1916 The Taranakian Vol. 5, No.1 May

EDITED BY THE BOYS OF THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLISHED AT THE END OF EACH TERM .

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AN EASTER HOLIDAY T RAMP

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BOA IW OF GOVERNORS CADET NOTES

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CAMb.RA CLUB

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CR ICKET NOT ES

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EDITORIAL EXCHANGES

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FOOTBALL

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FOJIM AVERAGES

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HoUSE NOTES

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L I BRARY NOTES

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SHOOTI NG NOTES

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STAFF SWIMMI NG

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TENNIS NOT F.S

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INS TIT UT I 0 N S. FIRST TERM 1916.

[ESTABLISHED

1882.]

BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

Prefects-BoARDERs: V. S. McMurray ( H ead Boy of School), C. C. Yates, M路 Atkinson, H. Lucena, E. Ham erton, A. R. Ca ll ancler.

DAY Bovs: L. E yre. R. Kidd , 0. Bayl y, ]. ]. K. T e rry . W. E \v in g.

Cadet CompanyD. HUTCHE N, ESQ. (C!tainlltlll.} DR. E. F. Fomms.

T. G. HIRST, ESQ. F. W. ATKI1\SON, ESQ. H. TRIMBLE, E SQ. L. C. SLADDEN, ESQ.

E. P. vVE BSTER, EsQ. ]. S. F ox, E SQ .

R. V./. D. ROBERTSON, ESQ. S. G. SMITH , ESQ. Secretary and Tre:1s urer : w. BEI\'LEY, ESQ

~taff: PRI NC IPAL: V..T. H. M OYES , M.A., B.Sc. ASSISTA NT MASTERS : R. H . ROCHEL, M.A.

A. R. RYDER, M.A. H. V. SEAHLE, M.Sc. C. G. BOTTRILL, M.A. A. W . DIPROSF., B. Cert.

M. A. McDONALD. PREPARATORY DEPAWn!ENT :

C. A. McKINNEY.

Mr ss K. WINFIELD.

D. E. HUTTON, N.B.A .. Ar t Master.

MISSES DOWLING AND PIK E AND MR R. N. REXAUD, Music.

W . M. FALCONER, F .I. A. (N.Z.) Commercial Master.

MISS HUMPHRIES, Dancing Instructress.

OFFicEn COMMAND ING : Captain V..T. H. Moyes.

SECO ND IN COMMAND : Captain A. R Rycler.

Sergt. -Major: V. S. McMurray.

Q.M.S. : L. G. Eyre.

No. 1 PLATOO NPlatoon C ommander : Lieut. H. V. Searle.

Platoon Sergt. : Sergt. }. ]. K. Terry.

Section Commander s : Lance Sergt. : E. L. Tansey.

Cor po ral : 0. Bayly .

L ance-Corporal: N. Fookes .

Lance-C orpora l : A.. Huse.

No. 2 PLATOONPlatoon Com mander : Mr. M. A. McDonald.

Platoon Sergt. : Sergt. R. Kidd.

Section CommandersSergeant: M. Atkin son.

Corpora l : W. Ewi ng .

Co1 poral : A. McHa rdy .

Lan ce-Corpo ral : N. Ellerm.

No. 3 PLATOONPlatoon Commander: Mr. C. G. Bottrill.

Platoon Sergt. : Sergt. C. C. Yates.

Section Commanders : Sergea nt : E. Hamerton.

Corporal : H. Goss.

Corporal : K. Clemow.

Corporal : R. M. Rockel.

No. 4 PLATOONPlatoon Commander : Mr A. v..r. Di prose.

Platoon Ser g t. : Sergt. H . Luce na.

Section Comma nders : Corporal: J. C. Wyborn.

Corporal : R. A. Wilson.

Corporal : L . Bryce.

Lance-Corporal : ]. Fouhy.

SCHOOL INSTITUT IONS.

MagazineBusin .·ss Manager : Mr. R. H. Rocke l.

Cricket CommitteeMr.

C.

G.

Bottrill (Chairman), W_ Mc.vrurray, J. J. K. Terry.

Ewing (S ecreb rv), V. S.

Football CommitteeMr. A. .<.. Rvcler (Chairman). A. R. C: tllancler (Secrdarv•, L . G. .

Eyre, vV. Ewing, 0. Bay ly, J. ]. K. Terry.

Swimming CommitteeMr. A.

W.

Diprose (C hai rm ,111), R. Kiclcl (Secretarvl, Mr. C. A. McKi11ney, W. Ewing, 0 . Bayly, V. S. McMurray, J. C. \<Vyborn.

Camera Club CommitteeMr. W. H. Moyes (Chair•nanl, H. Goss (Secretary), Guild. J. C. Wyborn.

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Ewing, M.

Finance Commi~teeMr. R.

H.

Rockel (Chairman), C. C. Yates (Secretary), V. S. McMurray, H. Go ss, M. Atkinson, J. J. K. Terry. A. R. Callander.

PoundkeepersE. Johns, K. Duckworth.

Young Helpers' LeagueMr. A. w. Diprose (Secretary).

Library CommitteeMr. H. V. Seal'ie (Chairm::tn), S. Drake (Libraria n), E. Ham erton , M. Atkinson. L. Bryce, J. Hine, J. C. Wybom, E. L. Tansey.

Tennis CommitteeMr. H . V. Searle (Chairman), A. R. Calla nder (Sec,·etary), H. Lucena, C. C. Yates, E. Hamerton.

Concert Club Committee- .

Mr. C. A. McKinney (Cha irman) , V. S. McMurray, C. C. Yates, H. Goss, E. Hamerton.

Shooting CommitteeMr. H. V. Searle (Ch a irman) , H. Lucena, V. S. McMurray, 0.

Bayly, W. Ewing, M. Atkinson, C. C. Yates.

H. L . L UCENA. W. EWING.

J. TERRY. 0. BAYLY. A . R. CALLANDER. C. YATES.

M. ATKI NSON. L . G. EYRE. E. HA MERTON.

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EOITE)RIRL. E believe that it is pretty generally recognised that New Zealand is a pastoral and agricultural rather than a mining and industrial country.

There are many, however, who are of opinion that in the not far distant future our mines and our factories will enable us to compete on equal terms with purely manuIt is to be feared that these facturing countries. expectations are somewhat too sanguine.

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With respect to mining, we may first inquire what minerals are to be found in New Zealand in large quantities. So far gold and coal are the only two which have been worked to any extent. Of the latter w路e need say no more than to note its almost universal occurrence in manufacturing countries and to remind our readers of the so mewhat pessimistic report of the late Sir J ames Hector on Gold is notoriously unstable as a our coal supplies. permanent mining industry; and there is reason to suspect that the output of gold from New Zealand mines is very unlikely to increase. Indeed, a substantial increase is necessary if the relative importance of the gold-mining We know that excellent industry is to be maintained. iron ore exists in large quantities in several parts of the Dominion, and it seems likely that this is an industry But so far which will develop into a permanent one. this industry has scarcely passed the infant stage. Next

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to iro~.1 com~s oil.

This, too, can hardly be called an established mdustry.

It is more than likely that we s~all produce large quant~ties of oil in days to come . But time and a great ex~enditure are necessa,I·y before New Zea~and can b_e cons1dered one of the world 's oil producmg countnes.

Of other minerals we have small qua_ntities.

Silver i~ obtained incidentally from certain aunferous o_res; but hitherto ~o. deposits of silver, properly so called, I~ payable quantities have been discovered .

Copper, antimoJ?-y, molybdenum, chromium and many other valuable mmerals are to be found but in such small quantities. as to render it doubtful if' they will ever be symtematwally worked.

In any case the minin"' of the more preciou~ minerals is in the vast majority gf cases It is interesting to note a very precanous speculation. in this connection, that Pro£. Gregory of Yale has a~ the result of very extensive investigations cond~cted on the. spot, str?ngly advised Australians to develop their agncuHural mstead of their mineral resources.

The forll!-er cost far more, he says, and are far less remunerative .

While it would be rash to predict that New Zealand will never become an import~nt m~nuf.acturing country, there are several apparent drfficulties m the way of its development.

In the first place, our remoteness from the worl~'s markets shoul~ be recognised.

We are apt ~o los.e sight of the fact that we inhabit the remotest mhabitable part of the globe, and, in consequence, are in d~nger of _losin_g our sense of proportion. This remoteness Will certamly mcrease the cost of placin"' our "'Oods on th.e world's ~arkets , and will prevent us ft·om cgmpeting With countnes more favourably situated. · A"'ain it seems doubtful whether the conditions of lab~ur ~ill permit any important development in manufacturing. An abundant supply of labour at a price somewhat on a level with that prevailing in other countries is an essential that we c_annot be sure o£ securing.

In .the third place, we certamly cannot hope to compete on the world's markets w.ith othe~ c?untries if we have to import our raw matenal; and It IS doubtful whether we have sufficient raw material apart from our agricultural and pastoral resources to enable us to take our place as a manufacturing country.

This brings us to the supremely important point of the agricultural and pastoral industries.

A new country naturally depends first of all upon its natural and easily obtained products.

The rubber of the Congo and of th

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Amazon, and the timber of our own land, will illustrate this . vVhen these resources are exhaust~d~ they are replaced by permanent industries, such ~s mmmg, manufacturing, or agriculture and stock-rea_rmg. ']'he absolute necessities of life are food and clothmg.

These both must come from the soil, and it has been abundantly demonstrated that the production of these is a permanent industry wherever it has been established and prosecuted with ordinary skill and perseverance .

The. elements of plant food are found everywhere, and what IS deman~ed of the acrriculturist is that he shall apply these. By saymg this we "'mean that, given a piece of ordinary soil in any but extreme climates, a skilled cultivator can be absolutely certain of producin"' some useful and marketable plant.

On the other h~nd, the most skilful _mining expert cannot produce, say, gold, except in certam welldefined localities.

Agriculture is , therefore, the safest pursuit for the great majority.

So r·esponsive has nature been to the labour of the cultivator that perhaps no industry has been conducted more on "rule of thumb" than has agriculture.

The history of the industry, too, has encouraged _this mechanica l method of tilling the soil.

The great Importance of a"'riculture has lately been demonstrated in the case of w"'heat. . It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that the farmer is as important to the State in time of war as is the munition-worker.

The population of the country is constantly increasing, and not only will there be more mouths to fAed and backs to cover, but the area available for food -crops and for :flocks will become more restricted. · This means that we shall have to grow two blades of "'rass where we now grow only one.

In other words, ~e shall have to go in for intensive culture. Now, this cannot be done to the best advantage by ''rule of thumb" methods.

The science of agriculture is one of the youngest of the sciences.

Much has been done i_n the investi"'ation of soils and manures, and what IS wanted is the establishment of a permanent scientific staff of experts, who should have nothing to do except to investigate and to experiment.

We must not expect "'reat results suddenly, nor must we be led astray by the popul_ar def~rence paid to the "practical. ~an." .There is not the shghtest doubt that the recogmtwn of this fact has placed Germany in the powerful position w~ich she occupies to-day.

The large army of experts m every branch of industry h as repaid her tenfold for the expendi-

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Pick up any standard book o~ any ture incurred. scientific subject or practical application ~f the smence, and it will be found that the German 1s one of the authorities, if not the authority. We should not hesitate to learn from our enemies a lesson which has proved so useful to them.

If it be true then that we are unlikely to be a great minin"' or a "'re~t ma~ufacturing country, it behoves us to tur~ all ot~r energies to the tillage of the soil and the To this end we should insist on kindred industries . sufficient provision being made for extensive and thorough scientific training in the principles of the subj ect. So far But in a little is being done in the primary schools. these schools the main concern ought to be the three The supreme thing . is a competent knowledge of R's.

The primary school teacher cannot the mother tongue. reasonably be expected to be an expert in agriculture.

The wonder is that he does as much good work as he But even in the most favourable circumstances does. only a start can be made. Even the brightest pupils are too immature to be able to grasp anything but the merest In the secondary and technical schools the elements. pupils are more mature, and can make a proportionate The instructors are also more advance in the subject.

Here again the paramount importance or less experts. of a good knowledge of the mother-tongue must be insisted upon. The knowledge b:r:ou<>'ht up from the primary school is very insufficient. Too often the agricultural instruction ends with a year or two at one of the institutions mentioned. In many cases valuable training has been received, but the matter should not end there. Far more students should go on to the higher institutions .

In New Zealand we have only Lincoln College, and it is a disgraceful thing that any of our New Zealand students should have to go to one of the Australian colleges for the higher instruction which should be available in our own land. 'l'he University of New Zealand should set the fashion, so to speak, for higher learning. It does so in But it makes no provision, not even by mo st s'u bj ects. scholarships, for the encouragemen t. of agriculture except The to establish a degree of Bachelor of Agriculture. establishment of the degree iR a good thing, certainly, but a much better thing would be at least the establishment of agricultural scholarships . Some sort of a beginning might perhaps be made in the following way.

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The Junior Scholarships, including ,the Senior National and Taranaki Scholarships, are awarded on a certain number of subjects, with no restriction路 on the But in the list of subjects we look in vain selection. for Agriculture. This subject can be taken for Matriculation, but apparently the University does not consider Agriculture sufficiently important to include in a Scholar'l'he consequence is that many a bright ship course. boy who is desirous of going on to the land and is at the same time ambitious to wm a i:\cholarship is debarred Why should not boys with the from one or the other. best brains be encouraged to enter the staple national mdustry? 'l 'his is a matter which concerns us in 'l'aranaki more particularly perl1aps, because of the existence Would it not be possible of the 'l 'aranaki Scholarships. for all who are interested both in Agriculture and in Education to unite with all the A. and l'. Societies in the district to give Agriculture its legitimate place in the 'l'aranaki Scholarships at least r 'l'he A. and :P. Societies exist for the encouragemen t of everything that makes for the betterment of the working of the soil and the kindred We believe that if a concerted effort were pursuits.

The made the desired reform would be accomplished. increasing importance of farming demands that something should be done.

We are well aware that many people look somewhat 'l'o them it is too theoaskance at a college training.

But retical; what they want is the "practical " man. these people forget that at the bottom of all practice lies The non-recognitio n of theory does not prove theory.

This fear and, too often, derision of its non-existence. the college-trained man is more general 路in the case of such "practical" subjects as Agriculture, a subject which seems to many nothing but practice. We are endeavouring to show that we shall, as a nation, have to depend on the soil and its products for our prosperity, and that we must leave no stone unturned to improve and to We further contend that the only increase our output. way in which this can be accomplished is to study the subject scientifically and to give every facility for adNot until this is done can vanced work and research.

There we expect to get the utmost out of our resources. seems no rea~on why we should not, with our admirable soil and climate in New Zealand, yield a large surplus of agricultural and pastoral produce for the world's markets.

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The matte r which we have been discu ssing may seem some what strang e in a schoo l maga zine. But the intrin sic impor tance of the subje ct of Ag1:icu~ture and . its tive n eglec t are our apolog·y for Its mtrod uctwn hcomp araere. We wish to be under stood as makin g a plea for more (J'eneral recog nition as a fit ·and prope r subj ect its of study fn our highe r educa tion·al instit ution s, and to enlist the symp athy of our reade rs.

SeH ·f'O L Nf' TE S. The Roll .-'l'h is now stand s at 230; 69 new h aving been enroll ed, while 29 ' lelt at the end of boys 1915 .

The iull roll is as follow s : FORM VIA. Bayly, 0.

Broken shire, K. *Calla nder, A. R. Ellerm , ·N. Eyre, L . G. Fouhy , .J. Ruse, A. •*Luce:o.a, H. *Mad,.-ie, D . . G. . D . *M'Mu rray, V. S. Terry, J. J . K . *Yates , C.· C. · FORM VIB. *Atkins on, M. W. Brydo n, · I. R. Clemow, R. K. Ewing , W .

Fookes , N. *Hame rton, E. T. Howell, R .

Kidd, R. Lealan d, R .

M 'Hardy , A. *Oliver, P . S. Phipps , A. Rocke l, R. M. *Rodg er, G. H .

Saxton , D. F. C. *Smith , M. Tansey , E.

Traill, W. Whittl e, E. *Wilson, R. FORM V. *Atkins on, P. Barne tt, P .

Bayly, G. F. Bellrin ger, B. Boon, G. Brooke r, A. *Calde r, H. L. Denny -Brow n, D. Doile, D. *Drak e, 8. F. *Duckworth , K .

Fox, R. A. N. Gilber t, A. V. *Goss, H. A. Greine r, R. *Hagg itt, A. Hamli ng, E .

Herbe rt, C. C. *Hine, J. M. Johns, B. Knapm an, J. W. M'Har dy, 0.

Morey, C. Moverley, H. B .

Ogle, 8. W. G. *Robe rts, K . C. *Scown, R. G.

CAPT. C. PRIDHA!I!.

CAPT. 路 SURG. N. MATTHEWS.

A GROUP OF OLD BOYS.

PVT. 1,3URKHARDT.

SCHO OL NOTE S.

Sole, L. J .

Sturt evant , A. B. Thom as, K. *']'rain, F. Way, C. J .

White , J. T. W ilson, B. J. *Wyb orn, J . C. FORM IV.

* Allernann, S. Amor , M. *Beckbessinger , E. Bellri nger, ·N. Blund ell, "&.

Boon, A. Boon , A. R. Boult on, E. Broke nshire , N. *Bryc e, L. *Burk hardt , B . *Duc ker, C. J. Fouhy , C. B. FORM IliA. Butcher, C. Bradb ury, D. *Cach emaille, M. *Cha pman , P. *Chri stie, A. Clemow, J. *Dobson, L. J. *Good, E . K .

Graha m, L. *Hen derso n, J. Hill, C. J. *Hor ner, B .

Hugg ard, F. Jillet t, J . W. Johns on, C. *Jury , L. E. Kyng don, C. L .

Grayl ing, B. H . *Guild, M. *Harr ison, R . J . *Hen son, W. H. Hook er, E . R. *John s, E. A. *M'K ay, C. M 'Kay, H. J. Moody, A. J. Newe l!, C. A. Nodd er, J. K. *O'Ca rroll , P. J. ·•·Pitt, H. "lteev es, E. L. * lteyno lds, A. E. *H.igg , C. Samp son, L. 8mith , C. 1{.

Sole, I. K. Stohr , I<'. L . ~w infi eld., C. Wood, L. H. Young, A. W. '':l;insli, C. R .

Lash, E. G. Morto n, H . *Mori son, D. C. Morri son, R .

Morey , H. B. •Moore, G. W. H. Noble , C. A. Pott , J. A. *Pops,. E. R. '·Sart en, I-t. H. Seam ark, F. W. Smith , S. S. *Suth erland , R. Wadd le, A. Webs ter, G. P .

White , C. G. White , S. E. •Willi ams, W. C.

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FORM IIIn.

AlJan, K. Amor, W. Bayly, \r. E. Bedford, E. Bcggs, D. Blane, P . G. H. ~B ryoe, H . • ElJis, · J. "F'erguson, H .

"Fox, K. '''Fus~e ll , L. J. Gilbert, L. *Guscott, P. E. Hughes, A; .H ug hes, L. · Hughes, A. w.

Hutchen, B. 'Knuckey , ;E. R. *Marshal! , R. Meikle, D. *O'Halloran, · L. ''Old, C. W. P ease, R. H. H.ussell, L. H .

Husse ll, S. L . *S mith p Tbom;on,. K. *Tra in, · S .

Ward , R. Whittle, R. J. W ills, R. Wood , W.

FORM IIA. Emm erton c; Griffiths, Hassell, T. Holden, · H .

Hughes, V. '''Jackson S Johus, *Jury, D. Lovell , E. "Mackay, w. *Moyes, A. *NichoJson, . W .

Teed, L. Wackins, 1 ~

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FORM !In .

Butler, F. Dolby", It. F'ook cs, S. K ebbell , M. M'Kean, A. Neal, K. Robertson, M. *Willia ms, F'.

F'ORM JI.

LOW-:R SCHOOL.

F'ORM III. :Bothamley, R. F'agan, F . *Fookes, C. *Fox, D. Haydon s

*Harv~y,'

n: W.

Healey, *Honeyfi eld, H. Hughes, c. *Rawsoh, L.

scH06~

*'Waiters, A. Ward, K. White, E.

Bellringer, H. Blundell, B. Ellis. S. Hutchen, S .

Lysons, . M. *M 'Lean, M 'Neill, , -H. *Robinson , K. Saxtori, C. Scanloii, 'B. •' Scanlon, ' J. Welch, ·n . . .-:1•

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FORM IA. Bennett, R. Fookes, G. ' Fookea, K. *Knowles, W. MacDiarmid, N. Walker, G.

NOTES. FORM In .

Buxton, P. Gilmour, C. Jones, I. List, :R. M'Neill, C. *Boarders.

The following boys left at the end of 1915 :Alexander, W.; Bruce, F ·. A.; Clemow, W.; Death, A. L.; Gibson, H. B.; Grayling, S.; Ho:ffmann, L . ; Hughes, L.; Jackson, K. W.; Jennings, P.; Kin-g, F.; Le Pine; F.; Lovell, A. C. ; Mace, F.; Mackie, A. G.; Meuli, P . ; :Matthews, J . C. ; Martin, E . ; Murray, K.; Murray, R. ; Monteath, R. M . ; Pirrit, H . A.; Quilliam, N.; Rollo , S.; Stanton, W . V. L.; Snowdon, E. W.; Traill, A.; Vickery, I. F . R.; Win:field, D.; Yates, M. G. The followin·g are the successes gained by the school in the various public examinations held at the end of 1915:Matriculation and Allied Examinations.-J. J. K. Terry, C. C. Yates, A. Huse, N. Quilliam, 0. Bayly, H. Lucena, A. R . Callander, R . Monteath .

Partial Pass for same Examinations:- D. G . D. Mackie, K. Brokenshire, H. B . Gibson. .Auckland University ·College Terms.-L. G. Eyre, V. S. M'Murray.

Public Service Senior:-vV. Alexander, D. Winfield (full passes), R. Monteath (partial pass) .

Public Service Junior. -A. R. Callander, R. Monteath, D. Winfield, K. Clemow, F . King, E. Martin, J. C. Fouhy, N. Ellerm.

Senior National Scholarship.-A . R. Callander, E. L. 'ransey, M. W. Atkinson .

Junior National Scholarship.-G. W el:ister.

AI£. Bayly Memorial Scholarship .-G. W ebster.

The unusually Ion~ spell of hot, dry weather told somewhat severely upon the cricket ground for the greater part of the term . It was fortunate that we had plenty of good matting; otherwise the wickets would have The coarser and harder been very difficult to play on. grasses began to make themselves too conspicuous, and

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ld b ke tin chec k only by con stan t cutt ing ._ Plan tcon ed n and haw kwe ed beca me too obtr usiv e late r ago , d~n er~o chec ked by a larg e fati obn, .bud wthee head: o£ all the wee ds gue part y. Eac h boy imm edia tely in fron t e and then . d som e £ru1s him 1 app he Th e who coa1.se sat. le line then mov ed O?- and repe ated t~e pr?c ess.

Thi s prov ed a very e:ffectrve m~t~od of deal rng with the wee ds, whi le the gras s was not lllJu red.

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Wh en )Ve cam e bac k this. ~erm that Mr. Balh am had left us duri ngwe wer e sorr y to find up a posi tion in Wel ling ton Coll ege. the holi days to take of an opp ortu nity of sayi ng goo d-by This depr ived us e to an old frien d.

Mr. Balh am was with us for mor e duri ng the who le of ·tha t time didthan thre e year s, and muc h to help us in ever y poss i·b le way .

He beg-rudged neit her time nor trou ble, and we can assu re him that · he take s with him our very best wish es. · Mr. Ball iam 's dep artu re has nece ssita ted a re-a rran gemen t o£ the scho ol wor k.

Mr. Both ·ill has com e up into the Upp er Sch ool perm anen tly.

Mr. M'K inne y is now in .o.ha.r ge of the l'rep arat ory Scho l0w ed the exam ple of man y of the ol, and we hav e follady on the sta: ff-M iss Win:field is scho ols in hav ing a in cha rge of the Low er Prep arat ory. vVe take this opp ortu nity of welc omi ng Mis s Win:field amo ng ·us.

vV e ha Ye lost a goo d frie nd in Mr H w Eyr eKen ny, who died on Mar ch 28. Mr. Eyr e-K enn y was for · som e year s a mem ber o£ the Boa rd, and alwa ys had the best inte rest s of the scho ol at hear Som e time ago he was com pell ed by faili ng hea ltht. to retir e from the B.oa rd, but he alwa ys rem emb ered \Ve are inde bted to him for the gift of som e valu ableus. and he has at vari ous time s writ ten boo ks to the libr ary, valu able and inte rest ing artic les ' for "Th e. Tar ana kian ."

All this was but the outw ard sign of the kind ly spir to M.rs. Eyr e-K enn y our sinc eres t it with in. We tend er sym path y.

Bot h on E:'tster Mon day and on was don e by squa ds of the Cad ets. Eas ter Tue sday wor k 40 or 50 wen t dow n to Stra tfor d On the Mon day som e gav e an exh ibiti on o-f phy sica l drill to the Car niva l, and The day was very raw and cold, with a littl e rain . .

Cad ets fell in at the scho ol and On the nex t day the maTched dow n to the thea tre and atte nde d the serv ice ther e on the occa sion. of "An zac Day ."

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FIRST NIGHT 'S CA ~IP.

GOOD-BYE TO THE CARS.

THE EASTER TRAMP.- I.

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SCHOOL NOTES.

. This term . the work has been so seriously interfered w1th by the unfortunate fortnight's isolation that the Board wisely decided to reduce the May holidays by a week.

Instead of breaking up on the 4th, we broke up on the 11th.

Consequently we have had a chance to make up for lost time.

Not that the time was lost altogether.

For the masters at the school did a considerable amount of regular teaching, and Messrs. Rockel and Ryder held school every morning in St. Andrew's Hall for Forms IV ., V. and VI. A good deal of work was done, and there was much less dislocation than might have been expected.

On Thursday, February 24, Mr. Ryder took a squad of about 50 boys out to Waihi, beyond Waitara . A fete in aid of the P atriotic Funds was being held, with Waih1 as a convenient North Taranaki centre.

The day was beautifully fin e and everyone enjoyed the journey, first by train to W aitara, and then by motor 'bus to Waihi.

Our fellows, under the orders of Eyre, gave an exhibition of physical drill.

Needless to say, all joined in the various side-shows of t he function, and reached home tired, but delighted with the outing .

We clip the following inter esting paragraph from an English educational paper :-The spiritual gulf that lies between the perfection of German militarism and some of her uncultured allies is illustrated by the following order, lately issued to all school teachers in Hungary: "The Royal Hungarian Minister for Education requests all teachers to pay special attention to educating the children in the coming term to the respect and honour due to our enemies; that no hatred or contempt should enter the minds of the children against the brave men with whom their fathers ar e in deadly combat; and t hat hatred or contempt is not to be cultivated in theyouthful minds."

This is the sort of fighting spirit that Britons ' understand ~

On Tuesday, May 9, several members of the West End Committee came up to the school to present the medals won by the school t eam in the rel ay race held on Easter Monday.

Mr. Beale, in presenting the medals to E. Beckb essinger, R. Hooker, F. Stohr and L. Wood, expressed the hope that amateur athletic competitions would be h eld every year.

There certainly seems no r eason why there should not be some society or club formed for the encouragement of the sport .

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Now t~at we have been initiated into th . e charms . an_d mystenes of camping and to th f blmg on the ranges and the mountain ascmatwn of ramWwe hope we shall ~ave mal?-y more such expedition experience s. of e here fortunate the havmg m masters . t ree It is on our first tramp 8omethmg to be able to prepare a bivouac. and t nigh_t without serious disco~ftr~nd even !1 cold or wet . In thu; number we pubhsh a series of photos of pleasure and novelty of the o~:~ ramble. Apa.rt from the ~ormation of the country afford lp, tfe plant hfe and the mteresting lesson in nat I one . ong and exceedingly ura SCience and practical geography. . d b" Speaking of ramblin"' lvouackmg on the ranges, we have heard su;dran y rumours of a party of four masters who last done. :r'he said rumo~:a~ue!s~~~d the trip we have just . ""g s that the palty was caught m the rain on th the track into the swa!;af up ~h~ ranges, and, missing lence down an unspeakable or~e k ~s dway by sheer vioReaching the s:vamp_ at dusk, the adventurCI·ee - e . mgh~ m the sopping-wet scr~lb ~ad to pass a :rery wet hd on the still more soppmg-wet ground huddl d t on a few wet branches and o~et. er near a fire, sittinoblanket stretched fly-wise ov!~J~?mg the s~eJter of on~ too, that owing to humid conditioem. Tradrtl~lll relates, tJ:!e. much-cherishe d fire failed b f ns aJ?-d :pauCity of fuel ditwn goes on to relate th t e ore midmght. The tracrossed at just about th a_dnext day the swamp was that sundry adventures t~ kl rt and worst place, and reo I? ace and that sundry marks were made ere th e CrOSSing }" wa s accomp lshed. So muc h ' at 1east, rumour has re m;;sters we_re present at sch!lr~~- ~t any rate all the So 1 en rt reopened. evidently mther rumour li d As all the masters exece ~~ Iearts were stout. ~yder were detained at th ,phm1 M~ssrs. Rockel and tme regulations, these tweo s~. oo owmg to the quaranrepresented the Candy' f oentllemen schoo1 at Do1wlas Th ey acted as palls unern. >=> b earers at Hawera d <h. and f 11 o owe t e co I ·t ege t o t h e ceme' < . .. . a t llianma. t my the 1'here saw the last sad tribute y, V;dong the chief mourners Wreaths were sent by th~ pm t to our late comrade~ as some slight token of our~:~ ers and by the boarders .

E_very term sees fresh i eem.

A senes of photographs tak:prov~ments 111 the Gully. three or four years would b at lll~ervals for the last This term's work consists mainly ~f 'f~?h l£.11;estmg. mg and further s

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It now appears possible that all the stonn draining. water, which formerly came down Hendry Street and which was in large measure responsible for the creation and maintenance of the swamp, will be completely diverted into a course fldllowing Hendry Street down on I£ this to the opposite side of the agricultural plots. is done we shall be able to make much more rapid proThe soil gress in the reclamation at present in hand. for filling has been taken from the higher ground on the sides of the gully, and has been levelled as the work Many hands make light work, and the proceeded. boarders during the quarantine period removed a great Top-dressing of the tennis courts quantity of soil. was also completed, and the upper grass court was properly surrounded by the orthodox height of wire-netting.

The surface of this court is constantly improving . So far the asphalt court has been the most patronised, on In the tennis match account of its truer surface. against the masters on the New Plymouth Tennis Club courts those who were used to grass courts had, therefore, an advantage over those whose playing was largely on The portion of the gully at present being asphalt. levelled will, we hope, be available for practice wickets for cricket next season . \iVhile some day, when the war is over, we hope to see the baths completed lower down the gully.

This term has seen an increase in the membership of the Young Helpers' League, as many of the new boys have joined us . We hope that boys who left last year will remain active members and later on become senior Boxes may be forwarded about members of the league. a fortnight before the end of each term, when the money collected will be forwarded to England. We all realise that at such a time as this, it is our duty to do what little we can to help poor children of the Old Country, who are more or less forgotten during the stress and turmoil of this war. By doing this we not only help these children themselves, but we also help to take a burden off the Mother Country, by relievino- b.er; in a· measure, of the care of her destitute children.

Just before the end of the term, the boxes were opened and well over £2 was taken. Next term we hope to raise considerably more, as, owing to some misunderstanding, most of us were under the impression that we ourselves were to be the chief contributors to our boxes, whereas we should h:we invited assistance from all our

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friends. This idea ha vinO' been d . . th~t all companions of the"'lea ·ue I~missed/ we are sure this appeal and that the collecnon Will treadily ~espond to s ne.x term Will greatly exceed those of this . mad oeen had ts . Arrangemen t e for a number of the semor boys and some of th ton Church, in o:z:der to aet~:d ers to go ?Ut to LepperU fa memonal service in bo~our of Harper L epper pomt~d, May 7, proved v~r , n ortunate1y the day apo'f this s~me thirty boys c ~l;et an~ stormy. In spite show their respect to thei yl t d out In the afternoon to the masters went out by ea~ a Thcomra~e, while some of ~YN the Rev. C. Harrison ~h e serhvwe was conducted o preac ed from the text o m.an h aving put his h gh, and looking kack, Is :fit for the Kingd~! tooih'::l1°~, 0 Appropriate · ym~~ were sung and suite bl prayers were o:ffere.J up.

The Dead March" w as alaso eplayed :l Af th ter the service e masters and boys went t 0 th h . e ouse of Mr. H. Lepper for afternoon tea . bee Those boys who have . ir'lb years will remember that wh a; schooi for more than . r'rrclbass-rooms then formed th ~~be .now the ,fiia. and III Ig room e . now numb t an d spirits. Not onl ar~r ogether between 60 and. 70 arde a. a_veb the divinusy a:ffla:!:sey arghnt 1dpirits, but they ha~ . ou 1~ this astonishing sta.tementor t h~ny of our readers c/bn.es, which were picked up ~ Imh read the followlnhg t e 1 In w at was for Ig room " Th · · :~e minds of the boa~i~~Id~~~ r ecohded ~ill be fr~ri; t e young ge;n t1eman couc~rned peAt a ps m the ;mind of any rate, In years o come he Will look back w· h . the deeds of his early yo tht pleasure on the fact that were worthy of th e epic u Muse. h The horrible n ews came t h .

Ioug one d ay, f "0 ne o the boys is lost " th ey say.

So we got off " r " ' To find th b p ep. and started out e oy who wandered about. .

One of the master's trou bled mmd Thought of all the Acetylene, candles lam:hyou coul~ find . es and o1l ' ma We had to go through endless t 01'1• ' T he Principal jumped int o a motor-car With other men and t raversed far In.t o the dark of that lonely night Wh . ere t hey thought the kid might be h 1·d'd en from s 1ght.

SCHOOL NOTES.

At last wh1m we met by the young kid'a place, A maiden rushed out with a joyous face , " H e's found in the dining-room fast asleep I" So we all went home in joy 110 deep.

After much delay the construction of the new boardThe foundaing establishment h as been commenced . tions were laid in the .Christmas holidays, and although, at first, work on the buildings progressed slowly through shortage of l abour, they are now being erected rapidly .

It is hoped that the buildings will be ready for occupation by the third term of the present year. The establishme nt which is to be two stories high, is being built in reinforced concrete . At one end of the buildings is the spacious dining-room designed to hold one hundred and There are two dormitories , containing sixty persons. twelve beds each, but the buildings are being so constructed that two dormitories can be easily added in the f uture. The new buildings are situated a little behind the present boarding esta.blishme nt and face the seafront. So far the walls of the main building are completed and all the rafters are in position, ready for the The contractors have been very fortuactual roofing. nate in having so long a spell of fine weather. This has helped materially to dry the concrete.

Great consternatio n reigned among the new boys on receipt o£ the news that they would be r equired, at an early date, to celebrate their advent to the school, by rendering in the best manner possible some song o£ two or three stanzas . Accordingly l on February 18, we assembled in the Gymnasium after school to be entertained , as we hoped, for an hour or two by the as yet uninitiated .

The committee this year was more lenient than were its predecessor s, and on this account many may consider themselves lucky, as they were let o:ff after singing ( ?) only the semblance of a song. A fact that accounted for more than usual embarrassm ent was the presence of the masters in full force to listen to the alleged imitations of Caruso. However, everything wa s brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and only those who were too selfconscious to display their vocal powers have any reason at all to regret the New Buys' Concert of 1916.

During the term Captain Buxton, our late Commercial Master, paid the school a vi11it. He was looking in the best o£ h ealth, and, needless to say, we were all very glad to see him again, even for the very short time ·at his disposal.

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The grim sternness of stu.dy is sometimes lightened by flashes of inspira~ion: Th1s .term has, ho~ever, not been remarkably fertile m such efforts of gemus.

The following rays of light have been shed on our darkness:One student explained the expression "morning rakes" in one of Steele's essays as being those "who get up early to rake-to do the garden."

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The request for a sentence containing the word "hybrid" used in such a way as to illustrate its meaning produced the following :-"The Hybrid of the north spread out its tentacles in all directions ."

0£ course several ardent Gallic students could not resist the temptation to translate " L a veille de Noel" as "The old woman o~ Noel. " The question was: Point out and explain the figure of speech in the following. Is it a suitable figure? Point out any way in which it is a fine one.

Stars fade out and galaxies-street-lamps of the City of God . .Answer: Galaxies means a bevy of girls. It is, I think, suitable to apply to them the epithet of "streetlamps of the City of God" because they are bright and sparkling.

"Line-.up," as usual, caused a go od deal of interest . .After the ordeal was over a large number of the older boys accompanied by some of th e masters, at the kind invitation of Mr. Griffiths, paid a visit to the Blenheim Bore. Mr. Griffiths personally· showed the party over the works and explained· everything. Thus a good deal of what is read regularly in the newspapers was made quite clear, such as the methods employed in boring, the methods of dealing with the difficulty of water, the spouting of oil, t,h·e issue of gas, casing, etc. .At present the bore is down over 4000ft., and the indications for a permanent and highly payable flow o£ oil ar e more favourable than ever. Many people seem to imagine that the oil as it issues from the hare is the clear liquid which we know as kerosene or benzine, and would not recognise the pitchy liquid which comes up from the depths of the ~·nth . We are much indebted to Mr. Griffiths for his kindness and for the interesting visit. In a district that bids fair to become an oil producing centre it is only right that boys should have some :first-hand knowledge of the industry. Thanks to Mr. Griffiths we have now some idea of the methods and products of an oil-field.

DOUGLAS EDWARD CAND'Y.

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We wish to tender our sincerest thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Lepper for the gift of five guineas with which to establish some permanent memorial to Harper Lepper.

The form of the memorial has not yet been decided upon, but it will probabl;¥ be a challenge trophy of some kind. vV e tender our heartiest thanks to Mr. Swanson for the donation of one guinea towards the swimming funds.

With the money two life-saving medals have been procured.

We .give a short summary, with dates, of the more important happenings in connection with the school during the term, in the hope that it will be both interesting and useful : Feb. 4 : Re-opened School after Christmas Holidays.

Feb. 18: New Boys' Concert.

Feb. 24-: Physical Drill Squad of a bout 50 visited Waihi and gave an exhibition .

Feb. 26 : Cricke.t match against St. Mary's.

Fen. 28: Swimming Sports held at Moturoa.

Mar. 1 : Swimming Championships decided at Corporation Baths in evening. · Mar. 4: Cricket match against Stratford.

Mar. 17 : First tennis match against masters, played on New Plymoutli Club Courts.

Mar. 23: Tennis match against New Plymouth Club.

Mar . 24-April 10: School isolated.

Mar. 26: Douglas Candy died.

Apr. 4: Second tennis match against masters, played on School Courts.

Apr. 20-23: Messrs. Moyes, Searle, and Bottrill with a party of twenty boys camped on Ranges.

Apr. 24: (Easter Monday). Physical Drill Squad of over 50 visited titratford and gave an exhibition at a Patriotic Fete.

Apr. 25: (Anzac Day). Parade a£ Cadets, who .attended combined service in Theatre.

May 2-9: Class-firing got off on miniature range.

May 7: A numoer of senior boY!' and masters attended memorial service for Harper Lepper at Lepperton Church.

May 11: Broke up for Term Holidays.

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Ff )R M 1\ VE RR GE S.

路I DO UCL AS ED WA RD CA ND Y. So poor old Dougla-s ha-s gone I Had we been aske d to nam e any boy at all likel y to fall a victi m to infa ntile para lysis , he wou ld have been one of the last sugg ested . Taki ng a keen intere st in ever ythi ng that 路c once rned the weif a.re of the scho ol, a mas ter, or othe r boy, he wa-s alwa ys read y and willi ng to help to the best of his abili ty. In footb all, in .c ricke t, in gym nasi um and in tenn is he wa-s ever io the fore. The Cam : era Club owed all its vital ity to his unti ring ener gy, whil e his bree zy chee rfuln ess and abso lute scor n of all that wa-s mea n or cont emp tible enab led him to smo oth over man y difficulties.

H e ente red the schooL in F ebru ary 1914 and was plac ed in Form Ilia . As a rew~rd f.o~. his good year 's work he was plac ed in Form V. in the begi nnin g of 1915 ; and at the begi nnin g of the pres ent year he ente red Form VIb. Abo ut the midd le of Mar ch he beca me unwe11 and afte r a few days was remo ved to the Hos pital , whe re his ca-se was diag nose d as infa ntile para lysis .

Afte r a few days ' illness he pass ed away on Sunday, Mar ch 26 . On his deat hbed he reme mbe red all of us-m aste rs and boy s-an d sent us all kind mess ages . He met his deat h with sple ndid cour age, in full possession of all his facu lties , t ill the yery last.

The school is muc h the poor er for the loss of such .as he, but we shal l neve T forg et his fine exam ple both in his life and in his deat h. It is hard to die so you ng-D oug las was only just sixt een- whe n life seem ed t<Y hold out su ch brill iant prom ises.

But the unco mpla inin g r esign ation with whic h he died assu res us that he did not die in vain .

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For m VIA .-T his form con sist of whi ch is doin g Jun ior Uni verss of two divi sion s, one and the oth er Uni vers ity Ter ms or ity ~cholars~ip wo.r k Exa min atio n wor k. Onl y the :formSem~n: ~ubhc Serv1?e the foll owi ng list :-6 3: 1 K . Bro er diVISIOn app ears m ken shir e, 78; 2 equ al C. C. Yat es and A. Rus e, 67.

For m VIB ., 63. -1 R. Kid d, 78; 2 M . Atk inso n, 73 .

For m V., 66. -1 H. Goss, 80; 2 R. For m IV. , 55. -1 C. Win fiel d, 80; Gre iner , 77.

2 E. Bou lton , 69.

For m IliA ., 63. -1 N. Wa ddle , 90; 2 C. Nob le, 84.

For m IIIB ., 57. -1 S. Tra in, 72; 2 equ al E. Bed ford , R. Wil ls, L. Hug hes , L. Rus sell , 69.

PRE PAR AT OR Y SCH OO L. For m III ., 68. -1 A. Wa lter , 83; 2 equ alS . Hay den r~nd L. Raw son , 82.

For m IIA ., 62. -1 W. Mac kay , 79; 2 P. Griffiths, 73.

For m II., 73. -1 K. Nea l, 84; 2 M. Rob erts on, 82.

For m IIB ., 62. -1 M. Lys ons , 86; 2 K. Rob inso n, 77 .

For m lA., 59.- -1 N. Mac Dia rroi d, 70; G. Wa lker , 66.

For m lB., 47. -1 C. M'N eill , 58; 2 C. Gilm our, 52.

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Thi s term has , to boa rder s at any rate , bee n noti ceable on acc oun t o:f the larg e num ber o:f new boy s who hav e come to us. The re are so man Sch ool Hou se is now alm ost who y new boy s tha t the lly occupied by them .

Also ano ther dor mit ory for Pre par fitte d up in the fron t of the hou se. ator y b~ys h as b~en a hea rty welcome to all new -com But , whi le exte ndm g ers, we who wer e here last yea r, mus t rem emb er the bo:ythen ; we wis h them eve ry succ ess s who wer e with us m wha teve r und erta kings they may be employed. . .

Nig er Hou se is also con side rabl A new dor mit ory has bee n fi.tte~ y chang~d this term . bed s hav e bee n put into dorm 1ton out, .and sevP,ral m~re es whiCh were not qmt e filled last yea r. Also a room has clas s-ro om for For m VI. A, and eve bee~ fitte d up ~s a ( ?) scho lars of this form may be ry mg ht the stud wus :found har d at thei r "sw ot."

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During exeat most of us stayed with friends or else went home, but a few of us spent the week-end at school.

Nevertheless, the stay-at-homes managed to make themselves merry. At Easter, those of us who were not invited out tramped over the ranges and round the Mountain House, via Bell's Falls. A description of this outing will be found in another part of this magazine.

One evening at Niger House we were put through a short practice at fire-drill. We were all sent into our respective dormitories and, when a bell was rung, we got out of the house as quickly and in as. orderly a manner as possible. The boys who occupied the two dorms. downstairs were not very slow in performing this feat, but the upstairs representatives were slightly slower on account Howof their having to descend via the fire-escapes. ever, although fire-drill is necessary, we hope we will never have occasion to perform in reality.

As usual we have patronised the pictures this term, and we have greatly enjoyed them. Most of us went to see "The Man who Stayed at Home" also. All enjoyed this play immensely, and it was voted an entire success.

During quarantine a great deal of work was done down the gully. At first we put in several mornings helping Mr. Ward, and later, squads went on each afternoon in shifts. Each shift worked for half-an-hour. A lot of earth was shifted in this way.

Several cricket matches were played between Niger House and School House during ou~ "internment."

Niger won two matches, as against one which School House gained . It is said that these results were due to the larger number of masters in the Niger team.

This term the gas supply at Niger has been a frequent source of trouble. Several evenings the gas has suddenly gone out, generally when some energetic sixthformer is getting into the midst of some "hefty" geometry problem. It generally has happened that, after the masters have given up in despair the idea of having a light, some would-be plumoer has managed to coax some gas through the pipes, much to the surprise of the masters, whose efforts h ad been in vain.

The Boarders' Roll for this year is as follows. Possibly, parents may be unable to recognise the names of those in whom they are interested. But a little aid from a bonrder may put matters right,

HOUSE NOTES.

Mac, Yotty alias Chas., Hamie, Lux alias Lucy, Atty (i.) alias Poodle, Ruey alias Jimmy., Deedle-Ge.e alias Geezer, Porpoise, Guy Fawkes, Pm, .Peanut 1. alias Triumph, Peanut ii., Rogger, Chesty alms Sherrybang, Flabby, Duckey, Eddy alias Peter, Prince, Pat, Beck Foxy, Barney, Sid, Pip alias Atty ii., Farmer, Casey, Ike, J?uff-puff, Grand~athe~, Suta, Gilly, ';redward alias Angehna, Tuesday, Rip ahas Rosy, Sqmt, Ray, Bill, Foxy ii., Tommy, Jackey, ~owser, Dobbey, P?ssum alias Bob, Crasty, Fergey ahas Herb, Cashey ahas Sago, Puff ii., William Henri, Campbell, Rob~ey, ~'rank足 ey, Sandfly, Awi, Dan, Pat., Gus~ey, Jack, BI~~' Honey, Jumbo, Dordie, Pad, Chemist, :i\-hke, Hoppey n., Suthy, Willy, 'Ban.

SWIMMING. At a general meeting h eld at the beginning of this term it was decided to elect a Swimming Committee, in lieu of the usual SpoTts Committee, which in the past has The Committee is to be conarranged all the sports. o-ratulated on the excellent way everything was carried ~ut and on the success of the sports. 'rhe handicap events of the annual sports were held There were so at Moturoa on Monday, February 28 . many entries this year that it was tho ught better to have a whole day at the beach th an to try to crowd all the events into two hours at the Baths. The arrangements were splendid, chiefly owing to the assistance given by A temporary platform the Harbour Board and sta:ff. was "rigged" up at the side of the wharf, so that it could From this the be raised and lowered to smt 'the tide . mces were started, the competitors swimming parallel Buoys were anchor ed to mark the with the beach.

A fairl y strong wind made t]J.e sea a little distances. choppy, but this di.d not interfere to any great extent with the swimmers, and all the events were well contested.

During the aftemoon there was a very fair attendance of Ample care was taken in the event of any spectators. of the competitors getting into difficulties through cramp or other causes, for a number of boats followed the swimmers in each race. Two events were added to last year's programme-the " Corfu Dive" and the "Greasy Boom" -both of which caused much amusement.

SWIMMINd.

Results:30 YARDS, OPEN. First Heat: M.'Hardy ii. (5sec .) 1, Ogle (4sec.) 2.

Second :I!eat: Sole 1. (4sec.) 1, C. M'Kay (2sec.) 2. Third Heat: 0 Hal_lora~ (6sec.) 1,. Hooker (6sec .) 2.

Fourth Heat: Watkms (1sec.) 1, Zmsli (6sec .) 2.

Fifth Heat: B.rooker (4sec.) 1, Blane (ose,c.) and Amor i . (4sec.) 2.

S1xth Heat: Pott (5sec.) 1 0 Carroll (4sec ) 2 F' l· Hooker 1, O'Halloran 2, S~le 3. · · ma · 3D YARDS, PREPARA'l'ORY BOYS' RACE. \Vatkins (lsec.) 1, Rawson (scr.) 2, Teed (3sec .) 3.

60 YARDS, OPEN. " !first Heat: Baylv (8sec .) 1, Brokenshire (lsec.) 2 Jiookes (lsec.) 3.

Second Heat: C. M'Kay (5sec) 1' Pott (6sec.) 2, Goss (lsec.) 3.

Third Heat: M~od' (7sec.) 1, Wyborn (scr.) 2, O'Carroll (7sec .) 3.

Fina{ Pott 1, C. M'Kay 2, Brokenshire 3. · LONG DIVE .

M'Murray and Rockel (30yds.) 1, Lucena (26yds.) 3.

30 YARDS BREAST STROKE. U'irst Heat: Saxton (3sec .) 1 Atkinson (4sec ) . 2 Sec:ond Heat : How~ll (2sec.) 1, M'Hardy i . (scr.·) 2: Thud Heat: Bryce u. (4sec.) 1, White (5sec .) 2. Fourth Heat: L . Russell (6sec.) 1, Williams i. (scr.) 2. Final· Saxton 1, Howell 2, Russell 3. · PLATE DIVING. Lucena (5) 1, Burkhardt (4) 2.

100 YARDS OPEN. Solei. (8sec.) 1, Ewing (scr.) 2, C. M'Kay (7sec.) 3.

30 YARDS BACK STROKE. Pott (3sec.) 1, Zinsli (6sec.) 2, Burkhardt (4sec .) 3 . .

20 YARDS LEARNERS ' RACE. First H eat : Ellis (4sec.) 1, Bedford (lsec.) 2, Nodder (2sec.) 3. Second Heat: C. Fookes (3sec.) 1, Pope (scr.) 2, Calder (scr.) 3. Final: Fookes 1 Ellis 2 Pope 3. ' '

SWIMMING.

GREASY BOOM. 'Wood i., Wood ii., and Thompson (equal ) 1.

200 YAUDS OPEN. Lucena (scr.) 1, Ewing (scr.) 2, Goss (5sec.) 3.

60 YARDS PREPARATORY BOYS' RACE. Watkins (scr.) 1, Rawson (scr.) 2.

30 YARDS NEW BOYS' RACE. O'Halloran (7sec.) 1, Bayly (8sec.) 2, Whittle (scr.) 3.

INTER-FORM RELAY RACE. Form VIA. 1, Form Vln. 2, Form V. 3.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS. On the evening of Wednesday, M: arch 1, the finals of the championships were decided at the baths, in the presence of a large attendance . A considerable improvement was noticeable in the swimming of the boys in comparison with previous years. H . Lucena (senior champion), C. M'Kay (jm1.ior champion), and 0. M'Hardy (under 14 champion) showecl especially good form, winning each of the races in their respective classes, though there were some clo se and exciting finishes. The officials were: Starter, M:r. \V. H. Moyes; judges, Messrs. Rockel and E. P. 'Webster; marskman, Mr . Searle; timekeepers, M:r. Greiner and Mr. J. Bennett; stewards, Messrs.

Diprose, M'Kinney, M'Donald, and Bottrill.

Dming the evening, :Messrs. Schwartz and Christiansen gave an exhibition of fancy diving and swimming, which was very much appreciated by those present . Owing to the fact that so many of our old boys are away at the front, it was decided to have only one " Old Boys' race." This was keenly contested, all the competitors being boys who have left during the last two years. The results are as follows :SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. 25 Yards.-Lucena 1, Ewing 2, M'Murray 3. Time, 17sec. . 50 Yards.-Lucena 1, M'Murray 2, Ewing 3. Time, 38sec. ·

SWtMMI NG.

100 Yards. -Lucen a 1, M'Murr ay 2, Ewing 3. Time, 1min. 23sec.

200 Yards. -Lucen a 1, Ewing 2, :iYI'Murray 3. Time, 3min . 16sec.

JUNIO R CHAM PIONS HIP. 25 Yards. -C. M'Kay 1, Goss 2, Doile 3.

17 2-5sec.

50 Yards. -C. M'Kay 1, Doile 2, Goss 3.

39 2-5sec .

75 Yards. -C. M'Kay 1, Doile 2, Goss 3.

1min. 7 2-路5sec.

Time, Time, Time,

uNDER 14 CHAM PIONS HIP. 25 Yards .-0. M'Hard y 1, Watkin s 2, Kyngdo n 3.

Time, 19 1-5sec.

50 Yards .-0. M'Hard y 1, Kyngdo n 2, Watkin s 3.

Time, 45 2:5sec.

66 Yards.- 0. M'Hard y 1, Watkin s 2, Kyngdo n 3.

Time, 1min. 0 2-5sec.

OTHER EVENT S. High Dive (finaD. -Goss 1, Broken shire 2, Wood ii. 3.

Corfu Dive (final). -M:'Ha rdy ii . 1, Hutche n i. 2.

Old Boys' Race (66yds.)- Herber t (4sec.) 1, Ho:ffm:mn (6sec.) 2, Graylin g (5sec .) 3.

Musica l Life buoys. First Heat: Smith 1, Amor i. 2.

Final: Second Heat: Broken shire ii . 1, N ewell 2.

Broken shire ii. 1, C. Smith 2, N ewell 3.

Awkwa rd Entry. -Amor i . 1, Burkha rdt 2.

Balloon Race.- First Heat: K. Broken shire 1, K .

Clemow 2. Second Heat: Candy 1, Kna.pman 2. Third Heat : William s i. 1, Moody 2. Fourth Heat : Reeves 1, Wo,od 2. Fifth Heat: White 1, Bayly 2. Final : Reeves 1, Wood i. 2, Bayly 3.

A large number entered for the long distanc e swimming, for which certifica tes are awarde d by the New Zealand Amateu r Swimm ing Associa tion . The Association awarde d three classes .of certific ates: Beginn ers' certificates , for a distanc e of a hundred yards; ordinar y certificates , for distance s from 100 yards to one mile, and certifica tes of merit, for distance s over one mile .

Cam era Club Ph oto.

HA RD GOI NG I N THE SC RUB .

NEARI NG T HE SUMMIT OF T HE R ANGES.

THE EASTER TRAMP.-I I

0 VER LOO K!X G TH E SWAMP.

SWtMMtNG.

The results were as 拢ollows,Name.

Brokenshire i. ........... .

Goss ............ ........ ... . .

Herbert .................... .

M'Kay ..................... .

Solei. . ..... .... .. ... ..... .

Fouhy ii. .. ............... .

Doile ....................... .

Lucena ......... ........... .

Moody ...................... . . Blundell .................... .

M'Hardy i. . ............. ..

Ferguson .................. .

Sturtevant ................ .

Thomas .................... .

Ewing ...................... .

Ogle ....................... ..

Bayly i. . ................. . .

Bayly ii. .. ............... ..

Tansey .................... .

Henderson ................ .

Hooker .......... ...... .... .

Greiner ................... .

WiUiams i . . .............. .

Stohr ....................... .

M'Hardy ii. . ............ ..

Knapman .... ... ... ...... ..

Burkhardt .......... ..... ..

Ducker ........... ...... .. . .

Reeves .................... .

Rawson ... ... .. ..... ... .... .

Morrison ii. .. .......... .. .

Johns, B. .. .. .. .. ... ..... ..

Wyborn ... .......

Russell, L .......

Zinsli .. . .. . .. . .. .

Phipps ....... .... .

Boon, R ... .... ...

Oallander . . . . . . . . .

Reynolds . . . . . . . . .

Brokenshire ii ...

Amor ii ...... .. .. .

W alter .. . .. .. .. ..

Pope .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .

933 900 733 66o 600 600 533 46o 333 26o 200

Distance.

3 miles 3 miles 3 miles 3 miles 1 mile 1506 yards 1 mile 1306 yards 1 mile 1240 yards 906 yards 1 mile 906 . yards 1 mile 1 mile 840 yards 373 yards 1 mile 1 mile 173 ,yards 106 yards 1 mile 1 mile 106 yards 1 mile 40 yards 1 mile 1 mile 1 mile 1 mile 1600 yards . 1533 yards 1400 yards 1333 yards 1200 .yards 1200 yards 1200 yards 1133 yards 1000 yards 1000 yards 1000 yards 1000 yards 1000 yards

yards Way .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . yards Ho well . .. . .. . .. . .. yards Morey i ........... yards Sutherland .. .. .. yards 路 Olemow i ......... yards Train i ............ yards Hamerton . . . . . . . . yards Amor i ............ yards Good .. . .. .. . .. . .. . yards Fookes ii ... ...... yards Ellis . .. .. .... .. .. .. .

933 yards 800 yards 733 yards 600 yards 600_ yards 600 yards 466 yards 333 yards 266 yards 200 yards 133 yards

SWIMMING.

30

This term classes were. formed for all thoee who could not swim. Every ev~mng one of the masters took a squad over to the Henm . As a re~ult nearly all the boys in the school are now able to swim.

The great improvement in swimming is noticeable by the fact that .a l~.rge n~mber secured passes for the different exams . m hfe-savmg.

The boarders' class was held at the Baths every Tuesday and Thursday morning, commencing at 6.30, and the day-boys' class after school on Mondays and Wednesdays.

The examination ior the proficiency and elementary certificates .was held on Wednesday, March 15, and for the medallion on Thursday, March 10 the examiners being Messrs. Stohr and Christiansen for the practical work and Dr. Wade for the theoretical work. Results of examinations :1. Teachers' and Honorary Instructor's Certificate :V. S. M'Murray.

2. :Medallion, Proficiency, Elementary :M'Hardy i.

Got>s M'Kay, C. Burkhardt Lucena Brokenshire i.

Herbert Moody Doile 3. Proficiency and Elementary : Bayly ii.

Morey i.

Johns, B. Reeves M'Hardy ii.

Grayling Zinsli Stohr Hooker Sturtevant O'Halloran Ducker Greiner Williams 1.

Blane Ogle Train i.

4. Elementary:A.mor ii.

Raw son

MOITison ii.

Sutherland

5. Medals for Life-saving (Mr. Swanson's presentation):H. H. Goss D . A . Doile

SWIMMING.

\Ve wish to thank Mr. Swanson for his kind donation of one guinea for swimming. It was decided that the ~onation should be utilised for the purpose of purchasmg two medals for the two best life-savers according to Bronze Medallion conditions . The winners were chosen during the examination on March 16.

A presentation was made to Mr. Schwartz to mark our appreciation for the valuable assistance he had r endered throughout the season, not only in our swimming but also in our life-saving classes.

Pe0TB1\LL. The popular winter game has again started. Shortly after .t he beginning of April a committee was elected and the grounds marked out, preparatory to the first game, which took place on April13 . This took the form of a "scratch" Day 路Boys v. Boarders. After a game, in which ragged play predominated, the former were victorious by 11 to 9. During the week-end following six groups were selected and practice nights allotted-the senior group practising three nights a week, all others on two occasions. The attendance at the practices, especially in the first group, was not good, shooting being responsible for the. absence of some, while colds and minor complaints accounted for others .

There is a prospect of a good senior fifteen this year.

Most of last year' s forwards are back, and this fact ensures a fairly good pack, and although the majority of ~&st. year's backs h ave left there are several promising JUniOrS. 'fhe most important match of the term was played on Thursday afternoon, May 4.

It was the first of a series of three matches which are to be played between the Day Boys and Boarders . The day was fine and the teams about evenly matched. There was not much spectacular play, but on several occasions both sides indulged in good back play.

The Boarders, through a forward rush, scored first, but later their opponents evened matters and at half-time were leading 11-5. Immediately on resuming, how ever, a convert ed try placed the Boarders again close up, but two more tries-one convertedagainst them soon placed the issue beyond doubt, Day

FOOTBALL.

32 B · ning 19- 10. For the winners Eyre (2), Terry, o;rs wm nd White scored tries, two of which Herbert Ewmg1.t'eda Goss and Atkinson accounted for the losers' conve · · case Yates addmg · · pom · t s. t h e maJOr tries, in each

1\N E11STER HeLID11Y TR11MJ?.

Since the erection of the North · Egmont Hostelry some five years ago Mount Egmont has become mo:e. and more popular as a holiday resort. Each season VISitors :flock from far and near to indulge in the delights of mountaineering and to recuperate in the clear and bracing air of the higher altitudes . Comparatively few of these, however, ever leave the beaten tracks and to them the Pouaki Ranges are almost unknown.

Most boys at the school are more or less familiar with that part of the mountain near the hostel_ry, but few ~ave gone fmther afield. It was therefore with great dehght that we hailed the news that twenty of us were to be taken for a four-days' outing at Easter . This was to be no ordinary outing, for we were to carry four days' "tucker" and a sleeping bag, and no tents were to be taken.

It was Jecided to do the first twelve miles by motorcar, and punctually at 2 p.m. on the Thursday we set o:ff in five cars for the Tanges. By 3 o'clock we were busily toiling up the ~000 feet. to our first camp, and many were the expressiOns of disgus.t as darkness came on and found us still plugging ahead. However, there is an end to all things, and shortly after dark we emerged from the bush on to a small clearing which, we were told was to serve as ·a camping g-round for the night.

Soo~ a huge fire was blazing cheerfully a~d with ~he pangs of hunger satisfied, we se~ about gathenng beddmg and erec.ting shelters for the mgbt.

Our laboms over, we have time to look about, and what a scene m eets our eyes. Nearly 4000 feet below twinkle the li(J'hts of New Plymouth and Inglewood; far away to the North stretches the _coast, with its line of silver foam past Mokau to Kawh1a; Eastward the peaks of Ruapehu' and N gauruhoe stand silhouetted against the sky, while overhead is "Heaven's ebon vault, Studded with stars unutterably bright Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls."

AN EAi>TER HOLIDAY TRAMP.

33

By 9 o'clock all were beneath the blankets, but alas, sleep came to few. 'fhe strange surroundings, the open sky above, and lust, but not least, the sharp frost reminded us that we ·were not in our usually comfortable beds, and more than one was heard to mutter "An hour before the worshipped sun Peered forth the golden window of the East, A troubled mind drave me to walk abroad."

Eight o'clock saw us with swags packed and once again on the march. By nine we were slogging through the sub-alpine scrub and drawing appreciably nearer to the summit. No sign of Egmont was visible when, suddenly topping the ridge, we beheld before us the mountain in all its glory. Even the smallest was dazzled by the beauty and grandeur of the view and, dropping our swags, we gazed in admiration and awe at this wonderful example of Nature's handiwork.

Refreshed and eager to reach the mountain itself, we resumed our journey which, for the next three hours, led us over rough tracks and through dense scrub to the edge of the large swamp separating the ranges from the mountain. This was crossed without mishap, and at 1 p.m. we arrived at the hut on the Bell's Falls track. The afternoon was spent at the Falls themselves and in bathing in the Stony River.

The hut was in anything but an inviting state, and as ''The very rats Instinctively had quit it! " we decided once again for the open air. Remembering, however, our experience of the previous night, we set about erecting shelters that would protect us more effectively from the cold. An hour was spent in collecting woorl to last t.h e night thro.ugh , and so comfortable were we in our temporary dwellings that it was eight o'clock in the morning before anyone could be enticed to leave the blankets.

34

AN EASTER HOLIDA Y · TRAMP.

After a most enjoyable day, spent in seeing the Waiwakaiho Gorge and other spots of interest , we reached the North Egmon t Hostelr y at 4 p.m. Rere we decided to put in the night in the comfor table bunks provide d at the old Mounta in House. It was well we did so, for Sunday mornin g broke cold and wet. Nothin g daunted , we started o:ff to "hump our blueys" over the 19 miles to the school, which we reached wet and bedragg led, but not down-h earted, at 5.30 p.m.

TENN IS NeTE S. For the past few years we have been playing tennis under difficulties, but this term has seen our drawba cks ·r emoved , for we now have two good courts at our disposal. This second one was comple ted during the period of quarant ine, and althoug h it is not, as yet, what one can call a perfect court, we hope to improve it by constant attentio n.

As several of the old Tennis Commi ttee had left, another election was held, with the result that the committee now consists of the followi ng membe rs :-Mr. Searle (Chairm an), Calland er (Secret ary), Yates, Lucena , and Hamert on.

Squads have been at work on both courts during the term, and their efforts have been amply rewarde d, for we can now enjoy a game of tennis without wasting our breath and energy in chasing the balls which would go through or · under the netting .

The club has purchas ed a handsom e ladder, which will be placed in a promin ent position in the gymnas ium.

The idea of compet ition has imbued the membe rs with a desire for practice , with the result that both courts have b een const antly in use. Append ed are the first eight on the ladder : -Y a tes, A tkinson i., Hamert on, Hi ne, M':M:urray, Reeves, Atkinso n ii., Bryce i.

We have played two matche s, both 'agains t the Mast ers, and we received a sound beating in each. But althoug h the scores show heavily against us, everybo dy concern ed thoroug hly enjoyed the games.

We take this opportu nity of thankin g the New Plymou th Club :for their kindnes s in allowin g us the use o:f their courts :for one match.

TENNIS NOTES.

35 The followin g are the scores o:f the first match, which was played on Saturda y, March 11!-

MAS'rE RS

V.

BOYS.

SINGL ES. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

Masters .

Ryder ... ....... .....

Rockel ......... .....

Bot trill .............

Searle ·· ····· ···· ···· Diprose ·········· ·· · M oyes ....... ....... .

M'Kinn ey M'Dona ld ·· ····· ··· ··········

9 v.

9 V. 9 V. 7 v.

9 v.

9 V.

9 9

V.

v.

Boys.

Yates ····· ····· ·· ····· ·· Hamert on ·· ··· ········ · M'Murr ay . ..... .... ...

Reeves ···· ··· ·· ·· ··· ··· · Bryce ··· ····· ··· ······ ·· Candy ········ ·· ··· ······ Wyborn ·· ········· ···· Calland er ... ...........·

1 0

3 9 0 5 2 6

DOUBL ES. Messrs. Ryder and Rockel 9, v. Yates and Hamert on 2 .

Messrs. Bottrill and Searle 9, v. M'Murr ay and Reeves 1.

Messrs. Diprose and Moyes 9, v. Bryce and Candy 2.

Messrs. M'Kinn ey and M'Dona ld 9, v. Wyborn and Calland er 2.

Results : Masters ... . ... . .. ... ..... .. ... . 106 games.

Boys . ... .......... . . .......... . 33 games.

The second match, which was played while we were in quarant ine, was not such an overwh elming vi ctory £or the Masters , as the followin g scores show :-

Mr. :M:r. :Mr. Mr. l\f.r.

Mr.

SINGL ES. Masters .

Boys.

Bottrill ...... ...... 9 V . Yates ·· ········ ······· ··· Diprose ............. 6 y . At kin son ... ....... .....

Searle ·········· 9 V Hamert on ············ ·· ······ Moyes .. .... .... ..... 4 V . Hine . ............. ..... ..

M'Kinn ey .......... 10 V . M':Mur ray ....... ..... ..

M'Dona ld ., ........ 9 v . Reeves

··· ·· ·····

2 9 1 9

8 5

. TENNIS NOTES.

DOUBLE S. Messrs. Bottrill and Diprose 9, v. Yates and Atkinson 4.

Messrs. Searle and Moyes 9, v. Ha.merton and Hine 6.

Messrs. M'Kinne·y and M'Donald 9, v. M'Murray and Reeves 6.

Totals: Singles :. Masters, 47 games; Boys, 34 games . . Dpubles: Masters, 2i games; Boys, 16 games.

HiQH SCHOOL MASTER S v. NEW PLYMOU TH. SINGLES . · School.

New Plymouth .

Mr. Ryder ······· ······· · 9 V. Mr. F. Robertson ...

Mr:· Rockel ··· ··········· 9 V. Mr. Davies ...........

Mr. Both·ill ············· 9 v. Mr. Simpson ..........

Mr. Moyes ............... 6 V. Mr. Stainton .......... ·Mr. Searle ............... 8 V . Mr. Nicoll ............

Mr. Diprose ............. . 3 V . Mr. Stock er ··········

4 3 8 9 9 9

DOUBLE S. Messrs. Ryder and Rockel 9, v. Messrs. Robertson and Davies 6.

Messrs. Bottrill and Diprose 9, v. Messrs. Robertson and Stacker 7.

Messrs . · Moyes and Searle 9, v. Messrs. Nicoll and Stocker 7.

Totals: Masters ............. ........... 81 games.

New Plymouth ............. .. 62 games.

eRH!K BT Nf'TBS. . Cricket has, this season, suffered many drawback s.

First, up · until the last tliree weeks of the term, the weather has been entirely unsuitable for it, and secondly, the· ·town clubs have been so depleted by men going to the front' that a great difficulty has been found in arranging any matches at all.

SERGT. A. MATT HEWS.

CORP.

C.

HAMBLYN.

SERGT. -MAJOR

J.

BULLARD .

CRICKET NOTES.

37

Early in the tenn a meeting of the North Taranaki Cricket Association was held, at wliich the High School Club was represented by Mr. Bottrill and Monteath.

At this meeting the Association decided that, as so many cricketers have gone to do their share at the Dardanelles, there would be no regular fixtures this season.

However, to keep cricket alive in Taranaki, it was pro 路 posed that the different clubs should amalgamate and should arrange to play a series of friendly matches with qne another. 'l'his h as been done, and towards the end of the term we have had several very enjoyable ma'tches.

It is worthy of note that two old boys, L. C. Richards and D. Paterson, who were formerly members of the first eleven, have kindly donatecl. cricket caps to the team.

It is very encouraging to us to find that the old boys take such a keen interest in our doings, and this act of generosity is highly appreciated by one and all of us.

Mr. Hutton very kindly offered a prize for the boy who made the highest seore this season. This was won

by Monteath, who made 60 not out .

M':M:urray was runner-up, with 59 not out.

L. C. Richards has rendered invaluable help as a coach for the Preparatory School. He has ungrudgingly given up a great deal of his spare time to this object, and the Cricket Committee tender their sincere thanks to him for this service.

On Thursday, November 25, the first cricket match of the season was played on the High School grounds, when the School played the :Masters. Following are the detailed scores : MASTERS. :M:r. :M:oyes, c. and b . :M:':M:urray 39 Mr. Ry.der, b. H. Hughes 18 Mr . M'Kinney, b . Monteath 3 llfr. :M:'Donald, not out 18 Mr. Diprose, run out 11 Mr. Bottrill, b. Monteath 13 Mr. Searle, l.b.w., b . L. Hughes 18 2 h C. Richards, l.b.w ., b. Monteath Mr. Rockel, b. Monteath 0 Mr. Balham, c. H. Hughes, b. Monteath 3 12 Extras Total

... 137

CRlCKET NOTES.

CRICKET NOTES.

13owling analysis.-Monteath, five wickets for 46 r uns; H. Hughes, one for 25; L . Hughes, one for 18; Oliver, none for 15; M'Murray, one for 29 .

SCHOOL. 0 V. S. M'Murray, b . Mr. Ryder ...

0 H. Hughes, b. Mr. Moyes 38 R. Monteath, b. Mr. M'Kinney ...

41 P. S. Oliver, c. Richards, b. Mr. Moyes 4 L. Hughes, c. Richards, b. Mr. M'Kinney 17 C. C. Yates, run out 0 H. Goss, c. Mr. Ryder, b. Mr. Bottrill 4 Alexander, c. Richards, b. Mr. Bottrill 3 Atkinson, st. Richards, b . Mr. Bottrill 9 L. Eyre, not out 1 A. Hughes, b . Mr. Bottrill 17 Extras

... 134 Total Bowling analysis.-Mr. Moyes, two wickets for 29 runs; Mr. Ryder, one for 18; Mr. Searle, none for 16; Mr. M'Kinney, two for 24; Mr. Bottrill, four for 30.

On December 3 the Boys challenged the Masters. a return match, and this time defeated them by a margm of 34 runs. 'fhe 楼asters won the toss and elected to bat.

In their tally of 109 the highes~ scor~r was Mr. Bottrill with 30 runs. The boys rephed w1th a score of 143 ' to which Monteat.h contributed 44 runs and M'Mur~路ay 34 runs. The best bowling average for the day was that of D. Hughes, who obtained seven wickets for 38 runs. Mr. Searle, for the Masters, got four wickets ' for 35 runs . Detailed scores:MASTERS. 1 Mr. Moyes, c. and b. D. Hughes ...

14 :Mr. Ryder, c. 路Alexander, b. Monteath 5 Mr. M'Kinney, b. D. Hughes 30 Mr. Bottrill, l.b.w., b. D. Hughes 1 Mr . Searle, b. D. Hughes .. .

19 Mr . M'Donald, b. D. Hughes ... . ..

15 Mr. Diprose, c. M'Murray, b. D. Hughes ...

4 Mr. Rockel, c. L. Hughes, b . D. Hughes ...

12 Mr . Hutton, not out 0 Mr. Balham, b. Monteath 1 Hine, run out 7 Extras Total

... 109

39

Bowling analysis.-Monteath, two wickets for 17 runs; D. Hughes, seven for 38; M'Murray, none for 33; L. Hughes, none for 16.

BOYS. D. Hughes, b. Mr. Ryder .Monteath, b. Mr. Bottrill :NI'Murray, b . Mr. Searle L. Hughes, b. Mr. Searle Herbert, b. Mr. Searle Pox, b . Mr. Bottrill Atkinson, run out Alexander, b . Mr. Searle Eyre, c. Mr. Ryder, b . Mr. Moyes Bruce, not out Extras Total

6 44

34 7

14 4

12 0 7 2

13 ... 143

Bowling analysis.-Mr. Ryder, one wicket for 35 nuu;; Mr . Moyes, one for 30; Mr. Bottrilll. two for 31;

Mr. Searle, four for 35 :

NEW PLYMOUTH-LAW v. UNITED SERVICEHIGH SCHOOL .

Local cricketers played the first game of the season on Saturday, December 4, when New Plymouth-Law combined defeated United Service-High School by 83 runs. The chief score in the winners' total of 198 was made by Heskett with a fine contribution of 140. His innings was not chanceless, but for an opening day it was a great performance, including four 6's and twentythree 4 路s. For the other side Mon tea th (High School) was unbeaten with 60 runs out of 115, made by very good cricket. Fourteen boundaries were included in his tally. Ingram in three hits scored 13, two being 6's- a lofty hit to the road and one to the terraces. Heskett with six wickets for 56 c~rried o:ff the bowling honours .

CRICKET NOTES. CRICKET NOTES.

Detailed scores :NEW PLYMOUTH-LAW .

Bewley, b. Bain .

Heskett, run out Stainton, c. Ingram, b. Colvile Lawrey, b. Colvile .. .

Elliot, run out Hughes; c. Mr. Bottrill, b. Bain .. .

Lash, c. Colvile, b. Bain Spooner, c. Bain, b. Mackay Shepherd, not out Extras

0

140 20 0 4

12 12 4

0 8

... 200 Total Bowling analysis.-Monteath. none for 18; Bain, three for 67; Col vile, two for 42; Os borne, none for 58; Mackay, none for 5.

SERVICE-SCHOOL. Colvile, b. Heskett Bain, b . Elliot ~Ionteath, not out Mr . Bottrill, c. Elliot, b. H eskett Osborne, b . Heskett Mackay, c. Stain ton, b. Heskett ...

Shepherd, b . Heskett ...

Ingram, c. Heskett, b. Lash E. JJash, b . Heskett Extras

2 6

60 14 0 0 0

HIGH SCHOOL. M'Murray, not out .. . :M:onteath, c. Goss, b. Bain :M:r. Bottrill, l.b.w., b. Heskett .. . )lr. Ryder, b. Bain D . Hughes, b . Hesltett Mr. M'Kinney, o. Heskett ...

L, Hughes, b. Bain Mr. Searle, st. Stainton, b. Heskett Mr. M'Donald, b. Heskett Atkinson, st. Siainton, b. Haseli ..

Alexander, st. Stainton, b. Hasell ...

Extras .. .

Total

... 115 Total Bowling analysis.-Heskett, six wickets for 56 runs; Lash, one for 20; Elliot, one for 32.

HIGH SCHOOL v. TOWN TEAM. A very enjoyable game of cricket was played on th< High School ground on Thursday, December 10, when tlJe School team scored a victory over a fairly strong town team by six runs . The groun_d was in fine order, the outfield being particularly good. High School, captained by Monteath, went first to the wickets , and scored 128, thanks mainly to a fine innings by :M:'Murray, who went in first and was undefeated at the finish w1th 59,

59

3 14 2 6 0 11 0 4 0

10 19 ... 128

Bowling analysis .-.tieskett, five wickets for 34 nms; Hasell, two for 16 路 Bain three for 35; Nicoll, none for 8; :i\-foore, none fo~ 7. '

13 12 8

41

For the town tea~, Hasell (43) and Nicoll (30) did the bulk of the scormg, though Fairbrother (16) made a The galla_nt effort to snatch the match out of the fire. bowlmg honours of the day went to Heskett and D .

Hughes. Detailed S'Cores :-路

TOWN .

H eskett, b. D. Hughes .. .

Bain, b. D. Hughes Hasell, c. and b. Mr. Bottrill Nicoll, c. L. Hughes, b. Mr. Bottrill Moore, l.b.w., b. Mr. Both路ill Pi~kering, c. M':M:urray, b . D. Hughes FaHbrother, b. D. Hu(}'hes Bass, b. D. Hughes o ...

Stainton, not out Extras Total

7

14 43 30

0 1 16 0 1

10 ... 122

Bowling an~lysis.-D. Hughes, five wickets for 45 runs; :M:r. Bottnll, three fo:t; 23; :M:onteath, none for 24; Mr. Ryder, none for 20.

CRICKET NOTES.

CRICKET NOTES.

TOWN TEAM v. HIGH SCHOOL .

Saturday , Decembe r 16, was an ideal day ~or cricket, and an enjoyabl e game was played at the H1gh School between a New Plymout h team and the School eleven.

School batted :first and succeede d in reaching the century. Mr. Bottrill (38) was top scorer, the only others to make double :figures being L. Hughes and Mr. M'Kinne y. The contribu tion of "Mr. Extras" (20) was a very handy one. Osborne (four for 17) and Heskett (four for 35) were the best bowlers. The town team's first wicket fell with no runs up, and the second at 18.

Heskett and Bewley then became associate d and carried the score to the hal£-cen tury, then past the School total to l10. Heskett was finally caught by Oliver o:ff D .

Hughes, after a good innings of 66 runs (includin g ten 4's) whilst Bewley retired with a well-play ed 49.

Osb~rne, Mackay and Shepherd also batted, Mackay' s score includin g a sixer o:ff ]'o:s:. The only School bowlers to capture wickets were D. Hughes and Monteat h, no less than eight of the eleven being given a turn at tn,e bowling- crease . The final New Plymout h score was 176.

Detailed scores :HIGH SCHOOL .

Mr. Bottrill, b. Osborne M'Murra y, c. Hughes, b. Colvile Monteat h, b. Os borne ...

Oliver, b. Osborne Yates, run out D. Hughes. b. H eskett ...

L. HuO'hes, not out .. . .. .

Mr. MPKinney, c. Anderso n, b. H eskett ...

Quilliam , st. Stainton , b. H eskett Alexand er, b. Os borne Fox, b. H eskett Extras Total

38 2 8

i:i

0 3 12 10

0 0 1 20

... 100

Bowling analysis .-Osbor ne. four wic~ets for 17 runs; H eskett, four for 35; Colv1le, one for 27; Bewley, none for 3.

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NEW PLYMO UTH. Stainton , run out Heskett, c. Oliver, b . Hughes .. .

Colvile, c. ¥r. M'Kinne y, b. Monteat h Bewley, retued ... ...

Osborne , c. Mr. M'Kinne y, b. Hughes Mackay, retired ...

Shepher d, retired Extras ...

0 66 ll 49 4 19 12 15

Total for seven wickets . . . 176 Bowling analysis .-D. Hughes, two wickets for 45 runs; Monteat h, one for 39; Mr . M.'Kinne y, none for 25· Mr. Bottrill, none for 26; Oliver, none for 2; L. Hughes: none for 10; Fox, none for 8; M'Murra y, none for 7.

First Term, 1916.

The cricket season has now drawn to a close, and, although the follower s of the game have enjoyed exceptionally fine weather througho ut, the season has not been the success of former years. While this great war is having its grim and terrible innings, it reflects much credit upon the patriotis m of Taranak i clubs that they have been unable to find a sufficient number of good men to form a strong team. Hence there have been no competitions , no exciting fini shes; and the few matches we have indulged in have been against purely scratch teams.

The last game we were to have played was to have been against Inglewo od; but owing to the sad death of one of our number, and the ensuing quaranti ne of the School, the match had to be abandon ed. Altogeth er the School has played only six outside matches , four against local elevens, one ag~iJ?.st Stra~ford District J;Iigh School, and one agamst the ~1korafi:g1 team; but th1s deficiency has be.en made up by mcreasm g the number of inter-for m and p1ck-up matches among ourselve s.

Despite the numerou s disadvan tages attendan t upon the season's play so~e very good results have been secured. Among the batsmen , M'Murra y stands out promine nt with the excellent average for the season of 26.6, while Monteat h is not far behind with 23.4.

Two bowlers have shown marked ability. Fox's slow bowling has secured for him an average of one wicket for 3.5 runs, and he should certainly be congratu lated upon his achievem ent while Terry's fast "yorker s" worked out at one wicket for 3 runs.

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CRICKET NOTES

The following . are the season's averages:Batting.

Bowling.

S. M'Murray .............. .

26.6 6.4 R. Monteath .............. . 23.4 4.3 C.. Yates .................. .. . · 17 P. Oliver ....... .. ........ ..

15.7 17 A. Hughes . ...... .. .......... ·. 16.1 25 L . Hughes . ........ .. ...... ..

8.5 41 W. Alexander .... .. ...... .

6.6 M. Atkinson .............. .

7.5 7.2 R. Fox ............... .. .. .. ..

3.5 N. Fookes ............... ... .

6 1 H. Goss ................... ..

5.7 3 J . T~rry; ....... .. .......... .

4.5 3.5 . W . . Ewi:o,g ................. .

4.2 L. Eyre .... ...... ........... .

5.2 D. Hughes ................ ..

3.8 9.1 A. Bruce .... .. ............ ..

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'fhe following were two of the most interesting matehes :NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL v. STRATFORD DISTRICT HlGH SCHOOL. ..

The Stratford District High School eleven came to New Plymouth on Saturday, and played a match with the boys of the local High School on the School grounds.

New Plymouth batted first and made 98, Yates 23, Oliver 19, .and M'Mur.ray 13 being the principal scorers . Steph!;)nson, M'Donald and Coutts did most of the bowling for Stratford. 'fhe visitors, in their turn with the bat, hit up only 58, Lawn, Coutts, and Stephenson obtaining double figures. All the New Plymouth bowlers did good work. Stratford had another strike, this time making 48 for five wickets. Det ailed scores:NEW PLYMOUrl'H HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings .

Oliver, run out M'Murray, c. and b. Coutts Yates, c. Auld, b. Coutts Goss, c. Lawn, b . Stephen son Terry, c. ~l'Dona]d , b. Stephenson Ewing•, c. Tatton, b. Stephens0n

19 13 23 9 5 0

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CRICKET NOTES

Atkinson, b. M'Donald ... ..

Fox, not out Wyborn, b. M'Donald ...

Wood, c. Tattoo, b. M'Donald Candy, c. Lawn, b . Tattoo Extras

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3 7 2 0 9 8

98 Total Bowling analysis.路-M'Donald took three wickets for 30 runs; Coutts, two for 24; Wright, none for 4; Tatton, one for 17; Stephenson, three for 16.

STRA'l'l!'ORD DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. 'l'atton, b. Fox M'Donald, b. Fox Coutts, c. M'Murray, b. Oliver Lawn, b. Oliver Steplienson, b. Terry Auld, c. Ewing, b. :Fox Wright, b . Fox Stoddart, c. Oliver, b . Terry Connel, b. M'Murray Clare, c. Ewing, b. M'Murray Harkness, not out Extras

9 4 12 16

10

2 0 2 2 0 0

1

58 Total Bowling analysis.-Terry, two wicke~s for 12 runs; Fox, four for 24; Oliver, two for 15; M'Murray, two for 0.

Second Innings.

Connel, c. 'l'erry, b . Fox Stoddart, c. Yates, b. M'Murray ...

Lawn, b . Goss M'Donald, b. Fox Coutts, b. Fox Tatton, not out Wright, not out Extras ...

Total :for five wickets

3 3 6 5

8 7 15 1

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CRICKET NOTES.

CRICKET NOTES .

Bowling analysis.-M'Murray, one wicket for 4 runs; Fox, three ior 14; Terry, none for 9; Goss, one for 9; Yates, none for 14.

-Taranaki Herald.

ST. MARY'S v. HIGH SCHOOL. A match was played on Saturday between St. Mary's and a High School eleven, on the School grounds. School batted first, and made 75, M'Murray (25) and Mr. Moyes (17) being the only double-figure scorers. Several of the other batsmen shaped promisingly, but could make little headway against the trundling, Monteath capturing five wickets for 14 runs and Osborne three for 11. St. Mary's made a good start, 52 being hoisted for the loss of three wickets, but with eight down for 71 the game was fairly open. Os borne put the issue beyond doubt, however, hitting up 25 not out, the final score being 114-a win for St. Mary's by 39 runs. Robertson (24), Weston (20), The Colvile (12) and Robb (11) made double figures. best of the School bowlers was Fox (five ior 37), a slow bowler who should improve as he grows older. Mr. Moyea bowled 13 overs and secured three wickets at a cost of 42 runs. The visiting players were entertained at afternoon tea. Scores:HIGH SCHOOL. Mr. Moyes, b. Elliott M'Murray, b. Monteath Mr. Bottrill, run out Oliver, c. Mackay, b. Osborne Mr. M'Kinney, l.b.w., b. Monteath Fox, b. Monteath Mr. :MacDonald, c. and b. Osborne Mr. Searle, b. Monteath Goss, c. Osborne, b. Monteath Terry, b. Osborne Ewing, not out Extras Total

17 25 0 5 4 0

3 1 0 6 0 14

75

Bowling analysis .-Elliott, one wicket for 24 runs; Colvile, none for 12; Monteath, five for 14; Os borne, three for 11.

ST. MARY'S. .. .

W eston, b. 路 J?ox .. .

Bewley, b. Mr. Moyes .. .

Robertson, c. Mr. Searle, b Fox .. . .. . .. .

Monteath, b. Fox .. . .. . .. .

Mackay, b. Fox Rev. Colvile, c. Mr. Searle, b. Mr. Moyes ... .. . . .. . ..

Os borne, not out Elliott, b. Fox Dinniss, b. Mr. Moyes Robb, c. and b. Terry Hill, c. Mr. Searle, b. M'Murray Extras .. .

Total

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20

2 24 4 6 12 25 0 1 11 0 9 ... 114

Bowling ana~ysis . -Mr. Moyes, three wickets for 42 ru?s; Mr. M'Kmney, none for 13; Fox, five for 37; M Murray, one for 10; Terry, one for 1.

- 'l'aranaki Herald.

(21\MERll

eLUB,

The pres~n~ ~erm has witnessed a large increase in the numbers JOmmg the club, which has now an active m~mbership of nearly sixty. It is hoped that still more w11l be added to the list after the holidays.

Al~h.ough the yuarantine interfered with the monthly competitiOns, much good work has been done and no less t~an 127 ent~ies were received for the end term competition. As w1ll be seen from our illustrations some of the photos entered were hy no means bad and the work was a distir~et improvement on that handed in in the pa~t.

J. C..Wyborn and R. Scown deserve special mention. A pleasmg feature of the competition was that a large number of beginners sent in entries.

As usual post-cards of the school have been on sale during the term and in consequence of the efforts of the committee the club's funds have benefited considerably.

As. the competition for the term was a seascape, most of the Jaunts taken by members have been to the seaside.

A few members, however, joined the camping party at Easter, and the results of their e:fforts appear in this

JH~mber.

CAMERA CLUB.

'fhe result o£ the competition was as follows:Senior: First, J. C. Wyborn .

Second, W. Ewing.

Junior: First, D. Denny-Brown.

Second, S . Alleman.

Beginners: First, R. Scown.

Second, C. Ducker.

It was with d~ep regr.et that members o£ the club learnt of D. E. Candy's death. .As secretary of t~e club he had been unsparing in his efforts to :place. It ?n a sound footinO' and it was mainly due to his enthusiasm and hard wor"'k that the membership increased so largely.

We take this opportunity of extending to his parents and friends our deepest sympathy.

Candy's position as secretary has been filled by Goss, . while the committee now consists of J. C. Wyborn, W. Ewing and I. Guild.

1\GRieULTURE. On our return to school at the beginning o£ this year we were presented with the ~airly formidable ta~k of puttinO' our five acres o£ plots mto thorough workmg order ag;in after the free hand .which 1?-ad been gr~nted to the weeds, insect pests and wmd durmg the Chnstmas vacation.

The work, however, has been made somewhat easier owing to the large increase in the number of boys taking the agricultural course, a ?-umber which, at the beginning of the term, totalled thuty.

The season has on the whole been a very good one for the cereal crops, but owing to the continued dry weather the root crops suffered, and we have been somewhat disappointed with the results of the manurial tests on the swedes which were carried out.

The following results may be of some interest to our readers:' Area A, consisting of nine plots each of 1-20th of an acre, which were sown in temporary forage crops.

Plot 1: Egyptian Peas and Ligowa. Oats . Manure: 5cwt. Limestone per acre apphed early, Hcwt.

Super, 1cwt. Bonemeal, ~cwt . Sulphate of Potash per acre applied at the time of sowing. A~­ thouO'h the birds were very troublesome, a fau crop"' resulted, the peas showing excellent growtl•.

AGRICULTURE.

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Plot 2: Maori Chief Potatoes. ·:Manure, 1!cwt.

Bonemeal, 2cwt. Super, 1cwt. Sulphate of Potash, .1cwt. Dried Blood, 40lb. Sulphate of Ammoma per acre. The condition of the soil was ~uch as to prevent good growth, the ground beu;tg weedy and the depth of ploughing insuffiCient. The c.rop was sprayed several times with Bordea~x 1hx:tu,re, and was . remarkably free from bhght.

The development of the haulms was excellent, but the tubers were very poor.

Plot 3: Soya Beans. ';J'he germination of this ploi; was so poor that It was decided to utilise the pl?t fo_r a T.u rnip Variety. Test.. T~e following lll:anunal. mndure was dnlled m with the turnips, whiCh were sown on ridges: 2cwt. Super, 1 2cw ~. B?ner~eal, ~cwt . Dried Blood p.a. The germmahon m nearly all the varieties was excellent, ~ut the "fly" played havoc with the plants. rhe plants were fairlv free from Clubroot, 5cwt. Ground Limestone per acre having been applied previously. Although the Swedes w.ere httle affected by "rot," the White Turmps suffered badly in this respect. Summary of results obtained:TURNIP VARIETY TEST. Season 1915-1016 .

1 2 2 4 4 6 7 7 9 10 11 12 · 12 14 14 14 14 18

...

Champion Swede Purple Top Mammoth--Var. A Purple 'fop Mammot.h·-·Y ar. B Skirving' s Swede ...

Garton's Superlative-Var. A Superlative Swede-Var. A Hurst's Crimson King Monarch Swede ...

Green Globe Turnip-·Var . A Garton's Superlative-Var. B Hurst's Devon Graystone ... ·Hurst' s Monarch Swede .. . . ..

Green Top Yellow Aberdeen-Var. A Hurst's Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Hurst's Purple T~p Mammoth ...

Garton's Hardy Green Globe Turnip Green Top Aberdeen Garton's Acme Swede

Tonnage per acre.

39.04 34.43 34.43 32.86 32.86 29.76 28.17 28.17 25.04 23.47 21.91 19.34 19.34 12.52 12.52 12.52 12.52 7.82

AGRICUL'l'URE.

Plot 4: ·:Maize Varieties. Manurial mixture: !cwt.

Bonemeal, lcwt. Supe1: ., lcwt. Dried Blood, ~cwt. Sulphate Potash, lOlb. Sulphur per acre.

A good crop resulted, excellent forage results being obtained, while the cobs which were allowed to ripen showed very fair development. 'rhe following varieties were employed in the test: Iowa Silver Mine, Craig Mitchell, Large White, Kendall's Early Giant Sweet-Corn, Victoria Red, and Chester County Mammoth Maize.

Plot 5: Vilmorin's Purple Sprouting Broccoli. The seed was sown in a frame, and the plants afterwards transplanted.

This variety grew to a height of 3ft. 6in., was not affected by the fly, and developed a fair amount of forage.

It is intended to continue taking cuttings from it throughout the winter months.

Plot 6. Melilotus Alba. Manure: 5cwt. Limestone applied ea1-ly, and 2!cwt. Super., 2~cwt . Blood and Bone, and 00lb. Sulphat~ of Potash. Germination was very good, but the colour of the plants was variable, the dark green colour due to good nodule development being present only in small patches.

The crop was cut several times and fed to animals, which did not seem to relish it as forage .

Plot 7: Chou Moellier. In half the plot the seed was drilled in in rows, while in the other half the plants were transplanted. Man.ure: 3cwt.

Bonemeal, 2cwt. Super., !cwt. Dned Blood, ~cwt. Sulphate of Potash.

The plants did not gTow to as great. a height as usual , the av~rage in this plot being 4£t.

There was practwally no difference between the plants transplanted and those sown in drills.

A fair amount of forage has been taken off the plot, several purple varieties showin g to much better advantage than the green.

Plot 8: Curled Couve Trouchoda. Tliis va1:iety o£ cabbaooe was sown and treated m the same "'way as the Chou ~ioelli~r. The results seem to show that th1s vanety does not compare favourably with Chou Moellier or ~he Sprouting B:rocco1i, the lea£ development bemg poor in comparison.

AGRICULTURE.

5l Plot 9: Mangolds-J ersey Queen. Manure: 2cwt.

Slag and lcwt . Salt worked in before transplanting, 2cwt. Super, lcwt. Sulphate o£ Potash, and lcwt. Sulphate of Ammonia, applied at the time of transplanting. The development of the plants on the whole was very good, the majority of the roots being sound. 'l'he weight per acre has not yet been determined, but the average weight of 30 roots taken from one row was 10.6lb. per root.

A manurial test for Swedes was carried out on a plot of one quarter of an acre, but the plants suffered so badly from the "fly" that no accurate results could be determined from the experiment. Sulphur was used in some of the mixtures, but it did not appear to be of any value as a manure, nor as a protection against the fly.

A test under more .favourable conditions would, however, determine more definitely the value o£ Sulphur as a manure for Swedes.

The Timothy Selection Plot, from which it is hoped to obtain some improved types of 'rimotby by selection, has progressed very favourably.

Most of the plants reached 4ft. in height, and some 4£t. 6m., while the quality of herbage was excelleJ:!t.

The seed from the most promising varieties was gathered and is being sown in another portion of the plot. Several of the plants show a much better winter growth of forage than others .

The Permanent Pasture Plots, which suffered badly at the end of last year at the time o£ sowing, have been reploucrhed and sown again . We are hoping for better treatm~nt from the weather this time.

LIBR11RY N0TES. The election held at the beginning of the term resulted in the following committee being elected:Mr. Searle (chairman), R . Wilson, M. Atkinson, E. Hamerton, J. ·Hine, E . 'ransey, L. Bryce, and S. Drake.

We take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation of the splendid work done by R. Wilson, who resi&'ned in the middle of the term, his place on the committee being filled by J. Wyborn. At a subseg_uent. meeting o£ the committee S. Drake was elected hbranan and L. Bryce assistant librarian.

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LIBRARY

NOTES .

Owing to the great number of new books it was found that two new ,b ookcases were necessary. However, the Board came to our aid and kindly presented them, as well as two new forms, to us.

The number of books in the library has now grown from .200 to 1000.

Consequently, it has been found advisable to adopt a new system of classification, which will enable continual intercalation of divisions and single topics to be carried on. The main classes are distinguished by the first eleven letters of the alphabet, and are arranged thus :-A, Sciences; B, Useful Arts; C, Fine and Recreative Arts; D, Social and Political Science; E, Philosophy and Religion; F, History and Geography; G. Biography and Correspondenc e; H. Language and Literature; J. Poetry and Drama; K, Prose Fiction; L, :Miscellaneous. .

It is a pleasing fact that the day-boys are beginning to take more iuterest in the library, there being- about . twenty day-boy members.

During the term the average number of books read : per boy was 10.2. This shows a very great increase on .the number read in previous terms, and it is to be hoped that next term will see this average maintained.

The following new books have been added to the library this term:路 Science.-Plan ts of New Zealand (Laing), Palaeontology (Wood), Geology of New Zealand (Marshall), New Zealand Flora, 2 vols.

(Cheeseman), The Atmosphere (Archibald), The Weather (Chambers), The Solar System (Chambers), A P.iece of Coal (Martin), Astronomy for Amateurs (Camille Flammarion), Eclipses (Chambers), The River Amazons (Bates), Geology (Geikie).

Useful. Arts.-Motorin g (Berriman), Motor Cycles and How to Manage Them, The Motor Manual, Hints and Tips to Motorists, Aircraft in War (Bruce), Fruit-tree and Grape-vine Pruning (Quinn), Soils (Fletcher), Dairying in Australasia (O'Callaghan) , Milk and Dairy Products (Barthel), F ertilisers and Manures (Hall), The Soil (Hall) , Forage Crops (Shaw), Dairying (Sheldon), The Pruning of Fruit-trees (Moody) , How to Make a Dynamo (Crofts).

TPR. G. SALWAY. SAPPER. I, HOWELL.

SERGT. R. BROKENSHIRE. LANCE-CORP. E, D. CoLSoN.

LiBRA RY =NOTE S.

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Fine and Recre ative Arts. -The Comp lete Rugbx Footb aller (Galla her and Stead) , On the Courts and Off (Wild ing), Jubile e Book of Cricke t (Ranj itsinh ji), The Comp lete Lawn Tenni s Playe r (Myer s), 'l'he Comp lete Amateur Boxer (Lync h), 'rhe Comp lete Photo graph er (Bayly ), Scout ing for Boys (Bade nPowel l), Stamp Collec ting (Willi ams), Knotting and Splici ng (Haslu ck), 1915 Cricke ters' Alman ack, How to Take and Fake Photo graph s (Holla nd).

Social and Politic al Scien ce.-W hat a Young Boy Ough t to Know (Stall) , The People of the Abyss (Jack Londo n).

Philos ophy and Relig ion.-T he Roma nce and Legen d of Chiva lry (Hope Moncr ieff), Myths o拢 Babyl onia and Assyr ia (Mack enzie) , Classi c .Myth and Legen d (Hope Moncr ieff), Teuto nic Myth and Legen d (Mack enzie) , Egypt ian ~lyth and Legen d (Mack enzie) , Indian Myth and Legen d (Mack enzie) , Celtic Myth and Legen d (Squir e).

Histor y and Geogr aphy . - Pione ers in India, Pione ers in Tropic al Ameri ca, Pione ers in Austra lasia, Pione ers in West Africa , Pione ers in South Africa , Pione ers in Canad a (all by J ohnsto n), Geogr aphy of New Zealan d (Marshall), The Burde n of the Balka ns (Durh am), Throu gh North -East Africa (M'Di armid ), The Round World 路 (Fairg rieve) , The Trave ls of Mung o Park, Nelso n's Histor y of the War, Runni ng the Block ade (Taylo r), The Highways of the World (M'Ki llian), On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea, 2 vols. (Due d' Abruz zi), The Caroli ne Island s (Chris tian), Pictur es from the Balka ns (Foste r Fraze r), Panam a (Foste r Fraze r), Russi a of To-da y (Foste r Fraze r), The Battle s of the Rivers (Dane ), Battle s in Fland ers (Dane ), By Deser t Ways to Bagda d (Wilk ins), Trave ls Amon g the Great Andes of the Equat or (Why mper) , Geogr aphica l Disco very (Jacob s), Wher e Black Rules White (Prich ard), Hawa iki (S. Percy Smith , F.R.G .S.), Maori Wars (S. Percy Smith ; F.R.G .S.), My Climb s in the Alps and

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LIBRARY NOTE S.

LIBR ARY NOTE S. ~l Cauc asus (Mu mmery), The Reli ef of ~hitr m wn Leg (You nghu sban d), Wit h the Lost n).

Brow ton New Zeal and (Colonel H amil d Corr espo nden ce -- The Life of . . h (Bla ikie) ; Hwg n?v J or oe (Rae )' Life o e!hc J iral Adm and od).

Kitc hene r (Hac kwo olog ical Lan uao·e and Lite ratu re. Concise Etym (SkSeat), uage Lang lish Eng the of ry tiona gDic ongs Note s to Palg rave ' s Gold en Trea sury of (:F'owler), The Alph abet (Clodd). and Dram a. '" orks of Tennyso~, The p of Verg il r'ray lor)' The neid oetlk (Kr~ Blok e (Den nis), Depa rtme ntal Drttr es Boy s The od), (Wo g?-ts Thou ry Mer ), ling Own Reci ter (Hut chls on).

Hay ), 'rh; Pros e Fict ion. -Hap py-G o-Lu cky (Ian Tdh~ ,CatRs:paer KniO'ht on Whe els (Ian Hay)G~ ur rv Ie s .from Man The rne), Osbo m Haru Mac lean ), Davr d on m The Coil of Carn e ~ Oxen ham )' The l l BGa~ no_), (De~a nt _nt.e (Bel loc), The Land of.Co e J eu (Bai ley) The V ngm ran (W rster )'Wat er Blue , ster) (Che ford Ting Rich -Qui ck \Val ones s (W allac e) Wha t Beca me of Pa;m (Bar The s), dlos (Bm u Ju-J lie's Ains H tten) ).' Derelict~ (Loc ke), p~~hw~y (G~rtrude Page (Ma ry The Trai l of '98 (Ser vrce )' Ha.g ,lr son) , John ry (Ma inion John son) , The Old Dom son) , B Orde r of the Com pany (Ma ry John thd nl !azB ett), Ty Tem baro m (Fra ncis Burn ks sti.~ ~dlee GC ·' og ( Curw ood) ' By the Wol£-D Nor(Bar ones s Orcz y), The Emper.or s a ka)tor•rt~o~ictim (Bar oness Orcz y), CThe (~ed ) d uc ' ton) The Batt le- ry n ' erso (~D; rt Dese the of Rim The ) 'ou (Di:x Li ·htni ng Con duct or (Wrl ham son) , Th the Lim berlo st (Gen e Strftt~h~ Mo~hs 0~Befo re Ada m, The Vall ey o . p t ) entu re, ;Bur nmg M~ro~r ASon of the Sun, Adv Mar tm Ede,n and ew, Bell ke Smo D r' ht N Lond on), Erd·ic a a, Gl vVife Cleo patra , an ove, H agga rd)' The Last Hop e, The Velv et

Li~ingstone.

Ge~eral rrLnc~

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Tom aso's From One Gen eratw n to Ano ther,, The Slav e Lady Grey The Fort unes , Flot sam, ri(Mer s 'l'ool d Edge With and p, Lam of the s ney' Quin , hell) (Vac ey man ), John Vern Crow 's (Vac hell) , Blac k Rock , The Doc tor of s, and Nest , The Sky Pilo t, Glen garr y Day or), The Man from Glen garr y (Ral ph Conn kie Acti ons and Reac tions , Wee Will iep, Win Man y and Othe r Stor ies, Life 's Han dica ling) , Inve ntion s, and The Day 's Wor k (Kip bes) , (For les Batt Barr acks , Hivo uacs , and of A Lun atic at Larg e (Clu ston ), The Rise hy 1'orc With On ), Rosc oe Pain e (Lin coln (Wil (Sew ell Ford ), The Wild erne ss 1'rai l Cars on er Trad e), (Lan r liam s), Nan cy Stai Dell ), (Bar nett) , The Way of an Eagl e (Eth el king ), Hoc eph (Jos r Pape All for a Scra p of and Kitc hene r Chaps (Lyo ns), W ith Gun an), (Deh Iron of Man A ale), Guid e (Ma rtind (Jac obs) , Bush Life (Fer guso n), Odd Craf ts Sher i:fi of The on), (Mas hers J?eat r The l•'ou Trai l ed Blaz , Dyk e Hole (Oul lum) , Gold Edwart (Ste es Plac t Silen 'l'he Stor ies, and l Trai The ley), (Ans ward Whi te) , The Pari ah e Littl The ), (Fox Pine some Lone of the Grea t Shep herd of King dom Come (Fox ), The (Bre bShoe Grey e Littl The er), (Div Amu let Wild ner) , Fria r Tuck and The Bn~>Oding field ), (Bar dean Bran of n Baro The ), ason (W of Tom Brow n ' s Scho ol-da ys, A Lege nd ce), Mon trose (Sco tt), The Day of Day s (Van Pira te The Spoi lers (Rex Beac h), The Love veno r Gros the (Wil liam s) , The Wre ck of (Rus sell) , I£ I Wer e King (M'C arthy ).

(24 vols .), Misc ellan eous .-Ne lson 's Ency clop redia Etiq uette plete Com , 5) (191 an The Tara naki e's and Lett er-W riter , .!Esop's Fabl es, Stok rald Eme ns, tatio Quo iliar Fam Cyclopredia of The Hou rs in New Zeal and ( Alys Low th), Chai rman 's Guid e (Frit h). for pres entin g us We wish to than k Mr. W. Smi th and also H. Bryc e ld), (Fie with "Fer ns of New Zeal and" we mus t time same the At ki."

Kha in eon for "A Surg omit ted, been have ents dgm apol ogis e if any ackn owle as the list has gone astra y.

CADET NOTES.

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N~TES.

On Februa ry 14 a genera l meetin g was held to elect t Comm ittee. which resulte d in the electio n o.f Concer a Yates, Goss, Hamer ton, M'Mur ray and Mr. M'Kin ney (chairm an) .

Owing to the broken nature of this term we have The first was given Leld two enterta inmen ts only. to contrib ute having master each s, master the by mme was of progra The t. some item to the enterta inmen to respon d had er perform each and natur~, v~ried very a . to a vomfer ous encore 'rhe progra mme was : 1. Pianof orte Solo, Schub ert's Polona ise, Mr. Renau d.

2. Recita tion, "Rubin stein's Piano- playin g," Mr. Rockel .

3. Flute Solo, "The Quake r Girl," Mr. Searle. · 4. Song, "The Vetera n's Song," :Mr. M'Kin ney .

5. Readin g, "The Countr y Squire ," Mr. Dipros e.

6. Duet, "Whis per Low," Mr. M'Kin ney and Mr. Macdo nald.

7. Readin g, "Ni.r. Butter worth' s Dog," Mr. Bottril l.

8. Song, "Tell her I love her so," Mr. Hutton .

9. Song, "The Bugle r," Mr. R enaud.

10. Violin Solo, "Mazu rka by St. Amory ," Mr. Rockel .

11. Recita tion, "Kitty O'Too le," Mr. Macdm1ald.

12. Pianof orte Solo, "The Shephe rd's Dance ," Mr. Ryder.

The next enterta inmen t, a lecture given by Mr. Bottril l on the "Milfo rd Sound Trip ," was of a highly interes ting and instruc tive nature . Many very fine slides ·_l'he pleasu re of the evenin g of the trip were screene d. was added to by items render ed by Goss, Cachem aille, Horne r and O'Hall oran.

eRD ET

COMMANDING : Captain W . H . Moyes.

EC:ND IN COMMA:-<D : Captain A. R. Ryder.

Set.,t..-MaJor: v_ S. McMurray.

Q.M.S . : L. G. Eyre.

sOFFICER

No. 1 PLATO ONPlatoon Comman der : Lieut. H. V. Searle · Platoon Sergt. : Sergt. J. ]. K. Terry.

Section Comman ders : Lance Sergt. : E. L. Tansey.

Corpora l : 0. Bayly.

Lance-C orporal : N. Fookes.

Lance-C orporal : A. Huse.

No. 2 PLATO ONPlatoon Comman der : Mr. M A McDona ld.

Platoon Sergt. : Sergt. R. Kidd . · Section Comma ndersSergean t: M. Atkinson ~orporal : W. Ewing. · Corpora l : A. McHard y.

Lance-C orporal : N. Ellerm.

No. 3 PLATO ONPlatoon Comman der: Mr. C. G. Bottrill .

Platoon Serg t. : Sergt. C. C. Yates. : ders Comman Section Sergean t : E. Hamerto n · Corpora l: H. Goss.

Corpora l : K. Clemow .

Corpora l : R. M. Rockel.

No. 4 PLATO ONPlatoon Comman der : Mr A. W . Dipros e.

Platoon Ser gt. : Sergt. H. Lucena.

Section Comman ders : Corpora l: J. C. Wyborn Corpora l : R. A. Wilson · · Corpora l : L. Bryce.

Lance-C orporal : J_ Fouhy.

N~TES.

This year the two compa nies were combin ed into one. The Cadets were sized off into four platoon s of about forty each, which were again divided into two secThis necess itated a rearran gemen t o.f the nontions. coma., and the follow ing appoin tments were made :-

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~~\~gc;~;~~iafo~et~~fi~:r o£ recruit s in

the ranks,

'~i ~~t[~~~q:~a! ~~~;t; -c~!~k eghnotn dri¥h~~ ~~~ r~;~c~ !?~~uf t .

1 hat somew was wor e . .f d . h

o~ for a physic al drill exhib~i~: ... aC:d la;~; byb~Jfre eparati quaran tme of two weeks yet good pro

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On F ebruary 28 a squad of about forty Cadets journeyed out to W aihi to give an exhibition of physical drill at the Patriotic Carnival h eld there. The Cadets, under the charge of Q.M:.S. Eyre, c路arried out their drill smartly and e:fficien tly .

About this time recruit drill was completed, and a start was made in the instruction of 路platoon and company drill. Alter the somewhat monotonous routine of recruit drill the ch ange was a welcome one. _At Stratford, on Easter }ionday (Soldiers' Day), by special reques t of th e Stratford Patriotic Committee, we gave another physical drill display, and we hope we were again successful in maintairJinr r a good reputation in this branch of our work. After th e drill, the squad was inspected by Colonel Allen, Minister for Defence, who subsequently, in his address on the grounds, referred in eulogistic terms to th e ~~ ew Plymouth High School Cadets.

On the n ext day (Anzac Day) the Cadets paraded under the charge of Lieutenant Searle, and together with the local Territorials , Veterans, Defence Rifle Club, and town Cadets were inspected at the Drill Hall by Colonel Afterwards the whole Allen, Minister for Defence . pa-rad e march ed to the Theatre Royal, where the Anzac commemora tion service was held.

On Tuesday , May 2, I,ieutenant Crutch, of the permanent sta:ff, made an inspection of the company. The Cadets went through a number of movements in company drill. At the conclusion Lieutenant Crutch, in his address, after pointing out one or two minor faults, declarerl that the drill, on the whole, was good. He especially commented on the general behaviour of the Cadets on parade, which he credited to the result of school discipline.

During one of our drill periods our captain commented on the shyness of some of our Cadets in saluting an officer on parade, and related how one Cadet, who desired to see him about som e matter, waited for him outside the school grou.nds after the "dismiss," in order that h e might not h ave to salute. A rule has now bQen made that Cadets when on parade will salute officers whether in uniform or not . This is a move in the right direction, for it will smarten u-p our Cadet.s generally m the matter of salu'ting. There is nothing worse to be seen on a parade than a slovenly salute, a thing which we hope will now b e a thing of the past.

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. Owing to the fact that we have now no Lee-Enfield nfles, all_o~r shooting during this term has been confined to the mimat~re range. The matches for the Imperial Cha_llenge Shields (senior and junior) are usually fired durmg the first ~erm o~ ~he year, and practice for these was commenced Immediatel:y: on returning from the holidays . Latterly, however, It has been discovered that our one 路 and only miniature rifle is tired of life and can no longer be deJ?ended upo~ to put every bullet through ~he same hole m the bull s eye, and for this reason It. has .been deci.d ~d to postpone the matches and champiOnship competitiOn s until next t erm. For the last two m~nths we have been trying to procure a miniature rifle smtable for our work, but without success . The rifles we have bee~ using in the past have all been B.S .A.; but now, owmg to the war, all supplies of these have b e~n stopped, and until a day or two ago no other smtable nfle could be procured. Now however Mr Searle has. discovered a really g-ood one,' and the team~ ought to give good accounts of themselves in the matches next term. this A new system of practice has been inau(J'urated 0 year. Inst~3:d of having only one senior team entered for the competitiOn , two teams (A and B) have been chosen so ~hat next _Year, and l'U succeeding years, instead of havmg to tram fresh boys for the team, the best shots from the B team will be drafted into the A team. This system can only be applied to the senior practice at present, but it is hoped that in the future we shall be able to enter two teams for the junior competition as well.

Shooting is ye.arly becoming a more important part of o~r.school trai_m~g, an~ the n~mber of boys going in for 1t m earnest IS m creasmg rapidly. This term about 4;0 boys _are practising, and most of these have opportunity to shoot three times every week .

PRE:P1 \R1\Tf)R Y Nf'TES .

When we commenced on February 4 we had fourteen new boys, _seven of whom are in the Upper Preparatory _and seven m the Lower. A. Waiter, W. Nicholson D 路 J u~y and H. J?:oneyfield are boarders in the former: and vv. Knowles 1s the only boarder in the Lower Pre-

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parato ry. T. Hassel l, K. Ward, V. Hughe s, Scanlo n i., Scanlo n ii., Bellrin ger iii., List and Jones are day boys .

This year there has been a change in our staff, ...u.r.

Bottril l having been promo ted to the Upper School and Mr. ::\1'Kinney having taken his place. Miss Winfie ld has heen appoin ted to the Lower Prepar atory.

CRICK ET. At a genera l meetin g on Februa ry 16 L. Fagan was elected 路captai n, S. Hayde n vice-ca ptain and L. Rawso n secreta ry. We played a match agains t West End and 路 one agains t Inglew ood. Unfort unatel y we were unsuc, cessful in both matche s.

FOOT BALL . . On April 10 we held a g~neral meetin g, at which D. Fox was elected captain , R. Harvey vice-ca ptain, and K .

We all look forwar d to a succes sful ~ ard secreta ry. . season . About five week ago List, a Lower Prepar atory boy, was reporte d missin g. All the boarde rs were let off preAfter trudgi ng up-hill and paratio n to hunt for him . down-h ill for about an hour we were told that he had been found. After inquiri ng as to his wherea bouts we were told that he had been found on the drawin g-room sofa!

Mal!y things of curiosi ty have been placed in t.he care of R. Botham ley, who is in charge of the Prepar atory .Museu m. One of these curiosi ties is a 15-pou nder shrapn el shell which was used in the Boer War. It was given to us by W. 'Yillia ms .

About the middle of the term our Librar y joined in with the Upper School . Now, instead of being able to read Prepar atory books only we may read any book in the Librar y. This is a much better arrang ement, be. 路 me it gives us access to a greate r numbe r o拢 books.

A 'fhis term has been fairlv free from sicknes s. comwe after week A . roun.ds few colds have been their mence d Honey field had to underg o ~n operati on for apWe are glad to say that he has quite rependic itis. covere d, and "is with us again.

CAMERA CLUB SEASCAPE COMPETIT ION PHOTOS-I .

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We should once more like to appeal to all boys to assist us in keeping in touch with those who have at one time or other been connecte d with the school.

Every term several magazin es are returned to us from the Dead Letter Office . Surely somebod y knows where the addresse es are?

All Old Boys are intereste d in the doings of other Old Boys, and we who are still at school like to feel that we are kept closely in touch with all 路 who have gone before us. 'rherefor e we feel justified in asking Old Boys to send us notes of their doings or of the doings of other Old Boys with whom they may happen to be familiar.

Over and above this matter of interest and of our ambition that every Old Boy should be proud of the old school, there is another matter. We are seeking to build up a school which shall give to its pupils not only what is generall y known as educatio n, but we are making it. our constant aim to inculcate the highest principle s of private, social and civic morality .

In order to do this with th e greatest efficiency it is essential that we should have the full sympath y. of all right-thi nking people, and of these the Old Boys are naturally those most intereste d.

Our roots are struck deep into the past, and upon the stock thus nurtured we look for the best fruit.

The average Old Boy may think that he is doing what is of very little importan ce when he keeps us informed of his moveme nts, but we can assure him that. this means much to us. 'l'he followin g left the school at the end of 1915, and their destinati ons, so far as known, are given.

We shall be grateful for the correctio n of any errors or the supplyin g of any omission s.

V!f. Alexand er is farming on the Wangan ui River.

F. A. Bruce left New Zealand to join his father, who is now farming at Quincey , Florida.

D. Grant has joined the office of Mr. Thompso n, solicitor , lnglewoo d.

R. Monteat h is working in the Deeds Office, New Plymout h. 路 D. Winfield , who passed the Senior Civil Service examina tion last January , is now in the Marine Department, \Velling ton .

S . Grayling is in the office of \Veston and W eston, ~ oli citors, New Plymout h.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

E. Herbert is working in Davies' Pharmacy, New · Plymouth.

A. Jones is now in the employ o£ Teed and Co., chemists, N erv Plymouth.

F. King is in the municipal power-house at Mangorm. .

R. H. Le Pine has le£t the office o£ Newton Kmg, and is now with Standish and Sta.ndish, solicitors.

E. Martin is in the office of Newton King, New Plymouth. . . .

P. S. Oliver recently accepted a pos1t10n With the New Zealand Insurance Co., New Plymouth.

N. Quilliam and B. Sinclair are studying medicine at Ota.go University. . vV. V. Stanton is teaching on the staff o£ the Central School, New Plymouth.

G. Graham is a pupil teacher at the West End School.

R. Cocker is in the office of N olan and Co., auctioneers, New Plymouth.

C. Copestake is now £arming at Lepperton.

A. L. Death, last year's popular poundkeeper, 1s now £arming on his father's place at Kaimata.

H. G. Grayling is in the Bank o£ New Zealand, New Plymouth.

L. Ho:ffmann is at home at Vogeltown.

R. Foreman, who has fo r the past twelve months been farming at Okau, is at present on a visit to New Plymouth.

A. G. Honnor is at present at home in Courtenay Street.

K. Jackson is with Mr. H. Scott, farmer, o£ Takau, n ear Eltham.

J. H. Kendall is in the office of J. H. Cock and Co. L. Lovell is in Beere's Garage, Devon Street.

K. Murray, who was in the offic~ o£ M;urray 1 Roberts and Co., Wellington, is now attendmg Lmcoln College, Canterbury.

S. Rollo is working in Okey and Rollo's foundry.

M. Smith left during the term to take charge o£ the Pitone School.

N. Sole is in the em ploy of John Avery and Co., Devon Street.

H. Bayly is farming at Omata.

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G. Brown is farming at Mangamingi.

C. Healy is working in the Sash and Door Factory Co.'s office.

P . A. Jennings is at home in Coutenay Street. . F. Le Pine is in the office of Messrs. Govett a:e.d Quilliam, solicitors.

F. Mace is in the National Bank of New ~ealand, New Plymouth .

A . G . Mackie is m the Telephone Exchange, Waitara.

P. Meuli is working in the Borough Electrical Department.

W. G. Smellie is farming on his father's property at Hills borough.

E. W. Snowdon is in the Bank o£ Australasia , Haw era.

A. Traill is working in H atrick's Foundry in \Vanganui .

J. Tuohy is in the New Plymouth Post Office.

M. G. Yates is in the Railway Department, Wellington.

E. G. Bracegirdle is £arming at Kaimata.

I. Vickery is on his father's farm at Tikorangi.

A. Pirritt is now attending the Hamilton High School.

W .Clemow is now farming at Omata.

R. B. Fussell is farming at J_,epperton.

W. Hunter is at home at Stratford.

A. Lovell is attending the District High School, Haw era.

This has been in many respects a sad term for us.

We had hoped to avoid much reference to the war, but the awful strife goes on as fiercely as ev:r.

This was brought home very near to us on the receipt o£ the n ews of Harper Lep]Der's death in action in Mesopotamia ori April 9.

No details are yet to hand.

But we know that he met his cleath as a soldier should, and tl10ugh we sorely grudge his loss, he gave his life with cheerfulness and willingness.

His whole career, both at school and in his all -too-short military life, gave evidence of his sterling worth and hig-h principle.

G. :i\1:. Beck , who is stationed in the Public Works Department at 'faumarunui, passed the Senior Public Service E xamination in four subjects last January.

OLD BOYS'

NOTES.

Included in the list of successful candidates at the November examinations of the New Zealand U ni versi ty are the names of the followin"' Old Boys :-Bachelor of Arts pass, Norman F. Little ; B. A., first section, Ronald C. Adlam, in pure mathematics, history, education; 4 Baehelor of Science, first section, I van W . vV eston, in chemistry, physics, geology; LL.B. results, Norman F. Little, in Roman law, international law, conflict of laws; Cecil W. Quilliam, in jurisprudence, constitutional history, Roman law, criminal law.

I Bryce Stoddart ,w rites to us from W aipukurau, Hawke's Bay. He is engaged in sheep-farming, and, to use his own words, "finds it an ideal game."

G. Clinch writes to us from Balclutha.

He is attending the District High School there.

He is anything but enamoured of the place.

The secondary division of the school is a small one, and the playground is very inadequate. Consequently sports and games suffer.

Clinch says that in the recesses and in the afternoons there is nothing to do but to walk from one corner of the tiny grounds and back . Our old friend is a section leader in the Senior Cadets, and says that "we have some good times on drill days," whatever that may mean.

We leave the interpretation to the more skilful.

Clinch sends all sorts of kind messages both to masters and to boys.

"Pompey" W eston writes from Featherston as follows:,'After my exam. I waited for a couple of weeks to enlist, etc. I did a bit of wharf lumping during that time. I then went up home and after that on to a farm, the one on which I w.aa last year. It is such ~n out-of-the-way place for mail that I did not receive a notice for the January crowd in time·, so I waited till a,bout a week ago and then came down to Wellington and filled up a vacancy in the Mounteds. I had a jolly decent time while up-country, and got myself a. little fitter for this.

There were a few deer about, but I did not manage to get a head, though I got one shQt at a 14-pointer. The short time we have been in camp has been real good sport. The·y give us a fairly easy time for a start. You don't drill as in the Territorials ,a,s if you half meant it. It is more like school again.

We had a bathing parade this afternoon, and we have a .good shower every morning.

I have met a great crowd of chaps I did not know were in camp."

J. H. Gibbons has enlisted in the Artillery for the 19th Reinforcements.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

H. L. Cook is now in the firm of Ge01·o·e and Cook, " solicitors, Dunedin.

A. G. Dumbleton left as a Lance-Corporal with the Earl of Liverpool's Own for the front . .

W · E . Moore, soli?itor, of Auckland, has enlisted m the Royal Horse Artillery, and was, at tne beginning · of February, at the Royal Horse Artillery's training camp at St. John's Wood barracks, London.

B. Norman is farming at Mangorei. ~· ~in·it is attending the District High School at M;or:r:m.sv1lle .

He finds a mixed school much less to his hkmg than a boys' school pure and simple.

I1_1 the "London .Gazette" of November 4, 1915, it .

IS notified that the Kmg has been pleased to confer the Royal Naval Reserve Officers' Decoration on Captain N. R. de la Cour Cornwall. . Corpora.! A. R. Claridge has been appointed a Second Lieutenant m the Auckland Garrison Artillery Division. . Corpora:! C. V. Day has been gazetted a Second. ~Ieutenant m the New Zealand Field Artillery (ammunitwn column).

L . G. Goss has completed his course at Duntroon ~ilitary College, and has returned to New Zealand. He IS now on the Permanent Staff, and is attached to Colonel M'Donald's Command as Lieutenant.

Sergeant R. E. ~owling, of the A.D.M.S. Staff, has now recovered from lns severe wound.

After recuperating at the Convalescent Camp at oo~cote, Epsom, Surrey, he has gone on furlough to Bnmmgham and to Scotland.

Captain Pridham left New Zealand in December 1~14, with the 2nd .Reinforcements, as Dental Surgeon: with the rank of Lieut.enant. vVhilst .in Egypt h e was attached to the Egyptian Army Hospital at Abbassia .

After a severe illness, he was sent back to New Zealand on furlough, returning in ,T uly, 1915, by the Willochra .

He returned to Egypt again in October, 1915 with th e !th Reinforcements, now holding rank of Captain, and IS at present attached to the N.Z. General Hospital at Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo.

He was suffering from an attack of enteric at Christmas time, but, writin"' on January 30, he says he is quite well again, and k ept"'very busy at his work.

Most of his chums had left for th e Canal when he wrote (on January 30), and he was feeling

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very envious . . He hopes _to get a chance to go. into the firing line (with the Medwal Corps) later on, If he has any luck!

The Hon. J ames Allen, Minister of Defence, writing to Mr. J ames Crone on April 28, says :-"The enclosed letter has been received by my department from the War Office, London, conveying his Majesty the King's al?preciation of the services rendered by the late 10/729 Pnvate C. Crone.

I feel sure that this communication will be treasured by you as a tangible token of his MajestJ':' s great interest in the welfare of his subjects during the unprecedented crisis through which our Empire is now passing." 'l'he enclosure reads as follows:---:- "War Offic~, Whitehall, S.W., February 28, 1916 .

Su,-I have It in command from his Majesty the King to inform you, as next-of-kin of the late Private Charles Crone, No. 10/729, of the Welling~on ~nfaJ:!-try (New Zeal~nd E~­ peditionary Force), that this pnvate was mentiOned m a dispatch from General Sir Ian Hamilton, dated Sept ember 22, 1915, and published in the 'Lond?n .Gaz~tte,' dated November 5, 1915, for gallant and distmgu~shed service in the field.

I am to express to you the Kmg's high appreciation of t~ese se~ices, and to add that his Majesty trusts that then pubhc acknowledgment may be some consolation in your bereavement.-! have the honour to be your obedient servant, M. D. Graham, Lieutenant-C~lonel, Assistant Military Secretary."

In connection with the gallant conduct of our late comrade, we should like to mention that his father is an old campai(J'ner who has seen active service in Afghanistan, Bu;mah and Egypt, and has taken part in much severe fighting.

Major I van T. Standish has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

The followinO' Old Boys have recently received commissions :-Regi~ental Sergeant-Major G. Bollinger, Sergeant F. R. Baker, Corporal K. S .. Ewing, Sergeant I. P. Grant, Sergeant R. W. Mackenzie, QuartermasterSergeant A. R. M'Isaacs.

Captain J. S. Dockrill, Royal Anny Medical Corps, has been mentioned in Lord French's last "di10patch.

The followin(J' Old Boys have returned from the front :-Private N~ B. HowelJ, Private H. B. Morshead, Trooper T. J. Malone, Corporal T. G . :M'C~nnell, Sergeant W. P. Okey, Sergeant G. Paul, Dnyer A. D. Stapcp, Private V. F. West, Serg~nt A. Wh1tham.

OLD BOYS' NOTES,

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Private Victor West, son of Mr. J oseph West, of amongst the returned soldiers who by the Turakina.

Private West left w1th the 2nd Reinforcements, and he was wounded at the Dardanelles in "the Daisy Patch" engagement.

He was sent to England, and after recovering from his wounds he was employed for some time on the dental staff at Weymouth Camp . · ;r>arcy N ewell, writing from Ismailia on February 25 to his parents, says:Ne~ Pl~mouth, was arnve~ m Auckland

'.'Here we a:e still in Egypt, and f·o r all we know we may remam here until the end of the war. But in times like these things are very uncertain, and there is no knowing that we may not receive 24 hours' notice to leave again for the front.

We have ?een doing some strenuous training, such as mar iug 10 to 12 miles a day, but now we have settled down to t recruit stage, such as right and left turns by numbers, etc.

It is certainly pretty monotonous after having been through it all before ; but, however., it is better than tramping the desert all day. Of the five Taranaki boys who were with me in the Otago lot , three have been transferred, so there are only two· be.sides myself left. I am in the be.st of health and have not had a day's illness since I left New Zealand, so there is no need to worry. Please remember me to all friends."

Among the recently promoted lieutenants is G. Bollinger (New Plymouth), who recently returned from the front.

He is going through the same drill as recruits, despite the fact that he has seen so much fighting.

Corporals R. Brokenshire, Vv. A. Guild and L. C. Richards, of New Plymout~, h ave been promoted to the rank of sergeant in the 15th Infantry Reinforcements.

Sergeant Stanley Hooy, writing from Zeitoun, says:"We have been here a week and have not done much yet except play football. B Squadron has played three matches and won the lot. I was picked f·o r one of a N.C.O. team of this camp to play the ·officers of this camp. We beat them ·by 11 to nil. I did not oome off very well; I got a rib broken, but never mind, it will soon mend and I have had a good time so far. Miss Grant came to see me last Saturday. I saw Les. Brabant; he gave me a letter from Clinton. I did not see him , which was jolly hard luck. He has been invalfded home. I have seen dozens ·of New Plymouth boys.

When we were coming up here a troop of mounted men galloped up to the train and the first man I saw was Ted Avery. He looked very well."

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Ian Pott writes as follc,ws : -

"We did several weeks horse work in Zeitoun , but we have now been dra.fted into the Artille ry, and as mounte d work will, in my opinion , soon be abolish ed I am pleased we are in this branch of the service . It is interes ting work, and we are to visit an outpost shortly and see the real 'M'Kay ' workin g. Rumou r has it we .a re going to soon ; that will be pleasan t if we are lucky enough to go there. We have seen a little of the world now , and it has always been my wish to see as much as possible of it. I have not seen many of the school . fellows yet, but will do so \vhen we go out to the ·outpos t station . Lepper is at Alexandria, I believe , looking fit and well. So far we have done little for our country and a Iot f,or ourselv es, but I suppose the time will come soon."

The follow ing is one o£ the last, if not the last, of Harpe r Leppe r' s letters :-

" I am now in camp just above Bassora h, on the River Tigris, and am still with the 8th Royal Welsh F'usilie rs .

We· arrived here from Port Said on F ebruary 28, after two weeks. at sea. The voyage here was very interes ting, especia lly the latter stage of it.

We had to change boats o-n the way< as our boat could not cross the bar of the river. We pulled into the harbou r of Kowye t, on the west of the Persian Gulf, and about 100 miles south of the mouth of the Tigris, and here the other boat pulled alongsi de of ill! and we change d over.

While crossin g the b::.- we stuck on a sal).d barik and had to wait roveral hours till the tide lifted us off.

W e started up the river early on the 28th, and it was really 11 very pretty trip. The river is from :.1. half to threequ arters of a mile wide and i& lined on both sides with a strip of palm tree•, dotted here and there with mud huts and native villages . In one place the Turks attemp ted to block the river by sinking three ships in one o.f the narrow est parts, and they would have succeeded had not the curren t carried one of them end on. I took a snap of them coming past, but I don't know how it will turn out. The rainy season is suppos ed to be over now , but t he day after we landed the rain started and lasted for about 24 hours, and the thunde rstorm that f-ollowed beat anythin g in that line I have ever seen. Our tents wer e absolut ely fl·ooded and we spent a few days in a ,pretty mucky state . Howev er , things are drying up now, and we are more or less comfor table. But to· put t he tin h at on everyth ing, we have to move to anothe r camp to-morr ow , so that will mean anothe r two or three dayli to settle down again.

By that time, in all probab ility, we will be under orders f-or the firing line, as -one brigade of our division ha& already moved up and we are the next to go. The weathe r is not very hot yet, but accordi ng to tables given the temper ature during March , April , and May is 108 deg. to 65deg., so we shall have no need to corn-

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plain of the oold. From M.ay to October, both exclusive, the _tjlmperature ,does not fall below 70deg., and ranges up to 105deg.

There is a fair amount of malaria here in the hot weather :and they have started dosing us up with quinine already. At present ~he flies are .pretty bad and I am writing this ~th a mosquito net over my head and shoulders ; goodness ouly knows what they wHl be like when the hot weather starts in earnest. Wherever we go here we have to carry revolvers, as the Arabs are terribly treach~ rous and sever al people have been sni.ped in t heir camps.

Going up to the firing line the boats are sniped at pretty wel1 a.ll the way up. The fighting in these parts will be mostly open and ~p.tirely different from t hat in Franoo at present. Open fighting will fie much better than t he trench work and I am looking forward to ' it and expect tn have plenty of excitement. I have taken over t-he duties o.f mess president of my• company, and th6J last few days I have been busy gett ing stores ready to take up-country with us, al).d we have a fine larder now and mean to live pretty ~v,ell in the field.

There are hundreds o.f jackals and hyenas here and they kick up the deuce of a row at night, and we are oontem11piating a raid on them some night. It ought to be pretty good sport."

C. Hamblyn writes from Heliopolis as follows:" Just a few lines to let you know that 11 am still well after getting off the boat and coming up the Canal to Cairo . Our main body has been in action and we ·a r·e likely to be off any time· to join them. I have· joined the machine-gunners and have to go through• a oourse of training. I have had the pleasure of meeting several old boys ·over here a.nd also heard descriptions of the noble way in which Mr. Hall, Reg. Sole, Charlie Crone, and other New ~l,Ymouth boys laid down their lives. I believe Harper Lepper is now in Ale·x andria. You must congratulate the boys on the· scores ti1ey made in their recent shooting, and I shall await the~ results 'yith imp atience. Everything here is new and interesting, there being hundreds of sights well worth seeing. Of course t h e filth and depravity here are beyond a ll description; ·o ne needs to· see it only . once and that is sufficient. We have just visited the Holy WeU and Virgin's Tree and also the Pyramids and Citadel.

I am writing up a histo·r y of these places as given by the guides and hope to send it to you for the Magazine as soon as possible."

Private E. C. Stanley, when taking part in the battle early in August last, was wounded, and went to England from Malta.

Arriving in England on September 17, he was sent to Sheffield Hospital, and remained there till he was convalescent. While there his Majesty the King visited the hospital , and Private Stanley was one of the patients who was atble to be in the Guard of Honour.

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"When convalescen t he was removed out to what was Later he was known as the Duke of Rutland's Box. country resigentleman's private a again removed to he treatment the of highly very speaks He dlmce. received from all at Home, both while in hospital and He was granted a short furlough when convalescen t. and visited a few places in England, amongst other~ Cambridge, and saw some of its historic buildings and On obtained many cards of the places he had visited. the expiry of his furlough he was sent to the Base Camp at Weymouth, and, owing to the wet weather, caught a severe cold and had to go into hospital for a short He returned to Hornchurch Barraeks, in Eslilex, time. where he remained in camp, and while there took part in the Australian and New Zealand sports, winning a silver In a hurried medal, which he has forwarded home. pencil note, dated February 28, 1916, he said he was leaving at 2 a.m. on the 29th to rejoin in the next draft.

5UB5e RII'Tit) N5. ['he Business Manager beg-s to acknowledg e, with thanks, receipt of the following subscriptio ns:P. Thomson, ' 15, ' 16; L. B. Horrocks, ' 15; A . G. Dumbleton, ' 15; S. Skelton, '16; W. Lints, ' 15, '16; V. Kirkby, '16; E. Dockrill, '16; S . Blackball, '16; B. Stoddart, '16; N. Greiner, '1F Mrs. E. \Vard, '15; L. Hughes, '16; H. P. Richmond, ' 16; H. B. Fussell, '16; •t. English, '16; C. Bates, '16; D. Winfield, '16; E. W .

Snowdon, ' 16; A. Sutherland, '16; N. Leech, '16; F. King., '16; M. J. Smith, '16 · T. Furlong, '16; L. Hoff· mann, '16; B. Norman, 'JP · H. L. Cook, '16; J . H. Gib· bons, '16; L. Hooker, '16; F. N. Whitcombe , '16; R. Le Pine, '16; A. R. Standish, '16; F. _E. Dlarke, '16; W. C. Weston, '16; L. Bellringer, '16, ':IJ; Hon. T. Kelly, '16; R. M. Monteath, '16; A. H. Jolinstone, '16 ; R. Nitz, '14, '15.

We should like once more to appeal to subscribers to supply us with notice of any change of address. This is especially necessary in the case of those who have gone to or have returned from the front.

EXeH1\ NGE5. _The Editors beg: to acknowledg e, with thanks, the receipt of the followmg exchanges :-N elsonian Canterb~ry, College Revie~, Scindian, Southlandia n: Nelson Gul~ College Magazme, Ashburtoni an, Christ's Colle"'e Reg:1ste~, Palmerston ian, Otago High School Magazin°e, \Vmtaban.

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In accordance with the wiRhes of the Board of Governors we include the following pages taken from the School Prospectus : 'fhe school is divided into :(1.) The U~per Schooi.-Th is consists of Forms V VIA. and VIB. In this department boys are prepared for the following examinatio ns:(a) Junior University Scholarship . (b) Taranaki Scholarship . (c) Matriculatio n. (d) Engineering Preliminary . (e) Solicitors' General Knowledge. (f) *Entrance Examinatio n for Duntroon Military College. (g) Senior Civil Service. (h) Pupil Teachers' Entrance Examinatio n. *This examination is held in December of each year.

The subjects are \compulsory ) English, History, Elemen~ary Ma thematics, Geography, General Knowledge ; (opti?nal~two _of the following) Mathematic s (Div. II.), Physics, Chemistry, Freneh or German.

The course at Duntroon extends over four years and from the day of their admission to the Royal Military f'oll ege. c:Jdets ~eed cost their parents nothing. Th"e Governmen t provides £200 a year for each boy, who is, more?ver, Rblf' to r~:mtribute from the age of 16 to the Pubhc Superannua tiOn Fund. On completion of training ~ t. thP Colleg-e at the ng-e of 20 or 22 years, the cadets will 10.m the New Zealand Staff Corps, with the rank o£ Lwutenant at a ~alary of £250 per annum. At the usual rate of promotiOn the~ will attain in seven or eig-ht :vear.s the rank of Captam nt a salary of £350. and snccessivel:v; the :ank of ~fajor with a salary of £475 after 15 y e~rs s~rvwe, of Lieutenant- Colonel at £600 after 22 years serviCe, and of Colonel at £750.

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(11.) The Middle Schooi. - This consists of Forms I liA., IIIB., and IV., and prepare s boys for the Upper School. The followi ng examin ations may be t aken by pupils in this section of the School : Senior Educati on Board Sch olarship .

Bayly Memori al Scholar ship.

Senior Free Place .

Civil Service Junior.

THE PREPA RATOR Y DEPAR TMEN T. Scope and Aims.- The aim of this departm ent, which is organis ed separat ely from the Upper School, is to By combin ing prepare boys for seconda ry educati on. with the ordinar y primary school syllabus t he innume rable 路 ad-v;antages offered by a secon dary school, it so prepare s boys that, on leaving it, they proceed to higher The courses of work with a minimu m of interrup tion . study of the Middle and Lower School dovetai l, and, as the prepara tory syllabu s is not fixed by t he Educati on Depart mm1t, it can here be modifie d t o suit individ!J.al '!.'he element s of French , L atin and Elerequire ments. mentary Science are taught the pupils by those masters 'vho will subsequ ently take them for advance d work, thus the continu ity of study is uninter rupted.

Organ.isation.- The schools consist at present of 47 pupils, of whom 12 are boarder s, who are subject to ordinar y house discipli ne, includi ng special supervi sion of The lower division of the school prepara tion of work. eonsists o拢 21 pupils, varying in ages from 8 to 12 years, wl).ile the upper division prepare s boys fo r E ducatio n Special Board Scholar ships and proficie ncy certificates . ogress pr atory prepar whole the g coverin work, of schemes of a pupil, are in operatio n.

Class Rooms .-The class rooms are new, large and They have been speciall y designe d for t his handsom e. are finished in asbestos and oiled rimu . and ent, departm The lower division room is fitted with modern hvlo"p l'a te bl"ackboards for drawing purpose s, while t h e teachin g of geograp hy and history is helped by an electric arc lamp and lantern . All the apparat us necessa ry fo r geograp hical and 路 scientifi c work is provide d.

Llbrar y.-The departm ent has a special library of its own, and the reading matter provide d is carefull y supervis ed.

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Cames.-Th~ Lower Schoo~ ~nters teams in the local

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and cncket c01:~.pehhons, ~hile every boy pnys1cally fit tn:kes part ~n these winter and s~mmer games.

In conJunctiOn with the Upper School the bo 8 pl~y in groups ~uited to age and weight. All the pu ifs, without exceptiOn, frequently do some gymnastic work tHe' new school gymnasium.

Cadets.-Those boys' who are old enough drill in No 2 Company o£ the School Cadets, while the smaller boy~ receiv.e the elements o£ drill in special squads.

Boarders.-These pupils are provided with a· se'parate dormitory from the remainder o£ the sch<iOl, and· in· an respects, except as regards length, preparation classes are suoject to the ordinary house discipline of the school.

Playing Fields.-The playing fields are spacious, and include an excellent cricket ground, as well as tennis court' arrd miniature rifle range.

The teachers in charge of this department' have had' special training in primary school work. · Tlie boys thus Have the benefits o£ a secondary school training in ilhe way. o ~ gymnastics, drill, and the supervision o£ aU· school> gam:es·.

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The Classical Side.-Subjects o£ Instruction: English, French, Geogravh'Y, Aril!;-hmetic, Chemistry, Latin, I istory, Algebra, Geometry, Elementary Physics, Trigonometry, Heat, Elementary ~{echanics, Drawing, WoodworK'.

Tl'l·e Agricultural Side.-En•glisli, Geog:raphy, Hrs'• tgry, Algebra.. Arithmeti~. .Geometr:y, Tri~ono.metry, Botany, Ag-nculture, Dauymg, Ammal Physwiogy, Chemistry, Elementary ~Iechanics, Book-keeping, Draw. '\, Woodwork.

The Commercial Side.-- English, Geogra']>·h y, History, Arithmetic 1 Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Chemistry, Elementary Mechanics, Book-keeping, Shorthand, 'fypewriting, Commercial Correspondence, Drawing.

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Se H t) L 11 R S HI I' S. Pupils attending the School may compete for the following Scholarship s : (1). Junior Board Scholarships.- These vary in value from £5 to £35 per annum. 'l'hey are tenable £or two years and are open to boys under 14 years of age.

(2.) Senior Board Scholarships.-Open to boys under 16 years of age and tenable for two years. Value varies from £5 to £35 per annum.

(3.) Bayly Memorial Scholarship.- Open to boys under 15 years uf age and tenable for three years. Value £10 per annum.

(4.) Taranaki University Scholarships. -Tenable for four years. Value £60 per annum . These are awarded on the results of the Junior University Scholarship Examinatio n, and in order to obtain one a candidate must gain a place on the credit list o£ that examination . The scholarships &re open to all candidates who have attended a school within the 'l'aranaki Provincial District for not less than two years and are between the ages of 16 and 19 years 011 the 1st day of December nearest to the date of the examination .

(5.) Junior University and Senior National Scholarships. Value £50 per annum for three years.

FEES (l'er Term).

Tuition-£3 , reducible to £2 10s if paid within 31 days.

Board-£15 , reducible to £13 if paid within 31 days.

Weekly BoarderS--£12 1Os, reducible to £11 if paid within 31 days.

Extras-Din ner for Day Boys, £2 2s; Music, £2 2s; Boxing, 10s; Dancing, 15s.

Subscriptions-Games, 4s: T~ibrary, ls; Magazine. ls.