Both girls are greatly looking forward to their trip, their first overseas. They will leave from Wellington on June 15 and will be away about four months. The girls will be provided with an attractive travelling uniform, consisting of a black and white skirt, reversible black and white coat and black accessories. They will keep this after their return home. The tournament the team will attend is to be held at Chelsea, where teams from 11 countries will gather. These include the West Indies, the British Isles, Australia and Ceylon. After the main tournament, the team will tour the countries and it is here that Rebecca will celebrate her 21st birthday. When the team returns from England, the girls will give lectures on their tour and may play in exhibition games. ? A Maori rugby tour of New Zealand will follow a Northern-Southern trial match at Whangarei on Thursday, July 18. The itinerary is: Saturday, July 20, v. North Auckland, at Whangarei; Wednesday, July 24, v. Mid-Canterbury, Ashburton; Saturday, July 27, v. Southland, Invercargill; Wednesday, July 31, v. Otago, Dunedin; Saturday, August 3, v. West Coast, Greymouth. The Northern-Southern breakdown will be—Northern: North Auckland, Auckland, Counties, Waikato, Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty. Southern: Taranaki, King Country, Wanganui, East Coast, Poverty Bay, Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua, Manawatu, Bush, Wairarapa, Wellington, South Island. ? A proposal from the Poverty Bay Hockey Association that a Maori Hockey Association should be formed and affiliated to the New Zealand Hockey Association was opposed at a meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand association. The proposal was that a team chosen from the Maori association could play visiting teams. Mr J. G. Leggat (chairman) said there was some merit in the idea of a Maori team playing against visiting teams, but he did not see why a separate association was needed. Mr A. D. Holland said: ‘It would be a dangerous step—and a retrograde one—to have an association which moved across already-defined boundaries.’ The committee decided to advise the Poverty Bay association that its suggestion was outside the rules of the New Zealand association, but if it presented a remit including an amendment to the rules it could be discussed at the annual meeting. ? Last year the Maori Education Foundation decided to award merit prizes of £25 each to the top ten Maori candidates in the School Certificate examination. These prizes are to help further education and are granted only to those continuing their studies. Because two Maori candidates gained equal marks at the 10th place, the Board has awarded prizes to eleven students, as follows: John Anglem, Southland Boys' High School; Dennis Hoffman, Rotorua Boys' High School; Patricia Hickey, Lynfield College, Mt Roskill; Douglas Ihaka, Auckland Grammar School; Rosemary Guscott, Wellington Diocesan School, Nga Tawa, Marton; Kevin Duff, Wellington College; Benjamin Paki, Northland College; Merle Fleming, Queen Victoria School, Auckland; Kevin Paul, St Stephens College, Auckland; Glen Garlick, Rotorua Boys' High School; Philip Hema, Auckland Grammar School. ? Te Kaha Maori District High School has changed its name to Te Whanau-a-Apanui District High School. The Whanau-a-Apanui tribe requested the change, said the headmaster, Mr J. E. Goodall. Although pakeha children could attend the school, all the present pupils were Maori or part Maori. ‘The school's name now represents the whole area and not just the Te Kaha settlement,’ said Mr Goodall. The new school building, which was officially opened in October 1961, has eight secondary and six primary department teachers. The total roll is 226. ? We have received a letter from a stamp-collector in Cuba who says that he would like to correspond, in English, with New Zealand stamp-collectors. His address is: Jorge Salguero, Benjumeda 531/110, Habana, Cuba.