1918 The Taranakian, Vol. 7, No. 1 June by New Plymouth Boys' High School

THE "TARANAKIAN." CONTENTS. Acknowledgments Agriculture Notes Board of Governors ... Cadet Notes Camera Club CrickP.t Notes Diary of Events Editorial ... Examination Results Exchanges Football Notes Form Averages House Notes Library Notes Old Boy's Notes Preparatory Notes Prospectus Roll of Honour School Institutions School Notes Shooting Notes Staff Subscriptions Swimming Notes Tennis Notes

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SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS. [ ESTABLISHED

FIRST TERM, 1918.

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PrefectsD . F. C S:1xton, (Head Boy), K. Cle mow. C. McKay, D. G. D. Mac kie, C. i\1cKay !Head H ouse Prefect), H. Cajcler, P. F. Atkin so n , J. M. Hin e.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS:

School Contingent-

D. HUTCHE N, EsQ. (Cill1irlllon.) DR. E. F. FOOKES. A. R. MOHTO::<! EsQ.

E. P.

WEB STEI~.

ESQ.

J. S. Fox , E sQ.

F. W. ATKINSo"::<~, ESQ. H . THIMBLE , E SQ.

R. \V. D.

R OBEH TSO~,

ESQ.

S. G. SmTH , ESQ.

OFFICER COMMANDING : C:tptai n A. R. Rycler. SECOND I N CoMMAND: Lieute nant C. H. vVynya rd. No . 1 PLATO ONPlatoon Comma nder: Actin g -Lieutenant D. F. C. Saxton. P la too n S ergea nt: Sergeant J. M. Hin e . Section Commande r s : Sergeant E . Boulton . Sergean t A. Buc hanan . Corporal C. Newe l!. Lance-Corpora l A. B . Sturtevant.

L. C. SLADDEN, ESQ. Secretary and Treasurer : E. LASH

No. 2 PLATOONP latoo n Commander : Acting-Lieute n a nt K. Cle mow. P latoo n Sergean t : Se rgea nt R Boon.

~taff: PRI NCIPAL: W. H. MOYES , i\I.A., B.Sc. ASSISTANT MASTIWS : A. R. RYDER. M.A. R. H. ROCI<EL. l\1.A. C. G . BorrRrLL, ~J.A . C. H . WYNYARD . A.!.A. {N.Z.) H. E. GLOVER , B.D. M rss J. M c L~eoD, M.A. MISS I ~. BILLENS, B .A. AB3E~ T 0)1 ACTIVE SERVICE: H. V. SEARLE, M.SC. {Li e ut.)

RESJGNED TO GO ON ACTIVE SERVICE : R . H . EsPINER, (Lie ut.). W o unded. V. J. B. H AL L, \1 .A. (Co rp.! , Ki ll e d . M. A. McDONALD, {Carp). C. J. H AMB LYN (Corp.) , W o unded. T. BUXTON {Ca ptain) . V . S. McMURRAY (C!)r p). R. D. K ro D. PHEPARATORY

DEPART~fENT

C . A. MCKIN)IEY.

MISS BA NWELL.

A. M. BRADI3UilY, Art Maste r. W. M. FA.LCO)IER0 F.l.A. (N.Z.) Commer cial Maste r. MISSES D OWLING AND PIKE AND MESSRS. R. N . RE I-lAU D. AND F . Vv. G. Mc L EOD, Music . MISS H UMPHRIES, } Dancing. MISS MACKA Y

Sectio n CommandersSe rgea n t G. F . Ba,·ly. Corpora l R I. H arr iso n . Corpo ral P . F. Atkin so n. Lance-Corporal S. Ogle. No. 3 PLATOONP la toon Comma nde r: Acling:Lieutena nt R. 111. Rockel. P latoo n Sergea nt : Se rgeant D. E. Denny-Brown. Section Commanders : Corpora l B. Gray lin g. Corporal C. V\1 infi e ld. Corpor a l J. Knapman . Lan ce-Corporal E. Beckbessi n ger. No . 4 PLATOONP latoo n Commander: Acti ng -Li eute nant C . A. McKay. Platoon Serge,ant : Sergeant B. M. Jo hn s. Section Co mm anders : Curpora l R. Greiner. Corpora l D. G. lVI<~ckie. Co rpora l R. G. G . H o we ll. Corporal G. ]. W. Boon . N o . 5 PLATOONPlatoo n Sergea nt: Sergeant H. Ca lder. Section Commanders: L a n ce-Corporal C. Morey . Lan ce- Corporal L. O ' H a llora n. L a nce-Corporal M. O sborn e . L a nce-Corporal E. Pope.

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MagazineBusiness Manager : Mr. R H. Rockel. Editors: L. Richarclson, R. M. Rockel. J. M. Hi ne , K. C. Roberts, C. McKay, P. F. Atkinson, E. Boulton, G. Bayly.

Cricket CommitteeMr. C. G. Bottrill (Chairman), J. M. H ine (Secretary) , C. Mc:Kay, R. Greiner, D. F. C. Saxton

Football CommitteeMr. A. R. Ryder (Chair[\lan), C. McKay (Secretary) , R. Boon, E. Beckbessinger, P. F. Atkinson, M. Osborne, H.. Howell, D. F . C. Saxton. Captain 1st XY.: C. McKay.

·Swimming CommitteeMr. C. A. McKinney, (Chairman), C. McKay (Sc:c1etar yl, R. Howell (Assistant Secretary), M. Osborne, G. Boon, D. F. C: Saxton.

Finance CommitteeMr. R. H. Rockel (Chairman), E. Boulton, P. F. Atkinson. C. McKay, D. F. C. Saxton, J. Kingston, J. M. Hine, (Secretary).

Library CommitteeMr. C. H. Wynyard (Chairman), J. M. Hine (Secretary), R. Wills, J. Kingston , M. Osborne, D. G. D . Mackie, C. McKay, R. M. · Rockel, N . Waddle.

Tennis Committee-

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Mr. C. H. Wyn yarcl (Chairman) , P. ~. Atkinson Osborne, J. M. Hine, I. R Harrison.

(Secretary) , M.

Shooting CommitteeMr. A. R. Ryder (Chairman), Harrison, G. Bayly, B. Captain Seuior Team: Captain Junior Team:

E. Boulton (Secretary), G. Boon, I. R. M. Johns, J. M. Hine, l:l. H. Grayling. B. H. Grayling. L. Abbott.

Camera ClubI

Mr. W. H. Moyes (Chairman), J. R. Kingston (Secretary), L. O'Halloran, K. Grant, E. Cole, A. Christie.

D. F. C. SAXTON. Hem/ Boy, 1918.

Edited by the Boys of the New Plymouth Boys' High School and Published iwice a year during the continuance of the Tti'ar. VoL. 7路

JUNE, rgr8.

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The Subscription is 3/- per annum (po>tage included), and should be forwarded to the .. Business Manager, Taranakian, Boys' High School, New Plymouth." Subscribers will please notify any change of address.

EDITORIAL. T is with the utmost satisfaction that we announce that the new school building is well under way . 'When we returned after the Christmas holidays the contract had been let and an actual start made with the work. After 路 our long weary. wait since the fire of August, 1916, it seemed as if we were never to h ave the new building. But January, 19~8, at l ast saw a beginning made.

The High School BoaDd had comprehensive plans drawn, plans providing for a modern school fully equipped in every respect. After considerable negotiation with the Government a grant of 拢5000 was obtained, and this sum, together with the insurances, enabled the Board to proceed with the work. As the sum available was too small for the completion of the comprehensive plan, the erection of the assembly hall and of one wing had to be deferred. It was felt by everyone that these excisions would result in seriously crippling the School and in limiting its usefulness. Accordingly an influential committee of New Plymouth citizens was formed for the purpose of raising sufficient funds to carry out the original plan. An appeal was m ade to the public and to the friends of the School, as well as to the Old Boys. The response was so gratifying that the Board decided to proceed with the complete .scheme. So far a sum of well OYer 拢2500 has been subscribed, and this has ensured the erection of the assembly hall, The contract for this hae been let.

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As the labours of the Citizens! Committee are by no means ended, a large. number of appeals being still to be made, we are confident that the entire building will he erected. In any case, even though it should be necessary to leave out, for the present, some details, the new School will be. well-equipped and in a position to do all that is expected of a good Secondary School. Ever since the fire we have been labouring under great difficulties, but the darkness of the night is passing and daylight seems at hand. Our difficulties w.ould have been still greater h ad it not been for the invaluable help and everready co-operation of the Taranaki Jockey Club. In connection with the matter of the erection of the new Sehool and of its equipment, we notice that there seems to have come over New Zealand a wave of deepened interest in the all-important subjec.t of education. The Educational Institute .of New Zealand, the corporate. association of the primary-school teachers of New Zealand, recently circularised all School Committees and Education Boards, urging the claims of education and pressing for important improvements. In practically every case the circular ~as sympathetically received ami in most cases the objects set out were heartily supported. The public is at last waking up as a whole, it would seem, to the paramount importance of the subject. War-time with all its sacrifices, difficulties and distractions, seems an inopportune time to press this subject. But we m riy mention two historical facts. In 1806, when Prussia was in her deepest depths of misery and poverty, trampled under the heel of the great Napoleon, the University of Herhn was esbblished and tho roughly equipped. All the world now knows that the strength and cunning of Germany is very largely due to this consistent :fostering of education, scholastic and scientific education, we mean. At about the same time France found time and means, in the midst of he.:r military schemes, to remodel entirely and thoroughly equip the University of P:uis. And who shall say that this spirit h as not been of incalculable value to our gallant Allies? We in New Zealand may take the hint, and should leave no stone unturnecl to foster every department of educ:-ttion, and should spare no expense to secure thorough efficiency. All this will be accomplished as soon as 'the people demand it.

SCHOOL NOTES. 'l'lte 路w ar is making its influence felt. in more and more different directions. We have this year experienced the utmost difficulty in procuring some of the School class-books. One illustration of this may be cited. The annual hook-order was delivered in July, 1917. In normal tim8R the supply would have been to hand in four months or so. Most of the books arrived in January, 1918 . The last instalment came to hand on the bs~ day of April, 1918. 'l'his long delay is clue not only to the shortage of shipping, but also to shortage of labour ~nd material in En ()'land. The quality of paper and of bmdmg is distinctly inferior, and even_t_hesr. inferi~r books can. be produced in sufficient quanh\,1es only with gr~at chfficulty. This diminished production is accompamed by a considerable rise in price. It is noteworthy that certam publishing firm s h ave. raised their pr~ ces by over fifty per cent. while others are content 路 with a much smaller incre~se. vVe l1 ear much of "~>rtr-proii.teering in these flays , and it certainly seems wrong that any ,publishing firm should take advantage. of the present stress. We may note here that there has also been ~ consi~lerable increase in the price of stationery of all kinds, w1th the possible and remarkable. exception of rubbers. Paper, in particular, h as risen enormously in price, and there has been a correspnnding decline in_ the quality. It ~eell!-s almost certain that next year w1ll see a further nse m price and an increased difficulty in obtaining supplies. We should suggest, therefore, that great care be taken of all second-hand books. Many of these can be used agam. Owin()' to the kindness of the, proprietors of Everybody's Picture Theatre and the Empire Theatre, the whole of the proceeds of the pictures for one day were ()'iven to the School Building Fund. This resulted in the ~ddition of 拢48 to the funfl. We are exceedingly grateful to these gentlemen 拢or their generosity and thoughtfulness. The large increase in the roll-number along with the presence of the Preparatory School at the Racecourse has involved difficulties in supplying stationery. It has been found necessary to supply a certain class on certain days only. The present arrangement is that the class for tbe day takes precedence, but should no me:mber of

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that class be. waiting to b<: served any boy from any othe~' cl~s·s will be served, If h e' is •at hand. Now t h at ~he mevitable _rush at the beginning of the l~' irst 'renn IS over, there IS much less difficulty. . The schoo_l popula~ion of the Racecourse would have mcreased considerably m the natural course of events this yea~ .. But there has been an abnormal increase in the add_It10n of 75 Preparatory boys. Durino· the Christmas hohdays ~he "Tote" was. enlarged . partition w~s then put m fo~' our convemence . Ample accommodation was thus obtame~ for the Preparatory School. We are ~ow once more umted, and shall remain so till our mioTa bon back to Eliot Street. "'

At the end ·of last year we bade farewell to one of our m~~ters;, Mr_. R. D . Kidd, and. to one rof our OlCL Boys, Bob Kidd . He was a pupil of the School for ~':e years and then, at the. beginning o£ last year, he Jomed the sta:ff . . He thr~w _himself heart and soul into his work, both .outside and mside . As ·soon as he became of a~·e he enhsted and immediately went into camp . On lns dep artu~e ha was presented with tokens of friendship and good-wishes .both by the masters and the boys. Subsequ ently he paid us a visit on his final Jeave. It is almost unne.cessary to say that we wish him every success and a safe and speedy return. . This Term we welcom~ to the teaching sta:ff Mr. Glover. He h~s shown himself enthusiastic both in sc~ool .and outside, and is a decided acqui sition to our cnck~~tmg and tennis strength. We hop e his stay with us will be l~ng, and th~t he will find it a pleasant one. \V e take tlns opportumty of extending to him a very hearty welcome. On Anzac D.ay, April 25th, the School Dadets turned m the pro cession and to atte.nd the special After marchino· down from the School they JOmed the ot~er corps near the Fire Brigade Station . After the procession was marshalled it proceeded down Devon Street, headed by the :Municipal Band. Some o£ the corps ~ttended the. servi~e at the People' s Picture Palace, whil e the res~, ~ncluchng the Scltool Cadets, proceeded to Everybody s rheatre and attended the service th.ere. .After the service the C.ade~s were marched up to G~ll ~hee~, :vhere they were d1smis·ednear :Jir. NP-wton Kmg s bmldmg. · ~o take part servi ~e~ held.

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i£ Easter is notorious :for its bad weather, on thb other hand we are usually most fortunate in the weather for the Swimming Sports. These were held, as usual, at the Breakwater. and the weather was all that could be desired. The s~a,' too, was perfectly calm . \Ve are indebted to the Harbour Board and its officials :for their kinuness and for their invaluable assistance. Year by year we meet with the same kindness and consideration, and take this opportunity of expressing our gratitude. In connection with the, local e:ffort in aid o:£ Sir Arthur Pears on's fund for blind soldiers a number of our boys conducted a penny-trail. Two chalk lines were Llrawn parallel along the edge of the pavement. Along this ·boys were stationed at regular intervals. The contributing public phced coins between these lines, and these coins were collected by tl1e boys. The amount thus collected amounted to £45 12s 3d, of which £19 was made up o:£ pennies. • During the :D irst Term a :fete was held in Pukekura Park in aid of the :fund :foT the upkeep of the Park. 'rhe School provided one of the afternoon-tea places . 'L'he fine, bright weather rendered everything very pleasant. During the afternoon a number of events were decided. A crew consisting of Raw son, Renaud and · Brackebush won the final of the boat-race on the larger lake. In the Swimming Competitions, Watkins won the 50yds. Primary Championship, and the places in tl1e lOOyds : Championship under 18 were filled by L . O' Halloran 1, ~I'Kay 2, Rawson 3 . D. Mackay won the 200yds. Running Primary Championship and Beckbessinger the 220 yds. Championship under 18. On Thm:sday, :March 14th, were held in the Recreation Ground the Taranaki Primary Schools' Athletic Championships. Among the competitors were several High School boys, who had entered the School this year. An arrangement had been made whereby these boys competed for their old schools. Several of the events were won by these competitors. On the programme were two Invitation Races. The lOOyds. was won easily by Beck11essinger, while Whittle and K. Clemow weTe first and second Tespectively in the 440yds. During the. First T erm Mr. T . G. Hirst, a member ot the Board of Governors, was transferred :from New Plymouth to Invercargill. Mr. Hirst at all times showed

SCHOOL NOTES. 10 a keen interest in everything that concerned the welfare of the School, both in his private. capacity and as a member of the Board. His departure is. a distinct loss and ~e ta~e this opp~rtunity of saying good-bye and of ~ish mg him all happmess and prosperity rn his new home. Mr. Hirst's successor on the Board is Mr. Morton, of Egmont Village. Mr. Morton has had much experience on local bodies and was. a member of the Taranab Education Board. He will, therefore, prove a valuable member of our Board. On Monday, April 8th, Mr. Bligh, the Travelling Secretary of the White Cros-s League, paid the School a visit and gave• an address on subjects connected with the League. In spite of the War, the work of the Seciety is being carried on, an d Mr. Bligh makes regular tours in the interests of its work. During the Christmas Holidays all the chairs in the buidings on the Racecourse wei·e thoroughly overhauled and repaired. Many of the bentwood chairs were strengthened by a stout wire-brace just below the seat. 'l'hi s wire was tightened by a twitch. The consequence is that every sudden movement of the chair produces a musical note. The different tension of the wire in the different chairs produces notes of different pitch. This is specialy noticeable in the VIA. Room. It ha s been observed, too , that intense mental concentration produces a more spasmodic movement of the. chairs than IS noticed at other times. The co nsequence is that during the Term examinations there is a continual game of "musical chairs." I£ the music thus produced does nothing else, it certainly h elps to bre::ll>: the monotony. A school magazine is not the proper place in which to n·cord meteorological occurrence . But the gal e and storm of March 18th and 19th were so particularly seveie that they deserve me.n tion. On the Race ourse we felt it very severely. 'Tb e hlli.ldings ro cked alanningly, an<l rumour has it that the pundits of Porm VIA. were affected by mal de mer. The wind was so violent tktt it actually shook the new Boarding-house, built of ferro -concrete though it is. All the trees and shrubs suffered severely, and strong words are required to express the litter of leaves, twigs .a nd pine-nee.dles scattered everywhere. Last year we obtained the J.oan of a fin e bell from the managers of St. Andrew's Church. 'This bell did its duty nobly until this T'e rm, when a tragedy was enacted.

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The youth whose1 duty it wa~ "to agitate the tintinnabulator" was one day performmg the necessary operatiOn . The first few strokes sounded out as melodiously as of yore. 'l'hen 'the' next blow sounded m?re like. th~ cl.ash of a stick on an empty kerosene tm. rhe stnker s face was a study. An examination revealed the sad fact that a crack had developed. Since that day the crack has oTown wider and the tone of the bell has become more ~nd more inaudible,; and it can be said, without much dano·er of exa"'o'eration, .thai, the present tone resembles 0 two "'stones kno cked together. Form Illn. has the extreme misfo-rtune to be: situated quite near the maimed bell, and must, therefore, hear every stroke. The ot~er clas~es have some shadow ·of excuse for unpunctuahty. Like most joys this is not without alloy. If the classes cannot hear the be1l, neither can the masters, and on more than one occasion has a lesson been for this reason unduly protracted. vVe have now la 'piece o£ iron-piping suspended by a wire, and there has been a marked extension of the radius within which the sound can be heard. Hence arises more punctuality. On Saturday, April 20th, about 15 Boarders went out to vVaitara to :Mr. Luxton's· farm, for the day to procure papa for th~ cricket pitch. On arrival there it was found necessary to u se an explosive to loosen t~e :papa, so two boys were sent to buy some plugs of gehgmte and some fuse and caps. \ Vhile they 'were aw.ay a hole was dug for the pluo's. As itrwa& to be fired off, we were ordered away, but ~ne youth t)lought it necessary to g~ about 150 yards off. 'The explosion over eafely and effect1vely, after much hard l abour we filled a large' lorry and then had lunch , but, as enough bread \Vas not taken, some b?ys had to be content with one· sandwich each. After fillmg another lorry we aJdjourned to a neighbouring tangi. 'There the process ·of peeling potatoes and kumaras was in operation. One of our party asked where the potato~s were grown, and was told that they were grown m France. A£ter a while he again remarked on the number of a family, and was answered in this manner, "Y~s; they all belono· to Billv." Thi.s produced a considemble amount of l aughtei.', for the owner of tb e fam~ly has 'a nnme which c'losely resembles that of the quest10ner. So with high spirits, but empty insides, we proceeded on our homeward way. Easter came very conYeniently this year somewhere near the middle of the Pirst Term. Most of the Boarders

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went home, but a· party went to the Mountain. ·rhey had a real Easter experience. They set out in threatening weather, reached rt he !Mountain soaked through, and had abundance of rain there during their several clays' stay. The· trip home was not made without encountering a certain amount of atmospheric humidity, which was occasionally deposited. vVhy is it that :E aster is so often wet? It is a moveable festival, and perhaps dodges about, and thus pretty regularly secures rain. Perhaps if Easter were on a fixed dat~ we might sc,metimes, at intervals of, say twice in ten years, have a fine Easter. In spite of long tramps in the wet and cold on the :Mountain it .is remarkable how seldom these are followed by any ill results. No doubt the elevation and the brilliant purity of the air have much. to do with this. At any rate, the fact remains that those who best know the long, wet tramps and the cold are just those who most keenly feel the lure of the Mountain. On April 13th a team of masters and boys went to Inglewood and played a match against the local 'fennis Club. 'l'he team consisted of six masters and six boys, the latter acting as the ladies ,(Jf the team. 'l'he details of the scores appear in our "Tennis Notes." The clay was brilliantly fine, and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The courts were in excellent order, and the surroundings \vere very attractive. On arrival we were provided with morning tea, and the play began almost immediately. Lunch was ·p rovided at one of the hotels . During the afternoon a aumptuousl tea was served. We wish here to express our appreciation of the kindness of our hosts, and to assure them that we thoroughly en joyed the outing. It is to· be hoped, from om point of view, that this will not be the last time that we shall visit Inglewood on the same errand. Some time ago we saw a copy of a letter written in French (not in New Plymoutl1) "hich bega n: "Cher Henri, J e suis tres puits." W e ·can parallel this. So keen is the interest in French, and things French, nowadays, that on·e literary genius, who evidently found thinking too cumbersome a process, handed in a prose composition in which the words "She left Hatfield" were rencle.red "Elle gaucbr Hatfield." A truly sinister performance! French is not the only language that presents difficulties to the student. It has been definitely proved that

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13 difficulties exist in English too. Recently Macaulay 's striking series of antitheses relating to the Pur~.tan and Cavalier parties wasl under discussion . The mr.ster, with that ill-timed and persistent curiosity characteri stic of the genus, asked the meaning of the expression , "The Puritan would have made 'an a:ffair of gallantry felony without benefit of clergy." The first part was satisfacAfter some moments torily explained as a love-a:ffair . spent in profound thought, the student under crossexaminati on explained that "without benefit of clergy" meant "without being married. " It was deemed prudent to pursue the subject no further. Among other interestin g statement s made during the Term occurred the following : The word pundit means a punster, the etymology being pun, a pun, and dit, the French for said. I During the last week of school in the l!"'irst 'ferm a Boarder, whose bath-nigh t it was, rushed into one of the studies and eagerly, in all innocence , inquired, "I stly, do any of you chaps kno>v how to light the camouflag e?" Evidently he was be·t ter up in war-terms than in those relating to the internal economy o£ a bath-room . The following answer was handed in during the First 'l'enn' s History examinati on: "Transmi gration is an We wonder essential doctrine of Presbyter ianism ." whether this is intended as a sly hit at the system of regular transfers of clergymen . I£ so, we are afraid the wrong denomina tion was mentioned . One afternoon about a fortnight after the beginning of the year the customary concert to initiate the new boys was held in IIIB. room. School ended at the end of the sixth period in order that all the items could be rendered in •one afternoon . Patriotic, humorous , and even ragtime songs were given One bright youth' s song ·was not very complime ntary to a certain prefect, while another's was m erely a succession of "hlary had a vVilliam goat." But, as •our school is becoming more and more musical every year, what with nigger minstrels, etc., most of mu budding vocalists considered their musical susceptibi lities o:ffended by the gallant attempts of the performer s, and, towards the end of the concert, only a few remained to appreciate them. At the II'aranaki A. a nd .P . Show in February the Third Form agricultur al boys h ad something like a field day in the Cow-judg ing ·Competit ion. Mr. E. Griffiths SCHOOt NOTES.

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acted as judge, and the .first seven places were gained by members ·of Form IIIB. The o-rder is as follows :-1, B. Holden; 2, R. Hooker; 3, A. lVIac Whirter ; 4, D. Ballautyue; 5, M. Jonas; 6, R. Street; 7, A. Snowdon . During the First Term the cricket pitch was laid do wn with papa and thorough ly worked. It is auticipat ed that in this way a really good turf-wic ket will be obtained. TheN ew Plymout h soil is unsuitab le for forming cricket pitches, and the papa promises much better results. The work has involved much labour. \ Ve are indebted to lVIr. Luxton, of \Vaita.ra, for his kindness in allowing us to get the necessar y papa on his property .

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Vv e feel that we cannot go- to press without express~ ing our hearties t thank.s to the members of the Wan.ga~m Colle(J'iate School cncket team £m ~be hosp1tah ty exten"'d ed to our team, and for the consider ateness and courtesy so liberally extended to us. THE ROLL. This now stands at 277; 87 new ·b oys having been enrolled, while 43 left at the ·end o.£ 1917. 'rhe full roll 1s as follows : FORM VIA.

The School Orchestr a has been hard at work this term . There has been an increase in the number o-f members ; and with the increasin g number of boys learning instrume nts other than the piano or brass each year will see a further increase. 'rhe great difficulty at present is to obtain good music, and music of the better class is absolutely essential . This term the chief items practised have been: Selection s hom :Martha, Greig's Berceuse , Pierne' s Serenade and Autumn :M emories (Adrian Hope) . The personne l of t h e Orchestr a is as follows: First Yiolins, Bothaml ey, Newton, Brunette ; second violin, S. White; viola, Kidson; violoncello, Rockel; clarinets , ·ward, L. \\Talker; :flute, Horner; cornet, Osborne .

*Boulton, E. *Oalder, H Clemow, K . Denny-Br own, D. Greiner R. *Hii.ne, J. M. Johns, B. M. *lVIackie, D. G. D . Morey, C. Rockel, R. M. •Ro·b erts, K. C. *Syme, R. Saxton, D. F. C. Wilkie, W. G *Win.field, C.

"rwas night, and darkness brooded over the face of t he land. \iV earied morta ls had sunk to rest, all sa Ye the weary toilers who still perforce laboured on, all save two ventures ome and Sybariti c ou:s. During the hush of eve a step was heard at the dornutor y door, a hand was casually placed on the switch . Forthwi th there was a blaze of light, and a simulhn eous duckino' under a bed and vain attempts at concealm ent: The Sybariti c ones reluctan tly came out from under , and produced their posessions. A careful checking revealed the presence 10f the followin g articles: 2 tins pineappl e, 1lh. best biscuits, 2 ponge-ro lls, a parcel mixed cakes, 2 fruit cakes, 1 botile raspberr yade, 1 bottle cherry cheer, 2 bottles orange::dP, 2 bottles hop-beer , 2 bottles creamy-s oda, 1 gallo-n pr claret an~ ~e~nonade, 3 tumblers . The anticipat ed nocturna l fesbvlt1e s were postpone d, and on the followin(J' clay the Sybarite s and their friends feasted without th~ addition al :flavour of contraba nd.

*Allemann , S. *Atkinson , P. Bayly, G. F. *Be.ckbessinger, E. Bellringer , N . *Boon, G. Boon, R . *Bucllana n, A. *Grant, K. Gilbert, A. Gr.ayling, B. H. *Guild, I. M. Hamling, E. *Harri•son, R. I. *Henderso n, J · Howell, R. Jillett, J. W · Knapman , J. W. *McKay, C. *Moore, G. W. Newell, C. Nicholson , M. Noble, C. A.

FORM Vl:s.

Ogle, S. *0' Hallorail, L. *Pope, E. *Riohards on, H. L. Siruc1air, R. 0. Smith C. Sturtevan t, A. B. Sutherlan d, R. M. W.addle, N. WebsterJ G. P . Willis, . D . Young, A . W. FORM V. *Barall:, M. *Blundell, R. Boon, H. J. *Candy, R. A. *Cachemaille, l\11. *Christie, A. · Clemow, J. *Dean. 0. Hayden, S. *Herbert, S. Hutchen, B. *Hornel·, B. Johnson, C. *Jones, C. A. Kyngdon, C . L . *Kingston , J. R. Malt, L . Morey, H. R. *Morton, H. *O'Hallor an, K . Penm:tu., D Rea, W . C. Smart, E. C. Sutton, D. W. *Smith, S. *T"r ain, S . T.a ylor, W. *Waiter, A.

SCHOOL NOTES,

SCHOOL NOTES.

\Vater.s, E. White, C. White, 8. E. Whittle, J. R. *Wills, R. C. Wright, P. FORM IVA. Anthony, M . *Baker, K. Berridge, W. *Brunette, G. Blanchett, .h.. *Fookes 0 A Gi1bert: A·. *Hunt, H. Healy, W . J. Hodder, H. L. Kidson, C. Lints, R. *Meuli, ilil. O'Brien, R. O'Dowda, R. *H.awson, L. *White, E. H. Ward, K.

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FORM IVH . Alien, Leo . .l:li.rd, H. J . *Brackebush, A. *Burkhardt, l. V. *Brown, C. J. Ca-se, L. Chong, A. M. Clemnd, A. *Cole, E. E. *Ducker, K. A. *Fox, D. J. Greiner , L. " ' · Gudopp, K. Hambiyn, N. Honeyfield, H . Johnson, P. Moss, H. C. *Mil>Sker, R. McRae, R. *Osborne, M. Renaud, I. Short, W. *Smart, C. *Snowdon, T. A. "Smellie, M. T. *Tait, R. S . *W-alter, J . Webber, H. C.

FORM IliA. Barton, I. B. Bellringer, R. *Bothamley , A. R. Brokenshire, E . Coleman, E. C. *001·ney, F. A. C'ra.pper, A. Craw shaw , R. Corkill, F. J. Dinniss, L . B. Dutton, K. *Gibson, J. Griffiths, E. W. B. *Hair, R. Hawkes, C. F. H. Handley, C. E. *Hawkin.s, P. F. *Hugl!son, G. *Jonas, M. *Jones, L. R. Morehead , J. W. *Morris, L. B. Moore, B. W. *Mackay , W . Mills, .1\ol. *Noa.kes, B. De B. Smart, L. Way, B. R. *Waterson, G. FORM IIIB . Allan, R. Alien, L. Abbott, L. H. *Burwell, D. R.. Ba.llantyne, D. *Bla.nchard, H. *Oarr, A. G. Cavaney, Vi!. G . *Coulter, A . *Dixon,. K. S. *Duckworth, C. IV. *Espin, C. W. Frethey. L. *Forbes, T. E. *Honeyfield, K. W. Holden, H . G. Hooker , S. R. Hoby. R. P. Ha.sell, T. H. Hamling, H. E. *Jack.oon, S. Johns, 0. F. Jury, G. N. Mannix, B .

*MacWhirter, T. A. *Messenger, \V. J. *.Moyes, A. M. Moss, 0. D. *Neill, L. D . *Newtoa, G. *Pearce, ]!]_ C. *Pease, L . H•. *Phillips, F.

THE LOWER FORM Ill. Arthur, R. Butle~· , 1•' . Bendall, A. *Christie, R. H. Dolby, R. Fooke.s B Gibbs , 'J. A. *Jackson, J. *Mackay, D. Neal, K. *Pa.lmer, .J. IV. Pe:tse,' O. I,. *Penn, T. Prideaux , J. Roberts, H. Robertson, M. Watkins, I. Webster, L . *Willia.m.s, F. FORM IlA.

*Rickard , H. W. *Rolfe, R. W. *Scown , G. ·• spence, D. \V. *Street, R. 'l'eed, L. *Walker, C. L. Wood, S. C.

SCHOOL. Saxton, C. Sca.nlan, J-. Sc,anlan, B. Thomson, H. *Williamson, R. FORM liB. Barn>ll, C. Ba.yly, G. *Bell, C. Bellringer, R. l•'ookes, K. Fookes, G. *Ha1r, D. *Ha-ir, G. Leech, A. MacDiarmid , N . McNeill, H. Waiket·, G. FORM II. Browne, J. C. Davies. 0. Garnet:, H. Gilmour, C . Leech, E. 1\IcNeill, C. Sladden , P.

• Bell, D Blundell, B. Cm·thew, V. Goplestone, G. A. Elli;s, S. Erlandson, F H. B. •·Fookes, T. FORM lA.. *Fooke3, V. *Fusse ll, E. *Bell, G. *Gihbs, B. G. *Cornish , ,J . *Gold ston"l, M. Elhott, E . Hoby, B. Fookes, H. Hogg, J. E *Fox, K. E. *Hooper , B. Griffillis, C Hutchen, S. Griffit hs , W. Kebbell, M . Jackson , E Lysons, M. List, 1-t. *M:10Lean, \V. Strange, J Mifl er , N. *Old, w. FOHM L *Robinson, K *Fus.sell, A. *Ho!iiers, C. J. S. *Signifies Boarde r,

SCHOOL NOTES .

The £,allowing entered the School during the First Term :-*R. Sy1p.e, *A. G. Buchanan, M . Nicholson, *H. L. Richardson, J. D. Willis, *0. Dean, *E. Meuli, *R. S. Tait, I. B. Barton, R. Bellringer, E. Brokenshire, E. C. Coleman, *F. A. Corney, A. Crapper, R. Grawshaw, F. J. Corkill, L. B. Dinniss, K. Dutton, "R. Hair,, C. F. H. Hawkes, C. E. Handley, *P. F. Hawkins, *G. Hughson, *M. Jonas, *L. R. Jones, J. W. Morehead, *L. B. Morris, M. Mills, .L . Smart, B. R. Way, *G. Waterson, B. Moore, *J. Gibs-on, R. Allan, Lean Allen, L . H. Abbott, *D. R. Burwell, D. Ballantyne, *A. Coulter, W. G. Cavaney, *A. G. Carr, *K. S. Dixon, *C. W. Es.p in, L. Frethey, *K. W. Honeyfield, S. R. Hooker, H. E. Hamling, R. P. Hoby, G. N. Jury, *W. J. Messenger, B. Mannix, *T. A. MacWhirter, *L. D. Neill, *E. C. Pearce, *F. Phillips, *H. W. Rickard, *R. Street, *D. vV. Spence, *G. Scown, *C. L. Walker, S. C. Wood; "'H. W. Rolfe , 0. iD. Moss, *G. Newton, ·A. Bendall, *R. H . Christie, *J. A. Gibbs, C. L. Pease, *T. Penn, L. Webster, *J. W. Palmer, G. A. Coplestone, *M. Gold . stone, *B. G. Gibbs, J. E. Hogg, *W. Old, *G. J. S. Rogers, F. H. lB. Erlandson, *G. Bell, '*D. Hair, *G. Hair, A. Leech, J. C. Brbwne, E. LeecJ1, *J. Cornish, *K. E. Fox, *.A. Fussell. *Indicates Boarders. The following left the School at ther end o£ the 'rhird Term, 1917 :-M. W . Atkinson, K. R. Brokenshire, 0. W. Bayly, A. R. Callander, R. Lealand, E. L. Tansey, J. J. K. Terry, C. C. Yates, D. Doile, S. F. Drake, H. H. Goss, C. C. Herbe·r t, A. McHardy, 0. McHardy, F. Train, W. Catanach, A. Boon, E . L·. Reeves, A. E. Reynolds, C. R. Zinsli, E. Bedford, P. Chapman, S. Spence, P . Smith, H. Bryce, C. Butcher, K. Fox, .P. E. -Guscott, K R. Knuckey, C. H. Lee, E. E. Lash, C. W. Old, R. H. Sarten, R. W ard , E. Messenger, A. D. McNeill, A. Brennan, D. Jury, W. Nicholson, .E . Prideaux, C. Emmerton, R. Welch, I. J ones.

EXAMINATION RESULTS. The £oUowing are the successes gained by the School in the various public examinations held at the end of

1917:-

Matriculatio:b. and Allied Examinahons.-H. H. Goss, \V . .M. •Atkinson, R. IK . Clemow, .D . E. DennyBrown, R. C. Greiner, J. M. Hine, K. C. Roberts, R . M. ;Rockel, W. G . Wilkie, C. Winfield.

'l'aranaki Scholarship (University of New Zealai:id): · K. R. llrokenshire . . Additional Pass for M.atricubtion and Allied E:s.::1rn1ua ti on. : H . Calder.

EXAMINATION RESULTS.

Partial Success for the same Examinations.-E. Boulton, D. A. Doile, ·B . M. JohnR, C. W. Morey. Auckland University College Terms, Second Year.J. J. K. Terry. N.Z. University, First Section LL .B. Degree.- J. J. K. Terry. Duntroon Military College Scholarship.-H. H. Goss, third for New Zealand. Senior National Scholarship .-G. Webster, N. Waddle, K. C. Roberts. Junior National Scholarship.-:M. Barak.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. \V e wish to- acknowledge, with many thanks, the following gifts::Nfr. F. Messenger has presented a very valuable donation to the Camera Club . This consists of a halfplate- cmnera and a 5in. :s. 4in. refle:s. camera. In <1ddition there are a telephoto lens and a number of other accessones . :Mr. Swanson has given a guinea to the Swimn~in g Club funrls, and also presented a camera for competlhon.

1\Ir. D' Arcy Robertson has presented a bat to th e Crick et Club for competiti·on. 1\Ir. Renaud also presented a bat to the Cricket Club for competition. Mr. \Vatkins donated ten shillings to the Swimming Club. :Mr. Prideau:s. h as given a number of hooks to the Library. Harry Hine, an Old Boy , has giYen us a et of boxing gloves. To one and all of these gentlemen we tender om heartiest thanks for the very a:;ceptable clo:1ations . V <lluable af:j these are intrinsically, we value still more h1ghly the spirit that prompted the donors.

FORM AVERAGES. FIRS'r · T~RM, .1918. Fo·r m VIA.-Average, 53. 1, D. G. D. Mackie, 73; 2, R. Syme, 66. Form VIB.-Average, 57. 1, C. A. Noble, 85; 2, N. Waddle, 78. Form V.-Average, 62. 1, M. Barak, 85; 2, S. White, 80. Form IVA.-Average, 56 . 1, W. Berridge, 74; 2, L. Rawson, 64. Form IVB.-Average, 52 . 1, C. Ducker, C. Smart, M. Osborne (equal); 72. . Form IIIA.-Average, 57. 1, L .. B. M·o·r ris, 89; 2, W. Mackay, 81. Form IIIB.-Average, 49. 1, L. Walker, 70; e, F . Phillips, 64. PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Form III.-Average, :73. 1, S. Fookes, 90; 2, 'l'. Penn, 85. Form IIA.-Average, 60. 1, M. Lysons, 85; 2, N . Miller, 70. Form !lB.-Average, 7"2. 1, H. Bellringer, 86; ~. G. Bayly, 85. Form H.-Average, '63. 1, C. Gilmour, 74; 2, H. Garner, 70. Form !A.-Average, 65. 1, H. Fookes, 81.3; 2, G. Bell, 80.7.

SHOOTING NOTES. Almost immediately on our return to Schonl after the Christmas holidays, the reorganisation of our School institutions called for our attention. As soon as possible, arrangements were made for the First Term's shooting practice to commence . When Mr. Kidd left us at the end of last year, it was doubtful whether we would be able to find a master with sufficient spa.re time to supervise this branch of our sport. However, Mr. Ryder took up the work, and on \February 25th a meeting of all those interested· in shooting was held in the VIB. room. A committee was elected and ·preparations were made for a good term's practice.

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SHOOTING NOTES.

21 Fortunate ly we were able to obtain two c路onvert ed Enfield rifles of the kind supplied to the Society o卤 :Minia: t ure Rifle Clubs in England, and as soon as these and a supply of ammuniti on came to h and, the annual weedingout process was commence d . Every boy in tbe School was given a chance to prove his skill, and although some trouble was experienc ed in picking the best shots, a bout eighty boys were considered worth further pra ctice .路 In order to give the less experienced shots an idea of what competiti on shooting is like, a friendly match was arranged with the New Plymouth Defence Rifle Club , the members of which generousl y decided to shoot on the miniature range in spite of the fact th at th ey are all longrange shots. The match was fir ed off according to Imperial Ch allenge Shield conditions on Saturday, .April 6th, commenc ing at 2.30 in the afternoon The light was rather dull for good shooting, neverthele ss some excellent individua l scores were recorded. The following are the scores for the match:BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL v. N .P. DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB.

H.IFLE CI.-UB. Application . 50. Rifleman Browne .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 40 Rifleman Firth . .. .. . .. .. . . . . .. 34 President Hill .. .. . .. . .... .. .. 44 l{ifleman Oliver . . . . 49 Rifleman Blanohett .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 7 Rifleman Cop.pen .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 46 ltifleman l{amson . .. .. . . .. .. . 46 Rifleman Moore .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. 46

Hapid. 50 34 3D 路 43 37

50 50 41 40

Total. 50. 74 64

87 86 97 96 87 86

Gr.and total 677 SCHOOL . Harrison . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 46 Grayling .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .... 45 Guild ... .......... .. .............. 42 Boon ................ .. .. .. .. .. .... 41 -Morey . ... ..... .... ... ........... . 43 Hine . .. .. ......... ... ..... ........ 45 Boulton .. ..... ... ... .. ......... . 41 B ayly ........ .. ................ .. 45

93 83 85

48 44

43 ':12

46 47 Gr~d

86 77 87 92 total 699

SHOOTING NOTES .

SHOOTING NOTES.

At the conclusion of the match, President Hill, m a short speech, said that an enjoyable afternoon hau been spent and, on behalf of his Club, o:ffered to supply am munition and rifles if we would fixe a match with them at Rewa Rewa . vVe take this opportunity of thanking the members of the Rifle Club for affording our team such valuable experience and of expressing the appreciation -we feel for the real live interest they take in our shooting.

COMPETITION FOR JUNIOR l\·f l£DAL. Figure . Handicap Hullseye. Kame. scr. -!7 44 A bbott scr. 46 45 Hair, J.t. 4 45 Hawkins .. .. .. 40 4 42 43 Musker 4 46 Pearce .. .. .. .. . 39 4 42 \Villiams .. .. .. 43 2 44 Pease .. .. .. . . . . 42 4 42 42 Honeyfield 4 42 42 Jonas 4 42 42 J\lllls

After the match with the Rifle Club, our chi ef object was to give the teams as much practice as possible before tbey shot in the Imperial Challenge Shield Competi~ tion at the end of the term. Previous to this the School has never entered more than three teams in this competition, but this year eight teams were entered, one senior and one junior from each platoon oi the Cadet Company. A system -of practice was adopted by which the Boarders fired in the early morning before school and the Day Boys during the uinner hour and after school. As t h e places in the various teams dependecl on the scores in the practices previous to the firing of the Imperial Challen o·e Shield Competition, each boy -was given an opportunity to fire eight practices under competition conditions. The first eigbt seniors -were, in arldition, entitled to fire off for the Searle Cup, for -which their Imperial Challenge Shield scores counted as one shoot. The Senior and the Junior Handicap Medals "·ere decided by the best two scores on bullseye and figure target. In the event o£ any two scores being equnl, the boy firing with the least han dicap took the high er position on the list. The best ten scores follows:-

lll

each competition were as

COl\J.PE'.riTION FOR SENIOR l\1EDAL. 1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 7. 9.

10.

Bullseye. Name. Harrison ······· 47 44 · Greiner 43 Knapman Boon, G. ...... 46 45 Morey O'Halloran, L. 47 44 McKay 43 Saxton .. Grayling ..... . 44 44 Atkinson 43 Jackson, S.

l•'igure. 49 47 44 48 47 45 46 47 49 43 44

Handicap. scr. 4 b

scr. ~

2 4 4 scr . 6 6

Total. 96 95

9"5 94 94 !:.14

94 94 93 93 93

23 Total 91 91 81:-'

89 89 89 88

88 88 88

As soon as the qualifying pmctices were finished, it was decided to fire o:ff for the Imperial Challenge Shields, At first the and the teams were picked ·accordingly . weather was unfavourable , so team practices were held, but on 'l'uesday, April 30th, it was thought fine enough to fire off No. 4 Platoon Senior Team . The weather was by no means perfect for our purpose and frequently the team was forced to take Tefuge from the rain in the Cricket Shed, neYerth el ess the members rose to the occasion and put on really good scores. The following are the deta iled scores:DIPERIAI.J CHALLENGE SHIELD COMPETITION. (SENIOR). XEW PLYl\IOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL SHOO'riNG 'IEAl\18, 1918. Application. No. 4 Platoon. 1 2 3 4 5 Tl. 1 2 3 4 5 'l'l. Name. Rank. 43 4 4 4 5 5-22 Sergt. B. M. John&.... .. 4 4 4 4 5-21 42 4 4 5 5 5-23 S.l\11. D. F. C. Saxton .. . 3 4 4 4 4---19 40 3 4 4 5 5-21 Sergt. J". M. Hi ne , . . . . . . 3 4 4 4 4---19 41 4 4 4 4 5--21 Act .-Lieut. C. A. McKay 3 3 4 5 5-20 45 4 4 4 5 5-22 L.-Corp. H.. E. Pope . . . 4 4 5 5 5-23 44 4 4 5 5 5-23 Cadet I. 1\I. Guild .. .. .. 4 4 4 4 5-21 47 4 5 5 5 5-24 Cadet J". R. King)ston ... 4 4 5 5 5-23 44 4 4 4 5 5-22 Cadet S. Ja ckson .. ....... 4 4 4 5 5-22 Gmnd total 346 Sergt. B. M. J"olu1s .... . . S.M. D. F. C . Saxton .. . Ad.-Lieut. C. A. McKay Sergt. J. M. Hine ..... . L -Corp. R . E Pope .. . Cadet I. M. Guild ...... . Cadet .J . R. Kingston .. . Cadet S. Jrv kson

3 3 3 5 3 4 4 3

4 4 3 5 3 5 4 4

5 5 3 5 3 5 4 5

5 5 3 5

4 5 5 5

Rapid. 2 5-22 4 5-22 3 4---16 5 5-25 3 5-18 4 5-24 4 5-22 4 5-22

4 4 4 5 3 5 5 4

5 5 5 5 3 5 5 4

5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5

5-21 5-23 5-22 5--25 4---16 5-24 5-24 5-22

43 45 38 50 34 48 46 44

Grand total 34 Average-86.75 per cent,

SHOOTING NOTES.

The next day, Wednesday, l\Iay 1, th e weather again turned out showery, but as the 'l'erm Holidu ys were approaching the competition could not be delayed, so ?\ o. J .Platoon t:lenior Team carried on . Although we dicl uot expect a very high score from this team, we were agreeu bly surprised to find that despite unfavourable colllhtions an average better than that of lnst -year 's No. 1 'l'eam had been recorded. The following are the scores : No . 3 .Platoon.

1.'he following are the scores : No. 1 Platoon . Application. Name. H.ank. Corp. B. H. Gl'ayling .. . Corp. R . l. Harrison .. . L -Corp. R C. Greiner .. . Sergt. E. Boulton ....... .. Sergt. G. F. Bayly ... .. . Cadet C. W. Morey . .... . Cadet G. L. O'Halloran L.-O>rp. G. J. W . Boon

1 2 3 4 5 Tl. 4 4 55 5-23 4 4 4 4 5-21 4 4 4 5 5-22 . 4 4 5 5 5-23 4 4 4 5 5-22 4 4 5 5 5-23 4 4 4 5 5-22 4 4 4 5 5-22

1~3 45'1'1.

4 4 4 5 5- 22 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 55 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5

Applicat1or>.. Rank.

Name.

Cadet C . \V. Ducklmrth L.-Crp. A. B. Sturtevant Corp . H. C. Ne well ...... Cadet K. R. Grant .... .. CadetS . K White ····· · Cadet D. P enman ...... . Cadet W. F. Short .. .... Cucl et D. A. Snowdon ...

-± 5- 20

4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4

5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4

4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4

5 5- 22 5 5-20 b 5- 21 4 5- 19 5 5- 25 4 5--20 5 5- 22

3 4 5 Tl.

4 4 5 4

5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5

5- 23 5--23 5- 24 5- 20 5- 22 o- 22 5-23 5- 22

43 45 44 41 41 47 43

Rapid. 4 4 2 4 2 3 4 4

5 4 4 5 3 4 4 4

5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5

5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5

5-24 5- 23 5- 19 5- 24 5-18 5- 21 5-23 5-23

4 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 5 a45 3 3 4 a3 3 0 4 4 3 4 4.

5--2± 5- 23 5- 22 5- 22 5-- 20 -± 5- 18 5 5- 21 5 5-21 5 5 5 5 5

Corp. J3. H. Gray li ng .. . Corp. It. I. Harrison .. . J,.-Corp. R. C. Greiner. .. Sergt. E. Boul ton .. .. ..... Sergt. G . 1<'. Bayly .. .... · Cadet C. W . .Morey ...... Cadet G. L. O'Halloran I-.-Corp. G. J. W . Boon

4 5 4 4 3 3 3 5

4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5

5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5

5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5

Rapid. 4 5-23 5 5-25 4 5-24 3 5- 24 4 5-22 3 5-20 4 5-21 5 5-25

Grand total 34c

Cadet C. W. Duckworth L .-Crp. A. B. Sturtev.ant Co rp. H. C. Newell. . . .. . . Cadet K. 1{,. Grant .. .. .. Cadet S. E. White ...... Cadet D. Penman . .. ... Cadet W. F. Short ..... . Cadet D. A. Snowdon ...

45 4o

45 4(i

45 47 44 45

Grant total 363

1 2 3 4 5 Tl. 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 4 4 4

5- 25 5-23 5-23 5-23 5- 24 5-22 5-23

48 4(i

41 4()

38 39 4.J. 4.J.

Grand tota 1 34-o Average-86 .75 per ·cent.

On the afternoon of the 1st, the No. 1 Platoon Senior Team was given a practice, tb e result being an <1ve1·age of about 93 points. 'I'he ne·:s:t morning a fresh mountain wind was blowing, but it was decided to allo\v the No. 1 'l'eam to shoot and not run the risk of being force d to shoot in worse weather. However, the membe1·s of the team were not greatly inconvenienced and the scoring was uniformly high.

5 5 5 5 4 3 5 5

5 5 5 5 5

5 5 5

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

5-24 5- 25 5-24 5- 23 5- 23 5-21 5-24 5-25

47 5U 48 47 45 41 45 50

Grand total 373 Averoge-92 per cent .

Th e Se,nior Competition was fini shed when the No. 2 l'la to on Senior T ea m fired on the 4 tli May. U nfortunntely the difficulty that the teams had to deal with last year cropped up again. During the year we have been singularly fortunate in being able. to obtain a supply of r eally good ammunition. However, just after the first shots had been fired it was found that there was not enougl1 to complete the match and as none was available in town we were. forced to use some of very doubtful quality . The fir st few shots soon proved our mistake, for instead of hitting the target reasonably near the bullseye they dropped down to the bottom just inside the "two" ring. As tbe matcu could not be· postponed until after the holidays, this unforeseen difficulty seemed likely to spoil th e team's score, but fortunately two m embers of another t eam cam e forward with some ammunition which t h ey had bought in anticipation ·Of tbe holidays . This proved to be all right, and in the Competition the following scores were registered : -

SHOOTING NOTES.

.Name. Rank. Corp. J. Knapman Cacret L. \Yalker ... . Cadet R . .Bothamley ... . Cadet 11. WilLs ... ..... . Sergt . H. L. Calder ... . Cadet I. .Burkhardt . . . . Cadet S. S . Allemann .. . Sergt. A. H. Buchanan

1 4 3 '3 4 3 4 3 2

2 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4

3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4

4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4

Application . 1 2 3 5 'l'l. 4 4 4 5-22 3 4 4 5-20 4 4 4 5-23 3 4 i 5-22 4 4 5 4-19 4 4 5 5-21 4 5 5 5-20 4 4 4 4-18

Application (Figure Target). 5 Tl. 5-21 4-19 5-22 4-19 5-23 5 5-23 5 5-24 5 5-22

4 4 4 5 4 5

43 39 45 41 42 44 44 40

(',1 det 'ad et Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet adet Cadet

F. A. A. L ..

R. E.

U. R.

\Villimus ..... . H. l\lorton .. Uandy .. Abbott . Alusker . l'earce Barak Hair ....

5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

5-23 5-22 5-22 5--24 5--2<1 5-23 • 5-22 5--'-22

47 45 46 48 44 47 42 43

Grand total 362 Average-87.5 per cent .

IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD COMPETITION (JUNIOR). NEW PL YMOUTII BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING 'l'EAl\lS, 1918.

The1 Junior Teams shot off: in the order Nos. 3, 1, 2, 4, on May 2nd, 3rd, and 6th respectively. It was necessary to fire two teams off in .one clay, but as an eaJ.:ly tal't was made this was no inconve.n ience. Through the whole of the shooting, \Timly anJ showery weathel' prevailed, and although it interfered to a certain extent, it caused less trouble than the bad ammunition which nearly disheaTtened one o£ the teams. The following are the scores o£ the Junior 'l'eams : No . 1 Platoon. Rank. Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet

Name.

1 2 3 4

F. Williams ...... . 3 5 5 5 A . H . M01·ton 4 4 4 5 A. Candy .

L. Abbott R. J\11 usker ... .... . E. Pearce M. Barak R. Hair ... .. .... . . .

4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 4

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5

Applicat10n. 1 2 3 5 Tl. 4 4 5 5-23 3 3 4 5-22 4 4 4 5-23 4 4 4 5- 24 5 5 5 5-25 4 4 5 5-24 3 4 4 5-18 4 4 4 5-22

tJ 5 5 5

5 5 5 5

5 '1'1 5-23 5-20 5-22 5-21 5-25 5-23 5-21 5-22

Grand total 358

4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4

5 5 5 5 5 5 3 4

5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4

5--22 5--23 5--23 5--23 5-25 5-22 4--17 5~21

2 4 4 3 4 ~ 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 i) 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

5--20 5--21 5--25 5--24 5-25 5-23 5--22 5--24

42 4J 4~

47 50 45 39 45

Grand total 3()0

No. 2 Platoon. Hank. Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cndet Cadet Cadet Cadet

Application. 1 2 3 4 5 '1'1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tl.

Nan10.

r\ . Mac \Vbirter .. 3 4 4 4 5-20 L. Pease .... .. .. .. . 4 4 4 5 5-22 4 4 4 4 4-20 J\1. J on as .... . 4 4 5 5 5-23 H . Hone:yfield 5 5 5 5' 5-25 R . l\[cl{.ae A. Crapper ...... .. . 4 4 4 5 5-22 W . !tea .... .. .... .. 3 4 4 4 5-20 D. Sutton .. ...... . 3 4 5 5 5-22

3 4 4 4 4--19

3 4 4 4 5-20 ,) 4 3 4 4 3

4 4 4 4 4 4

4 5 5 5 4 4

5-20 5-22 5-21 5-22 5-21 5-20

39 42 40 45 46 44 41

Grand total 339 Application (Figure Target) . 'ad et 'ad et mkt ( ':td0t Cadet C'ndet Ca det Cr,det

A . l\Iac Whirter . L . Pease ...... . :'1 L. J onas ...... . 13.. Honey fielcl R ..HcRae A . Crapp0r W. Hea D. Sutton ...

4 3 3 3

4 43 3

5 5 4 4 4 5 3 3

5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4

5 5 5 5

4 5 5 4

5-24 5--23 5--22 5-22 4--20 5-24 5--20 5--19

3 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 2 4 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 5

5-20 5--20 5--23 5-23 5--21 5-19 5--24 5--21

44 43 45 45 41

43 44 40

Grand total 345 Average-85 .5 per cent. No. 3 Platoon. Rank.

46 42 45 45 50 47 39 44

2 J 4 4 5 3 3 4

Average-89 .75 .P er cent.

Grand total 338 Rapid . 4 4 Corp. J. Knapman 4 5 5 5 5-24 3 4 Cadet L. \V alker ... ... . . . 4 4 5 5 5-23 3 4 Cadet IL .Bothamley .. . 4 5 5 5 5-24 4 5 Caaet R. Wills .. ....... .. . 4 5 5 5 5-24 4 5 Sergt. H. L. Ca lder 3 4 4 4 5- 20 4 4 Cadet I. .Burkhardt ... 4 5 5 5 5-24 4 4 Cadet S. S . All>mann. 4 4 4 4 4-20 4 4 Sergt. A. H . Buchanan 3 4 4 5 5- 21

SHOOTING NOTES,

No. 2 Platoon

Cadet Cadet 'adet Cadet Cn det Cadet Cadet Cadet

Name. J . H . Boon .. .. F. A. Corney .. ... . H . :\[. i\lill s G. H. W. Hold er1 C. W . Espin . A . l\1. l\foyes ..... W. H . l\[ackay . H. S . 'ra1Y shaw

Application. 1 2 3 4 5 '1'1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tl. 4 4 4 4 4- 20 3 3 4 .J. 5-19 -1- 4.) 5 3-23 2 4 4 5 5-20 2 3 4 4 4--17 3 3 4 4 5-19 3 4 4 5 5- 21 3 4 4 5 5-21

5-24 4-16 5-22 5-22 4-18 4 4 4 5 5-22 '> 4 4 5 5- 22 4 4 4 4 5-21

4 55 23 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 4

5 4 5 5 4

44 35 45 42 35 41 43

Grand total 327

28 Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet

SHOOTING NOTES.

Application (Figure Target) 4 4 5 5 5-23 4 4 5 5 5-23 F. A. Corney...... 3 4 4 5 5-21 2 3 4 5 5-19 R. M . Mills ...... 4 5 5 o 5-24 3 3 5 5 5-21 G. H. W. Holden 3 3 3 4 5-18 2 4 4 5 5-~0 C. W. Espin ..... 2 3 4 5 5-19 2 3 5 5 5-20 A. M. Moyes ...... 4 4 4 5 5-22 4 5 5 5 5-24 W . H. lVfackay . . . 4 4 4 4 5-21 3 3 5 5 5-21 R. B. Crawshaw.. 3 4 4 5 5-21 4 4 5 5 5-23

J. H. Boon ... ...

4G 40 45 ili::\ 39 46

Grand total 340 Average-83.48 per

c~nt.

No. 4 Platoon . Rank. Name. Cadet K. Ward .. Cadet L. Alien .: ...... .. . Cadet J. Waiter ......... . Cadet K . D. Baker .... .. Cadet G. Carr ........... .. Cadet R. Street ...... .. .. Cadet L. Malt .. : ........ . Cadet R. Hooker

1 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 3

2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4

3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

4 4 4 5 ~

4 4 4 4

Application. 5 Tl. 1 ~ 3 4 5-19 4 4 5 5 5-20 3 3 4 4 5-22 4 4 4 4 5-20 3 4 4路 4 4-18 3 3 4 4 4-19 3 4 4 5 4--20 4 4 4 4 5-20 4 4 4 4

5 Ti. 5-23 4--18 5-21 5-20 5-19 5-21 5-21 4--20

4:l

38 43 40 37 40 41 40

Grand total 3:.ll Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Cadet Ca det

K. Ward ......... I~. Alien .. .. .. .. .. J . Waiter .. .. . .... K. D. Baker . . . . . . G. Carr .. .. ... .... . R. Street .. .. ...... L. Malt .. .. .. . .. .. . R. Hooker .. . .. .. ..

Application (Figure Target). 3 3 4 5 5-20 3 3 3 4 5- 18 S 3 4 4 5- 19 3 4 5 5 5-22 4 4 4 5 5-22 3 4 5 5 5-22 4 5 5 5 5- 24 3 3 3 5 5- 19 :l 3 4 4 5- 18 2 3 3 5 5-18 3 5 5 5 5- 23 4 4 5 5 5-~3 4 5 5 5 5- 24 3 4 5 5 5- 22 2 4 4 5 5- 20 3 3 4 4 5-19

A vera.ge- 81. 75 per cent.

38 41 44 43 36 46 46 39

Grand total 333

In entering so mnny teams in the Imperial Challenge Shield Competition om object ha been to turn out a large pe.r centage of good rifle shots. Although our scores do not equal those of the teams of Hll6, yet we can safely say that the averages are better. To enter eight teams e路a ch containing eight members between the ages of thirteen and nineteen and to have no team averaging below 80 per cent . is surely worthy of note. vVe have always spent a good deal of time and money on shooting, bu:t since shooting is of su ch importance nowadays anil. since the teams cnn pnt on scores that nre worth while, we feel that neither our time nor our money has been wasted.

SNAPS AT INGLEWOOD .

DIARY OF EVENTS.

Feb. 12.-R.esumed School for current year. Mr. Glover joined the Staff . :B eb. 20.-N ew Boys' Concert. Feb. 2.7 and 28.-Cricket Match against W anganui College-. Feb. 28.-Half-h.oliday f<Or A. and P . Show. Agricul· tural boys cow judging. March 7.-Half-holiday on account of Pukekura Park Fete . Boys competed in all events possi· ble. School h elped with afternoon-tea . March 8.-Finals fo·r Life-saving Championships. March 14.- Half-holiday on account of Taranaki Primary Schools' Athletic Championships. School won both Invitation Races. March 15.-Swimming Sports at Breakwater. School March 16.-'fennis Match against Masters. played New Plymouth Tennis Club. }larch 90.-Cadets turned out in evening on occasion of visit of Minister for Defence to New Plymouth. March 21.-Swimming Championships competed for at Baths. April 6.- Shooting Match against New Plymouth Rifle Club. ipril 8.-Address by Mr . Bligh, White Cross represen· tative. April 13.-School (combined team of Masters and Boys) played Inglewood Tennis Club at Ingle· · . wood. April 25 (Anzac Day) .-No school. Cadets paraded and attended special services . .\ pril 22 to 29 .-Shooting for Imperial Challenge Shields. }Ja y G.-Cadets Class-firing. }lay 7.-Broke up for May holidays.

PREPARATORY NOTE£ Until the new school-which is well on the way to completion-is finished we shall be in our t emporary quarters in the Totalisator House. at the Racecourse, because the old Preparatory School had become too

PREPARA TORY :NOTES.

!>REPARATORY NO'l'ES.

small to accomm odate us all . ViT e are quite pieased 1\·ith our new quarters , for we have a comforta ble airy room , with a wooden :floor. Be.tween the upp er and low er <livisions a substant ial t emporar y partition ha s been erect ed. NEW BOYS . Our ranks thi s year have heen swelled by th e followmg ne'' boys, 29 in all- '1.' . P enn , J. P almer, J . Hogg , J. Gibb s, B . Gibb s, A. Bendall, B. Hoby, C. Pease, 1\l. Goldston e, T. Fookes, V. Fookes, \V. Old J. RoO'ers G. b ' Cop l estone, R· . eh nstie, J . Jackson, L. \ iV ebster , H. Erhndson, C. B ell, D. Hair, G. Hair, A. L eech, T . L e~cb , J. Brown, J. Cornish, K . Fo:s:, \V. Griffiths, C. Gnffith s, A. Fussell. Th e total roll is now seYenty-:five .

EXAMS . vV e wish to congratu late S. Fookes and M. Lysons in coming top of their Tespe~tive Form,~ . s~~ne of the boys in Standard VI. ar e begmnm g to . swot u_P e~tra work for the Junior N ational Scholarship E x ammatw n .

SWIMM ING. Thi s has been a very keen sport duriuo· th e :first llfll£ of the t erm. Th e followin g wer e the succ:ssftrl Preparat ory contesta nts :- 2nd Junior Champio nship \Vatkin s . ~nd under 1_:1: Cl?ampio nsbip , William s . 1st GOyds . Preprnatory , " ' atkms. 1st Brea st-stroke, Carthew . 1st 09yds . open , N eal. 1st 30yds. Preparat ory, N eal. W athnR ah:o '"on the 60yds . Primary Schools ' race in the R ecreation Ground s . LIFE-SA VING. The followin g Prepamt ory bo ys secured certifica tes: - - Elem ent ar y Certifica t es : K. Neal , .J. Rr anlon , S. Hut ·h en , .JI. Kebbell and J. PalmeL Pl'O:ficien cv Certific at es : J . Scanlon , S. Hutch en, III. K ebhell , J. Palmer. R U NNING. D . }Iaek ay won two ra ces at the F ete h eld in Pnkekura P ark in aid. of th e Park f unds. FOOTBA LL,. I n t h e latter part of t his t erm "-e commen ced " footy ." Owing to our incr eased numb ers we haTe no <hf~. culty in securing two g ood prn ctice t eams , out of " 'h iCh we hop e to turn out a creditab le t emn. \Ve ·lHdl not be lacking in weight in the fonvard division at an y rate . \\ e are l ookmg forwm·rl to the usual competit ion s 'n tll U pper Sc~10 ol t eam s next t erm . W hope al. o to play som outside t eam s . At the m eetino· cnllecl to elect offi cer s, F rank \ Villiams was elect ed c~ptain and B.. Roberts vice-cap tain.

GENER AL. vVe h ave it on the best authorit y that the Lower Prep. delight in wat ching the racehors es train: This bear s · out th e truth of the saying that educatiOn does not consist merely or book-lea rning In the r ecent examinrution one of the History questions "·as to describe the J acobit e R eb ellion of 1745 . One young hopeful wrote that the D~ke of Yukon came ·ter oss t o Scotland and roused the H i ghlander s to r ebellion . \V e have lately b een dealing with the provinces of (\ m acla, h en ce the confusio n. There wer e m any other hum orous answer s which rais ed man y a laugh as they wer e r ea d out. As we could p.ot attend the IN ew Boys' Concert, !, eld by the U pper School, an angemen ts wer e. J?-ade for u , to krve one of our own. The talent exhibite d was not ver y wonderf ul , the most pleasin g being a decidedly clever :Maori h ak a, performed by a Lower Prep. boy. H e earned rounds of applau se, and h ad to perform three times. \\Te were ver y sor r y to h ear that one of our numb er , n. Dolhy, bad broken l1is thigh. \ Ve are now pleased t o h ea r that l1 e is well on the road to r ec overy, and we hope l1 e "·ill b e with u s ag ain n ext t erm. V.,Te :t r e ver y pleased with th e :fine spacious grounds ;tllot t erl to u s on t h e R acecourse . W e have plenty o£ l'OODl for game. and exercises , and are quite close to the footb all grounds . This year we ar e taking Agricult ure, _9ur instruct? r b eino· Mr. Browne. Vile h ave b een allotted a plot m which we intend i.o plant various ve get ables . \V e f eel ther efore on our mettle, and that we sh all have to produce som etl1ing worth showing . \V e nr<> pl eased to h ear th:;tt three of. our boys, J!. "\V illinms, G. Hair, and D. Ran have gam ed places m the Junior Shooti n O' T eams. \Vhen the n ext Magazin e I S publishe d we hope to be in our new quarters . 0

SWIMMING NOTES.

SWIMMI NG. The handicap events of the Annual Swimming Sports were held at the Breakwater ou Monday, :JlarcL 18th. The 'veather was all that could be desired, and an enjoyable day resulted for all . By the courtesy of the Harbour Board the competitions were again held between the Breakwater and the \iVharf, and ::~gain the suitability of this locality -was demonstrated. A temporay platform was rigged up between the Breakwater and the \iVharf. From this the ra ces were started. The di sta nces we1·e marked o:ff along the Wharf ·b y flags, and all events "·ere keenly contested. This year, owing undoubtedly to the condition of the weather and to the ease with whi ch the spectators were able to follow the races, a larger attendance of spectators was induced than on previous occasions. As balloons and lifehuoy were unobbinable, th e B::1lloon Race and Musi ca l Lifebnoys had to be eliminated from the programme . \ Ve again wish to thank Mr. Swanson for hi s kiml donation of one guinea to the. Swimming Fund, and a!so for a camera . 'I'he camera ha s been presented to the winner of the Senior Championship. Two medals are again to be purchased with Mr. Swanson's donation, one to be presented to the Senior Champion, of the Lou 0' Distance Swimmin(J', the other to the Junior Champion~ W e also wish to thank M1. \tVatkins for a donatl.on of ten shillings. The results of the handie:ap events are as follow: ____:_ 30 YARDS OPEN. First ht:a t: L. O'Halloran (se:r .) 1. Second heat: G. Boon (scr.) 1. Third heat: S. Ogle (4sec.) 1. Fourth h eat: W. Pemnan (4sec.) and B. Butchen (2sec.) 1. Fifth heat: B. Boon (2sec.) 1. Sixth heat : :.\1. Osborue (1sec.) 1. Seventh heat: K. H.oberts (5sec.), E. Boulton (3sec .), B. Jolms (1 ec .). Eighth heat : R . ~eal (9sec.) 1. Ninth heat : G. Neill (/sec.) 1. Tenth l1eat: L. Abbott (7sec.) 1. Eleventh heat: C. :Eookes (4sec.) 1. Twelfth heat: K. Baker (5sec.) 1. Thirteenth heat: A. Crapper 6 ec.) 1. J!"ourteenth heat: E . Beckhessino'er (6se ·.) 1. :Fifteenth heat: L. \\ alker (3sec .) 1. Final: K . K enl' (9 ec .) 1 · \tV. Penman (4sec.) 2; B. Hutch en (2sec.) 3.

PHEPARATORY BOYS ' RACE. -30 YARDS . First heat: V. I•ookes (2sec.) 1, G. Walker (3sec.) 2, G . Bell (2sec.) 3. Second heat: Palmer (scr.) 1, K. Neal (2sec.) 2, B. Hooper (scr.) 3. Third heat: I. Watkins (scr.) 1, H. 11-oberts (3sec.) 2, D . Christie (2sec.) 3 . Fined : E:. Neal (2sec.) 1, I. Watk:ins (scr.) 2, B. Hoop er (scr.) 3. 60 YARDS OPEN. F1rstheat: S. Ogle (7sec.) 1. Second hent: J. E:yngdon (2sec.) 1. Third heat: D. Denny-Bro,vn (1sec.) l. Fourt\1 heat: 1\l. Os born e (2sec.) 1. Fifth heat : C. :;\IcKay (scr .) 1. Si:s:th heat: C. :Fookes (5sec.) 1. Seventh h eat: Colemalli (5sec.) 1. Eio'hth h eat : G. Boon (scr .) l. Ninth heat: H. Brackebu. h (3sec.) 1. Final : Kyngdon (2sec.) 1, A. Brackehush (3sec .) 2, C. Fookes (5sec .) 3. NEW BOYS' RACE.-30 YARDS. First };eat: D. Christie (2sec .) 1, R. 'l'ait (4sec.) 9 Second l1eat: lllanni:s: (2sec.) 1, Grant (scr.) 2. Third heat: R. Crawshaw (5sec.) 1, H. Rickard (2sec.) 2. Fourth heat: A. Bra ckehush (scr.) 1, A. Crapper (2sec.) 2. · F inal: :Jianni:s: (2se .) 1, A. Brackehus]J (.cr.) 2, C'rappe1 (2. e .) 3 . BHEAST RTROKE.-30 YARDS. First heat: 111. Carthew (7sec.) 1. Re ond heat: B. Hute:hen (2. ec.) 1. Third heat : H. Roberts (4sec.) 1. .Fonrth h eat : I. Burkhardt r(scr.) 1. Fifth heat: L. Ahhott (4sec .) 1. , ixth heat: A. V\Tay 6sec.) 1. Seventh heat: L . Walker (3. ec.) l. Final: Carthew (7sec) 1, B. Hutch en (2sec .) 2, H . lloherts (4sec.) 3. DIVING FOR PLATES. 1st, K. Duck er (12 plates): 2nd, I. Renaucl (11 plates); 8rc1, 8. Jncl' on (10 plates). LEAn ERS' RACE.-20 YARDS. First h eat : '. Smith (2sec ...) 1, C. Brown (scr.) 2, Bell (4sec.) 3. Second h eat: S. Jack.ou (4sec.) 1,

SWIMMING NOTES ,

SWIMMING NOTES.

lVIcLean (5sec.) 2, E. White (scr.) 3. 'fhird heat: S. Herbert (2sec.) 1, vV. Bermlge (scr .) 2, R. Crawshaw (5sec.) 3. Final: S. Herbert (2sec.), S. Smith (2sec.), C. Brown (scr.), dead heat. 100 YARDS OPEN. First heat: G. Boon (scr.) 1, S. Allemann (4sec .) Second heat: C. JYicKay (scr.) 1, Buchanan (5sec.) Third heat: S . Smith (2sec .) 1, B. JYiannix (8sec.) Fourth h ea t: L. O' Halloran (scr.) 1, K. Clemow (8sec.) Final: L. O'Halloran (scr.) 1, C. McKay (scr.)

2. 2.

12.

2. 2.

GREASY BOOlVI. 1st, JYI . Wood; 2nd, J. Kingston. BACK STROKE . -30 YARDS. First h eat: W. Smellie (4sec .) 1, 111. Osborne (4sec.) 2. Second h eat: D. Saxton (5sec.) 1, I. Burk'hardt (scr.) 2, K. Rob erts (5sec.) 3 . Third h eat: G. Brunnette (5sec.) 1, Pope (3sec .) 2, No akes (3sec .) 3. Final: JYI. Osborne 1, K .• Rob erts and D. Sax ton (equal) 2. HIGH DIVE . 1st, B . Boon ; 2nd , T. Forbes ; 3rd , G. Boon. 200 YARDS OPEN . L. Rawson (6sec.) 1, J. Henderson (3sec .) 2, C. ~f oR ay (scr.) and C. Smith (4sec.) equal 3. PREPARATO RY BOYS.-60 YARDS. I. Watkins (ser.) 1, G. Fookes (5sec.) 2, F. Williams (3sec.) 3. CORFU DIVE. S. Ogle 1, Homer 2, L .

~Ialt

INTER-FORM HJ~LAY. Form VlB. (C. JYi cKay , L. O' Halloran i., G. Boon, H . Howell) 1; Form IVB. (lVI. Osborne, I. Renaud, l3rack ebush, Burkhardt) 2.

CHAMPIONS HIPS. The championship events were competed for on 'l' lnusday evening, March 21st , at th e Municipal Baths, and the weather was all that could be desireu. Owing to the large numb er of competitors, both the Junior ( hampionsh~l? and the f:Under 14 Championship h ad to n the short races u very decided he . \TUm o.ff m h eats. improvement was noticeable in the times . 'l'he Championship r esults were :- L. O' H alloran (Seni or C li ~lmpion ), C. Kyngclon (Junior Champion ), H. lhck::m l (D nder 14 Champion). 'fhe Old Boys' Hace was keenly contes ted, til e results hen: g as follow s :-0. McHarcly 1, L . Ho:ffmam.t ~. H.. J\Iornson 3. At th e conclusion of the Sports, Mr. Scl1wartz O'ave an inter estiu g exhibition of :f:au cy swimmin ()' and di1~n n· "·hich \Yas mo st attentiv ely watched and b~enly :1ppre;i. atecl by the spectators. Th e offi cials were : .Jie. sr s . W . H. :Jioyes (starter ), A. H. R ycl er (call steward ), D ' Arcy Rohertson, n . H. Hor kSl anrl C\ G. Bottrill (judges) ..McKinn ey, "'' ynya rd :lllrl GloYer (steward s), Benn ett ( tnuek eeper) . Th e results are as follo\\· :CHAMPIOXS HIP EVE'STS. .SENIOR. 25 yard s : L. O' Halloran 1, C. McKay 2, D. DennyBr own 0 'fime. 14 2-5sec . 50 y ard s : L . O' Halloran 1, C. )J cKay 2, D. DennyBro\\·n 3 . Time, 32 2-5sec . 100 ya rds : L. O'Halloran 1, C. ~I cK ay 2 D. DennyBrown 3 . Time, 1min. 25sec . 200 yards : C. :McKay 1, L . O ' H~ llora n 2. Time, 3min. 44sec. • J U NIOR. 25 yanl.· : I. \iVatkins 1, B. Boon 2, I. Burk b n1t 3. Tim e, 15sec. 50 ya rd s : C. Kyngclon 1, I. \Vatkin s 2, H. Boou 3. Time, 36-tsec,

SWIMMING NOTES.

100 yards: C. Kyngdon 1, B. BQon 2, J. Henderson 3 . Time, 1min. 30sec. UNDER 14. 25 yards: H. Rickard 1, F. Williams 2, R. McRae Time, HI 1-5sec. 50 yards: H. fRickard 1, B. Hooper 2, F. \Villiams 3. Time, 47sec. 100 yards:- H. Rickard 1, F. Williams 2. Time, 1min. 15sec. Senior Championship Points: L. O'Halloran 18, C. McKay 14, D. Denny-Brown 3. Junior Championship Points: C. Kyngdon 10, I. W atkins 8, B. Boon 7. Under 14 Championship: H. Rickard 15, F. Williams 7, B. Hooper 3.

OTHER EVENTS. Awkward Entry:-lVI. Osborne 1, L. Richardson 2. LIFE-SAVING COMPETITIONS. Life-saving classes have been held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings £or the Boarders and on Monday and \Vednesday afternoons · after school £or the Day Boys. The examiners were Messrs. Schwartz and Christiansen for the practical work, and Dr. Wade for the physiology. The following are the results o£ the various Lifesaving Examinations:Hon. Instructors1 Certi:ficates.-M. Os borne, B. J ohns, L. O'Halloran. Teachers' Certi:ficates.-M. Osborne, L. O'Hal1oran, R. Boon, E. Pope. Bronze Medallions.-C. Smart, K. O'Halloran, K. Ducker, I. Watkins, L. ·walker, L. Rawson, A. Brackebush, C. Winfield, M. Anthony, T. Forbes, S. Train, K. Grant, B. Hutchen, J. Henderson, G. J. \V. Boon. Proficiency Certificates.-J. Henderson, Hutchen, M. Anthony, C. Winfield, K. Grant, K. O'Halloran, L. Walker, C. Smart, A. Brackebush, G. Boon, S. Train, L. Pease, L. Richardson, E. Meuh, M. J onas, K. Baker,

:a.

SW!M i\II ;'\G SPO ius路 SN APS .

SWIMMING NOTES.

37 Malt, . L Manni:s., B. .Jl. Barak, A. Candy, P. GriffitLs, J. Scanlon, S. Hutchen, M. Kebbell, H . Rickurd , H. Morton, S. Herbert, M. Sutherland, J. \楼alter. Elementary Certificutes .- l\L Anthony, B . Hutchen, J. Henderson, G. vVyborn, C. Jones, D . G. Mackie, K . Grant, C. W infield, K. O'Halloran , L. vVnlker, L. Neill , A. Brackebush, J. 路waiter, G. J. W. Boon, A. Buchanan, H . Rickard, H . Morton , S. Herbert, C. Brown, L. Pease, L. Richardson, E. Meuli, M. Jonas, K . Baker, A. Snowdon, M. Barak, A. Candy, P. Griffiths, B. Mannix, L. 'Jialt, J. Scanlon, S. Hutch en, l\l. Kebbell . LONG DISTANCE SWIMMING. 'l'he results are as follow:SENIOR. Miles . Name. .... 2 C. McKay Brackebush . _ . .. . 2 L. O'Halloran .. . . l Osborne ............ l Allemann .. ..... .. . Boulton .. ... ..... .. Saxton .... .. ... .. .. . Young .. ........... .

Yards.

Miles . N-ame . Herbert ... .. .. .. .. . 2 Render-son . .. .. . .. . l Watkins .. ........ . 1 C. 路Smart ......... .. 1 Walker ............. l Kebbell .. .. ..... .. . 1 Ducker .... ... ...... 1 Hayden ..... .. .... .. H . Boon ...... .. .... . Richard son .... .. . B . Hutchen .. .. .. Sutherland ...... .. Candy .............. . Pope ...... .. .... ... . Hassell .......... .. . Rawson ...... ..... . Waterson ........ . A. Waiter ......... . S. Hutchen ...... . E. Smart .......... . Noakes .......... .. Jonas ... .. .. ....... . Grant .. ........ ... . Harrison

Ya rds.

680 480

906 860 1266 1066 1066 866

Name . Newel! ........ .. .. .. Buchanan ........ . . K. Roberts ...... . C. Smith ........ .. Bellringer .. .. .... . Knapman C. Morey

Yar<l.s.

800 800 666 666 666 600 600

JUNIOR.

33 1140 773 440 373 106 40 1733 1533 1533 1333 1200 1200 1200 1133 1066 1066 1000 1000 933 930 930 866 866

Name . Kyngdon ......... .. Malt .......... .... .. . R. Christie ...... .. S . Jackson .. .... .. C. Fookes .... .. .. . Forbes ., .......... .. Rea .... .... ........ .. '.reed . ..... ......... .. J. Waiter ....... .. K. O'Hal!oran .. . Wyborn .......... .. Rickard .... .. ... .. . Duckworth : ..... . . l\fannix .......... .. Penn .... ... ....... .. . WilJiams .. ...... .~ . Hooper ........... .. Rogers .. ........... . Corkhill ......... . .. L. Smart ........ .. . L. AJ!en .... .. .... .. Brokenshira ...... . Barak .. ........... . Pease .... .. .. ...... .

Yards.

866 800 800 -733 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 600 600 600 600 600 600 60() 600 566 533 533 533

SWIMMING NOTES.

Yards. Name. Name. Coleman ... 4.66 Bro\\·n .... . J. Scanlon 46G Ellis ..... ... ....... . Hood ........ ....... . 466 Baker ....... .. .... . J. Jackson 466 Jury .. ......... .. ... . Dirmis·s .... ... ... .. . 466 Bothamley ....... . . Wright . 466 Robinson .... .... . . Street ............. . 466 G. Fookes ......·.. L. Jones 400 Jillet .... ...... ..... . Moore .............. . 400 Snowdon ... ...... . Mooreshead ... .. . 400 Rolfe ....... , ...... . . Hawkes ........ . .. 400 Newton ........... . . Senior Champion: C. McKay. Junior Champion: S. Her-b ert.

SWIMMING NOTES.

Yards.

400 333 333 333 266 200 200 200 133

lOO

100

Early in March the Life-saving Competitions un~ler the North Taranaki Centre of the Royal Llfe-savmg Society were decided. The following is the Press account of the preliminary tests.: The preliminary tests in connection with the Schools' Life-saving Competitions under the North Taranaki Head Centre of the Royal Life-saving Society were completed this mo-rning at the :Municipal Baths. The team of girls from Chetwode· School went through_ t h e drill in splendid style, and were awarded 222 pomts; New ~lymouth B_oys which places them in the le ad. Hio·h School No. 2 Team are second w1th 218:\- pomts, and the No. 1 Team third with 216:\- points. Eltham District HiO'h School No. 1 Team (girls) came fourth with 212:\- point;. Chetwode and Boys' High School K os_,; _1 and 2 Teams take part in the final at the Baths on l!nclay night for the Taranaki Schools Championship Cup (Senior). The finals were got o:ff on l\farch 8th, -with the following results:-

1. 2. 3.

Chetwode . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. Boys' High Scl10ol, No. 2 'l'eam .. .. .. Boys High School, No. 1 Team .......

228 22H

224~

It will be noticed that the two School Teams gained an equal number of points, but No. 1 lost second place on time. 'l'he Examiner reports: "I have to compliment those concerned on the excellent performance of both the chool Teams. Both teams show by their respective O'ains in points as between the preliminary and the final tests that every effort was made to secure first place.

Failure to do so was, in my opinion, due to over-eagerness and confining the actual final training to too short a period. It was in the minor detailS! of the work that t he major portion of the points were lost. " No. 1 Team consisted of P. Atkinson and M. Osborne, and No . 2 of D. Denny-Brown and ~ - Boon . C. l\fcKay was instructor for both.

HOUSE _NOTES. This year the roll of Boarders has reached the record number of 120. The m:~jority ·Of these boys hail from 'l'aranaki, but there is an ever-increasing percentage of boys from farther afield, and we now have among us representatives from places as far awa y as Dunedin and ' Fiji . At the beginning of the year Mr. Glover joined the Boarding Staff. :vv e all extend a hearty welcome to him, and trust that his stay with us will be a lon g ancl a pleasant one. Owing to the increase in our numbers, evening preparation is for the present being clone in the dining-room. This is rather incom·enient, as it entails a goorl deal of extra work in clearing and laying the tables; but all trouble in this direction will soon be at an end, as the new school is now well under way . Another change ·which has been made is the conversion of the Library into a dormitory, the Library being temporarily moved to the front room of the old house. As this room is much smaller than the original on e, it is somewhat congested with ta hles and bookcases. A week or two after their arrival, the new Boarders '\\·ere each put through tlie not very trying initiRtion ceremony, and are now in a position to introduce future new boys to th e school life in the orthodox fashion. vV e had an evening o:ff prep. on the occasion of the Swimming Championship., which were held in the Raths. The Boarders were well represented among the champions, L. O'Halloran i. winning the senior, and H. Rickard the under 14 championship. At the close of the cricket season the Boarders who had a free day, one Saturday made a trip to Waitara to get 'a load of blue papa, which was, to be used in making a wicket for next season. The papa proved

HOUSE NOTES.

HOUSE NOTE:S.

wet an~ lun~py, and consequently squads of boys l1ad to go on m shifts to crush, roll, and sift it before it was duly laid down.

armchair with a hook .' He was still there in the small hours, "sitting up ," · hut very far from "doing some work. " It is surmised that he awoke with a "click." A start was made with football soon after Easter, a Senior and Junior D ay Boys v. Boarder s match being played. Boarde.r s won both matches. For several weeks at the beginning of the term the house was usually well astir by 5.30 a.m., as that was the hour when the life-saving class and the shooting boys had to rise, much to the disgust of those who rpmained in bed and had their b eauty sleep disturbed. But now 7 o' clock is the time we get up, as the swimming season has closed·, and it is too dark for shooting practice before breakfast. One Saturday, a team of Masters and Boarders played a t ennis match at Inglewood, and even Ingle:woodites must admit that they received a few drops of the town 's proverbial "mountain dew. " E;owever, it was not' wet enough to spoil the outing, so the m at ch was played and the School team went home victorious . Y.l e are now no longer surprised if, on looking into any odd corner about the buildings, we 'find therein a small table of a kind surrounded by about a dozen enthusia stic workers seated ·On barrels, b r oken chairs, etc ., for it has for some time b een the rage among the Ili., IV . , and V. Forms to h ave studies ( ?) . One particular batch of these students show ed considerable skill in the application of k erosene tins to building a ehimney for their fir eplace, the smoke. from which h a d formerly to m ake· its way through holes in the roof. But one ·'set" conceived a new idea in study construction, and n n result the hillsid e in tlie plots is now literally riddl ed with burrows or, more properly, dug-outs. It is understood they are to .b e quite gor'g eous aff airs, some even having electric light installed. This East er the boys who did not go to their homes \vent for a mountain tramp, an account of which will be given elsewhere.

Once more we have to· record that the elements have favoured usl with a gale, this time one of the most severe in the history of New Plymouth, in the. form of a cyclo~ ic storm fr?m th~ sea. Sund17 minor damage ,...,-as done at School, mcludmg the blowmg down of one or two trees a,nd the unroofing of a shed in the agriculture plots. 1he latter :vas a severe. blow to the h eadmaster's pride, and has qmte shaken hi~ confidence in his carpentering powers. Also, the mormng after the ()'ale we found the boot-room window quite a di sta n ce fr~m 't he nlace it is supposed to occupy. The tin shed recently erected betw een the old prep . room and the school has had a rfloor ~ut in it, and is now used as a locker-room and a practi ce room for the Orchestra. Tw? of our nui?b e_r, who are ev~dently of a de cidedly J?ec~amcal turn. of mmd,. ar e makmg a telegraph and , J~dgmg by the.u ~ntlulSlasm :;.nd by the mysterious oilence they mamtam~ are m eetmg w1th some success, bu~ all ~hat m ere outsiders can learn of their mysterious don;tg~ Is gathered from such scraps of conversation as, " Did It act all ri(J'ht ?" " Y.es, stunner! " At_ the en d of the term the new Gymnasiun~ apparatus arnved, and was set up: in the old prep . room. · HaYmg "Gym." again will be a r eturn to the old life for ~hos e who were h.ere before.the fire, as gymnastics are rm Important fa?tor m school hfe. During the winter it -will b e ~ great Imp.r ovement on the physical drill -we now ;lo m the mormng, as the grass on the crick et-grouml IS often wet. One morning b efore breakfast a larO'e squad went down to the Recreation Grounds t~ brin~ ba ck th e bio· roll er, which they succeeded in doinO' aft~r som e trouble ~lue to the breaking of links in the harness. The roller 1~ to h e u sed on th e cricke.t-ground, and will proYe partiCularly u . eful , as our own large roller i s broken. That armchairs and h eaters are not condu civE' to

suc~essful "swatting~' is clearly shown by th e following m c1dent : -O~e .eveml?-g a VIB. boy announced tr., his

rcom-mat es his mtentwn to "sit up and do som e work " so b e was left at about 10 p.m., , sitting in a comfortable

CRICKET NOTES. This term h as marked a further step in the history of our crick et, this b eing the fir s-b year in which a match h a been played aga inst a t eam outside 'farana ki. Needless to say, such a match was looked forw ard to

CRICKET

NOT~S.

CRiCI{ET NOTES.

with great enthusiasm, many of the younger players striving for a place in the eleven. Although we knew that our chances of beating W anganui Collegiate School were very poor, we realised that the experience gained would stand us in good stead in future matches. We sinceraly hope that; this is the forerunner ·Of a long senes of friendly matches. As the matches show, most were played against town teams . W e greatly appreciate the sportsmanlike conduct of the members o-f the teams in playing an eleven below their standard simply to- give us the practice we so urgently needed . ViT e have much pleasure in acknowledging ::M.r. Tienaud's presentation of a cricket bat for the most meriWills is now the torious performance at \V anganui. fortunate owner. Our thanks are especially due to Mr. D ' Arcy Robertson, who, besides taking a very keen interest in our cricket, kindly presented us with a very good cricket-bag. The following are the detailed scores : 71

20 3 6

Total

Bowling analysi s .- Hocking, one wicket for 2 runs· Bryce, three for 11; Canning, three for 5; Foxward, two for 9.' Second innings. Willis, stumped SinclaJr, b. Gilmer ii. .YlcKay , c. Foxward, b. Bryce Brokenshire, run out Hine, c. Stone-Wigg, b. Hocking 0' Halloran, b. Hocking Greiner, l.b.w. Wills, c. Stone-Wigg, b. Canning ... Usborne, c. Gilmer i. , b. Bryce J ones, b. Bryce Saxton, not out l!Jxtras

SCHOUL.-First Innings. 5 0

9 2 2 1

13 9 1

18 70

SCHOOL

16 21 3 27

11 1

Bowling ana(ysis.- Hocki..ng, t"·o wickets for 18 runs· Bryce, three for 19; Stone-\¥igg, none for 4; •Gilmer 1i. , one' for 7 ; Canning, one for 4.

59 28 15

Bowling analysis.-Brokens'hi.:re, t hree wickets for 98 runs; l\lcKay, three for 69; Sinclair, three for 52; Jones , one for 43; Greiner, none for 7.

\Villis, stumped ... Sinclair, c. Gilmer i., b. Bryce Hine, c. and b. Bryca McKay, c. Stowe, b. Hocking Brokenshire, b. Canning \Vills, b. Bryce O'Halloran, b. Canning

0 0

Tota.l

... 296

Total

Gremer, b. Foxward Usborne, b. Foxward Saxton , b. Canning Jones, not out l!Jxtras

W ANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Baddeley, c. Hine, b. Brokenshire ... Stowe, c. Willis , b. Sinclair Hocking, b. Sinclair Bryce, b. Brokenshire Porritt, b. Sinclair Gilmer ii. , c . Hine, b. McKay Harding , b. Brokenshire Stone-Wigg, b. McKay Foxward , l.b.w., b. Jones Canmng, b. McKay Gilmer i. , not out l!Jxtras

·T OWN.

TOWN. .\lcDonald , b. Brokenshire Hughes, b. Brokenshire Willis, b. Jones Robertson, not out Bain, b. Jones Nicoll, b. Brokenshire .. . Bottrill, run out .. . M'K inney , c. Wills, b. McKay 1 ~ Ir. D' Arcy Robertson , c . and b. Broken shire _\lr . Stainton, b. Brokenshire J\Ir. Glover, b. Brokenshire Extras

:\1r. .\1r. Mr. Mr. :\1r. Mr. Mr. Mr.

38 5 6

0 4 5 3 4

3 6 0

Total

Bowling analysis.-Brokenshire , six wickets for 30 runs; Jones, two for 16 ; McKay, one for 24.

CRICKET NOTES.

SCHOOL. Willis, l.b. w., b. Mr . Nicoll Sinclair, b. Mr. Nicoll Hine, . c . and b. Mr. .Nicoll Brofrenshire , b. Mr. Robertson McKay, c . and b. Mr .. M'Donald Wills, c. Willis, b. Mr. Nicoll O'Halloran, run out Greiner, run out .. . Saxton, c. and b. Mr. Willis Osborne, b . Mr. Hughes Jones, not out Extras Total

1 1 3 1 18 0 0 1 4 1

2 10

Bowling analysis.- Mr .. Bain, .no wickets for 5 runs; · M.r Nicoll. four for 7.; .·Mr. Robertson , one for 15; 'W illis. one for 3, l\fr. l\kDonald , one for 4; :Mr. Hughes, one for 1.

MASTERS v. BOYS. · MASTERS. l\Ir. Robertson , c. l\IcKay , b. Sinclair McKinney, b . . Sin clair Mr. Wynyard , b: O'Halloran Mr . Glover, b. Hine Mr. Ryder , b. McKay Mr . Rockel, run out Mr . Bottrill. b. McKay Mr. Lash , not ou:t Grant, b. McKay Duckworth. c. O'Halloran , b. 1\1cKay W. McKay, b. Sinclair Extras

:vu.·.'

Total

29 6

0 0 8

12 22 1

0 0

8 96

Boll'ling ann l ysis. -McK~y, four "·ickets for 22 runs; Sinthree for 25; O'Halloran , one .f or 20; Hine, one for 21.

c l~ir ,

BOYS.- First I.nning·s . Wil1is; b. Mr. Ryder Sinclair, b. Mr. Wynyard Hine,- b. Mr. Ryder .. McKay, b. Mr. Ryder O'Hallorau. b: Mr. Wyn yard Will s, c. Mr. Wynyard. b . Mr. Ryd er Osborne, c. Mr. Lash, b. ' Mr.' Rycler Greiner, l.b.w ., b. Mr. l{yder

14 8 0

0 I 5 0 2

STAlo/D! NG :

SAXTO N,

FIRST ELEVEN , 1918. R 0. S I NCL AIR, R. \ VJLLS, J. R. J. ~!. HINE, C. Mc K AY (Cnp taiu ) , R.

JO N ES,

SITTI:\' G : l\1. 0 Si501l:\' E.

KI:\' GSTO N, GRE ! N E!l ,

L. O ' HALL OR AN.

vV JLLl S.

• 45

CRICKET NOTES.

•

Saxton, b. ~l.r. Wynyard Forbes , not out Pope, b. Mr . Wynyard Extras

Tot::~l

Bo,Yling analy.sis.-Mr . Ryder, six wickets for 20 runs; Mr. \Vynyard, four for 21. Second Innings. Willis, c. Mr. Lash, b. Mr. Moyes ... Sin clair, b. Mr. Lash Saxton, c. Mr . Mackay, b. Mr. La:sh Hine, not out McRay, c. Mr. WynyaJ·d, b. Mr. Moye.s ... O'Halloran, b . Mr. Bottrill Osborne, l.b. w., b. Mr. Moyes Wills, b. Mr. Lash Greiner, c. Mr. Robertson, b. Mr. Glover .Forbes , b. Mr. Glover l:'ope, b. ~l.r. Ryder ExtraJs

0 0 0 27 0 3 2 5 4 0

12 2

Total

Bowling analysis .-Mr. La-sh, three wickets for 10 runs· .Mr . .~!oyes , three for 13; Mr. Glover, two for 20; Mr. Bottrill; one for 10; Mr . Ryder, one for 0.

'fOWN

SCHOOL.

SCHOOL.-First Innings. Siuclair, c. - -, b. Mr. Robertson ... O' Halloran, b. Mr. Robertson Hine, b. Mr. Nicoll Willis , b. Mr. Robertson Broken<;hire, b. ~h . Robe1·tson i\lcl"l..ay, e. and b. Mr. Nicoll \Vills, c. and b. Mr. Nicoll ... Greiner, l.b.w., b. Mr. Nicoll Saxton, b. Mr. Nicoll Kingston, not out Jones , c. and b. Mr. Weston Extras Total

15 0 0 9 3 0

3 3 0 3 0 9

Bowling analys is.- Mr . Nicoll , five wickets for 7 runs; Mr. llobertson . four for 9; Mr. Willis, none for 10; Mr. Weston , one for 9; M.r. Stainton, none for 1.

•

CRlCKET NOTES.

TOWN. i\lr. U,obertson, retired Mr. t\ icoll, retired

17 30

Total (innings declared closed)

SCHOOL.-Second Innings. S inclair, b. Mr. Stainton .. . Willis , b . .Mr. Stain ton .. . O'Halloran , b. Mr. Willis .. . Hine, c. Os borne, b. Mr. Stain ton ~VfcKay , c. and b . Mr. Hobertson W1lls, c. and b. ~Ir. Hobertson Kingston , c. Mr. Bottrill, b. Mr. Brokenslnre run out ... Saxton , c. and b. Mr. Nicoll Greiner. not out Jones, b. Mr. St~i~ton ... J£xtras · .

. ::. .. . Weston ...

0 0 3 34 24 tl 1il 6 1 1

Total

104 BO\Yling .analysis. - Mr . Stain ton four wickets for 22 ~·un s ,· .\Ir. W ill is , one for 4 ,· Mr. Weston , ' one f or 16 ; ""I ~ . r . Robertson , t 11·o f or 21; Mr. Nicoll, one for 34.

SCHOOL v. OMATA. SCHOOL. Willis, b. Mr. Hucrhes Sinclair , c. Mr. H;ghes, b:. ivrr. Ro·b~rtson · .. Hme, b. Mr. Robertson · .. Brokenshire, b. Mr. Ro-be;:tson McKay, c. Hine, b. Mr. Fox O'HalJoran, b. l\h. Waller Wills , b. Jones ... Kingston , b . Mr. Fox Saxton, not out ... Greiner , l.b.w. , b. Jones Os borne , run out .. . J£xtras

5 0 0

6 2

1 9 0 I

Total

5tl . 13owliz~g analysis .-Mr. Hughe.s, _ two wickets f.9r 10 runs . •\LJ. Robe1tson, three for 8; Mr. Bailey, none for 14. Mr. Fox: tll'o for 6; Mr. Wailer, one for 6; Jones, two 1 for 7. '

Waller , b. McKay Robertson , b. McKay D. Hugbes, b. Sinclair Fox, b. McKay ...

Mr. A. Hughes, b. McKay Mr. Bottrill, c. and b. Sinclair Mr . C.),uickfall, b. McKay Jones, c. and b. McKa.y Pope, b. Sincla.ir Buchana.n, not out Espm, b. McKay Extras

0 20

0 I

1 0 0

7 5!:!

Total

Bowling ana.ly.sis.-Sinclair, three wickets for 16 runs; McKay , seven for 29.

During the term, Form VIB. challenged Forms IV. and V., and managed 'to score a win by 29 runs . Of VlB.'s score of 59, McKay and Sinclair compiled 20 each by forceful cricket. For the IV. and V., Hayden, ·wills anu J one!' were responsible 'fo-r the majority of runs. Not content with this victory, VIB. o:ffered to play the Rest of the School, but su:ffered defeat by an innings and 9 runs . In VIB.'s first innings, McKay and Nichol~ son were the only batsmen to attain double figures, whilst in the second innings only Pope and Atkinson reached double figures . For the School, Osborne played a sound inning of 45, Kingston and Hine being the only other batsm en to make over 10 runs .

CAMERA CLUB. The Club has been exceedingly fortunate this term in the splendid donation of Mr. Messenger. 'l'his consists o£ a half-plate camera, and of a 5 :s: 4 reflex camera with a telephoto l ens, and of a numb er of accessories besides. We tender Mr. Messenger our heartiest thanks, and hardly need to assure him of the great use which his present will be to· us . Besides the usual snapping and photographing, competitions were arranged. The conditions were as follows:Each competition will be divided into two classes:(a) All sizes -of photos from quarter-plate upwards; (b) All sizes of photos smaller than quarter-plate.

OMATA. Mr . Mr. l\Ir. Mr.

CRICKET NOTES.

1 2

I. The best group of four photos of New Plymouth. II. The .best group of four photos of the agricultural plots and farm.

CAMERA CLUB.

Th e following were the prize-winners:Smaller thav quarter-plate size: Agncv:cura l Vie w.s : 1 S . Herbert, 2 B. Noakes. New r'lymouth Vie ws : 1 R. Hair, 2 B. Horner and 13. Noakes (equal). Over quarter-plat e ,~ize : Agricultmal Views : 1 K Cole. N e\\· .Plymouth Vi ell' s : 1 I. M. Guild, 2 J . King ston.

A number of good entries were r eceived, and a ver y narrow margin separated the different entrants.

LIBRARY NOTES. Once more the Library has had to change its quarters, this time a .change for the worse. Owing to the large increase in the number of boarders, the Library was converted into. a dormit01;y, thus necessitating its removal to the old drawing-room in the front part of the hou se . At present, with all the bookcases in ther e, it is very cramped, but we hope that this will be remedied when the new .school is compl eted. vV e are sorry to add that the m embership of Day Boys has decreased, but we think that this is only another regrettable outcome of our ·p resent position, and that, witL the class-room close at hand, we shall once more have a flourishing Day Boy membership. We have much pleasure in acknowledging .the following books presented by i\lr. Prideau:s:, of. Pohokura :-

The Da ughter of the Chieftain (Elli.s); Teddy's Buttons (Amy '.e Feuvre); Hollo at Work .and Rollo at· Play (J. Abbot); Heroes uf t h e Empire; K ent Knowles (Lincoln) ; Adventures of the North (Parker) ; The Poison Belt (Conan Doyle) ; Dra cul a (Stoker) ; The T 11·o Castaways (Lady Dixie); White Fang (Ja.ck London); A Marble F:mn (Rawthorne); Two Year s Ago (Kingsley) ; The One Dog and t h e Other s (Slaughter s) ; Pioneers (Cooper) ; Call of the Wild (Jack London) ; 'l'he Story of Lord Roberts (Selar); Great H eroes and Gallant :Fights; English Battle~ and Sieges iu the P eninsular War (Napier); French Readings (Knapp).

Two copies of " vVhat a Young Boy Ought to Know " (Stall) were also. added this term.

TENNIS NOTES.

year 's club. Keen interest has been shown in th e ladder matches, and consequently some interesting games have · been played. '!'h er e is only tl1 e asph alt court at present fit to pla}r on, nn cl 'even this sta unch old friend is getting a little out of rPpair. There ha s not been enough t.ime or money to put on to the grass courts, which ha ve now got a littlr out of hand. E arly in the t erm we r eceived t"o dozen tennis balls from th e New Plymouth Club. Needless to say, this gift was greatly appreciated, anrl \\ e h ere wish to fliank this Club very much indeed for their kind gift and interest shown to our Club. In th e e r~rly part of the term a. match was arranged against the Masters . The weather was perfect, and r~l though we were badly beaten, some en joyable. tennis wrJR · pla yed ancl everybody enjoyed t4enu; elves . The result s r~re aR follows:SINGLES. Ma.sters. Mr. Mr. Mr. :Mr. Mr . Mr.

.. .. Ryder Glovn .. .... .......... Rockel ........... ... Bottrill Wyn yn.rd .. .. Moyes

9 9 9 9 4

Boys . ............ v. Hine v. Atkinson ...... .... .. .. . . v . Harrison .... .. .. .. .... .. . v. Christie .. .. ............. v . McKay .......... . .... ..... v . O'Hnlloran

0 0 4 4 9

DOUB LES . Master s. .Messrs . Ryder and Glover .. . Messrs. Rock el and BottriU Messrs. \Vynya rcl and Moyes

9 9 3

v. v. v.

Boy s . Hine and Atkins-on Harri son and Christie .. .. .. McKny and O' Hnllor:m

5 3 9

TotaLs: Master s ......... 70 games, 7 sets. JJoys ............. 37 ga m es . 2 sets

vVe are greatly indebted to t h P To"-n Club f.o r thl' u se of courts and balls . On the same afternoon n combined temn of '\fasters

'l'l1is t erm there h as been a marked incr ea. e in t he n umb er of boys enrolled in the T enni Club. The number t otalling 62 m ember s-nea rly double that of last

rmrl. Ho,vs played a match nga iu st tl1c Ne"- ~·l ymo nth

T ennis Club. A mo st enjoyn ble match rrsulterlm r1 substantial win for the Club. Thr follo"ing are th r F orE' .~:

TENN IS NOTES.

TENNIS NOTES.

SINGLES. Mr. Mr. Mr Dr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

New P lymouth . N icholson B loxham .. .... .. .. .. Griffiths .. ...... .... .. Fookes Davies .... ..... ...... .. Boyd ................ .. . Wilson .. .... ........ .

9 9 5 9 7 9 9

Masters and Boy:s. Mr. Ryder ........ .... .. . Mr. Glover .. . v : Mr. Rockel .......... .. . . v. Mr. Bottrill ........ .... . v. Nlr. Wynyard . . ........ . v. J. M . Hine .... .... ...... . v. P. Atkinson .... ..... .. .

v. v.

8 9 2

SINGLES. Ladies. Boys. Mrs. Bullard ............ .. 9 v. H ine ................ .. ~ .. 3 Mrs. Grant .. .. .... ........ . 9 v. Atkinson ............ . . . 4 9 Miss Nutting ...... .. ... .. 7 v. McKay ............... .. .. Mrs. Pattcrson ......... . 7 V. Osborne ...... ... .. .. .. .. . 9 6 V. O'Hal!oran 5 Miss Nuttmg ..... .. ... .. li 3 V. Christie Mi·ss W infield .... ... ... ..

DOUBLES. Masters .and Boys. New Plymouth. Messrs Nicholson & Bloxham 9 v. Messrs. Ryder aJ1d Glover ... 5 Messrs. Davies and, Hoyd ... ... 9 v . Mr. Wynya.rd and Hine ..... 3 .Mr. Griff'tths and Dr . Fookes 9 v. Mes•srs. Rockel and Bottrill 6

Men.

. 14

Mr Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

Totals: New Plymouth ... 84 games, 8 sets. High School .. .. .. 53 games, 2 sets.

On Sttturday, April 6th, we arranged a game against the Girls, and played it on the .c ourts at their school. The The Girls very kindly provided morning tea. weather was glorious, and although the scores are a good deal in favour of the Boys, the games were all contested eagerly up to• the last point. Following are the results: SINGLES. Miss Miss Miss Mi&s Miss Mis.s

Boys. Girls. .... ................ Hine , v 32 E. Ballantyne M. Coleman ... .. . 25 v . Atlrinson .... .. .. .. .... . N. Dell .......... .. 24 v. Osborne ........ .. ....... L. Hurle ....... .. . 34 v. McKay .... .... ... ....... D . W atkin s .... .. 26 v. Christ1e .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . V. Johns .. ....... . 26 v. Harrison ..... .. .......

40 40

Totals: Boys Girls

390 points, 9 sets .

273 points, 0 sets.

Black burn .. . Sutherland .... ... . .. Arm strong .... .. ... . Eggleton ....... ... .. . Greig .. .. ........ ..

5 V. 2 V 0 Y. 5 v. 6 v. 6 v.

Ma.sters . Mr . Ryder ..... .. ~Ir. Rockel ... .. ]\'fr. Glove.c .. .. Nh. Bottrill .. Mr. Wyn yard Mr. McKinney

G 6 6 (i

DODBL.~S.

Mesdames Bullard and Grant ... .Mrs. Patter.son and l\li<;s Nutting .... .. ... .Messrs. Wagstaff and Suther land . .. ... .... .. .. ... . Messrs. Armstrong ,and D lnck................ ........... burn :l lessrs. Eggleton and ~reig ...

School. J v. Hine and Atkinson

3 v. O'Ha lloran and Ohr iHtiC'

2 v. Messrs. R yder and GloYC'l

()

7 v. l\J.essrs. Rockel and Bottrill 9

COM.B INED Inglew·ood.

40 40

DOUBLES . Boys. Girls. Misses .E. Ballantyne and JI.'L 50 Coleman ................ .... . 32 v. Hine and Atkinson 50 Misses N. Dell and L. Hurle 38 v. Os borne and McKay . .. Misses D . Watkins and V. 36 v. Ohristie and H arri son .... . 00 Johns ............. .. .

W agstaff ..... ..

Inglewood .

40 40

The following Saturday we journeyed out to InO'lewood, where we played the Ladies, while the Masters played th e illen on the Inglewood courts . The InO'le,,·ood ladies very kindly provided both mornino· ~nd afterl?-oon te::, as well as dinner . We left school by the mornmg . tram and re_turned on the mail tired but very happy after a splendid day's play. Followino· are the " results:-

and Wynyard Messrs. l\IcKi nney ....... .. ..... .. ... 2

DOUBI~ES.

School.

\~ agstaff and Mrs. Bullarcl 9 v . l\Jr. Ryd er nn d Hine .... I !\Lr. Sutherland and Mrs. Gr.ant 2 v. Mr. Glover and Atkin son G

}fr.

:lh·. Bl nckburn and Miss Nutti ng 4 v. i\Jr. Rockol nnd Osbonw 6 .\Jr. Armstrong and Miss \Vinfi eld 2 v. Mr. Bottrill nnd :lfd\nv 6 Mr . Eggleton nnd :loirs. Pnttel Jon 6 v . :l[r. W . · n~·ard & Chri stic 0 Tota ls: New P lymouth : 119 games. 13 ·>ets . 110 .(Tames, 8 sets. lngle"·oocl

Following are those in our team this year in order of merit :- Hine 1, Atkinson 2, Osborne 3, M Kay 4, Christie 5, Harrison and 0 Halloran 6.

FOOT BALL NOTE S.

A new year has come and brough t with it its usual routine footbal l . As the First Term is not 'the' footbal l term and as these notes are written early in the season , no very good idea can be obtain ed .of the 'First XV. ; but judgin g from appear ances in the scratch matche s already played and in the practic es, they will probab ly be a "nippy " team, though not very heavy. Tliis year it was decided that some form of distinc tion was necess ary for the Day Boys and the Boarde rs in the junior groups . AccOTdingly amber and black has been adopte d for the Boarde rs, while Day Boys retain the ordina ry black and white jerseys . The first matche s of . the season , Day Boys and Boarde rs, 路senior and junior, were played shortly after Easter . The Boarde rs were succes sful in both cases, the seniors winnin g by 15 to 6, and the juniors by 25 to nil. No doubt there will be several other such matche s next term. 路 About a fortnig ht before the end of the term a match was arrang ed betwee n a team of Old Boys and the School . After an excitin g game the School won. Our team played a good game, the backs . showin g very fair promis e. Hamli ng scored the 拢.rst try for the School , and Beckb essing er the second . After a good passin g rush by Old Boys, Hughe s scored almost under the goal. Ryan conver ted. Old Boys were kept, for the most part, in their twenty -five. After severa l passin g rushes by our backs, which resulte d in tries, half-ti me sounde d with the score, School 20, Old. Boys 5. Iri the second spell Old Boys played up, but were outclas sed by our backs, who, handli ng the ball well, set up passin g rushes which severa l times resulte d in scores. The whistle finally sounde d with the scores -Schoo l 41, Old Boys 5.

AGRI CULT URE NOTE S. The genera l aim o拢 the croppi ng clone this year is to grow at least two crops, instead of only one, iru a season ; the first a crop which will mature rapidly , the other an ordina ry field crop. This is possibl e when the first is the early potato , planted in July or Augus t, and maturing in Octobe r or Novem ber; since, if the potatoe s are lifted as early as this, they may be followe d by carrot,

FIRST PHIZE CAMER A CLLJB COMPE T JTI O:-\.

AGRICULTURE NOTES.

mangold, or even turnip-indeed, any o-rdinary field crop, not excepting a second crop of potatoes. Another advantage of this cropping system is that, since the soil will necessarily be in constant cultivation, weed control should be an easy matter. In addition, to ensure weed control, the lower levels of the soil will be left undisturbed by adopting, as far as possible, surface cultivation; for if deep cultivation is practised, weeds and weed seeds that have been turned in by previous ploughing will be brought to the surface again, and those that are not dead allowed to grow. Indeed, it is now definitely known that repeated deep cultivation in a light soil tends to stock the ground with weeds. An important aim in our future work will be to show the advantage of consolidating the loose soil of which our farm is composed by rolling, before sowing any crop. A start was made in this direction just before the Term Holidays, when all the Boarders turned out and marched in close formation over one of the plots for about half-anhour; thus m aking what was to all intents a large Cambridge roller. However, this method of rolling is not recommended unless labour is very cheap. GENERAL NOTES. At the beginning of the year, a new arrangement camP. into force, whereby the Education Board's instructors-Mr. Browne and Mr. Hurley, with M:r. Dean as <tssistant-take charge of all 路our work; and as a result of this, a rather late beginning was made. However, at che time of writing the various farm operations are well on the way, and much more is being clone. As this year we have a .roll of thirty-two boys-eleven seniors and twenty-one juniors-evidently a fair number o拢 parents recognise the advantages a school training in Agriculture posseses in preparin,g a boy for later work. The Senior group, which reached an average of 67 per cent. in the recent Exam., comprises' R. Brown, 0. Dean, K. Ducker, D. Fox, K. Honeyfielcl, C. Jones, C. Moss, A. Snowdon, D. Sutton., A. Walter, and J. W alter . The Junior group consists of D. Ballan tyne, D. Burwell, K. Dixon, C. W. Duckworth, T. Forbes, J,. Frethey, R. Hooker, H. Holden, K. H.oneyfield, S. Jackson, A. M:acWhirter, A. M:oyes, L. Neill, G. Newton, E. Pearce, L. Pease, H. Rickard, G. Scown, D. Spence, R. Street, S. W ooa.

AGRICULTU RE NOTES.

AGRICULTUR E NOTES.

The Potato-mot h caterpillar was路 very evident thrs Autumn, causing considerable- damage. As the potatoes were not banked up very high, tubers became exposed on the plants, and these gave harbourage to the caterpillars, which later developed in large numbers into the moth stage. The attacks of this 'insect may be combated by burning all old sacks and affected plants likely to give shelter, and by well banking up the plants. Some seed-potatoe s were placed in sheltered racks, for sprouting; but unfortunately there is difficulty in obtaining early seed potatoes suitable for sprouting and setting out in July or August. The plots of carrots did not do well, owing to insufficient weeding there was a fine crop of weeds in evidence after the long Christmas holidays. However, they were well cleaned out when we came back , but it was too late to do much g.ood. It is worth while noting that some "oats" were sown, and came up as barley . But perhaps a different method of cultivation should have been used, in order 路 to have persuaded oats to grow. This crop in particular showed in its growth, .or. rather l ack of it, the bad effects of having too loose a soil. The lucerne paddock is now well established, and should, for some years to come, increase in productiveness. A plant of similar growth, but one apparently easier to es.t ablish, is to be experimente d with in one plot to follow potatoes. This plant is Burseem, or Egyptian Clover, and has- already proved itself an excellent fodder crop elsewhere in Taranaki . A curious effect .o.f the recent :March storm was that, following the defoliation o.f the fruit trees in this district, the majority of them started into bloom during April and May. This is always a bad sign, as it means a lessened fruit yield next season. It is interesting to know that one may always judge the Spring flowering of fruit trees by the number of fruit buds produced during Autumn-a dry Autumn being especially productive of these . Each Agriculture pupil is e路x pected to be at least an expert pruner at the end :of the路 season; but, since to attain this we need practice, will anyone step forward and offer his orchard to be exposed to our tender mercies ? We received some useful information on the laying down of a cricket pitch last term, although it could

ltarJly be termed Agriculture . The matcl.1 pitch n~eded improving, so much "papa" clay was obtamed an~ finely crushed (alas for alean boots and h ands), a~d w1th th1s a new, firm pitch wa~ laid down. Enough tlme has not yet elapsed for us to J~dge of results, but doubtless they will be up to expectat10n s.

DAIRYING NOTES. The cows were all dried off by the end of Ja~ua.ry, and two, Daisy and Fatty, were sold. ~t the begmmng of February Pansy, a new cow, came m ; and the oth.er new cow, Nugget started milking at the end of Apnl. A regular daily ~ecord of the milk given by each cow, night and mornmg, has bee'n kept, a:J?-d the sub- . joip.ed table gives the weekly averages of tlus record:Feb.

Feb . 16 Feb . 23

Mar. 2 Ma.r. 9 l\'l.a r. 16 Mar. 23 Mar.30 Apr.

Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27

May

Pansy. M. lllb . E. Sib. M. 17lb . E. 12lb. M. 19lb. E. 13lb. M. 19lb . E. 13lb. M. 19lb. E. 13lb. M. 19lb. E. 13lb. M. 18lb. E. 14lb. M. 1Slb. E. 13lb. M . 17lb. E. 13lb. M. 16lb E. 13lb. M. 16lb. E. 12lb. M. 15lb. E. 12lb. M. lllb. E. Sib.

J essie .

M.. 20lb. E. 17lb. M. ~3lb. K 17lb. M. 25lb. E. 1Slb. M. 23lb. E. lSlb. M. 23lb. E. 17lQ. M. 24lb. E. 17lb. M. 25lb . E. 19lb. M. 20lb. E. 17lb .

l'olly.

M. K M. E.

20fb. 14lb. 1Slb. 14lb.

Nugget.

M. 21lb. E. 17lb .

A beginning has' been made with testing .th~ farm herd a test bein"' made each week, and as th1s 1s continu~d we will b~ able to decide which cows ~re worth keepin"' and which need culling out. An o:ffie1al record of all bthe farm operations has also been begun, and will be continued in the future.

CADET NOTES.

56 CADET NOTES . . This ;ve~r the Compan y has been greatly increase d in size. This IS due, no-t only to increase in the School roll, bu~ als? to the fact that -some of the Preparat ory ~oys dnll with the Company . The total Company roll IS 251. Nearly ~ll the drill this term. has been squad drill, the number m each squad averagm g ten. The drill was all el_ementary drill without arms, so as to keep both recrmts and last year's boys .on the same drill. For a greater part of the term Sergean t-Major Hunt took the N.C.O.~s for a class on Fridays', during the dinne~ re~ess . This was a great help, as all squads were ·bemg mstructe d on the same lines. 0 n Thursda y, March 20th, Sir J ames All en came · to N e:v Plymout h t? present medals to soldiers in the· CoronatiOn Hall. This meant our first public parade, and all the Compan y moveme nts. had to be practised in three parades. However , the recruits did credit to the Company. ·we fell in, two hundred and forty-on e strong at 6.30 p.m. on the cricket-g round. We then marched to the Ha_ll and wa_ited until 9.15 p.m., when Sir James Allen arriVed, havmg been delayed by the bush fires The Compan y were dismisse d at 9.45 p.m. · Our net parade was ·on Anzac Day, when the Company paraded two. hundred _and twenty-t hree strong. T,he School was !5Iven a hohday, and we fell in at 1 o clock on the. cncket-g round. From here we marched to the Qoronatw n Hall, where we fell in with the other c~mpam~s. The. whole parade then marched to the Fu_e_ Bngade StatiOn, where the Citizens' Band was . w~11tmg. The School <;Jompany went to the People's Pwt~res, w~ere one serviCe was held ; afterwar ds we all fell m <!utside and marched through Devon Street to lower Gill Street, where we were dismisse d. As only two Masters now take us for drill four of the boys have been placed in comman d of the platoons . On Monday, May 6th, a full-day parade was held on the Rewa R ewa range for the class firing. All boys of fourte~n and over w~nt out.to the range at 9.30, some cyclmg, some wallnng , and ,some taking the tram part of the way.

Each boy fired five rounds gr~uping a~d five sn~p shooting , the time for each shot bemg :f!ve se.oonds. 'lhe :firing ceased at 4.45. The weather was bnght, but a cold breeze was blowing , and the last men on the mound had the low western :sun in their eyes.

OLD BOYS' NOTES . We clip the followin g fr?m the "Tara;n~kj Herald" : -"MF. J. E. Wilson, barnster and sohcitor , of New Plymout h, received advi~e .on Frid.ay evening tha~ he has been appointe d ~~ _rehevmg ma.g1~trate .. 1\lrj Wilson has had an almost hfe-long assoCiatiOn w1th New l'lymouth. He was born in Canterbu ry in 1_873, _but came to Taranak i in 1886 with his father, Captam W1ls-:on, and family, who settled at Uren:ui. After attendm g ~he Urenui School for a short time he won an Educat~on Board scholars hip and attended the N ~w Ply~outh H1~h School which he passed through witl1 credit and dlstinctio~. On leavin"' school he joined Mr . Roy' s legal office. Subsequ ently he commen ced practice on his own account, and later he was joined by l\Ir. Geo. G·Tey. In 1914 he was elected Mayor of New Plymout h, and again the followin g year,. wh~n he was, compelle d t~ Tetire on account of a senous Illness. I! or some yea1s he was on the High School Board of Go:rernor~, but Tesigned as a protest against the conserva tive pohcy_ of the Board, thus helping to bring a~ou~ the reoi:gam sation of the School that l1as r esulted m Its becomm g one £ the most suc·cessful of the secondar y schools of the 0 Dominio n. " W e need hardly add ouT hearties t con"'ratulat ions to one of our most promine nt Old Boys, ~s every boy, past and present, is greatly pleased at the honmn confeue d . "vVeed" Hambly n writes from Tidwort h, Wiltshire:-

It is some time since I last wrote to you . If I r emember rightly 1 was at Hornchur ch :in Essex; now ~ ~m h ere on .the Salisbury Plain atta_ched to t~e 5th Reserve 'Irammg B~ttahon , that is the Rifle Bngade Trmmng Battalion . I left Homchur ch after putting in two months there, on August 21st, a,nd. reported at Codford on Septembe r 5th, a.fter my fourteen days siCk l~ave. It was a great sensation to feel free on_ce m<!re, and I e_nJoyed every single day. Tw_o days I stayed w1th fnenc1R at L~Jgh-on J,ea , then three more m London, and t'he other ten at Ba1nstapl e in North Devon. An Auckland boy and myself made Barns taple our headquart ers, and from thence visited Clovelly , Ilfracomb e,

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

Lynton, Lynrnouth, Bideford and Hartland. 'l'he people couldn't do enough for ·Us, and we, it appears couldn't do enough for them because 1t IYas impossible to stay as long as we liked at half-a~ dollen different places. However, 11·e made many friends clowu there, .and will have no tr-o uble if ever we go back tin findin" somewhere to stay . You see we were quite noveliies, as only on~ or two •Or our boy.g had been there before. The co untry itse lf was looinng grand, though the continued bad IYeather had somewhat spoiled the harvest. We soon made acqua.i ntance with many of the best orchards, and IYhile cycling or motoring along the cuuntry ro ads we were often invited into the fa rm-houses for r efreshment.& in the way of fruit and Devonshire cream and cider. By the w.a y, coming back from Lynton 11·e met Bishop Crossley and his wife, who gave u s a good time fo r t1ro clays . The Bishop was asking after Ja.ck Shaw; and , of course, I could tell: him very little.

He. goes on to .s ay :-"I was pleased to see by the papers that the old School is being rebuilt at last, and I suppose that when I come back to New Plymouth the old building will h ardly be ren:~embered. But it will always remain fresh in my memo-ry, and sometimes when I think of the many pleasant hours I spent inside its walls I wish that the fire had never taken place. However, when I see the new buildings they will only be· t1 me t he old School in which I spent some o.f the happiest days of my life. My address is c/o. A . Orr, Te Mimi, Morrinsville ." Owen Bayly and Jack Terry are attending lectures at Auckland University College with a view to graduation in Law.

After this bit of a holida.y jaunt I •Came to our Command Depot, and, being still unfit, ~id light drill and phy,sical exercise for a 11·eek, when our .l \Iajor .at Tid·worth ,sent clo11·n fo r me and a few more of his old N.C.O .'s to come- to this camp and take on instructo~s' jobs, freeing men IYho h ave been here since the Tenth eighteetl months ago. 'l'hey won't let u s old hands go back to France, but we are getting good johs here •o n the instructional staff for the winter .a t least. Some good! Plenty of leave, good quarters and the best of everything, and time too, seeing I've just had my fil'St ,s pell and leave m t11·o year s, 11·hile hundreds who h ave n ever seen the firing-line have been her e e njoying themselves . 1 beh eve the Mam Body up to the 3rd '"ill soon be back in Ne11· :Lea land. Of cour se many of them sttll· about t 11·o hours' fig hting; but they deserve it, because, although one can have a very good time here, ther e i s• only one pla-ce for us, after all, and that IS our 011'11 ]and. So far I have done nothing here but will soon go to ill school, though, a s the lVIajor •s ays, as far a~ the Lewi,s gun goes, I could teach them all new things. Still, I h ave to go to get a sergeant-instructor, then: back here to work. I have seen four boy s her e with the 26th , Albert Bay ly Chm·lie Fair, Stan. Grayling and Pat. Paterson. They .all lool~ ll'ell and enjoy the life. They will soon be leaving for France. 1 believe -some of the Jlell'e r anivals have commissions- good luck to them , but 1t' s a shame for all that, .a.s there are hundreds of clmps over here 1vlw are, from ex perience, far more fitted for the job. However, the N.C.O.'s ar e still the backbone of the show, and all -officer·s , especially one-star artists, can always fa ll back on the good old order,_ "CJarry on, Sergeant.'' . Don't th ink for a moment I mean anytlnng by the above except that the priuciple of the thing is wrong . You know it yourself . ·we have to t each them all .as they come along, and those that can't be taught are soon sent back to N ew Zealand or to some soft job at a base. all leave and [ittle work.

Alister McHardy writes to tell us· that he is now a cadet o!l a farm at Morrinsville. He finds the life very congemal, and says that h e much prefers it to- life at Duntroon. He sends his congratulations to all his con temporaTi~s whn have been successful at the last e:s:ams.

:NIT. Searle writes from France:I 'ni trying to write this in oue of those familiar old trncks bramled " .tJ.ommes 40: Chevau x (en long) 8 ." After having spent a rosy time in billets for the la st three weeks, we are now on our way back to the •l ine again . Reveille wa.g. at 3 a.m., and about an hour later we had breakfast and were mar.c hing off to the skirl of the p1pes. 'Ihe villag~· were as yet .asleep .e xcept for here and there an old -s oldier, w11o , seeing some of his mates in the crowd, 11·ould hail him with " Cheerio , digger! Good luck!" A four hours' route-march with pack up brought u s to the train , and her e we are now, bowling along menily at about an average speed of four miles. an llour, with French ki.ds running alongside ba1ding out for " Souvenir , so uvenir," "Bully-beef," etc. I have been reading the June numb er of the School .Mag. , and, needless to .s.ay, it has brought back many old memories. My own mail has been wandering round .s pmewhere for the last three months; but I ma.naged to get this from Bill Eyre, whom I dug up yesterday at a village about five miles away . Bill has been pr-omoted to Lance-Corpor.a.l, and -w as b'usy in instructing a squad in musketry when I came across him. The >Sketcllj of the ,p ropo sed new School looks very imposingsome college, eh, w·hat ? I hope it's completed by the time I return. You' ll note that I don't .anticipat e being s macked out completely; but " just quietly," l'c1 have no obj ection to a nice little "Blighty" to see me over the winter. I n1et old .iYlac over here, and jolly pleased I was to see llim. R e is with the Taranaki Company, 1st W ellington Battalion, and is "officwl company buyer," which, being interpreted, means that he has to go round: buying &puds and swedes from the Frenchies. In our last billets Mac u sed to blow along nearly every evening for a game of chess., and about .a, week ago we had the pleasure of suitably celebrating my birthday together. Our French is. coming in very useful (for many purposes!) and we can now "parle1· the lingo" in good style. V\Thile in England I h ad a, boscer time- three lots of leave of four days ea.ch~some "bon !" It would. take too long to tell you of all my experiences in "Blighty" ; but when you know that I

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

met some New Zealand friends over there who have a six-cylinder !fudson, you can guess I .d id no harm. The Strand , Piccadill}, and Bond Street are just a.bout· as familiar now as Devon Street or Avenue Road. Wh en in London I saw the lmp~ria l Challenge Shields won by our teams Ja.s t year. They were exhibiteu in the New Zealand High Commis .. iouer's windo11· and seemed to be attracting a good deal of interest. I felt quite prouu of our boys, I ca.n tell you. \Veil , we've reached our destination now, and, incidentally, had a.nother two houi·s' tramp; so I'm "tres fatigue." I met Mac again and banded on the School Mag . for his rperusal. We had a good laugh over the Master's motor-byke experiences, and ditto over thE) garden. I .came across Strathie .I!Jwmg and .Mr. Diprose in Sling; also Grayling and Fair in Capetown; both in good condition. My address is: 39727 Lieut. H . V. Searle, 16th (Waikato) Compan}, 2nd Auckland InfantL'y .Battalion, N.Z.E.F., France. Write "tout de suite." Compris ?"

N mman Little writes:Jan. 28th.-I've been gettmg the "Taranakian" regularly, and have been very much intei'ested in School matter·s, and l have always read the Old Boys' Notes with .a lot of interest. 1 feel quite &Shamed of myself fo'r ' not having written betore to let you know how all the ·chaps. are getting on out here, and which of the crowd I've run up against. The only Old Boys in the Company with me are .I!J. U. Stanley and Allen l\Iath ews, both of whom are very fit. Alien, in part icular, is very popular with all of us--he's a splendid chap . .Elugh l<'raser was with us .a few months ago. He's in .I!Jngiancl here somewhere now, sick. (l'm writing from London, on l eave .) I've a lot of New Plymouth chaps in my platoon, but they'i·e not Old Boys of the School--Syd . Gyne, Sicl. (~uickfall , and Keucla ll , among others, while Belcher and Bill Howson, C.:harlie Wood (from \V aitara), and a good many more chaps from the district are 11·ith the Battalion. " Ned Kelly" w.as IYith me, al}d \Yas ki lled beside me on t h e 4th of October at Ypre~. Old Ned came to light in great style out here, aucl it was very rotten luck his being outecl like that. I lost two of my best ,pals that day, Doug. Harle being the other. He was in this Battalion (2nd Wellington) though in a. different Company. I saw John Grey a few months ago . He was in the 1st Wellington-just the same as ever. Enc Grant wa.s with our Battalion for a while, also Bernard Glasgow; but I don't know exactly where they are now. 'fhere's one hard old member of the crol\·d that I've .seen pretty often lately, .and that's Mcl~aac. He's got a job on our Brigade Headquarters and gets a 'very good hearing with everybody, a·s you can imagine. I was out at Hornchurch 1a couple lof days ago and sa11· R.onnie Adlam, who i,-, looking quite fit again after having accidentaJly broken hi. leg up in the trenches. I believe that Dick l\Iace and Ian Pott were both out in the camp there, though I didn't manage to run across either of them. As I \Yas l>.alking

Pl~ I VATE

J. S. HOLLO.

H. L. L UCENA.

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BOYS' NOTES.

up Southampton Row the other day I met Eric Cutfield, and had a ·short yarn n·ith him. J:l,e says he ha sn't much chance of being classed "A" yet. London :is just the ,same a•s when I was here six a.nd twelve months .ago-no visible s1gns of shortage of anything~can feed yo urself blue in t1Je restaurants; the taxis and busses rush round as usual, and the theatres .are domg bigger business than usual. If it wasn't for the various kinds of khaki (mostly colonials of different sorts) and the conductresses and lift-girls, you'd hardly think there was a w.ar on. Occasiou.ally you ,see a sugar-queue or a sign "Sorry, No Meat'' I've noticed only one building dinted by a bomb , and that was m Southampton llow. I saw Mr. Searle at a football match last September and lluite a long y.a rn with him, a bout tl1e School chiefly. I Charlie J<'air at the base about the beginnmg -of December, haven't heard anything of him !since. I saw Gelding at match where I saw JHr. Searle, and had quite a long yarn with and John Grey.

had saw but the him

By the kindness of Mrs. Hoby we are enabl ed to publish some extract s from the last few letters of her son, Stanley, who was killed in action ·on February 4th. Writing on January 16th he says:I am sorry I have not written lately , but I've been very busy and a lso very ill. I got into a pretty st1ff corner about a fortnight ago; in fact "Gundy" couldn't see for a few minutes how h e was getting out of it, but, thanks to a little use of my brains, 1 got out with not hing worse than a bellyful of gas. How that stutt ·s-tinks ! I came down from the guns two days later and went to bed, and yesterda y \Yas my first day up . My heart went very crook, and the doctor told 'me when h e sounded me that it was very irregular and nervy, =d . that I'd better go away. Anyhow 1 didn't reckon I \\·as bad enough; ,so I stayed her e, and think I'm nearly fit for fighting again . I had a very good Chri stma s dinn er , turkey and 1wm , but there's no place like home. Just you "·ait t ill I do come hom e , and it will take ten like Billy to hold JJ,Jq , as I'll go clealll mad. Tine Stanley came to see me the other day, and i.s looking r eal well. W" e had a great old chat.

On the 22nd o£ Januar y he writes : I'm fee ling much better no\\· and will soon be fit for .s crapping again. l've got a little bit of news for you'--when you read thi-s it's a letter from "Sergeant" Hoby. So things are loo1.-ing up, aren't they 0 I got fifteen letters thel other night, .and wasn't I a hap.py ki.Cl , and one wa,s Billy's r' Budget." So I had something to take my mind off tl1e war for .a minute or two. You talked about my strength getting undermined ; well , I don't mind admitting that the monotony of bull y-beef and biscuit doesn't tend to keep one in the best of health. Anyhow , now that I'm a Sergeant, we have a mess a nd put m 10 francs a fortnight and get r eal good tuck er, fruit, etc ., and, my hat. 1sn't it a change!

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His last letter is dated January 26th . In it he says: I wrote to you a few days ago, but having a bit of time I thought you 'd lik·e another. I'm feeling Al again now, and it 's a pleasure to fee l :fit agam, I ca.n tell you. Thing.s are very muddy he r e at present, but we had a lovely warm day yesterday, and it ~v e nt well after bitter cold ram. and snow. Of course this country 1.s always muddy , but I'm q m te use d to it now."

We add the following letter from the. commanding officer:During the absence in hospi~aJ of our O.C., Captain Jeffery, it devolves on me to convey to you the 1sincerest sympathy of both officers and men of this battery in the los s of your dear son. I feel sure you would like to know a few of the details of the sad occurrence. I was with your son the whole afternoon of the 4th till 4 p.m., when we opened a strong fire on the enemy's position . We had been firing continuously for over half an hour, when the Hun commenced shelling our battery position. Before . anything COfi:ld be done , the third enemy !Shell burst right in the gun-pit of wluch Sergeant Hoby had charge . It was a terrible blow to all of u s, and even now we can hardly realise that such brave good fellows h ave gone-your son and the who le of his detachment were killed. It is .a little comfort to know that the boys suffered no pain, for death was instantaneous. Your son's last resting-place is in a little New Zealand Military Cemetery just on the outskirts of that now famous town Ypres. The burial service was yesterday .afternoon and was at~ tended by. two officers, all Stunley's fellow~sergeant~, and a large number of l11s old chums. Our own trumpeter played the "Last Post" over the grave. As long as ·we .are in this sector the grave will be attended to by o:nr own boy.s. Arrangements are .already under way for the er ectwn of a smtable cross . and I trust that before long a small photo of the grave will reach you. Stanley w.a s a great favourite with both officers and men He w·a s a splendid N.<_J.O. and a great fi~hter. His cheery n·ature a!ld ever ISUnny s m1le often brougl1t bnghtness at the blackest of t unes .. As an example of keenness, he cam e to me just before h e was killed and asked if h e co uldn't have an extra allowance of ammunition for this particular stunt. We deplore hl,s, loss in that it means that there has "One for ever from us one whose genial presence meant •such a. lot to us. We are .s ure. you in your bereavement will surely find some -slight con solatwn m the knowledge that your son died "a hero and a man." Yes, he died a true soldier's death, and was fighting his gun up to the last. .

Mrs. Hoby has received a number of letters from tho-se who were in close touch with Stanley at the Front, and all these letters speak in no uncertain tone of the sterlin g qualities of him who has gone. R. Lealand wr:itet5 from Dunedin :. ~e are getting well into tl1e running down here now and hke 1t . very much. The students 1seem a very <'hummy lot and there I S not much ·t rouble in getting to know them. Th~re is

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plenty of work to do now irr Biology, for all this i.s new work to us. \V e started cutting up f rogs last- week to see the inner ,,·orking ~. Th ere is ·a f airly full programme in mechanical dentistry to get through, but I like this work better than all the rest. The Physics profes·so r is about t he best I h a ve m et to get through the \\·ork. \ Ve generally end up the lectures with writer's cramp. He has taken u s right through Mechanics and has started on Hydrostatics already. But he .i s very decent in explaining anything we a re not clear a bout, and goes to no end of trouble to set u s right. Before I came here I thought that the windiest place in New Zealand 1n~s Ne"· P lymouth, bu t Dunedin is <strides ahead . It has been blowing every day ,since \\''e came' here and at the beg inning of this week \\·e had a taste of what wi~ter is going to be like here. Just fancy hugging the fire in the middle of March! It seems as if New Plymouth ha<l .a rough time lately 11·ith n gale, from \\'h<lt the papers say . But it proves that the harbour i s .s afe even in the roughest weather. Brokey and I have join ed the Officers' Training Corps run in eonnection with the Univer.sity . \Ve have already been issued uniform s, t he first parade coming off ju st after Easter. There was a splendid . parad e of t he military in Dunedin w-day, a gymkhana being held in aid of the Y.T\l.C.A. It just dwarfed anyt hing I h ave seen before. I expect the new school ·is "·ell on the wa,y to completion; so we hope to be able to admire it wh en \\·e return. The University keeps going very late h ere, the year not ending till December 13th. The Intermediate conJ;es off in the first week in October but a,n extra term is put on ·after thi-s. l '

:Jiiles Atkinson "rites from Braeholm, Grassmere, :M:arlborough :~

I am very glad to h ear that the new .school is being started at last. From the '' ivid dese ription sent me by Don. Saxton things are moving. I had a, letter from Eric, and he seems like myself , to be t urni ng into .a, regular old fa rm er. He tells 1~e he has just ploughed 25 acres of bush land. Don remarks <•I pity hi~ rib ~ , " and it struek m e as rather to t he point . ' To .s pea k of myself , I am learning that even the old game of fa rming takes .a, lot of learnmg. The co untrv here is all tussock hills and fl&ts. English grasses flouri sh · in it, and this section of the country is considered one of t he healthiest sheep di.stri cts in N ew Zealand. It originally belonged to Sir George Clifford , and was bought by the Government and !CUt up into smaller .sections averaging about 1000 acres. The country ha•s the impression of being a very dry, barren district with very little feed. On the contrary it abounds with good sheep-feed a nd the alluvial flats make grand cropping land. Th~ ground con'sists of a dark , almost papa soil , although ·it is a little finer .and darker than papa. Then ·comes .a day .subsoil and , a,fter .a depth of about six feet , a shingle bottom.

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The thing which is making the country .and doubling its value is lucerne. The rich, dark-green leave.s make .a strong contrast with the barren appearance of the native tussock. Every time I look at it I think how you and Mr. Ryder would like to see it. It is the cu,stom here to get .a good cut of h ay in November and then shut up for seed; cut for seed .about the end of February, arrd then graze it until ·nex-e spring. I believe Marlborough is one of ·the few places where it is 'POssible to harvest lucerne seed . The lucerne reache-s a height of one to two feet and flowers looking very pretty. Then it dries bff as the ·seed ripens, and when fit is . cut with a side de livery (a machine like ,a mower but having a platform and sweeps which deposit the lucerne in heaps). Dry weather is essential for harvestmg, as the .seed grows very ea.sily. Needless to say, it is a very paying proposition, as each •sack is worth about ten or twelve pounds, Last year was an especially gqod lucerne harvest, and a neighbour of ours made £800 off 30 acres. You will be growing lucerne now instead of daiTy-farming on that scheme you worked out. And you must remember that you cut about £100 worth of hay in the spring. Another crop . I was very much interested in here is peas. 1' he farmers grow peas for the merchants, Cooper and Sutton, etc. They are sown in the spring, and grow to a height of .a bout a foot, and .are cut 1and harvested like h ay. They are hard to handle in a wind, as they are inclined to break and blow about . I have done a good deal of harvesting 1and thmshing peas, and rather like it. They .are usually in company with several lumps of dirt, and .after a day's threshing yoU/ look like a regular nigger. I am very eager to hear whether you will play Wanganui or not. I .h ope you do.

Hany Goss bas begun life in earnest at Duntroon . . He finds the work very interesting, and that, on the whole he is well up in the subjects he took at school h ere . The chief burden of his l etter is the desire £or letters from as many as po-s sible. He says that a few letters help to bridge the Tasman Sea. So our fellows can begm building as so.on as they like. D. Winfield has applied for admission to the Aviation School at Christchurch. He writes as follows:I have left the office in New Plymouth, and am at present working on my father's place, tseven miles out beyond Tarata. That is about twenty miles out from Inglewood, but I manage to get home for week-ends, . so it is not so bad. If ever you want a job for ·the ter:rn holiday s apply to "Lardy." We used to have two men on the place befo.re the war, but they have both been killed in action, and there has been only one casual labourer sinee then. Consequently there. is whips to do, mostly draining and fene ing. It is good to see. that they have at la,st made a start with th~ new building at· School. I expect VIA. will shine in better quarters nO\v than in the old "Tower."

LANCE-CO I~PL.

FRANK BROWN.

SERGEANT A R. BAYLY .

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A. R. Callander thus gives an account of himself:I have commenced work here in ·Wellington as a. cadet in the Secretary's Office of the Staff Division in the G.P.O. .As I have goi:( Matric., which is equivalent to the Public Service Senior Exam., 1 am hoping that things may be ra llright yet. .At present my duties ar e not of a -very arduous nature, although they require a certain amount of .accuracy, .and .a slip may lead to a lot of extra work. I started last Saturday week, and am only just beginning to get properly into the swing of t1i.in!?)S. However, I hope to be able to keep things going. Yesterday I met Loftus Russell. He is working here in the Eastern Extension Cable Company's employ. .At .any rate he looks anything but unhealthy in his environments. I also met .\.Lr. 'fed Boulton. He was in Wellington for a few days on his way up to New Plymout~.

Mr. Diprose in a letter says:We had a London fog the other day, and .any a-c counts I have read of them .are not in the least exaggerated. You can't see a foot in front of you. People get hopelessly lost and traffic has to be entirely s uspended. We also had ra couple of a.ir-r.aids last week, and a. serious one when " John Bull's" premises were destroyed and ·a number of -p eople killed in the brusement, which ''as supposed to be a bomb-proof .shelter. We are getting plenty of good food, though outside there is a distinct shortage of rsuch staple commodities as butter, margarine, meat, tea, sugar. The trouble is that English people are so conrservative; they have been u sed to having certain kinds of food and are unwilling to take substitutes. They prefer to stand five hours or more in .a. queue for half .a pound of margarine, and then perhaps go away disappointed. Honestly, I believe many women believe that by so doing they are making g;reat war sacrifices, when in reality the y like the -c hance of gossiping.

Since Lieutenant Diprose's recovery from his wound he has, prior to returning to· the iFrench front, spent several days in London seeing what is to be seen. Singu larly enough his companion in this leave was the Rev. Raymond Ambury, an Old Boy of the School, but at present on active service. Evidently the world, in spite · of its size, is not always a larg-e place. Mr . Diprose was s verely wounded in the back by shrapnel. But he is now just about convalscent, and probably is, at the time of our going to press, once more in the ranks. In a recent ·examination at Duntroon Military College, Australia, two-of our Old Boys, Staff-Cade-t Sutherland and Staff-Cadet Leech, took the first and second places respectively. The former gained 80, the maximum marks 1 while the latter gained 78.

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Mr. J. T. ·white, of Devonport, and formerly of New Plymouth, has received word that hi.· son, Cyril, who was wounded in one of the recent battles, has gaineu the Military Medal for gallantry on the field o£ action. Lance-Corporal ·white is an Old Boy of the New Plymouth High School, and for some time before the family went to reside ·i n rA uckland he was on the staff of Messrs. Govett and Quilliam. Gordon MacDiarmid, who· holds the rank of Captain, is now in the Camp at Featherston on the medical staff there. In the early part -of the year, K. C. \Vebster had a serious motor-car accident on a side-cutting on a road in Rangitikei. A car passing in the opposite direction with the hood up gave him too little room, and his car went over the bank. He was badly shaken and had his collar-bone broken. The curious thing is that all attempts to identify the other car have hitherto failed . However, K. C. Webster has quite recovered from the effects of the accident. Ian Grant (Lieut.) is now in a Trench Mortar Bat tery, locally known, we believe, as the "Suicide Club." He is somewhere in France in certainly one of the most dangerous positions possible. H. B. Gibson, at the University La\\ examinations in November, passed in contracts, criminal law and law of property. Captain T. L .Bu:xton has been appointed Ship's Quartermaster on Transport No. 14. C. Lepper, who saw much service at Gallipoli uno subsequently in France, has been awarded the Military Medal. He went away with the Main Body. H. L. Luccna has gaineo a :first-class ticket for flying at the Aviation School at Christchurch. H. H. Goss, who won the third place for New Zealand in the recent Entrance Scholarship Exam. for Military Cadets, has now gone over to Duntroon and has begun life there in earnest. Among those who have returnefl 'to New Zealand from Europe lately are Private H. S . Blythe, Private V. Kirkby and Lieut. J. N. Bullard. Th e btter has gone to Gisborne to resume the prnctice of his profession ns a solicitor.

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67 F. Train is1farming up the Waitotara River, and is, no doubt, putting into practice all the agricultural knowledge he has gained in New Plymouth. R. and L.1 FusseU are both on their father's farm at Lepperton. Every contemporary will remember their almost hereditary cognomen . . K. Duckworth is sheep-farming on Glover Road, Hawera. L. and H. Bryce are both following the same essential occupation at Pemberton and Kiwitea. F. E. Clarke, who- a year or two ago was transferred from the local office of the Flour-millers' Association to the vVanganui Office, has changed his address to cfo. Wood Bros., Ltd., Wanganui. While in New Plymouth h e was of invaluable assistance in connection with the "Old Boys' " department of the "Taranakian." E. L. Tansey is on his father's farm at Ohakune. H e has decided to go on to the land instead of taking up a professional career. And there. is no doubt that we cannot have too many good men on the land. New Zealand is essentially first a pastoral, and secondly an agricultural ·we therefore feel that our old friend has country. cho sen wisely, and wish him every success, at the same time assuring him that we are very sorry he is not back . "·i tll us t his year again . G. }1. Salt has passed the first section of the examination for the B.Sc. degree . His health, we are sorry to say, has been somewhat indifferent lately, and this has inter:fered materjally with his work. W e hope to hear soon that he haR quite recovered. }1[. G. Yates has been transferred from the local rail\\ay service. to that at V\Tanganui. C. Ducker is farming at Newall Road. His address is Okato. Gilbert Brown has gone on to his father's farm at Jl angamingi, near Eltham. Johnnie Wyborn is farming near Te Ar.oha. Any letters addressed to him cfo. Mr. McDonald, Te Aroha, will find him. F. B. Burkhardt is also on the land, on his father's £-nm at Kaimata. P. :M:euli. is .on the staff of the elech:ic engineering department, Stratford Borough C01.m cil.

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E. W. Snowrlon is still in the Ba-nk of Australasia , H awera . We hear, on good authority, that he now goes to and from his work on a motor-cycle (in a standard wo-rk, such as the "Taranakian, " we cannot admit colloquialisms like "bike" ), ahem! W. Smellie is first assistant in the Hillsborough Dairy Factory.

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GRANT, ERIC.-Corporal- Eric ~rant, news o£ wh9se death in action was r eceived, was the thud son of Mrs. Grant, .of Vivian Street , and of the l ate JI.Ir. J. Grant, wbo wa s headmast er of the Inglewood School. ·when his father retired and took up his re-s idence in New Plymouth , Corporal Grant · attended the Central School and then the Boys' High School, where he passed the matriculation examina: tion. He joined the commercial st a:ff of the. Taranakl He,r ald, but sub seq uently entered the service of the Bank of N.S . Wales, an.d was l at er transferred to Hastings, from which place h e enli st ed with the 19th Reinforcements. His eldest brother , Sergeant Al£. Grant, who was a m ember of the Samoan Contingent, leaves New Zealand shortly with one of ~he reinforcements. Lieut. Ian Grant lias been servmg with the forces for over two years. Mrs. Grant's youngest son, Donald, l eaves for camp in a J:?Onth or two. It will therefore be seen that the family has a splendid patriotic r ecord . Eric Gra n t , like his brothers was an ex cell en t a ihlet e, and his clever play in th'e three-quarter line of th e High School and Rovers football t eam s wi.ll n ot easily b e forgott en by those who saw the m at ch es . GREY, JOHN.-The sad news of the death in action of J>rivate John Grey, younger son of Mr. G~orge Grey, -o f New Plymoutl1 , cam e to h and . PTiv.ate Grey is yet another Old Boy of th e. ~Ig,h School to lay down his life for th e Empue s cause. On l e.aving school h e entered his father's office and on · the outbreak of war was one · o:li th~ first to volunteer , but an at tack of pneumonia while he was in ca.mp at P almerston ca used his rejec-

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69 tion. On returning to New Plymouth h e worked in several offices in town, and then went farming· down the coast. Still k een to get away, he was at last accepted, and sailed with the 21st Reinforcements. He was about 23 yem·s of age. MOORE, W. E.-W. E. Moore was .one of ou-r Old Boys. who enlisted early. At the time of his enlistment he was in the practice of his profession of solicitor in Auckland. During the fighting on the Somme two vears ag·o he won the Military Cross. Later on h e was promoted to the rank of Captain. And recently we heard of the d~e·ath in action of this gallant soldier. HOBY, STANLEY .-Corporal Stanley Hoby, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George B..oby, of Bell Block, is reported killed in ac.tion. lfe is yet another of the Old Boys of the New Plymouth High School to lay down his life for his country . A bright, forceful young man, and physically a splendid specimen, he was very popular with all who knew him. On leaving school he ent ered the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand, and remained there until h e enlisted a considerable time ago. His age wo uld be about 25. KIMBELL, ERIC.-The New Plymouth friends of Mr. and Mrs. :U'. G. Kimbell will regret to learn t hat their son, Sergeant Eric Kimbell, was killed in action in France on J anuary 20 . Eric Kimbell was a student at the New Plymouth B.igh School for two or three years and then went to Christ's College . On leaving school he studied engineerin g at Canterbury College. He was afterwards a member of the Government party which made a flying su-rvey o£ the railway lin e to Opunake . A member o£ the Territorial Artillery, he was called up for service at the vVellington Fort, where he served until going into camp with the machine-gun section of the 26th Reinforcements. He was only 23 years old , and the family will ha ve the sincerest sympathy of a large circle of friends in H awera , Stratford, and New Plymouth, where they are well known. _.NEWELL, DARCY.-Lance-Corporal Darcy Newell h as died from wouuds. He was wounded some time ago, but was disch arged from hospital. L ater, however, he was reported in hospit al again dan gerously

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ill, complications having evidently • arisen. D£ceased left with the 6th Reinforcements, and was at Gallipoli. His e1arly schooling days were under :Mrs. Dowling, and then at the High School. He was at :Mr. Roy's office, and then joined the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, and was with the bank when he enlisted. Darcy N ewell took a keen interest in football a:J.d crickEt, and was much esteemed by all his comrades on the playing field. His is another sacrifice made for the great cause. THO.MSON, BASIL.-News was received of the death in action in France, on March 26th, of Private Basil H. B. 'l'homson, youngest son .of Mrs. ·J. Bell Thornson, of Te Henui, and of the late John Bell 'l'homson. Private Basil Thomson enlisted with the 26th Reinforcements from Auckland, and, soon after laid down his life for the s.ake of duty. Prior to enlisting he was practising his profession as a dentist at Te Kuiti. He was a pupil of the local Boys' High School. Lieutenant Harold Thomson, another brother, is also serving in France, h a ving left New Zealand with the 32nd Reinforcements. Since our last issue wounded:C. W . Fair, Pvt. E. Armstrong, Sergt. A. \V. Diprose, Co11). E. P. Blanchard, Pvt. R. C. A.dlam, Sergt.

the

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been

F. C. Hawke, Pvt. S. Grayling, Pvt. K. E. Ewing, Lieut. (second time). G. M. Beck, Q.M. Sergt.

ON ACTIVE SERVICE. Sykes, D. S. Rollo, J. S. Patterson, H. Woods, A. Norman, B . Wright, P. Quilliam, N. Kidd, R . D. Drake, S. F. Candy, C. S. S. Corkill, T. Stohr, L. B. Lovell, L. We are well aware that the above lists are incomplete. We, therefore, strongly urge all those who have any further information to help us in the important matter of keeping our lists complete. It is almost certain, too, that mistakes appear in our lists. We shall be grateful for any corrections.

L..... ..... '' FoH THE EMPII<E' S CAUSE."

SERGEANT STANLEY HOBY.

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71 The following is a complete list, inclusive o£ the names mentioned above, o£ Old Boys who are or have been on active service:KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS. Atkinson, S. A., Capt. Kelly, T . B. , Pvt. Baily, R. H ., Pvt .• Kimbell, E., Corp. Bendall, G., Pvt. Kirton, C., Pvt. Bollinger, G. W ., Lieut. Lepper, H . l\1 ., Lieut. Brown, D . B., Pvt. Mason, T. E. , Gunner. .Burkharrlt, A. P ., Pvt. Mulloy, Wattie, Sergt . Coates, F. H., Pvt. Newell , D. R. , .Lance-Corp . Collis, D ., Q.M.-Sergt. Okey, S. M., Sergt. Crone, C., Pvt. Okey, A. Eyre, L. G. , Corp. Paul, Sydney, Lieut. Grey, J., Pvt . Quilliam, Reg. P., Corp. Grant, Eric , Corp. Rider , F. H. , l'vt. Griffiths, S. J. , Pvt. Serpell, S. L ., Capt. Guild, W. A., Sergt. Sole, L. P., Corp. Hall , V. J. B ., Corp. Stoddart, J. H., Pvt. Harle, D . A., Lieut. W'trren, L. A., Pvt. Hoby, S., Sergt. White, R. W ., Corp. WOUNDED. Ad lam, R. C., Sergt. Hurle, S ., Capt. Armstrong, E., Sergt. JenkinsGn, W. H., Pvt. Baker, S. G. , Pvt Kirk by, V., Pvt. Beck, G. M.., Q.M.-Sergt. Knight, G., Trumpeter. Beck, W. C., ~ergt. Little, N. F ., Lieut. B illing, F. H , Corp . Litln, B., Corp . .i3lanchard, E. P ., Pvt. Lusk, D . A., Lieut. Blythe, H., Gunner. Mackie, H. J. , Pvt. Brad bury, H., Sapper. Matthews, A. B ., Sergt. Cliff, A., Pvt. Malone, T. , Trooper. Cliff, J. Matthews, N ., Capt. Dmding, R . E. 0. , Sergt . Monteath , R. M., Pvt. Diprose, A. vV ., Corp . l\lorsheacl , H. B., Pvt. Ellerm, E. B., Corp. Mulloy, Wm., Pvt. Ell is, '\V. , Pvt. M.cConnell , T., Corp. Ellis, T . J. , Corp . Mcisaac, A. R., Lieut . .li;spiner, l't. H ., Lieut. Okey , R. L. , Lieut. Ewing , K. S ., Lieut . (twice). Okey, W. P ., Sergt. Fair, C . \V. , Corp. Patterson, \V . B ., Pvt. Fraser, H. , Sergt. Richarcls , L . C. , Sergt. Grayling, S., Pvt. Sinunons, \V., Trooper. Hamblyn, C. J., Sergt . Smith , L. , Lance-Corp. Hawke, ·F. C., Pvt. Stanley, E. C., Corp. Haworth, L. G. , Pvt. 'l'uohy , T. V ., Pvt. Hendrickson, C., Pvt. W est, V. W., Pvt Hill, L. G .. Sergt. Whitham, A., Sergt. Howell, I. J., Sapper. ON ACTIVE SERVICE. Adlam, R., Sergt. A-very, H., Lance-Corp. Alexander, \1t,T., Pvt. Avery, F. S. , Pvt. Arthur, W. , Pvt. Baker, F. l't ., Lieut. Avann, L., Pvt. Bayly , C. , Lieut.

ROLL OF HONOUR.

Bayly, A. R., Lance-Co rp. Bates, T. H., Pvt. Bacon, C. L., Corp. Bacon, A. T., Lieut. Barker, H ., Pvt. .l:l aillie, R. , Pvt . Bellringer , L., Pvt. Berry, -., Pvt. Blanchett , R ., Lance-Car p. Blanchett , P ., Gunner. Blanchett , W. , Pvt. Blyde, W. H., Pvt. Blundell , K., Pvt. Blundell, R. , Pvt . Beck, G. M., Q.M.-Serg t. Bradbury , G ., Pvt. Bruce, F. A. , Lieut. Brokensh ire, R., Sergt. Borrie, S ., Pvt. Bullard, J . N., Lieut. Buxton, T._.~Capt. Bollinger, .tl ., Pvt. Callaghan , F . F. , Gunner. Candy, C. S. S ., Pvt. Carter, S. G. , Pvt. Cartwrigh t, A. , Pvt. Chappell, N. l\'L , Pvt. Cbrke, E . F ., Lieut . Clark, H ., Pvt. Chq_ng, G., Pvt. Coker, A. C. , Pvt. Cook, H . L. , Lieut. Corkill, T. , Pvt . Cliff, J. , P vt. Claridge, A. R., Lieut. Clemow , F., Pvt. Colson, E. D. , Corp. Cornw all, C. , Major. Cornwall, N. , Capt. R . N. Court , S. , Pvt. CutfiE>ld , E. , Sgt .-Major. Day,. E. , Sergt. Drake , S . F., Pvt. Dumbleto n, A. G., Pvt. Ewing, W. H. G., Pvt. Faris, E . I. , Capt. Foote, S . C., Sergt. Foote, G. , Pvt. Fordyce, W. B ., Pvt. Gray , R. B ., Pvt . Gray, A. , Pvt. Grayling, F. S. , Pvt .. Gibson , C. T. E. , P vt. Gnmt I. P ., Lieut. Grant, A. H. , Corp. Glasgow, B. , Sergt. Gaukrodg er, R. , Driver . Goss, L. , Lieut.

Gibbons, J. , Gunner. Hancock, R. T., Pvt. Hawkins~.-.. G. J., Lieut. H edley, .!!;., Pvt. Heppell, W ., Pvt. Healy, N. R., Pvt. Healy, A., Pvt . Hcldt, J . A., Pvt. Hempton, M., Pvt . Hill, S . A., Sergt. Hill. W., Corp. Hine, H. , Flying Corps. Hirst, J . B. ,· Corp . Heldt, F. , Pvt. Hobson , P., Pvt. Hooker , H. S. , Driver. Hooker, G. B. , P~t. HoQker, L. \V. , Pvt. Jackson, R . M., Sergt J effries , D. , Pvt. J e nuin ~. J,. C., Pvt. Johnson , H. N., .Pvt. Kelly, W . F ., Lance-Corp. Kibby, R., Sapper. Kidd , R. D. , Corp. King, T. L. , Pvt . Laing, R. , Pvt. Langmuir , E. , P vt. Lovell, L. , Pvt. Lucena, H. L. , Flying Corps. Luxton, W. T ., Flying Corps. Marfell , A .. P vt. Marfell , L. , Pvt. Mace, F. , Pvt. Mander, J. H., Lieut. Martin, V. H. S. , Pvt. . Mackenzi e, R . W. , Lieut. Mander, G., Trooper. Medway, J. , Trooper . Martin, G. H .. Pvt . Monk, A. G. , Sergt. Morey, Alf. , Pvt. Morey, A. W ., Pvt. Moore, W. E. , Lieut. M.acDiarmid. A. M. , Capt. McArthur , A., Sergt . McMurray , V . S .• Corp . McAJlum, L. , Pvt. MacDonal d , A. M. , Pvt. Mace, L., Pvt. ·Norman . B. , Pvt. Olson. E . E. , Pvt. O'Driscoll , A. J. , Pvt. Oli ve1· , P. S .. P vt. O'Brien , 0 . A. E. Paterson, D. , Pvt. Patter son ,. H. , Pvt Paul, G ., Se ·gt.

ROLL OF HONO UR.

Paul, Stan., Sergt. P earce, H., Pvt. Pepperill, U. E. , Pvt. P erry, N. , Pvt. P erry, W . L., Corp. Pott, I. \V. , 1'rooper. Pott, Joe, Pvt. Pott, G. 1:L , Lieut. Potts, C. H ., Pvt. Pridham, C., Capt. Putt, C. H. , Pvt. (,lu illiam, C., Lieut. Quilliam, N. , Pvt. (.luilliam, R. H ., Lieut. R enaud, H. , Pvt . Roope, L. , Pvt. Roope, J. , Pvt. Rollo, J. S. , Corp. Rowla nds, F ., Pvt. Ru ssell, G. , Q.M.-Serg t. Ryan, L., P vt. Salway , G. F. , Trooper. Sear le, H . V .. Lieut. Sinclair, R. G. B. , Lieut. Skelton . N. , Pvt . Standish, I. T ., Lieut.-Col .

Standish , A. R., Lieut. Stanton, V. W. , Pvt. Stoddart, B., Pvt. Stohr, L. B ., Sergt . Sykes, D. S., Pvt. Stapp, A. D. , Driver . 1'aylor , G. D. R., Pvt. Teed, D. L., Corp. Thomsc.n, A. R . Throssell, F., Gunner. Tunbridge, P. A., 8apper . West, B. F. , Pvt. West, H ., Pvt. \Vest , V. 0. , Pvt. Weston , I. W. , Pvt. Wells, Decimus, Pvt. Whitaker , G. L., Pvt. Whit e, C. J. , Pvt . White, K. S ., Pvt. Winfield , D .. Flying Corps . \Voodhous e, R. , SerCYt . "' vVoods, A., Pvt. Wrig11t, C. G. R. , Pvt. Wright, P ., Pvt. White, A., Pvt.

. The a~ov!'l list s are not complete, and very poss ibly t here are senous omJsswns an~ errors of detail. For any information or co rrectiO n s the busmess manager of the " Taranakia n" will be very grateful.

EXCHA NGES. We have to ackno\\l edge with thanks the r eceipt of the fo llowing Exchang es :-Dann evirke Hio·h School Magazin e, 'l' he Spike, Palmers tonian Otaooo Boys' Hio·h School .Magazine, Scindian , King's' Col~O'ian Southl andi.an, Canterbu ry Agricult ural Colleg~ ~fagazine, W aitakian Aucklan d Gramma r School Chronicl e Christ's College Register , Nelsoni.an, Lt{x (Church of England G:irls' Grmnm.a r School, Darlingh urst, Sydney) , AEhburt oman, Acbstna n, W ellington ian, Torchbea rer (Church of England Gramma r School, Syf!ney)

SUBSC RIPTIO NS. 'l'he Business Manager begs to acknowleclooe with thanks receipt of the followin g subscrip tions :~F . vV. Rumphr ies , '17; Hon . T. Kelly, '18; Mrs. Kelly, '18; L . Richards , '21; T . Simpson , '17, '18; L. Russell '18 · R. Kidd, '18; L. Samp,~on, '18, '19, '20; N. G;einer:

SUBSCRIPT IONS.

'18; D. L. Teed, '17, '18, '19; M . Harker, '18; A. Mitchell, '17, '18; W. Beck, '17, '18; G. Beck, ' 17, ' 18; A. R. Callander ,路 '18, 路'19; W . C. Weston, 路'18; W. P . Okey, '17, '18; R : L. Okey, '15, '16, '17, '18; E. E. Olsen, ' 17, 18; C. H\lghes, '18; L. J . Sole, '18; T. S. Martin, '16, '17, '18; S. Borrie, '17, '18; C. J. Hill, '18; S. Gmyling, '18; H. Grayling, '18; H . M. Smith, '18; P . A. J ennings, '16, '17, ' 18; H . J . M:ackie, '16, '17, ' 18; S. 0 . Skelton, '18; H. P . Richmond , '17, '18; K. R. Lye, '18; B. J . Wilson, '18; R. G. Foreman, '18; vV. Moyes, sen ., '18, '19; P. E. Guscott, '18; ]' . M. Standish, '18; R. P. Honno-r, '18; C. Norris, '18; H. L . Lucena, '18; R. B. Fussell, '18; R ~ H. Pease, '18, '19; B. Newsham , '18; W. 'F . Kelly, '18; K . A. Murray, '18; R. M. Murray, '18; P. Hunger, '18; G. Chong, '15, '16, '17, ' 18; H.. English, '18; R. Lealand, '18; C. L. Lee, '18; A. Osborne, '16, '17, '18; W. M . Atkinson, ' 18, ' 19; J. C. V. Matthews , '17, '18; F. E. Clarke, '18, '19; G. N. Morey, '18; 0. W. Bayly, '18; N. Ellerm, '18, '19; G. H. Rodger, '18; D. Jury, '18; N. P. Brokensh ire, '17, '18; E. W . Snowdon, '17, '18; J. S . Dockrill, '18; L. Fagan, '18; R . H. Quilliam, '15, '16, '17, '18, -'19, '20, '21; D. Doile, '18; N. Leech 1 '17, '18; K. Fo:s:, '18; I. P. Grant, '17, '18; H. Dempsey; ' '18; J. H. Kendall, '18; 0. McHardy , '18; D. Meikle, '18; F. E. Train, '18; K. Nodder, '17, 'f8; A. R. Standish, '17, '18; L. Lovell, '18, '19, '20; A. McRardy , '17, '18: P. Baruett, '18; A. Bayly, '18; R. Adlam,. '17, '18: I. Brynon, '18; P. Ja ckson, '17; J. T. White, '18; A. Hastie, '17, '18: H. Bhmdell, '18; N . Fookes, '18: :S:. N. Johnston, '15, '16 , '17, '18; L. Rellringer , '16, '17, '18; G. Clift, ' 18; H. A. Pirrit, '16, '17.

PROSP ECTUS. N:EW PLYMOU TH HIGH SCHOOL. (Esta hli.shecl in 1882).

THE NEW PL YUOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOJ.1

is situated on what is probably one of the finest Standing on the school sites in . the Dominion . edge of a plateau that stretches inland from the coast, it command s a magnifice nt view of the town and the ocean on the one hand, and of ~H . Egmont on the oth er. It is within 15 minutes' walk of the Post Offi ce and the 'Railway Station, and is within two minutes' walk of the far-famed Pukekura Park.

ONE OF THE BOARDI NG HOUSES .

PROSPECTUS.

75 THE SCHOOL GROUNDS cover an area of 17 acres, which are laid out in lawns, tennis courts, cricket ground and agricult ural plots. In addition to this, 8 acres adjoining the School have been leased for t he agricultural work in connection with the School. A further area of 11 acres next to t he School has been permanently secured for football grounds. THE BOA.RDING DEPARTMEN T is under the supervision of t h e Headmaster, who is assisted by six resident }1asters. At present there are 134 boys in residence. ' There are two houses containing 38 and '20 rooms respectively. These, with the exception of one small portion, are built of reinforced concrete, and are nbsolutely fireproof. ;Electric light has been installed throughout, and no expense h as been spared in furnishing. The Dormitories are larg~ and well-ventilated. Each is placed in charge of a prefect, and is in close proximity to a room occupied by a resident master. All dormitories are furnished with the best hospital beds. The domestic arrangements are in charge of an experienced Matron. The Headmaster is personally responsible for all boys entrusted to his care, and sees that they receive proper moral and religious training. BOARDER'S OUTFIT. School Uniform. Three Uniform Shirts. Two路 Uniform Knickers . Three pairs School Stockings. One Dark Suit for Sund ay. One Overcoat. Two pairs Boots. One pair House Shoes. One pair Rubber Shoes . One School Cap and Badge. One Leather Belt. Two Pyjama Suit.s . Two Soft Shirts.

Two Singlets (if worn). Eight Handkerchiefs. Four Collars . Three Bath Towels. One Necktie (School Colours preferred). Brush and Comb . Clothes Brush. Tooth Brush. Tooth Powder. One pair Braces. One Prayer Book. One Boot Outfit.

All articles MUST be marked distinctly and a list fixed inside the trunk. BATH.-All Boarders h ave a cold shower each morning; if for any reason exemption is desired, the He:;1-dmaster should be communicated with.

PROSPECTUS.

LETTERS.-A l etter is written by each Boarder vnce a week. Pruents are requested to notify the Headlllaster if the letter is carelessly written. HELICHOUS INS'l'RUC'riON . -All Hoarders attend church once every Sunday. Scripture classes are held at the school and arrangements are "made for boys to attend Bible Classes and Confirmation Classes when desired. MUSIC.-The musical instruction is in the hands of qualified tea chers, who conduct lessons at the school. DANCING.-A dancing class is held at t he school during the "\\inter term. Care is taken not to let this interfere in any w·ay with tbe evening " Preparation." PHYSICAL TRAINING, E'l'C.-All boys are exBoarders pected to take part in the various games. exercise in the gymnasium every night and morning and are supervised in their work by the resident m asters. In ad.Jition to the work done in the gymnasium, all boys take physical drill once a week. · POCKET MONEY. --Parents are requested not to supply their boys with too much pocket money. Arrangements can be made with the Headmaster to supply boys with a small amount each week. Sixpence a week is considered sufficient. ORGANISATION, ETC. (I.) THE UPPER SCHOOL.-This consists of Forms VI., VA., and Vn. In t his department boys are prepared for the following examinations:Junior University Scholarship. Taranaki Scholarship. :Matriculation. Engineering Preliminary. Solicitors' General Kno\vledge. *Entrance Examination for Duntroon :Military College. (g) Public Service Senior Examination. ,. (h) Pupil Teachers' Entrance Examination. (i) Accountants' Preliminary Examination. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

*This examination i s h eld in December of each year. The subj ects are :-Compulsory: English , History, ~lementary Mathematics, Geography , General Knowledge. Optwnal (two of the following): Mathewatics (Div. II.) , Physics, Chemistry, French or German .

PROSPECTUS.

The course at Duntroon extends over four years, and from the day of their admission to the Royal :Military College cadets need cost their parents nothing . The Govei·nment pwvides £200 a year for each bo"y, who is, moreover, able to contribute from the age of 16 to the Public Superannuation Fund . On completion of training at t Le College at the age of 20 or 22 years, the cadets will join the New ~ ealan d Staff Corps, with the rank of I,ieutenaut, at a salary of £250 per annum. At the usual rate of promotion they will attain ~n seven or eight years the rank of Captain at a salary of £350, and successively the rank of :Jlajor with a salary of £.475 after 15 years' service, of Li eutenant-Colonel at £600 afteT 22 years' service, and of Uolonel at £750. (Il.) THE :JIIDDLE SCHOOL.- This consists of Forms I VA., IVB., IliA. , IllB,, and prepares boys fOT t lte Upper School. Th"e following examinations may be taken by pupils in tltis section of the school:Public Service Entrance. Senior Free Place. :First Pharmacy Examination. Senior National Scholarship. (III.) 'rHJ£ LUWER SCHOOL .- 'l' his prepares boys for the Middle School. The boys in this department are those who h;tYe not passed St:mdard VI of the public s0hools. 'l'hc eunicuhnn is t he same as· that of the State sehools . I This department, numbering ut pre~ent 85 boys, of whom 05 are boarders, takes boys who have not passed the Proficiency examination of the Education Departm ent and prepares them for the Middle School. The boys range in age from '8 to 15 yeaTs. (a) (h) (c) (cl)

The :Masters responsible fo r this section of the work have had Training Colle.ge experience, and possess spec-ia 1 qualifications for preparatory work. Boys in this department :ne eligible to compete for Junior N ntional Scholarships and for Junior Free Places (Proficiency Certificate). Th ey h ave the ·benefit of a Secondary School training in the way of gymnastics and the supervision of all school games.

PROSP ECTU S.

COUR SE OF STUD Y. To the Uppe r and Middl e Schoo l there are three l. sides, viz . :-(1) Th'e Class ical. (2) 'I'he Agric ultura (3) 'fhe Comm ercial . : THE CLAS SICA L SIDE .-Sub jects of Instru ction , metic Arith , raphy Geog ry, Histo , Latin h, Frenc sh, Engli Mech Algeb ra, Geom etry, 'frigo nomb try, Elem entar y ing. Draw istry, Chem ce, Scien cal Physi anics, h, THE AGlU CULT URA L SIDE .-Eng lish, Frencra, Histo ry, Geog raphy , Dook -keep ing, Arith metic , Algeb iug, Geom etry, 'rrigo nome try, Botan y, Agric ulture , Dairy anics, Anim al Physi ology , Chem istry, Elem entar y Mech Physi cal Scien ce, and Draw ing. THE COM MER CIAL SIDE .-Eng lish, Frenc h, Histo ry, Comm ercial Corre spond ence, Book -keep ing, Trigo noetry, Geom ra, Geog raâ&#x20AC;˘p hy, Arith metic , Algeb Mech y entar Elem ce, Scien cal Physi istry, metry , Chem anics, and Draw ing. on The practi cal wod in agric ulture is carrie d out ds. groun l schoo the ing an area of 13 acres adjoin ural Schem es of work are suppl ied by the Agricisuli. being ulture agric in work Depa rtmen t. At prese nt the Taracondu cted by the agric ultura l instru ctors of the R. Mr. of vision super the naki Educ ation Board , under aki. Taran for ulture Agric of tor Direc the ne, S. Brow 'fhirt y boys are receiv ing instuc tion in this sub ject. SCHO OL SPOR TS. s All boys are expec ted to take part m the vanou game s. SWIM MING .-'fh e Schoo l offers excep tional facilii River ties for fresh and salt water bathi ng. The Henuand the ds, groun l Schoo the runs withi n a stone -throw of the of walk tes' minu ten n withi is beach East End ming swim in s classe r, e1 summ School. Throu ghout the al and life-sa ving are taken every morn ing. The Annu each of term first the in Swim ming Sport s are held year. s CRIC KET AND FOO TBA LL.-I n both these game Both hips. pions cham town the for d teams are entere s, in cricke t and footb all the boys are divide d into group rs. Maste by vised super are s and all game

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PROSPECTUS.

ATHLE'riC SPORTS are held m the third term on the School gra.unds. CADETS .--'fhere are. two Cadet companies, o:ffi~ered by Masters. SHOOTING.-A speciality has been made of this branch of School activity. Practice with rifles fitted with aperture sights is conducted regularly under the supervision of a Master. In 1916 the School won both the Senior and Junior imperial Challenge Shield Competitions . TENNIS.-Asphalt and gn.ss courts are provided.

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GYMN ASTICS.- Untii the gymnasium was destroyed by fire gymnastics were compulsory for all boys. In the buildings now in the course of eil'ection provision is being made for an up-to-date gymnasium. SCHOOL INS'l'ITUTIONS. MAGAZINE.-This is edited by the boys, contains about 80 pages, and is published in June and December. THE CAMERA 路cJJUB possesse.s a dark room fitted up for enlarging and lantern-slide work. The' club's property includes an expensive enlarging apparatus and a valuable projection lantern . The subscription is 1s. per term. THE LIBRARY, which contains a large number of volumes, is open to all boys attending the School. 'fhe committ0e subscrites to the following Magazines:Auckland Weekly, The Popular Mechanic, The National Geographical Magazine, Punch, Life, Pearson's, Chums, and The Captain. 'fHE CONCERT CLUB holds meetings throughout the year. GENERAL. ADMISSION FORMS may be obtained from the Secretary of the Board or from the Principal. INTERVIEWS with the Principal may be arranged. The most convenient time is after 4 p.m. HOMEWORK is set for every 0vening of the week except Saturday. This varies from half-an-hour in the Lower School to three hours in the Upper School.

PROSPECTUS.

BOOKS AND STATIONERY may be obtained at the School at town prices . Each boy is provided with a book which can he inspected at any time by his parents and in which is entered a list of all articles obtained by · him. UNIFORM .-This consists of blue shirt and knickers, with school stockings and cap. Boys m,ust wear this uniform while at School. REPORTS are sent to parents and guardians at the end of each t erm. COLOURS .- The School colours are black and white. :FEES (PER TER1VI) For Upper School and Preparatory Department. TUITION.-£3, r educible to £2 10. if paid within 31 days. BOARD.- £16, reducible to £14 if paid within 31 days. WEEKLY BOARDERS.- £13 10s., reducible to £12 if paiQ. within 31 clays . In cases of removal, si:s: weeks' notice must be given to the, Secretary, otherwise parents are liable for half-a-term's fee. *SUBSCRIP'l'IONS (PER TERM ) . GA~IES.-Upper School 4s., Lower School 2s. LIBRARY (compul sory for Boarders), 1s. 6d.; Day Boys, 1s. ~IAGAZINE (compulsory), 1s. *EXTRAS. Dinner for D ay Boys, £2 10s . Dancing, 15s. Music, £2 2s. Boxing, 10s. *These f.ees and <sub.scriptions are payable in advance along with tuition fees .

N.B.-As the boarding accommodation is now taxed to its utmost, early application is necessary for space for 1919.

DISBURSEMEN'l' S. In order to meet disbursements for pocket money, l'hurch money, etc ., parents of Boarders _are_ required to J.eposit with the Secretary, at the begmmng of each t e.rm, the sum of £2 per pupil. From this amount disbursements when needed will be made to the boys and will be dul;y accounted for to parents. SCHOLARSHIPS. Pupils attending the School may compete for the follo"Wing Scholarships:(1) JUNIOR NATIONAL SCROLARSHIPS .'Ihese vary in value from £5 to £35 per annum, and are open to boys under 14 :y ears of age. (2) SENIOR NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS .-Open to boys under 1B years of age. Value varies from £5 to £35 per annum. (3) TAHANAKI U:N'IVERSITY RCHOLARSHIPS. - Tenable, for four years. Value £60 per annum. These are awarded on the r esults of the Junior University Scholarship Examination, and in order to obtain a scholarship a candidate must gain a place on the credit list of that examination. '['he scholarships are open to all boys who have attended a.school within the, Taranaki Provincial District for not less than two years, and who are between the ages of 16 and 19 years on the first day of December nearest to the elate of the examination. SENIOR JUNIOR UNIVERSITY AND SCHOJ.1ARSHIPS .-Value £50 Per annum £or three years. (4)

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EXAliL RERUL.T S-1917. University Term5 .. .. .... ...... .. .... .. .... .. .. 1 First Section LL.B. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Taranaki Scholarship .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Matriculation, etc . ........ :................... 12 Royal Military College, Duntroon .. .. .. 1 Senior National Scholarship .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 3 Junior National Scholarship . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. 1

PROSPECTUS.

TERMS CLASSES. A Terms Class is heJd for those boys who have matriculated and who have no intention of competing for University Scholarships. By attending this class a boy is able to complete the first section of the B.A. Degree while at school. TERMS. The School is divided into thrâ&#x201A;ŹJe Terms of thirteen weeks each 'l'he 'l'erms are approximately as follows: First Term: From February 6 to May 6. Second Term: From ~lay 28 to August 27 . Third 'l'erm: From September 18 to December 18 .

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