CAMBRIDGE WEST.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2724, 28 December 1889, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE WEST.

Tin; children's sports in connection with the Cambridge West school were oeld in the school paddocks on Friday, December 20th. They consisted of about twenty events, for which prizes were awarded by teachers and friends. A large number of the parents were present and seemed greatly interested in the proceedings, as well as amused at some of the more comical contests, and Mr Hyatt wishes us to thank the old scholars and others whose valuable assistance in managing the sports contributed mainly to their success. The ladies of the district responded most liberally, as they always do, to the teacher's call for assistance, in providing refreshments for so largo a gathering. We are not able to say that the tables groaned with the liberal fare, for table? enough to hold them were not to hand. However, the parlour floor of the school-house was brought into requisition and was literally piled with trays and baskets of good things, which were distributed by a number of willing hands among the children, under the shade of the trees. Three substantial meals—luncheon, tea and supper,— were heartily partaken of, which speaks volumes for the liberality of the people of Cambridge West district, and also for the popularity of the annual school treat. In the evening an entertainment was provided by the children, which was crowded to excess. A capital programme, entirely by the children was rendered, consisting of school songs, solos arid recitations. During an interval Mr Hyatt briefly addressed the parents, referring to the success at the recent examination, and urging them to send their children to school regularly, so that their education might be thorough and effective. At the conclusion the prizes won at the sports were distributed by Mrs T. W. Hicks, who performed her duty in a most creditable and pleasing manner. At about 9 o'clock the children sang " God Save the Queen," and after a distribution of cake dispersed to their homes, while some of the elder people remained and enjoyed a few hours' dancing, which brought the day's dissipation ton close, everyone being of opinion that it w-is the most successful school treat ever held at Cambridge West.