1920 The Taranakian Vol. 9, No. 1 May by New Plymouth Boys' High School

EDITED BY THE BOY!:> OF THE _, ' PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOl:. AND. PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR

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T H E "T 1\ R 1\ N 1\ K 11\ N." CONTE NTS. Agriculture Annual Swimming Sports Births a nd Marriages Board of Gover nors ... Boxing Champ ionships Cadet Notes Camera Club Notes Concert Notes Cricket Notes Editorial Exa.mination Results Exchanges Football Notes Form Averages House Notes In Memori a m Library Notes Old Boys路 Association Old Boys" Cr icl<et Old Boys" Footba ll Club Old Boys' Notes Preparatory Note s Pr ince of Wa les' Visit Prize-g iving Ce re mony School I nstittitions School Notes Shooting Notes, 1920 Spo~ts Dinne r Staff Subscriptions Ten n is Notes The Roll ...

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SCHOOL

INSTITUTIONS.

FIRST TERM,

1920.

[E:STABLISHED 1882_)

BOARD OF GOVERNORS: D

L. C. SLADDEN, EsQ.

R. E. F. FOOKES A R . · · MORTON ESQ H. TRIMBLE, ESQ. . F. ATKINSON, ESQ. E. P. WEBSTER E ' SQ.

(Chair 111 an.)

]. S. L. A.

S. G. A. E.

Fox , EsQ SMITH, ESQ. M"P NOLAN, ESQ . . WASHER, E~Q.

Secr·etary a nd T. reasurer . E. LASH , ESQ. .

~tnff: PRINCIPAL : ~r.

A. R. RYDER, M.A R. H. ROCKE L, M.A

H. MOYES, M.A .,

ASSISTANT

B.Sc.

MASTERS:

G. BOTTR!LL, M.A.

H. V. SEARLF.. B A (C A . w . D!PROSE, ·B.A. · a ntabJ . Ms . c (N.Z.)

G. BERTRAND (C . Miss ] ' ·f L . Cerh ficate). · "C EOD, M A H. E. GLOVER, B.D .. Th L W G W Th.Schol. ., . · ILKIE . H. L. CALDER..

AGRICULTURE:

]. W. CO:-JNELL (C c . ertrti cate) . ASTER AND p ffYS!C.4L l NSTRUCTOH . PREPARATORY D . F . ]. EGGLETON. N . D. DAY (C Ce t"fi EPARTMENT . · r 1 cate) M · . ISS K. CAMPBE'tL (Pa t" D. SAXTON. r raJ D Certificate). COMMERCIAL M

MUSIC:

P ART TIME MASTERS. DRAWING: A M B . R . · RADBURY · N. RENAUD (p·rano ' ) . M Iss Purn (Piano). · Miss Do\

F. W. G. McLEoo (W

VLING (Vio lin) Miss YoUNG rp· ) . ood and Brass). rano .

PREFECTS. Head Boy .-J . M. Hine . House.-M. Osborne, L. O' Hallora.n, K. O'Halloran, B. Noakes, A. Christie, R. Syme, L. Hoffmann , S. Alleman, l\1. Sutherland, V. J. Hend€rson. Day Boys.-J. D. Willis, C. Newell, C. Noble, E. Smart, M. Nichoison , J . H. Boon. COMMITTEES. Sports ·committee.-Mr. Diprose (chairman), J. M. Hine, A. Candy, J. H . Boon. R. O'Halloran, L . O'Halloran, J . Willis, B . Noakes, M. Osborne, C. Noble (secretary). Cricket Committee.-Mr. Bottr·ill (chairman) , J. Willis, L. O'Halloran, J. M . Hine (secr etary). Captain First XI.: J. M. Hine. Football Committee.-Mr. Ryder (chairman), J . M . Hine, M. Osborne, K. O'Halloran, J. H. Boon, L. O'Halloran (secretary). Capta.in First XV.: M. Osborne. Camera Club Committee .-Mr . Moy€s (chairman), A. Moyes, J,. Rawson , G. Waterson, S. Herbert, B. Noakes (secretar y). Tennis Committee.- Mr. Glover (chairman), L. O'Halloran, R. Dandy, A. Christie, J . .M. Hine, K. O'Halloran (secretary). Swimming Committee.-Mr. Eggleton (chairman) , L. Hoffmann, S. Hayden, M. Osborne , L. O'Halloran, K. O'Halloran, T. Foden, J. H. Boon (secretary). Library Committee.-Mr. Day (chairman), C. Noble, R. Hair, R. Tait, V. J. Henderson, W. Rea (secretary) . Shooting Committee.-Mr. Searle (chairm an), S. Herbert, L. Abbott, R. Hair, E. B. Wawrs , J . H . Boon, M . Barak, R . A. Candy (secretary) . Concert Committee.-Mr. Day (chairman), S. Hayden , J . Bennett, R. A. Candy, L. Rawson, M. Cachemaille, G. C. Smith, C. Fookes (secr€tary). Magazine Committee.-Mr. Wilkie (chairm an) , Mr. Calder (business manager), M. Osborne, L . O'Halloran , K. O'Halloran, J. M. Hine, D. Sutton , E. Waters , L. Rawson, M. Barak, \"V. Rea, C. Noble, A. Candy, M. Nicholson, M. Sutton , C. Fookes, J. Jillett. Poundkeepers.-L . Rawson, G. Waterson. CADET COMPANY. Officer Commanding Contingent .- Captain A. R. R yder. Physical Drill lnstructor.-Lieut. F. J . Eggleton . Contingent Sergt.-Major .-Sergt .-Major J . Hine .

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No. 24 COMPANY. Officer Commanding.-Lieuteuant; G. B erti•and. Company Sergt .-Major.-&rgt. -Major M. Osborne. Company Quartermaster-sergt.-R. Hair. No. 1 Platoon.-PJ.atoon Commander: Lieut. F. J. Eggleton . .Platoon Sergea nt: H. J. Boon. Section Commanders: Corporal M. Sut-herland, Corporal E. Smart, Lance, Corporal H. Brown, Corporal E. Waters.

Command~r:

No. 2 Platoon .-Piatoou Mr. H. L. Calder. P, aLooLJ Sergeant: Sergeant; A . J. Christie . Section Commaudm·s: Corpora] L. MaltHunt , Corporal S . H erbert, Corporal M. Barak, Lance-Corporal . No. 3 Platoon.-Platoon Commander: Nh. H. E. GJo v-3r. P la toon Sergeant: Sergeant T. Foden . Section Commanders: Corpora! K. 0'Hal.loran, Corporal R. Candy, LanceCorpora] L. Abbott, Lance-Corporal G. Smith. No . 4 Platoon.-PJatoon Com mander : Mr. D. .J!'. C. Saxton. Platoon Sergeant: Sergeant C. A . Noble. Section Commander s : Lance-Sergea nt H. J. Nicholson, Corporal J. H end erson , Lance-Corporal Airey, Lance-Corporal R. McRae. · No. 110 COMPANY. Offiller Commanding.-Lieutenant A . W . Diprose. Company Sergt.-Major.-sergt.-Major C. N ewell. Company Quartermaster-Sergeant .-G. Hughson. No. 1 Platoon.-Platoon Ser ge:mt: Sergeant G. L. O'Hallornn . Seccion Co mm a nd er .· : Corporal D . S.utton, Lance-Corporal M. Ca chemaille, Lance-Corporal Hawkins, Corp. NoaJ< es . No. 2 Platoon.-PJatoo n Sergeant : Sergeant; L. Hoflmano. Section Commander s : Cor po ral W. H.ea, Lan ce-Co rpora] .Brun ette, Lance-Corporal Tait, JJan ce-Oorpora] Hawk es. No. 3 Platoon.-PJatoo u Sergennt : J,nn ce- '<'rgeant S . S. A liemann. Section omm a nclers : Corpora l L. JilJetc, Lan ceCorporal BMe n·on, Lance-Co rporal P. John so n, l-anceCorporal eniclge. No. 4 Platoon.-PJatoon Sergeant: Sergeant; J. I •. Willis. Section Commanders : Corporal R. Syme, Lan ce-Corporal Ru tchen, Lance-Co Waterson. · rporal G. Jol1nson, L ance-Corporal

Band.-Bandmaster: M·r. N. Day . N .C.O's. : Corporal Hayden , Lance-Corpora l C. Fookes, Lance-Corpora l J, . Rawson.

J. M. HINE H ead Boy, 1920.

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EDITORIAL. E are glad to see that the Department o卤 Education has issued a more comprehensive syllabus in elementary civics and that it has further made it a compulsory subject for the "Intermediate Examinations." If it be true that education is a preparation for life, the wisdom of the step is apparent. It is quite certain. that, in these days of unrest, some knowledge of the economic conditions under which we live should be part ot any school course. Both the student of history and the observer of men , and politics are forced to the conclusion that, "The old order changeth, giving place to new." Just as the fog of Feudalism vanished in the dawning sun of the Renascence so Individualism is in process of displacement by some new social order. Progress is the order of the universe, its motive power, a.nd we cannot hope or desire to retain a crusted and archaic system. \Vhat new form our reconstructed social order may take is in 'the hands mainly of the younger generation. Yet in the past we have been content to permit boys to leave school entirely ignorant of the prineiples governing men's social relations. We do not mean to suggest that it is necessary that school boys should learn the minutiae of the orthodox economists. That would be sheer waste What. they do require is some idea of the of time. nature of the Empire, its Government, its history anrl how its individual members interact with one another in their everyday relations. It appears to us that the old orthodox eco路n omists are at fault in implying that the rules and laws which they have deduced are unchangeable.

ED ITOR IAL.

E DI T O RIAL.

Had th ey but realised that the · · one they wo uld not have driven scwnce Is. a pr o.g ressive vol t against it. Man make hs.o ~any n~to bitter r elaws the man, and in the finals . economic laws, not an analysis of existing ecouOJ~sisue the~e .Ia ws are only m utable as those of the Mede dcPco~ditiOns, not im-ry· ,s an ers1an s. t hat the averan·e b h ld this. That the h"' 1 oy sldOl~ understand is sim ply • < w o e wor Is f 11 f . econom!c systems; that we can t lku f oh graveyar? s of Feudahsm, of Bolshevism, of Mer t.l? economics of doze!l ot~er systems and that th c am I ~m and of. a duahsm Is ~ow in its death throes~ economws of I n diviSurely It sho l l 1 t that if we want r~f~rrr~e ~~dent tto ever" _intelligent man ~le a clear understandin,; th:f Idvol utwn, there must mg our present soci'al "1 t. fun am ental facts "'Overn• < re a IOns or 't · b ·"' of these facts, and by that w~ ali Is Y a mod ification come . TJJe very last th' y one, t hat refor m can . InO' we want tb t IOn to understand is that" ot · . e yo u~ger gen erathat must not be subverted lThn~ l;rsis COI1Sist.s of fact s of t~e divine right element in eie Is, for exa:J?ple, none nor IS there any divine sanctio fr?tectwn ~f mdustries, of land tenure. n 1 any partwular system What we should requi b they are destined to pla re our oys. to know is t ha t society and read.i usting <1T .;" g~eat thart 111 mod ifying our more equality of opportuni~ give e worl d more justice funct !.Jatin,· dead Greek a~ and greater happine.ss. De~ not ~oma to help them to' .d l~ryt-:=ts-dust grammar are sorrows of Dido Ol' th a Iefa Isa Ion of that icle:=t l Tb a t ,_ ' · e woes o And. d · ·~ o maKe better ronditions of ]"f ,loN a are not ~oin g are th~y. ~alculated to make o I e rn ew ~ealan d, nor potont.Ia.htws :=t head of them . Bu youth r eah se t h e vast an d Civws, properlv tmated "th t _a study of Economics may awaken in them tr~t , w{ vis:rour and h ig h id eal s t h at hurnin"' 7.eal for tl. fr e:=t .t .Da tn otism and a ltrtli. sm' th t b ~ ,, " , le J'UI 10 0 f ' ' ' dans Possibilitief! a de ar:=tctP.riso a Gordon or a coul il:ccommodate many such. owar . The country TliPrefore we· bopP tll t h iant wh~n thP elementar :=t t e day mav not he far dif! dtJrerl. Wlll bear fruit th:t e~lJfmics so rerent ly intr0retentwn. but also its e-.-ten . warrant, n ot only it ~ · ..,_ ~<Ion. . ·-

Du:in~ the term we -:--Wf.Jre hemP" taken hv t lw vo;,;e. ~ 1e~sed tn lJear that st ens of a separate hospital hJock o E'Inm~ fhod.v for the erertion purchased from the Boroughno:e o '1th_e seetions rer entJ v unci ' In close pro~imity

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to the Headmaster 's house . We hope to see it con structed and ready £or oecupation by the beginning of next year . I n t his connection we are pleased to be able to report. that t h e sch ool h as in the past received very liberal su pport from t h e D ep ar tment, h aving but lately received ()'rant s !or t h e n ew wing on the boarding h ouse and for the Bast \ Ving on the sebool building. PRIZE-~IVING

CEREMONY.

T h e prize-giving and "breaking-up" ceremony took place on F riday evening, December 13. 'rhe chairman of the B oard of Governors, Mr. L. C. Slaclden, presided: there were pr esen t also Mrs . _Sladden and the Mayor and Mayoress, Sir Robert Stout,. Dr. E. F. Fookes, and :Messrs . A . Morton, H . Trimble. J . S. Fox, L. A. Nobn, E. A. w ·a.sher, Mr \ V. H. Moyes (Principal), and t h e memb ers of his sta:ff. A pianoforte duet by G. Rmith and K. C. Roberts open ed t h e proceedings. During the evening Mr. D ay sang-, the school orchestra rendered two selections, and the boys san g t h e sch ool song, "Forty Years Un." REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN . The chairman mentioned the disabilities under wbirh the sch ool h ad su:ffered during il1e war, and inrideJJtally men t ioned that they were then celebrating the £rst prizegiving ceremo11y in the new building, and the £rst since the out b reak of war. He further mentioned the g-enerosity of t h e New P l ymouth citi:>~ens in donating t h e fine assembly h all . H e extei).ded a hearty welcome to Sir R obert Stout, who spoke later HEAD MASTER'S ANNUAL REPORT. Mr. Moyes, h eadmaster, read his annual report, which was as follows : I n presenting the 39th annual report of the Boys' Hig-h Sch oo] h e wished first of all to express his appreciation of tlw fact t h at it was entirely due to the generosity of t h e publie th nt they were able once ag·ain to l10ld t h e pri ze-~iving ceremm1y in a haJJ of their own. Th e sch ool year h ad commenced on February 10, bnt owin!S t o t h e unfinished state of the buildin~t it had been some days before serious work could be commenced. The

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work o£ th e year h ad been carried d d a _vant!'Lges which, comino· after . on .un er serious disepidemw had rendered it diffi lt t~e bi~ak caused by the bus for the various examinn.t' cu oRcover the full syllaa. time when the difficultiesc '~h~sh e looked forward to of the school since the :fire in lc9I:~~ fac?cl the progress an end . The new and u -to-dat ~;_ o~da have come to the large number of 144 pnew e ?UI1du~g ~ad attracted number up to 356 an incre fpt7I~I1s, brmgmg the roll ' ase 0 o on that of 1918. EXAMIN A'l'ION REST-TLTS. In the J umor U . . . ~Tho~ Mr. Moyes con~~:~~ll~le Scholarsh_ip, Ronald Syme for l~ew ~ealand, but beino· unJ' had gamed fourth plac~ able that year to, take ad~anta;r years of age was unDenny-BrC?wn and D . G. D },"le o~ the scholarship. D. Scholarship~, while K. C. R~be~~ckie had won Taranaki P.assed Matnculation on Sch 1 1~ and D. F. Saxton had ~tnlasses ~ere secured by aF 1tlr~pers . 11atricu1aR . ~r· Rarnson, R. Rowell j mson, E . Boulton, • .1.1 • Rockel, C. Noble H · ~apman, R. E. Pope cln:u~ A. ~· Sturtevant 'N Rwhardson, R. 0. Sin~ ~VI11:~, while partial pa~ses. w addle, G. Webster and J. 1'f. Nwholson. Senior Natio~=lsecured by.G. Boon and by Rona1~1 Syme and J. W J' Scholarshil?s were won Scholarships by R. Bellrin"'~r I~ett, an.d J unwr N a tiona ) ~~rms ~las~ 1Jad been held qor~Ill, and S. Fookes. J es'Vll~ of domg degree work Yll~ tthbe year for boys . • I .Is, R. Pope and C N .bl n c o er .three pupils versi ty Term Examina tio.n. o e! entered for the U ni ~ dot gener~lly understood £h:i1 bbng successful. It was a oy could work for his egree while at school.

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THE STA]'F. . During the war eight t ac~vMservice, three of who~a\i'~rJ ot the school had seen an · ~M::tcdonald had mad~ th · · Hall, R. D. Kidd ~· H. Espmer had returned . e stpreme sacrifice and elsed to welcome back :fr~msFwus yMwounded . R~ was . :' and Mr. R V S rlance _,_ r. A. W. Diprose serv. we . Ill · "r S c., wh o, after ' ' France· 1· d ear e' 1.u. University S -llol h' la accepted a c · a mb .d L"' ars Ip and 1 d . ri O'e . t Ice taken his B A ' d la smce the !=' the staff . . egre·e R armisMS f aht the beginninO' of i990 eM would rejoin b · c., 0 .t e Christchurch B , R~ · · r . E. A. Rowe een appomted to :fill the va , oys Igh School staff had caney caused by the depa'rture

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o£ Miss E. Billens, B .A., who had accepted an appointment on the Palmerston North High School staff. Mr. Howe, unfortunately for the school, had been awarded the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship, a.nJ would shortly leave The starr had been further strengthened for England . by the appointment of J\lr. Day, who had for some years been teaching under the 'Caranaki Education Board, and of Mr. H. L. Calder and W . G. Wilkie, all of whom were old boys of the school. Another appointment that had been made during the year was that of Mr. F . J. Eggleton as physical instructor, and they had reason to feel satisfied with the choice made. SCHOOL INS'l'ITUTIONS. 'l'he enthusiasm disp1ayed had been much greater sinct. the return to permanent buildings. The feeling prevalem among day boys that the School had been run mainly for the boarders had, he was thankful to say, now almost entirely disappeared . It was pleasing to be able to report that the revival in cricket noticeable in the town had had its efrect upon the schooL 'l'here had been much im· provement in the play of the senior boys, but there was still room for improvement in the standard of junior cricket, and this would never be satisfactory until more In the annual match against wickets were provided. \V angan ui College the visitors proved the victors by 145 TUns. The chief event of the football season had been the match against Auckland Grammar SchooL It was with mixed feelings tl1at they had travelled to Auckland that year to try eonclusions with the Auckland champiom. However, on that occasion fortune had favoured the school and had given them the victory by the narrow margin o£ 4 points. In shooting-, the school had maint "ned the high standard set in the past. In the senior competition for the Imperial Challenge Shield, the sch0ol had gained :fifth place against 755 teams, and in the junior competitions they had gained fourth, :fifth, and sixth places out of 554 teams; in both competitions beingeas ily the highest for New Zealand . The Challenge Shield presented for competition by the Weekly Press was also won b·· the School, and was presented to the winning team on the occasion of the military barracks held during the third term. The school library had been augmented h.v purchases and by valuable gifts from Mrs. Eyre-K.enny, M:r!'<. C. K.yngdon, Mr. :F. G. Robinson, Mr. T. Avery, and Mr. W. Ewing, so that it then comprised some 2000 volumes. Swimming and life-saving classes had been held

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under the supervision of masters at the Municipal Swim• lllmg .tJaths, t.he swimming sporL& held during the iirst terlll havwg aftorded ample p1·uof of the high standarJ reached in t his branch of school sport. ln the beginning of the seconJ term lmrrack::; were .held for five days, riurmg whiCh tillle the school was handed over to Lieut.l'olonel Uox, the officer commanding the 'l'arauaki Group . 'l 'hanks were due to Lieut.-Colonel Cox, Captain Dallinger, Lieut. King, and the staft of instructors, who spared no efforts to make the barracks a success. The curriculum had remained u11changed in most cases . The .English syllabus for Junior university Sc holarship, ·n owever, had bE'en somewhat extended. Preparation for that examination had eome to involving the acquisition of nw2· ·~ literary knowledge than that req uired for B.A.. degree . The history syllabus for the Publ~c Service Entrance, the Senior 1--. at ional Scholarship, and the intermediate examinations had also b een considerably extended. The addition of a special period could h:udly induce thorou~ll uess in an already overburdened syllabus, while the formless tollection of civic details woul d probably end in co ri.fusion. It seemed that a history syllabns was hardly th e place in which to demand a knowledge of public heal t h and old age pensions. The preparatory department had made r emarkable progress in spite of difficulties, and the roll num"Qer then stood at 99. The inspectors' satisfactory report reflected credit on tho e responsible for that section of the school. Of the 27 boys from Standard VL who were entered for proficiency, 24 gained proficien:.! y, 2 gained competency, and one failed. In their report th e illSpectors hacl stated: "In all s ubj ects this cl ass na ss<lll a particularly good examination, the English ~ubjrJ• ; i;s ~· P ing particularly strong. It was with sincere regret that they had heard t hat 1\Ir. McKinney, who had been in charge' of that depa1 ment for the past four y.::ars, would he l eaving to take up a position as Organising Teacher und er the Taranaki Education Board. The)7 had also been unfmtunate in losing the services of Miss Banwell, who, at the end of the previous year had been appointed Principal of St. Mary's School, Hawera. Her work had been carried on by Miss K. Campbell and Mr. Saxton, both of whom h ad done excellent work. Mr. Moyes then mentioned an important innovation of t hat vear in the introduction of a church service in the School ·Hall, conducted by the Rev. F . G. Harvie, to whom the thanks of the School were due . The report, he

ld h b incomplete without making continued., wou uldave - ,eef the Bchool. The tine hall in referenue to t,~e . .1)~~: being conducted, they had b_eeu which t~fl.t ceremony. . ,· r 'l'wo hundred and fifty <)'

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were bunc~ beneSathh a{le~ ~kl~s•. to them. With all their gratituue of the c oo wen o " . h . ·ts tne present boys could say . . eat "~nd vou our brothers, who for all oUT praymg, . 'lo this dear school of ours come back_ n~ rume, Who lie, our coun try's olebt of hono~r ~aymg , And not in vam, upon the Aegean ::shote . 'l'ill that great day "-hen, at the_ throne of ~eaven, 'l'he books are open and the JUdgment_se ' I" es foi· honour and for l'..nglaud giVen, V , . . f t , Y 0 Ul, ~1 'rhe school w1ll not ·orge · . M . 1. _ expressed h1s thanks t o In conclusi?n,_ ..!' 1:- ;!C ~J~he host of friends who ·had every membel· of his staffh, o f t for their work dunng t d t' ·chool to t e pre ec s f th asSlS e . ne fi . to the Doard' of Governors . ·or e the year, an h na ~ help which thev had consistently ready sympat y an " exten ded to the School.

SIR H.OBER'l' s'TOU'l"S SPEECH.

• Ql. r Hobert Stout expressed satisfactionl tatthheaSn~hgo• oslo " · · h J t ongratu a e e c ' excellent a r~p<?rt, Wd8 th He~dmaster on the success thh'.l'a~da~~~~~t:~~;ic~ll-y as ~e had prev_iol:sly hhd ~o ide~ :~a:ethe i:khool had been so su_ccessfull~h::a;dd~e~:~d~~ the intellectual side of ethllCation .k Heh. h mig·ht be of b0 thouahtfu remar s w lC 8 ~~~·vic Z ~ {h~~n in their futur~. 'l'~ey ~erbee:Jfii~~g ~:r-~ ·d kable advanta<,.es m 1vmg m · . f sal ' ~·emar b 11 in livino· under the protection o roundm.,g:s an ' a ovH: ~auld male some sugg~stions to thhe 13ntll~hh flh~· thouo·ht it his duty to mentwn; they t em w n c "' d t th ·r minds w1th the should r_eacl good literatld'e ant. s _ o~hey ~hould indulge in

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at basis; they should} see th~t. Z ef~rcobei~~ strono· to . resist urged on them t le nece::;dl y . "' d"' t. d teJ'irptations that would come in then way' a~ me?- l~nt~e t h e evil influen ce of. liquor and of exces~r~ '~Dgoa~eour smoking . In conclu swn he gd"be t~i:d,~- rrbeyo ~oulcl thus work as well as you cadn, .at·?e nd th~ Empire builders become good men, g·oo Cl Izens a of the fu"tnre.

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PRIZE . LIST .

SCHOOL NOTES.

.Mrs. Sladden presented t he Scholarship prizes, and Mrs. Clarke the sports trophies. The lists are as follow:-

Although it was intended t_hat . school_ sh<:mld commence on February 10, F ate-d1sgmsed th1s time as an In:fiuenza germ-had decreed otherwise, and the opening was postponed first to the 14t h, then to the 17th . K~en after this the arrangement of classes and the supplymg of stationery occupied two days. However, every class started right off the mark on Monday, 23rd. The difficultv of obtaining supplies of suitable text books has been keenly felt at the school. To assist in relieving the shortage, all books used in class were collected at the end of last year to be sold at the Stationery Hoom this year and the proceeds were handed on to the former owners. By m eans· of this a sure market was obtained for books, the waste due to their loss was cut out and, ·to some e:s:tent, supplies were guaranteed for this year. 'l'he Annual Meeting of those interested in the Librar:y_ was held early in the first term, the sum total of those attending being: One master (in charge), (about) three day-boys and nine boarders. '!'his is a school institution rnn by the boys and catering for boys' interests. It surely merits more attention than this. Fortunately, t hough the commencement of the library career for 1920 was so unpromising , we are glad to say that th e number of readers is rapidly on the increase. Tb e wit who stated, at t he Sports Dinner, that the cricket master had brought the play to a very creditable "pitch, " did, indeed, hit t he nail on the head: for school play in the local competitions was certainly up to pre-war standard . But again disaster was met at \Vanganui. The scores of the first innings left school only 20 behind ; but after play in t he heat of the day, when Wanganm went in aga in schoo-l bowlers were unable to take any wickets before stumps were drawn, when the score stood at 100. On play recommencing next day, "\VT angan ui School, needless to say, closed their innings for 170. were unable to make up the h eft y total o£ 190 to win. Since it was feared that influenza might be brought in erious form to thr Boarding House, wh ere proper accommodation was lael~ing for isolation, t he ·School was closed from March 9th t ill 17t h as a. precautionary measure. During this tim e cricket, shooting and tennis wer<' ca rried on in full swing, and, in addit ion, a. litt le hard g-raft, as the well-formed rockery in front of the school shows.

Standard 1.- A. Het herington 1 , P. Allen 2. Standard 2.-D . Hetherington 1, J. L. Gray 2. Stanuard 3.-H. :B'. Fookes 1, H. List 2. Stanuard 4.--V. Barak 1, E. Leech 2. Standard 5.-H. BeHringer 1, E. J e:ffries 2. Standard ().-M. Lysons 1, B. Blundell 2. l~'orm IIld. --J. D. Mackay 1, E. R. Brewster 2. Form Illc.-J. McMahon 1, F. Newell2. Form IIIb.-H . A. Grigg 1, R. Julian 2. :Form Illa. -IL Rea 1, A. Gibson 2. Form IVb.-G . Hughson 1, J. Messenger 2. .F orm IVa.-R. Bellringer I, R. H air 2. Form Vb.-- W. Berriuge 1, K . Ducker 2. Form Va.-M . Barak 1, J. Henderson 2. Form Vlb.-.N. \Vaddle 1, L. Richuru;;on 2. Form Vla.- H. SyJUe 1, K. C. lloberts 2. Bendall :Memorial Prize (Literature) .-H.. Syme. White Memmial Prize (Essay Prize).-N. Waddle. Dux Medal.-R . Svme. Head Boy's Medal.·:.__J. M. Hine. General Excellence Cup.- L. O'Rallonm. Agricul~ural Prizes.-1Fonn III., J. D. lliackay; Fo-r m IV., S . V\ od; Form V., D. Sutton. Gommercial Prizes.-Form III., F. Julian; Form IV., G. H\lghson. Society of Accountants' Prizes .-N . Bellringer and D. J. Mackay. Sole Cup (for best K.C .O. for yea.r). - Sergt.-1\Iajor B. M. Johns. · CO:NGRA'f( LATIONS OJT THE MAYOR. His Worship tbr Mayor congratulat ed the Board of Governor.· and the Headmaster on the splendid suceesseR the School had acliieved, and reminded t he boys t hat upon t hem depended the real position of the Rehool , and ur ~rrl them to strive to eRt.ahiish traditions for those who sh on1r1 follow them. National Anthem.

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Uonseq uen tly this ,break caused the postpo~emen t the swilliillmg t;ports . l.hey were eveutually neld on 2dnl JUardJ. _l(.euonl ent1'1et:i nad been rece1vecL and the mee•lll<>' we t,lnuk, was a~:> successrul as any yet .held by. the Sc~~ol. 'l 'ne champwnships were fought out on the followmg Thu1· day mght, and here agam competition was e~cee dingly keen and some well-contested races were w1tnessed. l~ was ~greed that Mr. Eggleton should take charge of the l~fe-savmg th ~s :veal'. Hut, owing to the fact that mormng. PI:e pa!·at i~n now usurps the former life-saving L.o~·, this lllStltutwn has unfortunately been allowed to lapse. J 'l'he .N e_w Boys' conc~rts were _this year again carried t hrough, with the the vigour whwh always marks su ch performances. 'l'he boarders' concert, held. one Saturday night, was a "howling'' success, while the day boys' suffered somewhat from the dean.h of good singers. . School shots attended m full force ut the group meetm g _h eld at Rewa l{ew"l:, and indeed, as is apparent from a ghmpse at the pnze h st, must have had a regular field day. U nder th~ name ~f "'l'he Sports Committee" there ~ as be.en constituted this year a committee to mana()'e the financmg of all out-door activities connected with the School. 'l'he chairman is the Head Prefect, and member~ ha~e been chosen to represent the various school institutwns. This term has seen a revival of the one-time drum and fife banll, but in greater state. Additional instruments .hav~ been purcha_sed, Mr. Day ha taken charge, and t he weud sounds w~wh were h~a!·d in the library have n~w begun to take the form of defimte t unes. The band will a suredly be of great h elp t o our marching on public parades. Pra ·t ically the "hole school attended the picture "]'he Land ·w e Live ~1~,'' tlcaliJ?-g with a tot~r t hroughout New Zealand. ,In adchtwn to hemg of m atenal use in O'eography, the view shown were greatly unpreciated b,:=' all · who saw them. . The Muuicip<1l 8n·imming Carnival attracted entries fro~ s~vera l S<"h?ol c·l~ampions. 'J'1w res ult n·as Vt' l'V gratifymg, 0spenn ll:r m the relay race , in whi0h the fwhool teams . cored fir.·t ::JlJ(l second pla0es . On n~O!lday, 29t11 ::\I:~I'ch , we were faY01ll'E'<l with another VI~It from 1Ir. Bilek, a missionary from Straits Settlements. Re gave us an interesting lecture on the

iangtiages . a~u custom:; of the Southern Chinet:ie, uncl al:; of the misswn work on whwh he has been engaged amuno·st them .tor many yean;. 'l'i'hi:; year the l!..a.ster. holi~ays· and exeat \, ~1,e t_.l~'-- ' together hom 1st to utb of ApnJ, the extra da\r, luesday, beino· given u:; to ee1eura.te h. G. 1<-ohert :; sucee:;:; .1u Lllu scholarship e::-..arnination. 'l'ho~gh fine weathei· prevailed throughout, the usual mountam tnp wa.s nut taken t llis year. h ff '[ Some changes have t aken place <;m t e sta . o commence with, :i\h. H,o,ve, who- had mtended to return at the commencement of the year and r~mam until h.e sailed fo-r Home, wa:o compell~d to. alter lns plans a~d left at the end o-f the year. On t~e mg~Jt of the bTeak~ng-up ceremony he waspresented with a cig arette case w1th t~e school's best wishes for his .su ·cess. . No doubt he w1ll find London University more congemal than the N e.w Plymouth B.H.S., but we hope that, after all, he will always retain some memory of us . During the Christmas holidays .M.r. Bottr·ill's engagement to Miss E. .M. G-unson, of Auckland, was announced. \Ve, individually, and as a school, beg; to extend our very heartiest congratulations to Mr. Bottnll. At the commencement of the year Mr. Bertrand, a retumecl soldier, joined tbe stan . 1t is our pleasant duty to welcome him to the school and express the ~ope that his stay with us will be long am~ plea~ant. Pnor to the w·ar .llr. Bertrand wa s engaged m pnmary S?ho?l ';or~, bu t he enlisted in the Main Body and saw servwe 1~ Gallipoli aU<l :France . 'rhe h elp o~ a former 'raranab l'eln·esentative w·ill be greatly appremated on our football fields. Shorth- after the commencement of the te.rm , ~r. Searle I·ettirned to ~ ew Zealand and took up. his ~uhe::; in th e school again. 13y all who remember h~m, .hi return was eagerly watched for, both because. of his v~gorous IYOrk in school and his keen and cheery_ mterest m outdoor activities, especially shooting. We c~n only hope that Mr. Searle will remam with us to con tmue the good work he has begun. . Wit is not unknown in this School yet . 'rhe- ~:s:ami nations have been productive of a few good pemmens . E xample of Nominative Absolute : His eyt>. starting out he walked away and left tn em. Extracts from History papers :- "Charlemagne was a franc." We were unrl er the impression h e wa s a . overeign. P erhaps that is what a boy meant when he poke of "barbarious hoards." Or perhaps the hoard came

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from the "cheques" which one boy considered the English received at "Baymont" (M:t. Badon). 'fhe Saxtons drove the last vestige of Christianity into Whales. (Master's comment: Were the Britons Jonahs?) Example of free translation: ''A midi ils avaient du pain et des conntures." Translated: At midnight he was relieved of pains and discomfitures .

CRICKET NOTES. The annual match against W anganui Collegiate School was played at Wanganui on J'Harch 5 and 6. Wanganui won by 122 runs. Batting first, Wanganui (jompiled 85 · Cameron, with 26, was the top scorer. School r eplied with 65, O' Halloran making 15 and Greiner 13. After the afternoon tea adjournment College opened their second innings, and at the close of play the board showed 106 for no wickets, both Cameron and Stonewi<r<:r, with 48 and 52, unbeaten. N e:s:t morning, when the sco-re stood at 171 for seven wickets, the innings was declared do eel. In School' second innings the onlr batsman to make a stand waR Palmer , who made 33 out of a total of 69 . In ch and Sinelair bowled well for Scho-ol. \V e wish to record our appreciation of the hospitality extended to u s b:v the masters and the XI. Following ar e the deta iled scores :V{, NGAN"PI roT~T1EGIATE RC'HOOL .

First Innings . Cameron, c . and h. Bro"·n Porritt, b. Rinclair .. . H ewitt, b. Sin cl air .. . Gi lmer maj., h.. In ch Bonnar, h. Rinclair Harding·. c. and h. Brown Rtonewigg. not out .. . Gilmer min., b. In ch \Vells. b. In ch ... Ludhrook. h. In ch Simson, nm out E xtras

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Second Innings. Uameron, l.b.w. , b. Inch .... ... . Stonewigg, c .. Sm~rt, b. Smclau Porritt, b. Smcla~r : .. Gilmer maj., b . Smclan Hewitt, b . Inch .. . .. . Bonnar, b. Inch • Harding, b. Inch ... Gilmer min., not out Extras

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Palmer, b. Gilmer mm. Hin e, l.b.w., b . Bonnar.. . ... : .. Greiner, c . Harding, b. Stonew1gg Pope, c. Cameron, b. Wells ... Brown, li. Wells . . Osborne, l.b .w. , b. G1lmer mm. Rinclair, c. Simson, b. Wells T;ash. b. Gilmer maj. .. . .. . Rmart, c. Porritt, b. Bonn-or ... · In cl1. not out Extras

Total .. . 8f) Tiowlin u· Allfl lV f'i<; _- Rim·lnir to(Jlc +hrPe w·irkeh for 'nn,:;: I nch, four for 17; Brown, two for 10.

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8 1 21

Total .. . \~rilhs, b. Gilmer min .....

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48 52 11 27

Total for seven wickets (declared close~) .. . 171 Bowling Analysis.-lnch took four w1Ckets for 36 runs; Sinclair, tlnee for 61; Palmer, none for 23; Brown , none for 29; Greiner, none for 4. SCHOOL. First Innings. 2 Willis, run out 1 Palmer, b. Wells . 9 Hine, c. Simson, b. Stonew1gg .. · 2 Pope, b. Wells . .. . .. ·. .. · ·: · 1 Sinclair, c. Hew~tt, b. G1lmer mm. 13 Greiner, c. Harclmg, _b. Bonnor .. . 15 O'Halloran , c. Hardmg, b. W e~ls 0 Osbo-r ne, c. Harding, b ..Stonew1_gg 4 Brown, . Simson, b . G1lmer mm. 4 Smart, c. Gilmer maj., b. W ells ... 0 Inch, not out 14 Extras

7 2 1f) 8 14 0

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2 33 2 0 1 6

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6 9

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Bowling Analysis .- Gihner min . took three wickets for 20 run s; vVells, three for 13; Bonnor, two for 19; :Stonewigg, one for 5; Gilmer maj. one for 1. School cricket this season has somewhat improved, chiefly owing to the papa wickets, which !"ere in t h e. nature of experiments, proving true and durable and well suited to the Taranaki weatbeJ.'. •With such turf as can now be obtained the future of school cricket is assured. Althnugh the Christma yacation prevented · contin uer1 play in th e town competitions, School did well in b oth senior and junior cricket . In th\" senior grade two matches were won and three lost, one being narrowly lnst to Tiknrangi on the second day's play, when rain made matters very uncomfnrtahle. Both the second and third elevens showed creditable form, and next season should provide good material f.nr the senior eleven.

SCHOOL v. TIKORANGI (Nov. 29).

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS (Nov . 8) . Lost by eight runs on the first innings. Old Boys batted first, making 75; Eggleton (17), B ewley (13), Bottrifl (12) and Monteath (11) were chief scorers. Sinclair and Brown returned the best averages for School. In their second inning's the eleven were all out for 89, E<!gleton being again top scorer with 17 . Rinclair, O'Halloran and Palmer secured the bulk of tlie wickets. School made 67, Palm er (23), Greiner (13) and Sutherland doing most of the scoring. Monteath held t.he best average for Old Boys. SCHOOL v. FREEZING \i'iTORKS (Nov. 22). Won by four runs on first innings. School batted first, making 100, Palmer (29), Greiner (15), O'Halloran (24-) and Brown (22 not out) making practically all the runs. Clarke secured the best bowling ave-rage. _ Freezing \iV orks made 96. Th e innings opened badly, but a stand was made by 0. Kinsella (27) ancl Clarke (1a1, until 17 runs were required when the last man, Reed, came in. Th e score was brou()'ht to 96 before Palmer, who securerl t h e b est av·3rage, l1owled him. Palmer took three fo-r 15 and O'Halloran three for 23. The !'COr e in School's sec ond innings was 78 for Rix wickets when stumps ware drawn. O'Halloran made 29, Willis 20, Brown 13 and Hine 8 not out.

Lost by two wickets on first innings . School. -J!'irst innings, 185; :Pope 45, Greiner 31, Sinclair 21 Nicholson 20, Willis 17. Analysis: Purdie, · eig h t for 47; C. Foreman, two for 33. 'l'iknmnO'i.-First innings, 186 for eight wickets; Eggleston P. Sarten 50, Lye 31. Analysis: Sinclair, five for 53; O'Halloran, three for 50.

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SCHOOL v. NEW PLY:NlOUTH B (Feb. 21). Won by 79 runs -on first innings. School.-First innings, 104; Palmer 40, Willis 16, H ine 9. Analysis: Sheppard, four for 26; Elliot, three for 10; Quickfall, three for 31. New Plymouth B.-First Innings, 25; Sheppard 6, Baker 6. Analysis : Inch, three for 6; Brown, four fo-r 9; O'Halloran, two for 3. SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS (Feb. 28). Lost by 22 runs on first innings. SchooL-First innings, 47: O'Hallora n 15. Bowling analysis: Mr. Bottrill, two for 17; Hughes, five for 12; Eggleton, two for 5. Schoo-1.----..Second innings, 43; Osborne 16. Bowling analysis: Mr. Bottrill, two for 13; Mr. Wynyard, two for 5; Mr. Hughes, two f.o·r 12; Mr. Eggleton, three for 7. Old Boys.-First innings, 69; B<;lwley 28, Morrison 24 not out. Bowling analysis: Sinclair, six for 14 ; Inch, one for 12; O'Halloran, one for 9 . SECOND ELEVEN .

SCHOOL v. WAIREKA (Nov. 8). Won by 15 runs. vVaireka made 33 anrl 52 in each innings, Hoffmann and Feek (18 and 10) were chief .scorers. 'rrehey and Winfield were School's b est bowlers. School made 64 and 34, Blundell (24) and Cbristie (12) being the best scorers . Brokenshire and Hoffmann took most of the wickets,

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SCHOOL v. SCHOOL ord ELEVEN (Nov. 13).

AVERAGES.

Contmry to geneTal expedations, the, 3rd Eleven beat tLe 2nd Eleven by 26 runs on the :first innings. 'fhe 3rd's batted :fiTst, making 90, Crapper (36) and Foden (34) compiling nearly all the score. Sutherland, Winfield and Hayden took most wickets. The 2nd Eleven made 64, ?\icbolson making top score with 26, Sutherland 14. In the 3rd Eleven's second innings Crapper again made top score, with 36. SCHOOL v. FREEZING WORKS (Nov. 22) . Lost by nine runs on :first innings. School made 70 in the :first innings, Nicholson (18), Trehey (14) and Henderson (15) making the score. Freezing Works replied with 79. Winfield and Trehey were bowling well. Following on, School made 95; Nicholson 24, Trehey 14 nnd Hayden 21. When stumps were drawn School, with 40 runs in hand, just failed to take. the last wicket, and missed a three-point win on time. THIRD ELEVEN.

The 3rd Eleven did much better in the competition than was expected, at one time heating the 2nd Eleven. 'fheir matches were as follo·ws : SCHOOL v. TIKORANGI (Nov. 8). Lost by an innings and 44 runs. School made 28 and 40, against 112 by Tikorangi. Rawson (18) and Horner (7) were the best bats for School. Rawson and Crapper took the bulk of the wickets for School. SCHOOL v. WHITELEY (Nov. 22). Won by an innings and 103 runs. Noakes (42), J. H. Boon (29), Brooker (18), Burton (16) and Grant (15) were the chief scorers in a total of 159. Whiteley replied with hut 56 runs in the two innings, School thus getting a three-point win. Grant and Burton both bowled well for School.

Batting. No-. of Innings. 'fotalruns. Not outs. Average. Name . 10 21f 1 23.5 Palmer 0 9 99 11 Willis 8 101 0 12.6 O'Halloran, L. 11 7 77 0 Pope .......... . . 10 73 3 10.4 Smart .. .......... . 75 0 8.3 9 Greiner . .. .. ... . 8 55 1 7.8 Bro-wn 10 46 2 5.8 Hine ........... . 7 23 0 3.3 Sinclair .... .... . 9 25 1 3.2 Osborne .... .... . Bowling. Overs. Runs. Wickets. Average. 4.7 61 13 25 Inch ············ 7.2 129 18 45 Brown 18 162 9 49 O'Hallo·r an 133 8.9 26 15 Palmer ......... 70 249 22 Sinclair ....... .. 11.3 We have much pleasure in acknowledging the following gifts to the Cricket Club and take this opportunity of thanking the donors for their kindly action :-Trophy presented by Mr. Bewley; trophy presented bv Mr. A. H. Osborne; donation presented by Re.v . Blundell.

CADET NOTES. (E. B. Waters.) Last term we were asked to provide a guard of honour for the Governor-General, who was to arrive on October 14 on a short visit to New Plymouth. About eighty cadets paraded. The Governor on his arrival inspected the guard, after which he thanked the cadets for meeting him and complimented them on their discipline and steadiness. At the beginning of tliis term a fair amount of musketry practice was carried out. After school, squads of about twenty-five to thirty boys were taken down to the gully range in charge of a master, and practice continued until the light failed.

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Since resuming school tbis year much attention has been given to drill-both military and physical. Wet day parades have been held in class·- rooms, where lectures have been delivered on aiming, description o£ targets, parts of the rifle, care o:f the rifle, composition o:f a company, etc . Lately, physical drill has received more attention than militar" the l atter being restricted to one day a week. "This is due to the :forthcoming display to be given on the day of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of \ iV ales . The cadets have been sized into two companies, Nos . 24 and llO, each of :four platoons. The first and last platoons of each companv are composed of the tallest boys so that, when the companies are marching in "column o£ route" they present a very even appearance. During the term firing parties were supplied by the School Cadet Contingent for the funerals of Corporal D. Oliver and Bandsman Knight, both of whom were returned soldiers. A drum and fife ·band, under the leadership of Mr. N. Day, has been formed, and promises to be a valuable asset to the school companies. On Monday, May 3, the dav of the Prince of Wales' visit to New Plymou~h, the School p~ovided a guard of honour, under Captam Ryder and Lieutenants Diprose and Bertrand. Th e remainder of the School a~so paraded, under Mr. Saxton. All the cadets, the guard with rifles and bayonets, marched to Pukekura Park where an inspection was carried out b:v His Royal Highne~s.

TENNIS NOTES. (K. O'Halloran.) puring t~e last mont~ of the Third Term l ast year te:r;tms enthus_Iasts. were given a chance to prove their skill. It was m this month that the tennis chatnpionships were held. The number of entries received far exceeded that of former years and , fm> this reason, and also because of the . lack of suitable courts, the championship matches took _longer to play off than was expected. On s~veral occaswns the New Plymouth Tennis Club was kind enough to· allow us the use of their courts on a

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Saturday ;morning for play~ng off these matches. The fiual games were played o:ff on the last day of the t erm on t he School grounds. Th e results were as follows:Senior Singles Championship .- J. :M:. Hine. Senior Doubles Cbampionship.-J. M. Hine and L. O' Halloran. Senior Singles Handicap .-J . M. Hine (owe 40). Junior Singles Championship (u;nder 16).-D. Ballantyne. Junior Doubles Championship .-H. P. Mitcalfe and L. Christie. This term has also seen a good deal of tennis played, but now that the football season h~s again ~om:n:enced tennis has for the time being·, lo-st Its populanty m favour of the 'better game.'l'wo matches have been played by the tennis team, one against the Masters· and the other against the Girls' School. The results were:Boys v. Masters. Boys 78 games, Masters 94 games . Boys v. Girls. Boys 242 points, Girls· 126 points. 'l'he latter match was played at the Girls' School co urts, where a very enjo-y able morning was spent by the members o:f the team . The chief characteristic o.f this term 's tennis is the equality of the first dozen players, and in consequence of this it is expected that there will be clo-se competition for tliis year's championships.

ANNUAL SWIMMING SPORTS. (L. O'Halhran.) The annual swimming sports were held on March 23. In spite of the cold wind blowing all day the events were keenly contested and some good races ensued. We have to thank the custodian for his assistance in filling the baths. We al so have to thank the Kawaroa Park Committee :for their !tenerosity in lending us seats and we take t his opportunity o.f thanking the judges, Messrs. R. V{. D . Robertson and N. Christiansen, for their valuable assistance in officiatin"'. 'I' he following are the resrdts:

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30 Yards (open).-First heat: B. Boon (scr.). Second heat: K. Taylor (4sec.). Third heat: Corkill (5sec.). ] ourth hea_t: Moorhead (8sec.). Fifth heat : Thompson (4sec.). Sn::th heat: S. Hutchen (6sec.) . Seventh heat: L. Evans (7sec.) and Malt (scr.), dead-heat. Eighth heat: Cleland (7sec.). Ninth heat: Abbott (5sec.) . Tenth heat: 1!-,armer (7 sec.). Eleventh heat: Guild (10sec.). rr:welfth heat: 9'Halloran (scr.). Thirteenth heat: P. Wills (6sec.). ]mal: Cleland 1, O'Halloran 2, Evans 3. ~ Preparatory Boy_s' Race, 30 yards.-First heat: G. } oakes (6sec .) 1, Gmld (6sec.) 2, Morey (4sec.) 3. Second heat: Cra;nby (2se-c.) 1, Cottier (7sec.) 2, W . Thomas (8sec.) 3. Fmal: G. Fookes 1, Cranby 2, Cottier 3.

Plate Dive.-Hutchen 1, Rawsnn 2, Coleman 3. 60 Yards (open).-First heat: Faden (scr.) 1, K. Second heat: Malt (scr.) 1, Riley (6sec.) 2. Third heat: Cleland (6sec.) 1, Sutherland 2. ] ourth ~eat: 'l'homso'n (8sec .) 1, Neill (10sec.) 2 . Fifth heat: Rwkard (1sec.) 1, J. Boon (scr.) 2 . Sixth heat: Baker (3sec.) 1, Osborne (lsec.) 2. Seventh heat: Ho:ffmann (scr.) 1, James (9sec.) 2 . Eighth heat: G. Smith (5sec.) 1, Henderson (scr.) 2. Ninth heat: O'Hallnran (scr.) 1, Alleman (4sec.) 2. Tenth heat: B. Hutchen (1_sec.) 1, Palmer (5sec.) 2. Final: L. O'Halloran 1 Rickard 2, Faden 3. ' ,

0 Halloran (3sec.) 2.

New Boys' Race, 30 yards .-First heat: G. Hawken (lse; .) 1, James (5sec.) 2. _SeMndheat: Lysaght (6sec.) 1, Farme~ (6sec.) 2. Thnd heat: A. Brodie ( 4sec .) 1, J. Brodie (6sec.) 2. Final: Farmer 1 LysaO'ht 2 Haw ken 3. ' "' ' Lear~ers' Race.-Dailey (7sec.) 1, K. Fookes (7sec.) 2, Hethermgton (9sec.) 3.

Breast Stroke, 30 yards.-First heat: Faden (3sec.). Second heat : Osborne (3sec.). Third heat: B. Lash (5sec.). Fourth heat: Abbott (6sec.) and Brunnette (5sec.) dead-heat. Fifth heat: Willis (3sec.). Sixth h~at: Kebbel (6sec.). Seventh heat: B . Hutchen (3sec.). Eighth heat: S .. Hutchen (6sec.). Ninth heat: H. Burwell (6sec.). Fmal : Osborne 1, Abbott 2, Hutchen 3. 100 Yards.-First he·a t: L. O'Halloran (scr.) 1, Coleman (scr.) 2, Alleman (4sec.) 3. Second heat: Ho:ffmann (scr.) 1, Henderson (scr.) 2, G. Smith (8sec.) 3. Third

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heat: Boon (scr.) 1, l~awso·n (scr.) 2, B. Hutchen (2sec.) ;). Fourth heat: Faden (scr.) 1, Malt (5sec.) 2, Baker (2sec.) 3. Final: O'Halloran 1, Ho:ffmann 2, Henderson 3. Back Stroke, 30 yards.-1!-,irst heat: Barak (5sec.) 1, Pease (2sec .) 2 . Second heat: Brunnette (3sec.) 1, Osborne (scr.) 2 . 'fhird heat: G. Smith (6sec.) 1, Howard (6sec.) 2. Fourth heat: Burwell (5sec.) 1, Blundell (I sec .) 2. Fifth heat: Baker (3sec.) 1, J. Shaw (4sec.) 2. Final: Barak 1, Brunnete 2, Osbo·r ne 3. High Dive.-Rawson 1, Sutherland 2. Corfu Dive.-Newell 1, Neill 2. 200 Yards (open).-Foden (scr.) 1, Boon (scr.) 2, Rawson (scr.) 3. Greasy Boom.--Rickard 1, Airey 2, Howard 3. Inter-Form Relay Race.-Vlb. 1, Va. 2, IVb . 3, CHAMPIONSHIPS. The championships were competed for on Thursday evening, March 25, at the B~ths .. Owing t?· fou! boys getting cramp the 200 Yards Semor ChampiOnship was deleted from the programme. The results were as follows:L. O'Halloran (senior championship). L. Malt (junior championship). G. Fookes (under 14 championship). The Old Boys' Race was keenly contested and a great finish resulted: l<'irst, C. L. Kyngdon; second, McHardy and G. Boon (dead-heat). The -nfficials were:-Mr. Moyes, starter; Messrs. Ryder, Diprose and Searle, marksmen; Messrs . Ro·b ert&on, Boh·ill and Rockel, judges of swimming events; Mr. Christiansen, judge of diving· events; Mr. N. Day, official recorder; Messrs. J. Bennett and N. Greiner were timekeepers. Results were as follows:25 Yards Under 14 Championship.-Farmer 1, G. Fookes 2, Lysaght 3. Time, 18sec. Eleven started . 25 Yard Junior Championship.-Malt 1, Rickard 2, G. H awkes 3. Time, 15sec. Eight started. 25 Yards Senior Cham.pionship.-Sutherland 1, O'Halloran 2, Faden 3. Time, 14sec. Eight started.

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50 Yards Under 14 Championship.-Lambie 1 :F'ookes 2, Lysaght and Hutchen (dead-heat) 3. Time' 46sec. Twelve started. ' , 5~ Yar~s. Junior Cham~ionship.-Malt 1, Rickard 2, 'Iaylor 3. T1me, 34sec. Eight started. 50 Yards Sen!or Championship .-O'Hallorau· 1, Faden 2, Boon 3. Time, 83sec. Eight started. High Dive.-~awson 1, Henderson 2, Sutherland 3.

, 1£? Yards Under 14 Championship.-G. Fookes 1 Lambie 2, Hutchen 3. Time lmin. 13sec Twelve' started. ' · T, 1~0 Ya;~s Junio~· Championship.-Malt 1, Rickard 2 ay or 3. Tnne, lmm. 24sec. Eight started. '

.100 Yards Sen~or Championship.-O'Halloran 1 Faden 2, Boon 3. Time, lmin. 18sec. Eight started . ' Awkward from Chute -R · Chn'st·Ie 1 R awson · h 3 . Entry 2 , C. Sm1t Fourteen started.· ' Corfu Dive.-N ewell 1, Rawson 2, Neill 3.

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Race.-.Kyngdon 1, McHardy and Boon

We have t_o thank· Messrs.

Smith and

Easton

~twera~ for then generous· gift of £10 lOs for a cup fo;.

I e savmg, which will be awarded durinfl' the Third Term.

HOUSE NOTES. (R. A. Candy.)

. . 1t the beginning of the term two new House masters JOmec us, ?r to speak truly, one new House master and one returnmg one. To the former, Mr. Bertrand we ~~fin~ a hearty welco~a and hope that his stay with us SI e 1ong and enJoyable. As for tl1e latter Mr ear1e, we are all pleased to- see him back a()'ain' witl~ us. b~d-e must congratulate him on his succes; while at Cam n ge. As of the ter·m , m any new h usual · · atJ the beP:iuninO' ~ '"' · o-ys . ave. JOllleu ~s . One boy, who was either to frlsle~ bi.thbboardm~ school life ?·r else was very fo~g~~ u ' e .Is o~ out~Jde on the mght of his an~ival I was teemmg With ram, so that the box and its content! b

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27 were a.p t to get wei. At last the lad thoug_ht about it, and in the middle of the night knocked at a master'B door and informed him that the box was outside. It seems curious. that he neveT thought about going for it himself. Another wing o-n the new House was completed during the Christmas h~lidays. It consists of two laTge dormitories, each holding eighteen boys. It was thougl;tt that this addition would solve the housing problem, but with the great influx of new boys it was soon seen that it )would no-t contain all the new boarders. Consequ eJij;l~a large number of week-enderS' sleep down at Montos!}-1 This year a · slight change was made as regards the new boys' conceTt, the boarders holding theirs one Saturday night, while the day boys held theiTs after school as usual. We regTet to say that the standaTd of music was no"t exceptionally high. One bov at the boarders' concert, rather than let us hear his voice . made a bid for freedom, but was soon brought back. We were then greeted with a bo-xing contest, which was much more enjoyable than listening to the doleful voices of many of the others. Some of the prefects this term seem to have become veTy witty. A certain boy, wishing to have a bath, went up to one of these mighty men and said: ''I wish to have a bath to-day. I take it that there is a califont there; would you mind lighting it for me." "Yes, my dear fellow," said the prefect, "there is a calif out there, but you can't take it." When School was closed at the beginning o.f the term on account of the "flu" we were all quarantined. Cons quently many of the boarders found time hanging on their hands. However, some good work resulted, as many of the boys were employed building rockeries and in cleaning up the grounds in preparation for the Prince of Wales' visit. On the Sunday during quarantine we all went for a walk out towards the· Meeting o-f the 'Vaters. In fact, some of the more fit reached there, and as it was a sco-r ching hot dav it seems needless to aclcl that they were very soon in the water. Since these notes were begun the Prince of Wales l1 as visited New Plymouth but, much to our disappointment, his stay was not sufficiently long to enable him to visit our School. However, we did not lose our promised holiday, but marched to Pukekura Park, where

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every bo·y , excepting one who was ill in bed, was able to obtain a very good view of our future King. One of our masters, we feel sure, will n.o t wash his hand for many days.

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Although the School was not actually visited by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, the preparations· in anticipation for so· distingui shed a visitor have resulted in several material, in fact, concrete improvements around the School. Many boys still seem to be under the impression (the impression is sometimes painful) that the dormitory is a room specially set aside for their ,delectation and amusement. Strangely enough this is not so. Several weeks ago a "passage" at arms was taking place, not in the "conidor," but in the dormitory . The arms were pillows. The bout was brought -to a sudden termination by a master who had for some time been an interested spectat"or. Result: More impressions. One boy received good marks during the examination week . The trouble was that he had lost his way, between Devon Street and the School, and in consequence arrived at School after lights out. H e is a sergeant now-three stripes. However, most boys realise that it is better to play the game than risk the displeasure of a master, and the consequence is that the "cuts" is becoming rare amongst the older boys .

It is repo·r ted that one dormitory is very cold to sleep in· it is too "Airey." This is, of course, due to the big "Eaves" and to the fact that the wind blew the "'indow pane in. W e hope no one tried to " Basham " in . Boys seem to be possessed of the happy knack of bestowinO' felicitous nick-names. How peculiarly apt are some of the following can be proved bv any boarder : Adam, Buck, Sooky, G. String, The Ma jo-r, Colonel, Seedy, Rip van Winkle, Flopp, Digger , Froggie, Chook, Hatch, Virgil, Soapy, Dopy, Dwugs, Bart. A motor-car one day appeared in t he drive alongside the boarding school. Detectives soon elicited the fact th at it belonged to a boarder. An interested crowd soon gathered around, and remarks were common . The most sardonic was the followin g, just t wo words: "How peculiar." Another suo·gested: "Put it in your locker , Sugar; they may break it." H owever some nf us can testify to its speed and comfort. BI?IAN DAILEY.

Died 71!1 Marcil. JlJ20 .

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. IN MEM 'eRil\~. BRIAN DAILEY. Sad news indeed was brought to us this term when we learnt tha.t Brian Datley had passed a\Yay . Always 1路eady to take a part in any School institution and exhibiting always a keen interest in his School work, 路h e 1ms popular with Masters and boys alike. Brian began his School career in February, 1919, in Standard VI. in the Preparatory School, and was placed On March 5th h e became t his year in the Third Form. suddenly ill and in accordance with medical advice was taken to the hospital to undergo an operation for appendicitis. The operation revealed complications from a former operation and his case was <:onsidered serious from the beginning. On March 7th Brian passed away. His name will be sadly missed from these pages, for which he edited the Preparatory School Notes.

KEITH DOUGLAS BAKER. On Easter Monday we were, shocked by the sad and unexpected tidings that Keith Baker had died in the hospital. Keith was one of the most popular boys in the School. He played football for the Third Fifteen , and was in the winning team in the W eekly Press Shooting Competition this year. He entered the School in February, 1917, and was placed in Form II!A ., rising from there to Form VA. at the beginning of this year. He became ill about March 30th and was removed to t he hospital, where he was operated on for appendicitis. For four days after the operation he progressed quite satisfactorily but had a sudden relapse on Easter Saturday. His condition however was not considered serious as his fri,ends were allo wed to visit him on Sunday. On the morning of Easter Monday the terrible news arrived that Keith had said good-bye to all that was dear to him on earth. He mElt his end with wonderful courage and when he passed into the unknown beyond he left the School the poorer by one who was well loved for hi s high ideals and upright character.

PRINCE OF WALES ' VISiT.

PRINCE OF WALES' VISIT. (L. Jillett.) New Plymouth was en fete on :Monday, M:ay 3-the great and. memorabl.e day on which the heir to the British thro·~e paid to our city a short visit in connection with his Dommwn. .tour. It was originally intended that R.R.H. should arnve on April 30-three days earlier-but · t' . ' OWing t th d o. e ~ama 10. railway strike, the Royal tour was shghtly · d f · disorgamsed . · Taranakians had alm os t d espa1re o seei~g the Pnnce at all. but the sudden settlement of the· stnke enabled the original itinerary to be carried through. However, the New Plymouth visit was curtailed from two ho~rs to. one. D~spite the short notification of the actual time . of the Pnnce's arrival , N ew Pl ymou th presen t ed a f estive. a~pearance· on the morning of Ma 3 The str~ets .and bmldm~s along the route marked ou{fo; the processwn were "'ally bedecked WI.th d b · F !"' . greenery an untmg. ~·m~ the rmlway station to Pukekura Park flao·s of all descnptwns fluttered a welcome to th K' ' b d th · e mg s son an e expectant hearts of his loyal subjects were read' an_d eager to burs~ forth in a tumultuous cheer at the firs; ghmps.e of. the shght and boyish figure of him wh .clay .will Sit upon the throne of the world' . hot~me empue. s mig Iest j

. A~out eighty boys from tlie School cont · With n~es and bayonets, formed the G dmfeHnt, armed the Prmce at the Park The re . uar o onour to company, about 200 stro~g and un~~~dderalof the Sdchdool , so para e . t

. Putnctuadll;y, as the town clock chimed ten the Royal s eame mto the station Th R l ! . . his personal sta:ff and atte~dantes oya ~Isitord'· with d' t d t h . . c ' was Imme rately nee e o t e wartmg motors and then b th gress to the Park orounds Th' p . d'degan e pro'£ o · e nnce I not · um onn, but wore a ligh.t grey check suit with appear m hbat,, set characteristically to one side of h' ha dsoftTfeblt oyish face of H R H d f .. .Is .ea . e of 1 · h · h h · · ·' rna · e .amihar by hfe-hke photos nm. w IC ave been shown everywh . . , recogmsed ~nd, in the car with Rear:Ad e~e,l wS~s Le~sily Halsey, C'h 1ef-of-Si-a:ff h · mua Jr wnel greeted with tumultu~us I~c~f:~~~i:.e was everywhere ~am

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As the Royal car came to the entrance or the arena there arose a great shout of welcome, which the Prince acknowledged with characteristic simplicity . In a moment he had alighted and was presented to the :Mayor (Mr . J . Clarke) and Councillors. When the Royal party ascended the dais, amid the plaudits of the assemblage, the National Anthem was played. The presentation of the civic address, to which the Prince briefly replied, followed. The massed choir on the western terrace then sano· the anthem "God. Bless the Prince of Wales." The 0 Prince next presented medals for war services to abo·ut a dozen returned men, conversing with each soldier as he pinned 'the decoration on his coat . Amid a fresh outburst of enthusiasm the Prince descended from the dais and turned his attention to the returned soldi ers. The whole of the men filed past H.R.H., and he shook hands with each one, stopping, here and there, to question where a man bore signs of wounds or where ribbons denoted lengthy war service. The next in turn to be inspected were the Maori War veterans. the South African War veterans, and the Boy Scouts . He then proceeded to inspect the Guard of Honour of High School Cadets and the other Cadet units on parade. This being clone, the Prince turned his attention to the large crowd of school children in the centre of the oval, who cheered themselves hoarse at the unexpected pleasure of havill'· H.R .H. right in their midst. The hour allotted to the Prince's visit to New Plymouth sped all too quickly, and shortly before 11 o'clock the return journey to the station was commenced. Amid scenes of unbounded enthusiasm H.ll.H. took his departure from the Park, standing erect and bare-headed as he acknowledged the renewed acclamations of the people. A few minutes after 11 o'clock the Royal train drew out of the station, and the last the cheering crowds of loyal New. Plymouth cit1zem saw of their future King was the Prince, with Sir Lionel' Halsey. on the rear platform of hi s carriage, smi lin'! anil bowing his acknow1N1gments of the demonstration of l oyalty toward him. ThuR ended the reremonieR in co-nnection with o11e of the most memorable days in the history of New Plymouth.

THE ROLL.

The roll now stands at 390, o£ whom 191 are board· In the upper school. there are 296 bo·y s, of whom 1-!8 are boarders; in the lower school the numbers are 94 and 43 respectively. The follo·w ing is the complete roll:-

ers.

FIORM VIA. "Hine, J. M. G1·einer, R. JiJlett, J. W. L. *Menon, T. F. ~icholson, M. Noble, C. A. *Syme, R. A. Willis, J. D. FORM VlB. *Aldis, W. *Barak, M. *Gandy, R. A. *Christie, A. H. *Henderson, V. J. Hu,tchen, B. Malt, L. C. Newell, H. C. *O'Halloran, K. *O'Halloran, L. . Rea, W. Smart, E. C. *Sutherland, M. Sutton, D. W. \\.aters, E. D. *Sinclair. R. 0 *Pope, E. FORM V.A.. ~A ll eman.

*Airey, G. M. *Baker, K. D. Bellringer, R. Berridge, W. Boon, J. H. *Brunette, G. J.. Brodie, A. Brodie, J. *Burdett, C. *Cadhemaille, L . · Coleman, E. Corkill, F. *Fookes, A. C. Gilbert, A. *Griffiths, E. W . B. *Hamerton, C. *Hair, R. D. *Hawken, G.

*Hunt, H. *H erbert, S. *Hughson, G. Hayden, S. *Hoffman, L. J-ohnson, C. Johnson, P. McRae,.R. Maxwell, H. *Osborne, M. *Rawson L. Renau:i, I. Smith, S. *Smith, G. C. *Silson, W. *'fait, S. *Thompson, C. •··wheeler, A. FORM VB. Abbott, L. • Airey_, N. Ballantyne, D . *Barton I. Brokenshire, E. Cavaney, W. Crawshaw, R. Dinniss, L. *Duncan, F. *Foden, E. Hasell, T. Hancock, R . Hawkes C. Hawkins, P. Hoby, R. Holden, G. *Kerr, W. *:Messenger, W. Moore, B. Moorhead, J. Moss, 0. Moyes, A . •Neill, L. •·Noakes B. *P.ease, L. *Rickard, H. Smart, L. Teed, L. *'Waterson, E . Wood, S.

FIORM IVA. Ayling, R. Brewster, C. *Calder, G. Dolby, R. *Davis, F. *Drader, C. *Eaves, J. Evans, L. Fookes, S. *Gibson, A. *Grigg, H. *Heycock, M. Jillett, D. *Julian R. • Julian, F. *Mackay, J. *Mitcalfe, H. *Mcivor, I. McMahon, J. Newell, F. *Penn, T. Rea, R. *Robertson, MeL. *Syme, R. W. ·~tandish, M. Smith, E. *Williams, F. *Winfield, B. *Manning, J. Trehey, J. Barnett, C. 0. FORM lVB. Aish, E. .Allen, R. • llexander, W. *Arthur, R. *Brown, H. ~Burke,

*Christie, R. *Christie, L. Cleland, R. Greiner, C. Herdman, A Inch, L. B. *Jackson. J. *James, H. Lealand, S. *Mason, H. Madsen. H. Neal, K. Northern. W. *Olsen, E. *Parkinson, A. Palmer, I. *P<~-lmer,

Pearce, B. *Prideaux, J. '·Pulley, C. *Riley, R. Shaw, A. Shaw, T. "'Jhompson, J. 'faylor, K. ~wills, P. *Paterson, C. *Lysaght, J. *Lambie, K. FORM IVc. Bayly, B. Bendall, A. Bennett, J. *Binnie, A. Bra.cegirdle, G. *Buchanan, A. Butler, F. Collins, C. Dea.re, N. Gillespie, R. *Gibbs, J. Honnor, C. Jennings, R. •·:Kilpatrick, R. Lomas, G. Lash, C. Lash , B. Lynch,_ C. Linn, L. Mace, 1-f. McGahey, C. *Rumball, A . *Rowlands, S. *Smith, A. E. Smart, A. Stockman, 0. *Veale, C. Ward, C. Wilson, D. *"'ells, V. FORM IliA . *Ballinger, G. *Blair, J. Blundell, B. *Brown,· R. *Clarke, H. *Caughley. R. Dinniss, C. Farmer, L. *Gibbs, B. Goldwater, E. James, F .

THE ROLL.

J effries, R. K e bbeli, M. Kenny, J. Lysons, l\L Mitchinson, V. *Nash, 0. *Ogle, J . *Pope 1 P. *Purd1e D *Read, H.. *Roberts, G. Ra.mpton, J. *Snowdon, H. *Simcock, J . Steffenson, C. Thompson~.- M. *Templer, J . *'Veils, R. *Roberts, S. FORM IIIB. S. *Bell , 0. Dailey, K. *Dailey, B. *Erlandson, H . *Foreman. A . H . Gilbert, W . *Grant, C. Goldwater, H. Gable, A. Grover, G. Hutch~n , S. *Handley, S. Joll, W. Murray, F. McMahon, J. 0. O'Dowda, M. *Rainger, 0. Robertson, M. Sca.nlan, B. *Sutton, A . Webb, R . *Wells, L Wooldridge, V. Kidson, .A. Evans, 0. FORM Illo. Allen, F. *Avery, 0. *Basham, F . Benton G. *Betts, A. *Brunette, J. *Chivers, E Colson G. Ellis, 0. Bellring~r,

*Fookes, S. · .v oremaa , J£. l<'r enuh , 1\i . *~ edd.es, J. C:.h·ayung, C. Hughes, B. Hunt, H. Kidd, P . Lovegrove, N. Luxton, E. McKean . A. McLean,· D. *M euli , K. Mills, C. *Parker, C. Philpott, H. *Robinson, K. Scanlan, J. Smith, 0. *Smith , L. *Tait, V. *B urwell, H . J ensen , T . FORM IIIn . Avery D'A . *Atkinson, R. *Bell, D . Bates, 0 . Cottier, R. *Clegg, E. *Foreman, A. J. *Guy, A. Hoby, B. *Honeyfield, J. *Howard J. *Jury, R. *Knuckey, A. *O'Sullivan, F. *Putt, H. *Roch , H. *Scott, G. Saxton, C. Thomas, J. *Wyborn, S. *Hoo~r. B . STANDARD VI. Bayly, G. Bellringer , H: *Butler , R . *Granby, C. Cottier , S. *Coplestone , G. Ca r thew, V. *Clarke, H. *Eaves, T. *Espin, B.

*Evans, C. Fookes, G. L•ookes, K. *Fookes, V. *Fussell, E. *Guild, J . *Goldstone, M . *Hawken, P. Honeyfi.eld, M . Hine, E. J effries, E. *Lee, F. MoreY:,, G. McNeill, H . McDiarmid, N. Palmer, J. *Pease, J. P ease, P. *Rogers, J. Russell, S. *Stevenson, H. *Stevenson. A. *Sutton, M . *Sarten, C. *Paget, T. *Thomas, W. *Meredith, M . Linn, R. *Fletcher, M. STANDARD V *D errett, E . Garner, H. Gilmour, C. *Gillman, I. *Knuckey, F. Leech, E. McNeill . C. Sladden, P . *Smith, N . *SiJson, T. *Meredith , S . STANDARD IV. Coombe, H. Davies, 0 . *Dawbin, H .

*Easton, G. Fooke~, H. *Griffiths , W . Grover, P. *Lucen a, G. Linn, C. List, R. *Nicholson, J . *Robb, c. Stronge, J. *Fletcher, R . STANDARD Ill . Ambury, C. Clarke, 0 . EHiot, E. Grey, J. *Griffiths, C. Hetherington, D. Hutchen, A. Jackson , E. Simons G. Washer, A . *Fargie, A. STANDARD II . Allen, P. Bennett , A . Bennett, R. *Fussell, A. *Hardwick, W. Hetherington, A. Hetherington , J. J ackson , D. Waddle, I. STANDARD I. Brookman , R. Brookman, N. Davies, J. *Dykes, G. Fairbrother E. *Perry, J . ' &tronge, C. *Barrack, Fl. Glover, 0.

The following entered during the :first term:-* Aldis, W.; *Airey, G.; *Airey, N.; Allen, F . ; *Atkinson, R.; Brodie., A.; Brodie, J. ; *Burdett, C.; ·Barnett, C.; *Ballinger , G.; *Blair, J . ; *Brown, R.; Bellrin(fer, S.; *Bell, C.; *Basham, F . ; Benton, G.; *Betts, A.; Brunette, J. ; *Burwell, A.; Bates, 0.; *Butler, R.; *Barrack, F.; *Caughley, R.; Colson, G.; •Clegg, E.; Cottier, S.;

THE ROLL. 36 q rarke, .o.; Cl~r~e, H.; *lJa-':,ie~, J. ;*Dykes, G.; *Derrett, E.; D1mss, C.; Evans, 0.; Elhs, 0. · *Eaves E.· *Espin ' ' ' JJJ. ; *E vans, u. ; F armer, L . ; *V .I' a-reman A. R.' · *:Foreman K; *Foreman, A. J . ; *:FarO'ie A . ·' Fairb'rother· E : 0 ' ' • ' •.1.:L~l..e t ch er, I":\,,; * .I'I. '1etc h er, M. ; }french, M.; Goldwater' E.· Gilbert, W.; Grant, C.; Goldwateil: H.· Gable' A : Grover, G.; Gedde~, J.; *Grayling, c.'; *G~ly, A.; Gro~~ er,.~. ; Glo·ver, 0.; Jfamerton, C.; *Handley, S.; Hughes ~·: Ro~~yfield, J.; Howard, J.; 'James, H. N.; James: F., Jeftnes, R . S.; JoH, vV.; Jensen T. · *Jury R . Jacks~:m, D' A.; *Kerr, W.; Kenny J. · 'Kids'on A . K' I'dd.' P ·'· L mn;. C · ; *L mn, ' R ~; *L ee, F . '; Lovegrove, ' ' N.; . ' Lux-' tl;m, E.; Lysa~ht, J.; Merron, T.; Maxwell H.· *ManninO' · · ' ' o' J.,· Ma sen, H.; Mitchmson, V.; Murray F · ~lcMahon, J. C.; McLean, D.; *Meuli K · Mills' c·' *~1eredith, M. ; *Meredith, S . ; *Nash C.: *Ni~holson' ~ * gle,. J.; O'Dowda, M.; *O'Sulliv~n F.· *Pope' p': Purdie, D.; *Parker, C.· Philpott H ·'*Putt H · p' ·' P · *R d H *R b ' ; ·' , . , ease, ·' * e~ , ·; o. erts, G. N.; Roberts, S . ; Ram ton JS.; Ramger, 0.; Robertson , M. · *Roch H . Rupsselr' 0 bb C · *R *S now d.on, H . ; • Simcock, ·' ' Steffenson, .' ' · : • ·; J.; ' Sutton, A.; Smith, C.; *Smith L. · *Scott G . *~tevenson, H.; *Sarten, C. ; *Silson T.. *Thomson' c': * ~mplar, J.; *Tait, V. ; Thomas, 'J. · ' *Wheeler' A.: Y\ ells, R.; W.ebb, R.; WooldridO'e V. ~ *Wyborn s' . ' *Indicates . b ' ' ' . Boarder The foilowing left at the end of. last tenn :-Allen L.; Avery, J.; Barak, V.; BeHringer N · Bird H : Blundell, R.; Boon, R.: Bothamley R · ·Brooker' A·: Bryden, I.; Brackebush, A.; Burton', J: 'v.; Campbeli' J.; Cartwnght, R.; Cane J. · Corney H A · C ' F ' ' J.; Crapper, ' . A.; . ' Clarke, orney' A.'.. CDse, L . ; Col e,, E . ; Clemnw, Eil' S~e_]f F.; DIXon, K.; Dempster, N.; Ducker, K.; Is,. ·, alwasser, H . I.; Fox, D.· Greiner R · Grant F.; Gilbert, A.; Gibson, J . ; Horner' B.· Hon'ey:fi~ld H ~ fo!leyBeld, K.; Handley, C. ; Ham'linO'' W .. Hair' G.: air, . . ; Johns, B.; Jonas, M.: Jury N.. Kyngdon' c': ?;~nPit B':fr ~oRrtobn, , H. ; Moss, C.; 'Mill's, M.; M~rri~: ·: I , , o ~rts, K. C. ; Rnberts, H.; Smart C., Spence, D.; Shnmpton, L. B.· Smith A C . S ' 0 · '. T ayl or, W ·; T ' . . ' age . ob.m, E'.; Train' S. · Richardson L : W a~dle, N. ; yYmfield, C. ; Wb'ite, 'C. · White' s · : r-hitHtle: WJ.; White, E.; Way, B.; Webster, J . L.; Wat~ dn, ·, ood~, F.; Walker, G.; Young, I. ]' . jhe followmg h~ve left during the term :-Butler, p.' aErmeRr, L.; Gngg, H.; Greiner, R.. Lynch C . ' ' ·' ope, . : enaud, I.; Sinclair, R .

9·,

eXAMINATION RESULTS.

The results o.f the December examinations were particularly satisfactory in view of the fact that they were preceded by an epidemic .of measles, through which C. Sroa~·t and :i\1. Barak were unfortunately unable to complete th~ir exa~inati?n wh~ch, judging by the high marks aained for subJects for wh1eh they sat, both would prob~bly have passed. The following are the results of the vario-us examinations:Senior National Scholarship.-K. C. Roberts. Taranaki Scholarships.·-N. Waddle, L. Richardson, and R. Greiner. Junior National Scholarship.-E. Smith. Matriculation and Allied Examinations.-N. Bellringer, R. Blundell, A . Candy, A. Christie, J. Cl.emow, A. Gilbert, J. Henderson, B. Horner, J. W . J1llett, B. Johns, C. Kyngdon, L. Malt, M. Nicholson, L. O'Halloran, K. O'Halloran, W. Rea, M. Sutherland, S. Train, E. Waters, C. White, and S. White. Partial successes for the same examinailions :-B. Hutchen, H. Morton, and H. C. Newell. The followinO' gained Proficiency Certificates.-C. Aveil:y, F. Blundefi, E. Chivers, R. Cottier, K. Dailey, B. Dailev, H. Erlandson, B. Gibbs, B. Hoby, H. Hunt, B. Hooper, S. Hutchen, M. Kebbell, A. Knuckey, H. Mace, A. McKean, M. Lysons, K. Robinson, A. Rumball, M. Standish, J. Scanlan, B. Scanlan, C. Saxton, M. Thompson, and L. Wells.

FORM AVERAGES. FIRST TERM. Form VL<1.-N ot placed as some are doing special work. Form VIB.-N ot placed; doing special work for' 'Terms.' Form VA. (average 61.5).-1, R. BeHringer, 86; 2, Cachemaille, 75. Form VB. (average 56).-1, I. Barton, 71.6 ; 2, Messenger, 71.5. Form IVA. (average 66).-1, R. Rea, 85; 2, Gibson, 79. Form IVB. (average 57).-1, J. Prideaux, 73; 2, Alexander and K. Neal, 72. Fo·rm IV c. (average 49.5).-1, Rumball, 63.6; 2, C. Ward, 63 . Form IliA. (average 64.6). 1, Lysons, 85; 2, Nash, 82.

FORM AVERAGES.

Form IIIB. (average 57.3) .-•1, 0. Evans, 82.4; 2, G . Webb, 72.8. Form IIIc . (average 50.7) . -1, McLean, 65 .8; 2, R. Hunt, 65.1. Form IIIn. (average 54.1).-1, D. Avery, 68.4; 2, D . Guy and C. Saxton, 67.5. PREPARATORY SCHOOL . Form III. (average 59.6).--1, BeHringer, 77 .5; 2, Jeffries, 72.6. Form IIA. (average 66.6).-·1, Silson, 82.8; 2, Smith,

18.8. Form IIB. (average 61.4) .-1, Grover, 84.2; 2, H. Fookes, 75.2. Form 11. (average 68 .4) .-1, D. Hetherington, 74.8; 2, A. Washer, 71.1. Form lA. (average 65.49).--1, A. Hetherington, 67.5; 2, W. Hardwick, 67. Form IB. (average 57.1).-1, 0. Glover, 69.2; 2, C. Stronge, 61.6.

PREPARATORY N OTES. (M. Sutton.) 'l'he attendance this year is exactly the same as that of last year, the roll number being 95. Standard ti, however, has increased from 29 to 40, while Standard 5 has now 12 pupils, against 32 of last year. Since last issue of the Magazine the following boys have left: S. Ellis, G. Hair, D. Hair; J . Campbell, G. Walker, J . Cane and V. Barak. The new boys are : R. Butler, P. Barrac~, S. Cottier, F. Cahill, C. Coombe, 0. Espin, E. Derrett, J. Davis, G. Dykes, T. Eaves, B . Espin, C. Evan , A. Fargie, ll. Fletcher, M. F letcher, K. Fairbrother, P. Grover, 0. Glover, E. Hine, D. ,Tackson, F. Knuckey, R. Linn, C. Linn,,F. Lee, M . Meredith, S. Meredith, J. Nicholson, P. Pease, C. Robb, S. R ussell, C. Sarten, H. Steven on, T . Si!Ron. It iE~ with great regret that we have to record the death of Brian Dailey, who was actively associated with all Preparatory institutions and was the editor of the Preparatory Notes for the Magazine.

PREPARATORY NOTES.

39 Mr. McKinney, who had been in charge of the Preparat~Jo~Y Department for a num~er of _years, has accepted a pos1bon under the Taranaki Educatwn Board as organising teacher for the Awakino district. He has now been replaced by Mr. Day, who is headmaster o£ the Preparatory Department and is teaching Standard 6. Miss Campbell is teaching St ndards 1, 2 and 3, and Mr. Saxton 4 and 5. The Preparatory boys, after a good deal of net practice and a few g·ames among-st themselves, decided to challenge the Central School to a friendly game of cricket. This match was played off one Thursday afternoon, when the Preparatory boys had the honour of winning. The Central School played a return match, and were again defeated by the narrow margin of 11 runs. This year Mr. Connell has taken the place of Mr. Syme, who· was our agricultural instructor last year. Mr. Connell is taking Standards· 4, 5 and 6 on Tuesday afternoons. . Football has just begun this term and we have four teams, two senior teams and two junior teams. Two of the boys have been put up into the Second XV. The only match played so far was that between the two senior teams, the game concluding in a draw. Owing to the greatly increased roll in the Upper School it was found impossible to accommodate the Preparatory boys in the school building until the new wing was completed. Accordingly we are at prefent to be found in the racecourse buildings, for the use of which we are again indehted to the Taranaki Jockey Club.

CONCERT NOTES. (C. Fookes.) A~ a general meetin(J' held on April 9 the follow ing Comm1ttee was elected: Cachemaille, G. Smith, Rawson, Candy, Rayde.n, Bennett, C. F -ookes. , 'Nh. N. D . Day has accepted the po-sition of chairman.

One concert has been held this term, and the Committee has decided to hold another nt the end of the term. Though nothing definite has been decided, it will probably take the form of a Nigger :Minstrel Entertainment.

CONCERT NOTES.

The programme for the first concert was as follows: 1. Selection .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . Orchestra 2. Song, "Mi~mi Shore" Cachemaille 3. Pianofo·r te Solo Guy 4. Song, "Ev'ry Little While" Barton 5. Recitation Candy 6. Instrumental Quartet .. . G. Brunette, Barton, C. Fookes, G. Smith. 7. Song, "I've lost mv heart in Maoriland," Cachemaille 8. Selection .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . Orchestra 9. Song, "Nancy Fawcett" ... Mr. Day Mr. Bottrill favo ured the audience with some very amusing anecdotes, which were greatly enjoyed. Some new music has been obtained for the orchestra, and will help to brighten future concerts. We wish to acknowledge, w~tll thanks, Miss Bennett's gift of the orchestral parts of ".Miami Shore." The masters have promi.sed us a concert, which we hope to enjoy some time during this term.

CAMERA CLUB NOTES.

us which admirably lend themselves for lantern slides. These are much enoouraged now, for lectures are very interesting and will aid u s greatly if at them we see slides of familiar places. A meetinO' of the committee was held to select s~me suitable subje~t for a Club Competition. The subJect selected mts "The Best Group of Four Photogr~p_hs of_ the Prince's Visit." The competition is to be d1v1ded 1nto two classes, viz. (a), for camer~s .over t-plate; (b) for cameras under t-plate. The pnzes for each clas·s are: First, lOs; second, 7s 6d; third, 2s 6d. We hope to see larg e entries for these competitions as the chance will1. be unique. Many of our members seem to forget that the club po.s sesses a firs·t -rate ! -plate camera .

SHOOTING NOTES, 1920. (R . A. Candy.)

CAMERA CLUB NOTES. L. Rawson. At the beginning of the term a most successful meeting of the above club was held to elect a committee. Mr. Moyes occupied the ch0.ir. 1'he minutes were read, nominations called for, and a ballot taken. The result was that B. Noakes (secretary), S. H erbert, L. Rawson, G. Waterson and A. Moyes were elected . Over fifty boys attended and, as the club is entirely dependent on the members' subscriptions, it was, from a financial point of view, the best meeting yet h eld. Although we could not secure a dark room in the new School, we have equipped our present one so that any member is at liberty to print, develop or enlarge. As we have now entered upon a new era of Schoo·l life, our Camera Club seems to have taken a new lease of life, and we may reasonably entertain rosy hopes for its future. Great interest has· been taken lately by the members in the lantern-slide branch of photography. This• useful branch is very handy now, as our own lantern is again in use, and we have many geographical structures around

Shooting began in earnest this year right at ~he beginning o:E the term. All new boys had a groupm.g practice, and the best of these shot agam until we h ad our numbers down almost to team level. A rather serious break was brought about when "We were in quarantine on account o£ the influenza epidemic. Boarder we~·e al?le to shoot, ~mt the day boys had no cbanc:e o£ g:ethng 1.n any pract1ee. We are sorry to say that we are st1ll shootmg on the range in the gully, as this rangP loses the light soo~ after school is out. However, we hope to have our closed-m r ange very soon, and for the present must put up with what we have. Early in the term the W e1lington District Rifle Meeting was held at 1'renth am. 'l'he Scbool . ent down.eleven of its best shots; six in the clas fo~· those over siXtee~, and five in the class for those under sixteen. 'l'hey all did very well, Lance-Corp. Herbert, L\l'nee-Corl?. Barak, and fh~et Wills being worthy of special mentwn. LanceCorp. Herbert secured second place in the Cadet Championship, and in the junior competition, out of f?ur trophies, Lance-Corp . Barak won two and Cadet Wills one. The other prize-winners were: Corp. Foden, LanceCorp. Hair, Lance-Corp. '\'V aters, Cadet Hughson, Cadet Abbott, Cadet Brown, Cadet Jackson, CadetMcRae. The

5HOOTING NOTES.

SHOOT ING NOTES. 42 weather Oll tho day of shooting w·as bv no ·means good. In the morning there was a slight dri~~le, wlli~h dela:;:-ed the openino-, and throughout the day the wmd whiCh rushed do\Y~ the gullies was most disconcerting.

'l'he Taranaki Group H ifle l\leeting- was held just before Easter, on the l{ewa Rewa range. The Rchool sent in large entries, a nd was well rewarded by the success which the various competitors achieved. The meeting was held under practically ideal weather conditions. The visibility was good and there was hardly a breath of wind . The different competitors entered in three classes: (1) Territorials, those over 18; (2) Senior Cadets, over 16; (3) Senior Cadets, under 16. In Competition -(1) Sgt . O' Halloran secured fifth place in the aggrega.te. Other winners were: Quartermaster Sergt.-:Major Bine, Sergt . Newell Corp . Alleman. In Competition (2) J..~ance - Corp. Waters won the aggregate meda 1. T1ance-Corp. Oandy and Cadet. Hughson also won medals. Other winners were : Corp . Faden, Lanee-Corp. \Vater~;, Lm10e-Corp. Herbert, LanceCorp. K. O'Halloran, Lance-Corp. H air, Cadet Palmer, Cadet Hunt, Cadet N oa];:es, Cadet Merron, C::tdet Moss, Cadet Abbott, Cadet A. Brodie. In Competition (8) Cadet McRae won the a15greg-ate medal. Cadet Ca lder, Cadet Jackson and J;ance-Corn . Barak also secured medals. Other winners were: Cadet H. Brown, Cadet Bracegirdle, Cadet R. Christie, Cadet Davis, Cadet Hawken, Cadet Honor, Qadet Maflon, Cadet N enl, Cadet Penn, Cadet Rogers, Cadet V. Wells. The shooting for the Kellv Cup was eonclvrl"cl r11 Saturday morning, Novembei 22. The qualifyin ~ · ' were fired on our 25 yards range, and tl1e seven hiu·hrst scores decided the final competitors on the big range. The Kelly Cup was intended for competition under "~r1H, ,.,, ,. ~r Empire" r.onclitionR hut, as this m::~tc>h was '10t rn]"'lnP+Pr1 -l'or thiR year, the foJlowin&r conditions were i""Tl'>SP' 1 · Service sill'htR: f1) 200 y:nd". !) shots, snau slwotinq-: {~) 300 yards, 10 shots, rapid in 60 seconds ; (3) 500 vnrfl<: 5 shots, slow. A varving rear wind made shootin g- with open ight difficult. The scores were as follow·s :-Name.

H. S . Herbert R. M. Johns R. Greiner ······· ·· J. M. Hine ......... E. B. Waters ......

200 vards (15)

12 12 6 9 12

300 vards (40\

25 24 29 24 12

500 yards (20)

Total (75)

13 13 10 10 14

50 49 45 43 38

43 At the beginning o-£ th e third term pntctice fOI·•th e Weekly Press Challenge Shield commenced . Throughout th e pra ·tices the scores of each competitor were kept an<l used to <letermine v•hethcr he should be placed in either of the t eams entered by the School. The match was fired off on Th ursLla.y, November 13 . During the greater part o:f th e clay t h e sky was overcast., rain threatening at t imes, while at others th e sun, for short intervals, would shin e out brightly. Thus the· light was rendered rather variable, and accounted perhap s for the lo ss of a few points . The sc ores of both teams were as follows :-

No . 24 COMPANY . Name.

Slow (Max. 28)

R apid (Max. 40)

Barak ....... .. . .. 28 M. Jonas . ......... .. 28 P. Wills .......... .. 28 J . Jackson ..... ... . 28 R. Hair . ......... .. 26 L . Malt .. .. ..... .. . 28 27 R . McUae . ~ ...... . K . B aker ... .. .. .. .. . 26 H . B rown .. .. ...... .. 28 J. Rogers .... .. .. ... . 25 Team Average: 66. ~1.

40 40 40 39 40 38 39 39

T otal (68)

68 68 68 67 66 66 66 65 65 61

Rapid (Max. 40)

Total (nSl

39 38 38 38 39 38

67 66 65 65 65 65 64 64 62 62

No. 110 COMPANY. Slow (Max. 28)

T. Foden .... ........ 28 28 E. Olsen ........ .... F . Duncan .. .. .. .. . 27 H. Mason .. .......... 27 M. Mills ............ 26 A. Moyes ............ 27 27 E . Chivers .. ... .... T. P enn .. ......... . 28 A. Crapper . ... ... .. 26 L . Linn ... ........ . 27 T eam Average : 64.5.

36 36 35

Firing for the l ong-range ch ampionship and MacDiarmid Belt took pla ce on the Rewa Rewa r ange on Saturday, November 29. Shooting was made diffi cult by a gusty left wind and a tricky light . The best scores were as follow :--

SHOOTING NOTES.

â&#x20AC;˘

Na:ne. "

R. J. B. C. E.

Greiner M. Hine M . Johns . ... .. L. Kyngdon ... B. Waters ......

200 yards (50)

300 yard s (50)

Total (100)

39 36 41 35 32

43 34 28 34 35

82 70 69 69 67

AGRICULTURE. (D. Sutton.) There is rather a shortage of news for this section of the Magazine\ this term, as almost all outside wo-rk is over when School opens at the beginning of the year. 'I'he work has been chiefly confined to work in the laboratary. Much of our time has been occupied with soil and manure experiments . Hel'e again we are handicapped through having no agricultural laborato-ry to work in, but we hope that next term the new room will be completed. This year there is an increase in â&#x20AC;˘the number of boys taking the agricultural course. It is noticeable that those taking it are remaining longer at School no-wadays. At present the work extends from the Junior Free Place to the University Scholarship Svllabus . At the end of laJst term a visit of inspection was paid to Duncan and Davies' Nursery at W estown, where a most instructive afternoon was spent. Mr. Davies, to whom our thanks are due, ,sho-wed us all round the various parts ~nd explained the principles of grafting, budding, prunmg, etc. L ast year an area of ground was ploughed and cultivated for potatoes. Four varieties--Maori Chief, Gamek eeper, Mayfield Blossom and King Edward-were grown. All the pota.toes were sprouted before planting . Following are the results:Variety.

1. Maori Chie f

Dale planted.

13/10 19

:\Ianure per acre.

Harvested.

3 cwt. Bonedust End of Feb. { 3 cwt. Superphosphates

Yield

per acre. Tons Cwt.

2. Mayfield Blossom 3. Gamekeeper

4. King Edward

AGRICULTURE CLASS.

(Cow

J uDGING AT

A. & P. SHow.)

AGRICULTURE.

)

At the beginning of this term our time was taken up with instruction in cow-judging in preparation for Lhe Show competitions. We were fortunate in having a very quiet cow of something like show type to experiment on. The School was very successful in both competitions. In the junior the first seven prizes were won by the School, while in the open class D. Ballantyne gained first prize and S. Wood second. Ballantyne is to be congratulated on his success, winning the open competition and gaining second place in the junior. JUDGE'S REPORT. Mr. Frank Ra~ford, the judge of the Boys' CowJudging Competition, in forwarding his awards, has forwarded the following report :-My task in allotting the prizes has been no light one. The work on the whole was very good and reflects great credit on those responsible fa.r the boys' tuition. The great difficulty as far as I was concerned was to come to a decision as to which boy had corresponded most nearly in his marks to my own, and had at t4e same time shown by his scoring that.he had intelligently appreciated the value of his own comments by correspondingly adding or subtracting po路i nts. As no boy was outstanding throughout, I have placed first in order of merit those boys whose cards, in my opinion, showed the best judgment in the main essentials. For instance, I consider that the boy who notices that the cow being judged is thick through the shoulder blades thus falling away behind and giving an impression of lack of girth, is doing better wa.rk than the lad who overlooks this, but notices that the cow路s horns are a trifle heavy, o-r that she has warts on her teats. PRIZE AWARDS.

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7.

J. D. Mackay, N.P. Boys' High School, 拢1 ls and Certificate of Merit. D. Ballantyne, N.P. Boys' High School, 15s 6d. J. Bates, N.P. Boys' High School, lOs. C. Bell, N .P. Boys' High School, 8s 6d. T. Jensen, N.P. Boys' High School, 5s. A. Foreman, N.P. Bo路y s' High School, 3s. Fred. O'Sullivan, N.P . Boys' High School, 2s

Ld.

(80 entries.)

AGRICULTURE.

COW J UDGING COMPETITION FOR AM.i'fRURS.

1. 2.

D. lhll antyne, N.P . Boys', High School, £3 and Certificate of 1\Ierit. S. Wood, N.P. Boys' High School, £2 .

The lucerne plot was ploughed up last month, as the lucerne had become smothered with weeds. It is intended to clean and cnltivatp th is nlot in preparation for the sowing of lucerne at the end- of the year.. By this means we hope to get a good crop from the moculated soil. A plot of ground that for several years has been almo·s t useless was recently plou ghed and sown in oats. After a poor crop the soil was well worked and very. heavily limed. Last autumn, "'l'ass seed was sown, the mixture consisting largely of cockstoot and cowgrass. At present t hi s p8ddock has a very good sole of grass, due almos-t entirely to the heavy dressing of lime. . Next spring we hope to J1ave a mu;nber of e:s:p~ri m ents with root and fodder crops. \Ve mtend plantmg several selected roots for the purpose of obtaining seed . A number of fodder crops will be sown to test the' value of the various crops in Taranaki.

LIBRARY NOTES. (W. Rea.)

"Reading maketh a full man ." - (Bacon.) Unfortunately the Library room has still to be used as a class room for Form IIIb. As a result of this regrettable circumstan ce both the committee and the members are severely handicapped. However, when . the alterations, which are now taking place in the School buildin gs, are completed we hope to secure a new .and more suitable Library room . The annual meeting was held early in the First Term . The election of the CommitteE' for the en-suing year evoked great interest, t be following members being elected:Day Boys: C. No·b le and W. Rea (hon . secretary) . Boarders: R. Hair, R. T ait, aurl V . .J. Henderson. The n ew membership thiR year has been most satisfactory , but owing no doubt to the many activities of thP term thP nnmherl of hooks 1eacl by each member has not

LIBRARY NOTES .

been very large; however, we note with pleasure, the fact that now long evenings and wet week-ends are common, the Library has once more become a popubr resort. We wish to thank Mrs . Cowling for the gift of a number of books and also· Mr. W. W. Smith fo·r the gift of valuable books on New Zealand Mollusca. This is but another instance of Mr. Smith's generosity as we have on more than one occasion profited hy Mr. Smith's kindness.

FOOTBALL NOTES. (L. Jillett.) ·with the advent of winter another footfiall season has commenced. This · year we were fortunate in obtaining an early start and by the second week in April the game was in full swing. 'fhe system of classification this year is similar to that .of last year. The First and Second .Fifteens constitute the Senior Group; the Third and Fourth Fifteens the Junior Group. Other players have been divided into two· grades of six teams each. Of course the First Term is not "the" fo,otball term, so that no very accurate idea of the season's prospects can as yet be obtained, but, judging from appearances in scratch matches and at the practices, this season promises to be a successful one. This year both the First and the Second Fifteen~ ar e playing in the third grade of the North Taranaki Saturday Competitions; the Third and Fourth Fifteens in the third grade. On Saturday, April 17, the annual' fixtures against the Old Boys were decided in Pukekura Park. The Junior match was played first and after a keen tussle the Seco·n d Fifteen defeated Old Boys' Juniors hy the narrow margin of 5 points to 3. Tbe Senior game proved even more exciting. Soon after the commencement of the game Eggleton (Old Boys) scored near the corner. His trv was nnt converted. In the second spell Osborne worked "the blind side" from a serum near t.he line and scol'ecl an unconverted try. Hughes soon afterwards placed Old Boys again in the lead l>v- k icking a penalty goal, bnt shortly before the call of time Osborne scored in a similar manner for School and a closely contested game ended with the score six all.

BOXING CHAMPIONSH IPS.

FOOTBALL NOTES.

. On Thursday,_ April 2, th~ First Fifteen played a fnendly game agamst Star ,Tumors, the final score being: School 27, Star 6. Tries for Scb ool were obtained by Nichol son (2), Willis (2), Osborne, Herbert and O' Hallnran . Of these Willis converted two and Osborne one.

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS. (M. Osborne and A . Brooker.) The boxing championships were held this year on No-vember 27 . This yBar much interest was shown by the boys, partly owing .t o the fact that no boxing championships were held last year, on account of the influenza epidemic, which occurred just prior to the championships. The bouts were condu cted in a portion of the Assembly Hall roped o:ff especially fo·r t.he occasion. Ample acco~modation was therefore given for the outside pubhc. W•e are pleased to note the interest taken in our boxing by members of the outside community. This no doubt, is due to the fact that so far no Amateu; Bo·~ing Association has been. formed in New Plymouth . Qmte a large attendance of mterested townspeople witnes~ed the :bot~ts, and fr_om all reports thor oughly enjoyed their evemng s entertamment. During the evening Mr . Kenny o·:ffered a special gold medal for the boy who displayed the most science in his boxing. This medal was won by F . Davis , after close competition. Other trophies were donated by Mr. Whitcombe, Mr. Chaney and Mr. Kebble. The ~e were won hv M. Osborne (senior championship) , C. Smart (junior championship), and F. Davis (under 7st. ch ampionship). Mr. Dunlop, bo-xing instructor, acted as referee and Mr. R yder as timekeeper. ' A su hflcription of £10 was raised by interested s~P ctai; ors, with whi~h to procure equipment for the nng-. At the conc~uswn of the l?rogramme Mr. Moyes took the . opportum t y of e:xpressmg, on heh al£ of the School , h1 s appreciati on of t lw interest sl10wn hv the people o.£ N ew Plymouth . · ThP result of the bouts are as follows:UNDER 5 STONE. Fookes v. Grey.- Fookes had the advantage of greater height and reach , though Grey put up a very game fight. Second round: Hecided advantage for

Fookes thou 0o·h Grey showed one or two good punches. Third 1:ound : Grey still fought gamely, ~houg~ he was completely outclassed by his oppo-nent s height and reach. UNDER 6 STONE. Hutchen v . MeN eill.-First round: Hutchen gain~d some advantage owing to e:ffective leading, but ~i[cNeill o·ave some very O'Ood punches. Second round: Hutchen ~sed his left ~ith too great a speed and acc_uracy, the round ending sli ghtly in his favour. Thnd r_ound: Hutch en attacked vigorously, and altho ugh McNeill defended well he was considerably outclassed. Corney v. Hardw~ck.-F_irst _round: Corney's reac]l and weiO'ht were obv10uslv m his favour, though h1s opponent was both plucky a~d willing . Second round: Ditto. Third round: Hardw1ck showed t.o.o great a tendency to l ower his head , an~ iilwing his arms, consequently takino- such severe pumshment that the referee de(;lar ed C~rney the winner before the- end of the round. Final. Hutchen v. Corney.-First rou~d: Neither secu!ed any particular advantage, both leadmg _and defend1?-g well. Second round: Hutchen showed h1IJ?-sel£ super~o.r in lead, Corney failing to seize g~od openmgs. Thnd round: Hutcben's left lead gave h1m a great advantage, and be was declared the winner. UNDER 7 STONE. J. Jackson v. B. Scanlan.-First round: A very mixed thouo-h even round, characterised by Scanlan's vi 0(J'orous leadinO' which was met by a willing retaliation. . d ef ence , expen d Second round: "'' Scanlan lacked e:ffectlve in (]' too much enerO'y. Third round: Scanlan still atta~ked, but with less precision, receiving such ~evere punishment that his opponent was declared the wmner. Davis y. :Mc~Ia.hon.-First round: Davis showed better footwork and leading , though McMahon picked up well befo-re the end of the round. Second round: McMahon led, but Da,is, seizing a good opening, forced McMahon to take t he count. Davis v. N ewell. - First round: Round even, both alternately leading, and both defending well . Second

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round: Ditto. Third round: Davis attacked vigorously, giving his opponent a quick successi<m of face and body blows, winning the fight by an easy margin. Final. Davis v. Jacks.on.-First round: Davis was superior both in attack and defence, showing to advantage with his left. Second round: Davis had the advantage of the round, though Jackson retaliated well. Third round: Although both fought well, Davis was superior on account of his footwork and strong attack, and was declared the winner. UNDER 8 STONE. Candy v. Fookes.-First round: Candy showed easy superiority in both attack and defence . Second round: Candy still showed to a decided advantage. Third round: Fookes took the count against heavier odds. Candy v. J onas.-First round: Candy gained a big advantage in following up his attacks . Second round: Still pursuing the same tactics, Candy was decidedly in the lead at the end of the round . Third round: Although Jonas ~ave some good punches, Candy was declared an easy wmner. UNDER 9 STONE. Rawson v. Hughson.-First round: Rawson had the advantage in defence, and retaliation to Hughson's lead. Second round: Both fought cautiously, and although Rawson seemed the better boxer Hughson gained on his leading. Third round: Rawson was too cautious, and although he had th e better o£ the round, Hughson won on account of an aggressive policy. UNDER lOst. 7lb. C. Smart v . Ellis.--First round: Smart leading all ~hrough the round repeatedly knocked his opponent ~gam.st the ropes. Secon:J round: Ellis p~cked up. a bit 1~ this round, bu~ Smarts speed and weight subJected him to severe pumshment. Third round: Smart attacking 'igorously forc ed his opponent to take the count towards the end o.f the round. UNDER 9Rt. 7lb. Smart v. Foden.-Firsi. round: Snwrt drew his opponent, utili sing good openings, though Foden fought really well. Second round: Smart had t b e advantage in

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51 attaek breakino· through Faden ' s defence all thro ugh the round. ' Third r~und: Foden l ed. though Smart retaliated to such effect that he was declared the winner. McRae v . R. Hair.-First round: Hair led and defended well, the round ending slightly in his favo~r. Second round: Mcl-tae used a h eavy left punch w1th marked e:ffect, so seyerely punishing his opponent that he was declared an easy winner. Final. Smart v. McRae.-:B'irst round: 1\lcRae used his left with considerable e.ffect, though Smart showed superior footwork. Second round: This round was. very much the same though Smart attacked wit4 more precision than in the previous r·nund. Third round: Smart won after a strenuous bout, in which his quickness of footwork and lead stood him in good stead. OVER lOst. 7lb. Osborne v . Willis: J?irst round: A round o·f alternate attack on both sides. A little too much clinching was exhibited. Second round: Osborne led with both right and left \Villis retaliating vigorously and with good e:ffect. ~I'hird round: Both laboured considerably in this 1·ound, clinching repeatedly. Osbnrne won by a narrow margin. Final., Osborne v . Noakes.-First round: Osborne forced i.he fight from the· start and outclassed his opponent, who exhibited rare pluck all through. Second round: Osborne again punished his opponent, the gong only saving Noakes from a count. Third round: Noakes still stood up to 11eavy odds, but was forced t.o take the count before the round was half completed. Senior Junior Under Under Unde.r Under Under

Championship.-Over lOst. 7lb.: M. Osborne. Championship.-Under lOst. 7lb.: C. Smart. 9st. Championship.- G. Hughson. Sst. Championship.- R. A. Candy. 7st. Championship.-F. Davis . 6st. Championship.-S. Hutchen. 5st. Championship.- H. Fookes .

At t1Je time of going to press we note that boxing has commenced again, and from the number w1lo are leaming it again appears to be a popular institution.

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.h: . .H.oberts, ' ;W; J.i'. A. . .Bruce, '17, '18, ' 19, '20, '21, W . A.. Wright, ' 17, ' 1(:), ' HJ, ' ~0; A. Matthews, 1 tl; A. liounor, HJ,' ' ~U, ' ~1; h. Lucena, ' 19, ' ~U; ..t:i . b rasc.h, ' 19, ' ~U; L . G- . H111, '10, ' 14, '15, 'Hi, '17, '18; .n. . Urant, ' 19, ' ~0 ; .1:'. Chapman, '20, '21, '2~, '23; P. J. .JJlane·, '~0 , '21; W. W. E:lm1th, '19, '20; A. ll. Ambury, ' ~U ; K . G-udopp, '~0; J:<'. Kelly, '20; H. Blundell, '20; H. Clarke, ' ~ U; K Boulton, '20, '21, '22, '20; D. Winfield, '19, '2U; C. Winfield, '20; J. Gibson, '20; K Cole, '20; (;. l'ease, '20; K. Lye, '19, '20; N. K. MacDiarmid, '20; 1<.. Marshall, ' 17, '18, ' 19, '20 ; 1•' . D. Jeffries, '17, ' 18, '19, ' 20 ; G. MacDiarmid, '19; P. Barnett, '20; W. H ealy, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '2(), '27: F. Clarke, '20; E. l.Jash, '20; K. Ewing, '20; W . Ewing, '20; A. Brackebush, '20; G. Mason, '20, '21; L. Jury~ '18, '19, '20, '21; V. West, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21; F. Dawes, '20; N. Ellerm, '~v; R. Pam, '19, '20; B. Way, '20; S. Smith, '20; H. Bird, '20: P. Guscott,. '20; D. J ury, '19, '20; L. Case, '20; C. Smart, '20; T. H. Western, '20; R. Foreman, '19, '20; N. BeHringer, '20; A. Brooker, '20; C. Dunbar, '20, '21; H . Moverley, '20; P. O' Carroll, '20; R. Pease, '20; J. Shaw', '20: S. White, '20; D. Do-ile, '20; R. Deare, '20; N. Dempster, '20; G. Chong, '20, '21, '22; D. Fm::, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25; H . Grigg, '20; R. Monteath, '17, ' 18 , '19, '20, '21; C. Old, '20, '21, '22; L. Avann, '19, '20; B. Horner, '20, '21; R. Murray, '20; A. Marfell, '20; H. Richmond, ' 19, '20; E. Stanley, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '24, '26; C. White, '20; E. Snowdon, '20; R. Bothamley, '20; F . Ph illips, '20; R . E. Pope, '20: F. Grant, '20; A. Healy, ' 19, '20; J. White, '20; C. Hamblyn, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22; A. Vickery,. 'f9, '20; G. Salt, '19, '20; H. Wells, '20; A. Bewley, '20; M. Yates, '20; L. L. Bellringer, '20· R . Cocker, '20; C. Ducker, '20; K. Ducker, '20; G. Fraser, '20; J. Dockrill. '20; W. Moyes, '20; E . Olson, '20: T. Furlong, '20; N. Greiner, '20 · H. Grayling, '20: T. L. Hawkes , '20: M. Harker, '20; S. Ogle '20; E. Humphries, '20: A. E. Rykes, '20; L. Waller' '17 , '18, '19, '20; L. Teed, '20; c: Kyngdon, '20; J. Clemow, '20; D . Braclbury, '18. '19, '20; E. Bracegirdle, '20; D .. Wells, '17, '18. '19. '20: C. Norris, '20; A. Buchanan, '20: B . Johns, '20: G. P. Webster '19 '20 '21 '22. '2!1 . '24, 25 : B. Wilson, '19, '20~: H.' Watkin,' '20; L . Richardson. '20: E. Dumbl etm1, '16. ']7, '18, '19, '20; i\1: . Anthony , '20: T. Corkill, '19, '20: G. Becket, '17, '18, ' 19, '20: G. Brown, '11. '18; J. W'Yborn '18 '19 '20, '21, '22, '23, '24 · A, McHardy, '20. ' ~~;

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'fhe annual Spo·r ts Dinner was celebrated-during last te-rm. It was the first occasion on which winners only were admitted, but this measure was rendered imperative in view of the fact that last year witnessed an abnormal increase in sports competitors. During the co urse of the evening musical items were rendered by the School Orchestra, Mr. Day and A. Brooker . The following is the toast list :-"The King," proposed Mr . Moyes (chairman); "lVIasters," proposed Pope, responded Mr. Bottrill, Mr. Rockel, Mr. Saxton, Mr . Calder; "Old Boys," pl.·oposed L. O' Halloran, responded Mr. N. Day; "Boys Leaving," pro·p osed J,. Willis, responded K . C. Roberts; "First Fifteen," pro·posecl Sinclair, responded Osborne; "First Eleven," proposed B. Johns, responded J. Hine; "Kindred Institutions," proposed C. Winfield, responded :Mr. Wilkie· (Magazine), R. Hair (Library); "Sports Champions," proposed C. N o·b le, responded Kyngdon.

SUBSCRIPTIONS. The Business Manager acknowledges with thanks the following subscriptions. Subscribers are specially reque sted to notify <my omission or inaccuracy, and also to notify any change of address :-L. Horrocks, '19; B . Newsham, '19; T.J Buxton, '16, '17, ' 18, '19; H. Dempsey, '19, '20; R. Fox, '18, '19 · L. Gilbert, '17, '18; L . Fagan, ' 19, '20; L. Graham, ' 17, '18, '19; C. Yates, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24; R. Rockel, '19: R. Ward, '17, '18, '19; H. Ford, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23; G. Clinch, '18, '19; J. Knapman, '19, '20; W. Ellis, '19, '20; C. O'Carroll, '19, '20, '21 ; A. H . Johnstone, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19: A. E. Sykes, '18, '19: D. Sykes, '19; P . Atkinson, '19, '20 i E. Colson, '18, '19; I. P. Grant, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25; R . E. Dowling, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25; E. Deckbessinger, '19, '20, '21 : P. Thomson, '17, '18, '19; E. Prideaux, '19; E. A. Rowe '20 '21, '22; W . Taylor, '20: W. Luxton, '16, '17, '18,' '19: '20, '21; L. Dobson, '18, '19, '20; S . Skelton, '19, '20; N. Little, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22: S. Grayling, '19 '20 : C. \Vaite,_ ' 19, '20; l\1. JonaA , '20: L . Hooker, '19:'c. Weston, '19; P. Smith, '17, ' 18, ' 19 ; H. Mills. '20; K. Honeyfield, '20; Ron. T. Kelly, '20; B . Burkhardt, '18, '19, '20 ; R. J . Campbell, '17-'37; K. Jackson, '18, '19,

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EXCHANGES. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the foUowing exchanges :-The W ellingtonian, Tlie Scindian, 'l;'he Timaruvian, N.P.G.H.S. Ma.g azine, The Nelsonian, The N.G.C., The Canterbury Agricultural College Magazine, The Spike, The We..itakian, The W anganui Collegian, The Torch Bearer, The King 's Collegian, The Queen Margaret's College Magazine, The Sacred Heart College Magazine, Auckland Grammar School Chronicle, Palmerstonian , Christ's College Register, Christclmrch B.H.S. ::\f agazin e, Ashburtonian, Canterbury College Magazine, Otago University Review. Gisborne H.S. Magazine, The Southlandian, Otago· B.H.S. Magazine.

OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION. OFFICERS (1919-1920). President:

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P . Webster, E sq .

Vice-Presidents : A. M. MacDiarmid, Esq.; P. Jackson, Esq.

OLD BOYS ' ASSOCIATION.

TlJ c attention of Old Boys is drawn to the fact that .)lr. N . D . Day is now the editor for the notes that appear in this portion of the Magazine. H e would be extremely grnteful for any news of interest to Old Boys. All correspondence should be addressed to Mr. N . D . Day, ·, , High Sc~ool, New Plymouth. MEMORIAL FUND. Towards t h e latter part of last year the Old Bo·y s' Association decided to inaugurate a fund, with th e object of erecting some fitting memorial to those who had fallen or participated in the war. The amount aimed at was £4000. Circulars were sent to all Old Boys who could possibly be communicated with, asking for donations, an d the response so far has been very .,.ratifying. How ever, we are very desirou s of se~ing the full amount raised this year, so that the ex~c utn:e can definitely decide as to what form th~ memonal w1ll take. We would urge all Old Boys who have not yet responded to tbe circular to do so at once.

Ron. Treasurer : R. H. Geo-rge, Esq. Ron. Joint Secretaries: J. B. Wilson and R. Howell. E xecutive: P. J. H. White, A. Bewley, C. H. Wynyard, P. Atkinson, D. Saxton, W. H. Jenkinson, E. J?. Colson, and N. D. Day (School Representative) . Old Boys' Representatives: Auckland: Phil Grey, c/o Grey and Delamore, solicitors. . Palmerston North: Cyril Day c/o Abraham and Williams. ' Dunedin: Bernard Sinclair, Otago· University. Th ames : J. Wyborn, Te Aroha. Stratford: Colin Smart. W el~ington: A. Callender, Government Buildmgs. Editor of "Old Boys' Column": Norman D. Day, Boys' High Schoo1, N.P.

OLD BOYS ' ANNUAL EALL. The first Annual Old Boys' Ball was held in the School Assembly Hall on October 24th of last y_ear. It was in every way a huge success, and everythmg went with a lively swing. 'I' he School Assembly Hall looked very pretty with twined iv,. festoons all round the gallery and Japanese lanterns among the bamboo which clim_bed up the pillars, spreadinq- its green leaves out on each s1de. The :floor was "'Ood, though verv crowded , and it was surprisinO' how small the large h aU seemed to grow when the ;rowds of Old Boys and their partners began to dance. Th e supper arrangements wer~ sumptuous an? deserved (J'reat credit, while the decoratiOns were beautiful. The"' committee responsible for the supper arrangements, who are to be highly congratulated on the result, were as follow :--Mesdames Moves, Rockel, Ryder, MacDiarmid , ,J .Wilson, Denny -Brown, Sladclen, H. Fookes, E. King and G. Fraser . The aim o£ the Old Boys' Committee ·h ad been to achieve the greatest success of the season , and it is not too much to say that this object was fulfilled.

OtD BOYS' CRICKET.

OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

betails of the scores are as follow : HIGH SCHOOL.

ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL MA'l'CH. WIN FOR OLD BOYS. The annual contest which opened the season on Saturday, 18th October, 1919, for the High School and Old Boys' elevens provided cricket of quite a pleasing character and both teams g1ve prom1se of creditable quality with further practice. The weather was fine, though a cold south-west wind made the conditions somewhat uncomfortable. High School went in first and their innings was not marked by any outstanding play, though the batting througbout was of a fair standard. The tenth wicket went down in a little over an hour. The Old Boys' Innings did not hav.e a promising opening, Bewley, the captain, going ·o ut to O'Halloran's fourth ball, a fullpitcher. Bottrill t hen went in and gave a finished exhibition _of batting, which secured a win for Old Boys. Osborne kept lum company for a quarter of an hour and was then bowled. Monteath had toJ retire before the first ball from Sinclair. Oliver made a stand before his wicket fell. but Colson did not open his score before going down to Sihclair's bowling. Bottrill had not been idle in the meantime and , having become used to the bowling of Sinclair and O'Halloran, now commenced to hit confidently. The best strike of the afternoon was one with which he placed the ball on the roof of the preparatory school. A promising combination with Quilliam was ended by the latter being caught out and being replaced hv Saxton. Bottrill then hit another sixer off O'Halloran , and Greiner took the bo"·ling. Bottrill skied his first and Smart wns unfortunate in dropping the ball. Before the over finish ed Bottrill ndded two ingles, a two and three fours to his score. A t.-~·o hv Saxton in the next over made th e totals of the teams eqnnl. O'Halloran resumed bowling and Bottrill hit two boundaries, which gav0 l1im a succession of five boundaries in his score. A new howler. Palmer. brought down Bottrill's stumps with the fou r th hn 11 of hi s over . afte1· two singl es had been added to the score, making the total 96 and Bottrill's tn llv a creditable 58. John~rm th t>n Wt?nt in nnd !'arried his hat at t he end of the · innings. Snxton, who had made a good stand with Bottrill. was caught bv 'Will's bP.hinrl tht> stumos . nnd Fox nnd SolE' did not ~tav in long. Saxton's score of 17 in rluded two fours nnd threE' twos. The School ewven commenced their second innings about.5 p'clock, but stumps had to be drawn before it wns conch1ded. Pnlmer, who had been bowled for 11 in the first innings, made a verv fine stand on the second occnsion. and wns Pventua llv cnurrht out bv Bottrill. He knoC'ked up a total of 43. which inrludt>d ~ix hm1ndnrit> and three twos. An eight-ball over was played. in acC'ordance with the recent decision of flele.gates to the North T annnki C'ri.cket A~soc ia tio n . Afternoon tea for thP nlavt>rs rmd visitors was provided under the supervision of Mrs . Moyes.

3indair, c Oliver, b. Bot trill u' Halloran, b Bottnll Palmer, b Monteath . Willis, c Saxton, b Bottrill Greiner c Johnson, b Colson ... Osborn~, c Saxton, b Osborne .. · Inch b Colson Pop~ c Bewley , b Johnson Bro,v'n , c and b Osborne Hayden, b Johnson E. Smart, not out Extras Total

14 10 11 1 4 6

4 3 0 8 6 4 71

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Johnson two wickets for 6 runs, Bot trill thre~f~~~r~, O~~o;~! t\vo for 10, Colson two for 10 ,Monteath one for .25, Fox none for 6. OLD BOYS. 0 Bewley, b O'~alloran 8 Osborne, b Smclau· 58 Bottrill b Palmer 0 Monteath, b Sinclair 5 Oliver b O'Halloran 0 Colson', b Sinclair .. · . . 4 Quilliam , c. <;tr~iner, b Smcla1r 17 Saxton , c W1lhs, b Brown 9 Johnson , not out :J Fox , b Brown 2 Sole, b Palmer 4 Extras 109 Total ... ... ... .. s· 1 · · · 1 · Brown two wickets for 6 runs , me au Bowhngpanl a y.slts.-f . 9 O'Halloran two for 51, Greiner none four for 23, a mei wo Ol , for 16. HIGH SCHOOL. Second Innings. 0 Hayden, e Oliver , b Bewley 2 Sinclair h 1 t wicket, h Bewley 43 Palmer,' c Bottrill, b Colson 13 ··· O'Halloran, b Osborne 8 E . Smart, c Fox, b Monteath 6 Brown , b Colson 1 Pope, not out 0 Greine-r , not out 3 Extras 76 'rotal for 11, OsBowling anal~·sis.-Col<on two for 7. BewlfY _t~Bo Oliver none borne one for 5. Monteath one for 6, Fox none 01 ' for 26.

OLD BOYS ' CRICKET.

OLD BOYS v. WAIREKA. (Oct. 25th, 1919 .) This game was played in Pukekur-a Park, and resulted m 3-point win for Old Boys. The following are the scores:WA.IREKA. First Innings. Fitzpatrick, c. Osborne, b. Eggleton . E. Hoffmann, c. Eggleton, b. Bot trill . . . N. Brokenshire, c. Quilliam, b. Eggleton N. Handley, b. Egg1eton ... .. C. Frewin, c. Saxton, b . Eggleton ... B. Gardiner, c. Eggleton, b. Bottrill J. Parker, rurt out J. Wiley, b. Eggleton R. Gaylard, not out

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OLD BOYS v.

TIKORA~GI

(Nov. 1st, 1919.)

0 l l 0 l 0 0

This match was played in Pukekura Park. Tikorangi batted first and were soon disposed of for 44 runs. Old Boys established a substantial lead with their first innings, and the Tikorangi second innings was, only carried to the sevenih wicket, for 67 run s . Their only batsman to reach double figure~ was E. Sarten, who notched 17 in the incompleted innings. All the bowling for Old Boys was done by Eggleton and Bottrill , each of whom got good results. Seven Tikorangi players tried their h and with the ball, and E . Sarten made the best impression on the opposing batting. Details of the scores are:~

Total 4 Bowling Analysis.-Eggleton, five wickets for 3 ruli.s; Bottrill, two for l run. OLD BOYS. First Innings. 39 Osborne, retired .. . 24 Bottrill, c. Osborne, b. Gardner 35 Monteath, retired 22 Eggleton, b. Broken shire ... ' 35 Bewley, b. Parker 20 Saxton, b. Hoffmann ... 5 Quilliam , c. Hoffmann, b. Parker ... 24 Oliver, retired 34 Johnson, retired ... 2 Fox, l.b .w. Gardner 7 Corkill, not out 26 Extras ... 273 Total Bowling Anal)'ISis.-Brokenshire, one wicket for 56 runs; Fitzpatri ck, none for 28; Gardner, two for 34; Hoffmann. one for 43; Wiley, none for 19; l!'rewin, none for l4; Parker, three for 28; Gaylard, none for 25. WAIREKA. Second Innings. 4 Fitzpatrick, run out ... 7 Hoffmann, b. Monteath ... 6 Brokenshire, c. Oliver, b. Monteath 0 Handley, c. and b. Osborne 0 Frewin , b. Monteath ... 0 Gardner , not out 1 Parker, b. Osborne ... 2 Wiley, c. Eggleton, b. Osborne 0 Gaylard, c. Saxton, b Osborne 0 Harris, b. Osborne

20 Total Bowling Analysis.-Monteath, ·three wickets for 8 runs; Osborne five for 12.

'flKORANGI. First Innings. P. Barten, b. Eggleton G. Lj•e, hit wicket C. Wilson, b. Bottrill .. . Eggleston, b. Bottrill Scrimgeour, c. and b. Bottrill Soffe, run! out H. Foreman, b. Bottrill L. Purdie, b. Eggleton L . Jupp, c. and b. Eggleton C. Sarten , b. Eggleton E. Sarten, not out Extras

9 8 1 1

7 2 2 0 0 1 9 4

Total

Bowling Analysis.-Eggleton, five wickets for 22 runs; Bottrill, four for 19. Second Innings. P. Scrimgeour, b . Bottrill ... E. Sarten, c. Osborne, b. Bottrill P. Sarten, c. Osborne, b. Monteath Eggleston, c. Johnson, b. Monteath C. Wilson, b. Monteath ... Lye, c. Monteath, b. Bottrill .. . H. Foreman , b. Monteat11 Jupp, notj out C. Barten, not out Extras Total for seven wickets

6 17 5 7 4 5

7 1

10 67

Bowling Analysis.-Eggleton , no wickets for 16 runs· Bottrill, three for 18; Monteath, fou11 for 19; Osborne, none fm· 4.

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OLD BOYS' CRICKET'.

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BOYS.

First Innings.

O&borne, c. and b. E. Sarten Bottrill, l.b.w. b. E. Sarten ... Monteath, c. Eggleston, b . E. Sarten . . . Bewley, not out Stohr, c. Scrimgeour, b. Jupp ... Oliver, b. Eggleston Johnston, run out Colson, l.b.w., b. P. Sarten Saxton, run out . . . Quilliam, c. C. Sl1l·ten, b. Lye Extras Total

7 18 40

0 15 0 5 6 1 10 • ... 140

Bowling Analysis.-Purdie, no wickets for 14; E. Sarten, four for 46; Softe, none for 12; Jupp, one for 27; P. Sarten, one for 24; Eggleston, one for 7 ; Lye, one for 0.

Us bo1·ne, b. Gremer .. . lVlonteath, b. >:lmclair .. . l:lewley, b. Brmvn ... . .. ,l!;ggteton, b. O·Halloran Oliver, b. Brown Bottnll b. S mclair ... Saxton,' l.b .w., b . Sinclair Johnston , b. Brown Colson, b. Sinclair Fox, not out Extras

13 17 3

1 0 1 g

Tota1

Bowling Analysis.-Sinclair took four wick ets fo~· 17 runs in seven overs; Brown , t hree for 14 in five overs; Gramer, one for 2; O'Halloran , one for 18 ; Pa.Jmer, none for 15 . Second Innings.

OLD BOYS v. HIGH SCHOOL. (Nov. 8th, 1919.) A closely contested game w~s played between High School and Old Boys on the school ground. Though Old Boys secured a win , their total did not compare favourably wi~h that in the match played with the school at the beginnin.g of the season , th e r eason being that Bottrill was not up to his usual batting form. Old Boys, who batted fir st , opened in good style, but, when fi ve wickets had fall en for 60, tai led off rather miserab ly, the n ext four wickets jl;Oing down for the addition of only 15 runs. They batted one man short. Osborne and Monteath were not affected by the bowling of O'Halloran , but the former went out with the score at 13 when Greiner was given a turn with t he b all . The best subsequent partnership was that of Bewley and Egal eton , which added 22 runs to the score. Eggl eton hit hard whil e. h e lasted , and . created a mild sensation by breaking a smal l window in t he second story of the school. Palmer and Willis opened the School innings cautiously, and when they did commence to open out the latter wa•s caught. Palmer handled his hat with ni ce judgment and played a long innings for 24 . Eggleton and Osborn e bowled for some time without producingt much effect. though the latter secured t hree wickets , two from catches. 'Wh en th e bowling was changed the remainder of the School t eam allowed themselves to be di sposed of very easily. Monteath secured seven wickets in four overs. F ou r of th em fell in· one over. Suth erland, who was l ast miln in, made a creditable stand with Rin e, 11nd th ev made 18 runs before Monteath prevailed. · With a margin of eight in their favour on the firs't innings, Old Boys commenr.ed a second• st rik e about five o'clock, and lost the ten wickets for 95 runs. Oliver, whose 18 was the largest score , batted very steadily. The fielding of the t eams was on the whole good. but Hi,gh School allowed too many extras to be scored again st them.

Osborne, b. P.alme.r . .. Eggl eton , b. Smclau· .. . Bewiey, thrown out Monteath , 'b. Sinclair .. . .. . Ol iver . c. Osborne, b. Pall!ler Bottrill, l.b.w .. b . Sinclau Quilliam , b. O'Halloran Colson b. Palmer ... John s~n, c . Hine, b. Palmer Saxton, b. O'Halloran Fox , not out .. . Extras

2 17

11 :!

18 0 5 9 9

5 0 17 95

Total HIGH SCHOOL. Palmer, l.b.w ., b. Monteath .. . Willis, c. Saxton , b. Osborne .. . Smart b . Osborne O'Halloran, c. Fox, b. Osborne Greiner, c . Oliver , b. Monteath Osborne c. and b. Monteath Hine, n'ot out . .. Brown . b . Monteath Inch , b. Monteath ... Sinclair, b. Monteath . .. Sutherland, b. Monteath Extras

24 2 1 2 13 4 5 0 0

0 11 5

67 Totn1 Bowling An11 lysis.-Monteath took seven wickets for 16 runs in fou r overs; Osborne, three for 25 in eleven overs; Eggleton, none for 17 ; Bottrill, none for 5.

OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

OLD BOYS v. NEW PLYMOUTH B (N

O·V .

OLD BOYS ' CRIClmT.

22, 1919).

A three-point win was secured b N.ew Plymouth B in Pukekw·a p Old Boys, playing against ~Y'lcket first, and when si..x wicketsa.rh~ Old Boys went to the mnmgs was decla.r·ed . Old B d fallen for 176 runs th score being Eggleton's 44 o_rrl b~ted. very steadily, the hi~hes: P~,Ymouth team were giv~n a e lik~ly bowlers in the New Purdie With four wickets for 47 run ~ance With the ball. B team commenced to bat at 3g taJ:ed the best results. Th~ 45 runs at 5.35. Old Boy th. han had all been dismissed for for the extra point and t~ tnt ad a .hard tussle against time fell' simultaneously ~it.h the :rr~ I wrck~t in the sec?nd innings . a of trme for drawrng stum~J8. Detarls of the scores are : -

.l.

OLD BOYS. Bottrill, st. Sheppard, b. Purdue ... Osborne, b. Purdue Monteath, c. Hughes···b· Elli . ' · ott B ew1ey, b. Purdue ~gleton, b. Purdue ::: Ohver, not out

Colson, l.b.w.,

b. ·He~itt

Hughes, not out Extras ... . .. Total for six wickets

... 176 ue took four wicketB for 47 Doile, none for 5. 'Brabottt, one for 37; Sheppard runs; D t ' an non f . ' none for :.,>, • uns an, none lor 20. · ' e or 11; Pnar, none for 18 ~ Bowling Analysis.-Purd

He~rttJ one for 20. Elli

' NEW PLYMOUTH B. First ·Innings. Sheppard c E

La~vrey, b. Mo:fe:~hn, b. Bottri11 ... Pnar, c. Hughes b E .. 1 ;;· .. . Dui!stan, b. Bottrili gg e on .. . Pn:due, run out Ell!ott, b. Monte~.th Doil~, c. Monteath ... ' b. Osborne ew1tt, not out Brabant. b. Osbo;~e Baker, b. ·Osborne Extras

Total

Sheppard, b. Eggleton Hewitt, c. Eggleton, b. Osborne Purdue, c. Oliver, b. Hughes ... Elliott, h. Osborne Lawrey, c. Osborne, b. Hughes Priar, c. Johnston, b. Osborne ... Baker, c. Johnston, b. Hughes Dunstan, c. Monteath, b . Hughes Hughes, not out ... Brabant, b. Osborne Doile, b. Hughes .. . Extras Total

B3 19 8 14 44 33 2 7 16

5 9

0 0 2

11 2 2 0 2

~owling Analysis.-Osb 45 BottiJll, ihree for 14. M torne took three wickets f , on eath, two for 11 . E I or 3 runs . ' gg eton one for

Second Inning\'>. 1 12 12 1

0 3 3 0 13 0 1

3 49

Bowling Analysis.-Hu,ghes took five· wickets for 13 runs; Osborne, four for 16; Eggleton, one for 10; Bot trill, none for 7. NEW PLYMOUTH A v. OLD BOYS. This was the keenest match in the cup competition played this season. It was felt that the winning side would require to put up a big score to win. Old Boys won the toss and put New .Plymouth in, Heskett and Lash opening to the bowling of Bottrill and Eggleton. Both batsmen played confidently, and gave a fine, display of off strokes and late cuts. With 59 up Lash was run out when backing up. Weston followed and was well taken by Oliver at mid-off. Mackay and Heskett continued the partnership until 95 was up. The...next four wickets fell for 12 runs. and with seven wickets for 107 runs the New Plymouth chances were not bright. Sutherland (17) and Johnson (14 not out) made a useful stand, the innings closing for 147 . The Old Boys' fielding throu.ghout was particularly clean and sma.r·t, and only one chance, a difficult catch in the deep field. was missed. Their bowling was not quite so good, Bottrill, who was in good form, getting the good average of five wickets for 30 runs. Bottrill and Osborne opened for Old Boys to Johnson and Sutherland. Sutherland was in great form and runs came slowly. With 16 up Osborne was beaten by Sutherland. Bottrill was batting well, but was unfortunate in getting l.b.w. to Sutherland when he had made 22. Monteath showed good form for 19, getting some With seven wickets down for 58 it was powerful forward drives. evident that Old Boys could not reach their opponent's score. Johnson batted freely for 18, the innings closing for 90. Sutherland came out with th e good average of four wickets foi· 30. New Plymouth fielding was more patchy and not up to the standard of their opponents , though at times there was some good work, Lash's left-handed ca.tch from Oliver being brilliant. New Plymouth following were all out for 113 when stumps were drawn, the team thus getting a two-point win. Lash again batted well. Heskett. after driving Bottrill over the iron fence for 6. was very ·s martly taken. by Eggleton in 'tl1e sJi.p s. Sutherland also batted well, whilst Quickfall made a useful 21. On the day th<'

OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

best t eam won. If anything N ew Pymouth has a stronger bowling t ea.m, whilst ther-e is no tail to their batting . chd Boys' t eam has not), the variety of bowling, although it is a fast improving tea.m, and with their smart fielding, the next match between t hese two sides should be full of interest. Messrs . Details of the sco·r es Sa unders and Stratford acted as umpires . are:-

Freezing Works lost their t en wickets for 52 runs, and Old Boys commenced their second innings, but declared when 83 runs had been made with the loss of two wickets. The Freezing Works second innings opened in a promising manner , and the fourth wicket fell for 80 ;runs. With nine wickets down for 93 stumps were drawn. Clark Juld. batted right through the innings, and his 39 was top score.

NEW PLYMOUTH.

A fine bowling performance by Osborne was r esponsible for most of the destruction among the Freezing · Works ' wickets . In the firs t innings h e took seven wickets for 9 rlins, and of 1.1 overs which he bowled fiv e were maidens. In the second innings he dismissed six opponents, fiv e clean bowled and one caught and bowled. Twenty-three r uns wer e scored against him in six over s, but in his last over t he bowler took four wick ets with four tmccessive balls . Details of the scores are as follow:-

In the Firr·st Innings made 147 . I

Bowling Analysis.-Bottrill took five wickets for 30 runs; Eggleton, one for 22.; Monteath, one for zg ; Hughes, one for 31; Osborne, none for 24.

In t he Second Innings they made 100 run s, which with extras brought the t otal up to 113.

OLD BOYS.

Bowling Analysis.-Monteath took two wickets for 4 runs; Eggleton two for 22; Osborne one for g; Hughes one for 10; , Wynya.rd one for 22 ; Bottrill one for 33. OLD BOYS. Bottrill, l.b.w., b. Sutherland ... Osborne, b . S utherland Hughes, l.b .w., b. J ·o hnson ... Eggleton, b . .Johnson .. . .. . . .. Monteath, c. H eskett, b. Lash .. . Bewley, b . Sutherland Oliver , c. Lash, b. Sutherland ... Wynyard, run out Johnson, b. Dinniss ... Saxton, c. and b. Dinniss Quillia m, not out E xtras Total

22 2 4 9 19 7 2 0

18 3 1 3

Bowling Analysis.-Sutherland t ook four wicket s for zg runs ; Dinniss, two for 4 ; Johnson , t wo f or 43 ; Lash , one for 8. OLD BOYS v . FREEZIN·G WORK& (Commenced Dec. 6, 1919, finish ed D ec. 20, 1919) . Tbe m atch between Old Boys and F1·eezing Works, which was commenced on Decemb er 6, was fini shed in Puke kura P ark, and r esulted in a win for Old' Boys. On the first occasion Bottrill and Osborne had compiled 40 r uns between them when rain stopped play. Bottrill was not present on the second occasion, but O~borne carried his ~core on to ~9 ~efore being bowled by 0 . Kmse1la. The. r ema.mder of the mmngs was not very fruitful , th e top score bem g 14. and the t enth wicke t fell for 103. Bowlin"' for Freezing Works, Clark took six wickets for 33 runs, in teii. overs.

First Innings. Bottrill, not out ... Osborne, b. 0·. Kinsella Monteath, c . W. Kin sella , b . 0 . Kinsella ... Hughes, b . Clark .. . Bewley, b. Clark .. . Wynyard, b. Clark Johnson, c . and b. Clark Col8on, l.b.w., b. 0. Kinsella Quilliam, b. Clark Inch, not out Lash, b. Clark Extras Total

16 39

5 4

14 1 9 6 0 1 0

8 103

Bowling Analysis .-'0. Kinsella took three wickets for 49 ; Girling, none for 14; Clark, six for 33. Second Innings. Osborne, l.b .w ., b . Girling Quilliam, b. C'lark Bewley, not out .. . Wynyard, not out Extras

6 34 9 8

Total for two wicket s ...

Bowling Analysis.-Clark took one wicket for 14 runs ; Girling, one for 13; 0 . Kinsella, none for 11 ; E. Kinsella, no.ne for 25; Morrison 1 none for 13.

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OLD BOYS' CRICKET. FR.EEZ!NG WORKS . In the first innings' Freezing Works compiled 52 runs.

Bo1ding Analy sis .- Osborne took seven wickets for 9 runs ; Hughes, one fo1· 9; Montea th, one for 19; Wynyard, one for l. In the Second Innings they made 93 w1th nine wickets down. Bowling Analysis .- Osborne took six wickets for 23 runs; Colson, three for 22; ·wynyard, none for 17; Monteath, none for 15; Hughes, none for 12. OLD BOYS "· FREEZING WORKS (Dec. 17, 1920). Playing on a bumpy wicket on the showground a t Waiwakaiho, Old Boys secured a three-point win over ~~reezing Works . The scoring was low and with the loss of one wicket in their second innings Old Boys secured the required number of runs. Freezing Works batted first and their strike ended f.or 22 runs, Osborne and Hughes, who did all the bowling for Old Boys, dividing the wickets equally between them. Freezing Works made a better showing at the wickets the n ext time and made 52 runs. Hughes this time proved the more formida ble bowler, h e taking seven wickets at a cost of 17 runs in nine overs (two maidens). For Old Boys, whose first innin.gs produced 65 runs, Hughes (17), Monteath (14) and W ynyard (17) did the mo st effectual work with the bat. 0. Kinsella (six wicket s for 28) was the most successful Freezing Works bowler. Details of the scores are:-

for

runs;

Total for one wicket

Bowling Analysis.-Clark took no wickets for 6 runs; Girling, one for 8. OLD BOYS v. NEW PLYMOUTH B (Feb. 7, 1920). Playing on the Waiwakaiho· show .grounds, 01~ Boy.s secured three-point win over New P!ymouth B. N e_!ther side was fully represented , but Old Boys l!ad more men than their opl!onents. 'l'he• best scores were made by Wynyard (Old Boys) 33 not out, and Quickfall (New Plymouth) 31 not: out. Old Boys declared their second innings before any wickets had fallen , as the required runs had been obtained. Details of the scores are:a,

NEW PLYMOUTH B. In the First Innings New Plymouth B compiled the total of 15.

In the Second Innings they r eached the total of 65. OLD BOYS.

wicket

First Innings. for

runs ;

First Innings. Osborne, c. and b. 0. Kinsella . . . Hughes, b . 0. Kinsella Monteath , c. Hellaby, b . 0. Kinsella. Bewley, run out ... .. . Wynyard, b. 0. Kinsella Johnson, c. and b. Clark ... ... Saxton, st . Sheppard , b. Clark Quilliam , b. 0. Kinsella .. . .. . Sole , b. Burns .. . .. . Fox , c. Cla.rk, b. 0. Kinsella

Total

In the Second Innings they made 52 runs. Bowling Analysis .-Osborne one Hughes, seven for 17. OLD BOYS.

7 1 0 8

Hu~hes ,

In the First Innings Freezing Works made 22. five wickets

Quilliam, not out Hughes , c. Sheppard, b. Girling Osborne, not out ... Corkill, not out Extras

Bowling Analysis.-'Osborne took four wickets for 7 runs; two for 8.

FREEZING WORKS.

Bowling Analysis.-Osborne Hughes , five for 7.

Second Innings.

3 17 14 0 17 2 1 2 0 1

Bowling Analysis .- 0. Kin sella six wickets for 28 runs; Clark, two for 28; Burns, one for 1.

Osborne, b. Puxdue ... Monteath , b. Elliott ... Bewley, c. Lawrey, b. Purdue ... Wynyard, not out Eggleton, c. substitute, b. Quickfall Hughes, b. Quickfall .. . Johnson, b. Quickfall .. . Colson, l.b.w. , b . Elliott R. H. Quilliam, c. Elliott, b. Purdue .. . N. Quilliam , b. Purdue Extras

3 3

33 0 2 11 3 9 0 7 79

Total Bowling Analysis.-Elliott, two wickets p-qrdue, four for ~R ; Quiclilall, three for 27.

for

runs;

OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

Second Innin gs . Q uilliam-, not out ... ,t;ggleton, not out ... Total for no wickets

Bowl ing Analysis.-Qui ckfall , no ,,;ick ets f or 3 run s . ~EW

PLYMOUTH A v. OLD BOYS (Feb. 14, 1920).

By defeating Old Boys on Saturday New Plymouth r es umed the leading position in the competition as, tho11gh the two t eam s have scor ed an equal number of points, New Plymouth have played a match less than Old Boys, and are not likely to lose pomts when it is played. The match was played on the Hig h School ground. Old Boys batted first and their scoring was rather disappointing. When two wickets had fallen to Johnson and Sutherland for 9 runs, Bewley and Osborne establish ed the only partnership of the innings. With the scor e at 36 Heskett, who had just commenced to bowl, too.k his first wicket, and then the remainder fell for the a.ddition of only 14 runs. H eskett bowled fiv e overs and took seven wick ets, six clean bo,vled, at a cost of Ther e were a numb er of maiden overs, Sutherland 9 runs . bowling three maidens out of si..'C , 'launders two out of three. and Johnson one out of four. N ew Plymouth fielding was not so good as that of Old Boys. the la tter' s work being smart and clea.n, and t he th rowing in brilliant. For N ew Plymouth Lash made a s plendid catch on the boundary off Eggleton. For 'New Plymouth , La.sh and J ohnson opened and were separated at 14 runs. When three wickets were路 down for 21, Heskett and W eston joined forces and brought the total to 51. The ninth wicket fell before 53 runs were p assed and then tho tail wa,gged vigoronsiy in the form of Saunders (28 not out) and Palmer (24), who hit out fr eely until the latter was caught by The innings thus closed for 108 runs. Osborne off W ynyard. Four out of fiv e wickets which fell to. Hughes, who shar ed the Old Boys' bowling honours with Osborne, were ta k en in one over. which followed a maiden. Old Boys' second ~;trike proved more interesting. Eggleton (39) and Quilliam (12) , who open ed, hit Heskett for four s and sixes. Quilliam was run out, and when three wickets ha d fallen for 19 runs Eggleton was joined by Osborne, and the ensuing partnership provided an inter estin g displa.y of batting and carried the total to路 76. All the succeeding batsm en scored and when eight wicket s had fallen for 134 runs the innings was declared, Monteath (18) and Colson (8) bei n g not out. N ew Plymouth c~mmenced their second strike and when stumps were drawn one wicket was down for 22 ru~s, Lash (15) and Palmer (5) being not out. D etails of the scores are as follow:-

BOARDING BLOCK.

(SHOWING

NEW

WING.)

• OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

OLD BOYS. First Innings . Eggleton, c. Lash, b. Johnson ... Hughes, c. Johnson, b. Sutherland • Bewley, b. Heskett .. . Osborne, b. Heskett .. . Wynyard , l.b.w. , b. Heskett Olliver , b. Heskett Monteath, b. Heskett Johnston, b. Sutherland • ... Quilliam, ·b. H eskett Colson, not out ... Saxton, b. H eskett Extras

3 6 13 11 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 10

Total

Bowling Analysis.-Johnson took one wicket for 16 runs; Sutherland, two for 5; Saunders, none for 5; Dinniss, none for 5; Heskett, seven for 9. Second Innings. Eggleton, c. Sutherland, b. Dinniss Quilliam, run out ... .Hughes, b. Sutherland Bewley, b. Sutherland Gsborne, l.b.w., b. Lash Wynyard, b. Heskett ... Olliver, b. Dinniss Monteath, not out Johnston, b. Mackay . .. Colson, not out ... Extras Total for 8 wickets ...

39 12 0 0 39 1 6 18 8 8 3 .. . 134

Bowling Analysi.IS.-Heskett took one wicket for 42 runs; Sutherland, two for 18; Saunders, none for 14; Johnson, none for 12; Dinniss, two for 22; Lash, one for 5; Mackay, one for 18. NEW PLYMOUTH A. In the First Innings New Plymouth A made 108. Bowling Analysis.-Osborne, three wickets f.or 48 runs , Hughes five for 33, Eggleton , none for 15; Monteath, none for 3; 'Vyny,ud one for 4. In the Second Innings New Plymouth had made 22 for one wicket down. Bowling AnalysiB.--'05borne took one wicket for 6 runs i for 7; EggJ.eton, none for 7.

Hugh·~' noc~

OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

SATURDAY'S MATCHES.

First Innings.

OLD BOYS v. TI.KORANGI. (Feb. 21st, 1920.) Old Boys played Tikorangi at Tikorangi and were defeated by 23 runs. The match in some respects was a peculiar one . Tikorangi scored 102 runs, of which 82 were made by W. Forl'm:m (16) ,1 Lye (12), Eggleston (30), an~ ~· Sarten (24). !5erimgeour made 7 and C. Foreman 2, the remmrung five players fa1l mg to add a single point. Monteath (28), and ~ewley (18) were the most successful batsmen f.or Old Boys. Deta1ls : Tili:orangi batted first, compiling 102 runs. Bowling. Analysis.-Bottrill rook four wickets f.or 29• runs; Hughes, two· for 14 ; Osbo1·ne, one for 28; Eggleston, one for 13 ; Monteath, two f.or 16. OLD BOYS. 3 Osborne, b. E. Sarten 0 Eggleton, b. E . Sarten 1 Bottrill, b. E. Sarten ... 7 Wynyard, b. E. Sarten 18 Bewley, b Purdie ... 28 MontE'ath, b. E. Sarten ... 1 Hughes, c. Purdie. b. Sarten 0 Johnson, b . E. Sarten 2 Quilliam, l ..b.w., b. Purdie 0 Saxton, not out 0 li'ox, b. Purdie 13 Extras ... 79 Bowling Analysis.-E. Sa!l'ten took seven wickets for 28 runs ; C. Foreman, none for 12; Jupp, none for 17 ;, Purdie, three for 9.

OLD BOYS v. HIGH SCHOOL. This game was played on the .High School ground on F ebruary 28th, 1920, and resulted in a win for Old Boys on t he first innings. HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Willis, b. Osborne a Palmer, c. E ggleton , b. Bottrill 3 Hine, b. Eggleton 5 Brown, b . Bottrill 5 O'Halloran, b. Hu.g.bes 15 Greiner, run out ... 0 Smart. c. Hughes, b. Eggleton 0 0 Sinclair, b. Hughes Pote, c. Osborne, b . Hughe3 0 Osborne, b. Hughes 7 Inch, not out 1 Extras 8 Total 47 Bowling Analys is.---Dsborne took one wicket for 7 runs; Bottrill, two for 17 ; Hughes, four for 10; Eggleton, two for .5.

OLD BOYS.

BottrilL l.b.w., b. Sinclair Bewley, b. Sinclair Hughes, run out ... Osborne, c. Brown, b. Inch Wynyard, b. Sinclair Eggleton, b. Sinclair Quilliam, c. O'Halloran, b . Sinclair Saxton, b. O'Halloran Fox', run out ... Morrison, not out Lash, b. Sinclair Extr as Total

1 28 2

0 0 0 0 5 1 24 0 8 69

Bowling Analysis.-Inch took one wicket for 13 r uns; Sinclair, six f.or 12; O'Halloran , one 'or 9; Brown, none for 11; Palmer, none for 16. HIGH SCHOOL. Second Innings. Palmer, b . Hughes ... Willis. b. Hughes H'ne, c. Morrison , b. Wynyard Brown , b. Wynyard O'Hallc•:an , b Wynyard Greiner . b. Eggleton Smart, b. Eggleton Osborne, b. Bottrill Sinclair, b. Eggleton Pope, b . Bottrill Inoh, not out Extras

2 6 3

0 4 4,

16 0 0 il. 6

Total

45 Bowling Analysis.-Bottrill took two· wickets for 14 runs· Hugh es , two for 12; Wynyard, three for 4 ; Eggleton , three for

During the 1919-1920 season, the old Boys team :played in the Senior Grade. Ten games were played m all, and seven of these were wo·n . At the end o£ the season the team was seco·nd in the competition. The foUo·w ing are the best bowling and batting averages made during the season:~

OLD' BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

OLD BOYS' CRICKET.

Bo·t trill Bewley Eggleton Osborne ... Monteath Oliver ······ Wynyard Hughes Johnson ... Quilliam ... Colson .. ....

Runs. 91 156 131 178 124 64 68 48 50 43 24

BA'l'TING. No. of innings. Not out. 6 1 11 2 1 9 12 1 10 1 6 1 8 2 9 1 9 0 11 3 7 2

BOWLING. Overs. Runs. Wickets. Hughes ... 54 160 29 Osborne ... 88 244 41 Bottrill 47 126 19 M:onteath ... 36 155 18 Eggleton . .. 40 141 10

Average. 18.20 17 .'33· 16.37 16.18 13.77 12.80 11 .33 6.00 5.55 5.37 4.80 Average. 5.52 5.95 6.63 8.61 14.10

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB. ANNUAL· REPORT, 1920. Gentlemen,-I have much pleasure in presenting to you the First Annual Report of the New Plymouth High School Old Boys' Football Club. At the beginning of 1919 it was felt that as so many boys had passed through the School during the last few years the time was ripe for the formation of an Old Boys' Football Club, and accordingly a meeting was• convened for t·hat purpose. After some discussion it was unanimously decided that a club should be formed and the foHo·w ing officers were elected :-.President: Dr. E. F . Fookes. Vice-Presidents: Messrs. E . P. Webster, W . H. Moyes, P. J. H. White, F. N. Whitcombe, A. Bewley, A. M. MacDiarmid, Lieut-Uolonel Standish and Lieut. Standish. Hon. Treasurer: R. G. Howell. 'Hon. Secretary: D. F. Saxton. Executive: Messrs. C. H. Wynyard (chairman), N. Little, S. Ewing, W. Ewing, H. Bayly, and l\Iessrs. Howell and Saxton (ex officio).

Unfortunately the football season had already commenced before the formation of the club, and consequently several Old Boys who would have been a distinct asset to the team had alread;y oftered their services to. other clubs. It is to be hoped, however, that the return of a number of Old Boys from the front and the increase in our ranks year by year from the School itself will be responsible fo·r raising the standard of play as time goes on. The team during the season played under the leadership of C. H. W ·y nyard, with H. Bayly as vicecaptain. The personnel of the team, however, varied so greatly in the different matches that it would be a difficult matter to mention any particular members as composing the fifteen. After some cons~deration it was decided that the team should play in the Senior Grade, altho ugh it was a great handicap no~ having a junio-r team from which to draw players in case of emergency. It is to be hoped that this year there will be sufficient players offering to warrant two teams being entered in the competition . The first match played was against Clifton and matters looked very promisin~ when Old Boys succeeded in drawin g with what was then regarded as a formidable team. The total number of matches played in the competition was· seven, but the team succeeded in gaining only o·n e victory, two matches being drawn and four lost. Old Boys also played in the seven-a-side tournament during the Peace Celebrations, but were defeated by the School in the first round. The total number of points registered in the competition in favour of the team was twenty-two and against forty-one. Representative honours were gained by one member, C. H. vVynyard, who played for Taranaki against Wanganui and also against Wairoa . During the season Harold Bayly received an injury to his knee which necessitated his removal to· the Hospital. Fortunately he has now quite recovered and, it is to be hoped, is prepared to play again in the ranks of the Old Boys. As disclosed by the balance-sheet, the finances are in a very satisfactory condition, showing to the club's credit a balance ot £3 5s lOcl. Many of the expenses incurred by a newly-formed club such as affiliation fees to the Rugby Union will not he necessary in the future.

OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL CLUB.

Durin()' tJ1e year the Old Boys' Association Executive was approa""ched eoucerning an Old Boys' Ba~g e to be worn by the players on thei1' jerseys, and accordmgly Me~srs. Hutton and Bradbury have been asked to prepare designs lor such a badge. Now that the club. has been firmly established it is most desirable that dunng the forthcommo·. season players should come on the field in the regulation club colours, white jersey, white· pants, and school stockings . In conclusion we should like to thank all those who have helped to further the interests <!f the club during their first and hardest year,. and to Wish tbe team every success in the new seasou.

'rhe second grade match was played as the curtain raiser and the contest was a strenuous oue. Old .tloys had players• who will be valuable if they stnke form and combmatwu and they pressed School while fresh. Fussell, who was doing excellent work in the Old .Boys ' pack, obtamed a try whwh was not converted, and the score at half-time wa.s 3-0. In the second spell the fitness of the younger team began to tell and backs and forwards attacked vigorously. A loose rush ended in R. Hair, a forward, crossing Old Boys' line. The try was converted by Merron with a nice kick and the remainder o:f. the spell saw no change. In the senior match Old Boys immediately attacked a plucky School defence and several strong, though loose, eftnrts by the backs were repulsed. After about ten minutes ' play Eggleton, wing-forward for Old Bo·y s, led a rush and scored in the left-hand corner. Hughea kicked well, but just wide, and the score was 3-0 in favour of Old Boys·. 'l'owards half-time School brought play to their opponents' twentv-:five by a spirited passing bout in which the ball was handled right across the field. Refreshed by the spell, Old Bo·y s commenced the second half.·vigorously, but were not able to penetrate the defence again. Osborne, the School captain, kicked well up ~r?m his home half and 'l'hros sel, being unable to take a difficult mark, B. Boon secured by fast following up and passed to O'Halloran on the wing. He was collared near the goal line and from a serum which followed Osborne was given the ball at half and nipped over on the blind side. Willis did not goal and the score was 3 all. Up and down play followed until Sykes· got away in the middl~ ?£ the field a,nd looked ~ike scoring· until collared by Willis, one of the School wmgs. Old Boys received a free kick in front of the posts just afterwards and Hughes succeeded .-Old Boys 6, High School 3. During the following play Old Boys were penalised and Osborne attempted to equalise the scores by kicking at goal from near half-way. The ball passed beneath the bar but another penalty at a point a little closer followed and this time a beautiful kick found the goal. Time sounded just afterwards. The High School put up a fight against a senior te~.m which promi~~s wen for their future play in the thud grade. con:pe·btw~. The backs are already showing good combmatwn, while the forwards are a solid pack. The Old Boys' team containea a deal of excellent material, which appears to be capable of developing into a good

E. Faber Fookes, President. Donald F . Saxton, Ron. Secretary .

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The following officers fnr the ensuing year were elected at the Annual Meeting held on March 19, 1920:President : Dr. E. F. Fookes . Vice-Presidents: Messrs. E. P. Webster, W. H. Moyes, A. R. Ryder, P . J . .H. White, F. N . Whitcomb~, A. Bew~ey, · A. M. MacD~ar mid, Lieut.-Colonel Standish, and Lieut . A. R. Standish. Ron . Treasurer: R. G. Howell. Ron. Secretary: D: F. Saxton. Ron. Auditor : B . Wilson. Delegate to Umon: C. H Wynyard Executive: Mess·r s. D. Sykes, Wynyard, B(rokenshire, Dtoile, Whittle, Kelly, and Howell ana Saxton (ex officio) . The club has started the season with a roll of 60 active members. Three teams have been entered for the compet!tions, senior, first junior, and t~econd junior. HIGH SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS. GOOD SCHOOL· PERFORMANCE. To open the season two matches were played in Pukekura Park on Saturday, .April 17, between senior and junior teams representin(l' New Pl:y:mouth Boys' High School and the Old Boys. The semo·r match was drawn the score being 6 all. The School second fifteen defeat~d the opposing Old Bovs' team by 5 points to 3. Both matches provided interesting football, each of the teams showing promising form.

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b' t' ·f only the trainina and practice essential com hla. lOd, l A lack of cohesio~ and condition natura~ al re o ame . the openin -- of a football season, and lt y accompany · ·d f th d whacks as follows that a team mus~ get n o ese ra quickly as possible if it H~ to be useful.

MARRIAGES.

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AVERY-WHITE.-At the Whiteley Church, New mouth on October 30, 1919, Alfred Hen~y, t lT 'M d Mrs Thomas A very to Elsle Maud, Wh 't son of r an · ·' second d~ughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. l e, New Pylmouth. ' CH-At St. Mark's Church, Aucklan~, JEI' FRIES-BA b · F D J e:ffries· to Conme on Septem er 9 , 1919 ' · · ' Bach. J MACE -At St. Mary's Church, New PlyJACKSONA· . · 1920 Roy M. Jackson to Vera, mouth, on pn19 'M ' d 'M H H Mace of ' rs. · · ' only daughter of r. an New Plymouth. FOOKES-·KING.-At Te Henui Church, on Satur~~~· A 'l 11 1920 Noel, eldest son of Mr. and . HpnFoo-k es, N~w Plymouth, to Betty:K· youn~est d~ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newton mg, ew Plymouth.

BIRTH. QUILLIAM.-On March 23, .1~20, at New Plymouth, the wife of Ronald H. Qmlham, a son.

OLD BOYS' NOTES. The followina is a letter from N oTman Leec~, :Who . h e~rd h as been in the Ruhr campaign.we h ave s1nce < . . • ths and the experience so

I have now bee!! m In?ia fom mon ho~estl say that I have far has been very mter estmg. I can to D~ntroon. I had an never had a;ny cau se to r egre{ !la;~~gn:~rl~ a fortnight in Sydney, excellent tnp. On my way ). bad quite a good time as I have which is just as gal _as dve~h . ' At Colombo I had to change some of my best 11 n en : f ~Id~ys there Ceylon is a very prett.v to another boat. spen ou 1'. ·inland.is very charming. After littl~ isla_nd , the motf~1d ~c'f~ :J mil~ train ]ourne~ which lasted landmg m 'Bombay a. f India I am nm\~ w1th the Royal · 51 hours across the P1ams 0

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Warwickshire Regiment, whioh is stationed at Nonshera, about 30 miles from Peshawar. Nonshera is a (north-west) frontier station, and human life is not altogether sacred. It is on the edge of the hill country, and the Pathan gentry, who are expert thieves, are always lurking round. Sentries are always armed with ball ammunition, and during a halt one or two sentries must always be posted. These loose walas, as they are called, are very good at entering a room at night, and so one always sleeps with a revolver. Indian life is very fascinating, and I can quite appreciate what is meant by the call of the East. Yet in a way this part is very different from other parts of India. Here there are not the facilities for pleasure that there are further south. And, of course, the cost of living has gone up. In a way ·I shall not be sorry to return to New Zealand, but of course I wouldn't have missed this trip. There has been trouble over the frontier for some time, but I do not know if ] shall be lucky enough to be able to see service, as , so· far , Native troops only have been employed . But l! am still liVing in hopes. Clifton, one of our fellows, has been lucky enough to get away, but he was attached to some Native sappers, and he had a decent 0.0. Early next month I shall probably be going to a hill station. This will be rather ea.r lier than usual, but none of the people have .h ad experience of the hot weather for a few years, and I expect that that is the reason. Suthy is attached to the 21st Lancers at Meerut, and from his accounts I think they do things pretty well there. T.he mess in this regiment is very good, and there is some gorgeous silver here. We all turn out in the sc&rlet pea-jacket a.nd blue overalls , etc. There are two of our fellows in Peshawar, so I am not on my own . Also two Aussies of my class at Duntroon have come here with the batteries they were attached to in England. And there are two more Aussies from Duntroon within eig.b ty miles from here, but I have 'not yet seeR them.

Bernard Glasgow has taken ove:r the managership of the firm of Roy and Nicholson, solicitors, at their Waitara branch. Eric White is attending Nelson College this year. K. D. Roberts, who won a Junior National University Scholarship last year, is now attending Otago • University, and is taking the Science course. Norman BeHringer is at present on the clerical sta:ff at the Smart Road Freezing W.orks. Ron. Blundell is workin('J" in the New Plymouth branch of the Bank of New Zealand. Alan ( "Snowy") Brooker is working in his father's shop. · Lisle Jennins, from Palmerston North recently paid ' n flying visit t.o New Plymo·u th. Captain E. T. Fari s, District Health Officer for the Wellington Dist tict , has been on a short visit to New Plymouth.

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Ian Grant has. gone into partnership with A. Paterson, solicitor, Inglewood . Percy Oliver is attached to the law sta:ff at the local Magistrat.e 's Court. Eric Cole is working with his father in the motor business in Hawera. Brian Horner is farmina- with his brother, near Patea . . "Mick" Wyborn-at Sc.ho~llast :year-and nnw Ql.d Boys' rep . in the Thames distnct, paid us a short VISit early in the year. W. Luxton is now farming- in the Waikato. Jack Clem ow is attending Auckland Grammar this year, in order to gain a bursary. Dud. Spence called in to see us a short time back ; he is now on a bush section, inland from Eltham. Colin Smart, Old Boys' representative at Strat£nrd, is working in his father's office. · Al£. Jennings, who was attached to the R.A.F. £or several years at Home, is now on the sta:ff of C. Croker, solicitor, New Plymouth. Arthur Moody, who has been for some years on the clerical sta:ff in Newton King's, has been appointed inspector for the Standard Pire Insurance Co. in Taranaki. Bob. Bothamley is on the clerical sta:ff in the W ellington branch of the Union Steam Sliip Co. Burford Norman has taken up farming in the Manawa tu. district. Lieut. D. A. Lusk is- attached to the garrison in Samoa. C. McKay, from 'Manaia, called in to see us recently. Haughton Renaud, since his return from overseas, has re-joined the local Post and Telegraph sta:ff. C. Kyngdon, who won the senior athletic championship last year, is now on the staff of the New Plymouth branch o.£ the Bank of Australasia. C. Moss is, farming at Tataraimaka. J. Gibs<Jn is farming at Eltham.

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79 R_on. Greiner, who won a Taranaki Scholarship last year, 1s now attending Victoria College . . . Wa?dle :;tnd "Dummy" Johns are both at Otago U mversity this year. .,. "Buster" Corney is on his father's farm at Egmont "\fllage. Roy Wills is on a bush section at Rotokere, Eltham. . Ron. Adlam, on the sta:ff of the Stratford District !f.Ifff Scho~l, _was successful in passing his Teachers' B Exammatwn. Owe_n Ba_yly, who is at P!'ese~t studying law at Auckland Umvers1ty, has kept his thn·d year's terms for the ~L.B. degree,. and passed his examination in five subJects_: International law, Roman law, property torts and conflicts . ' . Vern on Stanton, since his return from Egypt has agam taken up the teacl1ing profession, and at pres~nt is on the sta:ff at the Stratford District High School. _A: Brac_kebush, c_en~re three-quarter in last year's first ~fte~n, 1St now assistmg his brother, who.- has a large practwe m Auckland as a masseur. Huia Honeyfi.-eld is farming· on his father's property at Glover Road, Hawera. . R. Cl~uidge ca~led in ~o see us just before the summer vacatwn. He Is wo-rkmo· in a law office in W ellin"'ton, and is also attending le~tures at Victoria College. o Phil. ~tkinson was unfortunately run into by a motor-~ar m Devol?- Street recently; we are pleased to see he ·Is about a gam. C. A. M?Kinney, wh~ was in charge of the Prepara~o.ry School for some cons1derabl~ time, i~ now an organIsmg teacher under the Taranaki Educatwn Board His headquarters are at Awakino. · G?·r don Salway has taken up a farm at W aitoitoi Urenm. ' We were extremely pleased to see one of our oldest Old ~oys-Mr . Herbert Ford-present at our annual athletw sports last year. Mr. Ford left school in 1882 and had not re-visited the school since. ' Strathie and Willard Ewing· are farmin"' at Brixton Waitara. o '

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A. C. Smith is farming on his father;s property at Albert Road, Inglewood. G. A. Wanganui.

Mason

clerking in the railways at

E. Beckbessinger is now back agam in Waita~a, assisting in his father's business. Tom Cmkill is travelling representative for the A.M.P. Society in North Taranaki. After several years·, during which time he has seen service in England and France, :Ylr. H. V. Searle returned to the School in the beginning of March . Since the armistice Mr. Sea"rle has been attending Cambridge University, where he was successful in gaining his B.A. degree. vV e extend a hearty welcome to him on his return. W. F. Kelly, Awakino, called in to see us recently.

M. :M acDiarmid and many well~known Old Boys. . At School he played a great game m the three-quarter hne. On lea~ing he played in: th~ Star Club, L. Allen and. A. Humphries being two of his fello:w players. On gomg to WellinO'ton he joined the Welhngton Club, and wa~ a member o-f the club's champion team i1! 1901, others With him being M . E. Wood, V. R. Meredith, W. Burr, and F. L. Row. He was a fast, dashing three-quarte;r, and played in 29 representative games fo:r the . W ellm&'ton Province, in which games he scored ~Ight tnes . Right to the end he kept up a keen interest m Rugby . At the time of his death he wa.s an extremely P?Pular ;m;ember of the Government Treasury sta:ff, in whiCh positiOn ~e had been for the last 18 years prior to. his death. His early demise at the age of 44 vears will be dee~ly ~e gretted by many friends and 01~ Boys, and to ~Is WI~e and two- children we extend our smcere sympathy m theu sad bereavement . •

Dr. J. Dockrill, who saw considerable service with the R.A.M.C. in France, is at present in New Plymouth, visiting his parents. He intends to return to England at an earhr date, and will probably stay a further two years. We were pleased to see him at the School. We extend our hearty congratule.tions to Jack Shaw on having gained his M.D. d~ree at the Melbourne University. He is at present. visiting his people here . . Lu~ena represented ~anterbury College at the recent Umversity Tournament m Wellington. He was successful in winning his section in the boxing championships. F. A. Bruce is returning to New Plymouth from Florida, U.S .A., at an early date. Lieut. L . G. Goss, from Trentham, paid a short visit to New Plymouth recently. . "Weed" Hamblyn, who is at present attending Lm coln College, played full-back for Old Boys in their annual match with SchoDl. Brian Homer is attached to the firm of Grant and Cooke, surveyors, in the Gisborne district. We deeply regret to hear the news of the death of another Old B?y of t~is School, Arthur Colin Mcintyre. H e was a pupil at this SchooJ in the early nineties and wa.s a contemporary of Dr. Fookes, E . P. W ·ebster, A . PriJlted at the Taranaki Herald and Budget Office, Currie Street.

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