E. KIRKBY CHAMPION

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1935, Page 10

E. KIRKBY CHAMPION

FINE RUNNING BY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL STEEPLECHASE. RESULTS OF THE EVENTS. E. Kirkby won the senior steeplechase championship of the Hawera Technical High School when the events were held on Thursday. More than 180 competitors took part in five events and there was a large attendance at< the finishing post. Kirkby has proved himself an outstanding distance runner at the school this year having established records in the mile’ and half-mile, as well as demonstrating outstanding ability in the fourmiles steeplechase. . The junior championship was won by J. Sheerin, who came in nearly a minute ahead of the second man in very good time. The junior handicap was won by JVL. Woods and the senior by D. Archbold, while the under 14 handicap was won by A. Bernard by a good margin. As part of the excellent organisation the juniors were dispatched promptly at 2 o’clock from the school. The course for the juniors led along Camberwell Road and Vogel Street to South Road, which was traversed as far as Mr. J. Greenhill’s house, where a cross-country route led to Waihi Road and the finishing line opposite the stand in King Edward Park. The senior course branched off the South Road at Denby Road, coming back to Mr. A. Hunter’s property for the run home. Kirkby gave a very good demonstration of running and was unpaced much of the way. He finished tirelessly and could probably have reduced the time considerably.

Officials responsible for the organisation included the principal, Mr. J. Dash, and his staff, comixrising Messrs. W. W. Thomas, H. G. Whitehead, J. C. Findlater, A. Tugwell, W. Thompson, H. Ackroyd, and Misses M. Smyth, R. Duff, B. Earle and Britland. Results were:—

HAWERA MAIN SCHOOL CONCERT. FINE PROGRAMME PRESENTED. A high standard of performance was a feature of a concert given by pupils of the Hawera Main School at St. Josephs hall on Wednesday night. Without exception the players and singers gave fine interpretations and the result reflected credit on all concerned. The addition of a playette gave the programme good balance and the insouciance of the youthful performers was delightful. The programme was: Overture, Louis Fox and orchestra of ex-pupils; haka of welcome, senior boys, leader, Tui Jones; songs, infants; dances, infants; songs, Standard 1; solo and dance, soloist, Margaret \Simpson; drill, junior girls; dramatised songs, Standards 5 and 6; dance, Standard 2; entr’acte, orchestra; unison song, song with descant and three part songs, combined chorus; Irish jig, Poppy Bloor; song, Standard 2; recitation, Russell Campbell; playette, Standard 3 girls; folk dances, senior and intermediate girls.

The players in “The Princess and the Pirate,” the action of which took place in a royal nursery, was as follows: Poppy Marter, Graham Bayley, Margaret Simpson, Mary Syme, Laurie Ackroyd, Major Purser, Shirley Walker, Bruce Polson, Jim Peacock, Tui Jones, Shirley Walters. HAWERA LIBRARY. BOO 1 i RECENTLY ADDED. New books recently added to the Hawera Public Library are:— Fiction: All Over Again, R. M. Ayres; Texas Rider, Buck Billings; Golden Horizons, Anne Duffield; Dry -Gulch Adams, P. Field; Lady Into Fox, F. Garnett; Case of the Howling Dog, E. Gardner; The Strangers, N. B. Morrison; Tamara, K. Norris; We That Were Young, I. Rathbone; The Window, A. G. Rosman; Monkey’s Money, Mabel ‘Tyrrell; Moonhills, H. A. Vachell; The Devil Rides Out, Denis Wheatley; Sinbad the Soldier, P. C. Wren'. , Replaces: Martin Conisby’s Vengeance, 2. Famol; The Commander Shall, H. Jordan; Full Flavour, Doris Leslie; Mr. Crusoe’s Young Woman, S. Macdonald. General: Retreat From Glory, R. Bruce Lockhart; New Zealand from Tasman to Massey, N. x. Coad; A Time to Keep, Haliday Sutherland. Juvenile: The Mystery of Markham, W. Bell; Srpith’s Week, W. Bell; -he Brownie’s Box, F. Bone; The School by the Sea, A. Brazil; The Captain of the Phantom, R. Chesterton; Vera’s Trust, E. Everett-Greene; Three Joskins at St. Jude’s, R. Goodyear; Hazelhurst, E. L. Hunt; An Uphill Game, H. Huntingdon; Girl of the Fourth, A. M. Irvine; Forrester’s Fag, A. Judd; Trefoil, M. MacDonald; Sally Makes Good, B. Marchant; Hetty Gray, R. Mulholland; Robin of the Round House, I. Peacocke; Dorothy Dale and Her Chums, M. Penrose; Headmistress Hilary, K. Rhodes; Laughing Water, E. Turner; Seven Little Australians, E. Turner; Rivals of the Reef, P. Weste..aan; A Daughter of the Empire, M. Whiting; Stories from the Norse, Fables from Acso;:, The /ild Swans, Hans Andersen;. King of Golden River, John Ruskin; The Water Babies, C. Kingsley.

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. - E. Kirkby, time 23m 35s . 1 L. Henderson, 23m 50s . 2 D. Kirkby, 25m . 3 N Sly 25m 20s . 4 J Duffill 26m 24s . 5 J. Niven, 26m' 36s . 6 JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. J. Sheerin, 19m 35s . 1 B. Hurliman, 20m 22s A . 2 A. McDonald, 20m 37s . 3 G. Tonks, 20m 53s . 4 V. Henderson, 21m 33s . 5 SENIOR HANDICAP. D. Archbold (hdcp. Im) . 1 A. Badcock . 2 S. Richards (Im) ;...... . 3 G. Eden (%m) . 4 R. Seaver (Im) . 5 The time was 23m 15s. JUNIOR HANDICAP. M. Woods (2 1 /zm) . 1 E. Gibson (l%m) . 2 R. Greenbank (2%m) ........ . 3 G. Reading (2m) . 4 C. Horsburgh (3m) ...... . 5 UNDER 14 HANDICAP. . 1 N. Langlands (2%m) ........ . 2 J Cran (31£m) . 3 V. Chapple (2m) ; 4 Bridgwood (4m) The time was 17m 30s.