Napier

New Zealand Tablet, 4 July 1918, Page 19

Napier

(From our own correspondent. , June 28. In the. Primary Schools; Rugby Football Competitions, which commenced on Saturday, June 15, the Marist Brothers' School met and defeated Port Ahuriri School by 25 points to nil. On Saturday, June 22, the Napier Main School was met and defeated by 33 points to nil, and on Wednesday, June 26, the Napier High School team were defeated by 31 points to nil. In addition to these three victories by the Marist Brothers' School team the Old Boys' team in the Fourth Grade competition met and defeated the High School by 14 points to 3, and the Third Grade team met and defeated M.A.C. by 8 points to nil. Master Max Eales, a pupil of the Marist Brothers, who holds the Cotteril Cup, won the gold medal allocated by the Royal Life-saving Association to the "best boy" in Hawke's Bay under 14 years of age. The second and third places were also filled by boys from the Marist Brothers' School. Mr. J. V. Brown, M.P., accompanied by Mr. King (representing the New Zealand Swimming Association), and Mr. McLean (representing the local centre), visited the school recently to present the gold medal to Master Eales. The head master (Brother Paul) introduced the gentlemen to the boys. In making the presentation Mr. Brown said that the championship races this year were the most closely contested he had ever witnessed, and urged all the boys to do as their champion had done: "to put plenty of ginger into all they did, whether at sport, in school, or in the battle of life." By so doing they must surely succeed. He congratulated Master Eales and the school, remarking that the success of a pupil always reflected credit on his school. Mr. King, in a brief address, explained that there were two kinds of championships Dominion and local, — and he hoped that the Hawke's Bay "reps." at next year's meeting would bring back the Dominion championship to Napier. Cheers for Mr. Brown and the Swimming Association officials closed the proceedings. In addition to the £B4 raised for the Catholic Field Service Fund by the concert held in Napier on St. Patrick's Day last, a further sum of £7O is now available as a result of the efforts of the Napier Orphans' Club, under whose auspices a concert was given in the Municipal Theatre oh Sunday evening last by the members of the Dick Whittington Pantomime Company.