A CONTRADICTION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXI, Issue LXI, 26 January 1911, Page 5

A CONTRADICTION.

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIAIION

NELSON, Jan. 25. In connection with the Taranaki telegram, claiming .first place in the Junior Scholarship examinations^ the Nelson Education Board office furnishes the appended memo disputing the claim: — For the Hast two years the highest place in the examinations referred to has been gained by pupils in the Nelson education district. In the 1909 examination William H. Morris, of the Iteefton District High School, came first in the Dominion, with 684 marks out of a possible 800, and last year Edward •Gifford, of the "Vv-estport District High School, gained top place with 690 marks. The Taranaki comparison appears of little value, as the number or competitors from each district does not seem to have been taken into account in the basis of the computation. In the 1910 examination eleven candidates from the Nelson district gained higher marks than the candidate who was placed top of the Marlborough district, which gained second place according to the New Plymouth telegram.