SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1599, 3 February 1906, Page 5

SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS.

SOUTHLAND AWAHDS. At yesterday's meeting of the Southland i.uucution Hoard the Junior i\ational and Senior and Junior tsoard frcboUu'siups were awarded to tile sueccssiul cunumates "at the examination held in Decemuer. The secretary reported that tlie total sura availauJe for scholarships was JLOoo, of wnich amount scholarsnips- current ,would absoro The sum uvailaole for new scholarships this year was, therefore, £3SO. 'three senior seholarsnips Would absorb j-'JO, leaving Jt.290 for the,-Junior board Scholarships. The fuiiels tin: the National scholarships would be provided by the Government. t he Board lirst 'considered the award of tiie Aational Scholarships, and a scrutiny of tiie list showed that the two allotted to the Southland district must lie conferred on pupils not resident in Lnvereargill. The value of each scholarship is, therefore, .CIO, which includes .CIIU lodging allowance. The scholarships were formally awarded to Christina M. Steele, of Gore school, and Kate A. Wild, of Niagara. .Miss Steele headed the list with 5i(S marks, and she secures the scholarship awarded to the pupil who, attending a school having an average attendance of over 10, gained most marks. Miss Wild, with -l'sO marks, stood sixth on the list, and was entitled to the scholarship awarded to the pupil who attending- a school having an average attendance of not over -10, secured the most marks. The awards were made conditional on the requirements of the Act complied with.

Coming to the Senior Board Scholarships, the Board decided, in conformity to the usual practice, to award three, and in this case the scholarships all go to country pupils. The amount absorbed is, therefore, ,C3O for each scholarship, including £"25 lodging ali iowance. The awards were as follows : W. A. Alexander (Gore) <>l7 •I. N. Millard (Fortrosel 573 Jemima Kennedy (East, (lore) ... s'io 't he Board decided, in reference to the Junior Scholarships, to award seven town and eight country scholarships, the former being worth Co each, and the latter XIIO each. Tin? successful candidates are : TOWN. Ethel M. lilllcv (Middle and Park) sfc2 Mary J. Matheson (South) o'Jn illalcolm McCartney (South) 170 liobert G. Ritchie (Middle) 171 Allan 1). Anderson (Middle) 4(>S George Airnew (Middle) 453 Grace E. Paton (South) ... 1-1 COUNTRY. John A. Salmond ((Juccnslown) ... Oswald !'-. Reynolds (liiverton) ... 4!M| Edith M. McDowell (East Gore)... -1 io Jean M. P.rown (East Gore) 'l(> : > Iviline V. lloddinott (Edcndale)... lo'.t T. E. Kennedy (East Gore) 11^ "Herberts. I'aton (Arrowtown) ... Ifo Elizabeth P.. Cavell (ltiverton) ... -ISO The Board also decided to extend for one year the scholarship held by J. Murdoch, lnvereargill.—' Times.