STOCK DEPARTMENT OFFICE

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1930, Page 10

STOCK DEPARTMENT OFFICE

DIRECTOR VISITS STRATFORD. DEPUTATION FROM BUSINESS MEN Mr. J. Lyons, Director of the Live ■ Stock Diviejon of the Department of Agriculture, was in Stratford on' Saturday conferring with local officers on departmental affairs. The' opportunity was taken by Messrs. J. B.- Richards’ and N. B. Fletcher, representing the Stratford Chamber of Commerce and stock-and station com- ( panies, to interview the director upon connected with the staffing of 'the Stratford office of the. department and it. was subsequently .learned from .Mr. Lyons?that a satisfactory unde> standing..had- been reached, although- the 1 financial 1 position might have an -iinpDrt■ant\ bearing .upon the . future policy of the department. The position prevailing in Stratford, where only permanent, officer is stationed-, to 'attend to. all -details of field . work or office routine, has been discussed at meetings of the Chamber and .the Farmers’ .Union ■ and the deputation made'- cut: a- strong case for additional -staffing. The request met,;with a sym--pathbtie hearing front- the director and his'explanation of the department’s in- ; tentions regarding -Stratford was stated to be satisfactory to the deputation. Meanwhile ’the present arrangement of the' loan?/ of one of the department’s assistants- from Hawera in alternate .weeks ,will,.continue pending the finan-- ’ cial buriwk bn M&rchj ; - 1 - y ' .- : ’ ANNUAL 'SPEECH DAY. SPORTS AOT PRIZEGIVING. ' Ip marked contrast to last year, S. Mary’s Djpcesan Girls’. School, Stratford, enjoybd perfect .summer weather on Friday for 'annual speech day, sports and .cerenibny. The school And grounils vyefe ’ open to the public, and . a’, litfebs number of parents and 'friends attended. yA continuation of ' tlie sports kept, everybody 'interested - until tfhree-o’clock,.; when an 'adjpurnineiii 'ivas iriade to the tennis cOurt'fronting '•-thh' .eastern bal-. coriyS riei'A Atchde'acon G. H. Gavin de-, liyered'fiis' speech "and the principal of ( the ypchbhl’ (Miss /Wilson)- read her report 'and/comments on the year’s work. 'Afternoon, tea Was '• served by members of'the staff’and bld'pupils of the school.. ; On bb^a!f ? of the board of directors and the staff .of the- school, 'Mr. W. H. H.’Ybting, chairman, welcomed the large ’number 1 of ’visitorsj some of wh om had as far away- as Nelson; Te* ’ and' Rarotonga.■ Mr. Young' congratulated’the principal and the staffon the' Success- attained during the 'year. It'was interesting io'note that the school had a mountain club of its own under* the gtfidance Of Miss J. Beale. : A Ffom ! ihb"attendance point of .view, the -school had- made satisfactory pro-, gress, reported Miss Wilson. The year had seen inbre boarders -than at any .time, since tile school’s foundation, and during the list term the- accommodation had been taxed rather ‘ severely, A -number of the senior girls was leaving, however, whileta few-SCholars Were boarding only during 7 *bffe f absenee -abroad of their ■ parents.' ’ ' SCHOLASTIC -PROGRESS. ■' "Miss Wilson recorded; satisfaction at the scholastic" progress made. The preparatory division, a most important sec■tion, had continued to receive excellent grounding from Miss Bartlett and won special', praise from the -inspector’at; his annual-visit. ' The ■junior-division .(Stds. 11l and yiV.)\ had. also done good work. Stds.-V; and VI. had not been numerically streihg, Std. Vl.'falling somewhat beh’nd last- year’s roll number. The only two girls who were really ready, however; had gained their proficiency certificates;'.Form 111, in the secondary' school was rather uneven, but on the whole had done good work, though a rather large' c( tail” to the form showed-that the sylla-' bus had been rather above, some of the members. Very steady work had been done in Form IV., three pupils working definitely for the matriculation and two -for. the .public service examination. Two others had nbt taken the whole cobrse. During the year a senior and junior class had been held in shorthand, together with two advanced pupils. AU had done very weU. Miss Hardy Jones had conducted.the. shorthand, classes for the past, four years, and the' school was sorry-to .lose her. . • ;i .,. .A • y' Iq .a, school of the type of ; S. Mary’s music figured largely in the- curriculum, A large percentage of the girls learned. music,-'2l taking piano and three violin, while two large classes were held for the theory of music. Of the violin pupils . taught by Mr.. C. H. Rogers two .had entered for and passed the Trinity. College examination. In the R.A.M. examination Miss Riera’s pianoforte pupils had been, very successful in both practical work and. theory. , Class singing had again ; been very successfully taken by Miss.- Bartlett. .., . organised GAMES. In. organised games the School had promising' material. The tennis matches with the Stratford' Technical High School team had resulted in one win and one loss; while the basket ball A team had £iven a .good account of itself in . the secondary schools coinpetition. The little boys had played a cricket match against a team from the Stratford prim- ‘ ary school, and though beaten had had en enjoyable time. The mountain club was a great feature of the school’s outdoor life. There were senior and juniorymembers, and so far the captain had managed that all senior members should reach the top before leaving the school. Miss 'Wilson expressed thanks to Mesdames Penn, Kear, Fredric and Liddell and Miss Riera for donations of school prizes, to Mrs. Townsend and Mr. J. C. Allen for sports prizes/ SENIOR FREE PLACE AWARDS. STRATFORD HIGH SCHOOL. The,- following pupils at the Stratford 'Technical- High School qualified for senior'free places:—-F. Adlain, D. Butchart, W. Foley, K-. Horn, D, Harkness, A, Johnson,J. Bridger, F. Parfitt,. A, ■Ryburn, M. Tarrant, W. Tarrant, B, • Taylor, R. Bamford, R. Winthrop, V, Carncross, M. Coateworth, M. Femmcll, J. McGregor. M. Rowe, I. Taylor, A. Trask, F. Thomas, E. Braybrooke, W. Brunton, D. Goble, L. Milne, E, Me’; Grath, ...G, Nicholls. „E. O'Hagan, C, Power, ,H. Yickers, V. Cooke, A. .Cooper, J. Elgar, R. Lacy, U. Mills, LI. Mitchell, jS,..M.cKenny, G. Pinny, M. Pilkington, W. Rawles, >S. Rpycroft, M. Whiting, N.. Whiting, G. Hale, G. Johnston, I. Sorensen,.!. Schwieters, J. Taylor, U. West. F. Betts, C. Briscoe, S. Cross, W. Fastier, G. Keller, G. Liddifigton. •■'lL'lAmps-hife, J. .Mulholland, G. Fetch, J. Sayers, H. Skuse, \V. 'l'aylor, W. Thomason, R. Whittleston, C. Power.