NELSON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue I, 7 January 1899, Page 26

NELSON.

Dear Bee, December 22. The annual DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES and awa'rds of scholarships in connection with the Nelson Boys’ and Girls' Colleges were made at the Theatre Royal on Friday afternoon. Mr J. H. Cock, a member of the Board of Governors, presided, and seats on the platform were also occupied by Messrs Pitt, Fell. G. A. Harkness, J. Graham, M.H.R., J. W. Barnicoat, M.L.C. (Governors), Mr Holloway (secretary), and the College staff. The teachers were loudly applauded on entering, and when Mr Joynt took his seat the boys rose and sang ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.’ The reports from professors who had examined the Colleges were read by Miss Gibson, M.A., principal of the Girls' College, anti Mr Joynt, M.A., principal of the Boys’ College, and were most satisfactory. Speeches were made by Miss Gibson, Mr Joynt, and Mr Cock, who also distributed the prizes. There were a large number of pupils from both Colleges present, and all seemexl in the highest of spirits. The gathering broke up with the usual cheers from the boys. Miss Gibson and her staff, namely, the Misses Griboen. Pearce. Graham, and Galletly, all wore pretty white dresses under their University gowns. Amongst those present were noticed the Bishop and Mrs Mules, the Rev. J. P. and Mrs Kempthorne, Mesdames Pitt, Sealy, Fell, Watts (2), Humphries, Blackett. Lubecki, Bain, Perrin, Wright; Mrs Percy Adams, stylish grey costume, white hat with pink roses beneath the brim; Mrs A. Glasgow, buff cambric; Mrs Daubeny

(Sydney), deep violet costume, light hat; Mrs Pearson, black tailor-made costume, white sailor hat; her sister, Miss Browning, was similarly attired; Miss Mules, white; Mrs Pogson, light costume; Mrs E. F. V». Cooke, powder blue trimmed with white lace; the Misses Robertson, Haslem (Christchurch), Holloway, Perrin, Humphries, Rawson (Christchurch), Sealy, Heaps, Ledger, Fell, M. Atkinson, Richmond (Wellington) Lubecki Richmond, Blackett, and many others.

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