1933 The Taranakian Vol. 22 No. 1 May

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

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"TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS

Agriculture Notes Benclall 1\Te morial

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Breaking-up Ceremony . Cadet Notes

1932

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Chapel Notes

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Contempor<1ries

80

Cri cket Notes

45

Editorial

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Examin<1tions, 1932

16

House Notes

40

Life-SaYing Notes

30

Old Bm路s' Section

57

Pr e parator~路

43

Notes

Orch estra Notes

31

Sah路ete

21

School N oies

39

Su bscriplious

81

Swimming Notes

24

Tenni s Notes

38

The Roll

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Valete

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TECHNICAL BRANCH: [ ESTABL.ISHED

1882.]

BOARD OF GOVERNORS H. R. BILLING, ESQ. (C!tnimznu .)

DR. E. F. FOOKES. ]. S. S . MEDLEY, ESQ .

J. S. Co~NETT, ESQ .

P. J. H. VlHITE, EsQ.

:\fiSS C. A. DoUGLAS L. A. NoLAX, I<.sQ. S. G. SMITH , ESQ. G. H . DoLBY, EsQ. G. S. CLARKE , ESQ.

Secretary and Treasurer : E. LASH , ESQ.

ENGINEERING :H. H. SKELT0::-1, A.I. Mech. E. (London), Reg. Eng. , N.Z. H. C. GAT LAND , Grad. I.E. E. (London). A.A.I.E.E. ('' C" Cert.) \ •VoOIJ\\'O I<K :D. i\IEXZIES. M. Coi l. H. (Hons.)

R. J. HOIII<ILL 1s t Cla ss Cert. (Final) Carpentry . and Joiner y, City (Fina l Ce rt. N .Z. T echnological Examiand Guilds. London . nation in Carpentry and Joinery).

PHEPAHATOII.Y DEPARBIENT: A. H. BLUNDELL. ScHOOL

~tnff: PHIXC IPAL: \V. H. MOVES. M.A .. B.Sc. DIRECTOR OF TECHXICAL EDUCATJOX : A. L. MO ORE, B.A. (I st C lass Honours and Sih·er Medallist , City and Guilds of London).

ASSISTANT MASTERS : G. F. BERTRA::>~n, (" C" Cert ..

B.A. Cert. in Latin and \V. DIPROSE , M.A. History) .

R. C. WILS0::-1 . M .A., R.Sc. G. BoTTR ILL, l\f..A., Dipl oma in Social Science.

W. G. \VTLKIE (B .A. Cert. in History and Economics.

City and Guilds Diploma in J. PAPPS, B.A. Electrical Engineering). \V. !. SHRIMPTON, M.A. E. KERR, M.A.

A. G . ]OHNS0:-.1, l\1 Se. A. C.

A. V.

J. J. J.

LEGGAT, M.A .

D. RouLST0::-1 (" B" Cert., B.A. Cert. in Latin. English , Hi story , Educat ion and Economics).

AGRICULTU!m: \V. Co::>~NELL, Cert. of Agriculture (Cant.), B ..<\'. Cer t. in Education and Economics (" C" Cer t.)

Co~!:IIERCIAL:

E. R. McKE0:-.1 (Pr ofess ional Accountant by Exam).

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EGGLETON , F.C.l. (Eng.) S.F.A.l.

TYPING AND SHORTHAND : G . H. WHITE. DRAWING: \V . F. TETT (1st Cl<!SS H oi10t1r s Diploma, Beckenham School of Art, Eng.)

CHAPI.AI::>~

: REv. R. FoRUHA)I CLARK.

M USIC: RESIIJEXT MUSIC i\I.-l.STER : ]. DoHSON, L.A.B., L.T .C.L. VISITI:-.iG: :\I1ss Do\\'LING , Victo r Harris Go ld Medalli s t (Violin , Viola and Cello).

MISS Ross, L...l..B. , L.T.C .L.

SCHOOL

INSTITU TIONS

(First Term, 路 1933.)

Corporal Dmmmer: J . Gibson.

Corporal Bugler: N. Elmes.

Orderly Room Corporal: J. Ryan.

Head Boy.-J. S. Hatherly.

School Prefects.-J. S. Hatherly, R. Simpson, R. S. V. Simpson, R. H. Finch, B . Meredith, D. I . Blackley, .W. Wright, A. Healy, W. Wilson, J. Fah路brother, J. Ulenberg. R. Smith, .B. D .

Mathews, J . A. Keeling.

House Prefects.-Sch ool House: R. S. V. Simpson (Head), R. H .

Finch, G. C. W eston , D. V. Hughson. Carrington House: J . S. Hatherly (Head ), D. B. Alien, J. Mercer, L. Hore.

Magazine Committee.-M r. Shrimpton (Chairman ); Ge n eral Editor, R. Smith; Sub- Editor, B. D. Mathews; Literary Editors, R. O'Reilly and J. Mercer; Sports Editors, L. Riley and A. L. Ewart; News Editor, G. C. Weston.

Cricket Committee.-M r. Bottrill (Chairman ), R. S. Simpson (Secretary ), B . Meredilh, T. La rkin , J. S. Hathery, M. Donnelly, E. Christensen, W . Wilson.

Football Conunittee.-M r. Papps (Chairman), R. S. Simpson (Secretary), B. Meredith, J. Keeling, D . I. Blackley, R. H. Finch, J. S . Hatherly, R. Simpson.

Library Committee.-M r. Tett (Chairman) , J. Hatherly (Secr etary), R. Finch, R . S. Simpson, G. C. Weston, D. V. Hughson, D. 0.

Steven , J . Phillips, H. J. Whittington, J . Mercer.

Boxing Committee-M r. Eg路gJeton (Chairman), J. Mercer (Secr et ary), Mr. L. Wallace (box ing instructor) , Mr. Kerr (weight lifting).

Shooting Committee.-M r. B ertrand (Chairman), D . I. Blackley, R. J. Corkill, R. H. Finch, R. S. Sirrl.pson.

Swimming Committee.-M r. Eggleton (Chairman), J. Ryan and J . S. Hatherly (joint secretaries) , R. S. V. Simpson, H. J. Whittington, L. Charters, J. Gibson , B. Meredith.

Tennis Committee.-M r. Johnson (Cha irman ) , J . A. Keeling (Secretary), I. Grant, A. L. Ewart, M. Donne lly, R. H. Finch.

SCHOOL CADET CONTINGENT .

Officer Commanding: Major V. E. Kerr.

Second ht Command: Captain J . Leggat.

Battalion Sergeant-Majo r: J. S. Hatherly.

A COMPANY. Officer in Command: Captain J. Leggat.

Second in Command: Lieut. W. I. Shrimpton.

Company Sergeant-Majo r: D. I. Blackley.

No. 1 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: G. C. Weston.

Section Commanders: R. o :Reilly, C. Turner, L. Hore.

No. 2 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: L. Bennett.

Section Commanders: J. Batten, 路 E. V. Warren.

No. 3 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: H. Whittington.

Section C.ommanders: A. Macintyre and M. Ekdahl.

No. 4 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: B. D . Matthews .

Section Commanders: P.

M~ston

and N . Water s .

B COMPANY. Officer in Command: Lieut. R. C. Wilson.

Second in Command: Lieut. J. D. Roulston.

Company Sergeant-Majo r : J. A. Keeling.

No. 5 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: R. H. Finch.

Section

Commander~:

A. Ewa rt, R. Nolan, J . Mail.

No. 6 PLATOON.

Platoon Sergeant: W. Wilson.

Section Commanders: C. Broad, I . Grant.

No. 7 PLATOON.

Battali1m Quartermaster -Sergeant: R. Simpson.

Platoon Sergeant: D. V. Hughson.

Battali(}n Baml Sergeant: E. J. Reed.

Section Commanders: J . Ulenberg, R. Cawthray.

No. 8 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: G . Keller.

Section Commanders: F . Wheeler, J . Ryan .

C COMPANY. Officer in Command: Lieut. E. R. McKeon.

Second in Command: Lieut. A. Blundell.

Company Sergeant-Majo r: R. S . V. Simpson.

No. 9 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: F. Parfitt.

Section Commanders: J . F a il路brother, H. Crawford .

No. 10 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: D. N. Allen.

Section Commanders: K. Dunn, I . B. Faris.

No. 11 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: M. Donnelly.

Section Commanders: R. Cm路ki!l, G. Armit, D. U . Steven.

No. 12 PLATOON. Platoon Sergeant: T. La rkin.

Section Commanders: E. Christensen, J. Conway.

D COMPANY. Officer in Command: Lieut. W. F. Tett.

Company Sergeant-Majo r: J . H ealy.

No. 13 PLATOON (Machine Gun).

Platoon Sergeant: B . Meredith.

Section Commanders: R. Smith, W . Wright, G. E ast, D. B. Allen.

No. 14 PLATOON (N.C.O.'s Training).

Platoon Sergeant: A. Brown.

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EDITO RIAL (,J. Mercer.)

URING the past few years thel'e has app eared, both. in• the newspapers and m other widel?-rea d publicatio ns, an incr easing nnmber of: aflYCl'SC criticisms of modern ?Outh .

While not wishing to question _cithrr • thr judgment or th (t abil\ --, '. ity of those who have "J." • , ..

"Titten them, we feel that much !ins 11 eeh sairl:'tipon one side and only very little on th e other.

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'rh e prrsent is certainly a time of. change.

Many rstnhlis i1C'fl ins1'itut ions have be en weighed ancl found want in g. 'rb e traditiona l currency system, hitherto unqu e.·tion cd, lias been ab an Cloned by nation after nation, with a rrsnlt not far distant from financial chaos; th~ thcor~· of nationalit ?, at its greatest in the Napoleoni c wnrs, has prov ed but a doubtful foundatio n for European p eace; while in Russia the capitalif.:tic order of society

EDITORIAL

10 ha. · been oyertltrown, ?-Del other nations are yet watching th e experiment. tn tbe midst of such tunn.o il there are bound to be lJUestions about Education. 1; our modern sy stem fitting tl1e boy of to-day to rule the empires of to-morrow! Many people say t hat it is not- that it is failing, and that th e product of the schools to-day is inferior to that of one or two generations ago.

What, then, are the cl1ief difference.· between our schoolboys and those of the last decade-? First of all, tlte modem boy Las more freedom. Older people arc apt to look askance at youth doing things they themselves wished to do in youth, but which were forbidden by convention .

Is it suggested that segregation into semimonastic institutions is the best training for tlte lmrlylm d,v of modern commercial life, that the following of another's instructions is the best training for quick decision in a crisis·/ 'I'he liberty of the schoolboy means tlJat he i. · now called upon to mak.e a decision for himself much more often than formerly. One of the greatest developments of modern life is the tremendous increa::;e in competition. Improved mean::; of transportati on have made the world one market, and competition is no long er local, Lut world-wide. In a world "·here eac h man ha::; to fight for l1im::;elf it would seem well to let him think for himself as soon as possible.

Our detractors also say we are irresponsibl e, that we cl on 't or won't take our share in the troubles of the times. l•'rorn our knowledge we do not t hink thi::; is so. Vve grant that tlte interests of to-clay are more varied, t lwt t.N.c out::;ide attri'lctiom; of our modern civili::;ation threaten to destroy the traditional "borne circle," and t hat the opportunitie s for outside interests are far g r eater than •ver before, but all this signifies only that the world'::; h01·izon haR expanded. The boy of to-clay ought to ha vc-and ind eed has-a knowledge of world condition:; and problem::; impos::;ible to his father or his g rand-

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11 father. And may it not be tb at, with his wider viewpoint, t h e boy realise::; that t h e idols of hi::; parents are often mere trivialities, and that what is termed irresponsibility is merely a 'relegation of these things to their proper place~ Yet anot her accusation i.· that youth is unwilling to do hard work. We contest this statement and submit, fir::;tly, t hat all labom-cleri c<tl, intellectual, or manualis work, and that, allowing this definition, youth is as willing to work a::; ever; secondly, that the opportt1nitie s for lwrcl, physical work do not exist · to-day as they did fifty yea r::; ago; thirdly, that manual labour is becoming lcssimporta nt all the time. Older people insist on looking at production from the point of view of their own youth, but the present is essentially the age of the machine, and very few operations r emain which cannot be p erformed more efficiently by a man with a machine than by man alone.

And ar e we greatly fall en from their stam1urd in other things .

Is the man who fli es an aeroplane, or controls a roaring motor at terrific speeds, the inferior of the cycling dandy of the last century; the boy who keeps himself on an almo:;t non-existen t wage while he learn::; his trade worse tl1an the well-fed fa rmer's lad of fifty years ago, 6r the schoolboy who designs and make::; a wireless set less intelligent than the boy who made opossum traps at the same age I Can a generation which a poet of its own t ime classed as ''Idle-exce pt for its boasting,'' justly criticise our 011·n 1 Are the men whose generation was responsible for the Great Vvar, and \rlio have since brought about the wor:;t economic tangle in all history, entitled to find fault with t heir ::;ucces::;ors 1 It seems that our fathers are carrying on the tradit ion of criticising ns in the way their fathers criticised them. No generation ever h as been, or ever will be,. quite satisfied with the generation that comes after, for it is a failing of each particular d ecade to forget that, though it stands still, the world at large moves on.

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THE BREAKIN G-UP CEREMO NY (L. W. Riley .)

The Assembly Hall was crowded in the customary manner at the Annual Breaking-up Ceremony on Dece~颅 ber 15, 1932. With the Principal, Mr. M~yes, on the sta;se, were the Mayor, Mr. H. V. S. Griffiths, and Mrs. Gnffiths, Mr. H. R. Billing, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and Mrs. Billing, Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., and members of the staff.

CHAIRMA N'S ADDRESS. . _In a speech de~ling with a statement made by the Mm1st~r of Edu?atwn, that education should be given an agr~cultural bras, Mr. Billing stated that it vvas rather the policy of the Board to give education ''an a"'ricultural bal~nce ~r equilibrium .'' He mentioned l10w well equwped rs t!re School fo_r the instruction of any professiOn, particularly agnculture. This latter course h~d been mad_e possible through the generosity of wellwrshers, enablmg first-class material to be purchased.

PRINCIPA L'S REPORT. Mr. Moyes, in presenting his report, mentioned the fact that, except for the departure of Mr. J. Wright, the staff remained unaltered.

The roll stood at 506, of whom 110 were boarC!ers. 'l'he successes ga ined in the annual examination s were as follows:Second section of B.A. Degree.-D. A. Smith.

First section of B.A. Degree.-C. T. Cave and P. Molloy.

First section oi L.L.B. Degree.-E. W. Henderson.

Accountant 's Profession al.-I. Lawrence, M. Hicks, R_. Rogers, J. G. Elmes, J. H. Birch, K. A. Hamilton, R. Srmpson, T. D. Webflter and J. West.

Taranaki Scholarship s.-E. R. Dearnley, L. S. Watt and R. S. J ones.

St. John's Scholarship .-C. T. Cave.

Knox College Scholarship .-H. D. Law.

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CEREMONY

13 'l'wenty-five boys gained Higher Leaving Certificates, 48 passed Matriculatio n and allied examination s, and eight gained partial passes in the Accountant 's Preliminary examination . No examination s were held for the award of Junior and Senior National Scholarship s.

Eight boys passed Victoria College Terms and were thus able to sit for a section of the degree. Nine candidates sat for the Accountanc y Professiona l.

With regard to football the First Fifteen had played St. Patrick 's College, W anganui College, Hamilton High School, Auckland Grammar School, and 'l'e Ante College. 'l'hc :F'irst E leven had to abandon the matches with Nelson College and Wanganui College through rain.

Birch, Ch ristensen and Donnelly had represented 'l'aranaki. 'l'he cricket standard for the season was very high . 'l'he School was congratulat ed by Mr. Bamford for wmmng his shield, donated for the secondary school in New Zealand gaining the highest number of LifeSaving Awards. S. Miller and \V. Wright were congratulated for gaining first and third places respectively in the Flannagan Cup race.

The average score of the School in shooting for the Imperial Challenge Shield was 84, which was very satisfactory . 'l'he standard of the cadet battalion had been well maintained under Mr. Kerr.

The thanks of the School were due to Mr. Fordham Cla rke, the School chaplain, and Mr. Renaud, who acted as organist. 路 Mr. Moyes mentioned the work clone and facilities provided at the School farm. The course in agriculture "路as a Yery fine one.

ITe called on the boys to remember what bad been doue for t hem by their country, and if pos:;ible to repay tbe intere:;t expended on the School by assuming in after life some responsibili ty calculated to benefit the community.

MR. MOO RE'S REPORT. 'l'he Technical Director, Mr. A. L. Moore, stated that tl1e numbers in the vocational forms totalled 155.

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THE

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N. J. Coop er, L. F . Croker, A. P . Healy and C. 'r.

Ryan passe d in Gr ade 1 of the City and Guilds of London examinati on. · In th e internal school's examinati on C. T. Ryan and L. F. Croker bad qualifi ed for a full three y ears' course in engineering. _Mr. ~~oor e stressed th e importan ce, eYen if it entailed stnct economy, of sending a boy to school.

MAYOR 'S ADDRES S. Mr. Griffiths presented the Bamford Shield to L . S.

~att. and con gratulated th e School on its achievement of

wmmng it. H e also con gratulated th e School on th e gen eral pro gr ess made throughou t the y ear.

MR. SMI'rH'S ADDRESS .

Mr. Sm! t h stressed the importanc e of an agricultur al course, bopm g that more boys would g o on th e land.

H e app ealed to th e boys to do th eir duty to th eir Empire.

1'HE PRIZE DISTRIB UTION. . . Th e School prizes w er e distribut ed by Mrs. H . R. Billmg- and th e sports prizes b? Mrs. Griffi1h s. Th e School pri7-e li st was as follows:- · PREPARA TORY SCHOOL. Form Ib.-R. St ead.

Form Ia.- J. Murray.

Form llb.- F. N. 1'homson.

Form IIa.- M. J . Fraser .

UPPER SCHOOL. F01:m IIIe.- N. C. P elham, flrst in form ,· D. S. Cl ] second m form. ar ' • Form IIIcl.- S ..w . Luscombe, fln;t in Agricultu re ; A . Sco~t, second m Agricultu re ; B. C. Sampson first m Industrial . '

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Form III?.-R. C. Cron e, first in fo r m, fir8t in Languages,. first m Ma t h ematics and Scien ce ; N. Hatwell, second m form ; C. H. W allace, third in form.

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Form Illb.-J. Gifford, fir st in form ; F. G. Ransom, fir st in Engineeri ng Section.

Form Illa.- L. M. Papps, fir st in form; first in J.Jangna ges, fir st in Math ematics and Science; D. A. ::'11cGah e~·, sec ond in form ; L . C . •Jarm en, third in form.

Form lVd. -R. J. Urry, first in Commerci al; M. G. uncas, first in En giner ring.

Form TV c.- II. II. Francis, first in form; 1'. R. Ryan, sec ond in form; C. T. Allen, thircl in form.

F orm IVb .- D. L. Micldleton , first in form; M. J .

L vn ch second in form; A. N ash, fir st in Industrial ; A, R. \Vilk s, fit· st in Agricultu re.

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F orm TVa .- A . F . Cunnin g-ham , first in form (presented by 1\fr. C. C. (' ay e) ; G. H. Terry, seconcl jn form; ~1. 0. Ekdahl, third in form.

Form Vd .- W. I. Matt1J ews, first in Agri cultural Sect ion ; II. B. ~ olan, first i11 Pt·acti cal Agri cu~tnrc; C. ~· H~· an, first in Eng ;n cc ring Se<: tion; F. G. Sm1th, first m Comm ercial Section.

F orm V c.- R . II. h Gocl clin, first in form; L. Riley , second in f orm ; h 'l'h erklcson, fiest in Langna ges and, Literature .

Form Vb.- G. lJ. W[ancleno (prrsent ed by Mr ..R. H. Oeorg e), fir >;t in form , fir >;t in 1\fnth cma.tics ancl Sc1en cc ; h M~ EYnn s, sec oncl. in form ; A. 1'. Brown, first in Lang·uag- es a.ncl Lit rrature.

Form Va.- J . I-L Conway (presented by Mr. G. l<'!'a ser ) , fi I'St in form, first in Lang.nage s, second ~n ~fath cma tics ancl Scien ce; R. S. V. S1mpso~, s~concl m f orm, thircl in L anguagcc; ; vV. R. Geclcl es,. thncl m for~n, seroncl in Lan gna;z es; IC. C. Billing, first m Matb emab c-: and Scien ce.

Form VT.- .T. A. K eeling, first in lmv er six~h (prrsentecl. b~· J\fr. n. Sym e) ; .T. Fairbroth cr, second m form .

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E XAM I NATIONS , 1932 EXAMI~ATIONS,

SPECIA L PRIZES .

Drawi1~g Prize~:;.-Senior: It W. D. Renton . Junior : D . B. Menzies.

_Daily New~; E~:;~:;ay Prizes.- Senior: B . D. Mathcw~:; .

J umor fir~:;t: G. H . 'l'eny. J nnior ~:;econcl: G. McKee. , Certificat e~; in Enginee ring (three-ye ar coun;e) .-C. I. Ryan, fir~:;t cla~:;~:; ; L. Croker, ~:;econd cla~:;~:;.

White Memoria l Prize.-E . R. Deamley .

Benclall Memoria l Prize.-1 . N. Menzies. , ~1usic Prize~; (presente d by Mr. ll. Collier) .-G. C. H . St. Paul, C. J. Nodder.

Junior Debating Cup Moss) .-I. H. Duff.

(pre~:;ented by Mr. L . l\1.

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Senior Debating Cup (pre~:;ented by the \Vellinot on branch of the Old Boyi:l' .A:,;:sociation) .-'1'. U. Larki; H ead Boy'~:; Pr ize (cup pre::;ented by Mri:i. H. Brookman and books by Mr. M. E. IIaydon) .- J . H. Birch. ., General Exce~lence Cup (pr esented by Dr. E. F. Ij ooke~:;).-J. H. Bir ch. ·

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'1\iranak i Scholars hip.-E. R. Dearnley .

Accounta nt::;' Professi onal.-R. M. Rogers ('l 'rustee Law and E conomic::; ); J. G. E lme::; (Compan y Law and Me rcantile Law II.); R. Simpson (Compan y Law and Mercant ile Law II.) ; J. J. Ulenber g (Bankru ptcy and Mercant ile Law I.) ; R. H. Finch (Bankru ptcy and Mercantil e Litw L ) ; L. W. Ho:skin (Bankru ptcy and Mercantile Law l. ) .

Account ant:;' plctccl).

Prelimin ary.-L.

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IIigber Leav ing Certifica tes.- D. N. .Allen, R. B. .Anc1rew, B. H. Barnitt, A. K . Catl·an, E . R. D earnley, G. L . East, R. C. Evani:i, A. L. Ewart, J . Pairbrot ber, J. S. Hatberly , D. V. · Hugh~:;on , D. N. Hull, J. A. Keeling, G. P. K eller, A. h Lomas, J. V•l . l\Iail, B. D. l\Iathews , I. N. M:enz ies, D . J . S. Millar, R . N. O 'Reilly, II. l\'I. Purser, E. J. Heed , R. i::l. Rowe, R. S. Smit h, G. C. H . St. Paul, C. A . 'l'mner, E. V. Warren, D. R Watt, L. S. Watt, G C. Wc~:;ton, W. Wrigh t .

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Mat riculatio n (P indicates that candidat e passed entrance examina tion only, M m edical prelimin ary, and E en gin eering pr eliminar y) .-D. B. Alien (P), K. C. Bill ing (M), D. l . Blackley (M), D. G. Bra::;h (M), A. Brown (P), J . H. Conway (M), J. C. W. Davies (P), L. M. E,·an::; (P), 1. B. Fari~:; (M), W . R. Geddes (M), R. H. L. Godclin (P), H . S. Green (M), G. M. IIayton (M), C. G. W. Hcnder::;on (P), D . V . Hughson (E), D. F . Jones (P), G. P . Kell er (E), J. H. Kerr (P), 'l'. C. Larkin (M), D . A. :J1:acGill (P), G. L. Mandeno (E) , D. J. S. Millar (E), J. M . Phillips (P), N. J. Pricbarc l (P), C. W . Putt (l\1), L . W. Riley (P), S. P. Sb een (P), R. S. V. Simp::;on (M), RE. So le (l\1), D. U. Steven (P), L. G. 'l'herkles on (P ), K . P. Walk er (M) .

. LL.B. (~irs.t Secti~n) .- W. W. P. Wibon (English , Latm,. Co?stltut 10nal H1story) ; R. 0 'Rei lly (English and Constitnt JOna l History) .

Bmsarie s.-D. N. Allen, B. ll. Barnitt, J. Pairbrother, J. A. Keeling, W. Wright.

D ux Prize (c up prei:lented by Mr::;. Bnick ) .-E . R. D earn 1cy.

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EXAM INATIO NS, 1932 '~'lie .followin g are t h e re~:;ult~:; of la:;t year's annu a l exammat 10ns : . B.A.

(Fir:st

Section ).-J.

S.

Hathedy

(Eno·li sh

~atm, F~ench, lii:;tory) ;. B. D. Mathew~:; (Engli:,;h, Hi~t~r; ~ne~ Latm); J. N . M:enzlei:i (Pr ench and Eng1i:,;h ) ; R. S

1::3mtth (Prench and English) .

B.Sc. (Fir~:;t Section) .-A. W . Holland (Mathem atics and Applied Mathema tics).

Proficien cy.-l\1:. Prazer, D. Law, P. Nilsson, J. W. Sloman.

Compet cncy.-C . 1~ . Cooper, N. Lightban cl.

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THE ROLL. Th e School roll this year stands at 481. plete list is ns foll ows :FORM VI. A. Allen, D. B.*·i· Allen, D. N. Barnitt, B. H. Billing, K. C. Blackley, D. I:l Brash, D. G. Brown, A. T. Conway, J . H. Davies, J. C. W. Dearnley, E. R." East, G . L. E wart, A. L. Fairbrother, J. t F a ris, I. B.* Geddes, W. R. Ha therly, J . S."t Hug·hson, D. V. *t Hull, D. N. K eeling, J. A. t Keller, G . P. La rkin, T . C. Ma thews, B. D. t Mail , J . W. Mercer, J. H."t Ma cGill, D. A. O'R eilly, R. N. Phlllips, J. M." Riley, L. W. R eed, E. J. Smith, R. S.t Simpson, R. S. V."t Sole, R. E. Steven, D . U.• Tunnycliffe, J. A. Turner, C. A. Wa rren, E. V. Weston, G. C."j Wilson, W. W. P. t Wright, W. t FORM VI. B. Broa d , C. W. Cooper, R. C. Finch, R. H."t Goddin, R. H. L. H a yton, G . M. Putt, C. W. S impson, R. t

Therkleson, L. G .

Ulenber g, J. J. N. t FORM VI. C. Bennett, L . W. Bennett, L. R. Birmingh;a m, P. Ca wthray, R. E .

Christensen, E. L. Croker, L. T. Hunter , B .

Hea ly, A. P:;· Meredit h , E . B .t Ryan , C. T. J .

SENIOR AGRICULTURE. Boulton, C . S. Budd, K. H .

Burrows, J. D. Cha rters, L. R. Chivers, J . G. Dunlop, F. A. Hender son, J . G. Hor e, L. B:l Johnstone , K . V. Lowe, J . L. Math eson, F . D. Nolan, H . B. Roulston, D. J .

Sa unders, N. B .

Smith, A. A. Tapp, H. G .

Thomson, D . P. Veale, V. P .

Willcox, J . P .

FORM V. A. Aldous, P. E. Armstrong, M. A. S .

Auld, I. D. Austin, J . J .

Blundell, J . C. Ca rron, V. L .* Cork ill, R. J .

Cunningham, A. F. Da vies, I. W .

Da vis, T . F .

Th e com-

Des Forges, A. N .

Dill, B. R. * Donnelly, M . P .• Duff, T . H .

Eddleston, L. Ekdahl, M. 0 .''

Fairbrother, G . E. Grant, I. C .* Hodder , A. W . G .

Lepine, D . J .* McKee, G . D. Ma tthews, R. R .

Mayer , S. C. D .

Menzies, D. B. Morris, E. A.* P a trick, J. A. P earson, L. G . A. Price, S . H .

Smaill, R. J .

S t even, J. * Squire, W. D .

Terry, G. H. Wa lt on, J . D. l<'ORM V. B .

Armit, G . N. Ba tten , J. L .* Bethell, J. N. Bloxam, J . R. • Bridger, E. W. Bullot, F. R. Crawford, H . H. Dunn, K . N. F enton, T. F .

Ferry, E . H .

Gibson, J. A. * G!lmer, M. J. Harkness, B. M. Hobday, S. W. * Hull, D . A. Johnston, A. K eller, A. A. Lynch, M . J .

Mawson, R . E. Meiklejohn, I . P. Meston, P. Middleton, D. L. Mcint yre, A. G .* Nodder, C. J. P a rfitt, F . T .

Parkes, H . K. '' Prichard, D . L. • Roberts, K .

Robinson, F. Rogers, T. S .

Rowlands , I. W .

Wa lsh, J . A. E .

Willis, B . G. Winter, D . J .

FORM V. C. Alien, C. T. Ba rnitt, H. F .

Brash , E . R. Bullen , D. F .

Clegg, N . D .

Conway, B . E. ,Craig, B. G. * Eva ns, W . 0.* F enton , P. R. Francis, H. H .

G a mlin, F . E. Ha lpin, F. J. Ha wkins, P . G .

Hopkins, H. G. Hoskin, B. L. J asper, J . W. J ohnston , R. B .* K ing, S. M. La n gdon, W . * Lawrence, A. J .

Ma rsden, L. Ma rtin, B . B. Newing, R. B. Potts, I . G. G. '' Rundle, A. G .* Rya n , J. M. Ryan, T. R. Sykes, I. M. Stra nger, J . P.* Ulenberg, F . P .

Ulenberg, M. J .

Waters, N . C. Webster, J . D. Wheeler, F . R. Whittington , H. J:'·l FORM V. D. Alla n , A. B .

Bayly, J. · Birdling, L. M. Bullot, A. R. Collins, H. E .

Elmes, N . A.

ROLL

Emett, L . M. Gorringe, E. W. Gra nt, N. J. Hodder, I. T .

Inch, I. R. Lucas, M. G. McClelland, V. E. McKeown , A. L. Ma ckenzie, G . W .

Milne, W. B. Moon, T. N .

Morgan, A. R. Smith, H. W. * Standring, A. D .

Steptoe, J . 0 .

Urry, R. J .

W a tson, L. R. Wood, W. J .

FORM IV. A. Buckenham, R. L • Clark, P . A. Drake, G . E. Eggleton, L. F. Falk, B . G. Fitzpatrick, D . V. * Garcia, J. Goodwin, R. R. Gl'een, R. le F. Henry, L. M. Hunter , M. J. Hutton, N . F. Jarman, L . C. Jones, L. D. Law, D. N. * Ma tthews, D. V. McGahey, D. A. Millar, I. G .

Oldridg·e, C. B. W .

Papps, L. M .

Purser, D . R. Rawson, G. E. Smith, H . A. Stead, H. C. Steptoe, S. C. St. George, S . S .

Va le, F . G. Whitfield, F. R. FORM IV. B .

Anderson, Anstis, E. Arnold, R. B a dley, R.

K. P. F. R. J.

19 Baird, S . I. Bent, E. L. Berry, J . W .

Bewley, J . D .

Bla.ir, R. A. D a ly, N. Davidson, F . N. • Gifford, J. Goldsbury, S. Hall, V. S . S .''

Jury, F. T. Keller, H . J, King, R. F. Luscombe, S. W. Mart, W. G .

McDonald, L. W .

Metcalf, A. G. Newma n, R . J. Nilsson, P . M. '' Potter, R. A. Pullen, C. G. Rowe, W. J. * Ryan, A. H . J .

Ryan, L. T. S a mpson, B . C. Sarten, A. M. S .

Scott, K. A. Sprosen , C. H .

Stone, R . L. Todd, E. L. Wolfe, S . B. FORM IV. C. Allen , C . P .

Alley, H. F .

Badley, C.'' Berge, G . R. Burgess, A. M .

Casey, J . C. Clela nd, B. W. Cook, W. R. Cooper, C . -F .

Crone, R. C. Dra ke, W. J .

Fenwick, T . C. R. * Fluker, D. Grace, C. J . G .

Gray, W. J. • Ha1man, L. W .

Herlihy, W . J .

Huggard, L. M .

Kershaw, H . T. • Kettle, B. Lobb, B . W. Mace, D.

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20 Maclean, R. H. Payne, K. A. Power, P. J . A. Powell, P. J. Richardson, G. Shaw, K. J. Smith, L. E. Voight, L. A. Wallace, C. H. FORM IV. D. Asquith, R. D. Bate, H. G.* Brinsley, R. S .

Burkitt, D . L. Clarke, S. D. Cockburn, F. L. Doughty, R. F. Dryden, A. E. Evans, M. G.* Hatwell, N. Hodges, K. J. * Holden, S. J. Irvine, J. McKay, P. Magnusson, D. F .

Parli, J. A. Penman, R. C. Pelham, N. C. Pepperell, L. G. Ransom, F. G. Smith, D. H .

Steffensen, E. J .

Thomas, B. H.* Ward, D . R. Wood, J. L.

ROLL

Hoskin, E . A. Huggett, D. F .

Hurle, B. J. Mackenzie, H. R. Mander, B. L. Martin, K. A. Maxwell, J . H. McDonald, D . B. Mohi, C. * Moran, F. D .* Moss, H. D. Moss, A. J .

Parry, A. G. Pearson, J . H. Phillips, G . S.'' Shaw, D. W , Silby, M. Soundy, R. A. Walbran, I. H. Weston, W. J. FORM Ill. B.

Adamson, G. W. Bernsten, N. B. Bond, J. E. Broughton, J . M. Bullin, I. T. Colman, L. G. Cawthray, F. A. Conway, J. R. Corrigal, J . D .

Curry, R. G .* Deighton, J. L. Elliott, J. V. Fenton, F. A. Floyd, H. A. Francis, T . R. George , J . E. FORM Ill. A. Grounds, M. Aburn, J. H. Gulliver, J. A. V. * Baird, H . V. Harris, E. G. Bransgrove, R. T. Heatley, D . A. Challis, J. F. Hosie, W. D. Chatfield, N. S.* Hutchinson, P. S.* Downey, T . H. Jillett, G. G. Early, C. W. Johnston, L. L. Edgecombe, C. J. J'ohnstone, J. W. Edwards, H .

Joll, J .

Evers-Swindell, F. H. Kilmell, G. T. * Fraser, M. La wn, F. J .

Freeman, R. Loveridge, I . M. Gatland, J. W. Mallon, W .

Hagen, N. May, W. W. Hayton, A. C. McBride, P. S.* Hoffman, A. A. Morey, R. A.

Pickering, W. T. Rae, K. R. ·B. Simpson, J . B. Sisson, A. C. Steptoe, R . D .

Tamati, M. P. FORM Ill. C. Anderson, E. L. Bowen, G. s.

Brown, F . N. Clarke, D . G. Clarke, J. S. Coe, H. J. Crone, T . M. Crompton, G . E '' Hann, S. G. • Hartley, R. H. Hawkins, D. H. G. Heald, K. F.'' Hellier, c. D. Henderson, G. W. Huggett, B. N. Hunger, C. S.* Lovell, V. R. McE!roy, W. D. I. Mills, R. G. Moorhead, V. D. Nicholls, S. W. -D. O'Reilly, B. Proffit, D. W. Scott, R .* Smith, E. C. Squire, A. T. Taylor, C. G. Trask, A. B. Warren, A. L. Watkins, D . A. Way, S . W. White, N. E. Whitham, R. A. Wicksteed, B. M.* Woolley, P.* Whittington, C. N.* FORM Ill. D .

Andersen. I. A. Angus, D. R. Arthur, R. M. Balsom, E. o.

Bell, R. w.• Biddle, P. F. Brown, R . R. Bruce, R. E.

Cursons, J. V. Dutton, R. L. Fleming, M. J. Gardiner, L.- H. C. Gredig, P . R. Hawker, C. F .

Heppell, J. 0.

Hall, M. M.''' Hill, C. R. Jupp, N. F .

Kay, E. MeA.* Lawrence, T. E. * Lovell, R. N. Lunn, D. V. Maclean, A. R. Managh, D. R. *

McEwen, S . T. Prentice, D. J .

Rosser, K. F. Sampson, N. T .

Short, W. D .

Snell, G. M. • SWl.ire, E. A. Steffensen, R. Swap, D. N.'' Watson , C. H .

21 Thomson, F. Youngs, G.* FORM 11. B. Mack, J. Murray, J .

Parkes, R .* Porter, R .* Silnpkiss, J. Woodward, J.

FORM I. A. · Stead, R. FORM II. A. Arthur, J. FORM I. B. Arthur, N. Richards, D. Somerton, T. • " Indicates Boarder. t Indicates Prefect.

PREPARATORY.

SALVETE. Th C' following bo?s entered the School this year:Abnrn, .J. H. (TTia) ; Adamson, G. W. (Illb ) ; Anclcrson, E . L. (THe); Angus, D. R (Hid); Anderson, I. A. (Hid);· Baircl, I-I. V. (Ilia); Bransgrove, R. T. (Ilia); Bernsten, N. B. (IIIb ); Bond, ,J. E. (IIIb); Broughton, J. M. (IIIb); Bowen, G. S. (Hi e); Brown, F. N . (IIIc); Balsom, E. 0. ( [IJcl ); Bell, R. W. (IIIcl); Biddle, P. F . (Ill d); Brown, R. R. (Hid); Bruce, R. E. (IIId); Budcl, K. H. (Snr. Ag.); Bloxam, J. R.•:) (Vb); Coope r, R. C. (Vb); Craig, B. G:::· (V c); Challi s, J . F. (IIIa); Chatfielcl, N. s.~, (TUa); Calman, L. G. (IIIb); Cawtbray, F. A. (IIIb); C:onway, J. R. (IIIb) ; Corriga n, J. D. (Illb) ; Curry, R. , G:::· (TUb ); Clarke, D. G. (IIIc); Clark e, J. S . (Hie); Coc, H. J. (IIIc); Crone, 'r. M. (IIIc); Crompton, G. E.>::· (Hie); Cm sons, J. V. (IIIcl); Downey, T. H . (TIIa ); Deigbton, .J. L. (IIIb ); Dutton, R. L. (ITid); Evans, M. G:::· (IVcl); Early, C. W . (Ilia); Edgecombe, C. J. (Ilia); Edwards, II. (Ilia) ; Evers-Swindell, F. H. (Ilia ) ; Elliot, J. V. (IIIb); Freeman, R. (Ilia); Fenton, F. A. (TUb ); Flo~r d, H. A. (TTib); Francis, 'l'. R. (IIIb ); Fleming, M. J. ( fiicl ); Gatland, J. W. (Ilia); George, J. E. (Illb); Ground s, M. (IIIb); Gulliver, J. A. v:~ (IIIb ); Gardiner, L. H. C. (Hid); Gredig, P. R. (IIId); Hagen, N. (Ilia) ; Hayton, A. C. (Ilia) ; I-Ioffman, A. A. (liia) ; Hoskin, E. A. (Ilia); Huggett, D. F. (IIIa); Hurle, B. J. (TTia); Harris, E. G. (Illb); Heatly, D. A. (IIIb); Hosie, W. D. (TJib ) ; Hutcbinson, P. S.'1' (IIIb) ; Hann, S. G.~· (IIIc); Hawkins, D. H. G. (IIIc); Healcl, K. F.'" (IIIc);

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Ilelli er, C. D. (Illc ); Hend erson , G. W . (IIIc ); Hugg ett, B. N . ( UJc ); Hung er, C. S'::, (lllc ); Haw ker, C. F. (IIlc l); H eppe ll, J. 0 . (Hid ); Hall, M. lVL':) (IIIc l); Hill, C. R. (IlJd ); Jobn ston, R. B. (Vc) ; Jille tt, G. G. (IIIb ); Jolm ;;ton , L. L . (IIId ); John .·tone , J . W .

(IIIb ); Joll, J. (JTlb ); John ;;, ll. E. (Hid ); Jupp , N . F. (IIJc l); Ker,; !J a,,· , II. '1'. (IVc ); Kinn ell, G. '1'.'::, (ITib ); Kay, E. M:/ (lllc1 ); Lcmn , F. J. (TJib) ; Love ridge , I. M. (IJib ); l~ovell, V. R. (llic ) ; Lawr ence , 'l'. EY (Hid ); Love ll, R N. ( !lid) ; Lunn , D. V. (liJd ); McD onald , L. W . (IVb ); nfackcnzit>, Il. R. (lDa ) ; Mancler, B. L. (JTia ); Mart in, K. A.. (IIfa ) ; 1\'Iax:well, J. H. (Ilia ) ; McD (l !Ja); l\1obi, C.'::, (Ilia ); M01·an, F. D.'::, onalcl, D. B. (IIIa·) ; Moss, II. D. (JJia ); Moss, A . J. (JIIa ); lVIallon, W. (IIIb ); lVIay, W. W. (IHb ); McB ride, P. S.'::, (IJib ); More y, R. A. (lllb ); McE lroy, W. D . I. (IIIc ); Mills , R. G. (IIIc ); lVIoo rh cacl, V. D . (IIJc ) ; lVIaclean, A. R. (IIId ); Man agh, D. R':) (l !Jcl ); McE wen, S. 'l' . (IIIc l); Nicb olls, S. W. D. (lllc ); O'Re illy, B . (llic ); P earso n, J. H . (IJ!a ) ; PlJilliw, U. 8.::, (Jlla ); Pick ering , W. 'l'. (IIIb ); Proff it, D. W. ( lll c); Pren ticc, D. J . (IIId ) ; Rund le, A. G. (Vc) ; Hac, K. R. B. (lllb ); Ross er, K. E. (Hid ); Shaw , D. W. (llJa ); Silby , M. (fila ) ; Soun dy, R. A . (IJia ,J. B. ( [fib ); Smit h, D. II. (IVcl , r e-ent ered.); Simp son , ); Stept oe, R. D . (lllb ); Scott , R. '::, (J lie); Smit h, E. C. (Ilic ); Squi re, A. '1' . (Jllc ); Some rton, '1'.'::, (Tb ); Samp son, 1\'. 'l'. (lllcl ); S hort, W. D . (IIIcl ); Snell , G. lVI.::, (Hid ); :::lquire, E. A. (IIJcl ); Steft ensen , R. (IIld ); Swap , D. N.") ( lllcl ); Stran ger, J. P. (Vc ); 'l'unn yclif fe, J. A. (VIa ); 'l'am ati, ~1. P. (Illb ); 'l'ayl or, C. G. (IlJc ); 'l'ras k, A. B. (JIIc ); \Valb ran, I . H . (Ilia ); W eston , W . J . (Ilia ); War ren, A. ].;. (Illc ) ; Watk ins, D. A. (IIIc ); Way , S. W. ( lli<"); Whi te, N. E. (IIIc ); Whit bam, R. A . (IIIc ); Wick~tcecl , 13 . i\1.':·, (JJic ); Woo lley, PY (liJc ); Wlli tting toll, C. N:' (11 le ); Wat,;ou, C. II. (Hid ); Woo dwar d, J. (II1u ) .

VAL ETE .

The follo win g boy,; l eft at the end of last year :-· VIa: Ande n;on, J. D.; Anch ew, R. B.; Catro n, A. K.; Evan s, R. C' . ; Holla nd, A. W.; J.;omas, A .

L.; Menzi es, T. N.; lVIillar, D. J. ~ . ; Outr ecl, l\1. J.; Purs er, IT. M. ; R enton, R. W. D.; Ro"·e, R. S.; St. Paul , G. C. H.; Watt , L. 8.; Watt , D. R.; Whit eomb e, D. N . VIb: Birch , J. H.;

VALE TE.

23 Cotti er, L . L.; Elm e:>, J-. G.; Ho ::;kin, T . Vv.; H.oger,;,,R. M.; Wibo n, J. F. VJc: CarToll, J. A . ; McC arthy , {· C. V a: ' n~t 1·~ W G · EYer::;-Swinclell, G. 0.; Gaud m, N. M. ; l"lo.

•o ' W N . l Geor ge, S. J.; Gree n, H. S.; H ender::;on, C. G; . ; r. e.1g 1bour, C. J.; Nil::;son, G. L. Vb: Bella m, H. C. C. ; Ccuson, C. 1:-_,"· '. Cr· lli:>h R. H .· Evam ; L. M.; Land er, A. \V.; Man' ' Pnch · arcl, deno , G. L.; 'Moni::;on, R. D.; ~· J . ; Sh een, ~ 8 : l'. Vc: Anclrew::;, S. L . ; Bart lett, L. L.; Campb.ell, J . H. , Dun bar, D . A.; Girli ng, J. R.; Jone::;, D. F.; Julla n, L. ~ · ; Kerr , J. H. ; ~lay, F. A.; McB eth, F.; 'rh.o mpso~, R S:; walk er L. V cl: Boot h, E. D . ; C harte ns, M. M.; Fonl , .B . J.; l~emp, J. B.; Lace y, E. W. H.~ Matthew:>, W. 1.; .i\l<5Cullnm, I. ,J.; lVIcDonnell, P.; Pom ton, W. M.; P~l­ trido·e J . · Smit h F . G. IV a: Adla m, R. 'l'. H . ; Mart m, K c.;~ /Nap ier, G. 'c.; Pecle rsen, E. 0 . ; 'l'ibb its, C. l!'.. IVb: Appl eyard A . E.; Good win, D. A . ; Lmd , R. M.; Luxt on, J. F . ; Main , E. G. ; Mart in, L. W.; McE lroy, T. W. F.; _Milla r, R. D.; Na::;h, A.; Saun der::;, W. D . ; W1lks, A. I\. lV<5 ·Bret hel'ton P.· Napi er, II. C.; Par,; ons, E. J . IVd: C'·-a tt.ley ' 0 . V . '· Geo~·o·e ·D. L. · Horn er, G. 'l'.; 1\fcAllum, "' ' ' { D . 1 . . Murl ancl W. J.; Parke::;, R. 'r.; Putt, U.' fl . ; ' Utigc r,' N. L. Ilia: <.:<t cwa t 'I' D : Gray ling, lVI. P . ; ..:>_ r, . · lllb : Ellic ott, R W.; Leon ard, R. B.; Steph enso n, R . D.; 'l'um er, L. N.; Wats on, II. J. I~lc: Jack son, H. R.; .i\1eLcod, P . F.; Morr ison, C. S.; Plnll lps, A . ; Slom an, J. W.· Watt er.· W. J. Hid: Brow n, J . H.; Jame s, S. G.; .i\Ia;Mgu, R. II.; Pete r:>, L. H.; Sigg lekow , \V . II.; ~ood, 11. W .

Ill e : Ligb tban d, N. lVI.; Ruth erfor d, l• ·. R.; Houerti:i, A. E. Prep arato ry: \Valclie, D.; \Vyn yan1 , K 0

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L ittle ::;hip, wher e art thou sle eping On the ocea n's t roub led floor '?

Do::;t not h ear the br eeze:> callin g A,; of vore 1 Cans t ~ot feel the water~ to::;si1 1g!

Can~t not hear the uillow::; roar!

Cam t not see that light a-l.Jlinking Ou the sho r e~ Days of sunsh ine, Days of temp est, Day::; of cold, or \rind , or squa ll, W!Ja t " ·ere they but clay,; of fre edom One and all 'I

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Little ship, we sailed togetherSaw together journeys end: Dost thou, in a ship's "Hereafter ;'' Call me friend ~ 't'hee no more will furious ''forties" Far away off trade routes send, Or thy lofty, straining top-masts Ca u se to bend; Or at anchorPeerless beautyTake the rest BO bravely won, ·w ith thy bright new paint a-gleaming In the sun.

R.N.O'R. (VI. a).

SWIMMIN G NOTES (R. S. V. Simpson.) 't'h e annual swimming sports ·were held in the School baths on March 7 and 9, handicap events on the first clay and championsh ips on the second. W e werr fayourecl with beautiful weatller both clays, and conseqnrnt]~r thL' sports "·rrc Yery enjo~r able for the spectators and swimm ers.

Five records were broken, and this shows that the standard of swimming was very goofl. In the sen ior' championsh ip Wright lowered the ;)Q yards hy one-fiftll of a second in the t ime of 31sec. Tn the junior, Benderson low ered the 100 yards by 8sec. in 1min .

13 3-i5sec. ; the fiO yards by seven-eighth s of a Reconcl in 33 1-3sec., ancl the 33 1-3 yarclR by 3sec. in 20 1-5sec. In the under 14, Falk low ered the 50 ~r arcls by 4 ] -5sec. in 36Rec. Results are:331-3 Yards Open.-Firs t h eat: W. Wright (scr.), 1; ] 8 1-;'JRec. Seconcl heat: RichardRon (5sec.), 1; '23 4-fiRec. Third heat: L. Hore (1sec.), 1; 21sec. Fourth h eat: H. Whittington (1sec.), 1; 20 4-5sec.

Fifth heat: Blair (3scc.), 1; 20 2-5sec.

Sixth beat: Rawson (3sec.), 1; 20 3-5sec. Seventh h eat: DavieR (scr.), 1; 20 1-5sec.

Rightb heat: Patrick (4sec.) , 1; 214-5sec. Ninth heat: Pritcharcl (lscc.), 1; 20sec. Tenth heat: Bamitt (3sec.), 211-5sec. Eleventh heat: L. Riley (lsec.), 1; 20 1-5sec.

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Twe lfth heat : B. Mere dith nsec .), 1; 20sec. Thir teen th heat : C. Baclley ( 5sec .), 1; 21sec. Four teen th heat : L. Char ters (scr. ), 1; 191- 5sec . F iftee nth heat : M. Ulen berg (2sec .), 1; 23 1-5sec.

Sixt eent h heat : Haw ker ( 4sec .), 1; 21 3-5sec.

Seve ntee nth heat :: Fen wick (4sec .), and R. Ryan (2sec .), dead heat , 1; 22sec., 20sec.

Eigh teen th heat : E. 'l'odd (2sec .), 1; 20 4-5sec. Nine teen th heat : L . Edcl lesto n (4sec .), 1; 2145sec. 'l'we ntiet h heat : A. Smit h (6sec .), 1; 241-5sec. Twe nty-f irst heat : J. Web ster (5sec .), 1; 25sec. 'l'we nty-s econ d heat : J. A. Keel ing ( 5sec .), 1; 23 1-5sec. Twe nty-t hird heat : A. J ohns on ( 4sec .), 1; 24 3-5sec. 'l'we nty-f ourth heat : A. M orga n (2sec .), 1; 20 3-5sec. li'irs t semi -fina l: Badl ey 1, Edd lesto n 2; 22 2-5sec. Seco nd semi -fina l : Haw ker 1, Raw son 2; 22 -:l:-5sec. 'l'hir d semi -fina l: Rich ards on 1, Bam itt 2; 24 1-5sec.

Fina l: Badl ey 1, Bam itt 2, Haw ker 3; 23 1-5sec.

331- 3 Yard s Bac kstr oke. -J. Davi es (scr. ) 1, D. Stev en (-±sec.) 2, C. Moh i (Ssec .) 3; 28 1-5sec.

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33 1-3 Yard s New Boy s' Race.- Firi:lt h eat : Ivi' Brid e (scr. ), 1; 251- 5sec . Seco nd heat : Som erton (8sec .), .1; 32scc. Thir d heat : D. Wat kins (1sec .), 25 3-5sec. Fou rth be~1t: Haw ker (3sec .), 1; 2145sec . Fifth heat : J . Geor ge ( 6sec .), 1 ; 29 3-5i:leC. Sixt h heat : Stra nger ( 3sec .), 1 ; 27sec. Fina l : Haw k er 1, Stra nger 2, Som erton 3; 25 2-5sec.

220 Yard s Ope n.-W . Wrig ht (scr. ) and J. Rya n (2sec .), dead heat , 1; B. Miln e (3sec .), 3; 2min 58sec, 3min.

25 Yard s, unde r 14.-F irst heat : May ( 4sec .), 1; 20 1-5scc. Seco nd heat : Papp s (2sec .), 1; 20 2-5sec. 'l'hir d heat : Fitz patr ick (4sec .), 1; 18 3-5se c. Four th heat : You ng (5sec .), 1; 20 1-5sec. Fifth h eat : Port er (6sec .), 1 ;' 213- 5sec . Sixt h heat : J. Arth ur (3sec .), 1; 183- 5sec .

Seve nth heat : Falk (scr. ), 1; 144-5sec.

Eigh th heat : Tras k (2sec .), 1; 20 3-5sec. Nint h heat : Whi tfeld (3sec .), 1; 20:-;ec. Fina l: Fitz patr ick 1, Falk 2, You ng 3; 19sec.

50 Yard s Brea ststr oke. -Firs t heat : G. Phil lips (10sec.) 1, C. Turn er (3sec.) 2; 52sec . Seco nd heat : Rob erts ·(4sec.) 1, Pritc hard (scr. ) 2; 421-5sec. Thir d heat : E. W. Hull (3sec.) 1, L. W. Benn ett (scr. ) 2; 43sec.

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Fourth heat: J. Davies (scr.) 1, R. S. V. Simpso n (5sec.)

2; 40 3-5sec. Final: Robert s 1, Davies 2, Pritch ard 3; 421-5s ec.

66 2-3 Yards Op cn .-Firs t h eat: J. Ryan. (scr. ) 1, E. 'l'odd ( 4sec .) 2; 43sec. Second heat : A. Bla tr (-±sec.) 1, B. Hunte r (3scc.) 2; H 4-5sec. 'l'hird ~cat : L . W. Ben nett (2sec .) 1, A. Ewart (3sec.) 2; 47 1-osec._ Fourth b eat: N . Elmes (5sec.) 1, A. Allan (3sec.2 2; ~11-5sec.

Final: H,yan 1, 'l'ocld 2, L . W. Benne tt 3 ; 4~ 1-5sec.

L earn ers' Race.- First h eat: A . Sisson 1, Middle ton 2 '1'. \¥inter 3. Second h eat: Parkes 1, Lobb 2, G. Bowen 3: 'l'hird h eat : Maclea n 1, Anstis 2, Lus~omb e 3. Fourth lJeat: Rea 1, Downey 2, H. Moss 3. Fmal: Maclea n 1, Anstis 2, R ea 3.

100 Yards Opcn. -First h eat : J . Simpso n (2sec.) 1, L. Charte rs (scr.) 2; 71 2-5sec. Second h eat, : .J. Ryan (scr.) 1, L. \N. Benne tt (3sec.) 2; 7-± 2-5::;ec. _'llurd heat: B. Milne (1::;ec .). 1, W. Wri ght (~;cr .) 2; 7-± .f-:Jsec. Fmal: W right 1, Milne 2, C hart er ~; 3; 70 4-5::;ec.

Ob!:itac le Race-First heat: C. Turner 1, L. Vv. Benne tt 2. Second h eat : L. Riley 1, 'l'hom a!:i 2. Third heat: Meston 1, Hunter 2.

33 1-3 Yard s Prepar atory School Race. -Youn g (4sec.) 1, J . Arthur (3sec .) 2, X Arthur (3scc. ) 3; 27 .f-5sec.

Fifth aml Sixth Fo~·m H.elay .-Vla. (D. Blackl cy, J. Davies , A. Ewart , W . Wrigh t ), 1 ; V lb ., 2; 1min 2-± 2-5sec.

Fourth Form H.elay .-IVc (Fenwi ck, BacUey, Richar dson , Hanna n ), 1; I Va., 2; 1min 33~:;ec. 'l'hird Fo rm Rclay .-Illb. (Simp~:;on, J·. Kinnel l, .1\icBrid e, Bernst cn), 1 ; lllc. , 2; 1min 47i:iec.

Iuter -Form H.elay.- Final : VIe. (J. Hende rson, L. Hore B. :Mered ith L. W . Benue tt) , ~;cr. , 1 ; VIa (J. DaYi~s, D. Blackl ey, A. Ew art, vV. Wri ght ), 3sec., 2; IV c., 3; 1min 20 4-5sec.

SENIO R CHAM PIONS HIP. 220 Ya rds.-W . Wrigh t 1, J. Ryan 2, B . Milne 3. 'l'ime , 2min 59 1-5sec. :M:ilne wai:i ahead after three

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NOTES 27 lengths , with Wrigh t and Ryan a yard behind . Ryan was ahead after another fifty yards, with Wrigh t second and 1\II:ilne droppi ng back. Ryan touche d first with twenty yards to go, but vVrig·ht's sprint took him up to win by a touch. :M:ilne, t en yards behind , was nearly caught by Charte rs.

100 Yards.-Ryan 1. Wrigh t 2, :M:ilne 3. 'l'ime, 721-5s ec. Ryan touche d fir~:;t by an inch or two after the first length, and had increas~d it by a yard after 66 2-5 yardi:i . Wrigh t and Milne sprinte d, and the three touche d almost ~:;imultaneously .

50 Yards .-W right 1, Charte rs 2, Milne 3. 'l'ime, Charte rs, Milne, and Wrigh t swam over the rope tog eth er, and th e race was near enough to a dead-h eat.

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33 1-3 Yardi:i.- W right 1, Charte rs 2, :M:ilne 3. 'I'ime, :!Osec. Wrigh t gave the impres sion that lle could llave gone faster had h e liked, and he touche d18 inches ahead of C harter~; and Milne, who ~:;wam almo~:;t a dead-h eat.

JUNIO R CHAM PIONS HIP. 100 Ya rds.- J. H end erson 1, A. Stanch·inrr 2 E. 'l'odd 'J1ilne, ln1in 13 3-5sec. H enders on had a l~acl over the firs t two len gths, but Standr ing made a great effort to catch up. Il encl e r~:;on won by a touch. :3.

50 Y arcls.- Hende rson 1, Stanclr ing 2, 'l'odd 3. 'I'ime 30 l-5i:ieC. Hencleri:iOn h ad a lead from 'l'odd at the turn' l.Jut Stanclr ing 's push-o ff placed him second in the swim' for the rop e, and· h e nearly caught Hender son.

33 1-3 Yarc1s. - H enc1ersoL 1, Standri n()' 2 'I'odd 3.

'1' nue, . o , ~ 1-;.,sec. llende rson went to the lead from the word go and won by a yard.

UNDE H 14 CHAM PIONS HIP. 75 Yards. - Falk 1, Nilsson 2, Keller 3. Time, 58 1-5sec. Falk was infinite ly superio r and won by 15 yards.

50 Yards .-Falk 1, Nilsson 2, Kelle:r: and Mart deadh eat, 3. Time, 33sec. Falk 's time' was better th~n that in the under 16 champion::;hip.

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Time, 33 1-3 Yards.-Falk 1, Nilsson 2, Thfart . 3.

22 1-5sec. Falk won by eight yards.

Detail::; of the point::; gained in the championship event::; are:Senior.-W. Wright (18 point::;) 1, J. Ryan (8) 2, L. Charter::; (6) 3.

Junior.-J. Henderson (15 points) 1, A. Stanc1ring (9) 2, E. 'l'odd (3) 3.

Under 14.-B. Falk (15 voints) 1, Nilsson (9) 2.

MlSCELLA.~';EOUS

EVENTS.

Old Boy::;' Hace.-1\.. M:cFarlaue 1, R Clayton 2, A. Hayward 3; 19 3-3::;ec.

Ob::;tacle Race.-Davies 1, 'l'urner 2, H.iley 3.

Corfu Dive.-J. Mercer 1.

Long Plunge.-D. Hull (-±ft), -18ft -.!in, 1; J. Davies, 2; Eggleton, 3.

Diving for Plates.-J. Ja::;per (eight plates) , 1.

Awkward Entry.-H. Whittington 1.

Results of the diving:Senior.-Meiklejob n 1, Len. Bennett 2, Charters 3.

Junior.-'l'odd 1, R. Ryan and Hannan (equal) 2.

Under 14.-Keller 1, Nilsson 2.

At the end of each day's spol't a polo match concluded the programme. On the first day the Boarders played the Day Boys, and on championship d~J:' School played Old Boys. Both games were very exc1hng, and the Day Boys and School won their respective games.

In the Boarders v. Day Boys the teams were:Boarders: R. S. V. Simpson, 'l'bomas, Finch; Pritcbard; Hore, Mercer, Whittington. Day Boys: 'l'odd, Stanching, Len. Bennett; Ryan; Charters, Milne, Meredith. Boarders were a very inexperienced team and the strong Day Boys' combination had very little opposition. Milne and Mereclith scored in the first half. Mereclith and Ryan added further goals in the second half. 'l'he match finished with the score: Day Boys 4, Boarders 0. Mr. R. Clayton was the referee.

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In the School v. Old Boys game the School gained an easy victory. The team:;; were :-Old Boys: A. Hayward; R. Ricbards, C. Parker; R. Clayton; R. Williams, A. Henderson, R. MacFarlane. School: Hunter; Standring, Len. Ben nett; Ryan; Charters, Milne, Meredith.

The School team showed a formidable combination and outclassed the opposition by five goals to one.

CAS'l'LES IN THE AIR. Wh en you know you should be toiling In the seething and the boiling, ln the hubbub and turmoiling Of this universe of care, .

How sweet it is to wander Into Dreamland and meander Through the fairer life and fonder Of your "castles in the air."

With their swallo·w -haunted towers, Shady ga rdens, friendly flowers, Where the slow, unhurried hours · Glide on rosy-coloured wings; With their spacious, airy balls, Little, tinkling waterfalls, Where the mating linnet calls And the robin-redbreast sings.

There, remote from all the won·~r And the fretting and the flurry And the ceaseless, senseless hurry Of the hard, external world, You can idle at your leisure, Taking- never-ending pleasure In the slowly-soothing measure · Of the ch-ea ms by Fancy pearled.

Bnt alas, how e'er you yearn to Sta? and rest, you have to learn to Make you mind up to return to 'l'his old universe of care; For experience reveals That in spite of their appeals Yet the? serve no solid meals In the "castles of the air." J.M. (VI. a.).

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(J. Ryan) . 'l'he Royal Life-Saving Society has seen fit to raise the standard of itR awardR because swimming in general has improved. Nev ertheless, with the invaluable coaching of Mr. Eggleton, th e School acquitted itself very creditably by gaining about eighty awards. W e offer our congratulations to J. Merc er, D. Pritchard, and J .

Jasper, who were succeRsful in passing the practical t est of the Diploma.

DetailR of the awards are :Diploma.-J. Merc er, D. Pritchard, J. Jasper (practical).

Award of Merit.-.T. A. Gibson, ,J_ .Jasper , L . T. Rya.n.

Honorary Instructors.-D. U. Steven, J. Steven, D. J. Le Pine, J. W . Jasper.

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Teachers.-D. U. Steven, J . Steven.

Bronze Medallions.-P. A . Clark, L. F . E ggleton, L .

M. Papps, S. St. George, G. H ender son, C. \V. Badel ey, L . C. Jarman, S. D. Steptoe, H . W. Smith, B. H. Thoma s, P. R. F enton, P . Rowe, D . Fit7.patrick, S. Golclslmry, P. E. Aldous, C. \Vhittington , I . B. Faris, D. JI.'I. Imw, H. Parkes, R. L. Buckenha.m, G. Crompton, T. C. Fenwick, C. Mohi, R. A. Whitham, L . Bent, F. T. Parfitt, A. B. Trask, P . Meston, M. E. White, 1;. Edclleston , W. MacDonalcl, B. Falk.

Proficiency.-L. D. Jones, G. H encler son, S. St. George, M. E. White, G. T. Kirwell, L. C. Jarmnn , \V. D. Steptoe, H . W. Smith, B. H . Thomas, C. Mohi, P. Rowe, D. Fitzpatrick, F. Vale, C. Whittington I. B. Fm:is, D. M. Law, H. Parkes, G. Crompton, T. C. F enwick, G. Kirwell.

Elementary.-L. D. Jones, G. H enderson, S. St. George, M. White, L. C. Jarman, S. D. Steptoe, H. W .

Smith, G. T. Kirwell, P. Rowe, D . Fitzpatrick, F. Vale, C. Mohi, C. Whittington, I. B. Faris, D. 1\'I. I.Jaw, H .

Parkes, C. Crompton, T . C. Fenwick, G. Kinn ell, R. A. Whitham.

Orchestra

Noles

(E. J. R ecd .)

Once more the in ex orable hand of Time hn s robb ed ns of some of our 'l'his year we have enmemb er s. rollerl several new member s who have alr eady shown th emselv es - worthy of their position. To them, and to t hose who are mor e or l ess beginners, we extend a hear ty welcome and hope t hat t he hours they spencl in th e Orchestra will be hnpp~' nnd useful to t h em.

T o those whose fa ces we see no more we bid a r eluctant farewell • hopino·, how ever, that th ey will con~ Th eRe ar e: ti nu e in musical work.

L. 'l'h erkleson, D. Watt, fir st violins; G. C. H. St. Paul, piano ; J. Sloman, second violin ; D. Rawson clarion et · and R. C~rson , pe/ and . . Bellam . cuss1on mstruments. 'l'bose whom we welcome ar e: J. Batten, piano; R. J ohnston, corn et ; and G. Henclerson and J . Aburn, second violins. \Ve must also congratulat e S. Mayer and F . Parfitt on being p romoted to th e first violinR. 'l'he fear enterta in ed by many last year that, owing to a shorta ge

ORCHESTRA NOTES 32 of wood-wind and brass instruments, the orchestra would soon consist of only stringed instruments, has been somewhat allayed by the introduction of a cornet among us.

Combined with two !lutes, it balances the orchestra nicely. ,

Once more we have to thank Mr. Neville Renaud for his kindness in giving an organ recital for the School.

The class of music rendered was such that I am sure everybody enjoyed every part of the entertainment.

About the middle of the first term J obn Brownlee, and Raymond Lambert and Miss Rita Miller, assisting artists, visited the town. During their stay they came up to 路 School, and we were all thrilled at John Brown lee's singing and Raymond Lambert's playing. Their concert was attended by a number of boys, and they were all captivated by singing and playing which was really of excellent standard.

These notes would be incomplete without some reference to the work of Mr. Dobson, our enthusiastic conductor. Although this is only the first term, his work has already borne fruits, and if the orchestra continues as it has started the concert will reveal something good.

FOREST NIGHT. The stars are bright o'er the forest, The trees are dark and grim, A silence has dropt from the heavens And the twilight gleam is dim.

Far, far away in the valley Breathes the murmuring river's song, But there seems no break in the quiet, Our tranquil thoughts are long.

The dreams of a fairer future And sighs for other days Merge into the fleeting present In a dreamy, dreamless haze: 'Twixt yester and the morrow Like a meeting of the ways.

R.N.O 'R. (VI. a.).

SCHOOL PREFECTS , 1933.

Back Row.- J. Ulenberg, A. Healy, R. Smith, J. Keeling, R. Finch, W. Wright, D . Blackley.

Front Row.- W. Wilson, J. Fairbrother, R. Simpson, J. S. Hatherly (Head), R. S. Simpson, E. Meredith, B. Mathews.

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(F. D. Mathe son).

We are sorry to h ear that Mr. Conne ll 1s gomg to leave us, but we wish him every succes s in his new positio n.

This term bas been a ver? busy one, especi ally for outsid e work. 'l'he farm crop s requir ed consta nt attention, and a start was made at feedin g out. the supple mentary fodde r crops to th e Schoo l farm h erd .

Durin g the term we comm enced to supply the Girls' High Schoo l Hoste l with milk.

Five pigs were fatten ed, slaugh t ered, and cured.

Good crops of vegeta bles for our Hoste l have been grown , includ ing parsni ps, carrot s, silver beet., cabbag e, leeks, pumpk ins, and marro ws.

The senior agricu lture boys h ave carrie d on with the milkin g and shed manag ement as usu al, and are becom ing quite profic ient at the work.

The condit ion of the farm at presen t iR: Field I.-Per mane nt. pastnr e. Slag variet y trials.

Field 2.-Per mane nt pastnr e. Super and sulpha te of ammo nia trialR. Field 3-Per mane nt pastur e.

Field 4.-Pe rman ent pastu r e. Harro wing and phosphatic trials.

Field 5.-Pe rmane nt pastur e.

Field G.-Pe rmane nt pastur e.

Sla g and potnsh .

Fleld 7.-Pe rmane nt pastur e.

Field 7a.-M aize for green feed, feel during March and April.

Field 8.-Pe rmnn ent pastur e.

Field 9.-Pcr mane nt pastur e. Super and "St erling " trialR. Field 10.-P erman ent past.m e. Slag variet y trial.

Field H.-Pe rman ent pastur e.

Field 12.-P erman ent pastur e. Phosp hatic trial.

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Field 13.-Perm anent pasture. Super and lime trials.

Field14 .-Perma nent pasture. Super and "Sterlin g" trials.

Field 15.-Perm anent pasture. Phospha te and potash trials.

Field 16.-Perm anent pasture.

Field 17 .-Perma nent pasture.

Field 18 .-Perma nent pasture. Phospha tic trial to control ratstail. l<.,ield 19.-Perm anent pasture.

Field 19a.-ln mangold s and turnips .

Field 20.-In swedes, soft turnips, cabbage, and cauliflow er.

Field 21.-Pig gcrics.

Field 22.-Perm anent pasture, Phospha tic, potomic, and lime trials.

Field 23 .-Perma nent pasture.

Field 24.-Exp eriment al plots and carrots and parsnips.

Field 25.-Perm anent pasture.

Field 26 .-Pcrma nent pasture. Slag Yflr iety trial.

SHEEP WORK. · Jn 1932 a smfl ll flock oi' breeding ewes was obtained for demonst ration purposes . The ewes wr;rc s_clcctec1 from the Racecou rse flock by the bo.ys-co nshtut10 n ~nd conformatio n being the guiding factors in the select10n.

A Romnev ram having similar characte ristics was also bought. ~l'he result was that the first crop oi' lam~s was very satisfact ory. 'l'he best oi' the ewe lambs are being h eld over for stud purposes next year, also s<:nne of th e mothers are being h eld over ancl put to the ram again this season, th e worst being replaced by a better clflss of ewes.

The object oi' keeping the ewe lambs and ~ome oi' the mothe1·s is to demonst rate to the boys comm~ on the improve ments that can . be made by the selection of a good typical ram on the cla ss of sh eep tl1at we have.

Next season a ram oi' the same type will be ~ecured to put to the ewe lambs with the object oi' findmg out what further improve ments can be made.

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DEMON S'l'RATI ONS. This year the boys of the Senior Agricult ural Class assisted at the Taranak i A. and P. Societv 's Autumn Show. Some helped exh ibitors, some the shee"p ancl cattle stewards , and others the horse and pig stewards . Th e work w.ns very instmcti ve, as the .handling of the va 1·ious classes mad'e us familiar with the characte ristics of the different breeds.

On the morning of the second day Mr. Grant took us round t h e sheep pens and pointed out the characte ristics of t he various breecls of sheep present.

Tn tl1e Grand Parflclc we assisted the exhibitor s by lead in g prize-wi nners round the ring. · On Wednesd ay, March 15, we visited tl1e Bell Block Factory, and t he manager , 1\Ir. ,J. Thompson, sho"•ecl ns ronnel and explain ed the processe s the milk and cream went ~hroug h before becomin g cheese or butter.

On behalf of the boys Bob Nolan thanked Mr. Thompso n for kindly giving up his time to show us over the factory.

The same cl a~· we attended the ,J erscy Breeders ' Associat ion's flelcl day at Mr. J . S. Jones' stud farm at Bell13lo ck.

Mr. II. C. Sflmpson, in the course of: his clemonst ra- . tion, describe d \vhat he thought were the main points in choosin g an ideal Jersey cow.

1\fr. G. H. Bell and Mr. J. S. J ones spoke on similar lines, but added one or two points Mr. Sampson hacl ov·crlook cd.

Mr. E. Griffiths dealt chiefly with t h e points of a. g-ood udder and the n ecessity for a. good hamllinp:, pliflble skin. · In the afternoo n Mr. Jones explain ed the system of hrcecl in g on Jersey Island, only a hunclrecl out of three thousand bulls being kept each year.

After Mr. Bell lwd explaine d the values of h erd testing and the activities of: the J crsev Breeders ' Association, a jud ging competit ion Wfls h eid for Juniors and S~niors, the first and second in the Junior class being two H1gh School boys, C. S. Boulton and K. V. Johnston .

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On March 29 we visited Messrs. Cormvall and Grover 's farm at Lepperton.

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}\fr. Grover said that in breeding, product ion must not be sacrificed for shape, although in his opinion a. perfect looking cow must be a. good producer. During afternoon tea Mr. Grover showednR photographs of Rome of their champions.

Hore, on behalf of the boys present, th:mked the ladies for providing afternoon tea, and N . Saunders thanked Messrs. Cornwall and Grover for placing their farm and stock at our disposal.

On Wednesday, April 12, w e visited Mr. Walter Scott's poultry farm at Brooklancls Road.

Mr. Scott showed us round the houses and explained the purpose of each. He also explained how to k eep the runs free from licE' and redmHe. On behalf of the boys A. Smith thanked Mr. Scott for the venr instructive afternoon hE' bad given us.

THE DRUNK POET ON SUNSET. Drunk witl1 the rub~r wine of the immortnls Tlw stag·g:t>ring· s1m npon t lw har.y wt>st Lnrch t>s into tl1t> st>a to cool beneath Tts frigid. icv waves his aching- ht>ad.

The scarlet drons b~r n erveless fing-ers spilt From the hri!!M ·wine-gl ass fall 111JOn the cl oncls And r eclden thrm. lmt soo11 thrv g·ivt> 1m :1ll 'T'hrir nrrcions content to :JPnroaching· Nig·ht.

A sin"'lf' stm· shinE's out on the clrhauch That ;oon with :111 hrr wanton comraclrs rankrrl Will with tl1t> moon their sensuous clflnet>s lr:H'l.

Thr lnmin:1rv sinks. tlw darkness comes And mrn who watcl1ed in Ril ent, hreathlrss :1we D epart to ch·ink, th emr:;elves, nntil th e dawn.

E.R.D. (VI. a.).

'l'he School Service still maintains its high standard. 'l'ltc decrease in the boarding establishment has been re- . flected by a small attendance at services. We note with great satisfaction the increase in the attendance of day boys, and look forward to the clay when all boys of the School realise the privilege that the School affords them to fulfill their religious duties.

Many old faces disappeared at the end of last year. 'l'he Choir still gives us an excellent lead, and several new voices of both quality and quantity are heard.

Confirmation classes have been arranged and will commence in earnest after vacation. We anticipate having a good numb er coming forth. Th e Confirmation will take place early in August, and we shall hope to welcome parents and friends and Old Boys in large numbers at the service.

We note with pleasure some of the Old Boys regularly attending the service.

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. . 1u·Jde during the term have been satisComnH11110n~ i~ room for improvement. fadory but there . ' .. made during· April, when the School 1 18 A departure ; ,/~ck service. 'l'he 'l'enitorials paraded joined at tlle 11,~[ ~uu1 uer nearly filled t he church. and the combJlle

TENNIS NOTES (J. A. Keeling) . . b ]!as had an especially good season; 1 .

The 'I' en JJIS· Cll iucrea. e of mterest throughout the th.er·e has been antlJ outside clubs have been played, and ]l · Wl school, mate e> 'tion started. a ladder competJ . . . '·· Senior and Jnmor Champ10m;h1ps were 8 Last yeat.· d tennis. L. Bartlett won the Candy productive of .{)' 00 M p. Dounelly 6-3, 6-3; C. Nodclcr Uup by clefeat~u~haJ~pionsbip from I. Grant, 6-3, 6-4. won the JuuJOI . . nd of last term a School team v1s1tec1 'l'owards tbe, eb out owing to rain the match was 1 the lnglewood ~ ~~e~· a start had been made. This term al>ancloned soon a t do 1rn to the Masters, ten matches to a School team we;~ere is plenty of truth in that very old love. ObvJOu~l.v 1 tr of life in the old cloD's yet. '' A · ' "l'l1ere''club · P en team · played · School at " the School saymg: Pnkekura Park 'rr]Jt ]Jlatches to one, and, almost at the eo urts and won eJ., .1 vi:iting team from W aiwaka were clo;-;e of tl· Je s·e·Json, •· IJ , 'fj 1·e mate hes to four. l>eaten bY School ; • . . upetition has been running since the 1 . 'l'he lacldeJ c~erJU, aJHl many stern con~ests for po:;ibegmn mg of t l~~lcr ]ta\'e been ~cen. Barmtt holcli:! first tion on the lac r followed in the second by Donnelly. place on the Jade1e ' b,. of boys from the School entered in A good JJUJil f-~ Junior Champion:;hips held in :B'ebthe North 'l'ar<~il;' ol players Baruitt succeeded in being ruary. Of. the ~i~~rrles an cl being in the winning doubles runner-up Jll tlJe " , ·1 pair. owleclges the donation of a cup for The club ac1c~onsbip from the Herbert Smith 'frust the Junior Champ!

Fund.

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39

(B . D. 1\fathew::;.) 'fhe School opened on February 7 witl1 a roll number of 481.

On MarclJ 4 the annual l:lw.inuning :;ports were held, and excellent sport re:;ultecl. Several record::; were broken, tl1e :;tandanl of ::;winuning being exceptionally high.

On March 2:? and 23 the annual cricket match bebn·en School and \Vanganni Collegiat e School was played· at \Van ganni. A mo:;t enjoyable game resulted in a draw.

Early in the term a game was played between the · Fir:;t Eleven and the Parents. Our worthy progenitors did not offer as stern a resistance as usual, and a pleasant game ended in a win for the boys. 'l'l1 e Day Boys v. Boarderi:l match was the last cricket fixtme of t h e term. 'fhe game rel:lulted in a win for Day Boys, after an exciting fight against time. 'fhe opening of the football season has found the School with the most promising team for some years. A heartening feature is tb e keenness displayed in the effort to become thoroughly fit for a strenuous season. Several sports meetings were held in the Gully after school, and the number compet ing in these was exceptionally large~ We hear tlli:lt prominent memb ers of the Fir:;t Fifteen are using va:;t quantities of embrocation in their anxiety to :;ee the season through.

During the term Mr. F. 'l'ucker, B .A., was with us for a short period relieYing Mr. Papps, who was suffering from a recurrence of old war wounds. vVe take thil:l opportuiJity of expressing the hope that l1is short sojourn h ere was a p leasant one, and that Mr. Papp::; has made a complete and la~ting recovery.

At the end of the first term Mr. J. W. Connell severed a connection of many years with the School. Mr. Connell, who has been Agricultural master since 1920, has left to take up the position of Agricultural Instructor under the Auckland Education Board. On the eve of his departure

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NOTES

h e was presented by the boys with a set of pipes as a smail token of the e~teem and affection in which he was h eld. 'l'he first term a~ wmal was ~omewhat broken, neverthel e~s a ~atisfaetory amount of work was clone. However, t here is possibly a necess ity of more application on the part of t li e sc holarly youth who wondered if Karl Ma rx was t he dumb one who played the harp ; or tl1e keen stud ent who informs m; that Curia Regis was the Archb is hop of Canterbury in t h e year 6G1J.

'l'o r est, to r est aud dream, and toil no more, Slacken the sinews, lay the load aside, D1路ift with t h e ~tream and rest" upon t he oar, Rest from the strain of changing time and tide, Il'orget the 路whirl and strife where w e hav-e tried :So long fo r hono ur and in vain h ave pres~ed In ceaseles~ ~triving. Let what will b etide And ~ink into oblivion and r est. \Vl.ty mu.t we striYe from day to endless day At studie::;-stu dies-studie s without end '?

Why must we curb our thoughts to book::; when they Fleeing the page, to life and laughter tend 'I Not t he dead wisdom of the unchanging school, ::-\ot all the table::;, figures, lin e::; and text, Gin:! us the joy which the all-gifted fool Enjoy::;; whom endless study never vexed.

J.M. (VI. a.). '

HOUSE NOTES (D. V. Hugh::;on.)

In keeping with the times our 路 numbers have dimini::;hecl noticeably. However, the Jack of numbers has been amply comp ensat ed for by the splendid spirit shown by ever yone. 'l'he new bo~rs have entered wholeheartedly into all house activities and not without considerable success.

SCHOOL HOUSE (ERECTED 1931 ).

HO USE

NO TES

41

SCH OO L HO US E .

'l'he Sen ior Hou:;c Cri cke t XI. cam e fou rth in the com pet itio n, des pite the fac t tha t the y onl y hav e two cap:;, wh ile the Jun ior s wer e :;ucces:;ful in win nin g the Jun ior Com pet itio n.

Cri cke t i:; now ove r-h ard ly ove r, a:; :;ome "bu ddi ng Lar wo od '' ha:; the hon our of bei ng the firs t to :;ha tter a ,,·in dow wit h a risi ng .·ock in our hou:;e. Hi:; exc use for tLi» sup erfi uou :; keenne:;:; wa: ; of no aya il and he had to pay 9/ - cos ts.

Ap par ent l.v he ha:; a:;p ired to gre ate r thin gs and wit h unp ara llel ed ima gin atio n has tran sla ted the psa lm of. the Bo ard ers : 'l'he Sch ool IIo use is my lod gin g, the refo re J :;hall not wan t. lt ma ket h me to slee p on har d mat tres :;e» : and lea det h me bef ore the col d wat ers of the sho wer -roo m. lt res tor eth my wis dom and Lel pet h me in the pat hs of ma tric ula tion for its ow n sak e. Yea , tho ugh 1 wal k dow n to the gym . eYery nig ht, I ,,·il l fea r no evi l: for the squ ad lea der s are wit h me : the ir fee t and the ir han d:; tLe y com for t me.

It pre par etl1 the boa rd for me in the pre sen ce of the ma ste rs: it ann oin teth the tab le wit h dog and my pla te run net h ove r. Sur ely to gooch1ess gat ing s ancl det ent ion s wil l foll ow me all the clay~; of my life : and J sha ll wo rk at t he hea d of the bat hs for eve r and cYe r. liow eYe r, now tlta t cric ket is ove r a gen era l kee nne :;s for foo tba ll is app are nt. On r pro spe cts are ver y bri ght ancl we hop e tha t the Ca rrin gto nia ns reali:;e the ir pre dic am ent . We a re ."Ure, how eve r, tha t the y wil l line out and acc ept the ir def eat in a spo rtsm anl ike :;pi rit. .1\:; ord ain ed by t rad itio n the New Bo ys' Con cer t was hel d on t!Jc Fri daJ · nig ht foll ow ing the Sw imm ing Spo rts.

The ma in ide a in org ani :;in g this was to am use the aud ience, but 1re hea r tha t seY eral bar ely :;urviYed the ord eal , esp ecia lly tho se who too k par t in the blin dfo ld pill ow figh t. 'l'h r in c rra s ing num ber of ca nsc, s npp osr rll,\· , of thr ind plu s fou rs h as .bee n the ust riou s scr nes at the hea d of the gul ly, aboYc the bat hsstu mp s haYe bee n dug out and tl1e gro und has bee n lev elle d. 'l'he obj ecti Ye is belie nd to be a put ting gre en, and the boy s who haY e

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worked so hard hope that it will prove more popular than the verdant bowling-green.

During Mr. Papps ' illness his relieving master, Mr. 'l'ucker, stayed in our house and we were all Yery sorry to lose him at the end of his period.

We have much pleasure in congratulating our house master, Lieutenant R. U. Wilson, on being awarded thr 12 years' Continuous Service Medal.

On April 6 Flying-Officer lan Keith came up to School and gave us a most interesting moving-picture talk on aviation, and h e can be assured that his kindness in coming np was greatly appreciated by all of us.

CARRINGTON HOUSE. (E. R. Deamley.)

At the beginning of the year the col.mtenances of a number of new boarders were seen amidst those ''old familiar faces.' ' After the usual few days wandering about in a state of lon elin ess these newcomers soon made frien<l:-;hips and settled down to enter into the various ~ehool activ iti es with a:-; much vim as the ''old stagers. '' The New Bovs' Concert was held as u:-;ual the night after the swimmi~g .·po rts. Most of t he programme was contributed by suitors of Miss Daisy Bell and, jnc~~ing by their que rulous tones, th e:v had all been unconchtwnally rejected. Nobod~·, how ever, _seem>; to_ hav e t hought of holdin~ a blindfold fight on b1c~· cl es bmlt for two .

We were not as fortunate as usual in the House cricket competitions, the senior t eam coming t hird and the juniors fourth . However, w_e were not_ last, and an6ther season may see us victonous. Judgmg_ by the looks of the team we have a fair chance of gettmg w ell up in the football competition . School House, plca:-;c note ancl hewiH'C'!

Towarrls th e encl of th e term Flying-Officer Keith ente rt ained us in the lib rary with films on aviation and sundry other s ubjej cts. Many were those who as they

PREPARATOHY

NOTES

43

tripped over the sodden la\\·ns exp ressed a desire to learn to fly, if only to avoid wet feet. However, Flying-Officer Ke1t~ deserves our heartiest thanks for the enjoyable evemng's entertainment which he gave us.

Even if we cannot claim our customary :mcces:::; in realm of cricket, we are undoubtedly in posse:::;:::;ion of a g~al axy_ of talent in certain other re:::;pect:::;. 'L'h e prospective wmner:::; of the inter-house butter-eatin o· competition o ancI c1·Iver:::; personages who in t h eir sleep pom forth floods' of unbridled eloquence are neither of them pos:::;essions to be :::;neezed at. Then our :::;cholastic attainments are of a ,·cry high order. Many can count up to four detentions Wl~h absolute ease. As for mathematics, accurate calculatiOn~ ·of the trajectorie:::; of pillows aimed to silence abn_oxJOu::; snor ers a re mere common places. Our English a.c~u~vements would a:::;toni:::;h Shake:::;peare, for no <:+1 atlano ::;ho\\'ered more hearty abu::;e on Shy lock than falls to the lot of many an innocent prefect.

THE TUI. One flash of inicl e:::;cent black One silvery call that echoes b~ck We ll ca r that deep and mellow c~ll That cclwe:::; through the leafy hall' 0 'erh ung by creeping clematis. ' A sl1ining jewel " ·ith patch of " -hite · Its song a sl1ining spot of light ' ln tb~tt dark cavemou::; fern grove, A fittmg place for trea:::;ure trove Of music and of harmony . '

PREPARATORY NOTES ThC' ?Car commcncC'cl with a consiclC' J'abl e <'lrop in the

ro~l-:-a decrease. whi c h is without doubt mainly due to

ex1stm g economic condition::;.

Although we admit this

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NOTES

. J-5

to be the main cause, the belief, which we understan d is prevalent among many people, that the Preparato ry Departme nt has ceased to exist, has certainly not tended to help the :;ituation. Our object therefore in th ese notes is to assme our r ead ers that the P r eparatory · School i:; still in existence and that it continues to fulfil the purpose for which it was originally intend ed.

As far as the actual curriculum is concerned , a full sy llabus of Prima ry School work is coYered and pupils are eligible to compete for Proficienc y Certificate s.

In addition, how ever, ot her faciliti es are provided which are commonly the prerogatiY es of a purely secondary sch ool boy. And it is t hese other facilities which mean so much to Preparato ry School boys.

These younger lads, through associatio n with older boys through obeying the same rules, t hrough wearing t he same unifo rm and play ing the same games as their older fellows-i n fact, through becoming part and parcel of the same institution , naturally become imbued with the ":;chool spirit "-a factor which makes t heir path infinitely e a~-;ie r when the~· come to en ter t he Upper School.

And t his, afte r all, is one of the ma in functions of the Preparato ry Departm ent-to bridge the gap which is found so difficult by many boys who haYe left a primar y school to commence secondary work .

Drunken r eel wine to a golden corn And aboYe a heaYenly blue, H eralding the day t lwt is not yet born, Touching the clouds with another hue.

Streaming and blazing from V ulcan ';; fir es, Forgecl in a fnrn acc of red-hot h ea t , Fingering cleft ]~- t h e tall chnrch sp ires, Cover in g t hem with a golden sh eet.

M .J.H. (IV. a.). /

Cricket Notes ('f. C'. l_;arkin and A. L. Ewart.)

The First Eleven had its moments during the season. among which w ere the victor? over Nelson in the intercoll ege match , the defeat of New P l?mou th , th en the lead in g team in th e competition, and th e turning of d efeat int o victory after being 0G r nn .· behind on th e first inningr; against \~Testern Park.

Th e temn also h ad its grey days. especia ll~· clnrin p: the holidays wh en , wea k en ed by the absence of severa l regular players , it lost four match es. The E leven was stron gve t han it h as be en for the two previous sear;ons. and with most of th e team back again we should be in a good position to combat our opponents next season.

The Second El even did not ha ve a very suc cessful season , but t he 'fhirds won all their games this term and w er e probably the ~-;t t·onp:est team in the ,Junior Competition at th e end of the season.

B esid es our inter-coll egiat e and r egular compet iti on matches we pla?ed a numb er of friend]~· gnme: during the season. vVe played th e annnal mat ch aga in st tlt c Parents and won after an enj oyable game. The House matches wer e again k eenly c011tested. \V e haY e to thank

CR ICKET NOTES -+6 Mr. T. H. Bates for donating a cup for the semor competitio11, which Suburbs, captained \v E. L . Christcn sen, won after a hard fight.

Birch, Christensen a11d r~arkin played for Taranaki , and Donnelly for North Taranaki.

SCHOOL v. NELSON COLLEGE.

Played at New Plymouth.

Result: School won by an innings and four runs.

The match, which was played in ideal cricket weather, was an excellent display of bright. cricket. The great bowling of Freeman at the beginning of School's innings, the three partnerships duri11g the match that pa ssed the hundred, combined with the wonderful exhibition of bowling by Christensen in Nelson's second innings, all show that the standard all round was high.

Big scores in college matches are rare, bnt two men, Ralfe (104) for Nelson, and Larkin (124) for School, both gaineC! the coveted centnnr.

SCHOOL-FIRST INNINGS. School opened with Simpson and Evcrs-Swindell, Stace and Ralfe hancUing the nttack. Evers-Swindell was clean bowled b~r Ralfe with the score at 13.

Donnelly wns next, falling to the wiles of Freeman.- 30-2--3.

Birch joined Simpson, who was batting stead il~' · Birch did not sta? lon g, being caught off Freeman.-36-3-1 .

TJarkin joined Simpson , only to see l1im caught behind off Freeman , after a patient and valuable innings.- 37- - 4- 23. Larkin and l\feredith immecliately started to score freely off all bowling. l\Ieredith delig·htccl the crowd by hitting 24 off one over from l~reeman , and a six off the first ball of the next. '!'his partnersl1ip added 113 runs, changing- the outlook altogether.- 150-5- ::58.

"ViTaters joined Larkin , who passed the century, scoringwith beautiful shots all round the wicket. TJarkin went when the board read 264--6-124. \Va.ters now scorecl more f]Uickly, but Carroll soon went.- 296-7- 1.4. Christ ensen was bowled first ball and And1·ew, who follow ed, saw 300 put. up and then w ent. Birch declar ed with 307 for nine wickets, \Vaters being 54 not out.

CHICKET

NEijSON

NOTES

COJ~LEGE-FIRS1'

47 INNINGS.

l\IcTJean and Drew opened to the bowling of Christensen and Donnelly. Drew 1:mccumbed to Donnelly in his first over.- 5- 1--5. l\Iason followed but was brilliantly run out by Simpson.-11- 2-l. Bnddle came in but imm ediately lost l\IcLean to Christensen.-125 -3-5: Budclle was also bowled by Christensen.-20-4 --2.

Freeman was joined by Kar~>ten , but was soon smartly stumped by Birch off Donnelly .-20-5-l. Nelson;s position seemed hopeless until Karsten and Rolfe stopped the rot by careful batting. 'rhe~' were not separated until the partnership had put on 111 runs, when Ka.rsten was bowled by Larkin.-131- 6-36. Stace, who soon settled down , was bowled by l\Ieredith.-177-7- 20.

Ralfe, ·scoring quickly, passed the century and in hitting at Donnell,v was caught by Larkin.-191-8-10 4. l\Ieredith dismissed the others cheaply and the innings closed for 193. Birch was brilliant behind the stumps, giving away only two byes. ~ELSON

COLLEGE-SECON D INNINGS. Drew and l\Ici1eAn again op ened to the bowling of Chri:tensen ancl Donnelly, requiring 114 to avert an innings defeat. l\Icijean was bowled by Donnell~' .6- 1- 4. Bucldl e, who followed , clicl not la st long, being bowled by Christensen.- 7-2- 1. Freeman joined Drew, tl 1ei1' partn ersh ip producing 30, "·hen Drew was bowled

by Ultristensen.- 30- 3- H. Karsten joined Freeman • nncl settled down to play the rock. The score steadily mounted until Freeman was caught by Larkin off Christensen.- 51- 4- 25. Ralfe scored quickly, but was bowled

by ChristenseH.- 61- 5-10. l\Iason helped Karsten bring 90 up and th en was bowl ed by Christensen. The bowling at this stage was very accurate, La.rkin having bowled nine overs for eleven runs. Stace was caught b? Simpson off Ch l·ist ensen.-90- 7-0. 'rredray and Karsten brought up the hundred when Karsten, after a pati ent innings, was caught by W atson off Christensen.102- 8- 29. Tredray was bowled by Christensen when five more had been added.-107-9-0 . Fuller did not open his account, falling to Donnelly, and the innings closed for 110, School winning by an innings and four runs. Christensen , with eight for -±2, was the outstanding . bowl er of the match, and was well supported b~' Donnelly and Larkin.

CI~TCKET

48 1st Innings.

~OTES

CRICKET

NELSON COLLEGE.

McLean, b. Christensen Drew, b. Donnelly Mason, run out Buddle, b. Christensen Freeman, b. Donnelly

5 5 1 2 6

Karsten , b . Larkin

36

Ralfe, c. Larkin, b. Donnelly Stace, b . Meredith

104 20

Tredray, b. Meredith Shand, not out ..

Fuller, b. Meredith Extras

5 0 0 9

Total

193

2nd Innings.

Donnelly ..

Christensen Christensen Christensen Larkin, b. Christensen c. Waters, b. Christens en b. Christensen c. Simpson, b. Christtensen b. Christensen not out b. Donnelly Extras b. b. b. b. c.

Total

4

14 7 1 25 29 10 0 9 2 0 9 110

Bowling Analysis.

Christensen Donnelly Lark in ..

Buckenham Meredith 1st Innings.

..

0.

23 19 13 5 3

M . R. 6 57 5 47 52 12 16

w.

0.

2 3 1 0 3

22 17 9 2

M. 7 2 5

R. 42 41 11 4

1

3

0

SCHOOL.

Simpson, c. Buddle, b . Freeman Evers -Swindell, b . Ralfe ..

Donnelly, b. Freeman Birch, c. Tredray, b . Freeman Larkin, st. Buddle, b. Stace Meredith, c. and b. Stace Waters, not out Carron, b. McLean ..

Christensen, b. McLean Andrew, c. Drew, b. McLean Buckenham, did not bat Ex tras

23 5 3 1

124 58 54 14 0 3 0

22

Total (for nine wickets, declared)

307

Bowling Analysis.

Stace Ralfe Freeman McLean . .

Mason

W. 8 2 0 0 0

0.

20 18 28 11 4

M. R.

1 3 0 6 0

W.

2 82 1 43 3 120 3 20 0 23

N OTES

49

SCHOOL v. WANGANUI COLLEGIATE. Played at \Vanganui. l~esult: Drawn.

WANGANlJJ -FIHS'l' l N NJ NGS. Harding- and Orton minor opened again st Christensen and J.Jarki.n. Runs came slowl y as the bowling- wa s stea d? and the outfield dead. Just when the batsmen seemed set Christensen bowled Orton minor and then n ext ball clea n bowl ed 0 1·ton major.-~6-~-0. Harding- was dismissed by Larkin, when th e board r ead: 36-3-'20.

Christensen found a weakness in Hare's defence b efor e an,v more nms had been added. Donnell y and l\Ieredith tl1en took over the attac k. l\Ieuli, after batting well, was caught by R. Simpson, and at tb e lun chron adjournment the score was 62-5-16.

Christ en sen and J,arkin returned to the bowlingcrease and aft er a whi'le Ghri stensen bowled 1'\il sson.77- 6-12. Donnell5· relieved r_,arkin , who had k ept the run s clown and deceived Knight wi1h a ball t hat left him sta nding-.--96- 7- 12. Sherriff w ent next, cau ght b,v G. Simpson off Donnell,v.- 99-8-2-1-. Christen sen disposed of Hewitt aft er t he cen tury h<'ld been hoi.· t ed , and wfter the last two men h<'l cl add ed 17 the innings closed for 110. Ch r isten se n bow lr cl well to tal.;:r six wi ck ets fo r 39 off 19 overs.

SCHQOJ_,-FTR ST TNNTNGS. At 8.15 W<'lters <'lncl Donnell? opened for School , ag<'linst the ste<'ld.'' bowlin g· of Hewitt and Knight. 'l'hr scoring was very slow, the first wicket falling when Donnell~· was caugh t after an hom·'s pla ,v.-23- 1-16.

Broughton join ecl ·waters, who was bowled by Orton when 23 .- 44-2- 23. J_,arkin and Brou ghton played out time.

Larkin and Broughton continued nt 10. 30 n ext momin g . Broughton went leg before to Renshaw after a stead5· innings.-86-3 -'27 . Mereclith, who followed, hit h ard, but did not last long, b eing bowled by R enshaw.-96-4 -7. Ewart did not fare much better, going l.b.w . to Sheriff for 10. 'l'h e next batsman, R. Simpson, a lso w en t l.b.w. to Renshaw.-13 8-6-5 . All this time Larkin had been steadily increasing hi s total. J. S impson was unfortunately run out before getting set. Larkin began to open out, showing a li king for t he mediumpaced bowling. He was caugh t behind off Renshaw, who

CRICK ET NOTES 50 had taken four for 30 off 25 overs. Larkin 's 69 was made in 123 minute s.- 172-8- 69. 'l'he last few men did not add many, but Bullot and J\Iathe ws put up a dogge d defenc e until Bullot wa~ caugh t off Rensh aw.

The innin g~ clo~ed for 182, of which only eight were extras. Rensh aw bowle d well throug hout the innin gs, taking five for 51. \l-.,TANGA NUT- SECO ND INNIN GS.

·with n deficit of 63 to mnke up Hnrdi ng and Orton minor ngnin opene d for \¥ angan ui agains t Christ ensen and Larkin . Chri~t ensen took the first wicke t with a beauti ful swing er which remov ed Orton 's off stmn]1 .

Soon after Orton major fell to a chang e of pace from the same bow ler.-6 1-2- 9. l\Ieuli after an early chance staved an hour while arrear s had been made up.-6 3-3 - i2. Knigh t held his wicke t up while Hardi ng scored freely , but fell to Donn ell:v. -98-6 -6. 'l'he same bowl~r also bowle d Nilsso n when h e had made seven. Shenf f made the dread ed "duck ," being bowle d by Christ ensen.

-109 -6-0 . Now that Schoo l had no chanc e of an~'­ thing but a draw Hardi ng opene d out, scorin g to all parts of the field. Donne llv return ed to th e crease to get Hare cau"'h t bv Brou" 'htoJ; .-158 -7-15 . Christ ensen obtain ed his tenth. wicke t for the match by clean -bowlin?: Hcwit t witho ut an~· additio ll, and stump s wer~ drnwn with the score board r eading 158-8 -0. I-Iardm g (85 not ou_t) gave a splend id exhibi tion of entert aining cricke t. C'lwJstensen and Larki n again bore the brunt of the attack , but Donne lly bowle d very well. 'l'he fieldin g was keen, but two c hances weee mis~ed.

Mathe ws kept wicke ts well.

1st Innings .

WANG ANUI.

Hardin g, b. Larkin Orton mi. , b. Christe nsen Orton ma., b. Christe nsen Meuli, c. Simpso n, b. Meredi th Hare, b. Christe nsen ..

Nilsson , b. Christe nsen Sherrif f, c. J. Simpso n, b. Donnel ly Knight , b . Donnel ly Hewitt, b. Christe nsen Smith, F., b. Christe nsen Rensha w, not out Extras Total

20 6 0

16 0

12 26 4 1

2nd Innings . .. not out b. Christe nsen b. Christe nsen l.b.w., b. Larkin c. Brough ton, b. Donnelly b. Donnel ly . . l.b.w., b. Christe nsen b. Donnel ly .. b. Chrlste nsen

85 14 9

12 15 7 0 6 0

8 7

19 119

Extras

..

10

Eight wickets for 158

CRICK ET

NOTES

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Bowling Analysi s.

0.

Christe nsen Larkin ..

Donnel ly Meredi th

M. R.

19 15 8

3 5 0

39 29 22

6

1

10

1st Innings .

w.

0.

6 1

6 8

2

26 23 13

1

2

0

M . R.

0

52 42 39 14

w.

4 1

3 0

SCHOO L.

Waters, b. Orton ma.

Donnell y, c. Smith, b. Knight Brough ton, l.b.w., b. Rensha w Larkin, c. Orton, b. Rensha w Meredi th, b. Rensha w Ewart, l.b.w., b. Sherrif f . .

Simpso n, R. , l.b.w., b. Rensha w Simpso n, J., run out Christe nsen, b. Knight Bullot, ·c. Knight, b. Rensha w Mathew s, not out Extras

23 16 27 69 7 10

5 6 2 6 3

8

Total

182 Bowling Analysi s.

Hewitt . .

Knig·ht ..

Rensha w Hardin g Orton ma.

Sherrif f

w. o for 2 for 5 for

0 for 1 for 1 for

R. 19 33 51 22 39 11

COMPETITION MATC HES. Oct. 15 nnd Nov. 5.-v. ·weste rn Park. \Von bv nn inning s and 21 runs. Schoo l, 245. V\Testern Park: First. inning s, 94; second inning s, 130.

Nov. 12 and 17 .-v. Old Boys.

Lost by three wicke ts. Schoo l: Pirst inning s, 123; second inning s, 95.

Olcl Bo~·s: Pirst inning s, 101; second inning s, 119 for 7.

Nov. 26.-v . New Pl?mo nth. Drnwn . Unfini sh ed owing to rain. New Plymo uth, 34: for 7.

Dec. 10.-v. V\Testern Park. \V on b~· one rnn.

Schoo l, 126. V\Testern Pnrk, 125. .Tan. 7.--v. Old Boys. Lost by eight runs. Schoo l: Pirst inning s, 81. Old Boys: Pirst inning s, 89.

Jan. 14 nncl 21.-v . New Plymo uth. Lost by 128 runs on first innings. New Plymo uth, 218. Schoo l: Pirst inning s, 90; second innin gs, 80 for 3.

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C:RJCKE T

CADET

NOTES

Jan. 28.-v. ·wester n Park. J.-~ost by 88 runs on first innings . \Vester n Park, 133. School: First innings , 45 ; second innings , 114 for 6.

Feb. 4.-v. Old Boys. Lost by four wickets . School, 141. Old Boys, 146 for 6.

Feb. 11.-v. New Plymou th. Lost b~· five wickets .

School, 63. New Plymou th, 77 for 5.

Feb. 18 and 25.-v. \-;I,Testern Park. \Von b~' 18 runs.

School: First innings , 74; second innings , 168. \Vester n Park: First innings , 170; second innings , 5-1:. i\Iarch 4 and 11.-v . Old Boys. Lost by 140 runs.

School: First innings , 31; second innings , 118.

Old Bo?S: First innings , 127; second innings , 162. l\Iarch 18 and 25.-v. New Plvmou th. \Non b~r 18 runs on first innings . School: Fir~t innings , 127; second innings , 10-t New Plymou th: First innings , 109.

BAT'l'J NG. Senior Champi onship Compet ition and Inter-G o llege l\Ia.tche s only.

Highest No. of Times Innings. not out.

Name. score.

La rki.n , T. 124 2 19 Birch, J .

1 52" 9 Broug·hto n, J. . . .

1 27 Donnelly , M. ....

82 12 Waters, N. 17 3 54 Meredith , E . . .. .

15 58 Christens en, E . . .

37 " 15 1 Simpson, R. .....

29 13 1 Andrew, B. .. ....

2 10 ' 5 Ewart, A . . . .....

12 2 16 5 Can·oll, J. 14 Mathews , B. ....

12 4 15 Bullot, A. .... . .

15 10 1 Evers-Sw indell, G. 5 8 Simpson , J . ....

8 8 Buckenh am, R . ..

8 1 14 *Denotes not out.

0

•••••••

0

•••••

lTotal runs, 528 220 27 230 232 159 138 115 25

Maidens.

46 37 5 4 9

Runs.

643 524 181 110 396 63

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A'l' THE CRICK ET l\1A'l'CH. 'l'he game was going at a crawl, And dreamil y I sat \¥ben I was wakene d by a ball \¥hicb , glancin g off a bat, Had struck me with a singing ::;ound Above my half-clo sed eye; And down I crumple d on the ground \¥hilc many stars rushed by. 'l'b ey picked me up in half a jiff; With many a gasp I ::;aiel, ''Could some kind person tell me if 'l'he ball bas split my heacl?" ·"Tell him the n ews," the doctor said; 'l'h ey answere d all togethe r, "Not so--it ha;; not split your head, Your h ead ha;; ::;plit the leather! "

• CADET NOTES (R. Smith.)

Average.

31 27.5 27 19.2 16.6 10.6 9.9 9.6 8.3 7.1 7.0 5.0 4.8 4.5 3.9 2.6

Owing to the fact that the barracki:i coincid ed with the annual camp of the Tarana ki R egimen t there were no Perman ent Staff Officers present to supervi se operations. Neverth eless, a high standar d of efficiency wai:i attained in musket ry exercises, marchin g, and battalio n ch·ill. Unfortu nately the Vickers machine -guns 11·erc al::;o ab::;ent at the li.egime ntal Camp and so the machin e-gun compau ?' took part in the manoeu vres of the infantry compan1es.

Wickets. Average, 10.2 63 45 11.64 16.45 11 18.33 6 19.8 20 31.5 2

On Anz:ac Day the Battalio n parad ed in front of the i\I emorial Gates, where wr eaths were placed and the Last Post sounded . \"\Te proceed ed to the Cenotap h , thence to Pul{elcu ra Park , where the service was held. At the conclusion of the service l\Iajor Kerr, Captain s :f~Ioore and Leggat and J~i e ut enant vVilson wer e present ed with long::;ervice medals by 1\Iajor- General Sinclair -Bnrges s.

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35 40 43 24 31 18

BOvVL ING. Name.

Overs.

Christens en, E . ..

241 Larkin, T. ... . ..

183 Buckenh am, R. ..

48 Meredith , E. ....

30 Donnelly , M. ....

105 Simpson, R. .....

12

NOTES

This year's military activitie s commen ced with the holding· of barrack s during the second week of the term .

54

BE"'DALL

MEMOI:UAL

ESSAY,

BENDALL

1932

Last year the School entered a four-man team in t~le f or th e E ar·l Roberts Impenal . . k t lono·-rano·e competltlOn Cadet Tl~ophy , competing with marked success, than s o the efforts of Lieutenant-Co lonel Bertrand.

The Battalion also fired for the Imperial Chall~ng~e Shield attainino· the very creditable percentage o~ .s .

For tl;is perfor~ance our th~nks are due to the uutlrmg efforts of Staff-Sergeant I\'IaJor Bell.

BEND ALL MEMORIAL ESSAY,

1932

(I. N. :M:enzies.)

DISARMAME NT AND 'l'liE BRITISH EJ\1PIRE. 'l'he struggle for the abolition of w~r is a strug.gle tl c :-;, ancl perhaps· for . a . long ftlmc an•ctinst tremendon:-; ocll Je o palhative:-; with sati:-;fied be to ' r I 1 1.

I o< . · · yet we s 1a ta\ e 'vil One of the:-;e is di~armament, in the sem;~ ?f a large andf o· m1lltary · eand · progre:-;si ye reduct10n . · . o . of. tl. te existin o_ curtailment rastic d even But ."bments · 'l l'ttl . ll"tv 'i 1 CS t a bll ,, tl~e. <sta~dinrr armies and navie~ of th e world can c o I . e to J;r~Ycnt ~var without t he presence of another ~n~l. finitely more Yi tal clement-trust . lnt ernat10ln.a t ~ :1~ eou . a nation in the honour am cm dmu~t 1 Cc of < I con fi ccn t1e c peace, <~n' . of t he ot b\' rs, is the fonnclation ~f wor 11 t herefore be the ba:-;is of all dlsarmam~nt agl :emen s. lt i:-; this clement, or rather the lack of It, that I:> at tl~~ root of t he reluct ance of the. powe r~ to r edu ce what the~ term their necessary rlcfemnYe eqmpment. . tIC . ea L' 1 f ounc1·a tion of little . t l1. e whole As this tru~t Id . matter, it i~ perhap:-; worth whil~ to look. mt~ It la pro Je t m natlOn one of COJlficlence 'l'he . · t f · more cl o:-;e 1\ · mi:-;e:-; of an~ther i:s dependent on ~he l?oral viewf?l~. ~t the people. 'l'h c Mohammedan, for Im;t.a~ce,f t .un ~s 1 .· t l· c in a .roocl cause or to break falth Ol actJ],.ooc for at h ' " no HlD 0 l · r e!lson !lncl o·oocl rrnsons for one 111!1? c non e < . < an<~th~r Otllrr r!l ces sh!lrC thiH iclr!l. Thr qurstlon thrn 1 . . t ·elf in to the eterna l claHh between . ' different nature, between Ea.-t resoof:'ra tt~ s?c~ls < " < Itsotallv CIVl u;a 1ons

mt

,:

t.

MEMORIAL

ESSAY,

1932

and West, and h ere the gigantic proportions of the obstacles to a complete and world-wide uncler:-;tanding become even more apparent. A consideration of the :stage this understa nding h as now reached, even perhaps in the case of Japan, which is considered to be the most "Vv est ern " of Eastern nations, makes it obvious that Indeed that complete agreement is still far distant. the Oriental of student keen a Kipling, Imperialist, great mind, state::; quite frankly that be con:-;ider:-; a solution to the problem impossible-on earth. 'l'hat ::;eem:,; to be 'l'he practicability of disthe e~:-;ence of the matte r. armament rests on the perfection of human beings.

Of all the nations, the Briti:-;h Empire would be the most d epend ent on the honour of her neighbours. Scattered all oYer the world, tbe component Dominions at prc:sent rely on the as:-;istance of Great Britain and on each other in time of need. That assistance denied them, they would be almoHt helple:-;;;. While it is possible that every Dominion could rai8e :sufficient men and equipment for an army, and while the natural development of civil ;wiation would probably be a sufficient guarantee of a rc:-;pectable air fl eet, not one, with the possible exception With every of lndia, can maintain an efficient navy.

Briti;;h country po;;scssing extensive coastlines, the Empire i:s essentially a maritime Power, and the efficiency of it:; nav~· is therefore of supreme importance. It cannot but be obvious to all that strong a8 the Imperial sentiment may be, the loss of the Navy mu;;t result in a certain loo::;ening of the boncls of Empire, a further widening of the breach that tnriff wallH and exchang-e rates tend to create. 'l'he proximity of 8ucb Dominions as Australia and 1\' ew Zealand to tli c Eastern emp ire:;, too, makes sudden reductions in armaments a very debatable procedure. vV1Iile we of the British nation naturally consider ourselves worthy of the confidence of our neighbours, as do (with eve r~· rrason) many other countries, who ma~r reply IIaYing no rr cognis ed for snch ns H.uss i!l nncl China~ le!lcl crs, 110 ernt ral nnthori1y possessing the confidence of t he pPoplP, ther are unable to make an~' promises or, if they do so, a re unabl e to guarantee the ir being kept.

56

BENDALL

l\IEMORIA L

ESSAY,

1932

'l'he fact that British Ministers, appreciati ng to the full all t hese things, are yet ready to lead the world in a moYement toward.· reductions in defences, says a great deal for the broadmin d ed and conciliato ry spirit and t he eam est desi re for a better and safer world of the B ritish Governme nt.

It is, ho\\' eYCr, extremely d ifficult in the discussion of a pro ulem world wid e in its significanc e to confine oneself to its r elations with one nation only. Disarmam ent is surely a matter for CYery co untry , and one dissentien t is enoug h to bar all fmtber progress.

So far confer en ces of the nations· ha,·e failed s.igto arriYC at an~· sat i sfacto r~r conclusion , and public opin ion of the efficacy of such a body as the J_;eague of Nations is on ly too well illust rated by the cartoon in t he German paper ''Die Jugend'' recently, depicting ''the man who still belieYes in the League of Nat ions" as a rara aYi:>, exhibited in a cage at the zoo. "\Vhile it mu:>t llc admitted that the League has done ~;omething for the world in settling petty war~;, and rehabilita ting the finances of seYeral Eu ropean countries .. inc e the "\Var ; in or ganising t he opposition to the terrible drug traffic and to the traffic in women and children ; and in b rin ging pressure to b ear upon t hose points where slavery continues to tbrin', yet it has made practically no adYtll!Ce in 'iecnring a defi nit e assuran ce of a pe rmanent world peace, and after all, that is i t~; aim.

nall~·

Despite the present apparent failure of the Power~; to come to an agreement , howeYer, and despite the enormous gulf w hi eh sec:'ms to separate us yet from the Utopia of a w::trless world , hope must still im;pire our leaden; to perseve re. As w e haY e said, the struggle i:; against t remendou s odds, the struggle of a d et ermination but fift een y ear:; old against the traditions , the instincts of countless centuries, of t il e epitom e of civilisation against the salient characteri> ;tic of barbarism . Success cannot be expected immecliatel~·, but as surely as t he harshness, the horror, the sayag-er ~· of the past ha .· been O\'C'rw helm Nl, sl owl~· bnt stc:'a<lily, hy the:' force of advancing en light enment must \Yar be banishC'cl for eYer from the face of the ea rth , and Man take one great step further towards the Eden from which he wa~; banished.

MODEL COWSHED ON SCHOOL FARM.

OLD BOYS ' SECT ION

57

The joint editors of the Old Boys' Section, 1\Iessrs. S. G. Dinniss and P. P. Molloy, desire to express their sincere thanks to those Old Boys who, many at some inconven ience to themselv es, take the trouble to collect notes and send in informat ion for the l\Iagazin e from various centres of New Zealand and even further afield. 'l'hey would also like to invite those in smaller towns and out-of-th e-way p laces to send notes of their doings. Letters containin g the experiences of Old Boys in other parts of the world, some of whom maY have been lost trace of in New Plymout h, w~uld also be read with gr eat interest, while Old Bo~·s in New Zealand would be glad to know the- whereab outs of these old friends.

NEW PLYMO UTH. J. Ancle rson is m the office of C. B. \Vebster , accounta nt.

J. Birch t·cccntl~· joined the office staff of the New Pl~·mout h Borongh Coun cil.

T. nncl G. Wcbster are both in the New Plymout h office of the Farme1·s ' Co-op .

•T. 1<'. l\IcDona ld has bren transferr ed from Haw era to the New Plymout h office of the Tar~maki Dail~· News.

Peter Ewart and H. R. Dingle are both in legal offices.

Tan Aylwarcl is working with his father in the South British Insuranc e Co. K. Hamilton is on the staff of Messrs. Duff and Wyn:rarcl.

R. l\I. Rogers is with L. A. Nolan and Co. J. Elmes is on the staff of Masters Ltd. Big things are cxpe ted of him in the golfing world this srason.

Bruce Reicl is in Newton King, Ltd .'s, office.

D. H. Blanche tt has added one to the number of Old Boys working in the New Plymout h Savin gs Bank.

OLD

58

BOYS'

SECTION

T. Forbes, who is stationed in Melbourne, still shows a keen interest in the doings of the old School. He longs for the good old game of Rugby and 1s particularly interested in the new "gully" ground at School. Referring to the latter, he says that he breaks out in a perspirfltion every time he thinks of it, and hopes th::1t, now the ground is completed, some new form of "torture" hm; been found for the present boys.

Two Old Boys are included in the New Zeal::1ncl University team against Australian Universities at Auckland. rrhese are H. F. l~ookes ( Otago) and A. H. An clrews (Canter bury) .

H. Purser has taken up a position with the New Plymouth Sash and Door Comp::1ny.

T. Hoskin and C. Broad have joinecl the cleric::1l stwff of Messrs. Newton King, Ltd. A. Callagh::1n is farmin g with his father at Whflngflmomona.

M. J. Jenkin is now on the st::1ff of the Moturoa School. He h::1s been prominent in Tm·flnflki athletics.

S. A. Bl::1ck again won the 440 yards title at the New Zealand amateur athletic championships at Christchurch in Mm·ch. Later in the same month h e lowered his own Taranaki record for the same distance.

ELTHAM. G. Reakes is on the printing Rtwff of the Eltham Argus.

C. R. Silver combin eR working on his f::1ther 's f::1rm with teaching music.

T. Syme is with Eltham Motors.

N. Stewart is now attending Stratford Technic::1l College.

F. Maslin is employed in the Farmers' Co-operative Society office.

S. G. Cooper is manager of the Eltham branch of the and Mercantile Company.

~oan

OLD

BOYS'

SECTION

59 J. Wylds and J. Kebbell are in the Bank of New Zealand.

roa.

S., E., and D. Knuckey are all farming at RawhitiA. W. Tiplady is in the County CouncH office.

·w.

Boddie is now farming at Mangimingi.

Ron ~yme, who is still lecturing at Oxford, hoped to take a tnp back to New Zealand this vear, bnt will not " be able to come until 1934.

T. Death is farming· ::1t Ngaere.

S. McKa~r is with C. A. Wilkinson, Ltd.

HAWERA. G. S. Anderson is now in the office of vYalkley and Laurence, accountants. He w::1s a member of the Taranaki water polo temn which competed at the New Zeflland ch::1mpionships at N a pier last season.

Arthur Betts is now farming at Te Awamutu. Harry and Stan are still at Okaiawa.

Arthnr Chri stie, who is practising law at Manaia, was elected senio1· vice-president of the South T::1ran::1ki ~>ranch of the Old Bo~'s' Association ::1t the annual meetIll g'.

,T. Clouston i» in Opunake and represented the Opunuake Surf Club at the championships at Napier last season.

D. Carter, who was with the Farmers' Co-op. at Hawera for some time, has returned to Eltham.

Arthur and Eric Dickie are in Waverle? and figured in tennis circles in Taranaki during the summer.

The Gear? brothers are farming at Patea. prominentl~r

T. W. Eaves is still working in Hawera.

Esme I-Ioneyfield is in the Farmers' Co-op. at Haw era.

Don McCallum is farming at Okaiawa and g::1inecl representative Rugby honours last season.

J. IC. O'Dea is a house surgeon at the Napiet· Hospital, while his brother Dick is practising law in Hawera.

60

OLD

BOYS'

SECTION

J. l'.IcLean is now at the Royal Air Force Depot at Sealand near Chester and is apparently making excellent pr~gress. He ha~ succeeded in pass~ng his end-o~­ term examination in fourteen subjects w1th an average of 85 per cent. He has also been successful in passing out, with four others, as "above the average" in flying·, and in addition, he has gained outright a silver cap for win~1ing the "forced landing competition" among all the men of the depot.

OLD

BOYS'

SECTION

61 T. l\I. l\IcDonald, although not an Old Boy, will be remembered as a ma~:;ter from 1923 to 1925. He is now taking the divinity course at Knox Theological Hall.

E. P. Alien has been playing cricket and hockey for the 'Var~:;it.r, possessing a "blue" for the latter.

H. F. Fookes continues to be a tower of strennth to the 'Varsity fifteen. "'

ROTORUA.

\V. J. ·watt has been prominent in athletic circles.

'

Allen B. ·wood (1912-14) is in business as a dispensin g chemist.

He is now a married man with two children.

B. \V. Grieve has not lost hi~; ability on the sta•~e and has been playing a leading part in dramatics. "'

G. E. Bleazel (1926-27) is in the Rotorna branch of the Bank of New Zealand and seen)s to b e getting the most out of life.

. F .. J. Stewart is with Gibb and Cessforcl, engmeers.

Bill Noakes passes through Rotorua abont once every five or six weeks. He is travelling for an insurnnce firm . .

Th e Rotorua High School Old Pupils' Associatw_n held a reunion dinner at Easter and R. G. \Vebb , who JS on the staff of the school ther e, represented the N.P.H.S. O.B.A. He would be ver? pleased if any Old Boys passing through Rotorun would call on him or 'phone 173.

DUNEDIN.

motor

0. Clarke is in the office of the New Zealand Express Company.

C. S. \IV oocls always appear:; busy in the Land aud Deeds Office.

E. G. Olson is flying instructor to the Otao·o Aero Cl ub at l\Iosgiel Aerodrome. "' J. Ewart i~:; occupied with work at the Botanical Gardens. He was previously in Christchurch for some time.

P. Davidson, who is at present in Dunedin after bn·old • . .

• . . rnuung achvitle~:; m Central Otago, inteucb to extend his operations to the \IV est Coa~:;t.

There are many Old Boys at the Otago University.

E. P. Allen, V•l . J. Wa.tt, and D. G. Phillips are fifth ?ear medical students aiming at first section final.

B. \V. Grieve. and T. Z. Paget are going for the~r second professional and P. Loten for first professiOnal.

H. F. Fookes and H. Law are second ~r ear students. ! J. Brough, J. Avery and J. L. Simcock are go in g for the in termed ia te.

IIowan1 Cooper is at t he Auckland Trainino· College "' aucl University.

N. Henry is in his third ?enr at the dental faculty and T . N. Watt fourth year in the science faculty.

J. Beale has gone into the employ of the Colonial Rubber Company.

G. K. JVIcKenzie, B.A., is working for his M.A. and divinit? at the Knox Theological Hall.

R S. Jones h eaded the list of candidates for New Zealand in chemistry in the recent degree examinations.

Bruce Andrew is a first year engineering student and J. Kerr is in the faculty of commerce.

J. Outred, L. vVatt, A. Catran, and \V. Holland are all at 'Varsity.

J. Law is pu J ·~:;er on the~:;.:;. \Vaipata.

AUCKLAND.

62

OLD

BOYS '

SECT ION

CHR IST CHU RCH .

Alan Andr ews, who was capta in of crick et and football at Colleo·e Hous e, Cant erbu ry Colle ge, has been chose n as a 1~ember of the New Zeal and Univ ersit y Rugb y team to play again st the touri ng· Aust ralia n 'Varsity team .

G. E. Lama s, for sever al year s cond uctor of t h e Scho ol Orch estra , has comp leted his studi es at Cant erbury Colle ge and was recen tly ord.a ined into the Angl ican mini stry at Dune clin, wher e he 1s now a cura te unde r the l~ev. G. C. Crui cksh anks .

TE ARO HA. R. A. Cand y is farm ing at Ngar ua and is a promine nt mem ber of the Te Ar9h a Tenn is Club . E. E. Cole is also farm ing at N garu a.

E. S. Beve rley and D. Kenr ick are m the Bank of New Zeala nd.

J. C. \Vyb orn is a sales man f01: a m~lkin~m~chine comp any. Gor·d on vVyb orn .i s farm~~1g .w1th l;~s fathe r.'

S . Wyb orn is on the clenc al staff of the le Aroh a Boro u gh Coun cil.

R. Rent on is with D. l\IcL. \V all ace, Ltd. NAP IER .

N. F. Ford is with the local office of the Land and Deed s Depa rtme nt.

C. V-..T. Nash is pract ising as a barri ster and solic itor.

He recen tly beca me enga ged.

V-..T. A . Beck work s in his fathe r's phar macy . \ ¥. G. Sutto n is in the local bran ch of the Bank of New So uth \¥ales, havi ng recen tly been trans ferre d t~ Napi er from Haw era. '!'her e are a numb er of Old Boys in insur ance offices.

E. '1'. Simp son is with the New Zeal and Com pany ; Boyd Lash in the Victo ria Com pany .

R. 1. Harri Ron is teach in g at. tb e Inter medi ate High Scho ol.

R. H. Le Pine is a partn er in the firm of Roge rs, Helle ur, and Le Pine , barri sters and solic itor s.

OLD

BOYS '

SEC TION

63 P . W. Nield is with the Napi er office of the Land s and Surv ey Depa rtme nt.

R. vV. Edge ly recen tly suffe red a brok en leg in an accid ent. He is at prese nt recup erati ng.

R. Falls is with the Gu ardia n 'l'rus t.

J. \V. Palm er is inspe ctor of agric ultur e with head ll Uarte rs at Hast ings.

B. Insu ll is teach ing at the Hast ings High Scho ol.

S. l\Iilla r is with Peac h and Co., Hast ings.

Ken Daly h as a butc hery busin ess at vVai pawa .

Thos e farm ing in Haw ke's Bay inclu de G. Fred sberg , Vl. Poin ton, and Von Dade lszen Nilss on, L. .

<!E)bttuarp.

LE SLI E MO BR AY

EVAN S.

It was a gr eat shoc k to the Scho ol to learn of the death on Apri l 9 of Les. Evan s, who died as a resul t of an accid ent he susta ined durin g the Chris tmas holid ays. • His name wa;; prom inent in every bran ch of schoo l spor t and the te rm exam inati ons al way.· foun d him near th e h ead of his form . As capta in of t h e Thir d Elev en he was looke d up to as a fine leade r an d liis frank and hone st natu re made him one of the most popu lar boys in the Scho ol, not only with his schoo l-fell ow s, but with the mast ers and all who were conn ected with him. vVhe ther in th e footb all field, or in the boxin g ring, w here he was succe ssful in winn ing t h e unde r nine stone ch ampi onsll ip, h e playe d the game with a smile and was a man in every sense of t h e word . On leavi true sport sng Scho ol h e beca me appr entic ed to l\Ir. Bond , denti st, 'l'e Kuit i, and need less to say, he enter ed his new ::;phere of life with his ch aract erist ic vigo ur and hone sty . The whol e Scho ol k eenly feels hiR loss and expr esseR its h eartf elt s.Y mpat hies with his pare nts and fr iends .

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OLD

BOYS' sECTION

"RIMA'U." (Tiger. )

~es the follmriu

intere: ;tH.. B. Horne r (19 1~-1:) gl"periences in theg Malay an mg accou nt of some o IS eJ>.

.

jungl e:-

. . exclaim, I would simply One often I;ears . enthusi astic s?,uls I will be "Oh, excused, I trust, in love to see a t1ge r m the JUngle. .. The followin g is quoting -"Wher e ignoran ce is blis.s. : · · f ·the mathem atical type written for what it is worth, but oemg, 0I feel I can do but scant rather tha.n a "wallow er" in "journalese, justice to the subject , . . . . . . . . land engmee nng smveys , In 1927, whtle engage d m large er to and the "Tarana kian," I met which were referred to in a former Jett beast several times!

Apart several tigers- or quite possibly the sal~~ far removed from carele_s~ from the fact that one w~s not so v~veral Malay survey linesme n youth at the time, the presenc e of·tterence between a slight thrill on these occasio ns made all the di t that every Malay would take and a damned good fnght. The fac Id overcome the usual "tiger to his swiftest h eels as soon as he c~~ing these meeting paralys is" did not enter one's head d . ufilcient to s with "big record that cats." ;a:owever, during that y~ar tt f~~ ~n each occasion he was fnend t1ger was undoub tedly nervous , before crashing off into the satisfied to give a few tat! la~hmgs on1Y heavier jungle gloom. .

My latest expene nce was , howevei., rather a differen t story. Let me first try to set the stage. . . . .· followin g the Sin~aTen miles from my dtstuct h ea dquarters f . an area o I'eal virg·in J·ungle whtch pore Road south wa"-ds one en t ers . · d. tance of eight or nine mtles .. continu es to flank th e road for a . ISbetween four and six The width of this un.spoiled forest IS h' h I commenced miles on my "footIC each side of th e roa d · Th e point at wthis jungle-edged road, my slogging " was about half-wa y alon~ wing area 011 the far side of objectiv e being a large Malay frmt-gr 0~ive surveyor s were at work. the forest belt where some of my ~a Topi, shirt, shorts, stocking s, About my person were the followmg · very light cane (with which studded boots, the eternal ptpe an~ ~osquito). My sole compan ion one would h ave difficult y m killmg was my purebre d fox-ter ner, Mick, Wh 0se joy in following scents in the jungle never appear to wane.

We got through to my men WI·thout any incident except the usual meeting s with odd bands of mon kte ys 'and a snake or two, all of which were the fruits of Mick's scou mg. took place. There is a Half-w ay back, howeve r, the "fun" . 11 a natural tree trunk seat small open s pace at this point on whiCsmo ke. I succumbed to the invites one to have a breathe r and ~ pipe going well when Mick, temptat ion and ha d JUSt got the ddenly bristled for no apparen t who was sitting between . my knees; ~~he never lies. Followi ng the reason. I know pal Mick, however directio n of his sensitiv e, tapered nose, the reason for his bristlin g

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hair, the low rumblin g in his throat, and his inabilit y to use his legs was slamme d home on me with awful suddenn ess.

An oversize Malaya n tiger.

Thinkin g things over later on in the day, I realised that a really masterl y exhibiti on of still acting was given for nobody 's benefit. The tiger-w hich had come into view not more than 15 yards away between two tree trunks flanking the open space- was the star actor, for Mick was quiverin g with excitem ent, and my eyelids were still rather unstead y, while m y knees were quite possibly shaking in sympat hy with Mick!

It speaks volumes for the makers of Clifton pipes that my clenching· jaws did not shatter the pipe stem.

The star actor r emained as if carved out of stone, though his gTeen eyes spoke eloquen t languag e.

I cannot pretend to s ay how long this went on-pos sibly but a minute or so, though at the time I would have sworn that half an hour elapsed . Then Mick, bless his canine heart, utt2red one sharp, piercing· bark. Here again I can give no reliable estimat e. I jumped in the air from my seat-se emingl y a foot, but in saner momen ts I realise it was probabl y but an inch, and our large feline disturb er also jumped (he only knows how far). Thus Mick had saved the day by that sudden outpour ing of his pent-up nervous energy. I saw no movem ent of the tiger's disapp earanc e-he was just there and now gone.

I grabbed Mick's collar just in time to prevent him followin g this new species of cat, and after spendin g five minutes in restorin g him to order-d uring which time the strong musky odour peculia r to tigers had succeed ed in further whettin g his appetite for a chase -we started off towards the car through the remaini ng two miles of now eerie jungle. The swishin g of monkeys jumpin g from to branch a nd the light rustle of small lizards or harmles branch in the undergr owth now seemed pregna nt with possibil s snakes ities, for it was in this same area that two Chinese were attacke d by a tiger • and one was mortally mauled but two years previou sly.

Oh, what a long two miles!

Mick, being less worldly -wise than his timid master, was with difficult y prevent ed from returnin g to the "stage," and I am afraid my cane was used several times to persuad e him that the car was our objecti ve-and quickly .

Such exp2rie nces as I have so poorly related usually have their amusin g inciden ts, and I would therefo re mentio n that when the waiting car was finally reached , m y Malay "chaffe ur," casual glance at ma.ster, offered the followin g remark after his -"Buny ak panas, Tuan" (very warm, sir). Only when the car did I realise that my few garmen ts were literally wringinhad started g wet-an d I do not p erspire freely-n ormall y! !

No, take my tip; you would not love to see a tiger in the jungle, especia lly if you have a l5lb . dog as a sole compan ion, and a light "swank -cane" as your sole means of defence.

(Mick had a whole tin of quite expensi ve cream with his meat and rice that evening !)

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ACROSS THE WORLD.

TRIP IN H .lVI.S. DIOMEDE. H. Bree, who is on the Diomede, give::; the following description of life on one of His Majesty's fighting ships:starting at the beginning of the commission of H.M.S. Diomede at Portsmouth on October 20 , 1930, I will endeavour to give an outline of events and places visited up to the time of arrival in New Zealand. The name "Diomede" comes from the Greek word "Diomedes." He was reputed to be the son of Ares and King of Bistones, in Thrace, and a possessor of a herd of horses which fed on human flesh. Hercules killed him and threw him to his own horses to be devoured. The ship's crest shows a horse rampant with the motto beneath b eing "Fortibus Feroces Fraucentur," the non-literal translation of which is "Strength overcomes wickedness."

Portsmouth was left in rough weather, and even the renowned Bay of Biscay held to its traditions, and no one was sorry when the ship arrived at Gibraltar. The next place visited was Jamaica, where the usual ceremonies in connection with Armistice Day were participated in. On leaving Colon (the next place we. visited) , all were keen to see the famous Panama Canal, which we entered at 8.30 a.m. and left at 4 p.m. , arriving shortly afterwards at Balboa. The trip to Nukuhiva was interesting only for the fact that numerous "flying fish" were seen and a majority of the ship's company who had not seen these before were thrilled. Many of these were attracted on board by the light of the ship and it was not an uncommon occurrence to see one of these fish land in the hammock of some unfortunate , who would make a hasty retreat amid joking comments of bystanders. The next places visited, Bora Bora and Rarotonga, were of little interest other than the fact that oranges and other palatable fruits could be obtained by merely walking ashore and h elping oneself.

The final part of the journey was certainly the best when all were eager to see their friends and relatives, and those who had not been to New Zealand before looked with wonderment at their new home. Auckland was reached on December 15, and amid usual characteristic formalities and punctual to time (this being one of the code words of His Majesty's ships). Hilarity reigned supreme when it was learned that all hands had been granted 14 days' leave.

Now for the lighter aspect of the routine. It comes the da ily duty of a sailor to rise at an early hour and scrub the decks, which is not looked forward to at all, especially on cold winter morning路s, yet has to be done. After this comes the drawing of provisions and preparation of meals. This is done by one man from each mess in turn , who visits the bakery, butchery and provision store to obtain the daily rations allowed for his mess. But the meals cause much fun a mongst the different members of the mess, as the unfortunate man endeavours to satisfy the anguishing d esire of his inner man with weird concoctions. Sweets unknown by mothers and not to be found in cookery books seem to be the objective of these men.

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Then comes the occasion of "Colours." At 8 o'clock each morning the white ensign is flown from the staff at the stern of the ship, whilst the New Zealand ensign is flown from the bows amid pomp and ceremony. The persons present at this event are the commanding officer, the officer of the day, a guard a.nd drummer, and during this time all members of the ship's company face aft and pay their tribute of loyalty to His Majesty. Work commences straight after this, when the hands are detailed off for various and varied duties. Everything goes off smoothly until dinner is piped and all hands race back to their messes. With dinner comes the issue of grog, which is looked for all the morning, and interested hands cannot be present quick enough at the tub. Grog is a mixture of rum and water at the ration of one to three, and is meted out to each mzss under the supervision of the duty warrant officer, sergeant of marines, and the petty officer of the day. Men who do not desire this ration are credited with a monetary allowance to their pay account quarterly. This being over and the dinner consumed, Jack is '路 satisfied to rest until required at the termination of the dinner hour, when once again he reluctantly resumes his daily duties. 路 At a later hour in the afternoon tea is piped and all hands with the exception of the duty part of the watch are finished for the day and they hurriedly prepare for negotiations on shore. At sunset comes the similar formalities as for "Colours," with the exception of the guard, a nd all is quiet until 9 p .m., when the commanding officer, by custom, visits all parts of the ship. This is known as "night rounds." An hour later comes "pipe down ," when silent hours commence.

A day's work varies, however, as there are numerous drills and exercises to go through, such as gunnery and tropedo firings and training classes for the younger members of the ship's company.

An incident that happens on rare occasions and is looked forward to with much hilarity is that of " Crossing the Line." Picked men dress themselves in regalia of Neptune and his company. In preparation of the event all hands diligently make ready the necsesary platform, the slip chair and the canvas bath to be filled with water. When this is over Neptune visits the captain of the ship and informs him that the ceremony is about to commence, and in the interim everybody has gathered around the dias in eager a.nticipation of a happy hour. Neptune arrives on the platform, followed by his train and the captain, the bears already having taken possession of the bath. Then the scribe reads 路aut the proclamation and dedication of all land lubbers to the freedom of the seas.

The captain is then asked to sit in the chair and after being examined by the doctor is given his medicine and pill and the barber does his duty by lathering and shaving at random, in the middle of which the chair is slipped and the captain is left to the mercy of the bears, who duck him from one end of the bath to the other. This is repeated until all the land lubbers have been through the ordeal, and then everyone is satisfied to return to his duties.

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THE BOUNTE OUS MOTHER. 1882-1932.

(By an Old Boy.)

Though dooming Time seems pois'cl on facile wings, Think not on things he ruin' cl in his fi igh t; Behold who with him rides, that spirit bright, Bounteo us l\rother! Hark, of Truth she sings!

Hail, comrad es-truer friends, a richen'd hoi:it !

Come, with 1\Iirth, together in her temple; now How quenchlesi:i seems the fire that lit her brow!

Siug ye, ronnel h er altar, i:iing! but spare the boast.

She knows not mottos, number;;, years, uor n<unei:i! \Ve heard her maxim., Youth hath lov'd their sound, But may we, older, make h er meaning s liYe \Vith human wisdom, rising-s hame o'er shames- -By virtue still. To all who tread her grou nd Be this her greatest gift: New pow'rs to give!

PARENT ASSOCIATION.

THE JUBIEE l~EVlEvVED. General satisfact ion with t h e i:iUccesi:i of the Jubilee gatherin gs was ex pressed at the annual meeting of the parent asi:iociation on Decembe r 21. l\Ir. Gordon Fra;;er presided over an attendan ce of about 25.

The 16th annual report stated : The re-union held at Easter to celebrate the 60tb anniYel·i:ial',V of the School wns an occasion which will be long remembe red by all old boys present. The atmo;;ph re of friendlin es;; and i11terest in the proceedi ngs promised well for the succesi:i of the occasion , and it 1ras gratifyin o· to all those who worl,ed so hanl for the success of the function to see this interest being maintain ed to the close of the procee<lings. The man? messages of congratu lations received on the occasion of the ,Jubilee celebrationi:i were an ample reward fo r the time and work put in by the executiv e.

In the early stages of the preparati on;; it was thought that the associati on would have to consider raising funds to pay for the celebrati ons, as the initial expenses were fairly heavy. However , frars in this respect were unfounded, for b? the att'•nclance at the ball, a sufficient profit was made to meet all expenses incuned at the re-union , and leave a balance of £15/ 0/ 2 to be placed to the credit of the associati on's funds.

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BRANC H ASSOCI ATIONS .

It is gratifyin g to note that Old Boys outside of New Plymout h are still maintain ing an interest in the efforts of their respectiv e associati ons. H.e-unions l1ave been held at Aucklan d , \Veliingt on, Ha wera and \Yangan ui, and from reports received from lo ca l old boys who visited these function s, it is evident that th cv are verT much enjo~'ed . " ·

The Old Bo~'s' Football Club enteJ'ecl three teams in the senior, second graclr nnd third gracle competit ions, and althongh no team was successfu l in winning a gracle, an improvement in the standard of play was notice11ble.

The sei1ior team commenc ed the season well, but as in the 1931 season, were again unfortun ate in losing members of the team through injuries. In conseque nce the second grade team was heavily drawn on, and had difficulty in fielding a team towards the end of the season. 'rhe third grade team played the best and most consisten t football of the club, and from an inexperi enced side at the beginnin g of the season, develope d into a strong combina tion. It is very encourag ing to see the ~tandard of pla,v attained by th is team, and the remainmg teams of the club would clo well to follow their example in regard to training. Financia llv the club is i~ a sound position, and despite the prese~t day condih,ons hns managed by careful administ ration to emerge with a small profit for the season.

The Cricket Club experien ced a successfu l season last ,vear, both from the point of view of the results achieverl in competition and from the point of view of finance. Although none of the three teams was successfu l in winning its respectiv e grade, all three were runners- np. The club began last season with a small credit balance of 17/ 3, but by means of a competit ion and revenue from members ' subscrip tions, finished the season with the satisfact ory cr edit baalnce of £20/ 13/ 6, and this after the whole of the equipme nt had been overhaul ed and supplem ented. At the annual meeting a resolutio n was passed incorpor ating the club as the New Plymout h High School Old Boys' Cricket Club, and the constitut ion and rules were adopted.

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SUCCESSFUij SUR F SEA SON .

The past season's activities i~ surf wor k hav e bee~, very succe. .s·fnl· The inco rpor atlO n of the Old Boy .

1 .b . 'tl tl e New Plymouth Sur Clu · Oll b resn tee1 m .~ Clu Wl .~ 1 bl t fieid a strono· fteam in surf com peh Bov s brmr e o o . . . . Tl"'r atanda . rd of wor k in the team s IS ver y l . ] ug 1 , tJOns. . Je s. ', trainin" and to the coa chin g of Mr. H. S. clue to mteusn:lub was"successful in win ning the foll ?wV·l eston. The t't' est Coa st Cha mpi ons hips , . ·f compe JJons.. "'AT v • mg sm C . Shield Wil liam s lVIarch Pas ~ up , Hackshaw-Seat 1e. h' 'Tab or Shie ld Tar ana ki Cham]llOllJS J~s,. team . Tara \Va itar a J_jicensecl ;1ak i Jun ior Cha mVictnallers' Cup. umor ' · . ~ Juni or Penn ant. plOl1 ,,, . e last annual mee ting the com . mitt ee Smce. ~\ a. ~ole a()'ent to han dle the sup ply of has appom ec , . k' " of bl"z ers and is plea sed to · -mg "~ ' mat ena1 an.d the ma . . . bers of Old Bov s are av::ulm t that mcreasmg g num " repo r Th f the opportunity of poss essi ng blaz ers. e themselves o . of a badrre for the mat ter of desJgn . ' . " ··no· theblaz er has bee n the ven r and the comb. t of mucll rllscussJon dun b ' su. J<'C 'th t ided to ado pt th e scho. ol bad ge Wl . ou mltt.ee ha s dele t of an asi'w ciati on tie has now bee n alte ratio n. 'f lC wan · ' '· · filled. . the con sitit .utio n of the asso ciaSince the change m in()' '~hereby the life mem bertion at the last annual hmee;ecl""to an ann ual sub scri ptio n . f f 5/was c anb slup ee o . . b n a mar ked incr ease m the mco me of 2/ 6, thm:e l.~~~ freo~ this source. Eig of the as:soclatJo; ( durinO' the yea hty- fou r memb.ers r , this repr esen tm.g cup .JOn ' bof £10 / 10/ - As soo P aid. then· subs t the assom.a t1011 n as It an mcome o .

• ll ' now n that the· sub scr!• ptw ·e n IS "'ene ra Y 1< becomes mor b I . me from ']l b this sou rce ne Wl . e an annu,al O ' t 1e m eo grea tly increased . l t disclosed a cred The balance-s~~~l acco unt £ / 8/ 6, it to the gen~ral and tl1~ ~ ub1lee fun d of 3/ 3, {~l/e5 a total cred it37 to the asso Cia twn of acco unt £16/ ' £53/ 9/ 2. d of last seas on the Sch ool ac h.leve cl Towar~s the ent d'no· aims in the com pl etio n of the ano ther of Its long·S an l b ' bath s.

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71 Thi s yea r the exe cutiv e was invi ted to atte nd the Sch ool spo rts dinn er, abo ut ten mem bers ava ilin g them selv es of the invi tati on and thor oug hly enjoyi:qg them selv es.

The bala nce -she et of the Jub gen eral acco unt sho wed a prof it ilee acco unts and the on tion s of £18 / 14/ 3 and a cred it bala th e Jub ilee cele bra nce to the asso ciat ion' s gen eral acco unt of £53 / 19/ 2.

The cha irm an, in mov ing the ado ptio n of the repo rt and bala nce- shee t, said that eve ryon e was sati sfie d with the succ ess of the Jub ilee acti viti es. mos t succ essf ul one. He had had The yea r had bee n a to wor k with and afte r the yea an exc elle nt exe cuti ve r's wor king the association was in a com fort able pos itio n fina ncia lly. The re had bee n losses in som e of the Jub ilee acco unts , but the succ ess of the ball had give n the asso ciat ion a cred it of ove r £50.

The foll owi ng officers wer e elec yea r : Pre side nt, Mr. D. Syk es; seni ted for the ensu ing P. Atk inso n; juni or vice -pre side or vice -pre side nt, Mr. nt, Mr. J J . H. Boo n; hon orar y secr etar ies, Messrs. F . L . Rea d and K. F. Foo kes; trea sure r, Mr. E. J. Insu ll; Messrs. R. G. How ell and L. \V. Lov asso ciat ion dele gate s, ell; hon orar y aud itor , Mr. vV. S. Tho mso n.

The cha irm an sug gest ed that mak e a don atio n to the scho ol the asso ciat ion mig ht as Mr. l\Ioyes had sug gest ed that the a "Ch ristm as box ." mon ey cou ld be used for a divi ng boa rd or step s at th e Sch ool bath s.

Ten pou nds was vote d.

Mes srs. S. F. Foo kes and R. G. free han d in obta inin g asso ciat ion How ell wer e give n a bad ges.

The secr etar ies wer e inst ruct ed to wri te to the Sch ool con grat ulat ing the Elev en on its perf orm anc e aga inst Nel son Col lege .

Mr. W. H. Moy es con grat ulat ed the pres iden t and com mitt ee on a yea r of won derf ul success. He also than ked them for the don atio n.

The secr etar ies wer e vote d an hon orar ium of £5.

Mr. L. \V. Lov ell, in prop osin g a vote of than ks to the reti ring pres iden t, said that Mr. Fra ser had had a mos t diff icul t yea r. It had bee n mos t plea san t to hav e an able gen eral und er who m to wor k. The vote was carr ied by accl ama tion .

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THE FOOTBALL CLUB. SUCCESSFUL SEASON REVIE\NED. There were about for ty memb er s present at the annn11 l meeting of the Old Boys' Foo t ball Club , which was held on ~Iar ch 28. Th e pr esiden t, l\Ir. A. A. B ennett , occupied th e chair.

The fourt eenth an nun l r eport chr onicled a fairly successful ?enr, and n !>lig-h tly improved finan cial position.

It wa s stnt ecl t hat th e past y ear h ad witn essed a fair football season , nncl although the club w as not successful in winnin g an? of the grades, th e te ams pla ye d sound football. 'rhe Senior Fi fteen h ad sta r ted t h e season with good promise but, through neglect in t h eir training, had lost any chance of winnin g t he championship . They showed, by defeating once ever y t eam in t h e nort h , that with proper atten tion to t raining t hey could hav e gone fnrth er. The juniors and thirds pla yed w ell and had show ed much promise. During t he year th e seniors pla~red th eir annual mntch wit h th e Athletic Club at N ew Plymouth 11ncl, 11fter a good, f11 st gam e, ga in ed a victory by 15-13. 'l'hey had journeyed to vVaitara t o play for t h e Black and White Cup f or the firs t tim e and wer e su ccessful in gainin g a win by 9 points t o 8 after a ver y fast, hard and exciting gnme. They took t his op p ort unity of ext enclin!!' sin ce re thank s to th e memb er s and offi cials of Clifton Club for th e mann er in whi ch t hey en ter ta ined t heir members.

The balan ce-sheet showed a very satisfactory condition with a credit balance o£ £21/ 9/ 5, as comp ar ed with a cr edit balance of £18/ 3/ 8 for the p r evious year . Th e committee had experienced gr eat difficu lty in collectin g subscription~, as shown by a decr ease of £2/ 4/ G comp11 red with la st year. It had only been t hrough ca r eful administration of the club's affairs that the executive had b een able to show a ]Jrofit on th e year 's workin g .

The congratulation s of th e club were du e to l\Iessr s.

K. F. Fookes, \V. L. Rutherford, B. l\I11 ce and R. Priar. who were selected to r epr e. ent eith er Tar an aki or N orth Taranaki.

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73 They had during the season been most unfortunate in losing tl1e services of J. Galbraith and C. Drader, both of whom were transferred to other districts. These two members, who had always been keen players and workers for the club, would be greatly missed.

The club offered its congratulation s to the Okaiawa Club in winning th e McMasters Shield and the Stratford Club, the runners-up.

The thanks of the club were clue to all those who have in any way assisted actively or financially, to l\'Ir. J. O'Neill for training the teams, to the president, l\Ir. A. A. Bennett, to the School authorities, to members of the Taranaki Rugby Union, St. John Ambulance, Referees' Association, and to the press for its assistance generally in the interests of Rugby.

PRESTDEWl' SPEAKS PJJAINLY. In moving the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet the chairman congratulated the club on a successful year financially , which reflected gTeat credit on the executive and officers, to whom the club should be grateful. A fair share of representative honours had been earned b? member~ of the club.

He regretted, however, that he could not congratulate the club on its record on the pla~路 ing field, particular!~' in the senior division, but he felt that last season , there had been something radically wrong. 'l'h ere wa s no doubt that on paper the team had the material and it had proved itself in more than one match, and particularly in one, to be capable of playing the best game of l~ugby in the north end of the province. Yet on other occasions tl1e standard of play had been lamentably low.

At the annual meeting it wa~ necessary to look for the why and wherefore of the trouble and take some steps to put it right. He would say unh esitatingly that la st year's failure to annex the northern division was due to lack of consistent and regular training. 'l'hat was lamentable in a club that had prov ed in th e past that with prop er attention to training it could head the list at the end of the year. Referees had been criticised b~r members of variou. 路 teams, but if a t eam was fit it would ov ercome any mistakes a referee might make. Some of the club's supporters had given a great deal of time to looking after

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the teams, but if the player s were not carefu l they would lose their sympa thy and active suppo rt. If a club was to remai n a force in the Rugby world , coache s and officials 'vould need the suppo rt of the player s themse lves, who would have to train consis tently and show the true club spirit. There fore he hoped that this year player s would suppo rt the traine rs so that the teams would be as succes sful as they should be.

While agreei ng with the tenor of Mr. Benne tt's remarh:s, Mr. S. F. Fooke s, who second ed the motion , pointe d out that injuri es l1ad last season caused 34 or 35 men to play in the senior team. He gave an assura nce that the player s would do their best to place the club at the top of the tree.

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Mr. G. F. Bertra nd agreed with the presid ent. He felt that last year in all grades a good deal more could have been done . 'l'he fault did not a lllie with the player s, as part of the blame might be due to the coaches. l\Iany of the injurie s were due to lack of trainin g. A team had no right to take the field unless it was fit, and last year's attend ance at physic al trainin g classes had been disapp ointin g.

The motion was then carrie d.

ELEC TION OF OFFIC ERS. Officers for the ensuin g year were then electe d as follow s :-Patr on, Mr. W. H. Th1oyes; presid ent, 1\'Ir. A. A. Benne tt; vice-p reside nts, Dr. E. F. Fooke s, 1\Iessrs. T. S. J ones and F. \\Thitc ombe; honor ary audito r, Mr. L. \\T. J.1ovell; honor ary secret ary, 1\'Ir. C. Smart ; delega tes to Taran aki Rugby Union , 1\Iessrs. G. F. Bertra ncl, R. G. Howe ll and H. W. Brown ; club captai n, Mr. D. Doile; vice-c aptain , Mr. L. Christ ie; coach, 1\Ir. G. F. Bertra ncl; selecto rs, Messrs. Bertra ncl, Doile and Brown ; delega te to Old Boys' Assoc iation, Mr. S. F . Fookc s; execut ive, Messr s. K. F. Fooke s, H. L. 'rhoms on, J. Birch, J. Insull, and J. Blaken ey.

Fiftee n new memb ers were elected .

Messrs . H. L. Thoms on and J. K. Clark were appoin ted to repres ent the club at a meetin g of delega tes to arrang e an Old Boys' sports clays and social gather ing on Easter Saturd ay.

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75 After discus sing the variou s schem es put forwa rd by the Taran aki l~ugby Union for the regula tion of senior play this season it was decide d strong ly to oppose all three schem es and to favou r the retent ion of the presen t system of play. 'l'he groun d of oppos ition was the time and co~>t involv ed in travel ling long distan ces.

It was felt to be certai n that some player s would be unable to leave in time for a game at, say, Patea, and the cost of travel ling would fall heavil y on others .

The club decide d to recom mend to the union to arrang e for a limita tion of travel ling by repres entati ve teams this season in view of the expen se involv ed. It was thoug ht that the propo sed ~:>outhern tour should not be under taken.

It wa~:> decide d to congr atulat e the Old Boy~>' Cricke t Club on it~:> succes s in winni ng the northe rn divisio n champ ionshi p.

The ~>ecretary wa~> voted an honor arium of £5/ 5/ ancl donati ons of £1/ 1/ - were made to the Refere es' Association and St. John Ambu lance Assoc iation.

OLD BOYS' BALL .

ANOT HER GREA 'l' SUCC ESS. 'l'h e high ~>tandard of brillia nce, colour and gaiety ~:>et by the New Plymo uth High Schoo l Old Boys' Ball in previo us year~> was ~:>plendidly follow ed in the Schoo l A~>~> e mbly Hall on April1 7 . 'l'he ball is recogni~>ed as one of the main social event~:> in the life of New Plymo uth, and the ~>Upport which wa:-; accord ed it thi~> year ~:>howed that the old boy~> ~>till like to gather in their old school. About 300 danc ers occup ied the large A~:>~>embly Hall. It seeme d almos t anothe r jubilee, for old boys were presen t from all parts of New Zealan d.

Th e arrang ement s left noth ing- to be desire d.

The hall de cor~tion. · wer e in perfec t taRte, the prevai ling colour s bemg old gold, black and white.

The main entran ce to the hall was made an arch covere d with

OLD BOYS ' SECT ION 76 lycop odium , colou red light s and strea mers .

The hall itself prese nted an entir ely new schem e of deco ratio ns.

In the centr e was suspe nded a tiere d chan delie r, from whic h hung black , whit e and old gold strea mers . From this chan delie r more strea mers flowed in all direc tions in the form of a cano py, and in each corn er were caug ht on anoth er chan delie r on a smal ler scale . Arou nd the walls were hung many colou red light s, diffu sed throu gh prett y lante rn shad es, and more lante rns were susp ende d at inter vals on t he :strea mere d ceilin g. 'l'he entir e schem e was softe ned by mass es of lycop odium droo ped abou t the pilla rs and balco ny. On the dais nume rous easy chair s had been arran ged for the chap erone s, and here and there were hung bowl s of dahli as.

The final touch to the danc e a::; a ball was given by t he :spec ial danc e for the debu tante s.

In the dinin g-roo m, wher e :supper was serve d, the light s were softe ned by many colou red shad es and num erous yases of dahli as and green ery ador ned the table s. 'l'he deco ratio ns in the supp er-ro om had been desig ned

by Mi::;::; U. Moyes, and taste was show n in putti ng the scl1eme into effect. Exce llent danc e mu::;i c wa::; supp lied

by Boul ton '::; orche::;tra.

The laclie:s' comm ittee wa:s: Me:sdame::; D. S. Syke s (chai rwom an), G. Fra:s er, 'l'. H. Bate s, J. S. S. Medl ey, J. W. Uonnell, R H. Geor ge, W. I. Shrim pton , W. N. Steph enso n, J. H. Boon , J. Legg at, P. E. 'l'rev ella, P. F. Atkin son, D. F. C. Saxt on, V. E. Kerr , H. W. Brow n, A. R. Stan dish, Mis:ses M., U. and N. Moyes., N. Nola n, E. Fooke::;; H. Ruth erfor d, P. Luxf ord and B. Geor ge. 'l'he official:::; of the Old Boy::; ' A::;:::;ociation, who were large ly respon:::;ible for the organ i:sati on and mana geme nt, were : Me:::;srs. D. S. Syke s (pre. -iden t), P. F. Atki nson an cl ,J. H. Boon (v ice-p resid ents) , E . ,J. Jnsn ll (trea surer ), K. 1~. Fook cs ancl F. lJ. l~rad (secr rtari es), R. G. How ell, L. W. Lovc ll, ll. W. Brow n, A. C. Fook cs, D. F. C. Saxt on, C. John son, S. :I!.,. Fook es, C. H. Strom bom, N. P .

Leal and, U. L. Saxt on and W. I. Shrim pton .

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NEW S FROM WEL LING TON .

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Geor ge Saunder:::;, Ralp h Craw shaw , V\T. :I!.,. Sutto n, A. B. Shaw and \N. Mon k are mem bers of the staff of the lo cal bran ch of the Natio nal Bank ; Eric Colson and D. Stace are in the Unio n Bank ; A. Heth ering ton is with the Com merc ial Bank ; Trev or J ones is on the staff of the Bank of New Zeala nd, Nort h End Bran ch; G. R. Fook es is on the staff of the Bank of New Sout h ViT ales, Cour tenay Place .

Jus tin Wils on is with the Publ ic Tru:st, \i V elling ton.

E. Pope , J. Willi s and R Suth erlan d are memb er::; of the legal profe:s::;ion.

I. Mciv or has left Gene ral J\Iotors to take up a position a::; acco unta nt with John Cham bers and Son. V. Bara k left for Engl and recen tly. He inten ds to resid e there with his peop le.

J. D. l\Iac kay and A. l\I. Griffin are teach ing at Wellingt on College.

D. Thom pson was trans ferre d at the end of last year from vV ellin gton to the Nels on bran ch of the New Zealand Insu ranc e Com pany .

P. C. Mile::; is with 0. and R. Beer e and Com pany , solic itors , and is atten ding lectu res at 'Vars ity.

C. Robb i:::; with Hall en:::;tein Bros . and Jack Sutto n with Brisc oe, E. W . Mills and Co. Rum our has it that Jack and Char lie will soon be joini ng the rank s of the Bene dicts .

A. E. Read i:::; on the ~taff of the "Rad io Reco rd" and his broth er Harr y is teach ing. Harr y hope s to l eave short ly on a trip to Engl and.

.T. And erson is in thr Pnbl ic 'l'rus t Office.

B. Crow is with Wrig ht, Step hens on and Co. R. Ayli ng is with W. D. and H. 0. Wills .

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R. Bra dsha w, N. Clar e, Jim Sha w, R. Edg ley and A. Lom as are atte ndin g lect ures at 'Var sity and are m resi denc e at '\Veir Hou se.

L. Case is on the staf f of Kirk cald ie and Stai ns.

A. E. Foo kes is with Kem ptho rne and Pros ser, Ltd. C. 0. Bar nitt retu rned to New Zea land rece ntly by the Ran gita ta.

He ha:; been 31 year:; :;urv eyin g in Bom eo and, on the exp iry of his term ther e, wa:; enga ged for 12 mon ths tow n-pl anni ng in Eng land .

Geo rge Eas ton ha:; just left on a New Zea land pub licit y tour thro ugh Eng land .

G. Hug h:;o n i:; in the Dom inio n Lab orat ory.

OLD BOYS IN THE THA ME S DIS TRICT. '\V. Ald is is on the staf f of the 'l'ha me:; Hig h School.

Owe n and Geo rge Pric e are farm ing at 'l'ur ua and have as a neig hbo ur Stu art '\Vil: ;on, who has hi:; o\\·n farm . Stu art seem s to enjo y the wor k and i:; doin g well.

L. Mul ler ha:; hi:; ma:; ter ':; tick et and i:; :;kip per of a scow frei ghti ng lime in the Hau raki Gulf .

C. Curti:; i:; farm ing \\·ith hi:; fath er at Colville.

Ralp h Sha ,,· is with the New Zea land Rail way s at Mor rins ville. His fath er, also an Old Boy , is a den tist at Tha mes .

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BIRTHS. BR KW STE R-A t Nur se Elli:; ', to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bl'e w:;t er; a :;on.

SM I'l'I I.-A t "Ah uru ," on l~ebruar y 6, to M:r. and Mrs .

Stan ley Smi th; a dau ghte r.

CRO MP 'l'O N.-O n Feb ruar y 6, 1933 , at Nur se Perc y 's, Bar rett Stre et, New Plym outh , to Mr. and Mrs . W. J. Cro mpt on, New P lym outh ; a clan ghte r.

CAM ERO N.-A t Taw a Stre et, Ingl ewo od, on Mar ch 6, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. Fra nk Cam eron ; a dau ghte r.

G1L BER 'l'.-O n Mar ch 16, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs . Roy E. Gi lb ert, HUl 'wor th; a dau ghte r. ~cALLISTER.-On Mar ch 21, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. D. McA llist er, -Windsor Roa d, Ingl ewo od; a son.

LOV ELL .- On Ivia? 8, at '' 'l'im ata Ora '' Priv ate Hos pita l, New Plym outh , to Mr. and Mrs. Len Lov ell; a son.

New Plymouth.

. ENGAGEMENTS.

The eng agem ent is anno unce d of Jean Cecilia, elde r daug -hte r of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Jone s, Brit tann ia Hei ghts / Nels on, to Geo rge Lefe vre, elcl er son of Mr. and Mrs . H. .J. M. Wel ls, Wai tara .

The eng agem ent is anno unce d of Dor othy Clar a, seco nd dau ghte r of Mrs. M. J. M· c Kay , Dan nev irke , to D'Arc~' Leo n, on ly son of Mr. Arth ur Ave ry, New Plymou th.

Hon Cou rt is in hi:; fath er':; busine:;:; at 'l'ha mes . He writ es that Old Boy s in the di:;t rict are all doin g well and cont inue to take an inte rest in foot ball .

'l'he cnga "'em ent is anno unce d of ter of Mr. A. J. and the late Mrs Gi·ace, thir d daug h. Keig-hley, Aria , to Ron ald Geo rge, thir d son of Mr. and :rv1rs. A. J . Cole, IIur wor th.

As the mag azin e wen t to pres s the mot or vess el Por t Fair y arri ved at New Plym outh .

Ala n }\'[' Inty re and Gra ham Mor ton are both on boar d.

The eng-agement is anno unce d of Mad ge vVynne, dau ghte r of Mr. and Mrs . M. Gra y Nas mith , Kelb urn, Wel ling ton (and l ate of New Plym outh ), to Leo Max well Pen war den , you nge st son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Pen darw en, Oma ta, New Plym outh . ~ronnger

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CONTEMPORAf~IES

MARR IAGE S. }fcNE ILL- MAI N.- At St. An drew' s Presb yteria n Churc h, New Plymo utL, Cha rles Albert , young er son of l\fr. and lVII'l;. J. McNe ill, New Plymo uth, to .

Kathle en Olive, young est daugh ter of Mrs. and the late Mr. G. H . Main, New Plymo uth .

BLUN DELL -GTL L.-At St. Matth ew's Churc h , Maste rton, Frank Beatso n, eld er son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Blund ell, New Plymo uth, to Bet.ty Moira , eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. W. Gill, Maste rton.

WES' l.'ON- WEBS TER. - At Chrisi tchurch, Henr,v Steua rt Thorn gate, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. W eston, Auckl and, to Floren ce Marie, only daugh ter of Mr. and the lat e Mrs. Lewis D. Webst er, New Plymo uth.

KIRK BY-N U'l.'T ALL .-At. St. ,Joseph 's Churc h, New Plymo uth, Vaugh an, fomth son of Mrs. M. Kirkb~·, New Plymo uth, to Marga ret Mario n, young er daugh ter of Mrs. E. C. ~uttall, New Pl:vmo uth.

GROO MBRI DGE - MOUN 'l.'FOR D.-At St. Mary' s Churc h. New Plymo uth, on March 30, 1933, Wilfre d Mauri ce, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Groombridge , New Pl~·mouth, to Iris Winif red, third daugh ter of :Mrs. and the late Mr. \V. Moun tford, New Pl?mo nth.

CONT EMPO RARI ES. \l•l e beg to ackno wledg e, with thanks , receip t of the

follow ing contem porari es since last issue :New Zealan d.-Re corde r (Chris tchurc h Traini ng Colleg e), VV angan ui Colleg ian, Ota go B.H.S . .Magaz ine, Chri stchur ch B.H.S. Magaz ine, Christ 's College Regist er, Nelson ian, \Vaita kian, Palme rstoni an, Timar uvian, Danne virke H.S. Magaz ine, l\Iarlb urian (Marl borou gh College, Blenh eim), Ashbu rtonia n, Gisbo rne H.S. Magazine, Hastin gs li.S. Magaz ine, Fideli ter (Whan garei High Schoo l), Index ('VVanganui Techn ical Colleg e), Canter bury Agric ultura l College l\Iagaz ine, Alber tian (Mt. Alber t Gramm ar Schoo l, Auckl and), Te Rama a Rongo tai (Rong otai College, Wellin gton), Rotor ua High Schoo l Magaz ine, Scind ian (N a pier Boys' High Schoo l).

SCHOOL BATHS AND GYMNASIUM.

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t:ng1and·.~Cliftonian

( 2) (Clifton· College), MilL Hill School Magazine, Marlburian (Marlborough College), Reptonian (Repton ) , Meteor (2) (Rugby), The· City of London School Magazine.

Scotland.-Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine,..

Fettesian (Fettes College, Edinburgh), \Vatsonian (George \iV atson's· College, Ed'inburgl1 ) , Glasgow· Academy Chronicle, Edinburgh Academy Chronicle (3).

Wale-s.-S·wansea Grammar School Magazine.

Canada.-College Times (Upper Canada Colleger rroronto) , Fort Willianr College Magazine (Fort William).

South Africa.-Selbornian (S.elborne College, East London).

Japan.- Red and Grey (Canadian Academy, Kobe) .

Australia.--lVIelburia:n (Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne), The Fog (Hobart Hi gh School ).

SUBSCRIPTIONS. 'fhe Business Manager, Mr. Shrimpton, wishes to acknowledge the following subscriptions received since last issue. If y our subscription has been paid and your nam e does not appear please notify the Business Managei' at once :- I. Standish, '32; R. J. Ford, '32; W . J. Geary, '32; M. Niven, '33; A. J. Hastie, '30-'33; vV. I. Matthews, '33; W. S. Thomson, '33; E. J. Moore, '31-'33; R. Matthews, '31-'32; J. W. Bryant, '33; A. lVIacDiarmid, '31-'32; A. Lomas, '33; G. C. H. St. Paul, '33; G. C. Wigg, '32-'33; S. P. Sheen, '33- '34; W. lVI. Pointon, '33; H. W. Martin, '32; D. A. Smith, '33. 'fhis list vvas made comJ;>lete up to May 6, 1933.

New Plymouth Boys' High School [ESTABLISHED 1882].

Fees (per term)Tuition

£4, reducible to £3 1Os. if paid within 30 days

Preparatory

£4 10s.

Board

£21'

Weekly } Boarders

£ 18 1Os.

£4 " £19 £17

Dinner for Day Boys, £3 Music (including practice fee)-Seniors, £3 3s.

Juniors, £2 12s. 6d.

Boxing, J 0/Dancing (Winter term only) J 5/-

Subscriptions (per term)Games-Upper School, 4/Lower School, 2/Library

1/6

Magazine

1/-

Tennis

1/-

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

Scho~ TermsThe school year is divided into three terms of thirteen weeks each.

The terms this year are as follows :-

First Term- February 7th to May 5th.

Second Term-May 23rd to August 18th.

Third T erm-September 12th to December 20th.

TARANAKI

HERALD

"1938

PR INT