HAWKE'S BAY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 38, 17 January 1874, Page 9

HAWKE'S BAY.

The ' Napier Telegraph,' in describing the examination of St Mary's School, Napier, says :—": — " Previous to the prizes being awarded, Mr Rearden the able and energetic master of the boys' school, made a few vigorous and kindly remarks to his pupils, telling them that the school

to which, they belonged had earned a character for bemg, the best in the province ; the prizes that would be given them were awarded to' those who had worked the hardest during the year. Since the last annual examination, many boys had gone into the world, and were occupying situations of trust, and were waiutainin'g by their conduct the honor of the school in which they had been educated, and also the high characters they had earned when iff that school. Major Withers then presented the prizes, saying <o each boy a few appropriate words. The prizes, consisting of a' handsome collection' of books, included three special gifts, two of which 1 had btfen given by W. Colenso, Esq., for the best letter writers in the upper and lower classes, and the third to be awarded to the boy who had learned his }swsons best throughout the year.