"THE WEEKLY PRESS" CHALLENGE SHIELD.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13101, 28 April 1908, Page 8

"THE WEEKLY PRESS" CHALLENGE SHIELD.

PRESENTATION CEREMONY. AT/f f WOODVILLE, ; -'I * (iPECIAT. TO "THE MUM.") 1>:-J1« .;>| WOODVILLE. 5 i Mr H. Burnett. (Mayor) presided at "■-- a large gathering at the school;to-day':'<■: ori tho occasion of the presentation'ef "^ 'The Weekly Press" CltaUeigo; Shield- ;>m to No. 1 Company of tho v Wx^vilie;:iV School Cadets. He said groat credit £;■/ was due to the boys for winning^tho\? --/ trophy, and now the sohool would have." to. keep up its reputation. cVSonwj^ people thought target -practice uselessiih;|J" but he thought, there was nothing - bet- : -.«s ter for preparatory work, and: such si things as judging distance, and moving 5j targets couloT follow. He hadnwen.'.^ pleasure in asking the Rot. A: Grant, ~ : '|| of Dannevirke, who was representing J| the Napier Education Board; to present ;~m the shield. "-M The/ Rev. A. Grant 6aid the school .;fes had got the shield, and must keep it-it ■'3 They had brought .Woodville into-pf prominence by winning the : shidd:j||| Every district high school in the island.^l was talking about Woodville, and how^S it had won the shield. The:/shield'£s« would be an enduring monument, likosii the prises in the Grecian games. Sorne^ people thought sentiment was useJeasj'.S •but sentiment had a wonderful powcr^f|| and could stir people always. Mo had |pf| great pleasure in presenting the shield/^IS and hoped Woodville would; retain^itS|i for' many:years. . '.':/.v^£^f|g Major. Stevenson O*oadmasfer)i;.-^»|l oeived...the shield, : He. thanked3ot;M Grant, and said it would not.b^/^h^lfa boys', fault if they. lost the trophy., -;; : §*||l ; Mr. R. B. Ross, M.P.; said:'-no.'.^a very pleased to be present. 'I He spoKo?||f| very strongly indeed of the absence "of mm tho - Minister for ';'•' Education,- • ..■; i~**£*B thought that the Government: apd;'3fl'e|Hj Education Board ought to have arransjeMJjji specially' to celebrate: such/an" ;,-'dvem^S At all events, the shield. lriight'hiii^R ,been presented ; . by;. the Minister. HSf^fi thought that the "Government; ; shohl&Jl| catch its volunteers younarand tho :besif|| way: to, do thait; was by. means of-cadet":^ corps. :-■'.-"'■■-; -y '■^'■v-^-"'' :^:.^-:^ffp:j.%pi^ Canon Eccks said that at bis school V .they had/rid rifle; : practice,! b,Ut settled v>^. tlieir differences by fisticuffs, which did- .. .■ them,good. -Probably he was tiie only | ope present who had been 4 under fire, is ■which was very different from.firing on -}M a range, but his old training had help- |S ied him - there. .In the future theyjfl might have their-country to help, and^l learning to shoot would help them-to^ do ao.-- .'.'-.-.' ■■" .-•• ■ : ~ , -^?-'.-?,''-'"* : -V ; V/;^|j^|m ■'-'".The '.Rev.'.'Mr/',GingßrV::^ ; Baad:/l-th*sJrS ought to bo griatef.ul to tiie Pteas Com-.lw -pariy for sunn a liandscone shieldr-Wilt-^ ni-ng it lad beea aa ■ honour'-.'.■/to district, to the \school,"''and';.''.to^.tibf||§ He would liaye'liked'Mr ForodfM | to.- be"there, butirtfwas,: a>gopeat'-'-anitJiiS | honourable: event, all 'the isame.' 4 -*J"heij|Sj [haul- a minister to presenlt- tlieahiekl,^ if .not' the Minister for Ednea^OTSS Mr - Seddon, speaking in his ohurcKM jat Hokdtika, said once tlia-t he liadMs every/right' to' 6!o ; ;6o-^Hbecau8e'rWviw«^ a member of the ministry I They hadiS a member:or the ministry^^itihenß^thai^^ day-'-in.the/Rfßrrv.;Mr'.GrEn^^W : 'Hie:i!^|||^S Ginger) had not- taken, much. interest,^ in cadets .till his bs>y jomed them,-«rid^ then he had been- greatly pdeaaed;irftK§i the effort .oh.;.t!»!&d.Vo'-, .■••...::•-a .^^j«|^| < : Ma jor Stevenson, said the .-gir%*iraciSS .desbrvingiof "credit as;well w tbefboyK^ ' for when. the boys were :/late;, on'iMffil range „their aisbers nrillced for/%etiS^ He thought that ought to be Icnoirni^ He did not see why girls ehonW not^ shoot, too. He kb»if by their--drmnaj^j that their, hands were 'as -'jrteadyjfi||| boys' hands, ,< and-'hev."ni)e^-''iih^j:4!Jn||^| were better. He would not! Ute^tt^igifß t>' think shooting was the "only /thing^ learned on the -range.*: ? TiheTe'*jth«3^ learned habits ->of prompt oi>odleneej|| and disciplino as well. Harold Tyeri^ man, a boy in theteam,-was ''therosimlli pioru shot in th«> Nortii Waaid. He^ made 82 out of a possible 84, gettaiig'^ the possible at 100, and/ 200 - yard»ft|| Ho (the speaker) wanted /to say,- »Ibo£l that the company which won ahieWS was oniy two points' behind -thte taain;^ ■winning the «Cdlowial -; Ajnmunitintt^ Company's sTrield, and also won Coloi»i^ Loveday's promised certificate'torl-"®*^ bsst-kept tent at the Exlxahftwn'flal^ year. They had won" t^-^eld'«thS 736 points, the hi#resf 6ccre in tJiei^ Dommion. Next in the Norffclsr*nd||§J Onehunga with 725; : wnieVHif^ highest South Island score waalWal"??^ mate's 721. He thanked Mr Graait^ for attending, ami was ! > sorry/ Mr|| • Fowlds was absent, as -tihas.'year"/-the^i Government shield had been - wori;:by:|l tiie Dannevirke,hoys belonging Wthf^gl same LtattaLion, and the occasion wiwr^i unique. Never before had the"'^°<<)| shields been won by two companiesof^ one bnttalion, and he thought it worthy**^ of official notice.' /'/'/:' y^xjM The gathering diroerscd with dheer»»Vjj i-ncluding one 'for "Tho '.'.WrtMlt&f