MOUNT EDEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 303, 23 December 1898, Page 3

MOUNT EDEN.

i The Mount Eden Public School cele- | I brated the breaking-up for the Christmas ; I holidays most successfully by a sports ; I meeting on the Domain Cricket Ground ! yesterday afternoon under the supervis- j ' ion of Mr Hosking. the head teacher, and ! 1 his assistants. A number of races were i : held the following being the results:— ■ Half-mile Walk. Renwick; Manx Race, I Arthur and Robinson; Throwing Cricket. Ball Gummer; Drop Kick, Kobinson; , ! High Jump, W. Shepherd; Long Jump, S. . i Reid' IOOvdS Championship, S. Reid; ' Wheelbarrow Race. Shepherd and Gum-1 mer; 220 yds Championship. S. Reid; Sack1 Race. S." Reid; Sack Race, under 12, Cot-; ton- 440 yds Championship,McCabe; School Cup li'Oyds, Reid; Half-mile Flat, A. Robinson; Girls under 6. Maggie Harrison- Girls under 7. Winnie Howard; Girls under 8 Gladys Harrison; Girls under 9, Gretta Carlvon; Egg and Spoon Race, under 12,. Vera Connolly; over 12, Stella Farrell" Boys under 6, N. Gray; Boys under 7 E. Goodfellow; Boys under S, C. Olseir Boys under 9.Roy Lambert; School Cud ioOyds. S. Reid; Deportment Competition L. Harvey: Tug of War. Robinson's team; Half-mile Bicycle, J. Armitage- Girls under 10.' Ada Renwick; Girls, under 11 Vera Connolly; Girls under 12, j Eva Harvey; Girls under 13, C. Probert; Girls under 14, Ida Gray: Girls under 15, Stella Farrell; Boys under 10, A. Gray;; Boys under 11. G. Taylor; Boys under 12, ; C "Arthur; Potato Race, under 12, Elsie Harvey- Potato Race, over 12, Stella Farrell- Boys under 13, B. Eastgate; Boys under 14, A. Robinson; Boys under 15, D. Shand: Old Boys' Race, B. Lowrie. At the conclusion of the sports .the prizes won at school for diligence and proficiency were presented by Mr J. t p Hooton, Chairman of-' Committee to the winners, as follows- — Standard I.: Boys —1, A. Hebden- 2. W. Stuart; 3, P. Morris. Girls —1. F. Grierson; 2. J. Eekley; 3, E. Taylor. Diligence—Madge Gray. G. Woods. Standard II.: Boys—l. V. Burcher; 2, W. Holmes; 3. G. Shand. Girls—l, R. Burton; 2, M. Brown; 3, H. Morris. Diligence —L. -Stevens. R. Archibald, Gladys Reynell, Muriel Gower. Una Blackburn. Standard HI.: Boys—l, C. Armitage; 2. G. Stewart: 3. C. Jacka. Girls—l, Olive Cowpn; 2, Prudence Freeman; 3, Daisy Andrews. Standard IV.: Boys—l. E. Hoofon- 2, A. Stewart: 3, A. Gray. Girls—Florrie Caldwell: 2. Florrie West; 3, Ethel Rix and Bessie O'Leary. and Conduct_H. Jacka, F. Cha (field. T. Tregaskis. R. Chatfield. Edith Tiernan, Ada Budd. Special prize. Ivy Toy. Standard V.: Boys— H. Blampied: 2. H. Grierson: 3, Arthur Stewart and Willie McNab. Girls —1, Nellie Hooton: 2, Olive Kelly; 3, Lily ! Andrews. Diligence and Conduct—Harry

__, Cotton, Florrie Arthur. Chrissie Gray. " First-class good attendance certificates and prizes were awarded to the following [V scholars who bad been present" every i- school day:—Louisa Stevens.Muriel WoodT ! ward, Clara Probert, Maud Lam- ,_, ! bert, W. Shand, H. Grierson. F. Taylor, ! E. Lambert, H. Taylor, C. Grierson, Ruby r Burton, Minnie Allen. V. Haliday, A. - \ Hebden, A. Bailey, G. Woods, May Grierr | son, Elsie Taylor, J. Shand. Second-class, _ i certificates were also awarded to those ; | who had not missed more than five halfI I days in the year, as well as prizes to the II children in primers.