REEFTON NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1929, Page 8

REEFTON NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.)

REEFTON, May 11

Wintry conditions prevailed yesterday at Reefton. During Thursday night a distinct fall in temperature took place and heavy rain fell, there being 96 points registered. The surrounding hills are heavily coated with snow. At Maruia the snow is very low down, the tree tops being coated. This morning the rain had ceased, but there is a heavy fog. Miss K. Wills, teacher at the Rotokohu School, left for Christchurch on Thursday to attend the capping ceremony at the University, where she receives the degree of B.A. The schools throughout the district closed yesterday for the term holidays. Mr E. Hayes, who left for Dunedin on Thursday, obtained his B.A. degree at Christchurch to-day.

The following are the results of the term examinations at the District High School:—

Secondary. Department: Form V.— Stanley Allen 1, Richard Short 2, James Bolitho 3. Form IV (professional) —Frank Kearns 1, Kenneth Patterson 2, Gwen McKane and Joan Worry 3. Commercial —Margaret Patterson 1, Janies Patterson 2, Norman Woods 3. Form 111 (professional)— Catherine Paterson 1, Jean Cleaver 2, Gordon Meagher 3. Commercial — Freda Allen 1, Winifred Pengelly 2, Marjorie Wildermoth 3.

Primary: Standard VI —George Day 438 marks, 1; Mary Lawn,' 392, 2; Charles Hunt, 387, 3. Standard V— Doreen Strachan 393, 1; Jbyce Cleaver 388, 2; Roger Baxter 369, 3. Standard IV —Dorothy Paterson 423, 1; Eulalia Meagher 421, 2 ; Alta Mitchell 412, 3. Standard III —Patricia Tobin 451, 1; John Newton and Richard Thomas 410, 2. Standard ll—Edith 'Pengelly 416, 1; Dorothy Cleaver 411, 2 • James Lawn 408, 3. Standard I—Daniel Wright 345, 1; Annie Holman 341, 2 ; Douglas Parsons 335, 3. P4 —Iris Hunt 1, Maxwell Newton 2, Alfred Cleaver 3.