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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19347, 6 December 1924, Page 10

In offering’ felicitations on tlie jubilee celebrations of Wellington College nn oldtime old boy, Mr W. Callaghan, of Haweni, gnvo some interesting reminiscences of the first scnool. “I well remember the first school (Bowden’s), which was the nucleus of the Wellington College,” ho said., “being built amidst surroundings of tea-tree end gorso, the road formation thereto being very clayey and greasy in wet weather. The site was that of the present Terraco School, and there was a water-cross swamp whore the Wellington Club now stands. The pupils dug a very large cave off a gully to the right of the school, looking up from the town, and this was well hidden by the tea-tree. We youngsters wandered many times over what is now the Botanical Gardens, which were then unfonced, pathless. and largely covered with native bush. The first reminder we received was that no more trees were to be cut down. Pro viously wo did the William Gladstone act without let or hindrance.” “MATCHLESS” FOOTWEAR IS FAMED FOR QUALITY. It also represents the acme of fashionable footwear. ‘'Matchless” styles are correct. “Matchless” prices are moderate. Ask for “Matchless” Footwear.—W. Harris and Son (Ltd.), Sellers of “Matchless” Footwear, The Block, Princes street; 212-214 George street; 101 Stuart street; 133-135 King Edward street; 6 North road, Gordons.—Advt.