1929 The Taranakian Vol. 18 No. 1 May by New Plymouth Boys' High School

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The birds are coming in to roost, Swallow , blackbir d and thrush, And slowly o'er the world ther e steals A great and solemn hush. 'rhen o'er th e dale the church bell sounds, Comes, too, th e owl's weird tune , A silvery radiance in th e cast Proclaim s tl1 e rising moon. Thus night sinks on the dusky wood, And on the open fi eld, And with her mantle of the dark She coYr r s all th e weald . l\'L G.N. ( TV. A .)

FTR S'r 'l'IIOUG HTS OF A \VOUJ.JD -BE POE'l'. Shall it be--no! let me seey t'S! tih:=lll if: IH ~ a somll'l: About a maiden dear t o me, Or th e sea and vessels on it ? No! 'Tis more than e'er T can Those m?st cries r elat e; I'll talk about a fish crmrm \\Tho n CYcr llSCR bait . For "Fish ermen who don 't use bait " P erhaps I'll use Iambic ; But, no! .I 'll try to imit ate 路walt Whit man's dithyram bic. The rhym e scheme n ext I ca nnot Ray , 路what ever Rh all it be ? I know! Ab ccba Cdcd ee. But fiRh ermcn who don 't use bnit Use far too man y curses, For two or three more da vs I 'll wait To write those fishy vers~ s. R. S. J. (VT. )

ENGI N EERI NG LEC'r URE ROOM , 1929.

Oakley Studio, N.P.

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THE FLIG H'l' Oli' 'l'HE CEN TAU RS. (A tram ;latio n from the :B'rencl1.)

They flee; and fear their tard y hoof s cloth urge Tow ards t he cliff- boun d mou nt whic h guar ds retre at, Thei r h earts with slaug hter and revo lt reple te, 'l'h ey feel unsw ervin g deat h behi nd them surg e; They catch Lion'~; scen t upon the air; emer ge Thro ugh to rr ent~;, passe~;, and ravin es. 'l'hei r feet 路w itho ut a halt cont inue on aflcct, ll,rd re and Stell ion ~;corn; whil e verg e Afar , hi gh in the sky, the migh ty crest::; Of Pelio n, Ossa, and Olym pus stern . And no'v one fugit ive rears up, then rests To pan~;e, look back , and with one boun d retu ru; Ile the drea d s!J a de of Here ules dete sts W lti cb len gt heni ng on the grou nd he cloth disce rn.

G. McK. (VI.) CLE OP A'l'l~A. Rust ling of silk and clipp ing of oar:, Tapp ing of feet on ceda r-wo od floor~;, S ilver all(l gold arou nd to see, Star s and moo us trap ped won drou sly. Uleo patra ! This for tl1y joy! :::l\\"<lyiug of sails and glist enin g of pear ls, Silke n-ba irecl yout hs and lang uoro us girls , Star s of the nigh t and silve ry moon, 路 Swe et strai11s of musi c, a love -lade n tune . Cleo patra ! 'l'his is thy love ! :::lnatehes of musi c awl glim pses of gold , View s of a pain ting, a page ant of old, Love and hot pass ion, unbr idled and free, Pois on m1cl clrnth nncl trag' rdy. Cleo patra ! 'l'his is thy life! D.A. S. (VI.)

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KNOWL EDGE. As every other tree that spring~ from earth Must feed its utmost leaflets from its roots With the quintesse nce of the ground it shades, And, that it live amongst all other tree~, JUu~t be, in earth and air, of ti~~ue ~trong, So knowled ge, that great, many-br anched Tree, 'l'o cast its awful shadow o'er the dense, Dark grove of cruel ignoranc e, Must sink the roots in which its life-bloo d flow~, Wide through the depths of rich productiY e soil. lf, of our number, there be found but one (To have just one, our number will be great) Who will presume each leafy branch to trace, Of that great awe-in~piring Tree, 'l'hen let him counsel take, nor r each too high Before he knows the nature of the ground He dares to tread, ere it be his to pres~. Beheld, at first, the Tree is seen to ~tand Beside the narrow "'W alk of Life, whose soil Is heavy pressed with various feet; And frenzied Pleasure , boundin g o'er the path, Has spurned the Tree beneath her careless heel In rudely rushing past, disdainin g it. Alld Ignoranc e, with hungry axe in hand, Ha~ dared to te~t the wood and left deep cleft~. He who would linger 'neath it~ peaceful ~hade And, gazing upward, seek to learn the form And substanc e of each leaf, must first travail To know the nature of the ground from 路whence Has flowed the verdure of the topmost green. That nicely compreh ended, he may then Proceed the noble height and copiou~ width To scan with eager eyes; and having climbed The topmost bough secure and bold, he next l\Iay note the features of the narrow stretch Of land o'er which all mortals hew a path, A land surround ed by an ocean deepEternity -where laid to rest, men sleep. H.C. (VI.)

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School kicked off against the wind, but a double-f ault and from the free-kick the ball wa~ cut through ~lip~, but wa~ well-tack led by the scratch man. 'l'he batsman left hi~ guard open to a forehand smash, and the extra point~ were added by a well-jud ged pull to leg. .At the gong, both advance d warily, but the fir~t ball of the over went for a four, to be recalled for a knock-on. J;-,rom a line-out a fine rally resulted, but the scratch man was disqualified for hands in the ~crum, and the full-back clea1;ed with a full-bloo ded drive to the on. At half-time the ~cor e board read:re~ulted,

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Zn S04 + Hz On re~uming, the limit men were leading t hrough the lupins to the beach, but "no-ball " was called and the full-back made the ~core deuce with a shot that broke in :-;harply from the dead-line . At the end of the sixth round the wicket-k eeper worked the blind side, but the scratch lllan wa~ ~'vimming well, and, had he not been ~piked, would probably have taken game and ~et. At this stage th e ball puncture d, but a "Purple Top l\Iammo th" wa~ procur ed and th e game continue d. The bias on the new ball greatly assisted the hookers, and as t h e bell went for the last lap, School were leading by a yard. Unfortun ately there was nothing in kitty and the field turned for home neck and neck 'l'he game ended sensation ally when the champio n was almost knocked over the dead-line . A cessation on account of bad light followed immedia tely. Detailed results were :School, scratch (6-3) (4-6) (7-5). Won by a nose, thus securing the Flannag an Cup. Time, 10 2-5sec.

R.C. (VI.)

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·wiDE SPRE AD DEVE LOPM ENT. \Vide sprea d devel opme nt of the work of the Boys ' Assoc iation is indica ted in the twelf th annua Old l report which was prese nted to the annua l meeti ng, which was held on Decem ber 20, 1928. Th e presid ent (Mr. Papps ) occup ied the chair, and about 22 Old A. J. Boys attend ed. 'l'he annua l repor t for 1928 state d:The Socia l Club was disba nded at the end of Augu last. The enthw siasm that was so mark ed durin g the st first few month s gradu ally wane d and, despi te repea ted effort s, sufficient intere st could not be revive d. :B-,inally the comm ittee was r elucta ntly comp elled to disco ntinue the Club befor e any seriou s financ ial difficulties were encou ntered . 'l'he annua l ball was once more a brillia nt one, there being about 400 dance rs prese nt and a profit of £5 Os lld (an increa se of £3 12s 3d on last year's figure s) was made. 'l'he W clling ton and Auck land branc hes . are still in a strong positi on. Both held their annua l reunio n dinne r, at which the attend ance was good. It is r eport ed that new memb ers are being enroll ed each year. The Chris tchurc h branc h unfor tunat ely has becom e practi cally defun ct; th is can readil y be under stood when it is remem bered the memb ers of this branc h are Old who attend "Var sity," and at the end of their Boys cours e leave that city and scatte r elsew here, conse quent ly the memb ership fluctu ates greatl y. This year there ha' e been very few Old Boy~> in Chris tchurc h . NEW BRAN CHES :B-,ORMED. It is with pleasu re we Jw ve to repor t the forma tion of a branc h know n a~> South 'l'aran aki branc h at Hawe ra. The memb ership has alread y reach ed 132, which is very encou raging indee d. Advic e has been receiv ed of the

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The Surf Club has exper ience d anoth er succe ssful year. Th e senio r team retain ed the Tabor Memo rial Shield for the fourth year in succe ssion, whils t the junio r gaine d secon d place in the penna nt comp etition . The Club ·has a small memb ership at prese nt, and it is hoped the many able swim mers amon gst the local Old Boys will join the ranks and help the Club to still furth er success. The Footb all Club has once again shown itself to be an active one, four teams being entere d in the variou s comp etition s. 'l'hree teams playe d in the cricke t comp etition The secon d grade team was succe ssful in winni s. ng the B grade sectio n, whils t the sen iors were down on t h e list. This year, howe ver, the latter team h as won cYery match so far. The junio rs are also holdin g their own. The Old Boys ' colum n still forms an impo rtant tion of the Schoo l Maga zine. The Edito rs would secbe please d to hear- of the move ments of any Old Boy both far and near. From the accou nts it will be seen there is a credit balan ce of £34 6s 6d to the gener al fund, as comp with £36 16s 9d, a decre ase of £2 10s 3d on la st year. ared CONS TITU TION REVI SED. At a specia l gener al meeti ng held in the Club rooms on Mond ay, Decem ber 12, 1927, it was resolv ed to abolis h the existi ng system of electi on of officers and that const itutio n of the execu tive comp rise two memb the ers to be electe d at the annua l meeti ng; one repre senta tive for each of the branc hes now existi ng and any that may be forme d in the futur e; one repre senta tive for each of the

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sports bodies; and one School represe ntative. 'rhe president, two vice-pre sidents, honora ry secretar ies and treasure r, who shall be elected at the annual meeting , shall be ex officio member s. The preRent executi ve was elected accordi ngly and the result has been highly satisfactory. During the year as the result of the formati on of new branche s the member~:;hip of the commit tee has increase d. The followi ng are the various represe ntatives :-Pare nt Associa tion, Messrs. B. C. Newell and D. F. Saxton ; Auckla nd branch, Mr. C. Fookes ; \Velling ton, Mr. C. Fookes ; Hawera , Mr. H. Martin ; Social Club, Mr. R. G. Howell ; Cricket Club, Mr. H. W. Brown; Footbal l Club, Mr. P. F. Atkinso n; Surf Club, Mr. H. Antbon y; School, Mr. W. I. Shrimp ton.

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leaving the commit tee conside rably in debt. By means of subscrip tions and donatio ns, howeve r, this had been reduced to £17 lls 9d. This had worried the executi ve a great deal, and it would be a legacy which the new executiv e would have to take over. He thought , however, it would not be difficult to extingu ish the debt this year, though he underst ood the R.S.A. was not pressin g for immedi ate paymen t. The preside nt congrat ulated the executi ve upon the excellm~t arrange ments made for the ball, which attracte d many Old BoyR from a distance . 'l'he charact er of the ball had somewh at changed in recent years, and it was now really an Old Boys' ball. Thanks to the help given by the ladies' commit tee they had come out well financia lly, and made a few pounds profit, which had never been done before.

During the year a sub-com mittee was elected to draft out a set of rules for the Associa tion. These are now complet e and will be open for discussi on at the annual meeting . Upon adoptio n steps will be taken to have the Associa tion incorpo rated .

STRON G BRANC HES FORME D . A pleasing feature of the progres s of the Associa tion was the formati on of the outside branche s, stated the preside nt. Both Auckla nd and Welling ton had keen branche s, while Christc hurch and Dunedi n had less strong branche s numeric ally, owing to their floating member ship, but equally keen. A strong branch had been formed in South Taranak i. This th e parent body welcom ed and realised would be a great aiel in assistin g to carry out the work of the Associa tion. The new constitution, adopted last year, had been quite satisfac tory, and no doubt as time went on it would work even more smoothl y. The various sports clubs were flourish ing, and always receive d a good r eceptio n from the general public. The Associa tion was in a sound financia l position , having a credit of £34 6s. On behalf of Mrs. Papps and the ladies' commit tee, he also desired to thank the Associa tion for the express ion of thanks mention ed in the r eport. Nothing big had been attempt ed during 1928 owing to the numero us other appeals which the town had had to respond to, but one thing the new executi ve would have to conside r was the big reunion propose d in 1932, the School jubilee year. The Associa tion must make that a big effort, and as the time was not so long, it was the executive's duty to get prelimi nary arrange ments under way.

TRIEN NIAL REUNI ONS. It has been suggest ed more than once that a reunion of all Old Boys be h eld once in every three years, the first of theRe triennia l reunion s to be held at E11ster, 1929, so that the second will fall in 1932, the year of the School jubilee. Both vV ellingto n and Auckla nd brancheR arf' in favour, and it is hoped that a r ecomme ndation will be made to the incomin g commit tee to carry out this scheme. Subject to the approva l at this annual meeting it was resolved to make the subscri ption 2s 6d for Old Boys who join the Associa tion during the first year after their leaving school. The question as to whethe r a further subscriptio n of 2s 6d be paid at a lat er date was left open for future discussi on. The thanks of the Associa tion are due to the ladies, under the leaders hip of Mrs. A. J. Papps, for their very great assistan ce in connect ion with the annual ball. 'rhanks are also due to Mr. and Mrs. l\foyes for the h elp they have given at all times. In moving the adoptio n of the report and balance sheet, the preside nt said that owing to insuffici ent interest socially the Old Boys' Club had had to be WOllnd up,

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ELE CTI ON OF OFF ICE RS. Officers were elec ted as follo w :-Pr esid ent: l\1r. H. Kirk by. Vice -pre side nts: Mes srs. R. G. How ell and L. vV. Love ll. Trea sure r: l\1r. P. F. Atki l\1r. F. Newell. Join t Secr etari es, l\'Ies nson . Aud itor: srs. H. C. New ell and D. F. C. Saxt on. The ques tion of a trien nial reun ion in orde r to keep the dist ant Old Boy s in touc h with the Scho ol was discuss ed. On beha lf of the \V ellin gton bran ch, said he had been instr ucte d to urge that Mr. A. C. J;'ookes a big reun ion be held at East er, 1932, and, in orde r to prog ram me of reun ions , to sugg est that star t a trien nial the first be held at East er, 1929, in conj unct ion with the ball. An 3:mendment was mov ed by Mr. rcpr esen tmg Auc klan d, that the annu R. Brok ensh ire, reun ion func tion be held in Dec emb er al mee ting with a each year . Afte r a full disc ussio n the ame ndm ent was lost and the moti on was carr ied. App reci ativ e refe renc e was mad e retir ing secr etar y (Mr. J. H. Boo n), to the wor k of the who did not seek reelect ion. A vote of than ks was acco rded join t secr etari es was vote d an hono rariu, and each of the m of ÂŁ2 2s. The com mitt ee's actio n in fixin g subs crip tion s tempora rily at 2s 6d for boys join ing in the first year afte r leav ing school, and 5s for othe rs, was conf irme d. Vote s of than ks were also reco rded to the retir ing pres iden t, Mr. A. J. Papp s, and also to the Pres s. SOUTH TAR ANA KI BRA NCH FOR MED.

Rep rese ntin g vari ous part s of Sou th Tara naki , 39 Old Boy s atten ded a mee ting at Haw era on Dec emb er 4 last. and supp orte d with enth usia sm a prop osal to esta blish a Sou th Tara naki bran ch of the Old Boy s' Asso ciati on. Mr. G. H. Rya n, who was refe rred to by clair (one of the conv enor s of the mee Dr. R. G. B. Sinting ) as "the olde st Old Boy in Tara naki , '' was elec ted to the subs eque ntly appo inte d as the first pres chai r, and was iden t of the associati on,

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It was state d that a list of SO Old Boy s iivin g in the distr ict had been com piled , and that clo~er inve titig ation wou ld prob ably show doub le that num ber. On the moti on of Dr. Sinc lair, seco Spen ce, it was deci ded unan imou sly nded by Mr. D. Tara naki Asso ciati on, to be affil iated to form a Sout h with the New Plymou th High Scho ol Old Boy s' Asso ciati on. Officers were elec ted as follo w :-P atro n, Mr. W. H. 1\Ioyes; pres iden t, -Mr. G. H. Rya n; vice -pre side nts, Dr. R. G. B. Sinc lair, l\1r. F. E. Clar ke; hon. secr etar y and trea sure r, Mr. E. J. Insu ll; audi tor, l\1r. R. 'fait ; exec utive, Mes srs. L. Inch , D. Spen ce, C. S. Rob Peas e (Elt ham ), A. J. Chri stie (l\1a naia b (Haw era) , L. ), and officers. The annu al subs crip tion was fixed at 2s 6d. The new bran ch held its first reun ion at Haw era on 1\Iarch 1. 1\Ir. G. H. Rya n, pres iden t, was in the chai r, and ther e were pres ent Mr. W. H. Moy es (Pri ncip al of the Scho ol ), Mr. A. Gray (Pri ncip al of the Haw era High Scho ol ), and also a num ber of Old Boy s from New Plymou th, mak ing alto geth er a gath erin g of abou t a hund red. Rep lyin g to the toas t of '"fh e Scho ol," l\1r. M oyes expr esse d his plea sure at bein g pres ent and ackn owle dged the help give n to the Scho ol by boys naki , who had been prom inen t in ever from Sou th Tara y depa rtme nt of the Scho ol life. He than ked Old Boy s for thei r loya lty, and said that thou gh the wor k of the Old Boy s had been remar kabl y good, he hope d they wou ld still cont inue to assis t. He sket ched the deve lopm ent of the Scho ol buil dings , and wha t had beel l done of late year s, and said that the ''gu lly, '' whe re so man y had work ed, was near ly complete d. He refe rred also to the wide exte nt of the curr iculu m, and said that the Scho ol was now able to offe r <my one of eigh t cour ses of work .

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'fhe annu al mee ting of the vVe lling ton bran ch of the Old Boy s' Asso ciati on was held on Mon 11, 1929, thirt y-fo ur mem bers bein g pres day, J;'eb ruar y ent. The elec tion of officer~ resu lted as follo ws :-Pa tron : l\1r. Moyes.

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Presi dent: Mr.. Hurst house . Vice-pre:;i dents: :Messrs. Hemp~on, Pope, Osbor ne, D. Grant , and Judge Raws on. Comn uttee: Messrs. C. Collin s, L. Dinni:;s, Foden , Sladden, and Wate rson. Secre tary and Treas urer: J . D. Willis . 'fhe meeti ng was a most enthusiai:itic one and fairly certai n that the annua l dinne r will be held it is a()"ain this year. Abou t 20 memb ers made the trip to New Plyn~outh at Easte r. Outsi de Old Boys comin g to live in the c1ty or who happe n to be passin g tbrou ah when the ~nnual reu~ion is heing held are cordia lly ~vite d to get m touch w1th the secret ary, whose addre ss ii:i c/ o Willis and Nicho lls, Solici tors, T. and G. Build ing, Lamb ton Quay.

NINT H ANNU AL BALL. SPLE NDID SUCC ESS ACHI EVED . Old Boys held their ninth annua l ball in the Schoo l Ai:ii:iembly Hall ?n Easte r Ktfonday night , and once again made the funct1 0n an outsta nding succe ss. Thou gh not as crowd ed as other years, when the ball was held later in the winte r season , the floor was· packe d with dance rs and every body had a glorio us time from the :first of a wellselect ed progr amme of a score or more dance s until Natio nal Anthe m broug ht the end all too soon. This the year the ball . was the last of a series of minor gatherinO"i:i arrange d for Old Boys visitin g New Plym outh durin : Eai:iter and the chang e, which is likely to becom e a tri~nn ial one, w~s a happy idea and made possib le a reprei :ienta gathe rmg of Old Boys from all parts of the Domi tive nion Their ranks were added to by local Old Boys and friend s, with the result that social ly this year's balltheir was one of the best that the Old Boys ' Assoc iation has ever held. New and beaut iful effect s were obtain ed with the ~ecorative schem e, never more ·a ppare nt than when lookmg clown upon the crowd ed floor frorp. the galler y. Pink w_as the colou r chosen, and from a h"Uge centre made of pm k rose~ and_ colon red lights , nrran ged 1o give the effe~t of a ·~ng Chmc sc lan_tern, wide pink stream ers, reliev ed w1th cham s of lycop odmm , forme d a magn ificen t canop y over the whole floor. Chain s of pink and green were

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hung aroun d the walls and the pillar s, while a discri minate use of colou red lights heigh tened the comp lete effect . In the suppe r-room at the board ing-ho use, red and green were the domin ant colou rs, the tables being decor ated with reel Afric an daisie s and maide nhair fern, the colou rs being deepe ned by the use of red lamp shade s. There were three clebutantei:i, Miss Ruth Pease (Haw era), Miss Peggy Bm·to n (Opun ake) and Miss Enid McCa llum (Ingle wood ). Suppe r arran geme nts were in the capab le hands of a ladies ' comm ittee, which also had charg e of the clecm·ations. Great credit is due to this comm ittee for the excellent result s achiev ed, to which the succe ss of the ball in a large measu re due. The ladies ' comm ittee comp was rised: Mesd ames Kirk by (chair woma n), H. R. Billin g, A. R. Stand ish, D. Hutch en, A. J. Papps , J. S. S. Medle y, T. H. Bates , T . P. Ande rson, A. Bewle y, R. H. Georg e, P. F. Atkin son, J . Vl. Connell, L. Rea, D 'Arcy Rober tson, R. G. Howe ll, L. W. Lovel l, Misses M. Nolan , C. and lVI. Moyei:i. Excel lent music was provi ded by 1\IcNeill's Nove lty Orchei:itra of i:ieven instru ments .

EASTER REUNION . Ap~rt from the ball there was nothi ng of a forma l natur e m the Ea~ter progr amme . An inform al reunio n dinne r of visitin g Old Boys was held at the White Hart and Tmpe rial Hotel s on Easte r Satur day, the numb er desiri ng to attend being more than the forme r could accom moda te. 'l'he footba ll teams which bad playe d that cla~' went to the White Ilart, where a short toast list was honou red. 'fhe health of the Gisbo rne team was propo by Mr. II. W. Brow n and respo nded to by Mr. E. Thomsed as. Dr. E. F. Fooke s propoi:iecl the School, Mr. M. 0. Osbor ne, an old head boy, respo nding . Amon gst those prese nt the other gathe ring were the Pre::;ident, Mr. H. W. Kirkb at y, and the Princ ipal of the School, Mr. W. H. Moyes. Most of the Old Boy::; then attend ed a cabar et condu cted under the auspices. of the Old Boys Footb all Club in honou r of the visitin g Gisbo rne Old Boys.

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On Easter Sunda y there was a service in the morning at St. Mary 's conduc ted by Canon E. H. Strong , while later a numbe r of Old Boys visited Mt. Egmon t with the Gisbor ne team. On Easter Monda y night the Ball was held. Many Old Boys from outside the distric t manag ed to visit New Plymo uth for the occasion, Wellin gton being strong ly represe nted, and many old acquai ntance s were revived and old times talked over. THE FOOT BALL CLUB.

PREPA RATIO N FOR SEASO N. About forty attend ed the annual meetin g of the Old Boys' Rugby Footba ll Club, which was held on March 6, 1929. The preside nt, Mr. A. J. Papps, occupi ed the chair. MARK ED PROG RESS MADE . 'l'he annual report of the commi ttee stated that the 1928 season marke d a very success ful year in the annals . of the Club, not only from a compe titive point of view, but also from the fact that the membe rs of the Club and the genera l public had respon ded so 路well. The senior fifteen played good footba ll throug h out the season, and at the end of the compe tition were well up on the compe tition ladder . Unfort unately no annual match was played with the School fifteen this year. The First and Second Junior s, althou gh all played sound footbal l, 路w ere not so success ful, but they l1ad the consola tion of knowin g that they had some very good materi al coming on in those groups . During the year the Club had been most unfort unate in losing the valuab le service s of very keen and active membe rs of the Club in the person s of Messrs. C. Dinnis s and M. vVebster. 'fhese were membe rs to whom they were indebt ed for many service s, and the Club was extremel y sorry to lose them. The annual fixture with the Gisbor ne Old Boys' Club was played in Gisbor ne on Easter Saturd ay, and after a very fast and excitin g match Gisbor ne won by 16 points to 8. 'l'he balanc e-sheet showed a satisfa ctory positio n, and in spite of the heavy expend iture of travell ing ex-

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81 pen ses and the tra vel lin g exp ens es of the tea m to Gisbor ne, the re wa s a sur plu s of ass ets ove r lia bib tie s of £30 18s lOd. Th e con gra tul ati ons of the Clu b we re due to Me ssr s. H. W. Bro wn and K. Foo kes , wh o we re sel ect ed in the Ta ran aki rep res ent ati ve tea ms . 'fh e tha nks of the Clu b we re due to all tho se had in any wa y ass iste d the Clu b act ive ly or fin anc wh o iall y. 'fh e rep ort con clu ded by ext end ing the sym pat hy of the Clu b to Mr . .A. E. Syk es and fam ily , and to Mr . W. 1\Ioyes and fam ily , in the ir rec ent ber eav em ent s, and H. to the par ent s of one of also the clu b's lat e me mb ers , Mr . B. Th om pso n. PL.A YI NG TH E G.AME. Co mm ent ing upo n the fin anc ial pos itio n, the pre den t rem ark ed tha t the bal anc e-s hee t sho we d tha sit the Clu b had gon e bac k abo ut £15, bu t wh en it wa s rem ber ed tha t the Gis bor ne trip cos t the Clu b £45 it em be see n tha t rea l prog-r ess had bee n ma de. \Vh cou ld en the Gis bor ne tea m ret urn ed the vis it to Ne w Ply mo uth the Clu b hop ed to r eco mp ens e itse lf. Th e suc ces s of the Clu b, how eve r, con tin ued the pre sid ent , wa s not dep end ent upo n fin anc e alo ne. Th e pla the y pla yed the gam e, wa y, and the ma nne r in wh ich s Clu b cou ld cla im tha t it had the firs t con sid era tio n. Th e the se res pec ts. On acc oun had a suc ces sfu l yea r in bot h t of the fac t tha t the Clu rie d the nam e of the Old b Bo ys of the Ne w Ply mo uth car Sch ool , it sho uld set an Hig h exa lie tho ugh t their tea ms had mp le and pla y goo d foo tba ll. the y wo uld con tin ue to pla acc om pli she d tha t, and hop ed y the gam e tha t wa y. Ur gin g me mb ers to cut out and kee p out rou gh pla y, to ref ere es a fai r spi n, and to sup por t the ma nag em ent giv e mit tee wh ene ver the y cou comld, Mr . Pap ps sai d tha t if the y con tin ued upo n tho se lin es the y we re cer tai n of ano the r suc ces sfu l sea son . Th er e ran ks, ann oun ced Mr . Papwe re sev era l add itio ns to the ps, wh o add ed tha t inc lud we re pla yer s wh o had ma de the ir nam es in oth er par ed the Do min ion and also in ts of .Au stra lia. Th ese pla yer s wo uld str eng the n the Clu b a goo d dea l. 'fh e fol low ing new me mb ers we re ele cte d :-M ess rs. J. Pal me r, S. Foo kes , T . H. Ba ker , J. Ma cau ley , M. He J. Ba yly , N. Ga rdi ner , F. D. Joh ns, vV . .Am bur rd, y, C. .Ar che r, C. Lin n, J. Me dle y, .A. Hu tch en, and H. W est on.

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ELEC' l'ION OF OFFIC ERS. Officers for the ensuin g year were elected as follows : Patron : Mr. \V. H . Moyes. Presid ent: Mr. A. A. Bennet t. Vice-p residen ts: Messrs. F. N. Whitco mbe, '!.'. S. ,J ones, Dr. E. F. Fookes . Hon. Audito r: Mr. L. W. Lovell. Hon. Secret aries: Messrs . C. Smart and B. W. Bayly. Delegates to T.R.U. : Messrs . R. G. Howel l and G. F. Bertra nd. Club Captai n: l\lr. D. A. Doile. Execut ive Comm ittee: l\1essrs. H. vV. Brown , R. G. Howell , J. Palmer , S. :B'ookes, J. H. Boon. Sole Club Selecto r: Mr. G. F. Bertra nd. Club Coach: l\1r. F. H. Master s. Physic al Instruc tor: l\Ir. F. J. Egglet on. Team Manag ers: :Messrs . G. :B..,. Berti路and and D. Sykes (senior fifteen ), Mr. P. Wri.gh t (secon d), and L. Frethe y (third ). Club represe ntative on Old Boys' Associ ation: .!VIr. J. Palm er. 'l'he follow ing trophie s donate d by Mr. T. S. J ones were presen ted during the evenin g :-1\Ios t improv ed senior back, K. Fookes (cigare tte case) ; most improv ed senior forwar d, C. Allan (brush es) ; most consta nt allround senior player, W. Morey (Maca rthy 's medal) ; most improv ed junior back, H. Olson (wristl et watch ); most improv ed junior forwar d, S. Oh; on (cigare tte case) ; most improv ed third grade player, F. Frethe y (cigare tte contain er). The presen tation of a framed enlarg ed photog raph of the senior team was made to the selecto r, Mr. G. :B..,. Bertra nd, and a small framed photog raph to Mr. T. S. J ones, to whom thanks was also record ed for the donation of trophie s. GISBO RNE 'l'EAM 'S VISJ'l', 1929. Gisbor ne Old Boys' team visit ed New Plymo uth at Easter this year in accord ance with the custom of exchange visits which has now become establi shed. The match was played before a fair attenda nce of spectat ors at Wester n Park on Easter Saturd ay. '!.'he home team carried too many guns for the visitors , who were defeate d by 21 points (five tries, three conver ted) to 6 (a try and a penalty goal). 'l'he visitor s stayed until Easter Monda y and spent a pleasan t time. As a curtain -rair;er to this match a t eam of local Old Boys played a team of visiting Old Boys, the latter winning by 11 points to 6.

ebituarp. THO MAS RUS SEL L LIST . 'l'he death of Thoma s Russel l List, who was at School up to 1927, occurr ed on Decem ber 18 last, and came as a great shock to his many friends .

0~ Decem ber 8 he went goat-h unting on Mt. Egmon t with one of the ranger s, and on descen ding into a gorge two miles from the northe rn track he droppe d his rifle, which explod ed, the bullet enterin g his right hand. He was sent to hospita l, and his conditi on was satisfa ctory until the follow ing Friday , when septica emia set in. On Monda y his arm was amput ated and eight School friends gave their service s for blood transfu sion, but, after a slight rally, he died late on Tuesda y evenin g. His happy disposi tion and open manne r made him extrem ely popula r at School , where he took a promin ent part in athleti cs and footbal l, and the same qualiti es won him many friends at Canter bury College, where he took a course for the B.A. degree and Diplom a of Journa lism. Later he joined the literary staff of the Tarana ki D&ily News, of which his father (Mr. T. C. List) is proprie tor. His genera l ability had disting uished him as op.e destine d to take an active part in the life of the commu nity, and all who knew him will sympa thise with his parent s and sisters in their irrepar able loss.

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SCIENC E SCHOLARSHIP. H. E . Walshe, an early Old Boy, who was until recently chief draughts man in the Lands and Survev Departmen t, has been appointe d Surveyo r-Genera l. " Mr. W alshe is a well-kno wn ex-'l'aran akian and was born in New Plymout h in 1881. He received his earlier educatio n at the Central School under Mr. H. Dempsey and at the New Plymout h Boys' High School. .At the age of 14 he entered the Lands and Survey Departm ent and was sent to Gisborne , where he received most of his earlier experience. He played a large part in the cutting up of some enormou s estates on the East Coast, notably the Piri Piri and Tangoio estates. Later he was ene-aaed on a maanetic . B B survey in the South Island. ~

R. SYME 'S SUCCESS. (Fellow of 'l'rinity College, Oxford.)

R. Syme has been awarded a fellowsh1p of Trinity College, Oxford, and will be tutor and lecturer in classics. He has had a brilliant scholasti c career and . th1s further honour gained by him will afford ' great pleasure to Old Boys and other friends in this province, as well as to those with whom he was associate d in his universi ty career in New Zealand. In the colleges of 9xford and Cambrid ge a fellow is a member of the governin g body and foundati on, and a fellowsh ip is a coveted distincti on only bestowed on scholars of exceptional ability. Fellows are chosen by the existing fellows for a definite term of years at an annual stipend. A fellowship also confers upon the holder the right to apartments in the college and other privilege s. Many fellows act as tutors, and form a group that with the head is responsib le for the daily work of the college. Syme is at present resident in Rome, being engaged in research work in fulfilmen t of the terms of a universi ty scholars hip he gained in 1927.

R. M. DOLBY 'S SUCCES S. 1851 EXHIBI TION A WARD .

R. M. Dolby, M.Sc., who has recently been awarded the 1851 Exhibiti on Scholars hip in science, has had a distinguishe d scholast ic career. Entering the Preparat ory Departm ent of the New Plymout h High School as a small boy in 1914, he soon proved himself to be much above t.he average in ability. Through out his school career he mvariably took a high place in his form, being especiall y brilliant in mathema tics and science. In 1924 he was dux of the School. Matricul ating in 1921, he continue d his studies with a view to sitting for an Entrance Scholars hip. In 1923 he was awarded a 'l'aranak i Scholars hip, but being only 16 years of age, he decided not to accept it. In the following year he was successfu l in winning a Universi ty National Scholars hip. The four years spent by Dolby at the Universi ty have been marked by continue d success. His degree in science was taken in 1928 with first-clas s honours, and he has now been chosen as the 1851 Exhibiti on Scholar for 1929-a fitting reward for the excellen t work be has done at the Universi ty. The 1851 Exhibiti on Science Research Scholars hip, although of smaller monetar y value than ~he Rhod~s Scholars hips is generally esteemed as the b1g academic prize of the' year. One scholarsh ip only is awarded i_n New Zealand by the Commiss ioners. 'l'he scholarsh ip 1s of an annual value of ÂŁ250. Since Decembe r last Dolby has been engaged in research work in the dairy laborato ry at Massey Agricultural College, Palmers ton North . His new distincti on is a fine academic achievem ent upon which he, his parents and his school and college .may be cordially and sincerely congratu lated. Dol by's work at Home :Will be watched with keen interest, not only because of Its personal interest, but in the hope of further scientific achievem ent which will prove of ''practic al service in the scientific life of the Empire. ''

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LA D'S LIF E SA VE D. EF FE CT OF OL D BO YS ' PL UC KY DE ED . 'l'wo Old Boy s, No el Ga rdi ner , wh o wa s at Sch ool fro m 1924-28, and All an He nde rso n (1925-26) , fig ure d pro min ent ly in a res cue fro m dro wn ing at the E ast En bea ch, Ne w Ply mo uth , on d Sun day , Ma rch 3. 路 A lad , wh o wa s can oei ng abo ut 500 yar ds fro m the sho re, wa s cap siz ed in a rou gh sea . Fo r thr ee- qua rte of an hou r he clu ng to the upt urn ed can oe and dur ing rs tha t tim e ma ny atte mp ts we re ma de to r eac h him . Fin ally H end ers on suc cee ded in swi ass iste d him unt il Ga rdi ner mm ing out to th e boy and wa s abl e to tak e out a life lin e. Ref err ing to the ir fine act ion , the Tar ana ki He ral d of Ma rch 4 say s: '' 'l'he swi m of the se two me n wa s a ma gni ficent one, the set and sta te of the sea ma kin g res cue mo st dif ficu lt.'' 'l'h e dee d wa s mu ch lau ded , and eac h of the se two Old Bo ys is to be ma de the rec ipie of som e me me nto as a tok en of the tow nsp eop le's app nt cia tion . reNo t the lea st des irab le pub lic int ere st in life -sa vin effe ct wa s a stim ula tio n of g, wit h the r esu lt tha t, r esp ons e to a rec ent app in eal fro m the Tar ana ki He ad Cen tre of the Ro yal Lif e-S avi n g Soc iety , a sum of 拢14 wa s sub scr ibe d for the pur 0 pos e of rec ond itio nin g old , and buy ing new , life -sa vin g ree ls, so ma kin g our bea ch es saf er. Ga rdi ner had alr ead y bee n ass oci ate d wit h two oth r esc ues thi s yea r. er

OLD BOY SWIMMERS' SU CCESS. TW O HA RD Y DIS TA NC E LA DS . K. Sta unt on, wh o wa s at Sch ool in 1925-28, and C. Plu m tre e (1923-24) ma y jus tly b e cal led Tar ana pre mie r dis tan ce swi mm ers ki 's , as bet we en the m the y wo n all, the thr ee mo st imp ort ant lon g dis tan ce rac es in Tar ana ki dur ing the pas t sea son . Sta unt tur ned 17, sco red his sec ond on, wh o has onl y rec ent ly Fla nna gan Cu p win in this yea r's rac e, fro m scr atc h, put tin g up a wo nde rfu l for ma nce in ver y col d wa per ter tor s but one (Pl um tre e) had aft er all the oth er com petidro ppe d out . The pre vio us

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87 nig ht Sta unt on had wo n the pro vin cia l 880 yar ds cha mpio nsh ip aft er a din g-d ong tus sle wit h Ry an (Ha we ra) and on the stre ngt h of his , spl nom ina ted to com pet e in the end id per for ma nce s he wa s swu m in 路We llin gto n Ha rbo An net te Ke ller ma n Cu p rac e, ur dur ing the Ne w Zea lan cha mp ion shi p me etin g. To d the gre at dis app oin tme nt all inte res ted in swi mm in g of it und er the age lim it and thu wa s fou nd tha t he wa s jus t of the mo st pro mis ing you s ine ligi ble . Sta unt on is one ng swi mm ers see n in act ion th e pro vin ce for som e yea in rs. Cy ril P lum tree is the pre Tar ana ki cha mp ion shi p, and sen t hol der of the one mil e in thi s rac e gav e con vin cin pro of, if any we re nee ded g , of his abi lity . Ov er the few la ps h e and Sta unt on ~ast fou the old er lad get tin g the ver ght out a me mo rab le fim sh, dic t he Fla nna gan Cu p rac e Sta t by a nar row ma rgi n. In Plu mtr ee fini she d sec ond , unt on tur ned the tab les, but a ver se circ um sta nce s. In the fine per for ma ncE ' und er adtwo pre vio us yea rs he gai ned fas tes t tim e in this rac e. Plu mt ree has also bee n pro min ent in life -sa vin g wo rk, and wa s a me mb er of the Ta ran aki tea m wh ich eo m pet ed at W elli ngt on in the W illi am He Su rf Me mo rial Tro phy con nry tes t. Bo th Sta unt on and P lum tre e are me mb ers of the Fit zro y Su rf Clu b.

A SU RV EY ING COMMISS ION IN THE MA LA YA N JUNGLE. R. B. Ilo rne r, wh o is in Sin gap ore as As sist ant Sup int end ent of Rev enu e Sur vey s, kin dly sen ds us the erfollow ing int ere stin g acc oun t of sur vey wo rk in Ma lay a:As p1路om ised som e mo nth s ago , I sha ll now atte mp t to giv e som e ide a of a typ ica l jun gle for th e pur pos e of com mis sio n into the Malay an per for min g the ini tial wo rk in non nec tion wit h the ''op eni ng- up' ' of a lar ge are a for set tlem ent . 'l'h c are a abo ut w hic b I sha ll wri te is situ ate d alm ost exa ctly in the cen tre of th e Pen ins ula and close to bou nda ry bet we en the F ed era ted Sta tes of Ne gri Sem the bila n and Pah ang . 'l'h e wo rk ent rus ted to me con sist ed ma kin g a com pre hen siv e of sur vey of abo ut 80,000 acr es of vir gin jun gle lan d, tog eth er wit h app rox ima tely 20 mil es of new roa ds and the pl ann ing of all sub div isio ns, wa ter sup plie s, res erv es, etc ,

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Leav ing the head quar ters bung alow abou t 5 a.m. one Mon day morn ing, with in my Aust in 12 the "Coo k-bo y" and the more delic ate instr ume nts aboa rd, and followed by the 20 Mala y coolies in Ford buses, I proc eede d by a perf ect bitum en road thro ugh 28 mile s of typic al rubb er coun try, inter sper sed with Mala y rice fields and occasion al fruit '' Kam pong s. '' A~ the road 's exce pt "Ma ster " (!), load ed h1s pack , and end everyone, by 6.30 we had comm ence d the 14 mile "tre k" in an thro ugh the virg in fores t, mak ing for a easte rly direc tion poin ''in the blue ,'' to whic h ''Ma ster 's'' fore t somewhere wou ld be sure to lead ! Slig htly in adva nce ster' s compass two selec ted coolies (with ligh ter pack s), of me tram ped whose duty it was to cut any vines, etc., whic h migh t impe de good progress, and, believe me, the Mala ys can use their big-b laded kniv es. Abo ut 8 a.m., whil e cros sing a sligh tly swam p area, we disco vere d elep hant track s, whic h look ed quite fresh . Shor tly after ward s, with out any warn ing, a trem endo us snor t was hear d on our righ t, follo wing by a cras hing of unde rgro wth as the herd mad e off from whe re it had appa rentl y "tak en cove r" to watc h we intru ders . An exam inati on of the track s disclosed, as is usua l, one huge set of impr essio ns-o bvio usly the sign and seal of the bullelep hant lead er. Thes e are the fello ws of whic h one mus t bewa re especiall y if they are met singl y or if they are wou nded ! This part icula r beas t's track s mea sure d just over 15 inch es in eter, and the Mala ys said that he was not a very bigdiam chap ! A little later a youn g blac k bear scale yard s ahea d, and I had rath er a difficult d a tree a few ing the coolies that I did not wan t it fortime in pers uada pet- even if we did have tons of time to wait whil e they capt ured it. We push ed on thus in abou t three -mile stage s till abou t noon, when I cons idere d we had reac loca lity for a head quar ters camp. Imm hed the desir ed edia tely I set the willi ng coolies to work build ing my hut, close to a gurg ling, fern lined , icy cold strea m. Ever ythi ng used in build ing such huts form s part of the jung le-sa plin g floor, raise d abou t four feet from the grou nd, bamboo table s fl,nd stools, "a tap" or flat- leave d roof and walls, while all fixing, usua lly done with nails , is "rot an" (or thin, flexible vine s) at the jointmad e by tying s. The result MR. H. W ALSH E, Surve yor-G enera l.

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is a rema rkab ly stabl e and abso lutel y . weat her-p roof abod e. Some idea of the hand iness of the Jung le Mala ys may be gain ed when I say that my 12 x 10 hut, with vera ndah , the cook -boy 's "kit chen ," and their own long "Ko ngsi " were com plete d and in full occu patio n by 6.30 p.m. that same day. As I had had noth ing but a few biscu its since 4.30 a.m., dinn er at 7 p.m. was a rath er popu lar meal , '':"hile my camp bed seem ed the natu ral after math . At 6 a.m. next morn ing I set off with four coolies to a trig stati on seve n mile s nort h on the Paha ng boun dary , whil e the bala nce of the part y was split into two gang s. One 'vas to' clear a prom ising knol l I bad notic ed and poin ted out the prev ious day, whil e the othe r gang , unde r the man dor (or head -coo lie), was to set off for a poin t abou t nine mile s furth er east wher e there was a fores t reser ve boun dary and a form ed and surv eyed road , from whic h poin t I prop osed to comm ence my new road . Ther e is but little real unde rgro wth Mala yan jung le, whic h mak es it com parain the aver age tivel y easy to pene trate . The temp eratu re is quite low, and mosq uitoe s and the blood-sucking- leach es are not half is g-iven to unde rstan d . .'l'hus we aver aged as bad as one to three mile s per hour , whil e innu mera two and a-ha lf ble mon keys of all type s, jung le fowl s, para quee ts and an occa siona l smal l harm less snak e alwa ys mad e thing s inter estin g. No tiger s, how ever , cross ed our path at any time duri ng this expe dition, in spite of the rum our that they form ed rath er a larg e secti on of the com mun ity in these part s! I arriv ed back in camp abou t 3 p.m. after a successful day, and t he othe r parti es strag gled in at inter vals till abou t 5, all repo rting good .prog ress.

Nex t morn ing I comm ence d the actu al road engi neer ing surv ey. As it was the first time I had had nativ es on this type of work , it was with some misg iving s that I start ed them off after a lucid (I won der n wha t the proc edur e was to be. My doub desc ripti on of ts were grou ndless, how ever , for it did not take long to see that these jung le-br ed men were almo st unca nny in the way they sens ed obsta cles, gracl es and direc tions .

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Natu rally . there is an enor mou s amo unt ?f cutti ng out duri ng this engi neer ing surv ey, but the coohes. see_med unab le to lose their sense of direc tion or grad e mstm ct, and after a day or two I was perf ectly satis fello ws coul d be relie d upon to do the vang fied th~t th~se uard totl whtl e I carri ed out the instr ume ntal work and adde d the finer poin ts on curv es, grad e chan ges, strea m cross ings, etc. The long walk s back to camp abou t 1.30 d~ily were mad e much less tedio us by the Mala ys' song s, theu etern al jokes and soft tone d chat ter. All the way the neye r abse nt mon keys perf orme d seem ingly marv alwa ys, how ever, keep ing just out of stick ellou s anttc s, 's leng th. Then follo wed -in orde r- a. clip in my spec ially prepare d bath ing place , an alwa ys .very well appr ecia ted lunc h delic ately serv ed by my gema.l ancl ever busy. coo_kboy, a quie t smok e for half .an hour and then th,e mev ttable calcu latio n in prep a.rat wn for the next day s oper a-

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On all lonO' trips suc h as this my port able gram ophon e form ed ;art of the camp equi pme nt, and at these time s the daily proc edur e after lunc h wou ld be some what as follo ws :-4.3 0 p.m., the man dor wou ld appr oach , ~n tip toe, and at a favo urab le mom ent woul d murm ur (m Ma.lav of cour se) "Gre eting s, Mas ter, are the calc dations ' well ?" to whic h ol'di naril y the h eate d reply wou ld be ''Da mn you, Ahmecl! go to Hali fax; you' when l 've finish ed," at whic h frien d Ahm ll .soon see ed bm Abd ul Ghan i wou ld grin broa dly and strol l off to h ts men to reco unt the proc eedin gs. Perh aps by 5 p.m. the calc~l latio ns wou ld be finis hed and the Mala ys wou ld know thts by hear ing me call to the serv ant for tea and fruit . This was the long -awa ited sign al and alon g they. wou ld come in twos and three s (wit h poor attem pts to look unco ncern ed) and mak e them selve s com forta ble on . logs or ''ma ts'' in a. circl e roun d ''Ma ster 's'' open -atr office. \Vhy this quie t colle ction ? To view the Mas ter sipp~ng tea and guzz ling oran ges, or on the off-c hanc e of bem g tosse d a Caps tan? No fear- they had stom achs very full of their natu ral food and coul d not ''dig est'' my ci o·are ttes ! The mag ic word s were ''Bo y, brin g the gt:"am opho ne,'' and in a flash the ''box of talk '' and a shea f of "pin ggan hita m" (blac k plate s) woul d. appe ar. In respo nse to my quer y as to whic h they wou ld hke, t~ey wou ld shou t as one "Sem ua, semu a, 'fua n" (all, all, Sn·). 0

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ION 91 So the "bo y" wou ld get mov ing and the com pany wou ld sit appa rentl y spell boun d thro ugh Galli Curo i 's gems, ·"Hi t the Dec k" selec tions , orga n and choi r reco rding s, band selec tions , Bach a us' pian o mast eq>i McC orma ck, etc., till dark ness set in. Wha eces, John r eally thou ght of this mixt ure I cann ot t these Mala ys pret end to say, but that they fully appr ecia ted the bette r type of musi c was evid ence d by the fact that I often hear d them whis tling the most intri cate work s with an undo ubte dly fine sense of expr essio n and unde rstan ding . So we wen t on, clay after day -a solid seve n hour s' fi eld toil, thro ugh some time s half a doze n trop ical "sho wers" in the same num ber of llOur s, with smok es· or a "sna ck"; perh aps a halt out a spell for on a prom inen t poin t mere ly to hack dow n l1alf an acre of jung le in orde r to take an astro nom ical obse t'Yat ion; now an a poss ible quar ry site; agai n an inve stiga insp ectio n of tion of a prob able wate r supp ly, all form ing part of this inten sely inter estin g commi~~ion of delv ing into dark ness of the fores t to mak e poss ible the unkn own the econ omic al deve lopm ent of anot her area of pote ntial prod uctio n and weal th . Each area. surv eyed mea nt anot capi tal, f urth er poss ibilit ies fol' the milli her field for ons of Asia tic labour er~, with more inco me for the coun try and the exte ndin'g of the netw ork of truly exce llent road s on the Peni nsul a.

'fwo or three mon ths after I had com plete d the jung le work the titles were issue d and map s litho grap hed, and then the real meta morp hosi s bega n in earn est. On cmnpleti on of the title~ I had occa~ion to visit the area at inte'rvals. 'l'his gave me a good chan ce to see wha t was goin g on. Lite rally thou sand s of Chin ese labo urers and bush men swar med on to the area , erec ting their Kon gsi hous es and cutti ng t rack s here , there and ever ywh ere. A little later the cra~h of maje stic trees at very shor t inter vals, acco mpa nied by t he light er swis h of bamb oo clum ps, cacti and tree ferns , and the cont inual rapi d chop -cho p of the busl nnen 's long -han dled axes -all tend the impr essio n of an army at artill m·y prac ed to conv ey tice with in the jung le's deptl1s. ..With these Chin ese came Indi an road mak ing gang s resp lend ent in their birth day suits relie ved (as the fash ion book s say) with loin cloth s, chat terin g and

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singi ng durin g their appa rentl y endle ss day. Neve rtheless they very succe ssful ly back ed out road s and drain s, open ed up quarr ies, revel led in mud while exca vatin g for bridg e foun datio ns, and were perfe ctly happ y in the know ledge that, at the end of each mont h, an enorm ous amou nt rang ing from 30s to £2 woul d be their own. Tber e was yet anoth er type -the long, wiry Sikh s, with their bullo ck carts loade d with culv ert pipes , ceme nt, shing le, fenci ng mate rial, and in factroad spaw ls, nece ssary for the big open ing up job to carry every thing · on. The titles for this settle ment were issue d abou t the midd le of Octo ber, 1927, and a mont h ago I jomn eyed back there , not tram ping wet-f ooted and wear unkn own fores t, but spinn ing along the beau y throu gh tifull y surfaced roads , and peeri ng lazily over the appa rentl y endless brow n areas dotte d with green topp ed rubb er or oilpalm sapli ngs. Here we passe d a plan ter's b1,mgalow and estat e office on my r ecom mend ed site, there coolie hous es. Anot her mile or so on we cross a hest of ed the main chain I had locat ed, and a few chain s furth er were a few brick shop hous es gleam ing in their new white -was h, a neat Polic e Stati on, a Post Office, the inevi table moto r garag e and a few home ly bung alow s dotte d abou t the gentl e slope furth er back from the road. 1'his then was the villa ge reser ve at the road bran ching , trans form ed from my imag inati on to actua l fact, but it was diffic ult to visua lise the area then as it had appe ared 13 mont hs befor e, when all form ed part of the seem ingly impe netrabl e mass of trees and shrub bery . 'l'hus I went on throu gh the utter ly trans form ed local ity with a sign here, a veile d mem ory there to help enlig hten my bewi ldere d brain . An enth usias tic youn g plan ter from Oxfo rd and a volub le fores t officer enter taine d me in turn with iced beer, chees e and story , and I was not a little inter ested to find that the form er's tenni s cour t was made on the ident ical spot wher e my had been situa ted, while a smal l patch of standmain camp rmrro unde d my erstw hile bath ing hole, whic ing jung le h was now patro nised by the plan ter and other Euro pean s near at hand and whic h was gene rally know n as ''Jac k Horn er's Bath room !'' For one lucky enou gh to be place d in charg e of the such as I have attem pted to descr ibe, the domi nant Impr essio n must be one of the utter fasci natio n. ~ork

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PERSONAL NOTES. J. Wrig ht, who is atten ding Cant erbu ry Colle ge, has been awar ded the Senio r Univ ersit y Scho larsh ip in English. M. Bara k, ·who is now at Oxfo rd as 1926 Rhod es Scho lar, has gaine d a fello wshi p tenab le for two year s at Ame rican Univ ersiti es unde r the Com monw ealth Fund of New York . He will go to Princ eton Univ ersit y to study phys ical chem istry . 'l'wo Old Boys in Sing apor e are R. B. Horn er, assis tant supe rinte nden t, Reve nue Surv eys, and Dr. B. J ohns . 'l'hey often meet and talk over old Scho ol days . C. 0. Barn ett, who was at Scho ol in 1920 comp leted his surv eyor 's exam inati on and relin -22, has posit ion as assis tant city town -plan ner, Chri quish ed his stchu rch. He has gone to Briti sh Nort h Born eo as Gove rnme nt surveyo r on a sa lary of £880 with a four- year s' agree ment . He saile d on Janu ary 4. Dr. Denn y Brow n, who took his M.D. degr ee at Oxfo rd in Nove mber , has beco me hous e Natio nal Hosp ital, Quee n's Squa re, whic h phys ician at treat s disea ses of the nerve s. Capt ain L. G. Goss, of the Defe nce Depa rtme nt, left at the end of Octo ber last for Engl and, wher e he was to join the staff colle ge at Cam berley. N . W. Fook es is with the New Ze aland Loan and Mercanti le Agen cy, Taih ape. G. N. Robe rts is at the flyin g train ing schoo l, Salis bury , Engl and. L. W. L. Jille tt, form erly of the Daily New s litera ry staff, has been succe ssful in gaini ng his B.A. degre e. He is now with the Auck land Hera ld. A. Brod ie is also on the staff and recen tly passe d in prac tical journ alism for his diplo ma. L. B. Dinn iss, who has completed his barri ster' s examin ation , is now on the staff of Mess rs. Izard , \¥ eston , Castl es and Steve nson , vV ellin gton . L. A. Griffin, who has secu red his M.A. secon d class hono urs in Fren ch, is on the staff degre e with of the \¥ ellingt on College.

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A. Mov erley , who left in 1927, degr ee, has now obta ined his M.A . with gain ing his B.A. ours . He is at pres ent attac hed to the seco nd-c lass honstaff of the Musselboro ugh School, Dun edin . S. Alle man , who was rece ntly mar clown in Auc klan d. He cont inue s to ried , has settl ed achi eve succ ess in his wor k as an arch itect . M. Has sall is with the New Zeal and Farm ers' Co-op. Dist ribu ting Com pany at Feilcling. J. \V. Coat es is farm ing near Tau mar unui . 'l'he follo wing Old Boy s are stati oned at \Vai tara : L. Sole, D. Dow sett and R. Alle n (Ban k of New Zeal and ), C. Tate (Bor thwi ck and Sons ), vVr 1Joll (farm ing) . J. F. McD onal d and J. Stro nge are in the refe renc e 路 depa rtme nt of the New Zeal and Hera ld. \V'. A. Beck , since leav ing Scho ol, has been a mem ber of the Haw ke 's Bay XL, and was pick ed for the coun try team , but was not avai lable . He was chos en to r epre sent Wel ling ton in the New Zeal and athl etic cham pion ship s. He won the long jum p and hop, step and jum p in the Haw ke's Bay athl etic cham pion ship s. Owc n Da vies left for Eng land on Mar ch 13 to stud y for his opti cal exam inati ons. P. Pope is with New ton King , Ltd. the Ban k of New Zeal and at Inglewoo , and J. Ogle in cl. secr etari es of the Jnglewoocl Swim ming They are join t Club . S. Coo per is with the Loa n and Mer cant ile Agf' ncy at Eltb am; B. C. J. Peas e is assis ting on his fath er's farm at Elth am, and '1' . Sym e is with Elth am Mot ors. E. BeckbcHfiinger has take n over his fam ily's old business at vVa itara agai n. K. Stau nton has join ed the liter ary staff of the Tara - 路 JJaki Hera ld, whic h alre ady poss esse s four Old Boy sF. Kell y, H. C. New ell, G. Wel ls and B. Scan lan. F. 1\Iat thew s is farm ing near \Vav erley . Eric Cres swel l has join ed the staff of Lev in and Co. at vVa ngan ui.

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C. N. J ohns on is with the Pub lic 11\T orks Dep artm ent, Stra tfor d. J. \Var ner and F . Rea d are with Duff and \Vyn yard , acco unta nts, New Plym outh . E. Har man is on the staff of the Com merc ial Ban k at \Van ganu i. D . John s is with the Nati onal Ban k at New Plym outh . F. DaviR is at the Roy al Mili tary Coll ege, Sand hurs t, Eng land . W. D. Shal larcl is farm ing at Egm ont Vill age, and C. Stro nge is enga ged simi larly at Opu nake . D. \Vnr d is on the staff of the Ban k of New Zea land 11t Mat ama ta. M. \Yyb ourn e is in 11 hard war e stor e at 'l'e Aroh a. D. and K. Sutt on are shee p farm ing at Mok au, and so is D. Heth erin gton , at Hele nsvi lle. Amo ng Old Boy s wor king in Nevv Plym outh are: H. Mac kay, D. Jack son, A. E. Bell (Ban k of New Sou th Wal es), G. Duff , P. Grov er, Vv. Grif fiths (Uni on Ban k), D. Bud d and J. Ford (Ban k of New Zeal and ), 1\I. Nev ille (Com merc ial Ban k), S. Fook es (Nic holson, Ben nett and Kirk by, solic itors ), K. Fook es (N. B. Bell ant) , C. Gilm our (age nt Atla s Insu ranc ring er, acco unte), S. Blac k (L. H . J ohns on (mo tor distr ibut ors) , R. Grei ner ( Crok er and McC ormi ck, solic itors ), and T. Bell ring er (New Zeal and Insu ranc e).

Vv. E. Parr ot has left the Dail y New s and is now at 'Var sity, Chri stch urch . '\V. E. Alex ande r is teac hing at Chri stch urch Boy s' High School. S. And erso n is with S. R.V eitch , acco unta nt, IIaw era. L. Lov erid ge is at Can terb ury Coll play ing brig ht foot ball . He has been ege and iR still sele cted to repr esent the New Zeal and Univ ersit y v. Aus trali an Univ ersities in the FirR t 'l'est on June 1. D. f.lttendino路 Vict oria Coll eO'e, is a mem ber Mac kay, who is of the same team .

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H. M. Bro wn is at the Ba nk of Ne w So uth Wa Ing lew ood , and Ha ndl ey Bro wn is wit h Hy . Bro wn les , Co., tim ber me rch ant s, Ne and w Ply mo uth . J. Ga lbr ait h is tea chi ng at Ing lew ood . H. G. Ca lde r is tea chi ng at Gr am ma r School, Au cklan d. V. Ba rak is in the Ma in We llin gto n, doi ng geo log ica Hig hw ays Bo ard La bor ato ry, l and pet rol ogi cal wo rk und the sup erv isio n of Dr. Ma er rsh all. OLD BO YS IN WE LL IN GT ON . B. C. Be ll is an all-cla leg e thi s yea r. He is stu y stu den t at Vic tor ia Coldyi ng for B. Corn. Mr. W. F. C. Ba lha m is on the sta ff of the We llin Bo ys' College and is also the lec tur er in Fre nch at gto n Victor ia College.

R. Bra dsh aw is wit h vVilbe rfoss and Ha rde n, pub lic accoun tan ts in the city . R. Co ttie r is now wit h the Bri tish Ge ner al Ele ctr ic Co ., Ltd . C. Collins and C. Din nis Ba nk of Au str ali a, Ltd ., s are bot h in the Co mm erc ial and are pla yin g foo tba ll Ea stb our ne sen ior s thi s sea for son . L. Case is in Kir kca ldi e and Sta ins , Ltd . R. Cra ws haw has jus t bee n tra nsf err ed to Na tio nal Ba nk of Ne w Zea lan d, Ltd ., fro m Gis bor ne. the R. M. Do lby , M.Sc., is sey Ag ric ult ura l Colleg at pre sen t on the sta ff of Mase, aw ard ed the 1851 Ex hib itio bu t he has rec ent ly bee n gai nin g thi s dis tin ctio n he n Sch ola rsh ip in Science. In has add ed yet ano the r sch tic ach iev em ent to the rep olasuta tio n of the old School. E. J. Ins ull , the ene rge tic sec ret ary of the So uth Ta ran aki bra nch of the As in the ins pec tor 's office of soc iati on, is now wo rki ng th e Ba nk of Au stra las ia.

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E. La sh has now ret urn ed to We llin gto n. Wi th him he has bro ugh t a wif e, and we joi n in ~onve~ing to him our goo d wishes. At pre sen t he is wo rkm g w1th W. Wa llac e, che mis t. R. Mu rdo ch is in Da lge ty and Co., Ltd . W. E. Mo nk is on aud it wo rk for the Na tio nal Ban of Ne w Zea lan d, Ltd ., and spe nds mo st of his tim e out k; of tow n. W. Mc isa acs is wit h the Un ion Ste am shi p Co., Ltd . C. No ble is on the sta ff of Sco ts College at Mi ram ar. J. Pen ma n dis tin gui she the loca1 sw imm ing wo rld d him sel f aga in thi s sea~on in pla in div ing con tes t at the by gai nin g firs t pla ce m the Na tio nal Ch am pio nsh ips hel d at We llin gto n in Feb rua ry. H. Re ad is at pre sen t on the rel iev ing ~taff of th_e \V elli ngt on Ed uca tio n Bo ard . He wa s tea chm g at W aiwe tu Sch ool ear lie r in the yea r. J. Su tto n rec ent ly lef t wit h his fam ily upo n an exten ded tou r of En gla nd and the Co nti nen t. R. I. M. Su the rla nd is now wit h K. Sco tt-G and y and Co. as the ir leg al rep res ent ativ e. V. Sta ce has rec ent ly bee n tra nsf err ed int o the spe cto rs' De par tm ent of the Un ion Ba nk of Au str ~n足 ali a, Ltd . A. B. Sh aw is now on the sta ff of the Na tio nal B~nk of Ne w Zea ian d, Ltd . G. Sm ith has rec ent ly bee n app oin ted to the sta ff of the Kc lbu rn No rm al Sch ool. R. Sh aw is in the hea d offi ce of N.Z. Ra ilw ays . W. J. Mo unt joy is now on the tea chi ng sta ff of the Te ach ers ' Tra ini ng Col leg Vic tor ia College in deb ati e. At Ea ste r he represen~ed ng chu rch and wa s pla ced firs at the tou rna me nt at Ch rist t equ al as the bes t spe ake r. D. Ma cka y per for me d we at Va rsi tv bu t he had the ll in the int er- fac ult y spo rts mi sfo rtu ne to str ain a mu sho rtly p.rior to Ea. -ter , wh en he wa s to rep res ent scl e Victor ia College at the tou rna me nt.

SU BS CR IPT ION S The Bus ines s Ma nag er, Mr. Shr imp ton , wis hes to acknowledg-e the foll owi ng sub scri ptio ns rece ived sinc e last issue. If you r sub scri ptio n has bee n paid and you r nam e does not app ear, plea se not at onc e:-R . Wa rd, '28; A. Ave ify the Bus ines s Ma nag er ry, '28; E. Oldfiel d, '28; J. Wh ite, '24- '28; D. McC allu m, '28- '30; A. C. Foo kes , '29- '31; A. R. Loc ke, '28, '29; H. A. Gol ding , '28; C. W. Gre en, '28; D. Phi llip s, '29- '35; R. '26- '29; E .Hine, '29; D. Dow sett Ma rtin , '29; A. Has tie, , H. W . Ma rtin , '29; the V en. Arc '28, '29; R. Bui ck, '29; hde aco n Eva ns, '28, '29; E. P. Alle n, '29; G. L. Ew art, '29; J. Mm·ray , '29, '30; B. Wil son, '29- '35; W. Ald is, '29; A. Gibson, '29, '30; D. A. Doile, '28, '29; R. Eng lish , '28; S. R. Tai t, '28, '29; W. E. Par rott , '29, '30; R. Bra dsh aw, '29; M. Good, '29, '30; J . A. Lam b, '29- '31; S. Thy nne , '29, '30; J. McC aule y, '29; F V. Mo rine , '29; P. W. Nei ld, Pow ell, '29; M. Has sall , '29; N. '29; C. Bar row , '29; P. Foo kes , '29; G. S. Bay ly, '29; I. Mcl vor , '29; J . D. Wil lis, '28, '29. 'l'his list was mad e com '29; A. C. Ma cDi arm id, plet e up to May 7, J 929 .

CO NT EM PO RA RIE S We beg to ack now ledg e wit foll owi ng con tem por arie s sinc e h tha nks rece ipt of the last issu e :New Zea land .-A uck lan d Gra mm ar Sch ool Chr onic le, Kin g's Col legi an (Au ckla nd) , Chr istc hur ch B.H .S. Ma gazine (2), Col legi an (Wa nga nui Col lege ), St. And rew 's Col legi an (Ch rist chu rch ), Blu e and Wh ite (St. Pat rick 's College, We llin gto n), W aita kian ( Chr istc hur ch Tra inin g Col lege , N elso nian , Rec ord er ), Ma nuk a (Au ckla nd Tra inin g Col lege ), Sou thla ndi B.H .S.) , Ind ex (Wa nga nui Tec an, Sci ndi an (Na pier hnic al Col lege ), Can terbur y Agr icu ltur al Col lege Mag azin e, W elle sley College Rec ord er, Auc kla nd Gir ls' Gra mm W e ll~n gton Gir ls' Colleg·e Rep orte ar Sch ool Mag azin e, iste r; Pal mer ston ian, Wh ite and r, Chr ist's College Reg Blu e (Wa ima te H.S .), Hil l (Pu k eko he Tech. H.S .), Ota go . B.H .S. Mag azin e, N.G ~C . (Ne lson Gir ls' Col lege ).

CON TEM POR ARI ES

99 E:r{ glan d.-C lifto nian (3), Clif ton Col lege ); Me teor ( 4) (Ru ,.by ); Ous el (5), (Be dfo Ma{·lburi~n· (4), (Ma rlbo rou gh rd Gra mm ar Sch oo! ); Col leg e); Bh~ndelhan ·(Blund ell 's, Tiv erto n); Mil l Hil l School Ma gaz me ~3): (Re pto n ) · Dev onp ort H .S. Ma R ep t on1· an (9) gaz - , Lan cing · College (3) (F 1 t me, Ml).gazine ' ( 4) ; Fel sted1an , e s e d) ,· Ros sall ian ( 3) , ( Ros sall ) . Sco tlan d.-E din bur gh Aca dem y C~ronicle (3) ; Glas"'OW Aca dem y Chr onic le (3) ; Wa tsom an (Geor ge Wa t"' ' . Colle"'e Edi nbu ro·h ) · Fet an (Fe ttes Col lege, ~c~~burgh); 'Lorettoni~n '(4) , tesi (Lo rett o, Mu ssel bur gh) . Ireland.- W esle y Col lege Qua rter ly (Du blin ).

Wa les .-Sw rms ea Gra mm ar Sch ool Maga'Zine (2) . Can ada .- Col lege Tim es (Up 'l'or onto ); Blu e and Wh ite (Ki per Can ada College, ng Edw ard H .S., Van cou ver ). Aus tral ia.- Melbu rnia n (Ch mar Sch ool, Me lbo urn e); Clu tha urc h of E~g l ~n~~ Gram~ n (Cly de Gnl s Gra mm ar Sch ool) .

New Plymouth Boys' High School !ESTABLISHED 1882).

Fees (per term )Tuition Preparatory Board

£4, reducible to £3 10s. if paid within 30 days £4 10s. £4 £21, "£19

Weekly } Boarders

£ 18 1Os.

" £17

Dinner for Day Boys, £3 Music (including practice fee)-S enior s, £3 3s. juniors, £2 12s. 6d. Boxing, 10/Dancing (Winter term only) 15/-

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Gam es-U pper School, Lower School, Library Magazine Tennis

4/2/1/6 1/1/-

N.B. -ln cases of removal, six weeks' notice must be given to the Secretary, otherwise parents are liable for half a term's fee.

School Term sThe school year is divided. into three terms of thirtee n weeks each. The terms this year are as follows :First Term -Febr uary 5th to May 10th. Second Term -May 28th to August 23rd. Third T erm-S eptem ber 17th to December 20th.

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