HASTINGS SCHOOL
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. A TRAGIC INCIDENT. (Per United Press Association.) Hastings, November 4. The celebrations of the jubilee of the Hastings Central School, which was founded sixty years ago with an opening attendance of seven pupils, began yesterday with a thanksgiving service which was attended by 2500 people. The address was given by the Bishop of Waiapu, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Williams. There was a procession through the town to the racecourse, where the service was held. En route a halt was made to lay a wreath on the Cenotaph in memoi’y of old boys who fell at the war.
There are many ex-pupils from distant parts of the Dominion visiting the town to take part in the celebrations which will continue throughout the week, including a ball, sports, processions and a dinner.
The thanksgiving service yesterday was given a tragic touch by the collapse and subsequent death of George David Love, who had been carrying the banner of the oldest decade of pupils leading the procession. The head of the procession had just reached the grandstand on the racecourse when Love collapsed. He was taken to the hospital adjoining the racecourse and died 20 minutes later.
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Southland Times, Issue 22730, 5 November 1935, Page 6
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199HASTINGS SCHOOL Southland Times, Issue 22730, 5 November 1935, Page 6
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