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MAGENTA & BLACK NEWS LETTER OF THE HUTCHINS SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION

Vol 5. No . 2 suppl ementa ry. NOVEMBER 1980

CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON, .FRIDAY 12TH ·nECEMBER, l.lOp .m.

As reservations, normally run over the 125 mark, Old Boys are urged to make IMMEDIATE NOTES in the ir diaries and phone, the Vincents -does not matter which one you get, as the reservation list i s near the phone- and BOOK .NOW- telephone 236988.

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1980 Lea vers a re the guests of the A-ssoci a tinn at this function, Timothy Jackson, School Captain represents the Leavers officially . He is the grand son of W. "Ti m" Jacks on, Schoo 1 Captain 1925. His father, Tim•s son David, entered the School in 1947 .

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Our Presi dent (Wynne Hay), one of those rar.e .11 birds" who have occupied three top positions in School organisations (in Wynne's case, Board Cha i rman, W.M. Old Boys ' Lodge, President HSOBA) thanks members for the i r support during 1980, both to the School and Association~ wishes all Old Boys and the i r families · a Happy Christmas and a successful and fruitful 1981 .

Pres i dent: Vi ce-Pres i dent s:

Hon . Secretary:

Hon . Assist. Sec: Hon . Treasurer:

Ex officio: Headmaster:

OLD BOYS ' COMMITTEE 1980/81

Wynne H~y, Southport - .

Picton Hay, 16 Clarke Avenue, Battery Point . Max Staunton~Smith; ,Magnet Court El ectrical, 17 Magnet Court, Sandy Bay. Ray Vincent, 13 Greenlands Avenue, Sandy Bay.

Max Staunton-Smith, as above. F.J.E. (Minty) Johnson, 65 Davey Street, Hobart.

Rev. D.B. Clarke, The Hutchins School.

,Ph 983165

Ph 235250

Ph 237848

Ph- 236988

Ph 232416

Senior Prefect 1980: Timothy Jackson, Surges Bay. Senior Prefect 1979: David Newcombe, Hytten Hall,

Ph 251626 Ph 976203

University, Sandy Bay. Ol d Boys ' Board Rep: Richard Pringle-Jones,

15 Norfolk Cres, Sandy Bay. Ph 251437 Committee:

Hon. Auditors: 2.

Bruce Beattie, 463 Sandy Bay Rd., Sandy Bay. Ph 251383 Geoff Burrows, Burrows & Meek, 93 Elizabeth St.; Hobart. Ph 343087 Robert Dick, Websters, 60 Liverpool Street, Hobart. Ph 380200 Don Calvert, P.O. Box 2, Huonville. Ph 663145 Andrew D.S. Gibson, 5/15 Greenlands Avenue, Sandy Bay. D. Forbes Ireland, 9 Cheverton Parade, Sandy Bay. Ph 253887 Clive Simpson, 9 Byron Street, Sandy Bay. Ph 237890 Leith Thompson, Lyah, Room & Cox, 86 Collins Street, Hobart. Ph 237411 Tom Vincent, 23 Parliament St . , Sandy Bay. Ph 236255 T.O. Bayley & J.C. McPhee

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1981 PROGRAMME

So far the following functions have been settled. However, dates of Ma i nland gatherings will not be finalised until early i n 1981, published in the April issue of Magenta and Black. Every endeavour is made to f i t in with the Headmaster is mainland pro gramme .

March/ Apri 1 . Ferti 1 i zer co 11 ecti on, 11 Cl uny .. , Both we 11

May Fri day 8th, Re-union , North-We~t Br. , Ul verstone, 6. 30 Friday 15th Re-un ion, 181 Macquarie St . , Hoba rt, 7.00 Friday 22nd Luncheon, Boardi ng House, 1.10p .m.

August 136th ANNIVERSARY Saturday 1st, Di nner/ Dance, R.Y.C.T. , 7.00 Sunday 2nd, Corporate Commun ion, School Chapel 8.15

followed by breakfast, School Dini ng Room .

· MONDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 136TH· ANNIVERSARY DAY

ANNIVERSARY ASSEMBLY 9.00 A.M .

JUNIOR SHCOOL~ BIRTHDAY CAKE, 10.00 A.M.

Annual Debate v School, 7. 30 p.m . Saturday 15th, Northern Br . re-union, Launceston. Monday 17th, Association Annual General Meeting . Thursday 20th, Luncheon, School Din ing Room . (NOTE: Due to School term ending on Wednesday 19th & Headmasters of Austral i a Conference, Luncheon Day

is Thursday, not normal Fri day) . November Saturday 7th, Town & Country Night

15th, Annual O.B. 's Go lf Day December Friday 19th, Christmas Luncheono

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DEAD LINES FOR COPY

At th i s stage School .. dead ·1 ines 11 are not known. However, we require MID APRIL distribution to meet the Hobart Re-union. ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMME, circulate and/or post week e~d of 4th/5th July. Distribution of f i nal Magenta & Black for 1981, not later than week

end of 5/6 December.

To save unnecessary postage and other administrative work we

endeavour to co-operate with the School - News Sheet - which keeps Old Boys in closer touch with current affairs. Sports programmes for 1981, next issue of School News Sheet.

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OBITUARIES Since t he circulation of the 1979/80 Annual Report and August the following deaths have been recorded: issue of M & B,

· HOOD, D.J.J. (John), 1920-2392), Hobart business man. HODGSON, Dona l d V. (1921-2516), Bellerive. MADDEN, OLNEY, SPARROW,

TERRY,

TRESIDDER, SWAN,

J.M. (Mont) (1914-2050), Lindisfarne, retired. Clive H. (1916-2132), Claremont, retired. C.K. (1914-2036), Melbourne, retired .

Redvers, A. (Red) (1917-2213), Sandy Bay, retired.

Hal (1904-1663), Fleet, United Kingdom, retired.

Neville J. (1948-4049), Nugent, result timber accident.

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BENEATH THE IVIED TOWER:

The recent Federal Elections brought along 11 a mixed bag .. as far as results went. Michael Hodgman retained Denison and has been elevated to the Federal Ministry, whilst Glen Shiel, Queensland,

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wi 11 drop the title of 11 Sena tor 11 as from next June . Congratulati ons and commiserations .

Arthur Watchorn, whose address for correspondence i s a P.O . Box number Killara, literally 11 blew in 11 a week ago and out again before many people knew he had paid us a vi si t o Arthur is based on Singapore . Still has a very soft spot for Tasmania .

Ri chard Rowe advi ses he has compl eted his assignment to London and new address is c/- Dept . of Fo rei gn Affa irs , Canberra . Don S. ( Loppy) Wa rdl aw has been i n contact and given· the Secretary a l i ttle bit of research work, cove rin g the early 1920's . He sounds very well, address 9 Irene Place, East Prahran. Another Old Boy$ in Sydney wrote to the School for family information . The School treated the letter like a ''hot potato 11 and i t fin i shed up on the Associat i on Secretary's desk . Turned out to be an in teresting three days research, but, it was poss i ble to establ i sh that his great grandfather was a pupi l at School in 1850 .

John Hay has settled down at Burle i gh Heads, wh i lst David Salter 's address is now Choller Ave, Paradise Po i nt and Doug F, Clark can be found at Coas ta 1 Nursery, Gi 1 ston . Road, Mudgeeraba, a recent 3rd to the Gold Coast o

Congratulations to the Old Boys football . team, which, was knocked off by Claremont in the Grand Final. What a change to 1979 when only one game was won . Congratulations . ...: Clive Simpson, president; Forbes Ireland, secretary.; Stewart Palfreyman, coach; and all

those workers who are never seen . Talking of football, Di ckie Wallace was at the Sydney re-union and asked the H/M to bring back his best wishes . Golf his ma i n sport these days .

Ian Gilchrist, Bateman ' s Bay writes that he has visited Toowoomba and called on Bob Brewster, Headmaster of the Toowoomba C of E 5. MAGENTA & BLACK November 1980

Prep School. Most impressed. Retired in Toowoomba . i s Alan Crawford, formerly Commonwealth Bank.

Robert Mallett tripping overseas has 11 gone 11 Western Europe and a.t the time of writing was in the U.K., waiting confirmation of a j ob with a large wool manufacturing firm in the West Yorks hire area .

Timothy Morris, formerly Flinders Island is at Na rribri - 11 Ab i nit i o't Kaputar Rd., raising Angora Goa ts.

Christopher and Mi chael Ha ll ett have j oi ned t he R.A.A.F . Michael writes he is at the R.A.A .F. Base Wagga - School of Technical Trai ning.

Mark Stump, one of 11 Pooley's 11 bri ght boys of the 1920 era spotted t he death notice of Cyril Sparrow in the Melbourne 11 Age 11

• Many thanks Mark.

The number of Old Boys on the ma i nland and in the North of this Sta t e who vi ewed the telecast of the church service from the School Chapel was really remarkable and the fact that they took time to write and let us know was greatly appreciated.

Our connection with St. Peter's College, Adelaide over the last forty odd years has been constant, Bob Vollugi, George McKay, ten

.years, John Millington and now Ian Munro seems to have settled i nto a permanent resident. Bob was or is the longest inhabitant and has had a Weights Room, Sport named after him. Bob was some thirty five years at Sa i nts and coached Cricket, Football and At hl et ics . He asks t o be remembe red to hi s 11 fellows 11 of the 1 a tte r ha 1 f of the 1930.' s .

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Or. Ne vi 11 e Henry has .. r.etur.ned to his. home in Br i sbane after camp 1 eti ng his appreciation of the condi t i ons at Bi dong Island off the Malas i an East Coast . , He was selected by the Aust~a li an · Red Cross t o make recommendations as to requirements of the Hospi ta·l for 11 The Boat People .. who fled from the Mekong Delta i n South Vietnam and were in bad shape after having to cope .. with monsoons .. and the . Thai fishermen who had turned pirates . · Neville -made a· long report which set out a li st of Drugs, Equipment and Text Books urgently needed.

· He took -about .400 dramat-ic s-lide-s and .allowed hi·s father "Cobber 11 t o make duplicates of 120 of these sl i des as to life on Bidong and these were recently shown with tape commentary at the Annual Meeting of the Tasmanian Branch of the Red Cross. 11 Cobber" received the highest praise from the President and many of the hundreds of me.mbers present.

Incidently "Cobber 11 has arra-nged for the launch.ing pf his new book "Reve 1 ati ons of a Retired Lawyer" ··during the first· week in December when copies will be available.

FOREWARD I have been asked to write a foreward to this entertaining record of the Law Courts mainly those of Tasmania and of the characters who practised in them during the past sixty years.

Much of the narrative has remained in limbo and I consider that E.R. (Jimmy) Henry has done a great service to the ·legal profession by bringing to light from his rich store of memories a wealth of incidents that add much to the records of those times.

I have gladly acceded to this request, be.cause. I can recall that I have known E.R .. for nearly seventy-six years .. , ever since I nursed him as a babe-in-arms. At that time I have the privilege of living with his family in Hampden Road, Hobart, when I was a Law Student at the University of Tasmania. 7. MAGENTA & BLACK November 1980

I remained wi th them from 1905 to 1909, when I was awarded a Rhodes Schola rsh i p and changed my habi t at to Me rton Coll ege, Oxford, and l at er dined at th e Inner Temp le preparatory t o my admi ssi on t o the En gli sh

Ba r i n 1912 .

My t i me in Hobart was a ve ry happy one living as a membe r of a devoted Chri sti an fami ly and yo ung J i mmy as the younges t member at that t i me received mo re than hi s share of love and affection.

Hi s fat her, the Late Percy Rutherford Henry, who died in 1927, was well

known and l oved for his exuberant Christianity and was a follower of Him who said, 11 1 came that ye might have life and have it more abundantly 11

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He was a member of St. Johns Presbyterian Church in Macquarie Street opposite our Old Hutchins School, and attended Church three times every Sunday - twice to play the organ and once to conduct a large Sunday School of over 130 pupils and the whole family went along with him .

11 Ci s 11, as his wife was usually nicknamed, was the great granddaughter

of Lt. Edward Lord, Administrator of Van Diemans Land after Collins• death . Her mother had married Charles Chipman who lived in Clarence House on the Pass Road at Rokeby 0

11 Ci s • s 11 rea 1 name was Corbetta, the name of Edward Lord • s mother, daughtQr, granddaughter and great grand­daughter. In her quiet way she was full of life, laughter and practical jokes. I cannot imagine a happier family and every convenience was given to enable me to study effectively.

I recently read from a legal publication of the wide spread of Jimmy •s activities . He is a chip off _the old block and followed in his father•s

footsteps . He occupied the positions held by his father in St. Johns and the Tasman i an Pr esbyte r ian Assemb ly . He t ook an act ive pa r t in no less t han six chari t i es ahd helped many more wi th his colour sound films and sli de shows wi th automati ve tape comme ntari es .

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Mission was named by the Foreign Mission Committe-e "The Percy Henry", and a large .two-storey wing at the L"llian Martin ·Home ·for the Aged was named -at its opening the "E .R. Henry Wing" . At-- th i s home al so the family endowed two rooms respectively named the "Percy Henry" Room and the "Corbetta Henry .. Room.

E.R., li ke his father and myself, was keen on sport and at Hutchins he won an Honour Badge for al l round sport and also a Tennis Blue at the University of Tasmania .

I shall never forget my association -with this remarkable family, the youngest member being Margaret, who was awa:rded the 11 0.B.E . " at the early age of thirty three years . Frank B. Edwards (Nipper) O.B.E., LLB. (Tas), MA . B.Litt (Oxon), M.L.C., 1922-1933, M.H.A. 1933-1940. Note: Our Oldest Living Old Boy, entered .the School in 1898, -Headmaster- Rev . H.H . Anderson, Headmaster .No ... 3 - born 6/9/87, roll No. 1550. Our 1st Rhodes Scholar, 1909·,- Merton College, Oxford . Contributed - 25 years ago, the following will revive memories and we are pleased to say 11 That under age teams DO get support these days . George's comments were correct for the 1950's . The Editor, Dear Sir, I don't really know whether this will be of interest to you, but after so many years, with the men concerned now in their middle years, it could be . In 1953 I was walking down the Sandy Bay . Road and met two young friends (Rob Loney and Mi chae 1 Gi bson) 1 oo.k i ng very forlorn. Enquiries elicited that they had just f i nished an under 14 football match i n which they were well beaten . Th is was not their main disappointment . This proved to be that no one but the team appeared at the game . They had no coach, no duty maste r and indeed appeared to have no one i nterested i n them or their 13 year old football ambitions or problems . 9. MAGENTA & BLACK November 1980

I t he refore offered my se r vices al though I -had not been a good foot­baller, nor di d I know anythi ng of coaching- especially smal l, developing boys . Howe ver , my offe r was accepted and so started si x of my happiest and most rewar ding yea rs , i n whi ch time someth i ng like 150 boys must have passed t hrough the unde r 14 footbal l team and i n t ha t number onl y 2 boys fai led to mee t my standar ds of i ntegri ty . A very f i ne t ri bute to the boys of t he time , Two other boys I had to di scipline in shor t and summary fash i on and i t del i ghted me that, not only di d they accept my rathe r cr ude punishment, but became great players and men whom I later respected greatly. Natural ly I became very fond of my charges and I think I would li t erally have done anything for them .

In 1954 I thought I would entertain them by writing my final "critique" i n the form of a poem. I had not realised that I was a worse poet t han I was a footba l l coach ! However, some one whom I believe to be snowy-hai red, added hi s somewhat better verse i nto the poem, so turning i t i nto 11 an i nter po l ated palimpsest 11

• The .revi sed ve rsi on was then typed and circulated by the boys . Twenty six years after the event I attach a copy . Please note that neither the punctuation nor parts of the poem are as in the original manuscript! Yours, G.E Hodgson.

BALLAD OF THE BRAVES

AN EPIC The Coach was on the football ground Where fa~ous players tread . Hi s face was stern, hi s eyes were fie rce And th is is what i s said: Toll for the Braves, The Braves who are not sure, They go and wi n one Saturday, Then l ose fo r three or fou r. The Captain i s Geoff Matthews, who roves in '/leaving style, He•s ni ppy t hough not accurate and shows us lots of gui le 10. MAGENTA & BLACK November 1980

Then comes old Rossie Verrell, a tiger on the ball He's slow but he's tenacious and. a model . to us all Our big ma-R, Michae~ Gibson, once took his .marks alone, He tried -te mark a Ford V8 and broke his collarbone . Our tower of strength is Jammy Jones, who plays where he is told, He's very big and very slow, but worth his weight in gold. Stout, Robert Gray turns back the tide as tried Canute of old, But Graysie meets with mo.re -.success, .-perhaps, because he's bold. Scott of the Clennett family shows form of brother Mick. He's fast to rove and very neat, but· pretty s 1 ow to kick. Rob Loney of the ruddy face has found his place .at .last He plays full back in solid style and plays it safe and fast. Chris Turner is a lofty boy, long ceased to be .a .runt He plays as main half forward and kicks a mighty punt. A boy who battles every where, with joke.s and groans and whizz Is Smallbon of the lanky legs, who lacks · a little fi-zz. Chris Burbury plays on the wing and plays wi·th every trick. He may forget to wear his pants, but not to ·get his kick. Old Richard Jones, the . dreamy one, chases the kicks all day, We have to put him on the ball to give him lots of play. Young Brown, the boy from .Bothwell, roves with· a snowy grace, He has a cunning left foot kick, as well · as lots of pace. Another Bothwell boy is Geoff, whom many call O'Meagher He's fast and solid on the wing if he will perserve. The Johnstone twins are pocket backs, as solid as two rocks They scorn all forms of flashiness and deal out lots of shocks. The forwards who must play on them will need to. be right quick And luck will have to help them on if they're to get a kick. John Edwards in the centre has style and speed and grace He wanders and his kicking's weak, but he makes up with pate One half back flank is Peter, of the Brammall tribe is he He used to kick up in the air, but now he kicks it free. Our other half back flank is Sharp. He's quiet anq_ plays it tight His kicking needs a bit more strength but otherwise· he's right Doug Trenham now has found a place, up forward in a pocket. He only needs the matches now to kick goals like a rocket. Mick Crisp is fast and bard .and true and plays \'Jhe-re ·he's required, His picking up is not the best, but always he's inspired. Ti m Burbury, who • s unknown as B 1 ack, is rea·lly rather young. But he's improving day by day and climbing rung by rung. Old Romeo the Phillips boy has weight and size and strength He's cheerful but he's clumsy and his kicking lacks in length. John Bryden is a rugby lad, but he likes our game well He shows us how to play the ball and he will soon excel. Old Saltbush of the Salter clan can play .like an old master He'd really be a ton of strength if only he were faster. 11. MAGENTA & BLACK November 1980

Gib 1 in is very much the same and yet when he grows thinner He'll be in our team every week and he will be a winner. Olliver ~as a famou s name and he can surely play But he cannot attend our games while he lives faraway. John Hodgman I have left till last and not because of skill, He is our fast and dashing ruck who jumps in w-ith a wi 11. His kicks climb up the sky a bit, but otherwise he's great He is the cause of all this verse - 1n fact tne poets mate. Mr. Hodgson ends this list - a man of bitter tongue, Of savage face and little grace, who castigates the young. He also is the poet, the coach of all this brood They're all so great that, if they lose then he must be no good. Let's hope they keep his pecker up by winning every time, Because if he can't live as coach he'll surely starve by rhyme. The coach was on the dancing floor With his small daughter, Anne . The team was fast and nippy there Down to the smallest man. Peal for the Braves, The Braves who now can win They play the ball each Saturday And fight through thick and thin. All for the Team, But one man for the ball. All help the one man going through, The one man plays for all. This is the Team, Where every man is friend. The backmen play it safe and hard; They score the other end. The wings are fast and smart, The centre strays no more, The followers stick to their men, Unless we're off to score. Hail to the Braves Each man will always try, And if they do not win a match, They'll keep their colours high .

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