June 12-Scbool A v. 'l'echnical College B, at Racecourse; won 65-0. Tries were scored for School by Burwell (4), Hughes (3), R. Whitehead (3), Andrews (3), Colson (2), L . McLean, Papps and Thomas one each. Of these Hughes converted fo ur and kicked a penalty goal. J tme 19-School A v. Stratford B, at Racecourse; won 39-0. 'l'ries were scored by Poole, Whitehead, Papps, Colson and Btu路well (two eacl1 ) , and Andrews (one) . Of these Hughes converted three. June 26-School A v. Technical College A, at Race. course; won 40-0 . Tries were scored by Bm路well (3), Col. 路on and Hughes (2 each), Papps, Pool e and Whitehead (1 each) . Of these Hughes converted five. July 1-School A v. School B, at Racecourse; won 12-3. Tr ies for School A were scored by Papps and Thomas (2 each). July 24-School A v. Stratford A, at Recreation Grounds. This game was played on a wet ground, and 路 resulted in a draw, there being no score. SIXTH FIFTEEN. v. 'l'eclmical College; won 16-0. Points were obtained for School by Ekdahl (3), Wigg (3), Williams (3), and Donald (7). v. Stratford B; won 6-3 . Points were obtained by Wigg (3) and Ekdahl (3). v . Technical College B; won 34-0. Points obtained by Ekdahl (9), Wallace, Ddnald (4), Dinniss, 'l'homson, Mathews, Sampson and Williams (3 points each). v. Stratford A; lost 12-0. v . .School A; lost 12-3.

Donald obtained three points.

v. Str atford A; lost 21-0.

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SCHOOL NOTES. (J. Thomas and E . 'l'onks.) 'l'Lc third term commenced on September 9 after an interval of three weeks. On the night of June 12 a disastrous fire broke out in the school building and remained undiscovered until a.bout 3 a.m. ;It is thought to have orig·inated in a defective ~r.eplace m IVB, whence it rapidly spread and the r~mammg class-rooms.onthe east wing were soon gutted. 'Ihe fla~es soon obtm~ed a large bold and despite the promptitude of the bngade the roof over IVb, VJb a::->cl IV c colla~sed . 'I'll anks to tb e tireless efforts of the bngacle the library and laboratory were saved, though their valuable contents w ere somewhat damaged by water. About half the roof of the Assembly Hall was burnt or ::>corched and the wh?le interior had a smoky appearance. An emergency meetmg of the Board of Governors was called and arrangements w ere made for the canyin"' on of school in new pre~ises.. ~'he Jockey Club ki~cll; allowed the u.se of their bmldmgs and it was d ecided to send the thud forms there and to reorganise the fifth forn~s so as to accommodate the rest in the remaining portron of the school. In. order to expedite the arrival of masters to and from the Racecourse, the Board purcha. ·eel . a popular make of car. 'I' his uncloubteclly saved much time, but was hard to start and .-top. A regrettable fc~~u~e ~vas t~e loss of pupils' books, but the Old Boys' As. ?cr~twn lnndly collected a large quantity of old Arpup1ls books and he.l ped us over the difficulty. rangements were qmckly made for rebuildino· and 1\'[es;Ts. Boon Br_os. carried out the work. Wh cn"'~c;chool recommenced tlus term the ·school had been practically restored to normal.· Aft?r battling for several years on behalf of t h e G,rmnasmm Fu~d the cffol'ts of the Old Boy.- have at last b •en. crowned With success. 'I'he £1000 rcquiredl 1as been ~btam~d. and together with the Gov ernment .-ubsidy of £~000 It IS hoped that an early start will be made. ·'I'his ~1:1ll ~ll a much-felt IY~nt and one which ha.- been sorely · felt smcc the clestructwn of the old Gymnas ium in 1916. N e1~' cla. ·s-rooms are being erected on the site of th e old agncultural plots and make an imposing spectacle.

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The past season has been the most successful football School s ·a~on which the school has Her experienced. 'l'hree remained undefeated at the end of the season. matches were played, ·while one with W anganui colleO'e 0 Oolle 0'e had to be abandoned on account of influenza. 'l'be first college match was with vYanganui Technical ollege, and victory was snatched by the nanov:est of A noticeable maro·ins, 20-19, after a strenu ous battle. feat~re of the game wa.· the wonderful kicking of Cakobau who a deled 11 points for W anganui. After an unbeaten record of college matches this sea. on 'l'e Ante came to New Plymouth and suffer ed defeat to the tune of 16 points to nil. School show~d theiJ:· superiority at t h e beO'uming and soon J:an up eight pomts and then settl ed do~vn to the task of holding the heavier team. As is their u. ual custom 'I'e Ante attended the School Service on t h e following day. 'I'he final college match was with Auckland Grammar School, and in spite of the adverse weather which set in soon after the commencement of the match a hard and interesting game resulted in favour of School by 22 point.- to 6. Both team.- were the guests of the Ru<rby Union in a motor ride to Mt. Egmont. The season wa ~ brought to a climax by School defeating Stratford after a fast game (6-3), thus winning the junior championship. Osvino· to changes in the team the Second Fifteen had a very ch:quered career in the earlier part of the season, but reached their true form near th e end of the season, The unfortunately too late to get into the semi-final. Third Fifteen had a good season also and weee just defeated by Star in the semi-final by 9 to 6. 'l'llc final match o.f the season was the Day Boy~ Boarclcr: match, which wa.- played in Pnkekma Park. As usual the Day Boy.- .-howed their superiority by a sub.tantial score.

A gr eat deal of our attention thi. · teJ:m wa.- Jak n up with training for the Annual Sport.- and te plcchase. Papercl1ase.- and oth er schemes to mak e us fit w ere organi. eel under the k indly supervision of our Sports Master, and thou"h t1Je weath er prevented tl1c putting up of fast times, ver.) ere litable performance.- were re ·orde l. V. tace won the junior e1'ent, while S. Anclerson (10. ec.) won the senior and the enviable honour of carrying off

SCHOOL !\'OTES 28 both first place and fastest time (24min. 24 3-5sec.). A maratho n race of about five miles was organise d by the Amateur Athletic Associat ion on the day of the Mountai n Race, and B. W alsham gained second place.

The Annual Sports were held on October 30 and in spite of the strong wind prevailin g a successf ul meeting was held. Some fine performa nces were put up, and two records broken. J. Medley, in the senior long jump, establish ed a new record of 20ft. ll~in. (1ft. O-tin. better than the previous record), and J. J ones won the junior 120yd~. hurdles in 19sec. (1-iisec. less than C. Lobb 's time last year) . 'fhere was a large attendan ce in the afternoo n, and visitor~ were entertain ed to afternoo n tea in the Assembl y Hall, the music being supplied by Mr.路. Wood'路 Orchestr a and the School Wireless Club. 'fhe champio nship points were :-Senio r: J. Buckerid ge (19), 1; J. S. Medley, F. L . Read and R. Watson (each 14), 2. Junior: G. Burwell (22), 1; P. H. Eaves (20), 2. Under 14: L. G. Dickey (20), 1; .G. Harvie (6), 2. Under 12: A. Callagltan (20), 1; Under 10: C. Weston (20), 1; W. Saunder s (12)' 2. Owing to the fire, dancing classes were held last term in St. Mary 's Hall. 'l'he School has passed through two epidemic s of a mild nature, the first of influenza , in the second term, and the latter of diphther ia, against which the boarders were inoculate d, a precauti on which has succeede d in stopping the epidemic . On 'l'uesday , October 26, over 90 candidat es, who had been prepared by the Rev. E. H. Strong, were confirmed by the Most Rev. A. W. Averill, D.D., on his last official visit to 'l'aranak i. The next day we received a visit from the Hon. R. A. Wright, Minister for Educatio n, who, after being shown over the School and builCJJngs, gave us an interesti ng and impressi ve talk in which he emphasis ed the point that success was the result of hard graft and not of luck. Once again School has been successf ul in its examina tion results. Out of a total of five, five passed B.A. terms in one or more subjects, while R. 0 'Dea passed in five subjects for the LL.B.

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ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE

We have to thank the Wellington branch of the Old Boys' Association for the presentation of a Debating Cup. Every boy in the School is required to give a five minutes' speech on any subject, much to the discomfort of some of the boys and the delight of the masters. 'l'he subjects ranged from women's suffrage to the Chinese question, and were mostly of an instructional nature. The winners in each form gave a seven minutes' speech from the stage, in front of the whole School. The speeches were of a very high standard, and showed careful conHidcration of style and mattel.'. J. Galbraith (VI.) won the contest, with Grieve (V b.) second, while only a point or two separated them from the next best. This important featm_.e of school life has been rather neglected in the last few years, and this annual contest will do much, it is hoped, to rectify the matter.

A certain boy, upon inquiring about an absent friend, was informed that be had "ammonia." A proposal was made to provide the boarders with hot water bottles o·wing to the coldness of the weather, but no firm could be found to fulfill such a large order, and the idea was abandoned.

Some enthusiastic members of the Wireless Club put on a special concert, to which they invited some of the masters. The masters thoroughly enjoyed the music, but found out afte1·warcls that tbe loud speaker had been fixed to a gramophone in an adjoining room.

ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. (A. N. Sampson.) 'l'he annual steeplechase events vvere decided over the usual courses at the W aiwakaiho Golf Links on Thur ·clay, October 7. In spite of the inclemency of the weather there The was a good attendance of parents and friends. ground was rather heavy, and for the first part of the course the competitors had to run in the face of a stiff breeze. However, for the greater part of the homeward journey the wind was at their backs .

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ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE 'l'he jun ior eve nt wa s wo n by V. Sta ce, wh ile G. S. \nc lers on won the ~;cnior and al~;o gai ned fa~;test tim e. 'l'hc fas tes t tim e in the jun ior eve nt wa s sec ure d by L. G. Dic key . 'l'H E J UN IOR EV EN '!'. In this eve nt jus t ov er 60 boy s fac ed the sta rte r. At 2.30 p.m. th e lim it men, wb o had bee n con ced ed sec ond s, we re sen t aw ay. 90 Soo n the run ner s we re str ung out in a lon g lin e. Ap pro ach ing hom e, it wa s see n tha t Sta ce and Dic key we re run nin g togetl1er, a f ew yar al1ead of the fiel d. On tur ds nin ch-ew aw ay to win by 50 yar g into the stra igh t Sta cc d.· . D eta iled r esu lts arc :V. Sta.ce (20'$CC.), 12m in. 58 2-5sec . . . . . . . . . 1 L. G. Dic key (sc r.), 12min. 50sec. . . . . . . . . . . 2 E. Wi lso n (10sec .), 13m in. 5sec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 D. Clemo w (60 sec .), 13m in. 14s D . Ro ebu ck (.'C r. ), 13min. 22s ec. . . . . . . . . . . 4 E. Ma rsh all (sc r. ) , 13m in. ec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 33sec. . . . . . . . . . . 6';~ W. F err y (10 sec .); 13m in. 43sec. . . . . . . . . . . 6 ':~ .A. W ells (10sec .), 13m in. 57.'ec. . . . . . . . . . . 8 K. Gra y (10 sec .), 14m in. <!sec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 J . Wi lso n (sc r.), 14m in. 5sec ... ... . ... ... 10 Ne xt in orcler " ·ere : E. (10sec .), D. Sym e (30 sec .), Cal lag han (40sec .), C. Cav e W . Da vies (40.- ec. ) , H . Law (lO sec .), H. Eva n. · (20:::ec .), Sa.undees (40.- ec. ), D. Da II. h 'l'homson (sc r. ) , N . crc (40 scc .) , H. l\'L Pal mcr ( 40sec.) .

SE NJO R EV EN 'l'. 'l'h c num b er of com petitor .- in the ~;cn i or fi eld was I;Jr g er tha n in otl1er yea rs, abo ut 230 boy s lini ng up . 'l'lJC lim it m en , wh o rec eiv ed t wo h alf- way to tl1c ·a.nclbills bef and a.-h alf minut es, w er e 'l.'h c cou rse led str a igh t to ore t h e scr atc h men sta rte d. the sea, alo ng t h e b eac h wa rds t h e rifl. e ran ge, and tocui tous rou te acros.' the link the nce hom ewa rd b~r a cirs. Soo n a l ong lin e of wh figu r es ,-trc tch eel tow ard s ite the sea unt il the las t boy disapp ea red oY er th e sanclhills . Fo r a tim e tbe run n er s we out of sig ht. \\TII •n tl 1ey re cam r in to \·ie w it \\a s not ic ed 1ha t two ~mall bo.n ; we re lea. cli:n g a long- line of compet ito rs. A litt le OYer a mil e iden t ifie d a.- H.. C r e~swell and fro m hom e t h e lca. cl cr s w e r·c J. Da\·ie.'. Wi t h abo ut ba.l f

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ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE 31 'l · to o·o An der son ove rto ok ~ .:~)~ woon com for tab ly by a?othe l ead ers and , runnin~ ut 50 yar ds fro m Ho ok:am , ~vith Be ave n thi rd. De tail s are as fol low s:G. s. An der son sec .), 2~mi:. ?H sec . · · · 1 rr. Ho okh am ( 30s(10 ec. ), 24m m. uOsec. . . · . · · · · · 2 J. Be ave n (sc r.), 24m in. ec . · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 B. W als ham (10 sec .)' 24l3~s lllll . 51sec. . , . . . . . ~ c. Sta ce ( 40sec.) , 25min. 30s ec R. Lis t (sc r.), 24min. 51s~c .. · · · · · · · · · · · · 6 . J. Mc Do nal d (40sec .), 2?m . ·. · · · · · · · · · · · 7 :n. 36sec. · · · · · · · · J Buckericlo·e (sc r.), 2om m. ············· 8 M. Ro"'CrS c2osec.)' 25min. 21s·ec. .......... 9 G. Gr~ce (20 sec .), 25m in. 22sec. · · · · · · · · · · ~~ 1{. w a.ite ( 50s ec.) , 25mi~. sec . · · · · · · · · · · · w. Pa rro tt (40sec.), 25mm.5350s ec. · · · · · · · · · · 12 J. Da vie s (90sec. ) , 26m in. 44sec. · · · · · · · · · · · 13 G. Ew art (20 sec .), 25m in .. 34sec. · · · · · · · · · · 14 R. Cresswe11 (90. ·cc.), 26m :n- ~Osec . · · · · · · · · 15 F. Sw ind ells (90 sec .), 26~ 16 '1' Ra ws on (10 sec .)' 25m m. n3sec. · · · · · · · · m. 44sec. . . . . . . . . 17 E·. Cre ssw ell ( 40s ec.) , 26m in. 15sec. · · · · · · · · 18 li'. Re ad (sc r.), 25m in. 19 3~s G. Shephe rd (80. ·cc.), 26m ec . · · · · · · · · · · · · m. 56sec. . · · · · · · · 20 Ne xt in ord er we re : R. Wh · h l (40 ite eac sec . ) ' W . 'l'h om son (50 sec .)' B . Pea se ( 10s ec. )' J. Ew art 20s ec.) . Th e fas test tim es we re: JU NIO R. L. G. Dic key , 12m in. 50sec. v . Sta cc, 12m in. 58 2-5sec . ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· · · · · · · · · · · 12 ·········· E. Wi lson, 13m in. 5sec. · · ················ 3 D . Clc mo w, 13m in. 14sec. ················ 4 SE NlO R G. s. An der son , 24min. 24~ 1 sec ,J. Bea ven , 24min. 30sec. . . · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 · · · · · ·········· 'I' llo okh am 24m in. 50s .. ··············· 3 B·. W als ham 'an d R. Lis t, ec 24min. 51~cc . 4 CH AM PIO NS HIP PO IN' l'S. Se nio r.- J. M. Bu cke rid ge 5, L . Re ad 3, J. Wa rner 1. · l" - n Ea~res :; J Jon es F. J.unlO 3, D. McCa11um 1. J: . ' ' v, . U 1 . ·1± -L G Dic key . M h 11 1 n.cle r .1 '). ..· C.al lao·ha n 5 D . Ro ebu ck 3, J . ars a · \V. Da U ne er "'. vie s 3, N. Sau nde rs 1. -n . ' Un der 10.-C c . We stoo n 5, W. Bl l Sa. und ei·s 3, . unc c11 1.

CONCERT CLUB AND ORCHESTRA NOTES. (A. Moverley.) Owing t~ the state of the Assembly Hall since th :fi . . It . has been Impossible until lately to stage any e~te~·~ tamhmetnts there, and consequentlv the activities of the Ore es ra and Concert Cl b 1 "b u lave een r ath er restricted tl · a~Ids Ysoea~; On ~une 15, however, we assisted at a "father . . Cl u b , and r ecmved held by the R 0 t aiy n evemno· o . · a o·ood h at played orchestra the 28 June on :-"hile .errmg, ffi th"' e o . c~a OJ?emng of the Old Boys' Club, where some our selections, more especially the modern eo m os. twns, s~emed to be in great favour. For future occa~on~~ ~r1~ ~~~~ remembe~· thde Old Boys' musical tastes. Dt~rin ~ we recerve a visit from the secondar school . m.~pedctors, .who. ~xpressed themselves as pleasaitly surpnse at our ability.

The long-awaited concer~ took place on October .r ~he_ Assembly Hall, whiCh was filled with a . ver ) appreCiatnre audience The orchestra and in good form, and re~dered the following ~~~~~:~;~re ?

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ORCHESTRAL. 1. ~arch, "·Victo_rious" (Wm. Schulz). 2. BalletEgyptien," Suite Nos. I. & II. (Alex LuiO'i . ) "' m · 3. March, "Le Pere la Victoire" (Louis Ganne) . 4. Fox Trot, '' Collegiate. '' COMPANY. 1. Chorus, "'l'he Fishermen of EnO'land". Tl C ompany le ' o l 2. I t ns rumenta _'l'rio (Beethoven) ; Camp bell St. 0" • I ono c ' and Gorrmge. 3. Vocal Solo , "Captain John MacPherson "Buckerido·e 4. Quar~ette, (1 ) '::Wind of the Western Seas" (Grah:~ eel ), (2) The Wild Rose" (Schubert). . Duet, "Valse Brilliante". Ford and Watt Pianoforte 5. 6. Vocal Solo, (1 ) "Just a Cottage Small "(?) "F"dll . I c e~ ' de-dee ''; Grieve. an cl Co 7. Chorus, "Clap Hand ." . Cleo·o· mpany < o ' 8 M . . _ono1oo·ue, "A Clean Sweep"; York . 9. PianoC~ortebSlollo, "Study B Minor" (Mendelsson) . ' · amp e .

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Vocal Solo, (1) "The R agged Vagabond," (2) ''Salaam''; Anderson. Recitation, "His Only Hair"; Grieve. Vocal Duet, ''Come to t h e Fair''; Anderson and Buckeridge. Local Parodies. Chorus, " This Time Next Year"; Company. Nation al Anthein.

\Ve are now preparing· for t h e Sports Dinner and the Breakin g-up Cer emony, at which we always assist. Except for the loss of G. W ray (:first violin), the p ersonnel of the orchestra remains unchanged. The junior orchestra continues to do good work, and should n ext year be able to tak e the place of those senior members who, unfortunately, are leaving . Only a short time ago the School orch estr a was a very primitive affair, and a squad of violins, with a 'cello and perhaps a flute, was very welcome. Rumour has it that even concertinas were not unknown in its ranks, but owing to the efforts of some of those whom we now look upon as Old Boys, especially Eric Lomas, the orchestra took on a new lease of life and ventur ed outside of school work. There can now be no looking back, the orchestra must go on improving, and a wider range in the instrumentation must be gained. 'l'his is the sentiment that has moved a local musician to forward us a few suggestions. He points out that with our heavy school roll there is no r eason why a greater number of boys should not be available fo r the orchestra, especially as, to balance the stringed instruments, in which we are compaTatively stTong, it is essential to have a complement of reed and woodwind. While enlarging upon the necessity foT more claTinet playeTs, he suggests the oboe, a difficult but nevertheless a lovely instrument, and the bassoon, as instrmnents for which there is an open :field. 'l'here is a great demand for players of these inSurely, struments, ht.lt a supply is not forthcoming. within a few years Ylre should at least secure a couple of cornets and a trombone. Of course it is not advisable for small boy · to undertake the larger wind instruments, but these should appeal to normal boys of a bigger build. ·

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The exce llen t effo rts of Mr. Dob Cole man in the real m of the pian o, son, and latte rly Miss and of Miss Dow ling , who is prep ared to teac h any thin g in the rang e of strin ged inst rum ents , toge ther with Mr. Dob son 's guid ance of the oTchestra, have don e muc h to imp rove the mus ical stan dard of 路 this School. For tuna tely the bala nce, embrac ing the flute, clar inet , oboe, bass oon, saxo pho ne, piccolo, corn et and trom bon e, are cate red for by Mr. McLeod, 路who has had wid e expe rien ce in teac hing and bal1C1 wor k. The strin ged bass is a very expe nsiv e inst rum ent, but perh aps some clay, whe n our pres ent requ irem ents hav e been atte nde d to, the Boa rd of prev aile d upo n to purc hase one to Gov erno rs' may be form a part oE the Sch ool' s equi pme nt. Dup lica tion in the strin gs wou ld be a hap py stat e, but, seei ng that the wor k of the past has been so commen dabl e, let us try to obta in a full first -cla ss inst rumen tatio n for the futu re. We app eal futu re schoolboys, so that , whe n scho to the pare nts of ol reop ens in 1927, we may hop e for an influ x of cand idat es wish ing to avai l them selv es of the faci litie s offe ring for a mus ical trai ning in some one or othe r of the inst rum ents requ ired . Tn conc lusio n, we wou ld issu e the cust oma ry appe al to thos e boy s who, thou gh mus ical, have refr aine d from com ing to our assi stan ce, and wou ld that , whi le repa ying to some exte poin t out to them nt thei r deb t to the School, they may beco me mor e prof icie whi ch may some day help to keep the nt in thei r mus ic, wol f from the door . TRI NIT Y COL LEG E PRA CTI CAL EXA MIN A'l'I ONS . Ass ocia te Dip lom a (A.T .C.L .).-C olin G. Cam pbel l. Inte rme diat e Div isio n.-M arc us Goo d. Jun ior Div isio n.-D ona ld Lee (hon ours ), John A very . We wish to con grat ulat e Miss Cole man on gain ing her L.A.B., und er the tuiti on of Mr. Dob son. Sinc e the dep artu re of Miss You ng on a trip to Eng land , Miss Colem~n has filled the vaca ncy.

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(J. W. Ewa rt.) TOP -DR ESS ING OF PAS TUR ES. Stoc k hav e been kep t off the top- dres sed past ure area sinc e Sep tem ber, with the resu lt that goo d gr?w th has been mad e: Ear ly in Dec emb er the past ure will be cut and wei ghts take n of the bay prod uced by. each plot . Las t yea r the plot whi ch rece ived basi c slag and pota sh gave the heav iest yiel d, and the sam e plot has mad e good grow th up till now . It is noti ceab le that ther e has been a big incr ease in the perc enta ge of clov ers in all the plot s that h.ave r.eceiv ed dres sing s of pho spha tes, but mor e espe ciall y I.n thos e whi ch wer e top- dres sed with superp~osphate, b~s1c sla"' and basi c supe r. 'l'he strip whi ch rece ived a dres smg of pota sh (K1,1init) is also of ~ he_a lthy colo ur, and the perc enta "'e of clov er pres ent IS high dres sed plot s the wee ds have decr ease . . On all the topd m num ber and m size . DAN ISII SEE DS. '!'ha nks are due to the Roy al Dan 路 ty , open11 aO'en for thei r <Tift to ish Agr icul tura l S ocle the , scho.ol 路 of seYo ' o . eral pack ets of <:eec 1 ls of prom inen t Dams~ van etJe s anc stra ins of agri cult ural plan ts. 'l'be follo wmg seed s hav e been rece ived :Man gold .. -Ba rres -Str yno VJ.; Fod der Sug ar Bee t, Mar ienl yst V. Swe des. -Ba ngh olm , Olsg~ard ':l.; Ban gho lm, Hun sbal le VI.; Ban gho lm, Her mng Stra m. Car rots .-Ch amp ion, Vol dstr up V.; Jam es, Lon g, Hin deru pga ard V . Tur nips .-Fy nsk Bar tfeld er, H_undsl ev VI.; Yellov~ 'l'an kard Pajb jerg V .' ; Dale s Hyb rid, Am ager gaar d V., Wh ite T~nkard, Ros kild e V.; Oste rsun dom , A~agerga.ard V.; Gre y Ston e, Am ager gaar d V.; May Tur mps , Man enlyst V. 'l'he seed s are to be plan ted in the. Hob son Stre et plot s and recor~ls of th~ir yiel d, etc., w1ll app ear in the nex t issu e of th1s mag azm e.

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TH E WI RE LE SS CL UB . (J. Mu rra y.) Sin ce the for ma tio n of the las t term , rem ark abl e pro gre Clu b at the beg inn ing of ss has bee n ma de. At firs it wa s tho ugh t tha t few boy s wo uld sup por t the Clu t b, but con tra ry to exp ect atio ns of 64 me mb ers . Thi s pro gre the rol l now sho ws a tot al abo ut by the unt irin g eff ort ss has bee n lar gel y bro ugh t s of the sen ior me mb ers wh o, bes ide s len din g some of the the Clu b to be pla ced on a ir ow n app ara tus to ena ble firm foo ting , hav e giv en mu ch of the ir spa re tim e up to its imp rov em ent Un for tun ate ly the onl y roo m ava ilab le as a Clu b roo m wa s the old arm our y beh ind the low Thi s has bee n cle ane d out and er pre par ato ry room. fitt wit h sea ts and ben che s, and ed up in a sui tab le ma nne r ser ves adm irab ly.

ORCHES'l 'R A, Hl2G . Ba ck Ro11路 : J . Gib bs, L. Petty, P . Mil es, A. M ove rl ey . Th i rcl Ro11路 : G. Scott, C. Ca mpb ell , G. MacDia m1 icl, C. Smi t h, J . Strang e, I-I. Go rri nge, C. Stro1ige . S ec o11 cl R ow : G . . ut to n, J. Hnt herl ey , D . Sy me, E . Ecl geeo mbe, :i\I . Rogers. I11 F ron t : I-I . La 11路, D. P hill ips.

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37 of t:Uc apparatu s mig lrt int.crc 't 11omc: 'l'JJe aerial is a 70 Joot '1' i,vpc, :l-0 {cct l1igll, :o;itnated above the prcpal'at ory room'i. 'rite original receiver was a three-val ve Reinart:.-:, kindly lent b~- one of the member. , but on testing it was found to be too unstable and was discarde d in favour of a four-valv e straight receiver employin g one stage of tuned high frequenc y, a detector and two low frequenc y tages. This on test worked immedia tely, but did not give exceptio nally good results. 'l'his was accounte d for some time later, for when explorin g the wiring of the high frequenc y stage, 路 it was found that the grid connecti on had been made to tbe anode of the valve, thus making it work "backward s. " Perhaps there was some excuse for this when it is stated that an .America n valve :ocket was bein g used for the fir.t time . ~\ dc~cription

.As a result of a demonst ration by Mr. Rowson, a local experime nter, of his five-valve receiver and because of the rapid progress of the Club, the Principa l kindly consente d to help us by approach ing the Board for a grant to obtain a receiver. To this the Board readily acquiesced, and a sum of 拢35 was placed at the dispo:a l of the Club for the neces ary receiver. .After much cliscussion it was decided to a 路k Mr. Rowson to build one :o;imilar to his own receiver, which employs two tuned high frequenc y stages, a detector, followed by two low frequency stages. .A lthough many seem to think that this type of receiver is becomin g obsolete, it has one gr eat advantag e over the more popular Neutrod yne, namely t hat of its great wave length range and its adaptabi lity to experime nting. The receiver, which is construc ted t hrou ghout with first-cla. s compone nts, did not at first satisfy the Club's needs, as numerou s controls made it difficult to operate, but after a littl e experime nting it was found that by eliminat ing the high frequenc y stages, three valves, a detector and two low frequenc y stages, gave better results than five valves. It was louder, and naturally more simple to operate, a: there was only one main control. 'l'he volume now is so great that the Ampli on loud peaker can be heard 300 yards away, and every word can be di. tinguishe d at a distance of 100 yards. This great volume is largely due to the extra

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large transformers and good valves used in the low frequency stages. 'l'he transformers are R.I. and the valves used are Mnllard P .lVI. valves and Racliotrons. Lately a line ha:" been run through to tlie Assembly Hall for demonstratwn and concert purposes. This has not bee~ very s~tisfactory as the Hall has bad acoustic properties. While testing this line much amusement was caus~d by putting a microphone in circuit with the am~lifiers and ''broadcasting '' several ''American stations,'' thus giving the masters and some members an unexpected tre~t. On Sports Day, during the afternoon tea, It was decided to try the loud speaker in the Hall, but although two speakers, one of which was kindlv lent by the N .P. Hardware Company, were used, the e~peri ment was not very successful. . Owin~ to unforeseen difficnlties it has not been possible to grve many lectures and demonstration s. 'l'wo l~ctnres on "Wi~eless" and "Electricity" have been given by Mr. Wilson arid Mr. Rowson, whom we must thank for their kindly interest. However, several members have constructed receivers for their own use without outs~de aid. During last term several experiments were carried out ~n the _short wave lengths, but without much success, as little t1me could be devoted to experiments. ·when time permits more experiments will be undertaken. During the term the following circuits have been tested :-Two high frequency stages, a detector and two low frequency stages; a five-' alve T.A.T.; a detector and two low frequency stages; one hi""h frequency and detector; Reinartz and Chitos circuit. Of these the det~cto:· and two low frequency stages provided the best Circmt and gave better results than some five-valve receivers. The following stations have been regularly received: 2FC, 2BL, 2GB, 2K~, 2UW, 2UE, Sydney stations; 3LO, 3AR, Melbourne statwns; 4QG, Brisbane; 5CL, Adelaide; 1YA, 1YB, 1ZQ, Auckland,· 2YK, Wellino-ton· 3YA 9AC . 1mrch; 4YA, Dnnedin; and several amateurs. ' ClHistc ' ' In conclusion the Wireless Club wishes to thank all those who so kindly gave donations and: those who lent or donated apparatus to the Club.

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(J. S. Medley.) Although the sky was overcast we were fortunate in having no ra1n, and punctually at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, October 30, the pistol was fired for the start of the first race. It was about half-past four, nearly half an hone before the scheduled time, that the crowd dispersed after a clay of uninterrupted and exciting sport. Efficiency has come to be recognised as a cl~aracter istic of our school sports, and on Saturday the huge crowd was not disappointed. The whole fifty odd races were run off in splendid style, and in one race, the 220 yards open, as many as three heats were being run on the track at the same time. The track, as usual, was in splendid condition, alth ongh a fairly strong wind, blowing diagonally across the grounds, was against record breaking. Despite this, however, two records were broken and three were equalled. J. S. Medley was successful in breaking J. D. Mackay 's broad jump record of 19ft. 11in., established in 1924. His first attempt resulted in 20ft. 2tin., his second in 19ft. 1Hin., and his final jump in 20ft. 11 -~·in. The other record broken was that for the final of the 120 Yards Junior Hurdles, when J. Jones, jumping in excellent style, breasted the tape with a goodlead1-5sec. below C. Lobb 's time of 19 1-5sec., established in 1925. Particularly meritorious were the performances of the under 12 champion, A. Callaghan, who equalled the record of 13 2-5sec. in the 100 yards, and, both in his heat and in the final of the 50 yards, equalled the record of 7sec. The other record equalled was that of the 100 Yards Junior Cup. P. H. Eaves, running a splendid race, breasted the tape with the time 11 1-5sec., created by E. Beckbessinger in 1916, to his credit. 'l'he Senior Championship was annexed by J. Buckm·idge with a lead of five points over the runners-up, J. S. Medley, F. L. Read and R. Watson, all of whom secured 14 points. Probably the finest encounter in the Senior Championship, as expected, was the 100 yards, in which Watson gained the points after a close race, in which Medley was second, less than a yard behind, with Warner

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a clor;e th ird . 'l'l1c time was 10 4-5:;;cc., which is 1-5see. aboYe the r cconl of 10 3-G~ec. eR f<tlJli r-:lJ ·cl in 1920 by J. \Vhittle. 'J'l1 e finnl event was nm .in tlie same time and afforded an equally clo se fini.·h, Watson winning by a few inches from Medley, who made a vab ant effort to catch him, with Petty third close behind. The 440 Yards Senior Cup was particularly exciting. Medley took t he lead, followed closely by W atson, who, about 50· yards before entering the straight, caught the leader and came in first with Medley a close second. Buckeridge was a yard or two behind. The Senior IInrdles was a race full of excitement from start to fini sh. Jumping in beautiful style, Read and Buckeridge were abreast at the last hurdle, and it was only in the final sprint that the former won by less than a yard. The committee, organisers and officials are to be commended for the excellent way in which the meeting was conducted. Afternoon tea was provided for the visitors in the Assembly Hall by Mrs. Moyes and anumber of ladies, where the tastefully decorated tables and a programme of ml'tsic, both by wireless and orchestra, afforded much enjoyment. 'l'he officials were : Judge . .-Drs. E. F. Fookes and 'l'. Milroy, Messrs. F. E. Wilson, W. C. Weston, E. Jack.·on, E. P. Webster, R. W. D. Robertson, E. Whittle, J. McLeod and C. E. Bellringer, M.P. Starter.-Mr. W. H. Moyes. Marksmen.-R ev. E. H. Strong and Mr. A. J. Papps. Grolmd Stewards.-Me . sr.. C. G. Bottrill, A. G. Jolmson, W. G. Wilkie, G. H. Pope, H. G. Dyer, ,T. Dobson, J. Earl and W. I. Shrimpton. Stewarci.s.-Me ssrs. J. W. Connell, G. F. Bertrand, V. E. Kerr, F. J. Eggleton, J. Leggat, R. C. Wilson and A. H. Blundell. 'l'imekeepers.- Messrs. J. Bennett, jun., V. Dalgleish and L. B. W ebster. Committee.-Mr. A. W. Diprose (chairman), Mr. A. M. Bradbury, J. S. Medley, E. G. Harman, H. M. Brown, R. Fletcher and J. Abraham.

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lion. Secretaries.-K F. Fookes and F. L . Read. 150 Yards Open.-First heat: Thomas, W . J. (9yds.); time, 16 4-5sec. Second heat : Batger, S. (1yd.); time, 16 4-5sec. Third heat: Davies, 0. (1yd.); time, 16 2-5sec. Fourth heat: Petty, L. (6yds.); time, 16 2-5sec. Fifth heat: Good (10yds.); time, 17sec. Sixth heat: Sampson, J. (12yds.); time, 16 3-5sec. Seventh heat: Reakes (9yds.); time, 16sec. Final: Petty 1, Davies 2, Reakes 3; time, 16 1-5sec. 100 Yards (under 15 ).-Fir st heat: Mackay, J. (1yd.) 1, Fairbrother (9yds .) 2, Ford (3yds.) 3; time, 12sec. Second heat: Davies, J. (2yds.) 1, Faull ( 4yds.) 2, Watt, 'l'. (5yds.) 3; time, 12sec. Third heat: Dickey (1yd.) 1, Duff ( 4yds.) 2, McKenzie, G. (3yds.) 3; time, 12 3-5sec. Fourth heat : Hains (1yd.) 1, Shepherd (3yds.) 2, Sutton, A. K. (4yds.) 3; time, 12 1-5sec. Fifth heat: Whittle (scr.) 1, Sampson, J. (1yd.) 2, Snell (3yds.) 3; time, 11 4-5sec. Final: Whittle 1, Snell 2, Davies 3; · time, 11 2-5sec. 100 Yards (Senior Cup).-(Recor d, J. Whittle, 10 3-5sec., 1920. ) First heat (championship heat) : W atson, R. (scr.) 1, Medley (scr.) 2, Warner (scr.) 3; time, 10 4-5sec. Second heat: Reakes ( 6yds.) and Petty (4yds.) 1 (equal), Fletcher ( 2yds.) 3 ; time, 11sec. 'l'hird heat: Batger, S. (2yds.) 1, Chm·ton, M. ( 6yds .) 2, Hetherington, A. (5yds.) 3; time, 11 1-5sec. Fourth heat: Davies, 0. (1yd.) 1, Noonan (5yds.) 2, Hayward (6yds.) 3; time, llsec. Final: W atson 1, Medley 2, Petty 3; time, 10 4-5sec. 100 Yards (Junior Cup) .-(Record: E. Beckbessinger, 111-5sec., 1916.) First heat (Mr. Beckbessinger 's Cup): Eave (scr.) 1, Burwell (scr.) 2, McCallum (scr.) 3; time, 111-5sec. (equal to record). Second heat: Gibbs (2yds.) 1, Paull (5yds.) 2, Reynolds (6yds.) 3; time, 11 4-5sec. 'l'hird heat : Thomas, W. J . ( 4yds.) 1, Syme, J. (2yds.) 2, Betts (6yds.) 3; time, 11 3-5 ec. Pourth heat: Davies, J. (6yds.) 1, Watkins (4yds.) 2, Whittle (2yds.). 3; time, 11 3-5sec. Pifth heat: Mackay ( 4yds.) 1, 'l'ate ( 4yds.) 2, N ei lson ( 4yds.) 3; t ime, 11 4-5scc. Sixth heat: Hall (4-yclr-:.) J, l)!Jillips Uiyds.) 3, TTm·d ing: (!'iyrls. ) 3; Lime, 1~ 2-5s •c. l•'ina l : 'J'boma. · 1, Davi ·~ 2, 8ymc 8; time, 11sec.

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Long Jump (Senior Cup) .-(Record: J. D. Maclray, 19ft. 11in., 1924. ) Medley (scr.), 20ft. 11{in. (a record), 1; Fletcher (6in.), 19ft. 7in., 2; Watson (scr.), 19ft. 6in., 3. Long Jump (Junior Cup) .-(Record: C. C. Lobb, 18ft. 2!}n., 1924.)-Burwell (scr.), 17ft. 11tin., 1; McCallum (scr.), 17ft. 10Mn., 2; Ford (12in.), 17ft. 3in., 3. 75 Yards (under 13 ).-Whittington (2ycls.) 1, Cooper, H. (scr.) 2, Jone., R. (2yds.) 3. 'l'ime, 10 2-5sec. 880 Yards (Senior Cup-Mason Memorial Cup).(Reco rd: J. D. Mackay, 2min. 11 3-5:ec., 1923.)-Bucker·idge (scr.) 1, Read (scr.) 2, Watson, R. (scr. ) 3. Time, 2min. 15 4-5sec. 880 Yards (Senior Handicap) .-Anderson (10yds.) 1, Beck (scr.) 2, McNeill (10yc1s.) 3. Time, 2min. 15 4-5sec. 880 Yards (Junior Cup-Mr. Gilmour's Cup).Eaves (scr.) 1, Jones, J. (scr.) 2, Burwell (scr.) 3. 'l'ime, 2min. 36sec. 880 Yards (Jtmior Handicap).-Walsham (scr.) 1, Stace, C. (15yds.) 2, Colson (25ycls.) 3. Time, 2min. 27 1-5sec. 100 Yards (under 14 Cup).-(Record: A. R. Bothamley, 11 3-5sec., 1916. ) First heat (championship heat): Dickey, L. (scr.) 1, Kerrisk (scr.) 2, Thomson, H. L. (scr.) 3; time, 13sec. Second heat: Shepherd, R. (5yds.) 1, Wells (5yds.) 2, Silver (4yds.) 3; time, 12 1-5sec. Third heat: Moyes, P. (5yds.) 1, Luxton (5yds.) 2, \Terry (5yds.) 3; time, 13 1-5sec. Final: Shepherd 1, Dickey 2, Kerrisk 3; time, 12sec. 220 Yards (Open).-First heat: Batger, S. (4yds.) J , Reakes (10yds.) 2; time; 26sec . Second heat: Rogers (5ycls.) 1, 'l'homas, W. J. (10yds.) 2; t ime, 2:) 3-5:ec. Third heat: Syme: (8yds.) 1, Grace (6?ds.) 2; time, ~6:ec. Fourth heat: Noonan (6yd:.) 1, Fooke:, K. (3:vc1s.) 2·; time, 25 4-5sec. Fifth heat: Fookes, H. (7yds.) 1, Har•man (7yds.) 2; time, 25 1-5sec. Final: Rogers 1, H. Fookes 2, Thomas 3; time, 24 4-5sec. High .Jump (Junior Cup).-(Record: W. Penman, 5ft., 1924.)-Burwcll (scr.) 1, Shepherd (3in.) 2, McCal~ lum (scr.) 3. Height, 4ft. 10-?iin. ·

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50 Yards (under 10 Cup).-(Record: G. Bell, 7 1-5sec., 1917.)-Weston, C. (scr.) 1, Saunders, W. (scr.) 2, Blundell (scr.) 3. Time, 7 4-5sec. 440 Yards (Senior Cup-Old Boys' Shield) .(Record: J. D. Mackay, 1923; F. C. Gilmour, 1924, 54 1-5sec. ) -W atson (scr.) 1, Medley (scr.) 2, Buckeridge (scr.) 3. Time, 57 2-5sec. 440 Y anls (Senior Handicap) .-Abraham (10yds.) 1, Rogers (10ycls.) 2, Fookes, II. (10yds.) 3. 'l'ime, 56 2-5sec. 440 Yards (Junior Cup-Mrs. Bothamley 's Cup).(Record: P. G. Graver, 58 2-5sec., 1924.)-Eaves (scr.) 1, Burwell ( scr.) 2, J ones ( scr.) 3. Time, 59 4-5sec. 440 Yards (Junior Handicap-Mr. Harman's Cup).C?lson (5yds.) 1, Betts (30yds.) 2, Reynolds (30yds.) 3. T1me, 61 4-5sec. 75 Yards (under 14 Cup).-(Record: A. R. Bothamley, 9sec., 1916.) Fir.t heat (championship heat): Dickey (scr.) 1, 'l'homson, H. L. (scr.) 2, Whitcombe (scr.) 3 · time, 9 4-5sec. Second heat: Shepherd, R. (3yds.) 1: Wells (3yds.) 2, Silver (2yds.) 3; time, 9 2-5sec. Third beat: Moyes (3yds.) 1, Wilson (2yds.) 2, Bassett (2yds.) 3; t!me, 10 2-5sec. Final: Shepherd 1, Wells 2, Dickey 3 ; tlme, 9 2-5see. 50 Yards (under 11) .-Blackley (scr.) 1, N.olan (4yds.) 2, Saunders, W. (2yd:.) 3; time, 7 2-5sec. 'l'hree-legged Race (75yd:.) .-First heat: Beck and Ab bott (5yds.). Second heat: Galbraith and Moverley ( scr.) . Third heat : Hetherington, \.., and Hetherington, D: (scr.). Fourth heat: Gray, K., and Palmer (10yds.). F1fth beat: Good and Syme ( 10yc1s.). Sixth heat: Hall and 'ave (15yds ) . Seventh beat : Hammoncls and J.;aw (lOyds.) . Eio·hth heat: 'l'hom:on and Short (10yds.). Ninth heat: Bell and Watkins (5yd:.). Final: Good and Syme 1, Beck and Abbott 2, Hall and Cave 3. High Jump (Senior Cup).-(Record: D. S. Svkes 5ft. 5-!in., 1914.)-Fookes, H. (lin.), and Hetheri~gto~ (2in. ) 1 (equal ); Fletcher (1in.) and McNeill (2in.) 3 (equal). Height, 5ft. 2in.

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100 Yards (under 12 Cup ).-(Reco rd: II. F . Fookes, 1919; H. L. Thomson, 1923, 13 2-5sec.)-C allaghan (scr. ) 1, Whittingt on (scr.) 2, Dacre (scr. ) 3. Time, 13 2-Gsec. (equal to r ecord ) . Potato Race (over 14") .-First heat: Campb ell 1, Beckbessi nger 2. Second h eat : Evans 1, Watkins 2. 'rhird heat : Sutton 1, Bradshaw 2. Fourth heat : Faull 1, Barkla 2. F ifth h eat: Hethering ton, D., 1, Abram 2. S ixth heat: Heth erington, A ., 1, Hughes 2. Seventh h eat : Shoemark 1, Walsham 2. Final: Evans 1, Hether ington, D. , 2, Hughes 3. Potato Race (under 14) .-First heat: Dallison 1, Mar.路hall 2, Bassett 3. Second h eat: Shepherd 1, Moyes 2, Anderson 3. Final: Dallison 1, Shepherd 2, Moycs 3. 75 Yards (under 10 Cup) .-(Recor d: G. Bell, 10 4-5sec., 1917. )-Weston , C., 1, Saunders, W ., 2, Blundell 3. Time, 11 1-5sec. 50 Yards (under 12 Cup ) .-(Recor d: J . J . Pease, 1919 ; H . L. Thomson, 1923, 7sec.) First heat: Palm er (scr.) 1, Cruicksh ank (scr.) 2, Jones (scr.) 3; time, 7 1-5sec. Second heat: Callaghan (scr. ) 1, Whittingt on (scr.) 2, McDonnel l (scr.) 3; time, 7sec. (equal to record). Final: Callaghan J, Whittingt on 2, Palmer 3; t ime, 7sec. (equal to record).

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Sack Race (75yds. ) .- First heat : Hethering ton, J. (scr.) 1, Richards (15yds. ) 2. Second heat: Hethering ton, A. (scr. ) 1, Fairbroth er (20yds.) 2. Third heat : Hammond s (5yds.) 1, Hethering ton, D. (scr.) 2. Fourth h eat: Law (10yds.) 1, Gibbons (15yds.) 2. Fifth h eat : Moyes (15yds.) 1, Swindells (10ycls.) 2. Sixth heat: Heggie (15yds.) 1, Faull (10y ds.) 2. Final: Hammond s 1, IIethering ton, A., 2, Hetheri.ng ton, J., 3. lOO Yards (under 10 Cup).- (Recorcl : G. Bell, 1917 ; W. Hardwick , 1919, 14 2-5sec .)-Westo n, C. (scr .), 1, Saunder. 路, W . (scr.), 2, Blundell (scr. ) 3. Time, 15scc.

150 Yards (under 12 Cup) .- (Record : H. F. Fookes, 20sec., 1920) -Call agh an (scr. ) J, Whittingt on (scr. ) 2, Palmr r (sc:r.) 8. 'J'ime, 20 l -f5ser. 路 O ld no~'s ' Race (lOOyds. ) .- E. P. Wchs lrr 1, Dr. E. F. Fookes and L. B. Web -ter 2 (equal). Photos-J. R. Wall.

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120 Yards Hurdles (Senior Cl-ip-Mr. N oakes 's Cup).-(Record: J. D. Mackay, 16 4-5sec., 1923.) First heat (championship heat): Read (owe 7yds.) 1, Buckeridge (owe 7yds.) 2, Medley (owe 7yds.) 3 ; time, 17 3-5sec. Second heat: Fookes, K. (owe 3yds.) 1; time, 19sec. Final: Read 1, Buckeridge 2, Medley 3; time, 17 1-5sec. 120 Yards Hurdles (Junior Cup) .-(Record: C. C. Lobb, 19 1-5sec., 1925). First heat (championship heat): Bm路well (owe 7yds.) 1, J ones (owe 7yds.) 2, McCallum (owe 7yds.) 3; time, 20sec. Second heat: Shepherd (scr.) 1, Colson (owe 3yds.) 2; time, 22 1-5sec. Final: J ones, J., 1, Shepherd 2; time, 19sec. (a record). 220 Yards (under 14 Cup).-(Record: P. G. Grover, 28 2-5sec., 1922.) First heat (championship heat) : Dickey (scr.) 1, Kerrisk (scr.) 2, Thomson, H. L. (scr.) 3; time, 30 4-5sec. Second heat: Luxton (7yds.) 1, Evans (7yds.) 2, Moyes (6yds.) 3; time, 32 2-5sec. Final: Dickey 1, Evans 2, Luxton 3 ; time, 30 4-5sec. One Mile (Senior) .-(Record: E. G. Smith, 4min. 55 1-5sec., 1922. )-Anderson (scr.) 1, Gorringe (10yds.) 2, Beck (scr.) 3. Time, 5min. 5sec. One Mile (Junior).-Walsham (scr.) 1, Hudson (30yds.) 2, Henderson (30yds.) 3. Time, 5min. 18 3-5sec. Throwing Cricket Ball.-'1'. L . Bailey. Distance, 92yds. 1ft. 5}in. CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. Senior Championship.- Buckeridge, J. M. (19), 1; Medley, J . S. (14), Read, F. L. (14), and Watson, R. (14) 2 (equal); Wamer, J. (2), 5. Junior Championship .-Burwell, G. (22 ), 1; Eaves, P. H. (20), 2; Jones, J. (12), 3; McCallum, D. R. (12), 4. Under 14 Championship.- Dickey, L. G. (20), 1; Kerrisk, S. (16), 2; 'l'homson, H. L. (5), 3; Roebuck, D. (3), 4; Marshall, J. (1), and Whitcombe, D. (1) 5 (equal). Under 12 Championship.- Callaghim, A. (20), 1; Whittington, H . (9), 2; Davies, W. (3), 3; Palmer, M. (2), 4; Dacre, D. (1), and Sannd er s, N. (1), 5 (equal). Under 10 Champ.ionship.- W eston, C. (20), 1; Saim ders, W. (12), 2; Blundell, C. (4), 3.

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when our friend replie d, ''No, sir, I did not mean it to be." The innoc ent cause of a great deal of troub aDLoyance lately h as been the prefe cts' allege d le and alarm clock especi ally when Beery and Bobbi e are on duty. On every such occas ion there is a wordy confli ct as to who sha ll have the pleas ure of guard ing the precio us jewel. Recen tly the usual ar gume nt was termi nated by the ''turn ip'' being rudel y preci pitate d out of the dorm windo w, finally disap peari ng-no one know s where itory . On Octob er 26 our annua l Confi rmatio n Servic e was held in St. Mary 's Churc h, His Grace the .Arch bishop officia ti n g, wl1ile a numb er of visitin g clergy were also present. His Grace expre ssed his keen intere st in the Schoo l and a deep regre t t ha t thi. was to be the last occas ion on which he could officiate as Bisho p of the Diocese. He went on to say h ow gratif ying it was to see such a large numb er of candi dates in one body, and that it was the lar gest numb er of boys h e had confir med from any one school. 'l'hc ,ocrvice was a very beautiful and impressive one, and all who were pr esent keenl y appre ciated it. The ·mann er in which ever ythin g was arran ged reflec ted great credit on t h e Schoo l chapl ain, the Rev. E . H. Stron g. Quite t h e most outsta nding event in the schoo last term was the fire. Mo. t of the board ers were l life awakened a bout 4 o'cloc k on June 12 by the ringin g of bells and cr ying of ''Fire ! Fire !'' Think ing it to be part of a practi cal joke, many of u aro. e diffid ently to go outsid e, but when we tur ned the corne r of the house the blaze confro nted us to ld its own story. The sight was that specta cular , and the whole effect of the roarin g flame most s and growi ng crowd , paint ed red by the lurid glare of the fire, will be long r emem bered . 'l'he briga de was not long in arrivi ng, and a system atic contro l soon took effect . enabl e one of the hos es to be used inside , one of the 'l'o side doors h ad to be torn from its hinges. Many of the board ers did good rescu e work in savin g the valua ble pictur shield s and cups in the .As ·embly Hall. It was not es, long befor e the fire was under contro l, and we r eturn ed to bed. The next morn ing showe d the full damag e. Four classrooms were comp letely "'Htt.ed, and two oth ers were rl er ecl n f:>clc>:>: hy kmokc anrl watc1·, w hil e t he Hall. renwaR bla ekenc·c.l will! . oot an d h ad neal'l y two inches of water on the flo or. 1'h c total· dama ge was estim ated at about

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· · "lllC"v . Dnril W<lf:> cov l' C(·1 1JY lllSlll< . • l"' b, t h • e . rccOll . cl ~truction whi.cJ J comJ nCIJcecl at once, th e _thi~ d iOl~l~ m~] e .. se of tJ.{e raceco urse builclmgs, yery kmd Y en Y le ~~~ckey Club. 'l'he rebnil c~ing ~s now comp leted; and Schoo l has once more regam ed Its norm al appea iance the . .A "'reat tribut e to the t eachin g of mann ers at scho? l is t h e fact tbat the boy who fir.st discovere~ th~ fir e, m ~-oin 0' to the maste r's room t o annou nce his discov ery' b flrcful lv knock ed at the door befor e he entere d. C .And h e ' J . "C . I" waite d for the words ome m· ([ ]1(1

CHA PEL . At the end of last term we h ad the pleasu re of welcomino· the memb ers of the Te Ante College footb all x_v. o · Thev were in Chapel at the early celebr aat Ices. .. tt c1 c1 t h ordin t 1. ourf sen ary Holy Comm union and a1so a en . 9 ~~ ~er~ric e, at which on~ of their numb ere reade ~he Firs~ I th Secon d beino· read by K. Fooke s. It IS alway s , _ ess e to have th~ Te Ante boys with us on these flJelsson 1appm < occasions. · f From the begin ning of July classes in pr eparatl~n ·or Confi rmati on bf! ve b een held r egula rly wee~ by we;~'· S~)caks well for tbe candi date. that, notw1ths~~di~g, a~i the troub les and difficultie,o of the secon d an%: . u e:~s, the attend ance has been r mar~ably goo~l , uslear cl ~ numb er of candi dat s has con. 'Iclerabl;y mCI ease , a~, a one time there were about 109 on t h e list. Howe ver, variou s cause. tbi: numb er was reduc ed to 92. As T I ~m ~· · ·. no lonO'er in the Dioce se of Auck land, and as aial 1..1 the na o BishoIS · c1 ' there was 1)-elec t of W aikato has not ye t. arnve <. · no Confi rmatio n would b e h eld unless cvrry c1lance that < ld b . one 'of th e North I land Bishop.. cou _e persu aded to come to our help. Fortu nately no persu~. Ion was n eeded , for our old friend , the Archb ishop , s~Id tha~ h e only too willino-ly under take t h e long tnp specia lly woul~ on our t \V e Felt it to be what it undou btedly was, a very a-re cconn · 1 J 11 t comp limen t to the Schoo , anCL proo·f of the <affec fio~ with which the Arch bisho p h~s aalway s regar ded us. So we determ ined to make the serviC e worth y of th e ?:c~l sion, and dilige nt practi ce wa. h eld to tha.t ~nd: It st ill quite fre. h in our memo ry, for the :e;v10 e took IS a place 011 the eYeni ng of Tuesd ay, Octob er 26, at I .30.

CHAPEL

From every point of view we can look back to it with great thankfulness. Needless to say, the Primate gave us of his very best, and his address, based on Exodus xiii., 17, 18, will long be remembered. Full of sound advice, and expressed in language which the smallest boy present could not fail to understand, His Grace helped to make the Confirmation a very great reality. And the older people present must have been impressed with his words to them on their responsibility towards the candidates. It is difficult to express our gratitude to him; for words are poor instruments when it comes to one's deepest feelings. But we are sure that our best way of showing our sense of what we owe the Archbishop will be in following out his counsel. The candidates presented to the Archbishop a very beautiful Primatial Cross, the symbol of his exalted office, fashioned in oiled rimu; and this was used at the service. We hope it will serve to remind him of th.e many happy Confirmations which he has held for us . We know that the gift gave him real pleasure. We should like also to thank all the clergy who came to share our happiness on this occasion, and to show their interest in the School. Archdeacon Evans carried the Cross, and the Revs. F'. G. Harvie and G. T. Beale acted as assistant Chaplains. We ~ay. claim that the whole service was marked by great digmty and reverence. The singing was very good indeed, . anc~ great praise is due to the choir, led by \\ etere, for thmr "'Ood work in the processional and recessional hymns. The timing of the latter was almost as good as on the. occasion of the last Confirmation, and that is high prmse. We should like specially to compliment all the boys on their reverent singing of the Veni Creator (No. 157). Ken. Fookes, with his trusty assistants, Moore, An~erson1 Peas~ ?.nd Medley, managed the huge congregation With their czustomary skill, and lived up to the tradition established last year in the matter of collectin"' the offerings in a way truly splendid for its expedition. o Vv e also. owe our thanks to Mr. Renaud for sparing time to preside at the organ. On the whole vve may claim that the Confirmation this year worthily upheld the tradition which the School has established since we be"'an to hold • 0 our own services. We feel obliged to point out that the great weakness of our ordinary service at 9.30 on Sunday mornin"' is the reading. This, with a few exceptions, is quite bad. It is

TERMS

CLASSES

not a matter of preparation, for we have reason to believe that each reader takes pains over his turn. It is the actual reading that is so bad; it is often hurried; words are clipped; and wrong. emphasis abounds. The conclusion -is forced on one that Bible reading is a strange practice to very many boys, and that the glorious English of the Authorised Version is far from their grasp. Vve have had excellent readers amono· us. 'l'he names of Strombom, 0 'IIalloran, Mitcalfe, Patterson and Fookes occur at once. We still have another Fookes, and we have Anderson and Harman, who all read very well. Of course everyone knows what it is to be nervous, and to prepare the wrong lesson by mistake. But when all is said that can be said, it still remains a sad fact that the Lessons of Holy Scripture, which ought to be a most important part of public worship, are read often in such a way that no one in church can understand 'vhat their meaning is. This is a feature of our services which needs most careful and speedy reformation:

TERMS CLASSES. The results of the Terms examinations were in every way satisfactory. Of the five boys who sat for examination, three passed in all their f'mbjects, and the other two boys have passed two subjects to enable them to proceed to the degree examination. The results were as follows:LL.B. EXAMINATION.

R. J. O'Dea: Passed in Jurisprudence (first-class), Constitutional History, Roman Law, English and Latin. H. J. Thomas: Passed in Jurisprudence, Constitutional History and Latin. B.A. EXAMINATIONS. A. Moverley: Passed in Advanced History (second- · class), Political Science (second-class) and Latin. T. Bailey: Passed in Economics and History. J. Galbraith: Passed in History Mathematics previously passed.

(second-class);

52 SHOOTING

NOTES.

BOXING

(E. Hannau.) So far, we have done very little ·hooting this year, owing mainly to the persistent adverse conditions. The cla ss-firing of both companies was carried on at intervals, but we have now finished all practices. Froin these results the winners of the Lady Godley Cups will be determined. This year the two enior platoons in B Company used 303 's in class-firing as an experiment, but the results in most cases did not come up to expectations and the 22's were again employed. About three weeks ago some 30 boys, who were selected on their class-firing results, were put under supervision to practise for the Weekly Press Shield. 'l'his shield last year was annexed by the local Technical College, with the remarkable score of 679 out of a possible 680. We would like to take thi · opportunity of congratulating the Technical College on their success. Last year the School team gained , econd place with the average score of 67.8 per man, a v ery creditable performance. Some disappointment has be n caused by the cancellin g of the annual Area meeting at Rewa Rewa, where a good part of the. prize-money is usually won by boys from the School. ·

THE

ROLL.

The following boys left during the year :-Baxter,

A.; Beaven, G.; Bell, N.; Bounsall, W.; Bramley, H.;

Brown, H. J.; Cave, K.; Coates, J.; Cooper, R.; Dineen, F.; Ericksen, A. W.; Francis, C.; Gilbert, C.; Gray, G.; Hetet, W. C.; Hill, A. B.; Hine, E.; Howse, L.; Hunkin, R.; Hutchinson, J.; Land, ·E.; Lawrence, R. G.; Lee, E.; Lister, R.; Lobb, C. C.; Lyall, M.; Mahraj, R.; McCallum, E. W.; McNeice, J.; Morgan, T. 0.; Olsen, P.; Paterson, R.; Pepper, M. D.; Pitt, W.; Pratt, W. J . ; Riding, E.; Shallard, W.; Smith, T. E.; Stevenson, J.; Thomson, D.; Thomson, S.; Ward, R.; Whitehead, K. W.; Willcocks, I-I. .F .; Wilton, 0. H.; Worth, E.; Wray, A . G.; Grover, P. G. The following boys entered the School during the year :-Allen, P.; Atchley, E.; Barkla, G.; Bolt, J. A.; Budd, D.; Burt, C. A . S.; Ferry, W.; Goldsbury, A.; Harrison, E.; Heslop, E.; McKenzie, G. F . ; Shaw, M.; Waite, K.H.

CHAMPIONSHI PS. (K. Hilcy.)

'l'J1 e annual boxing champion .- l1ips were decided in the School Assembly Hall on the even in g of November ] 2. 'rh is year Mr. Eggleton hns supervised lessons in the Assembly Hall, and many boys took full advantage of t h e instruction to glean some of the finer points of the al't. There was a large attendance of parents and friends of tile School to witness the ch ampionships, nnd in several . bonts the boxing was of a l1igh standard. Dr. hurch, of Opunake, kindly acted a.- referee, nncl his decisions were received a.- all decisions should b e rece ived. Mr. G. F. Bertrand wns timekeeper. The judges were: Messrs. W. H. Moyes, J. W. Connell, C. Bottrill, an cl G. II. Pope, whilst l\h. A. J. Papps wa.- announcer. Th e oth er official.- were as follows :- Official recorders : Messrs. A. \V. Diprose and R. Wilson. Ring stewar cls : Messr s. J. Leggat, J. Ead and W. Shrimpton. Glove steward. : Messrs . .A. H. Blundell ~nd H . Dver. Stewards: Messr.-. A. Johnson, V. Kerr and W. Wiibc. 1\fNl ical examiners: Drs. Milroy and Brewstel'. Seconds: H. F lctch cr, B. Pease, K. Fookes and J. Bnckcriclg-r. 'l'h c romm ittr c responsible for th e succc.-s of fhr gnth r rin gcomp!'isccl: Mr. li'. J. Ego·lcton (c hairman ) , K. Fookcs, R. F letc her and K. Wet el'e ; K. Rile~' nnd ]i. Read (hon. srcrct nrirs). 'l'hr following are t h e

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1 NDER 5st. First Rouncl.-P. MeDonncll was too good for D. Dacrc in a bout that went the full three ronnch ancl prov icl cd a "\cry prett~r , open bout. R. Nolan bad the aclvantage of ]Jcio'ht nncl weight in bont with D. Blacklr~·, ancl t.l1i~ jnst cnah.lccl l1im to ..rcm·c the achantno·e. · hi~

V . Anclrew a bye. Semi-final.-P. McDonnell early forced the pace in his bout with B. Andrew, who stood up to him and mixed it well in the first rouml. McDonnell thorough ly dcsrrvcd th e vcrcljc(

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li'imil.- P . Mcl1m111cll , who was hoxing l1is third bout, opened quietl.v against R. Nohm iu the :final, the fi.r:st round showing botl 1 boy· boxing very prettily and ellsplaying good footwork. In the second round McDonnell fo r ced the fighting. 'l'he third roLmd also went to McDonnell, and with it the championship . UNDER 9st. First Round.-D. Roebuck had the advantage of height and reach over G. Duff. D. Latham, who made the pace ·willing from the start, defeated A. Field, who kept his face well covered and occasionally shot a left to the body or the face. Semi-finaL-D . Eoebuck proved too good for R. Smith, but he did not have matters all his own way, as Smith stood up to bim well. Final.-D . Latham defeated D. Roebuck. Both made tbe pace very willing in the first round. In the la~t round Roebuck was evidently feeling the effects of hrs two previous bouts, and Latham, forcing t h e pitce, sccnred a narrow verdict. UNDER 8st. First Round.-M. Shaw forced the pace in his bont with F. Palmer. In the final round Palmer became more aggressive and gained the verdict. 'l'he bout between J. Duigan and M. Ingle was fast and furious, the boys scoring in turn. Just on time Ingle sent his opponent to the boards for three and secured a popnl ar win. FinaL-M. Ingle beat F. Palmer. Palme~· had the advantage of height and reach, but Ingle had hrm grogg~· in the first roLmd. 'fhe secon l round was .1~ore even,. but was , till in Ingle 's favour. 'l'hough trrmg, fn gle was still the more aggressive in the final round. UNDER 9st. F. Mattbews defeated J. Donald. Tbe winner had t.he a lYantage of height and reacl1. The vcnllct went to Matthews by a nanow margin.

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li'irst H.otlllcl.- G. Gra ce bc<~t \ . llutcltmt. Hutchen scor ed wlth the left, but Grace was more aggressive.

·w. Hayward beat ,J. Beavan. Hayward forced the pace throughout, but Beavan showed clevern ess in evasion. Final.-W. Ha~•ward defeated G. Grace. The first r ound proved very open and even. Grace forced the fighting, but Hayward, who was the cooler, connected with effect. The second and third rounds were also in favour of Hayward. UNDER lJ st. CHAMPIONSHIP. J. Galbraith defeated H. M. Brown. Thi. was a fine exl1ibition. Galbraith scored early in tlJ e first roLmd with a solid blow to the face, but Brown almost evened up later. The second round was also of an even nature. Opening· the final round, Brown led, but Galbraith evaded ;md shot borne a right. Brown had the better of the next exchange and was aggressive in the final stages, bnt Oa lbraith secured the verdict. SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP. F. Read defeated K . Riley . This proved a very fast and exciting bout. Read had the advantage of height and weight, but Riley was more aggressive and possessed a very solid punch, though he was inclined to leave him. elf open. He at once forced the pace and occasionally connected to the face, Read showing cleverness in evading and sending out a straight left that appear ed to lack force. Early in the second round Riley sent his opponent to the boards for seven, but Read, getting away smartly from the rop es, landed nicely to the face on two or three occasions. The third roLmd proved equally willing. Rilcy attncked, but Read stood up to him and got home with boLlt hands, Read being declared tb winucl' ,

CADET

PREPARATORY NOTE £ JJmin ~· the pas~ £ootbaU sea:on Prep. JJas been very suec~ssfu~ m, the Pnmary Schools ' Footbal l Coin p etition , ~1lilymg e1ght match es, winning fiv e, losino· two, i!nd pli!~-

mg il flraw.

Followi ng are d etails:-

v Inglewo od; won 34-0. Waitar a; lost 12-29. v . Fitzroy ; won 18-13. Y . W est End; won 13-11. v. \Vestmv n; won 6-H. Y. Cen tral ; won 8-6 . " Centril t lost 0-9. v \Vaitara ; draw 3-3. Y.

c _ricket has : ncceed ed football , and und er the capi!ble ?oachm g of our Prep. master the First XI. is slowly sh apm g. Althoug h we hav e lost two match es t h ey have b een mo. t enjoyi!b le, il S fin e weathe r filvom·e d us each tim e. Onr ilgricnl tur enthnsia st s hav e b en cng-il grfl elm~ in g- th g-r ciltrr TJ<trt of t he t cnn in di g-g- in g np tt·cr-:ht mps which <ll'C u :rl css l~- t aking· up vahlilbl r g'ronnfl. Evrn· \Vcclnc sday i!Ft rno ?n a squ ad ot tired-lo ok in g boys mil~ be seen ploddin g np from th e plot>J after thciT laboriou s ·w ork. Our Prep. boy. distiu"'u ishcd thcmsc h cs m tllr ~ports which wer e held on Oct_ob r 30. Wi!lshil m (wlto fro1~ 10scc. start came fourth m th Stccplrc ha. c) won the JLmwr 880 yards and al.·o th e mile, both from >Jcratch . Symes won his heat in the 220 yards and was lci!clino· in the finill when b e knocke d into a wanclcr ing pcdcst~ian i! ncl Wi!S fo r ced to r etir e. · Our Pt·oficie ncy Examin ations will b e h eld this term in our class-ro om s. Last year we went to th e rnt l:·al ch ool. Many Prep. boys received their Confirm ation from His Grace Arch bishop A verill after b ein {)' prepare d by t h e Rev. E. H. Strong. ~rh e service wa.· a ~emori!ble on'e i!nd tho Re })resent are not likely to forget it.. ·

NOTES

57 W!J en the main school buildin g wa: strick en by fir e t he Prep. room was particu larly forttma te in not being burnt down. 1'he heat f rom tbe blaze blister ed and scorche d both the agricul ture master '.- l ab orator y, ·which contain ed ch emicals, etc ., and also th e Prep . room. J·ames Stevens on left du ring the term and D ennis J.llen wa:; admitte d.

CADET NOTES. (F. L. R ead. ) T!Jat th e k eenne:;s for military t raining in th is School ha s n ot waned m ay b e discern ed from the ea"'c rne:;s witb which botb Cad et. and offi.cers perform their duty. 1t is undoub tedly through the untiring effort. both of tlJ e Cad ets and those in charge of them t ha t the high stanclard of discipli n e reached while in camp h as been maintain ed through out th e year. During th e drill period the cri ck et ground pre:ent s a very striking sight to any ca :11al observe r, for during this hour the whole of t ha t extensiv e playing fi eld i.s made good use of by tlte Cad ets. On Anzac Day, Sunday , April 25, the School 'aclct Conting ent formed up in two companies on t h e cri cket g- ronnd and march ed through D evon Street, around t h e Cenotap h, and back to Pukeku ra Park, wh ere the serv ice was h eld. 'l'he Park on this mornin g present ed a ve ry imposin g spectac le indeed, for besides all the Territo rial and aclet compan ies which were formed trp at the base, th e terraces were throno-erl wit h a crowd of pcrhav: seven thonsan d vcople. After the se rvice the Sch ool Cadets w er e march ed out of tl1e gates and dismissed . A new feature in t h e Cad et t r aining of t h e School has b een introdu ced this year, in th e form of tabloid :ports. Numb er s r an ging from one to sixteen have been marked off around the ground, and the section. of each company hav e a comvetit ion, the section obtainin "' tlte most voints winning . Each of the sixteen sect ion s in a compan y tak es up its position at its r espectiv e number , ilt en after fini: hincr the "'ame set down for that number movrs on an(l takeR np HR position at the next munber . · In order to g i\'<• t he 'aclet~ som · i] ·a o[ t he procedure of a battle, a miniatu re fight was arrange d to take

OLD

place at• Omat ' -

, on 1M onetay, November 15

BOYS'

ASSOCIATIO!\'

ANNUAL

Of tl

. compames A and B B defended th . .. le two pany form ed the ~ttachn . e position, and A Camwas used and this provid party .. Blank ammunition the minds of the "t.1 ~; a genm_ne battle feeling in . oops. Accordmo· to h d 1 attackmg company attain , th . . "'· se e u e, the defencler·s r'n all a· t. eet err ObJective and drove the · Irec wns Th c1 an excellent insight into the t et . ay at Omat_a gave us warfare. ac res employed m modern cL

OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATI ON. 01i'FJCERS 1925-1926. P1_· ·Rid 'Jit: Dr. E. ] . Pookes. Vrcc-President s . E p w b HoJl. 'l'reasurer :. C.· S~ar:. Rter and A. R

Stall(!i~'!.J.

lion. Secretaries: L. Lovell and H J B Committee : A. J p . ( .. · · oon. Brown, c. Dra~~;s p c~:>~nm~) ,MR. G. Howell, JI. W. Corkill. ' · pe, · orey, J . Palmcr, F.

ANNUAL

RE-UNION.

The annual r eunion dinner of t l . . held _on_ October 30, Dr. E. F p · ~ 10 A:'>· ~cratron w 11 . · assoCiatiOn, pre.·idin o· over . .tt oodJ, es, ]JI e relent of t lJ c b an a en ance of a bout 100. After t·h e loyal toast had been h . . Dr. F ookes proposed that of th S ~nt lUi:iHL ·bcally drunk, School with the utmo t pr'l e lOO. He spoke of t h e r ci;p on.·ible official that tl ~c l t wa . once .-aid by a Dominion .-chool at Ne; IePjl c nlot waJ~t to make a · · 1 but 1 t cl enym"' Jt had becom e ·o ·J ymont tt ' was no I'lsc :vith it.- principal and, x~vclf 1 J· t he_y wanted it or not. mfiuence of J\Ir. Strono· it 1~nt staff, and tllc i>plen lid place it had. He coulcl sa~~~h~~ 10 {/~~lp bnt take the high Z('llR of 'L'aranaki or even N a e old boys and citil\Ir. l\Io;}~es. for hi.' splendid se~~i:eeal~nd,, were o-rateful to at the drstmction. "'ained bv t h S·l rlif) hacl_only to look play to l·r·;ili.'H' lliii infiJJrJJcr~ ' I' ,_~ loo hotlJ m work and l(•g'(•d lo <lli<:JJd 11 1 , 'po . . Jl. lJOsr who l!itcl hc·p 11 p 1·jyj _ 11 1 HLIJJ •L .- th' •hoo1 i:itjJ l s. , .'~t { 1 '~\~ !m ew IVliill :-;J) Ienclid .. lJO . se. sec. llu.~ Buec:es, coul1 only

RE-UNION

59 a Lt<J i1 1cd by th e utmost diligence of the staff an cl the whole-hearted co -op eration on the part of the pupils. Mr. Moyes, in reply, said that, unfortunately, such gatherings as this w ere not very frequent and they did not )mow how much it was appreciated that they still remembered their School with pride. \Vhatever success the School had achieved, it had been necessary to have the support and co-operation of the old boys. In the past this )Jacl always b een forthcoming, and had contributed largely to the School's success. Their efforts had not been misplaced, for the School had risen to do good in the community. 1.J •

Mr. l\!Ioyes would lik e to thank the association for its work during the past year. 'l'enders had been called for tll c gymnasium, and it was hoped that it would be fini ·heel by the end of the year. He congratulated the members of the executive of the Association, which was composed mostly of younger old boys, upon the formation of a club, which undoubtedly would do a lot of good. rrheir efforts were gratifying to those who had carried the association on until last year. 'l'hey owed a tremendous lot to those with whom he had started at the School, and he hoped th e younger ones would appreciate their efforts. Although he r ealised what they had already done, he would like to mention some of the thing.· the School still needed. They needed a cricket pavilion, a tower, baths and library, and the gully required filling in. (Laughter.) He would like to mention that the five boy.· who had recently sat for .·ections of their d egrees had all b een .-uccessful, one of them, aged 16, in five subjects. :B'ew realised what had been done for the School by Mr. Strong, to whom he wished to expre ·s publicly the School's sincere thanks. Nowaday · in all branche.- of business or pastimes iL was being reali eel that the be t results were to be obtained by team work, sa idl\Ir. A . M. MacDiarmicl, in proposing the to a. t of ''Sister olleg .·. '' It was only by a comparison with other school· tl 1at a . chool _could judge its advancement in t h e various branch e. · of sport. To Nelson they owed a great deal, for from there came both 1\'Ir. Moyes and Mr. Papps. There were other schools to whom they ow ed a great dea l, .-uch a· tb e Otago Boys' Hi gh 8 l10ol , A n(']\l;rnd Cl rilllllllill' fir.h ool ( wlrich ha cl g ii' 'JJ llil'lll fin• IIJ<ISif' l'ii ), <111d llir· 'L'imnr11 Do~' S

, 'ehool.

Jligh

ANNCAL

RE-UNION

m1 old boy of the Otago High Sch ool, tl! c :Mayor (.i\lr. 1!'. E. Wil. ·on ) thanked them for th e way they had h onoured l1is old school, which, by the way, was older t h an 1h c N ew P lymouth High School, and also congratulated th em on having such a large and enthusiastic association. Speaking a.- au old boy of Christ's College, 1\IIr. W. C. \\ cston said he thought it a compliment to his old school that h , h oulcl have been asked to speak. His own .-cbool lw cl a fin e r ecord, but he did not grudge N ew P lymouth its mally succes.- es. In y ears to come he liop ed it would be ::;aiel that JHr. l\Ioy es was among the greatest h eadmaster::; of N ew Zealaud. He wish ed them every succefis and hoped t h ey would r ememb er what they ow ed to l\Ir. l\Ioy cs. 'l'hc toa st of tb c Board of Gov eruor. was propos ·tl b,v ~ I r . A J. Papp-' , who, speakiug a.- chairman of tlJC Old Boys' \.ss ociation , thank ed t h em for the gen erou.' iutcrc::;t th ey had tak en in the affairs of the School. It was with gr eat plea:ur e tha t t hey had accomplished the work comlll n ee d s ix years befor e of providing a gymnasium. 'l'hcrc w 're many other things to be done, and th ey did not int end to r c::;t now that t h ·y had a gynma.-ium, bnt h e coulcl pl·tlge th e association's .'l\])port in auy cau.- c. M r. IJ. 1\.. Billin g (ch airman of the Board of Govt•rnors ) con gratulat ed the Sch ool on tl1 e sncc cs.' of tl1 pupil" who .-at for the t erm s examinationR. It was vrrv pl 'asin"' to no te that t h e School was haYing ::;uch marked >illCces · with .its pa.-t and present pupils, and so loll"' a .. th ey cont inu ed doing so they would all be very proud of t h 'ir School. 1\Ir. Billing .-tre ·.eel the importance of havin"' th · atoisociation alive, for from both the boys' school and the girls ' the board rcceiv cl many applications for what t11 y ,,ier e unable to proYicle. Oth er toa.t s l10nonrecl w r : "Abs 'llt Old Boys" (l\1r. Il. E. Fookes ); "Associated Sports' Bodies" (l\Ir. A . H.. Standi ·h-l\i ssrs. Au:;tin Bewlcy, cricket; II. W . Bro\\·n , football ) ; ' ' The Executiv e '' (Dr . .I! ookes-l\Ir. L. W. Lov ell ) ; "The Ladies " (l\Ir. H. W. Kirkby-l\Ir. R. G. Jiow ell ) ; " The Pr e.-.-" (l\Ir. E. P. \ Veb.ter-l\Ir. \V. C. \ \T est on). Durina th e 'vening mo.t enjoyable mu.-ical it em. · w er e contributed by th e l\Ie l ocl~r Four, l\Ic.-sr.-. B. Bellrin ger <lllll E. Conwn y , <llld b ~' t he Old Boys' Or ch <·st1·a while lnu·b Hllln s 'II I CJIL was caused bv t he haka t eam under l\Ir. Atua. • ' J\ >i

AUCKLAND

RE-UNION.

A most successful reunion of New P lymouth High School Old Boys wa.- held on the evening of October 30, when just on 40 had dinner at the Star Hotel and then w ent to the Op era House. 1\lr. Ow en Bayly, pr esident of the Auckland branch of the Old Boys' Association, presided, and l\Ir. Hunt, of 'l'akapuna, one of the very oldest old boys, vvho was a pup il when t h.e School was first opened in 1882, was among 1lto:c present. Others wer e : Colonel I van Standish, l\Ic>itil'ti. A. R. H.yder (a former ma:ter), A . J. H ealy, A. II. O>iborne, J. A. SiillCOck, 0. Ellis, J. 'l'erry, J. D. \Villis, E. Gibson, J. Clemow, D. P enman, L. and D. O'IIalloran, L. Jillett, P. Hawkins, F. William, I. H.enaucl, T. Simpson, H . Calder, R. 1\IIurray , C. H. White, H. Fraser, A . Bmckebush, 0. 1\.ainger, B. Noak c::;, G. Salt, C. Noble, J. llilliarcl, lD. \ Vigg, IC Dnckwortl1, H. G01·don, '1'. 0. Jones, A. l\Ioody, H. I. Arthur. A >ihort toa.-t-list was honoured. Th e toast of · the tlchool was propo.- ecl by the president, and was cnthusia::;tically honoured. l\Ir. Bayly spoke of the School's fine achiev ement.- in the scholastic realm and playing fi elds, and r ef er ences to the h eadmaster (Mr. \V. H. l\Ioyes) were r eceived with applause. Colon el Stancli.-h r eplied on behalf of t lte Sch ool, aud r eeallccl amwing incidents tha t lwpp en ed when h e was at >iChool 30 y ear · ago . l\ir. Hunt al ·o gave some interesting an ecdotes of .-choollife in 1882, under l\Ir. E. Priclham. Oth er toasts honour ed were . ''Sister Colleges '' and "Ab.-ent Old Boys." At the conclusion ch eers w er e giv en for the School, ;m cl a si mi hn· tr i bntr for the masters was embodied in

rou.-ing che er s for l\Ir. H.yder , th' 011ly r ·prc. cniatiY c of the ma.-ters present.

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB. 'l'he !3eventh Annual General Meetino· of th

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Billino, Esq ., presided_ over an assembly of about members a~d tjle meetmg was quite the most successful and enthuslastlc held since the formation of tl Cl . b Amon"'st tl f 0 ll · 1· Ie to u o _1e · · o_wmg Ist of new members elected th~ C:l:lb at this meetmg, Old Boys further afield will recoO"mse the names of many of their old school t . o ~e~sr. · M. Clarke, C. Cook, B. Ravvson A. ·J. Mil~a I~s M y (CS, W. F. Sutton, G. and C. Sti·a~o· C Ste ' , . B. ~~~~la£, ~~ly, Gillespie, C. J one~: W. Pe~~~~' E C '1 . owRmgB, . Bayly, J. 'l'homson, W. Shrimp ton o em an, . arlow, W. Brodie, K. Camp bell c' Dlader, E. Robson, C. Calvert A Blunclell K M K" ' . S E N 'l R B ' · ' · c mncy . . Cl son, . rown, B. Collinge, and C. H. Strombom:

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Patr'l'h~ ~llowing officers of the Club were elected :-

~n · ·. H. M~ye,, Esq. President: Dr. E. Faber VICe-President s·· Me ·s1· · H R B"ll" S ool.es. ] ' ' ' · · · L mo· .nA E Y res, and J. B. Cresswell. Hon. Auditor. J Bo'w·1· · Esq Ho s t · · . . I son . n. ecre anes: Messrs. F. B. Clarke and R G' II · owell. Club Captain. D D ·1 E"" . S · · 'l' Cam b 11 D . . . OI e, sq. electors: Messrs. ·. . p.,e ' ·. DOile, and the captains of the re. pectivc teams. Executive Committee: Messrs J H B ' Drader, H. W. Brown, C. Collins and D~ile.. oon, . li'

In the early stages of tbe season and before the com-· mencement of local competitive football neo·otiations were co~pleted for the annual match with the oGisbome ~~cl Boys Club. Th e team left New Plymouth at about t~-~~rc}i~~l ~: : e :ed~e day prec_e ding Good Friday and . . anoamu that everung. The JOUrnev was ~lont~nucd the next day, ~:vhen Napier was reachecl. and Je earn then fi~aliy arnved at Gisborne at about 4 30 p.m .•o.I?- Good Fnd~l.r - 'l'll e welcome aiven the team .on Its arnval was typlCall~r sio·nificant of the mo 't ae . ~nd ~pen-hearted treatment lavished ~n allm~mbe.:Se~~ ~~ 1 mo- t Je whole of the .·hort Yisit and it is quite within b~und~ t~ state that all without exception bad "th t' of t lt en· hv es." · e 1me .

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63 tl te local Old Boys' team and was subsequently the guest of the Club at a most enjoyable dance.

'l'he return trip was commenced on Sunday morning and it was with very "mixed" feelings that the team departed from the hospitable town. On Monday a match was played with the N a pier Old Boys' Club and resulted in a draw, 8 points all. 'l'he tour was unanimously voted a great success, and apart from the intense social and football interest created, to tbose who had not previously travelled to Gisborne via Napier, the scenery en route was both extremely interesting and unique. 'l'here is no doubt whatever that the arrangement made with the Gisborne Club for an annual match was an exceedingly happy choice and it is quite safe to predict that the fixture will long remain an annual one. It is nnderstood that the Gisborne Club have already commenced negotiations for the return trip and it behoves this Club to use its best efforts to treat the visitors to a royal time and thus extend the goodfellowship already existing between the Clubs. Our Executive Committee wish to express through these notes their extreme gratitude to the Gisborne Club for the considerable time taken in arranging the trip and for the splendid treatment received by all during the visit. 'l'he pa.'t season witnes:ed a gr eat revival of interest in Rugby throughout 'l'aranaki, and probably produced the best club and representative football seen since prewar days . Our Fir t Fifteen did not attain the success anticipated at the commencemen t of the. season, but fortunately this was not due to lack of training or enthusiasm on the part of the individual members. The main trouble could again be traced to the absence of hefty forwards: the pack thou"'h generall y a bard working one, was very light throughout and when it i. explained that owing to injurie. 1·eceived on the field, chiefl.y by forwards, over thirty m mber.· played in the team during the seas on, the rea. on for the team's non-success is at once apparent. The junior t eams were more successful and all occupied fairly hi o-h po.-itions on their respective eompetitivc ladd er. . 'l'h c Club' Jlominatccl one Reuior and five j11nior 1 am: i11 t h e lo a l comp f.iti011 ~ nl1Cl thn~ s l.tow •d11J c l a rg , t ac:tive memb rship li.· t, of any Club in the province. ln the com ing .'eason it is hop ed that the

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ini1ux of n ew m emb er s will enable tlJC l'lub to be agam represen ted by six teams of greater strengtll .

OPENI NG OF CLUB ROOM S. 'fh e official opening of th e Club Rooms was held on ,June 28 in th e presence of a big o·atberin g which inclncl ecl t h e School Board of Governo rs. \.mono- the apologie s was on e from Mr. W. II. Moye.-, Princip al of the School. Dr. E. F. Fookes, Presiden t of the Associat ion, decla red t h e premises open to Old Boy: . . H e stressed t l1 e purposes of the A ·::;ociation to keep u p tile companio n:·lJip of :;ch ool clays and also to keep in touch with the sel iool wliie!J h ad ben eftt ecl t hem so muc h and clo som •tbin g in return. The d ifficulties in maintain ing r;chool acquai n tancer; were often in ·m·moun table, but the fo rmation of the Club would brino· a great many of them toget ller and would continue to do .-o througho ut the year:. Dr. Fooke:; ::;aiel Old Boy!:i were bearing th eir slwre of th e expense an cl be nrg c1 th em to protect thei r p ropert_v. 1 Ic r eiuincl •cl t il e yonng-cr blood: tbat it was not a place to 11·ork off th ei r ex ub erant spirits. Ilc cong rat ulated Olcl Boy;.; upon havino· so :ncce!:i:fnlly laun ch ed the ir seli CJUe ;md in doill g so expresse d apprecia tion of t l1 e \rlJOlelJCa i·ted co-opera tion r ece iv ed From tbe R.S.A. wh.iciJ had m ade tllc formatio n of t he Cl ub po:sible much earli er than had been expectecl . Th e R.S.A.. had b een most lib eral in its terms, and as Presiden t of the Old Boys' A. sociation li e de~:~ired to cxp i·es:; hi.- t hanks on beh alf of membe rs. Th e ovpo rtnn ity was taken du rin g tli c CYening- to l1icl far ewell to ·1\1r. If. Brown, wbo li acl been sc.lcctcll as <i memb l'l' of t il e A ll Black team to visit Aw-; rah1. '!'li e 'l'a nllla ki 1\ngby l nion forwarde d it>; con "'i·atulati om; ami in cl oino· so apologis ed for its non-repr esentatio n t hat cvenin"'~ which wa.- not pos!:iible owino- to a meeting of tLc Asi:iociation. A p r e~ entatio n ' a~ made to Mr. Brown b~- Mr. Di llin g on b half of th Old Boys' l<'ootball Club of a seL of ~ il v ·r-mount ed cno·ravcd Jwi. r brus h ·s, and 1\fr. Bi ll iJi(-!.' expre:;secl congratul ations on beh alf of Old Boys. M r. Brown snitabl y r cKponflrfl. 'I'll· 'c liool Or ·licstrn , nncler tll ' bnton o!' 1\fr. ,J. Dob.-on, contribu ted :e\'eral en joyable ·election. ' .

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'J'he latter part of t li e evening was tak en up with to urn aments of Yarions kinds and late r supper was served.

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BALL.

'l'h e r;ixth annual Ball of t h e Associat ion, held in the School Assembl y Hall on May 24, wa · an unqualif ied succes.- . There was nobody present who could say otherwis e. 'l'her e were in the nei o·lJ bourh ood of 350 dancers and everyone had a glorious time, jollity being preeminent througho ut the evening. A program me of 20 dances with several extras was given ancl t h e da n cing k ept up until the tired and l1appy crowd gr nclnn ll y clw incllcd to nothingn e.-r;, \v hich wa.- not until Rome ca rl~r l10nr n xt morning . 'fhe work of decoratin g the hall was carried out entirely by the Old Boys' Ball Committ ee and t h e res1~lts obtained were creditab le i.n the extr eme. \. huo·r cnmson umbeella su.-pende d in the midd le of the hall formed the centre-pi ece for an effective canopy of b l acl~ and white streamer s, fr inged with binese lantern.-, wh tle the wn lls were ornamen tecl with nikau palm:. The stage wa.- prettily arranged with "'l' encry, pot plants ancl. Prin r of vValc.- fca1·her s, whil e a featurr wa.- thr soft !i o-htino· rff'rcts rn·oclnc (] by t he Oi·irntn l lan1'rrn.- and r~oni·;~l elect ric lights. Autumn tints prNlomin;1trcl in t hr s upp 1· room cl coration ., w hi ch were tar;tcfnlly cm·r iccl out by fiss E. Fookes, a.·.-i.-tecl by 1\lhs. FookPR and oth er h elpers . Tlle supper au angemcn ts were ably looked after by Messr.-. llfflys Ltd. 'l'he Ba ll itself wns a fim111cial n. w 11 a: a. ocial success. GcMge. or l1estra, comp eising five instrum ent.- , ]11:oYicled -'l)lcnclicl music flncl wa.- most generous in 1ts response to encor e.-. 'l'hc Ladies' ommittee comprified Mesdame s E. F. Fookcfi, 'f. . Fookc.-, R. II. Ge~ro·e, II. ~- Bill ing, W. II. Moves A. ,J. Papp.-, \.. R. Stancll.-h , J. \V1l.·on, A. Bcwley, '1' . "p _ Ander .-on, II. RuRfiell, D'Arcy Robert.-o n, D. IJnt c bcn. 'l'he chan"'e from t h e u.-ual elat e of h olding- t he Ba ll , th c Easter period, wa. made thi: year jn order to cater for the large munber of Olcl Bo~·s jn to,vn wh o like to spend Ea. ter el.-ewher c. In th~ _p ast i lJ a~:~ been found that the numb er of Old Boys YlSltmo' New Plymout h at En. tcr did not WiliTflnt l10lcl in g thr Bnll nt thnt timr.

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E. G. ('-L' ed) Olson is enjoying work at No. 4 :B..,lying 'rraining School, 1\.oya.l.Air Force, Abu-Sueir, Egypt. ''Our day's work," he writes, "starts at 5.15 with practical flying until 8.30, which we do in different flights. Each instructor has four pupils to one machine, so we get about half-an-hou r each morning. Our first parade is the colour hoisting parade at 9.15 . At 9.45 we have l ectures tmtil 12.30, the rest of the day being free. Flying is not carried on after 8.30 a.m., because the heat causes the air to get very light and terribly bumpy. . . . We r>lay football at Ismailia on a ground which I am told was used by the New Zealand troops to play for the Moascar Cup. Our F.'l'.S. is only about eight miles from Moascar and twelve from Ismailia." Writing under date June 23 he says: ''Although having only come out with the second trooper last year, I am thoroughly initiated into the ways of the country, and although we are in the middle of summer, it has not yet been over 112deg. in the sh~de and in consequence is having little effect on me, havmg got used to a somewhat similar climate during my sojourn in 'l'urkey in 1922-23 with the Royal Corps of Signals. . . . I learned of the death from typhoid in Iraq in the latter end of 1920 of A. M. Sutherland; so now that I am here, I hope to look up his grave and get a photograph and also of Harper Lepper 's grave and of any others if possible of old Taranaki boys. . . I just returned a fortnight ago from a three weeks' mail trip to Cairo and now this week I am first stand-by, and if none of the machines forced land and so cause us to carry on, I shall be going in a fortnight's time for another three weeks. 'rhe run across gets sometimes a little monotonous , but then it is an experience that everyone does not get the chance of and it has its memorie. . The last trip going over we went out to Ramadi, 70 miles, on the Thursday eveninO'. Then we left there at 1.30 a .m. Greenwich mean time and carried on, landing at L.G.5 and Ziza for an hour each for refuelling, and eventually landed at Abu Sueir (750 miles). at 4.30 p.m. G.M.'r. So that was 15 hours with just two hours' break and nothing to see but desert practically all the way. The only place is going from Ziza ·down Palestine, where we pass over Beer-Sheba, the Dead Sea and so on. . . On Sunday night as we were

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67 duty ambulan ce for this week v;re we1·e warn ed at 9 p.m. to be ready to leave fo r Kirk11k (J 40 m ile::;) at 4 a .m. Monday to bring in two stretch er ca::;es (wounded). It took an hour and a quarter to fill up and be ready and then up at 3 a.m. and away at 4 a.m. 'rhere is a bit of skirmishing up north with Sheik Mahmoud and his tribe. He always causes trouble in the hot season. These wounded were brought down from Halebdja (130 miles) strapped on to D.H.9 A'· as the air is too rarefied for our big machines up in the hills in the summer. It is an hour and a half from Halebdja to Kirkuk and two and a half hours for us from Kirkuk to here, so they were transported 270 miles in just four hours. Not bad going for w01mded. That was five hours I had in the morning and I had another three hours' night flying, eight hours all told with overhauling during the day, but that is only now and again. ''

"I have now been on service types of machines" (he write. und er date September 16), "since August 16. The machine I am on at present is De Havilland 9A, and it is a long-distanc e day bomber. It has a 400 h.p. Liberty motor, a cruising speed of 85 to 90 miles an hour, and five hours' petrol, so in all it is a wizard kite. The only difficulty for pupils is that a. it weighs two and a half tons, one cannot, or should not, put it down hard on the floor a. it has a nasty habit of bouncing like one thing. Unforttmat ely at first they :eem to ~ come down hard, no matter how hard one tries to come clown gently. Still this become: comparative ly easy after a few hours' solo work. I did my height te. t ye. terday, climbing to 15,000 feet and staying there for half an hour . 'l'o-morrow two of us do our triangular cro. s-country navigation test, which is from Abu-Sueir to Por t Said·, from Port Said to airo, and then back to 4 F.T.S. In these trips we usually keep within a quarter of a mile o:E each other, :o in the finish it generally develop. into a race. (The top speed of a D .H. 9A is about 120 mile. an hour.) . . . I had a pleasant surprise when the la. t lot of pupils came out as one o:E them was a New Zealander. He is an Auckland Grammar boy named Kay and a cousin of Gillespie, who was at School with me. 1\ltogether there m·e th1·c of us here, so New Zealand is \Yell represented . ''

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'l'he activities of 路tbe Orchestra l1 ave been rather limited this year, but there is no intention of allowing the Orchestra to fall through. At present there 路 are enrolled some twenty members and next year it is hoped that this number will be increased. 'l'he value of the Orchestra to the Association is being fully realised and it is hoped next year to bold a series of concerts and social evenings. 'l'he Association has already granted the sum of 拢10 towards the cost of securing equipment and music for the Orchestra. 'l'he Orchestra is fortunate in having as conductor Mr. J. Dobson, whose experience in handling the School Orchestra for the past few years l1as been invaluable. On June 28 the Orchestra assisted at the opening of the Club Rooms, and at the Annual Dinner played several enjoyable items.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS.

TJorinwr Richarclson has been doing well in the Olcl Conntrv. H.ccrntly hr won the \Yrmblcv Exhibition Scholm~:ship, awa.rcled by tl1c Fellowship or' the British Empire Exhibition. 'l'his scholar,路hip, which is subsidised by the New Zealand Government , is tenable at Rotha.msted Experiment al Station, Harp enden. At Rothamsted h e will do research work in agricultural ch emistry, and will sit for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It will be remembered that in 1924 Richardson wen t to the Imperial College of Science and T echnology, South K emington.

K. C. Roberts left early in August for King's College, London, where he will study for his degree of Doctor of Science. Just before he left, h e paid a flying visit to the School. Jack Brodie is to be congratulat ed on b eing nominated as a Canterbury College candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship for 1927. Jack has th e all-round qualities of the Rhodes Scholar and all Old Boys, with Monte Barak 's selection so recent in their minds, will wish him well in the final choice of the candidates. SCHOOL v. STRATFORD . Fiual Juuior Championship .

Photos-J. R. Wall.

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Ron. Syme has gone from succes · to :ucccss at Oxford Uni' ersity. After gaining a double first-class in Classics at Auckland University College and wi1ming a post-graduate scholarship be has lived up to his brilliance at school. At the annual encaenia at Oxford this year he read both the prize Greek and Latin compositions. 'l'hc encaenia is an .Oxford ceremony held every year to commemorate the founders of the colleges, at which prize poem and prose compositions are reacl. To have won either the Latin or Greek prizes in competition with candidates of so high a standard as those of Oxford University, is considerecl a great honour, but to have carried off both d enotes exceptional intellectual power~. Old Boys in New Zealand congratulate Syme on his unique achievement and also on his engagement, anno1.mced some time ago, to Dr. Vera Reader, of Wellington, who is at present engaged in research work in the Rockefeller Laboratory at Oxford. :Monte Barak wa: met in Wellington ju. t before he sa iled for En gland by a number of Old Boy:. Judge Rawson presided over an attendance of about tl1irty. Monte was presented with a fountain pen with the best wishes of Old Boys. George Saunders is in the National Bank, \V anganui. L. Ennis played three games for the Wanganui reps. la.t :ea:on as front row forward. Ken. Duckworth, Strathie Ewing and Pat. Fao:an are all connected with the Ford car busine. s in Auckl and. Ken. is with the Colonial Motor Company, Strathie is Halesman for the Uni' ersal Motor Company, and Pat. is 11sccl car mana()'er for the , ame firm . E1·ic Gibson vi:ited New Plymouth in September with the combined Auckland team. Jim Shaw ha· accepted a relieving position at Waitaki Boys' High chool £or tweh'e months. While in New Plymouth for the holiday. be played football for the Public Service against Banks and Insurance. Bracken Wil. on is to be conoTatnlated on winning t·II · New Plymouth C:oll' 'II amp iom; hip . ( n Scp t·<•mhcr 11 h e cl ·f: atcd Phil Grey in the final, one up.

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Owen Bayly, who had previously gained his IJL.B . degree, was also successful this year in gaining his M:A. d eg·ree and was capped at t lw recent ceremony in Auckland. _ A mong t h e ~tud_ents s uccessful in keeping terms at the annual exammatwns held in the various faculties at Canterbury Colleg·e are the follo-wing Old Boys:Hi. -tor.Y_, Pass Grade, Class 1.-Lovegrove, N. S. Edu~~t~~n, Pass Grade, Exempted Students.-Shaw, Pure Mathematics, Pass Grade, Class 1.-Lysons M 'l'b omson, II. M. ' · Elements of the Calculus, Class 1.--Lyson s M 0 . Thomson, II. M. ' · ·' Applied Mathematics, Pass Grade, Class 3.- L yson · M. C. ; Thomson, H. M. ' Physic;;, Pass Grade, Class 2.-0 'Dea, J. K. Class 3 : Lysons, M. C. ; 'l'homson H M Ch emistl:y, ~ass Grad e, Cl~ss. 3 .~Lysons, M. C. E~ ngmeeru::-,g Entrance Grade: Lyson s, M. C.; 10mson, .d. M. Biology, _·Medical, Agricultural and Forestry Tnter-mecl1ate, Class 3.- 0 'Dea, J . K. Jurrsprudence, Class 1.-Fook es, S. F. Roman Law, Class 1.-Fookes, S. F. Conflict ?f Laws, Class 1.- Fookes, S. F . Int~rnatwnal Law, Class 1.-Fookes, S. F. Latmp.-Aclvanced gr ade, class 3: Alexander, W. E. . ass grade, class 2: Kiclson, A . L. EJ?gh sh .-Pass grade, class 1: Alexander, W. E. H1story.-Advance d grade class 1: Webb R G ~olitical ~cience.-Pass g1:ade, class 2 : Webb, G. l\fath_ematJCs.-Aclvance d gr ade, clas, · 2 : Grant, D. G. Appt~c1 ~1athematics.-Pass Grade, class 3 : Grant,

_. ~ ack-Wm~s is \\'ith Gittos, Uren, Gregory and Bourk e .ol.JCltors. W1~h Owen Bayly l1 e w as largely responsibl~ fo1 the formatLOJl of. the Old Bo~rs' branch in Auckland . At the Auckl a~d boxm~· championships in July Jack won tl1e amateur nuddle-weJght division. . ~mong Old Boys capp ed at Auckland were Jack I~Jllu;,_ LT.J.M. ;_ Owcn Bayly an cl C'ha ~; _ Nobl e, i\'LJ\.; Ron. ~lnel aJL· (110Wu1 England for a year or .·o), LL.l\l. Jack Ulemo w completed his law professional examination.

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Sunder Pillay i. now in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and exp ects soon to be running a business for himself. In April last h e l eft Fiji by the Tofna for South America, Yia Wellington, travelling to Pitcairn I sl and, Panama Ca nal and Central America. T. W . Pott, writing from l~or t J ameson, North ern Rhodesia, adjoining the Protectorate of Nyasa on the cast, says that h e is at present running a tob acco estate on sa lary and share basis, with a Yiew to launching out on hifl own~ 'fhe n ear est railway is 350 miles away . Th e only road they h ave so far is to Nyasa and then clown to Beira by r ail. All labour there is native, but that does not m ean there is nothing to do. In fact af:i "Potty" says, h e is "on the go" from 6.30 a.m . till 5 p.m. Jim Palm er writes interestingly of his doings in New South 'wales. He is at present working for Mr. A. J. Studdy, Glencoe, Boggabr.i. Early in May he h ad a bout of D engue feve r , but at. the time of writing was recovering from the effects of his illness. In his letter he mention.· that Eric Cole and Vincent Wells have been working in his district for the previou. · five weeks. Vincent Well.· intends to return soon to New Zealand and J rm also hop e. to continue his agricultura l work in his own country. Bob }1'ox l eft New Plymouth in Februa ry l ast on a t rip to England via A.u. -tralia and Suez. Larlic Collin s i.· now on the staff of the Comme rcial Bank of Au.·tr alia,, Palmerston Nor th. Eric Smart had an exceptionally successful record in his final B.E. degree examination last year. IIis marks for t he va riou . Rnbj et. ·wer <' : IT~Hh·aulics and Pneumatics, 9-± · Advanced Sm veying, 93; Borough Engineerin n· 90 · Builclino· on. t r uction 78; Marine (Civil) En"'' ' 77 ; Drawino· and De.·igning, 74; R a il way E~ no·ineering, o·ineel·ino· 70. Th e cb ool. congr atulates E L·ic on th e "'excellent"'' conclusi'on to his 'Vars1ty · . JS . a twork. E~ne present gainin o- an insight into clr ai11age opcrationf:i on a. I nro·e .·calc at Kcrepeehi , Ilauraki Plain.· Ar thur Gri£611 completed hi.· B. A_ course la.-t year 11ml l1 ns lJ <'< 'll working- for l1i s :;\.[_ J\. cl 0o· n· c in Engli .-11 <lllcl J<'r eneh . lJ · in Len cls io <il_)p l ~· l'o r <I t. achiug po.-itiOJJ next year. .In a l etter to l\fr. Moyes he say· that Old

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Bo ys in We llin gto n are doi ng we ll in all bra nch es of act ivi ty. Ge ral d Pa ul wa s bit ten by a rat tle sna ke wh ile gag ed as for em an of the enFre em an she epy ard s in Syc amo re, Illi no is, U.S.A. Alt hou gh his con dit ion had ser iou s, Mr . Pau l, acc ord ing to lat est adv ice s, had bee n rec overec1. Ac cor din g to the rep ort s giv en in the Syc am ore pap ers , Mr . Pa ul \va s dri vin -tep ped int o som e gra ss and g she ep int o car s and , as he we eds , fel t a stin g in the of his leg , bu t hea rd no cal f wa rni ng of the pre sen ce of the rat tle sna ke, ow ing to the noi. e goi ng on in the yar Be ing ver y bus y, he pai d ds. litt le att ent ion to the stin g, hu t the pai n fas t gre w wo rse , and he wa s tak en hom e and a doc tor sum mo ned . Ha vin g bee n in the far we st, Mr . Pa ul wa s som ew hat fam ilia ,·na kes , and he soo n rea lise r wit h the hab its of rat tle d tha t he had bee n bit ten one . 'l'be doc tor at onc e by agr eed tha t thi s wa s so. It wa s nec ess ary to cut aro und the bit e and app ly all rem edi es in suc h cas es to the sav sna kes bad bee n dis cov ere e Mr . Pa ul' s life . No rat tle d at Syc am ore for som e yea rs, and it wa s sup pos ed tha t the one in que stio n had bro ugh t in wit h cat tle or bee n pro duc ts of tha t sec tio n of the cou ntr y, wh ere the rep tile s are num ero us. Mr. Pa ul had tak en up the pos itio n of for em an at the yar ds onl y a few clays pre vio usl y, wh en he ret urn ed to Syc am ore aft bei ng eng age d in the liv er est ock bus ine ss fur the r we st for .·ev era l yea rs. Ar thu r Be tts, Ok aia wa , sen d.· us the fol low ing not es of Old Bo ys in his dis tri ct: Ar thu r Par kin son is in the Ba nk of Ne w Ze ala nd in Ma nai a. Ke n Ra mp ton is also in the Ba nk at Ma nai a. Eri c and Jam e, Mc Ca llum , the latte1· lmo wn a. "D arb y," are bot h on the ir wa s a for wa rd in thi s . eas fat her 's far m at Ina ha. Eri c on 's firs t fift een and "D arb pla yed for the tea m tha t y" wo n the Mo a car Cup. Au bre y and J am es Ste ven son are wo rki ng on the ir fRt her 's far ms . -\ ern on and Sta n Be tt: are in bus ine :. wit h tlte fat her at Ka pon ga. ir \ nclr 'W ;mcl Ro y TTm;tic lll' f<ll'ming out at 01.:!1' •l1o. 'l'ccl Ea ve: is in hi: fat her ': sto re at Ota keh o.

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Ian and Do ugl as Cra wf ord are in Ok aia wa and are bot h doi ng we ll at foo tba ll. '' Ste Ye '' Ber u1c tt is far mi ng at Ka upo kon ui. Ern ie Sn ow don bas a far m of his ow n and has recen tly joinecl the ran ks of the ben edt cts . Ha rol cl and An dre w Sno wd on are far mi ng at Ina ba. H. Wi llco cks is on his fat her 's far m. Jac k Pat ers on i: wit h Ne wto n Kin g, Lim ited . Ch arl ie and Ra ym ond Pat ers on are far mi ng at Ka pri ni. Na tha n Ho oke r is wit h his bro the r at Ma tap u. Ha rry Be tts is far mi ng at Ok aia wa . Ob arl ie Ric har ds, H. W elt on and S. McCan.n, E:1gli Pu bli c Sch ool boy s, are far ~b mi ng her e and . eem to lik e 1t. Ar thu r. Be tts is far mi ng at Ok aia;wa. J obn Ma nly is also on a far m in the sam e dis tric t. Va ugh an Kir kby , wh~ is far mi ng at 'l'a tar aim aka , snp pli cs ns wit h the follow mO' no tes :Cy ril Mo ss is sto rek eep ing at W are.a. ,Tohn Sm ith , ,vh o has rec ove red fr? m his n;o tor .ac den t, i wit h hi. bro the r ciHe rb. on the n fat her s far m. Ke n and Jim Ho ney fie ld are far mi ng at Ta tar aim aka . Do n Fo x is in his fat her 's sto re at Ok ato . Bo b Str eet is in the Ok ato Po st Office. Les lic Ne ill is now she ep far min f? at Par~bi, ~a~a1eol1e, IN or th A 'lck lan d and has an mt ere st m a arm the re. Do ug. Fo x i far mi ng on the Ne wa ll Ro ad. Per cy Sm ith is in the Ok ato Fac tor y. Ru sse ll Ma the ws is roa d con tra cti ng at Op una ke. Jim Gr ay is wit h Bo on Bro s. l;. G. R~berts, wh o w~s on the Co mm itte e of the Old Bo ys' As soc iati on, is now m Ing lew ood . L

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Rup . Mahraj is helping his father on his sugar plantation, fifty acres in extent, at Wairnku, Penang, Fiji. George Bra.dbnry is with J ohnson 's motors.

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roll when the School opened in 1881), I. 'l'. Standish and R. II. Bourke. A short toast-list was discussed, after which a visit ·was paid to Fuller's.

Artlmr Ruse, who completed l1is second year of medical studies, and also secured his B .Sc. and teachers' B certificate at Otago University, sailed for America in 1923, where he continued his medical studies at the College of Medical Evangelists, Grade A Medical School in California, U .S.A. He has now finished his medical course, and is at present on the staff as one of tb e physicians at the Washington Sanatorium and Hospital, Wasl1ington. D .C. Having completed his B.A. degree in ] 924, Arthur is working for his M.D. diploma and hopes to secure the diploma of the National Board of American Physicians at an early date. He is then going to take the Edinburg·h examinations, and finally return to his home ]and in the course of another two years.

Many happy individual reunions took place at the gathering, which it is intended to hold annu~lly. In many cases Old Boys had not seen each other smce leavino· School and many pleasant surprises were received at the sight of a familiar face. Follow~ng is a chronicle, u_navoidably incomplete, of Old Boys m the Auckland district:'A. R. Ryder, an ex-master of the Scliool, is still on the staff of the Auckland Grammar School. Proof of the <:lctive interest he retains in football was given to Old Boys in New Plymouth when he recently visited the old School in charge of the Grammar team.

We are indebted to Leslie Jillett for the following notes on the Auckland Old Boys:-

Lionel 0 'Hallo ran visited Fiji in August as a member of the Auckland University College football team, of which he is secretary. He is with J ackson, Russell, 'l'unks and \Vest, barristers and solicitors.

Old Boys resident in Auckland have been brought into closer touch with each other this year by the formation of a branch of the Old Boys' Association. About 80 Old Boys have business · connections in the city and the . time was considered opportune to form a branch, a project that had been in the mind of some for several vears. 'l'here was a gratifying response to tl1e circulars se~·t out, and at a meeting on August 24 the branch was formally established . Officers were elected as follow :-Patron: Mr. W. H. Moyes. President : 0. W. Bayly. VicePresidents: A. R. Ryder and A. H . Os borne. Secretary: J. D. Willis. Treasurer: E. G. Waterson. Committee: C. A. Noble, L. O'Halloran, G. M. Salt, B. Noakes and L. Jillett. Auditor: R. Murra:v. The subscription was fixed at 5s. In accordance with the desire expressed at the meeting, the Committee immediately discussed plans for holding a reunion, with the result that a very successful dinner took place at the Star Hotel on the evening of Saturday, October 30. Forty Old Boys attended and several others forwarded apologies for absence. A particularly pleasing feature of the gathering was the presence of a number of Old Boys who attended the School in its infancy. These included A. Hnnt (who was on the original

A. H. ("Spot") Os borne is still on the Auckland staff of the New Zealand Insurance Company .

Dcsmond 0 'Halloran is working in the office of his brother, Mr. G. 0 'Halloran, public accountant. E. G. W aterson recently arrived in Auckland from Wellino-ton to take up a position with Gollin and Co., commercial agents. He held office on the W elling~on branch of the Old Boys' Association, and was able to give valued advice in the drawino· up of the constitution of the Auckland branch. John 'l'erry i.- with the legal firm of Nicholso!l, Gribbin and Co., and appears frequently as cotmsel m Court. Jack Clemow, who recently completed his lavv professional examination, is with the same firm. C. A. Noble recently joined the staff of the Auckland Grammar School, and H. L. Calder is on the staff of the Mount Albert Grammar School. Pat Hawkins, who has been on the Auckland staff of the South British Insurance Company for some years, is returning to New Plymouth early in December to take charo·e of the Taranaki district for the Sun In. urance 0 Company.

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Keith Clemow is on the staff of the Auckland city engineer. Hugh Fraser and Leslie Jillett joined the literary staff of the New Zealand Herald.. early in the year. Another Old Boy on tb e staff is Trevor Simpson. "Bill" Noakes recently returned from EnO'land whither he went as a volunteer labourer durinO' th~ sea~ men's strike. He is in the office of the Natio~al Insur"Bill" is a prominent ance Company in Auckland. member of the College Rifles football team. Gor·don Salt is lecturer and demonstrator in physics at the Auckland University ColleO'e. \rthur Moody is with the Hartford Insurance Company, Auckland. Jan Renaud is in tlJe Stamp Office, Auckland. 'l.'om Mm-ron and Frank Williams are in the Auckland office of tb e Public 'frust. '' 'l.'ommy'' J olms is now farming in the IIelensville

dis~r.ict. He recently lmden.vent an operation for appen-

cl! CJtJs, but J1a s mad e a good recovery.

0. W. Rainger recently returned fl'om Enooland ' "' where he studied the silk industry. He '1.'. Syme is with Dr. Ring, veterinary surgeon. contemplates a trip to England and the Continent next year. Ron Sinclair was capped fo1· the LL.M. degree this year. Shortly afterwards he left for England, but is expected to return before the end of the vear. Eric (" Gobo ") White is on the staff of Smith and Caughey's, drapers. He expects to return to New Plymouth shortly. Syd. Hayden is now at Takapuna and i. a teacher of music. He frequently figures on the broadcastino- proo 0Tamme of the Auckland wireless station, lYA. A. Brackebush is a masseur on his own account at ITelensville. Surrey Alleman and Mac Robertson are taking a course in architecture at the Auckland University CoJle"'c.

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t -manager of the Norwich · L. Horrocks is assrstan Union Life Insurance Company. A. B. Sturtevant, who recently com~leted his M.B. Ch.B ., degree at the University o~ Otago~ rs now attached to the staff of the Auckland Pubhc Hosprtal. . S. Ellis is on the Auckland staff of the B~nk of ~ew South Wales. A. Fookes is also in a bank m the City. T. Jones is in the Bank of New Zealand. J . G. Rickerby, one of the older Old Boys, is District Traffic Manager, Railway Department, Auckland. "Alo·ie" Wh eeler is a frequent visitor. to Aucklan.d in his c:pacity of explanation representative for Paramolmt Pictures. C. J. ("Weed") Hamblyn is with the Department of He .was r ecently transferred from AuckA<>'riculture. o land to Whangare1. R. R ea, who was ·w ith Slyfi.eld and Wilson, surveyors, Auckland, has returned to New Plymouth. \Ve reoTet to hav e to r ecord_ the severe illness of R~ J. l\1. Suthe~land, whose :fioatin_g nb apparently ran am~lc~~ f the k~en mem Cl~'> Hn 1 un chn·ecl his lung . IIe JS one o_ of Ol~r ex cutive. lt is hop ed that lns lunoo IS now mak. . in g a :ati~factory recovery. TmBrJtJsh the to transferred ha< . been . . R oy 1l\1urray per.ial Oil Company, Ltd. , m Auckland. II. M. Mill, has also left W ellington to take up a . position with the above company. Ken Robinson was successful in pas:mg the final I 11armacy examination. Dick Chri.tie is now down .i n Wellino-ton and i. workinoo at Gower'. Pharmacy. Olive Veale is a fr quent visitor to Wellington ·as be i.- pnr:er on one of the .S.S. ompany's boat.-. J. Penman i. now with the G. F. Wilson

ompany.

J. D. Mackay wa.- successful in O'aining_ represent~~ tive honours for Wellington Yersus the Maon team. HJR wa.- one of th e f athree-quarteJ· as• ~rino· • " < ." < versat 1.l.e pla~ tnre.- of th e ' arsity X\. tin: season.

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A . J. Griffin is now on the staff of Wellino·ton Colle~e 0 0 . . ~ld Boys played a prominent part in the recent rrammg College tournament between Wellington and ~uck~and . D. Jillett, E. G. Smith and H. A. Insull distml?mshed themselves by winning their athletic events, whilst M. Rob ertson and H. Insull also boxed very well. D. ~acLean performed very creditably for .Auckland in boxmg, football and athletics. r

. qyril Winfield ~as left Wellington to take up a position m Marton. His place on the Executive has been filled by M. Osborne. Wellington's 1os. ha s been Marton's gain, socially . W. Buchanan is in the Land and Income Tax Department. G. Newell has been transferred to the Union Bank of A ustralia, Ltd., Stratford. The following contribution has been received from one of our Old Boys in Wellington. We will leave it to 011r r eaders to identify the writer :The acti_vit! es of the Wellington branch of t he Old Boys_' A~SOCla~IOn, apart from a fiery annual gm1eral meetmg_m whiCh all present frothed with indignation on ~he ;.">UbJ ect of the change of date of the annual reunion m New Plymouth, have been confined to the farewellino· of our fi~·st. Rhodes Scholar, Monty Barak. lt seem~ strange, If mdeed not somewhat illogical, that the departure of th?se near and dear to us sl10uld be celebrated by much eatmg and drinking. 'l'his practice however is one sanctioned by a whole host of precede~t and if 'for no other re~son let it be preserved. Far be it from us to seek to dis_turb _the propriety of our forefathers' doings even though It ?em defence of over-eating, to say nothing ?f excess of .wme. We may feel assu r ed, however, that If . such holy_ ancestor' as our friends the Israelites fed themselves till ~hey were uncomfortable on fatted calves our small functiOn at Barrett 's Hotel wa. , if nothin o· else proper . " ' !he old School had a unique 1·epresentation in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, last week, when a hotel porter '~as charged with the theft of £112 10 . Basil Hoopcr, m some seven feet of blue uruform, to say nothing

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79 of his spotl es h elmet, represented the Police Force and the administration of justice generally. H e gave his evidence in such solemn monosyllables that you might hnve thought he was reading the Scripture at 1·oll-call. Some fi ve f eet of 'l'im Hamerton, armed with a pencil as · large as himself, took copious notes of t he proceedings, paying special attention to chance witticisms whi.ch tickled the audience in 01ut. 'l'h e last r epresentativ e wa.· 'l'ed Pope, who as counsel for the accused poured forth in woeful monoton es mitigatino· circumstances on behnlf of t he culprit. We are ind ebted to vV. E . Monk for t he follow in g notes:R. W . Laino· (1906 ) .-Recently promoted to managerial rank, beino· with the BanJc of An. tralasia., Mangamu. W. E . Monk (1906) attached to the O'eneral mannger's office of t b e National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., W cllinoton. A. G. Monk (1910 ) .-Recently started a small business on his own account in Dnnedin . G. N. lVIor ey (1905 ).-Ilas a very up-to-clnte chemist's s hop in Hataitai, a W ellington suburb. \~ i ctor We.t (1907 ).- Ts prnctising bi. · prof ss ion ( clenist r~·) in W ellino·ton. Jack Stobr (190- ) .- Left New Zea lnncl :ome few years a""o fo r Johannesburg, South Africa.. J. G. Rickerby (1881) .- Now one of tbe heads in th e Railway Aclmini.-tration, being located in Auckland. A. B . bappell (19 06 ) is in the staff department of the Bank of New Zealand , Wellington. F . W. Grant (1918) i: on th .-taff of the National Bank of New Z alancl, General lVIana()'er'.- Office, Wellin gton. Peter Griffith.·, who is .-ittin()' for the first section of thr Final Profe ·.-ional at Dnnedin, supplie.- us with the following note: of Old Boys in Dun eel in:Ray Bel1 rino-e 1· an cl Murray Ileycock are sitting the Second and Fir.-t .Profess~onals r spectiv el.y, and Lauri e hristie and Heclley Bellrin ger have jur;t sat the Medical Intermediate Examination . ]~a uri c played severn l gnmes fo1· the 'Var:ity "A" X . clnr ing t he ~r en~· .

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Mm·ray Nicholson, B.D.S., is a demonstrator m the Dental School and is working for his D.D.S. Morris Cachemaille is sitting the Final Examination.

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Roy 'l'ait has just come to Dunedin and is working in a city office. .Algie Wheeler is working for the Paramount Pictures and is at present in Dunedin in connection with '''I' he Vanishing ~ace. ' ' Jack Brodie and R Loveridge were in Dunedin a short while ago with the Canterbury provincial Rugby team. Charlie Collins, who is with the Commercial Bank at Palmerston, supplies us with the following notes of Old Boys in the Manawatu district:Sam Beverley is in the Bank of New Zealand here. D. McDougall is in the employ of Jobnston and Co., Ltd., general merchants. J. Blair is, I believe, with the Berry Engineering W.orks, Ltd., and has just about :finished his apprenticeship. M. B. Sefton is travelling for the IIarvey Office Snpplie~, Ltd., stationers, h ere. We have recently received a letter from Len Sole who is now at the Bank of New Zealand, Putaruru. H~ informs us that Con Bell is driving a taxi on the .ArapuniPutaruru service nm. Harry Lucena is an nO'ineer at the .Arapuni hydro-electric work. ·. "' P. O'Shea, who had a few years at N.P.B.H.S., is pursuing his studies now at th e Palmerston North Hio·h School. "' Basil Grayling, who is farming at Brixton, supplies us with the following notes of Old Boys in the W aitara and Lepperton districts :The "Farmer" Fuss ells are farm ing at W aiongona. G. Colson is farming at L epperton. Alan Little has now left this district and is livin g in New .Plymouth.

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81 IIughie Mace, "Spud" Grayling and 'l'eclcly Rowe are farming at Huirangi, also F. James. Doug Purdie, Jack Ogle and D. Dowsett are in the Bank of New Zealand, W ai.tara. H. Madsen is reporting on the W aitara Evening Mail. C. Tate, who went Home during the "free labour" time and played several games of football while there, is in Tho: . Borthwick and Sons' office, Waitara. Noel Fookes, who has been in the Public Works, Stratford, has been appointed engineer to the Clifton Comity County. Bill J oll, B. Wills, the Vickery Bros., and Ken. Lye arc farming at Tikorangi. Norman Leech, who has been in the employ of Mr. C. F . D. Dowsett, civil engineer , Waitara, is leaving and is taking a position near Gisborne. 'l'he J onas brothers are farming at Onaero and play for Ur enui· Football Club . Ger·alcl Carr is farming at Urenui, and plays for the Urenui Football Club. \Ve haYe recently h eard from .Andrew Ha:tie, who i fanning at Kaupokonui. He has been clown at Trentham attending an instructional course. He writes as follows :-Burforcl Norman, who was at School in 1914, was al. o in. He has a cominission in the 7th Mounted Rifles and i. farming near Dan.nevirke. We had some good old yarns over school clays. Norman Leech , of the same regiment a. myself, t he 2nd Molmted Rliles, was also thcr . lie recently went up for his majority exam. Result are not yet through. Ken Rampton is in the Bank of .Australasia, Manaia. .A. Parkinson is in the Bank of New Zealand. 'l'ed Eaves is managing his father's store in Otakeho and i. in gr eat demand as secretary for the loc al dances. The Snowdon brothers are· farming at Inaha. Ern got married chu·ing the winter. Stan Wyborn was h er e on a visit in July and is now learnino· the drapery business in Auckland. G01·don ("J\'li cky") W?bot·n :is 1 h h evc bringino· n J10rsc down ror 1h c IIaw ra how. Jimmy liammoll(l: is ·in hi s father's j ewellery busine ·.· in Manaia. .A. Stevenson is

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farming up the Manaia Road. Ther e are many other Old Boys about the district that I do not know, as it is quite common to see a dozen or more badges at t !J e cliiferent .-oeial function s about.

II. A. Snowdon, who is farmin g with his brothers at Inaha, suppli es us with th e following notes:'l'he follo,ving boys are all farming down tbis w ay :"Darby" and Eric McCallum at Jnaha, Sef. H erb ert near Ha,vera, Miles .A tkin. on n ear Patea, Aubrey Stevenson at Kaptmi, Hastie brothers at Kaupokonui, and Hector Wileocks at Inaha. Dnclley Spenee, who ltas been farming with his l.JrotlJer Stewart at 'l'auranga, i:> now with the Farmers' Co-op., Hawera. Ian and Doug. rawfo rd, who ar e on the Htaff of the J oll Dairy Company, botb played football for t iJ e .Okaiawa Seniors last season . lia1T~' and Artlnn B etts, who ar e on their fatl1 e r 's f11rm at "Holly bank, " Okaiawa, are both k een cri ck eters, Artlmr being a memb er of the 1'aranaki XI. last seaso11.

K en Rampton i.- with th e Bank of Australa.-ia l\fanaia, and \.. Pm·kin son " ·ith tl1 e Bank of New Zealancl in th e same town. · G01·clon llair, wh o i:,; .-b eep farmin g at I[ r emer e, La;; r ecenth· been 011 a hip to i.u.-tra lia and tu c Olcl. Country. · Jack Patterson is on tl1 e :>taff of Newton King, Ltd. , Kapon g a.

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On An~··n;;t 10 OU J' branch h eld a l'eunion , w!Ji el1 took t li · fo rm of a dinner follow eel by a t h eatr e part~' · 'l'l1 e gn e"t of tb e1·enin g wa:,; M r. 1\1. Barak, on t h eve of his d pal'turc for Engl}mcl to ta k e up l1is Hbodes cltolarship. •Jndg-e l~aw;;OJl presided OYC I' a o·atlJ e rin g Of about tlJ ir ty 01\l Boys, ancl aft er t h e loyal tonst h ad b een ll011 0m:rclli.c propo,<'cl t hr mnin toa:>t of t h e eYenin g, "O nr Gnes L " In a few well cho.- en words l1 e ·onveyed to Mr. Barak tb lw:-;1· wish<·:-; of 011r Asso ci;J1 ion for tiJ(' Q.Tca1 honou r br:-; 1ow('d up OII ()J)l' or 111' Olll Goys of' 1h;. ·;c lwol <lllcl li\' 11·i:,;h 'cl him CYCI'.)' :> UCCCSS in IJi t:> 11 W spll Cl.'e of life, know -

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83 ing that h e would aJ:>ly represent om School in England, both in the scholastw and :>port::; fields. He asked Mr. Barak to accept a gold-mounted fountain pen as a small token of the gr eat esteem in which he was held by the' W ellington Old Boys Mr. Barak made a suitable reply. 1'he other toast was tb at of '"fhe School," proposed by Mr. E. W. Hursthouse and replied to by Mr. C. W. Nash, the y oungest Old Boy present . Then followed an enjoyable conversazione, after which everyone adjourned to the theatre, where a very enjoyable evening came to a .-uitable encl. At the Annual General Meeting of this branch of the .A.s.-ociation it was decided to present to the School a trophy for debating, as it was f elt that that part of the School life need ed fostering. A handsome cup was pmchased and forwarded to the School, and it is with pleasure that we learn that the trophy ha. been competed for this year and won by J'. Galbraith . The W ellington branch of t h e Association suffered a .-evere loJ>S by the transf er of E. Grange W aterson to Gollin and Coy . Propty ., Ltd., Auckland. Grange was secr etar.f of the branch from its init iation, and his untiring efforts did much t owards bringing the branch up to its present strength . Our loss is, however, Aucklan~l 's gain as it is with pleasure that we l earn of the formatiOn of a branch in our Queen City.

ENGAGEMENT S. 'l 'hc en gagclllent is announced of .Alma, fo urtb daughter o.EMr. a.nd Mr:>. W. F . Short, of Vogeltown, New Plymont h, to L eslie Alan , elder son of Mr. and Mrs . .A.. K Smart, Devon Street West, New Plymouth. The engagement i.. announced of Iren e, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs . .A.. J. H arper, of Stratford, to .A.llan . Bendall, only son of Mr . and the late Mr. W. E. Bendall, of New Plymouth. 'l'he en o·agement is announced of· Miss .Alice Rona Benbow, B.A. (W llington ), only daug·hter of th ~ late 1\lr. '. A. l3 enb ow and Mr::;. Ben how, 'vV 'H iD gton , to Mr . J.Jeonard .A.v;mn, of tbe Lands Office, New Plymouth.

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'l'he engagement is announced of Tom, fourth son of l\1:1·. and Mrs. H . 0 . l\1. Bree, of W anganui, and formerly of New Plymouth, to Dorotby Lillian, eldest daughter of ;~'[r . and Mrs. A . S. Hodder, of Auckland. The engagement is annotmeed of Marjorie, younger cla nghter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W . Wheatley (Lepperton ) , to Ba~il H. Grayling, eld est son of l\1r. and Mrs. H . H. Grayling (Sentry Hill). The engagement is announced of Miss Ruby Irene Gcmmill, second daught er of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gemmill, of Cambridge, to M r. Les . Day, eld est son of Mrs. lVI. E . Day, Auckland (late of Waikato ) .

MARRIAG ES. COTIRT- H iRDGRAVE .-On Jun e 24, at New Plymouth, Stauley Vvilliam, second son of l\'I r. and Mrs. P . Vv. Court, to Glad:vs Muriel, y ouu ge t daughter of Mr. and Mr.·. T . HardgraY e. DO CKRTLJ.J-l:j' 'I..RRELh-C able advice has been r eceived t bat Dr. John Dockrill, of London (only son of l\fe. audlVfrs. E. Dockrill, of New Plymouth ), was married on Tuesday, July 6, to Miss Ursula Fan·ell, daughter of Colon el Farrell (16th Lancer s) , of London. C'liONG-M EADS.-On October L, at New Plymouth, G01·ald M:cNaughto n, youngest :on of Mr: . E. Chou g, to EthelMancl , thi rd daughter of l\fr. Andrew Meads, Stratford. ROLLO-SH EPllERD.- At Colytou , Feilcling, on Monday, October 25, Stella Waiata, ~- oungest daughter of Mr. and Mrf>. S. S lt eph erd, of Colyton, to John tltnart, only sou of Ml'. and Mrs. J. Rollo , of New P lymouth. \Vlll'l"l'LE-~fclWBBlE.-On April 28, 1926, Plymouth , Ecl~Yiu Dnclley, eldest son of

at New l\'Ir. E. Whittle, 'Yew Plymout h, to lsabel, eldest dau ghter of l\lr. and Mrs. J. S. ::\'IcRobb ie, of Karioi, an d late of IIawera. \ '1'K r ~ S01T- FOOKES.- At :.Jew Plymouth on 'l'nesclay, No ,·ember :!:3, 1926, Pbilip Franklin Atkinson, y.m mg-rr s011 of 1\frs. ]:j'_ .\ 1kinson , of Nrw P l.vmon1'11 , 1o l•~ vt• l t · yn C:n! t:(' l•'<l l'l'illgt o n, t·lll cs1 da il g· lt 1t•!' or fh . and Mrs. Fabcr] ook e:s, of )/ew .Plymou1h.

WILLIAM N ORTHERN. (Died December 27, 1925.)

DEATH.

l\10SS.-On November 19, 1926, at New Plymouth Public Ho:pital, Keith Lewis, beloved and younge:t son of II. D. and E. M. Moss, of Tataraimaka; aged18 years. UORNWALL.-On June 17, 1926, at Nelson, Newenham Cornwall. It is with deep regret we have to r ecord t h e death of K eith Lewis Moss, an Old Boy of the School. Keith "·as at School in 1923 to 1925, and like his brothers .made many friends who sympathise with his relations in their sad loss. 'l'he many friends of Captain Newenbam Co rnwall will regret to hear of his death, which occurred at Nelson on Thursday night, ,Tun e 17. IIe was the third son of the lat e Captain ornwall, and came to New Plymouth with his parents and family when a young boy. IIe 'vas educated at Mr. Ellis 's and the IIio·l 1 School, of which he was one of the first pupils, and on l eaYing School was attracted, with other boys of his age, to the sea, which he adopted as hi · profession. Joining the New Zealand Shipping Co mpan~- b e worked his way upwards and eventually commanded some of the company'.- largest steamers. Dm·ing the ·w ar, as a Royal Navy Reserve officer, h e was employed mine-sweeping in the North Sea, and lat er received the honour of being appointed a naval aide-de-camp to the King . Since his retirement a ~r ear or so ago h e has resicl cl at Nelson, but his health has been very inclilfercnt, and though a man of very fine physique t he nature of his malady was such that for some time hir:; friends have almost despaired of his recovery. His end, therefore, war:; not unexpected, though it will can::;e deep r egret among all who knew him. lie was never married, but leaves two brothers, Mr. Frecl Corn wall, of New Plymouth, and Mr. harles Cornwall, of South Africa, and t hr e ::;i::;ters, Mr:. Georo·e Pott, of South Hrica, Mrs. L. C. Slaclden, of New Plymouth, and Mrs. R. II. Da vie:, of N el:on, to mourn their losr:;.

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SUBSCRIPTION S. The Business Manager, J. Earl, wishes to aclmowledge the following subscriptions. If any subscribers have paid their subscriptions since our May issue and their name is not included below they are requested to write at once and the matter will be rectified :-V. Barak, '26; I. Mcivor, '26; D. 0 'Halloran, '26, '27, '28; W. A. Brodie, '26; C. 0 'Carroll, 1924-1930 (inclusive) ; G. Easton, '26; J. R. Baclcleley, '25, '26; I. P. Grant, 1926-1932 (inclusive); N. Bellringer, '25, '26; I. Watkins, 1923-1926 (inclu ive) ; F. C. GilmoUl', '26; W. W. Smith, ':36, '27; R. Julian, '26; H. Johns, '26; F. D. Jeffries, '25, '26; W. A. J. Wright, 1923-1929 (inclusive); J. Bennett, '25, '26; L. Abbott, 25, '26; L. D. Neill, '26; '1'. 0 . •Jones, '26; . Cottier, '25, '26; C. D. Collins, '25, '26; R. Cocker, '25, 26; C. 0. Barnett, '26, '27, '28; G. C. Smith, '25, '26; W. '!· Kelly, '25, '26, 27; H. L. Lucena, 1924-1928 (inch1s1ve); P. Jackson, '27, '28; H. Hi:ne, '25, '26; lVfn;. A.

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