THE f EWINGTONIAN.

NEWINGTON COLLEGE, STANMORE, SYDNEY.

" Memor puertire." Nor.

No. XXll. J [SEPTEMBER, 1889.

EDITORIAL.

Tim sanguine anticipations expressC'd in our last number with regard to the success of out• Football Team have been more than realized. The l~irst Fifteen have already scornd 173 points to 14, and the three_' ten.ms in qne o.fternoon gained 130 points to !>. The season is not yet over, but we have no renson to fear any serious reversf's, though weakened by the absence of the two Touts. Before our next issue appenrs the cricket season will br in full swing, and we take this opportunity of urging on all our players to endeavour, by nssiduous practice, to repeat the success of last season. The Cadet Corps are rejoicing in the removal of the embargo on their rifle practice, and the team is now in regular training for the shield. Kennedy is making uniformly excellent scores, n.nd bids fair to become one of the crack shots in the colony. The brilliant score of 530 against the Grammar School, the highest ever made by a College team, augurs well for our success at the Rifle Association Meeting. For the Public Examinations we shall be well represented, both in number and quality, and have no doubt that the reputation of the College will be honourably sustained. The comfort of the boarders has been grently enhanced by the erection of a spacious dfl,y-room, with the additional accommodation of a cloak-room and box-room adjoining. "All things come to l1im that waits,'' n.nd our ex­pecta,nt gymnasts have the pleasure of beholding their long-deferred hopes in process of realization. The gymnasium will soon be an actual factor in the physical education of the N ewington boys.

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ACADEMIC.

THB following are the names of the lire!. three boys in earh Form at Midwinler:-

Form VI.-lst, Halliday; 2nd, Gill. V1-lst, Edwards; 2nd, Hall; 3rd, Kershaw.

" V 2-lst, S. Pile; 2nd, C. C. Cur lewis; 3rd, Lane. IV,-l.st, Campbell; 2nd, A. Pile; 3rd, Clifton.

" IV>-lst, J. Hinwood; 2nd, Sho1·tlo.nd; 3rd, Dadswell. Modern Form-

Div. 1.-lst, Warden; 2nd, F. Tout; 3rd, Whittell. 11.- l st, Foster; 2nd, H. Smith; 3rd, Badgery.

Form IlI.-lst, Gommesen; 2nd, P. Thompson; 3rd, A. Turner. 111-lst, Busby; 2nd, R. W. Webb; 3rd, Saxby.

,, 112-lst, 0. Newmareh; 2nd, Gowing; 3rd, Abbott. ! 1-lst, T. Coleman ; 2nd, P . Pickburn; 3rd, A. Freeman. I,-lst, C. Fletcher; 2nd, G. Rigg; 3rd, R. Miller.

We omitted to mention in our last that the Ilead Master promoted A. 0. Gill lo the Sixth Form, in recognition of his distinguished mrril in connexion with the examination for the Wigram-Allen Scholnrships.

ON THE HA WKE8BURY.

BY " AOONISTES."

"BuoK about there, now; buck about !" were the words which aroused me from my peaceful slumbers, into which I had fallen a short time before, and on looking round I discovered that we had arrived at Church Hill's wharf after a beautiful run up the Hawkesbury by moonlight.

\Ve had left Sydney in the ss. "Charlotte Fenwick" at about 8 p. m. on the 18th April-but I had better here explain who "we" were: :First there was "Barnes" (not of New York, as his shooting did not come up to that worthy's standard); next came "Bagstock," and his appearance on retiring to rest fully justified his name; then there was "Spoons,'' a bit of a musician, who brought a whole roll of son~s with which to charm the rustic maidens; and lastly came "Samson,' who is remarkable for the strength if not for the length of his hair. Now, as you arc acquainted with the individual members of our party, we will proceed.

As before stated, we left the Patent Slip Wharf at about 8 p.m., and just as we were leaving "the moon rose o'er the city," so we had moonlight for the whole of the trip up the river.

As we passed Farm Cove the skipper hailed the engineer with the words, "The Gosford 's just going out,'' and from this we understood that he intended racing the Gosford round to Broken Bay. However, we were unable to overtake her, although we kept close up till we got outside, and then she grarlually drew away and led us by half-a-mile t~t Barrenjoey.

I will not attempt to describe Port Jackson as seen by us with the moon shining brightly full in the comse of the steamer, suffice it to ~ay we were charmed and were almost too full for utterance, until Barnes sagely

remarked that hi' thought the moon got hrighter !\.'! we got nearer to it, at which, to say the very lenst, we auclihly smiled. As we neared the Heads the uppermost thought in each one's mind was, "Am I going to bo sick?" This was answered in the nfiirmntive in Hamson's case, who succumbed as !!0011 118 the lights of outer ~lnuly hove in sight, and for the next hour and ,. half he hail <L merry time of it. Bagstock did not feel Yery comfortable, bnt nHllUl"ed to ho!ll out (or hold in mthor) till we get to P.roken Bay. We pas~ed severnl yachts which were howling merrily along on their way to the different camping places at the mouth of the Ha.wkesbury. \\'o rounded Barrenjoey a.t about 10.15 p.m., and a.hnost immediately parted with some of our fellow-passengers, who, like ourselves, had brought a boat round in the stc11111cr. \Ve unshippctl a couple more boats with their crews at Cowan, about a mile below Peat's Ferry .

.As we came up to the great r1~ilw1ly bridge at "Peat's" it seemed impossible that we could get uncle1· it, as to all appearances the masts of the steamer were too long hy 10 feel to clear it. Ho great was the delusion that there \rns n geneml RCatt<·r from behind the masts, 1\8 it seemed certain they would run foul of the hriclgc. However, we steamed quietly muler it, and the skiPP<'I' then informc1l nH tlmt WC' had tlw hest pi1rt of five feet to sparo.

Wei then procecdccl up the tfrcr, stopping every few miles to put out cargo at the various houses along the river, at some places having to make •L most horrihle row to rnn•1· the pcopl(' fro111 thC'ir he1ls. \Ve rca.chcd \Yisemu.n's Ferry a little after l! o'clock on Friday morninl(. \Ve stayed hero for ll short time, so somo of us took 1ich-antage of the htoppage to stretch our legs. \\' o took a run up the hauk to see the telegraph pole, which is the supporter of the longeHt span of telegmph wires in the colonic.;. It jg 11bout three times the height of 1111 ordinary telegrnph post, ancl is firmly sccm·e<l hy ''ire «<t:Lys, as it has to resist the strain of soven win•s, ea.eh over ha.If.a-mile in longth. The wires arc carried from this pole acro"s the ri,·er to the top of the tnounU.\in on the other side, which is fully 1000 feet high. A heavy <low h111l fallen, so the result of our run WM

tlmt 0111· feet got soaking wet, tUtd when we got h11ck to the steamer we had to go 1lown the stoke hole to clry them. However, we were soon turned out of this, as the stoker cnmc 1lown to 11ttend to the furm1ces, aml we had to make our8clvcs scarce. For the next few hour11 we tried to ~Jeep, Lut it was mther a failure, except in the case of Bagstock, who managed to get a goo1l cle11l of the balmy, nncl was only roused by one or other of the party occ11!<ionally (11nite acciclcntally, of cour•C !) falling over him. Spoons tried a g00<l many different places on the steamer, hut did not seem to he able to find any comfortable enough. As we got near our clestii111tion a dense fog g1lthered O\'Cr the rh·or, hut this <lid not hinder us to any great extent, M the skipper knew the tfrcr well, and wo reached Church Hill's \\'harf a little before 'ix, when we were arous~<l as aforo"aid.

After putting anothet· lxmt's crew 11shore here we steamed to the upper end of Sackvillc Reach, our destination, which we reached at about 6.:lO a.m. Here we l:i.nnchocl 0111· era.ft, arnl having gathered all our luggage together tmnHhipped it arnl steered our course for Box Iron Cove, a very pretty little h1ly, sheltered to a very gre11t extent by Chock-a-Block-Iron· Pot· Rock, a c1·aggy hcaclhmcl which juts out into the river for a eonsider­ahle distance, the outermost rock of which is called Barrenjoey.

TT ere we Ian< led, and after getting the prepamtions for breakfast under way imlulgc<l in n most clelightful swim. The water was eompamtively warm considering the coolness of the temperature at that time in the

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morning, and we enjoyed ourselves to the utmost. Hy the time we had finished our swim the "burgoo" was nicely cooked, nncl it is ncecllesa to say we hacl a decided relish for our meal. After breakfast we lolled round for some time examining the ncighboud1oo<l, an<l doing a little shooting at magpies, &c., whenever they came within range. Barnes and Samson made a raid on e. neighbouring omngery, but found the fruit was hardly ripe. As the cfay wore on we cleeidecl to put up the tent, and Samson was despatched to get the necessary timber. After some difficulty he succcccled in getting a couple of ri<lgepoles and a forked post, and while he and Bamcs were sinking the holes Spoons got the other post. We then pitched the tent on e. beautiful grassy slope overlooking the 1frcr. As we lay contl'm­plating our work, the familiar strains of "White Wings" reached our cars. On their nearer approe.ch we found they came from a pleasure party, on their we.y down the river from Windsor. The singing was accompanied by a concertina, and very nicely it sounded across the water. As they paRscd us we gave them three cheers, which they returned no less heartily, and then followed one for the ca~tain on each side. By this time the bell of the Church of England was ringmg for afternoon service. None of our crew felt particule.r1y lively, as we had not had much sleep the night before, <!O

we decided that we should not go to church for fear we should foll asleep. "'e were now getting rather peckish, as having had breakfast rather law we had dispensed with diuner, intencling to l11we tea early, imd, "as I think you'll easily suppose," we made a good S(jlll\re meal when we did set to. After tea, having made things shipshape, and having rcnclcrecl our­selves as civilised-looking as possible, we betook oursoh·es to one of the farm-houses in the neighbourhood to spend the evening. Spoons, of cour1:1c, took his songs, e.nd we had a very merry time of it. \\' e sang most of the popular songs of the de.y, "Hilla.loe" being in great re4uest, and in return the daughter of the house (who, by-the-way, rejoices in the name of Polly) sang some of her songs. As we were singing " l'he Cows are in the Corn," the old gentleman facetiously remarked that he would not call Polly, he'd set the dogs on 'em.

'Ye returned to our tent a little before twelve, very much plcasecl with the reception we hncl received. After fixing up our beds and having a. light supper of biscuits and cheese, we went to bunk and got a fairly good night's rest, although we found the ground a little harder to sleep on tha.n the beds we hncl been e.ccustomed to. ·

'Ve were rather late in getting up next morning, and it was after ten before we got brc11kfast over, having of course imlulged in a goocl swim first thing. The river is beautifully adapted for swimming at this spot. There is a nice strip of sand, and then it deepens quite suddenly till in some parts it is sixty feet cleep, so you can takeagoocl clive without sticking your head in the mud, and above a.II the water is fresh. The river is about two hundred yards wide here, so there is plenty of room.

After breakfast, while Bagstoek and Spoons straightened things up a. bit, Barnes and Samson went across the river to the local store to purchase some necessaries (including onions). On their return we all started for a trip up the river in our boat. As we got well out in the stream Portland Head Rock came into view. This is a huge cliff, nbont 150 feet high, overhanging the water, and is an exact reprc.-entation of a man's face, even to the eyelnshes, which arc formetl by a shruh growing out of the face of the rock

The yarn as we heard it about this rock was tol<l us somewhat in the following manner :-

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" Once upon n time, when I first came to this district, there were fewer white people nncl more blncks than nt present. One of the gins bcha.vecl in n manner which her old man thought was good enou$h to kick up a shi11e about. So he made up his mind to give her a good luding; hut she, smelling a. rat, •kidtuldled. He was soon on her track, and chased her a.long the range till she came to the top of this rock, when she found herself 'decidedly up a tree,' tlll the only moons of escape wns to jump from the top of the rock into the river. As the old man appronched, nnd she caught ~ight of his waddy, she decided to jump and hang the odds, and went flop into the stream. Her old ma.n came to the top of the rock and looked over, not caring to follow her example;

1 An1) whtn above the surge~, he !"aw her crest appear'

(N.B.-Rooder will kindly note tht\t the writer is not responsible for this unwarrantable crib from Mn.ca.uln.y) he sent forth a volley of oaths and execrations, which ha.d very little effect on the old gin, who quietly swam to the other side am! escaped."

There is another rock, a few miles further up the river, called Lubra's Leap, ,.ncl some say that it was from thi.~ rock that the woman jumped. Which is correct I cannot say.

Clo11e alongside Port!tmcl Hea.d Rock is another, which is covered with lhousamla of swallows' nests, some of them within a few feet of the water's edge.

We pulled on for several miles through some lovely scenery. On one side woulcl be gra.~sy slopes fringed with willow trees, on the other the hills woulcl rise stmight from the water's edge. Occasionally we would get a shot a.t bircls a.long the banks, including cranell, plovers, coots, &c., and those amongi<t us who were sportsmen revelled in a spot abouudin~ in such gtunc. The hills ;\t some places gave splendicl echoes. At one pince we got no less th1m four 1listinet repetitions of a. short sentence, tho sound eviclcntly striking from one hill to nnother, the echo each time seeming much farther a.way. \\"hen we got near Ebcnezer, we went 1LShore for a. ohort spell, and then started bnck for camp.

We got hack 1\t tlbout half-pa1:1t four, quite charmed with the river so far as we had seen it, ancl quite rrcparecl for our tea. 'Ve spent the e\'ening in a manner cleciclely novc to at least three of our pa.rty ; but I must reserve tho account of it and our after doings for another number.

FEI.LO\\"i:l Nl~WINClTOK HAS KNOWN.

l<'IRST there was Cocles, a quick fellow with his one eye, a bright fit~hing one. His interest Wt\S everywhere, in the schoolroom, in the field, albeit rather in the latter thtm in the former. An athleto, should have won the mile walking at the Sport8, they sa.icl, only for those terrible hl\lldica.ps . . \, cnptlin of the secoml fifteen, he had a.bout found bis place, not the sort of fellow exactly to he an nbsolutc first in anything. Endowed with the "fatal gift of rhyming," not over-polished rhyming witha.l-dogge1·et the Editorial callecl it, and was not fa.r out. Stringing together a set of phtitucles in clrel\clfully common.place rhymes may not be a very brilliant literary perfornumce, still it was a try, and we respected him for that. And therein, in tlmt nv>ccl, la.y the secret of his power a.nd popularity : he wns a boy with influence wcll-usod. About his academic pcrfonnances we know, l\DCI care to know, little. The ciuestion when a fellow lc.'\vcs

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school is not, what place had he in class, how much Latin, and history, aml mt\thcmatica.l formula (vastly different from mathematical thouuht) lmd he managed to stow away in his rickety little baru of a brnin-no, tht\t is not it a.tall, but whether t\ fellow leaves behind him t\ frank, hm\rty character, which the rising generation would do well to imita.tc, and such Wt\S Cocles, not at a.ll a perfect character, but a hoy with real, hearty interest some­where. It matters not much where the interest be, 80 it be Homcwhcre ; it is the wholly uninterested, a.pt\thctic, "dcvil-ma.y-ca.rc" fellows who arc pitiable, more pitiable even than contemptible-fellows who arc nothing, d-0 nothing, a nuisance to their masters, a curse to their fellows, a burden to thcmsel ves.

'!'hen there was Studiosus. Quite a. different type of fellow. His forte lay among the books, but with a. strong interest in the pla.y ground, too. \\'c remember him showing a favoured circle of youth, a mysterious manuscript, which we heard with amaze was a school-pa.per. He" walks" the hospitals now, and has added two letters to his name; but a. few years ago, he walked the paths of Ncwington. A few more years a.ml what ma.y not happen to the names of some of the present generation I His influence was good, too ; nothin$ shady about his character. The ballast that every school must have if it would sail to the desired haven of moral as well as intellectual and physical succcBs.

One more, and then " .,ummo11e. ,. Rolmstus wa.s like neither Uocles uor Studiosus. He Wt\S the exclusive man of sport. l?usty old professors, t\ncl education-mad spinsters might call his school-life a "sac! failure," yet where was the "failure "-or the si\(lness? IIc has a position uow in a highly-respectable bank-q11e ro11le:-rou.<? t:lomcthing of ii bully, perh<ips stern, not a polite boy; but, then, even t\ little bullying is pa.nlonable when it is only the spots on a bright, sporting sun. The hatefulness comes in when we have the bullying without the sportsmanship. That is where Robustus was admirable-his whole heart, the whole warmth of his nature, was given to sport. Just the sort of fellow we must have a few specimens of every year, without whom the sports will uot, and cannot, succeed. \Ye will not talk nonsense about it, and call it self-denial, unselfishness. No, Robustus played because he IOl'td play, and, loving pfay himself, wished others to love it-wished the world to sec his school loved it with a. hearty, healthy pleasure. The man who ph\ys anything, or doc~ any­thing, merely for what he is pleased to ci1ll self-denial, unselfishness (pluming his own little feather~ of conceit the while), will ma.kc but ti poor show in the field. Robustus is the model on which we wimt some of our rising Newingtonians to be formed. Let them remember that the fellows who have to be goaded into the field by constant reminders of the "honour of the school," "the need of practice" (when to practice should he a. delight), make but feeble footballers and sorry cricketers. The secret of Robustus' success in sports, as it is the secret of all success, was his whole­heartedness. He has lea!'llecl the power of the " one thing I do," which is the " .<i11e qua non" of all true action ; and, having learned it, his school­life has been far more successful than that of the rittmlistic, perfunctory "fag," who can show at the encl of his boyhood on one hand a shelf of prizes, on the other a. soured temper, a shattered intellect, ti barren and selfish heart. It is not that we would place sporting triumph before academic triumph, far from it It is that we would have all recognize that the one great essential in all undct·taking is real living interest-without that, all work must be a mockery. TlmM, thus only, by lc<u-ning the great lesson of whole-heartedness can we develop that character, which a.lone confers the one true, on~ honourable title-man.

"VIC.''

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CONCERT.

A OONCBUT in aid of tho Athletic Club was hold in tho Petcrsham Town Hall, on :Friday, 7th ,June. It was vory successful as a gathering, and financially it muks with the last ono given in the same place in aid of Lho Cadet Corps. In commencing this account we lmve denominated tho aifoir a "conoorl" for brevity's sake, but in illustration of tho saying, "that lazy people al ways take the most pains," wo find it necessary to explain that it was a concert and "mixed entertainment." As a mixture it takes first place, not only for varioLy-the assortment being wonderful, but for quantity, which was so gl'cat that it could not all be administered n.t ono sitting. It will give a sufficiently clear general idea of the ingredients to say that tho programme rendered was of a vocal, instrumental, choral, gymnastic, elocutionary, dramatic nature. Tho actual programme was a& follows (deviations from tho printed programme being noticed in their places):-

PART I.

1. 01'EUTURE (Piano and Organ), :M:rss GnACE KELYNACK & :M:R. :M:oRLBY. 2. DUEL SCE!'E l'ltOM TUE RIVALS ... IlAROLD KELYNACK & P. PIIILLil'B.

Phillips impersonated with spirit and duo brogue the valiant Sir Lucius O'Trigger, while .Kelynack well represented the oozing courage, or, in plain prose, the decided funk of Sheridan's Bob Acres. It is due to tho lattor to say that Lho final effect was a little marred by Lho foot that tho curtain was not promptly dropped, and, oon­seq uently, Bob Acres was compelled lo recover speedily from the earthquake in his knees and walk genially off the stage.

3. SOLO-" The Death of N olson " MR. GRADWELL. (Mr. Flint boing, to the disappointment of a.11, unable to sing "Memory"

-a lrio in which M1·s. Watson, Miss Grace Kelynack, a.nd M1'. Flint wore Lo havo Lakon part, was omitted.)

i. SOLO--" Old and New" :M:rss SuERIDAN REED. 5. GYMNASTIC DrSl'LAY by Lho :M:embers of the Y.M.C.A. Gymnasium,

under the management of Mr. G. W . Renshaw. This consisted of three pa.rts: (a) Dumb-bell Exercises by tho Squad;

(b) Light Indian Clubs by Miss Ellen Renshaw; (c) Parallel Bars by the Squad. The services of Mr. Renshaw and his pupils, which hn.ve been in their proper place formally acknowledged, arc hero again grn.tofully recognised as constituting to a lai·ge section of the audience the most attractive items of an iittracti,·o programme.

6. PIANOFORTE SOLO ... :M:1ss GRACE KELYNACX. 7. SOLO-" I love my Love" ... ... :M:ns. WATSON.

For the reason given under item 3, the duet, "Home to our Mountains," by Miss Reed and Mr. Flint, was omitted.

8. TnB ANVIL CUORUB :M:E:l!BBRS 01'' TUE MUSICAL SOCIETY. Under the baton of :M:r. C. A. Flint.

After a short interval the Second Part oemmoncod with the "Plot of Potsentausend." As this phiy is not. found in the usual editions of Shake· 11pei~re, it will, perhaps, be as well to indicate brielly its nature :-Four country roisterers meet by appointment in a mill for purposes of dancing and general jollification. By u. freak of fortune tho premises have been taken on tho same occasion by the owner (by no means a jolly miller), and by the Chevalier d' Espion, "ho i~ doscribod in the handbill, not inaptly, as

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a ma.a of my,;lory. The convivial bumpkins, whilst wa.ilini.: for their partners t-0 como along, aro dclecled in their hiding ph1<•cs, a.ml, for shcl'r terror, pa~s themselves off as lhe rml eonspimtors. The"o lath•r, it i~ supposed, miss tho last, train frorn Parru.malla, and do nol arrive, fortu1mtcly for everybody, until after tho fall of the cnrlnin. The Boys and their instructor, 8erge1mt Barlow, ure to be congrutulntt.'d upon a wry suci:cssful performance. To enumerat-0 the clmractors-Mullig1m acted with great humour the part of Sacks, the hunchba.ck servnnl of lht• Miller; Ja11w•, in miller's guise (or rather clisgui•c), with clonk and lunthoru, might well ha"rc p11Sscd for Diogenes searching for what Pope somewhat h1tor t-0rmc<l "the noblest work of God;" the four pseudo-eonspirat-0rd were Murchi,on, Kelynnck, Moulton, und Sinclnir; Fulton was tho man of mystery, wbo;e p11lh it would be ditncult to find, so V11gue were bis directions upon lc11\'ing the stage; Phillips made an imposing officer ; and A. Fktcher and Orr the two sweetest little soldiers we over saw.

This lengthy performance was followed by-2. SOLO-" Love's Old Sweet ::long" Miss RF.ED.

3. GYMNASTIC DISPLAY, consisting of (1t) Ligl1t Dumb-boll Exercises, the Misses It<msbaw; (b) llorizontal llar, 8quad; (<') Medium Club Exercises, Squad.

t. SOLO-" My Old Friend, John" l\lu. GuAoWELL. Items 5, 6, and 7 were omitted from the prognrnnnc owinl( to the late·

neos of lho hour, and will be noticed iu lhe a(·i:ouut of the Mitl-winkr Brcaking·up tiocial, at which they were .ubscqucully gin•u. 8. T11E SOLDIEI!s' C11oui:s \1El!Dl!US <H" THI! :\fUSll'AL Sou1nL , H is onlv necessary lo add that the nnL<icnl and voctLI items were om• aml all excclicntly l(ilcn, and that the lhaoks of the \Iusical Socit•ty arc dm• to its llonorary Members, and Likewioc to ~Iiss Shcri(li\n llc<•<l and Mr. Gradwell.' A.K.W.

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BREAKING-UP CONCERT.

Tl!E closing night of Inst ha.If-year wus celebrated by n •ocial gathering in tho schoolroom, when a short and infornml µrognunmc of musjc and recitation was rendered. 1'he programme included three items which were unfortunately crowded out upon the occasion of the concert in the Town Hall. These were- Duct- -"When tho Swallows llomoward Fly," by Miss Watson and Mi~s Grace Kolynack; The" Angelus Chorus," by the Musical Society; and a violin solo by Mr. A. Hunter, entitled, "llforche aux Flambeaux." The duet wns very agreeably rendered, and Hunter's solo en.lied forth the usual enthusiastic acclamations. The Musical Society, not "all there" in respect of numbers, rendered, in addition to the above, tho "Soldier's Chorus" with great spirit and success. Mr. Price, the Drawing· Master, appeared for the fir;it time, and brought the bou•e down by singinj? "Nothing." The rema.indor of the programme, which wo art1 grudually piccinA' together from memory, having lost our copy, was nmdo up of "Estudiantina," sung by J. Perry, Esq., who has recently joined I ho Musical Society; two sonj?s, "Dublin Buy," and tlw "Coni('an Brothers," by l\fr. Priet'; and some' recitations. Mr. B1Lrratl, of the 11cljoining 'l'heologieal lnslitnlion, recited with great spirit "The Do•·cr Express," 1111d rccci"red well-merited applause. Harold Kclynack a.mused his school-fellows with an extract from Arlcmus Ward on "Wimmcn's Rites," and Mulligan achieved bis maiden recitation, "Pray Como with a Ring "-'.rhoums llood.

A.K.W.

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OUR GYMNASIU:\I.

A FAIRER sight need mortall never see, Ne think to find 'neath hea1·en a worthier theme

For poet song or miustrnle melody, Than this enchaunted hall to me doth seem;

Fot· round the palace, nurst with snnny beame, Y planterl are the choicest trees and flowers ,

Through which there winds t\ 1·iolet-banked sheane, 'i\Iicl mo~sy grottoes an<l rose-blossom'd 1>6wres,

And fountains play, while birds sing through the merry howres. Amit! such glory rose t his goodly pile,

\Vhose arches stretched forre on either side, Rich carv'd with all the grace of modern style,

And towards the centre were disprecl<len wide A flight of marble steps, Gowffata's pride;

An<l hie aloft a dome had raiser! bin, That with its hight the mountain tops defied;

Now all their country games the people !in, Aud through the portalls wicle a glac! throng hurtlen in.

At first they view a large ancl lofty hall, \Veil fitted up for manly cxcruise,

\Yhcrin ourc nimble youth, both great and small, Disport themselves in feat!< of wondrous wise,

Arn! e1·ery swaync with every othct· vies In conning tricks and deeds of braverie;

All strive with might and maync to win the prize Of prowcst youth, a1ul meed of 1·ictorie;

And all the while loud clarions clash forth cheerily. At furthest end, along the walls displaid,

\Yerc countless books of evt>ry size and k ind, \\'hereof this companie much usage made,

For therein every interest one coulcl fin.I, Hoth mul'l1cll food for fon,,;y ancl for mirnl;

.And round a table many closely prcst, That was to reading of these books assyncl;

There, after plt•asannt toil, they sit and rest, But soonc resume their skilful worke with double zest. ------

LlTimARY A.ND DEBATI:'l'G SOCIETY.

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ON the 17th of l\Ia,Y we had a pleasant meeting, which was devoted t<> readings and recitations. The following members contributed :-1\Ir. Williams, Messrs. Ramsay, )foulton, Pratt, Hall, Kershaw, Fulton, and SwynJ.

W c met ::ii:tain on t h~ 3lbt of l\foy for the purpose of Debate. l\Ir. Pratt led off, "That the miser is a greater evil to society than the spend· thrift." A vigorous opposition was heu.derl by Mr. Hall.

The debate was continued in a sprightly manner by the speeches of Messrs. Le.ncasLPr, Dt•y, O'Brien, Rtim8ay, Blatchford, Kong Sing, Fulton, and the Secretary. When a division was taken. five voted for the Ministry, and seven for the Opposition.

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The following is the programme for the pre•ent half :· August 16

" 30 September 13

27 October 11

" 25 November 8

" December 22

G

Debate-" Women's Rights."

-+­CADET NOTES.

TUE STIOOTING.

Literary Evening. Sharp Practice. ... Debate.

Literary Evening. Debate.

Sharp Practice. Literary Evening.

Debate.

As shooting is the most important military topic at this time of the year, it must come first under our notice. Most of the members of the Club have kept up their shooting, and there is every prospect of our having perhaps the best team we have ever had by the end of tho year. We still retain five of our old team, and they have quite put in the shade their last year's perform­ances. The new members of the team-Sergeants Ramsay and Muhs, L.-Corp. Ba1·tlett, and Cadets Morton and Ja mes- are not far behind the veterans in their average shooting. The highest twcrage in the Club for the year, 55 out of 70, has been obtained by Sergt. Kennedy. His score of 65, with 34 at 600 yards, in the match against St. Leonard's Reserve R.O., is especially deserving of mention.

We have only shot three matches as yet, but we have a large and varied programme for the i·est of the year.

Four member's tickets have been given by the C.O. for good shooting, and two have been won by Sergt. Kennedy and Corp. R. Milltlr.

Our musketry has gone on woll so far, but tbe third stage yet remains to be finished. '.Iwolve got through the second stage, several with excellent aggregates us below:-

lst Stage. 2nd Stage. Sergt. Kennedy 62 63 Corp. Lawson 60 G3 Corp. Miller 64 57 Col.-Sergt. Warden 54 67

It is a great pity for us that the Carbine match has been cast out of the Association programme this year, as there is now little inducement for the Carbines to keep up regular practice. It is proposed, however, to give monthly prizes for Carbine shooting, and this may serve to keep up interest in this noble branch of sport.

MATOll AGAINST WEST MAITLAND CORPS V.I.

We journeyed up to Maitland on the night of Thursday, the 24th of May, intending to fire two matches, one against the Morpeth Corps on Friday. and one against West Maitland on the Satmday. In spite of the defective railway ar111.ngements we arrived in East Maitland at 12.30 a.m. (we should have arrived at 10.15 p.m.), and made ourselves n.s thoroughly at home as we could on cold beef. It had been hot at 10.15 p.m. Friday was rather a dry day for Maitland, but it would have been called wet on any other part of the known surface of the globe. There was a dry interval during the afternoon, and we started our match against the Morpeth bhoys.

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After lhe 500 yards shooting was done we were considerably ahead, but the sun would not stand still, and the conscquence was that we bad to stop shooting soon aftcrwards on account of the bad light. Captain Waddy, of Morpeth, spoke a few kindly words of the steadiness and patience of our fellows during the match, and we must speak on out• part of the kindness of himself and bis men. We wore not ijO fortunate in our shooting against the West Maitland on ~aturday, and when the match was over we were exactly 26 point.I behind. As the scores wore not good we won't give them now, but might remark en pasaant that the )foitland scores weren't good either.

Our journey back to Sydney on Monday was most momentous, and in its latest pha•es monotonous. \Vo left )foilland at 8 a.Ill., and were due in Sydney at l p.m., but arrived in time for breakfast on Tuesday morning. From midday till midnight on Moncla;y we were imprisoned among the big cuttings and cliff~ on the north side of the Hawke~bury, owing to the fall of some rocks about the size of small two·storiod cottages on the line. From this perilous position we were rescued by the Herculean labours of "Mick" and a gang of his navvy compatriots, who had endently been drinking some oatmeal water during the day. During the whole of this time we had nothing to eat except about 30lbs. of biscuits, which had constituted the sole stock­in-trado of the only store within swimming distance.

l!ATCII AOAl'.'iST )IA'.'iLY RESER\ B R.C.

Thid matd1 was al~o wry mti"fiwtory from an expeditionary nnd picnic point of dew, but ae the ~ame otonn which had wt•ntherbound us on our return trip fro111 )faitland hu<I clepo"il"cl 18 feet of snnd over one-third of the target, it wn• hii;rhly uus1ttisfactory from lL shooting point of view. The :\faolyi!t•d dicl t·n·r.~·thing t!iey eonld to mnke u" comfortable, <''"en to losing the nmtch, but the cliotam•t·• luul to bt• n•duced to :!UO ilnd 300 vat'Cls on account of thf' limited size of the target. \Ve won tbe match hy 5i; points, und 1warly killed four of our team by trying to run the 31 miles back to the boat in 35 C?) minutl'S.

)!ATCH AGAINST ST. LBONARD'S RESERVE R.C •

• \s the •core~ in lhis match wcro better, we do not hesitate to publish tltem.

JIEWINOTON COl,LBGE CADETS.

500 GOO Total. 1. Srrgt. Kennedy ... 31 34 65 2. Corp. R. }Iiller .. . 32 28 GO 3. Lieut. )forley 32 25 57 J. ~gt. Blatchford . . 29 27 5G 5. Sgt. )fohs 31 25 5G 6. Cadet James 26 24 50 7. Col.-:'gt. Warden 25 23 48 s. C'1Ldet :\forton 29 17 4G !l Vorp. Lawson ... 27 18 45

10. Sgl. Ramsay 23 19 42

Total 525 Total for Ht. L~owtrd; -W!l

\Ve won the match by 5G point•, irn<I obtained an a\·cragc only onct' e<[ualle<l and nevel' beaten by the Uoll1•gP.

:204 Trrn NE\HN<:TONIAN.

MATCII AGAINST SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL CADETS.

Since t.he above was written our Boys shot a match against the Sydney Grammar School, and made the splendid aggre!(ate 530, thus t'Xcelling 111! previous scores by 5 points, and beating their opponents by 40 point•.

NEWINGTOX COLU:GE CADETS.

500 GOO Total. 1. Col.-Sgt. Warden 34 27 Gl 2. Sgt. Kennedy 33 27 60 3. L.-Corp. Bartlett 27 30 57 4. Sgt. Blatchford 31 2G 57 5. Cadet Morton 25 2~ 53 6. Corp. Miller 26 27 53 7. Corp. Lawson 2,1, 27 51 8. Sgt. Ramsay 30 17 47 9. Sgt. Muhs 25 21 46

10. Cadet J nmes 23 22 45

Total 278 252 530

SYDNEY GRAMMAR SOUOOL CADETS.

500 GOO Total. 1. Cadet Pierce 34 ?" _., 59 2. Col.-Sgt. Windeyer 28 2!l 57 3. Cadet Thomas 30 24 54 4. Corp. Deck 27 25 52 5. Cadet Momn 25 2·1 4fl G. Sgt. Robison 27 22 49 7. Col.·Sgt. Reading 25 23 4~ 8. Sgt. McC!elland 20 25 45 9. Cadet Barnes 2G 13 3!l

10. L.·Corp. Garland 2·1 H 3'l

Total 26G 22i 4!l0

The S.vdncy Reser"l"e Rifle Company brought a splrndicl team again~t u• on the •nine d1ty as the above mat<·h, but they counted twclH men aside instead of ten. ::lo to our scores must be adclecl -

Lieut. Morley 5!l Capt. R. :N. :5111ith . . . 52

Our aggregate was G41; the S.R.R.C., G68; tho S.G.S., counting th& same number of men, G05. As the H.R.R.C. team included suc·h fine shoh as Messrs. Board, Doul!las, \V!'st, :.\[itchell, Carne. Schult.Ind, Roberts, Burt, and Captnin B:irlcc, ou,. defeat wn.s noL a disgrace, bnt rather an honour, wheu we madt> such R good •econd.

TflE CORP~.

There were se\•ernl parades towards the end of last half in which we adhered a.s closely as po•sihle to the new drill. The ma1·ch past was a gigantic success, and the new command, "Eyes Right," was heartily 1\ppreciated by 1\ll. Although we quite agree with Lord Wolseley in all

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that he lays down in the new hook, we don't umler11taml a good deal of it. But, douhtlcss, that will come in time. Why is clrill not nm<le iL subjcce for the 8onior tuHl Junior? Jli11lidny would then, pctlu\pR, know mort o.bout it limn llcneral \Volijelcy himself, and woul1l lie tLblo to Rhew him a few wrinkle~. There is no 1louht tlmt the Victorit\n syhtem of cadet orgaui~•ltion is the bc8t, where one school is nmde to drill with another at le•\St once a month, and all the cadets of the colony a.ro formed into fou1· or five battalions. There is nothiug that would ma.kc tL Newington hoy drill 10 well tlS to think that there were boys at rival schools wh•> eouM drill better.

TH.£ CA'.'dP.

In a.II probability our camp will be held at Micha.elnoas. As the locale is not <1uite settled, we should like to have some suggestions as to a. suitable pltLce. \Ve sha.11 most likely he on the m1r-path for six days, so we advise all the caclet>l that intcll<l taking part to look over their best war-paint a.rul feathers, antl ma.kc up their minds for a. real goo<l time with the enemy, a.n.l a portmanteau full of sc;\lps to bring home to amuse the children with. \Ve hear a rnmour of the guartl on the store-room bein.~ authorisc1l to shoot at ~ight any woultl-bc m;ua111lcr,;. It seems a ~evere me<l•nrc, hut we think that it will he highly heneficial to the well-being nf tlw rai,i1,;; a1ul tinH of j;un, which le<I <L wmewhat precarious existence <luring our 111.~t campait,'lt. The JlilS8·WOnls this time arc going to he nJy1 limit' foroiula, and rule~ for the use of the oratio ubliq111t; S•J we are safo in thinking that none of the corps will remember enough to enable them to hrcak bounds.

The following promotions anti ap_painlments lmve been nm1le iu the Battalion :-Col.-Sergt. \Vtmlen to he Quartcr-M<1Stcr Hcrgcant; Col.-Scrgt. Phillips to be Commander of No. 1 Compa.ny ; 8ergt. Muhs to be Col. -8ergt. and Commander of No. 2 Gompany; Corporal LtLwson to he Hergetrnt; Corporal ')wyny to be ScrgCl\.Ilt ; L. -Corp. Holmes to be Corporal ; Bugler Irclaml to be Corporal of the U.u1tl ; Cadet Morton to be Ltmcc-Corporal ; Cadet Webb to be Lance-Corporal.

Since the Cadet Notes wero written some of our Ct1dcts lmve com­plctc<l their musketry, and among these Sergeant Keunc<ly h(IS succeedcc\ iu obtaining the score of 1911., which is one of the highest aggregr1tes ohta.iucd in Musketry in the Colony. --

FOOTBALL.

NEWINOTO:S COLl.IWB '"· Ki:so's SCHOOL.

W11 mf't. Olli' old atlvcNnic• fur the lirdt lime this sew;on on :!:!ml May, on their g-round, um! the bl11ck a.ml while wcro ag-ain vidol'iou•, h .. d11g- securt>tl !l point.s t-0 the King's l:lehool U.

\Vhittcll kicked ofT for No\\inglou, and the ball was returned by Robert~. After t\ short inlcrYal Scouller pu•~<>d tv R. Miller, who run well. Aftcl' thih a JonA' series of scrumrnn.gc~ took pln<:e, but Kong SinA' spl't'<lily got the ball and did a good ruu, but he wus collared, 11ud the ball wu~ kicked back to our 2S, and ~omc scrummaging took µlucc dangcrou~ly near our line, but R.

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Miller took the ba.ll back to half-way. Kong Sing again did a splendid run, but wns thrown out of bounds. Somo more scrummaging now took pince, but tho plny w11s made more open by 1L good punt from behind the BC'rumma!.:c from Phillips. Jr. Tout then pa.•scd to Smith, who did a splendid run, but unfortunately droppod thu ball near the King's School 25. S. Tout, how· crnr, was at hand, 11nd pickecl lbo ball up and secure,'<! the first try for Newington. tlcouller kicked, but no goal resulted. After some moru scrunrnmgiug lmlf-timo was called.

After tho five minutes' rest the ball was again sot in motion, and lho King's School ma.do a rush down the hill and pnRst•d to P11Dton, who sccun'<l a try. They did uot succeed, however, in kicking the ball over the bur. The bull was then kickt•d out, and 'l'. Miller pas~ed to Koni: Sing, who did a splendid run, but the ball w!l.i carried back again by the King's School. Our captain, however, was at hand u.ncl al(ain got the b11ll, and afler a deal of dodging secured tho second try for the College. Whittall kickocl, but di(l not add Lo Lho score, and tho ball was again set iu motion. Lawson secured it, and o.ftcr o. good run passed to Phillips. lie r11n forwa.rd and theu pu8setl it back to Whitlell, who carried it over tho lino. Our umpire dccidL'<i ut once that it wl\S a touch, but tho King's School umpire refused to !(rant it, and, there being no referee, the ball wus kicketl uncltlr protest. No goal, however, r~•nltt•d, nnd after some scrummaging near our line the btlll Wl.1.8

passed out lo Wliitwo,.th, \\ho secured another try for the King's ilchool. As no i:oal rcsultctl from tho kick tlw btLll WUll kicked out 11gain from our2:i, 11ud the forwt1rds carrit'<l the ball right to the ccnlro. Phillips then lm"sed to T. Miller, \\ho in his turn pa,sNl to Kong Siug. lie run well, but there was no time for further action, us limo was called.

NEWINCtTON COLLEGE v. GnAlllMAR SouooL.

\Vo met tho Gra.mmar School for the firdt time this season on our Kround on 5th June, and proved our superiority by gnining 23 points to llll'ir nil. The ball was kicked off from the centre, 11ml remain~'<! for •omu time within the Grmnmar 25. But the ball gradually worked back, and l'hillips regained tlw lost ground by ono of his scrvicl'ablc punts from bchii"id the •crummagc, tuitl the Gr-.i1111111n School had to for('l' . Scouller thou got the ball and J.mssod to i\foscs, who s1•cured tho first try for our side. 'r. Miller kicked vo• y well, but did not add to the score. Tho ball was 11gain ~et in motion, 11nd Kong Sing quickly carried it back to tlwir 25. Smith then took 11 mark, and Scoullt>r did a good kick. The ball wns returned, and S. 'foul rnn very well. Some magnifit•t>nl pn••ing then took place on btihul( of the X cwingtonians, and the ball wus cnrricd to within five yards of tbo Grammar line. \Vood, however, managed lo oecure 11 umrk, and kicked tho ball buck. llut Phillips bounced it in from out of bounds uncl passed to Kong l:iing, \\ho passed lo R. Miller. Miller ran splendidly, 11ml S. 'l'out recoivod tho ball from him and scored tho second try for Newington. Scouller kicked, but no ~o:il resulted, and after oolllo very oven piny ho.If-time was called.

After hnlf-timc Wood kirkl'<.l off, and 'l'uylor ro.n \'Cry well, but did not ouccccd in cro•~ini: our line. The ball was kicked back from till' scrumma~s by Law•on, aud l'hillips J>ll>'Scd to tl. Tout, \\ho u~1li11 carried the bull to the Gmmmar 25. Tllo bull worked buckwurds uml forwards for somo time between their 25 and half-way, but l:hnith rau buck Lo within fivo yards of their line. Some scrummaging took place hero, uml then the bull wua passed

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lo our captain, who secured another try for the black and whites. No goal, howc\'cr, rcdtil!cd from tht' kick, and Kon:;: Sing did a magnificent run and brought the hall very 11t•ar !ho Grt1mnmr School lim•. After sonw scrum­maging Phillips pti-•scd to 1-1. 'l'out, who mn to th<' Gr unmar line and passed to Smith, who ~ccun•d another try for us. No goal, howHer, resulted, u.nd the ball wn• tl),~lin kicked out. Kong Sing was again ul hand und mn well. A scrun11na,::1• wns fornwcl. and the bt1ll wus carried over, and l\furchison tonchcd it down. The s1·orc wu:; not increased after the kick, and lhl' Orammt1rs aguin kicked onl from tht•ir 2;;. l'hillips secured the b111l and punted. lie ran up and uguin sccurt•d the ball and pnsscd to V.'hit!oll, who pa.•~cd to Smith, nnd the hall was again touched for 1"cwington. Kong Sinit msily convcrlt•d this touch int-0 a. goul. Shortly uftcrwurds Dennett• got clear away, and st•curcd the lust touch for Ncwington. No gou.l, howe\'er, resulted, and thl' score renmincd ut 23 to 11i{.

NEWISGTO~ COLLli!iK Y. GRA,IMAR SCHOOL~ (2:<D TEA,lti.)

The aLoni k:ims nwL on ~foort• l'11rk on W1·dnc;duy, :>th .Tum•, the fo1·mer win11i111t by 3G point• lo 11il. Morton and Higgin" wero tlw 1·c•pcctirn euptuin"f uml thl' forrn<'r lo•inl( tlw to'" t 111• a ra11111111r captain l'h•ctt•tl lo ph1y 111:11iust tlw wine!. Crofto11 kicked off, aml folio" iug his kU'k up ol>tain,·<l tlH1 fir,t h·) for :o\l'wi11gto11, which l'ut.n t•oml'rl;•tl into lL i:oal. JltL)t·s ki1:ke<I ofT, 11rnl after rnnn• n•r)· fihL 1111d niwn phi) Crofton nguin cro"'etl t h1• li11t•, but no gonl r,•sultt•tl. Clrnmh<•ro, \ Vl',h·y uut! Morton now ditl some i(ood dribhliuir, which t':Lrri1•1l the bull uguiu into the Urn1nmar'n 2G, trntl the l'ormf.'r pickini.: up i.:ui1wtl the third try, which P<'U1t'll l'onverlcd iuto 11 goal. From this to time tl1c ball was chiefly in the Grammar'• 2;;, and Irie• wcrt• ol1tai11l'd in quick •Ut·cc•sion by llrya11t, Crofton, Fletcher, Litchfield, ~loulton, Turner, and W<·•lcy, from which only 01w goal resulted. C.:larke, llii:i.:in•, Jfoyt·o, and Uribbcn played well for lho G1-ammar, whilo for :N" ewington nil played tla•ir best.

:o\Ew1suTON C..:OLLt:v}: 1·. K1~o·s ::icnooL.

\Ve llll't the King's l:khool for tho •ccoud limo this seasou, on our own i:•·ound, aml. 11 hut is more to he proud of, dofcukd them fort ho ~ccond time. This time, howeYcr, tho Yictor)· 1mH fur more signt1l thun the first one, for we obt.aim'<l ;)J pointa to tlwir nil the grcntl'sl '·ictory yet obtained. Nor wo• iL bct11u•1• the King's ~chool tcum wn~ wcuk that we obtain<.'<! such u Yictory, for the King's !'chool arr wry fast Lhi~ yl':ir, but it wns on account of our real good, all-ronncl plny.

Shortly ufte1· kick-ofT, Kong Sing nnd Tout worked together antl carriecl the bull to their 2;;, but by •omc i:ood play on the purl of the School the bull was carrit'<I buck to our 2;;; but bumc good play from :\Io•cs brought the bull bnck again to half-wny, where Kong 8ini: obtained it, and, after ono of the runs for which he is so famous, S<'curcd the lirot. try for N owington amid grmt. npplause. T. Miller kicked, but no goal rcwltcd ; ho wns more succc•sful sl1ortly aftl'r, for, after Fruscr had brouirht tho bull down the field, he got it un<l kicked a goal from the field. '.l.'he ball n a; then kicked off from half-wu.y, and our cho.mpiou runner, Smith, secured it, und ran well. The ball was gradually working to the Kiug's School 2;), but P. Lane got it, und did a very good rim. lie was, however, collared by R.

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Millor, !Lod Smith ngnio recovered tho lost. 1tround. Scouller then ran well, und nr!Lr the gonl·line passed lo Phillips, who, nftcr u. slight maul, sc1•ure<\ the touch, whieh Kong Sing cahily eomcrtcd into a goal. 'l'ho ball \\Ill!

ki1·ked off from h!Llf-wo.y a;.?Uin, and, after eomo ~crummaging, Kong Sing again look it l-0 their 2;;, nnd the bnll wns worked over the ~rhool-linc, and they had lo fort•c. Before long Norman Warden got I ho ball over I heir liuo near llw boundury line, but, although Rcoullcr did 1• splendid kick, he did not put tho bull ovn the bnr. 'l'ho bnll wns kickrd out from the 25, nnd Kong Sing secured it n1l(l did the best run of thr dny. He wns st-0ppL'<l, howc\'cr, ncnr the gonl-lin1•, und pas•ed to Smith, who got it over the line. Kong Sing kicked, but Roberts rushoo the ball, nod so pre\'cotod what would prob1Lbly ho.vc bl:'en a gonl. After kick out, lfoscs, by good play, brought the ball buck inside thcir 2;;, and 11 scrumma~e took pince. 'l'ho b111l w11s th1•n pn•sccl out to Kong Sing, who secured 11nothcr try, but did not succeed in kickiug a goal. 'l'hc score thus stood 11l 21 to nit when bulf-time was enlled.

Very soon after play commenl:'cd \Varden ag-11in cro•scd their line, but Scouller did not kick e. goal. Mos1•s again dribbled the bu.ll lo tlwir Jim'. um! tho King's School forced. 'l'he bull w••s nccordiugly kicked out, 1u1d our l'1Lplaio run up with it. Pauton, however, m1umg1•d to g1•t it, an<I punted it b1•ck from bt•hind a scrn111nn1ge. It wo.s of nry liUlo Uol', ho\\cn•r, M Lawson goL lho bnll 11.ml carried it behind the posts. No go11l rl'sull1•d from the kick, nor wus the result of the kicking uny IH•tlt•r when Wnnlcn 11 frw 111i11utcs tLftt•rwards obtained another louc·h. R. Miller rnn up 11fkr the ki1·k out und pas"cd to Kong Sing, who did a good run, but was collan·d. l:!omc good plny wns now exhibitt'<l by our crack fonrnrd, \Vhittcll, who l"'""cd ugnin lo Kong Sing, and lht• result wns nnothl:'r touch for till' Colli•~c, \\hich Whiltell convl'rtcd int-0 n gonl by a Yery neat kick. lkforc two ininutcs ha.cl dapscd R. Miller •ct•nrcd auothcr touch, which Whittdl ll!(llin con\'l'rted into n j?Onl. Robl:'l'fs now exhibill'd 11 bit of good plu.y for tho King's School, hut Kong Sing, with his usnnl 11h1erily, secured tho ball, 11rnl, nfter 11 good run, passed to \Vnrdcn, who secur1'<l another try, which, however, was not co11\'crted into a goal. Shortly afkr this N cwington hat! to force, aud Kini.t's t:lchool had a i:ootl rally; but, through •omc good pin~· from \Vhittell and l\Ioses, tho lablt-s were rever:sed, 1111d the King's l:;ehool had l-0 force. lfr11,t•r now got tho ball, and, after '' i:ood run, puoscJ to t:Jmith, who secured another try. No goal, however, rt•snltcd; but, in 11 ft.w minutes, R. Miller mn well and passed to F. 'l'out, who d('cnred Lhc thirteenth touch for Nowington. Shortly nfterwards Kong Sing ng11in got over the line, and Scouller converted this touch into a goal ju~t as time wns call1"1. For the King's School, Roberts, Whitworth, and Ebsworth playoo best, uml for N ewington, Kong Sing, \Vhittell, and i\Ioses played the best gnme.

N11w1NOTON CoLLECJE Y. 'l'nnm UNr\'HltSITY.

This nmleh wa• played on our i.:round Oil l:!nlt11·d•\'" lOth Aui.:11•!. Our 1t-1im \\t\8 cOlllJXl•cd of p:u-ti.'' '<'Cond irnd partly fin<t fifl('('ll•, lho folhrniui.: bt•in,:: the n11mcs of th1• first team "ho us~ioted: :S1·11ull1•r, Whiltt•ll, l'hillip•, 'L .:\liller, Fr11•1•r, and nn Old Boy. Hnrinl? till' lir<t hulf of the ~amt' it "l'l'mCd us if our boys were to ~ulfor u. defeat, the ••·on•s nL half·linw bc111g ljuivcrdity li und Newington 3 points, but 8couller c1u11t• Oil lht• field tll h1df­limc, und through his ussislanco in tho forwards wo speedily recorered 0111· Jost, or partially lost, laurels, aml when lime wa• eallt'cl thl:' scores were-

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Ncwington HI points, Uni'rl'rsity U point~. For onr siclc- A. Turner, Fraser (2), Sc:>ullcr, and Millrr ohtaint'.'d. ton!'hc~, from two of which Whit t<'ll ki«krcl goals. For the 'Var1'ily Rit·hat~b nnd Richar<lRon Rccurccl lrirs, but no gonls W!'r<' ki1•kcd. For onr siclo Wt•sloy, Turner, anll Crofton played bt•;t (cxduding of courll!l tho :Firlit Fiftrcn rcprc•entativcs), whilc for the l·niver~ity Rnttcr, Richard•on, and Riclumls did good work.

NEWI'IOTO'I Cor,u:<a: ,._ Er;vmA.

This match, which wnH played on our ground on the 24th August, was about the foiitcst, l>cst, null roughest gnmc we ha\•c played this 11C1~'<0n, and rcsnltcd in n complete victory for Ncwington hy 25 points to nil.

Scouller kicked off, nn!l, during the Rcrnmmngcs which followed, Law. ~on and Perry played well. Kong Hing got the ball shortly, and di<l a good nm, hut slipped, 11.ncl Moulton got it arnl lrn1l a. shot nt goa.l, hut missed, an<l the Elvira~ Juul to force. The tahlcs were shortly afterwards turned, and we Imel to force. During the nc>.t ten minutes, \\.hittell wn.~ con­spicuous fer good ph•y. Phillips thl'n pas;;cd out to Perry, who in turn )li.U<$C!l to Kong i:'\ing; our cmck !licl " Kplernlid run from p8.8t half.way, and ~ccurcd a try, amicl grc1•t 1lpphu1Hc from both p11rtics, 1md Moulton kicked a ftmgnificcnt go;ll (.i-0.) The lmll was kicked from half.wny, 11nd \\'hittell brnught it t-0 their 2;,. Scn1111nmgcs took pie.cc, hack wnrcls and fonrnrds, for eomc time. !{. .\lillcr 1li1l ~ome good collaring, arnl l'hillipti punted well frou1 hehi111l the "crummagc". .\Ioulton !li1l a splcrnli1l kick, 111111, following it up, secure<! ii try, which lw ea.sily conHrted into •• gmd ( 10 0. ) The piny for the next few minutes w1.s d11ngcrou8 to us, hut Koug 8ing averted the 1la11gc1· hy t\ goo<I nm, when lmlf-timc wns called. The firi;t !JUartcr of the ~ccollll half w11s marke<l hy hcautiful pliiy on the part of hoth i;idc~. Hicks then passed to Koni,: Sing, who mn past half-way. \\'hittcll and l'cny worked well together m the forwards, and Kong ~ing again sccurc!I the hnll and ohtail1cd another try, which was cml\'crtcd into a goal by \\'hittell ( 1.) - 0.) Kong Hing, Hcoull~r, and Smith now playctl well, cspcci11lly tlw hitter, who rnn up to half·wfl.y. The ball, however, workc<I hack again, arnl Booth carric1l it up again. Kong l'iing now 1li!l nnothcr good nm, hnt was fnn·e1l out of hound~ . .\lillcr pt1.•"<'!l very well to :\loulton, who a~ain cross!•1l the oppmwnt.~' line, an<I Scouller kicked t~ go1\l (20- 0.) Bdorc two minutes l'hillip~ got ;u•rnHs, ntHl :\loulton kiclw1l 11nother ~n:d, just rlS ti1111• was callc1l ('.!.; 0.)

'l'hc most notable fcaturP of the game wru; the kicking, not 11 fiin!.dc goal l.cing miOll('<l. For our Si!lc, Kong 1-\ing, .\loulton, \\'hittcll, l\unn, aml Perry playc<l best; while for tlu• losers (who, I think, came fifth on tlw list for the 8cnior Cup), \\' iggins, .\I urmy, Kelly, arnl Ha.rtlcy playc•d lic~t.

0Ct:A8IONAL XOTE8.

IN the Junior 'l'mlll •ch•c•trd hy the SN•rcl :u·y of the Rugl•y Union to play ngninst N.S.W. on 2·Uh flfo.1, ~rnn Nt•wington hoy~ WC'rr included, Yiz., h.oxa i:lilfG, LAw~o~. 1'1111.1.1PR, Scot•r,J.RR, F. TorT, WARDEN, nnd WnrTTRLL. '.l'hr match \\llA, howcY<'r, pr<',·rntcd by tlw rnin whi!'h corn· mt•nccd on QuN•n's Birthd:1y, and h1\~ continued withoul any considcroblr int crru pt ion since.

:HO TnE NRWINGTONIAN.

On t.Jw !Mt day of last half·yl'Br, n tt'nm from Bll th11 •l'hool1, including ~even Ncwingtonians (K01m Snio, Pnn.r,JrR, Mn.urn, Mo~R~, flcouLJ,ER, WARDEN, Bild Wnn'TBJ.T,), plByed n 8hort gnmc of '1-0 mmutl'•' clnmtfon in tlw cluKk ngninst tlw N.S.W. team, but we1·0 ult.ogetlwr ovPrml\!.chcd.

'l'he College Fifteen scored 131) points t-0 11 during the first half of the st'l\80n, 00 of which were •cored ngainst the King's 8rhool. On the orrai>ion of the match against thl' King'• School, the Colll'ge compilrrl in on<' 11fter· noon 130 points t-0 5.

lst Fifteen v. King's School 2nd v. ,, 3rd ,, v. St. Philip's Gram. School

M points t-0 nil. 3<i 5. 40 nil.

How unnecesaary then is tho query, "Pray toll me, whcro is football brodP"

Tho Magazine Commitlcr ucknow lodge with cordial tho.nb the rocoipt of £1 Os. Gd. from E. K O'BnIRN, ]~sq., as a contribution t-0 t.ho funds oft he Newi1i.r1toiiian from tho N.C. Birycle Club, being thr smpln• rcm1Lining whoo the Club wns wound up.

We rannot allow the demise of this once flourishing t:lub to pa•• without l>xprcning our regret tlint it !ms not been hl'ttl'r •upportecl by pre•ent Nl'wingtoninns. It WW! one of our most •urre••fnl nml crrditnble insti­tutions, nnd its dis~olution !ms left n gap in our nthlt·tir record that <'Snnot ('l\Aily be filled.

We hBve pleasure in congratulating 0. KONG SINO on his ~uccc•s in pn••ing the Lnw l'rfatriculation ]~xo.minntion in June. We frnr thi• surccsA i• t Ill' prelude t-0 our loss of one who ho.s long been 1\ towr1· of st.rcngth to us both in rricket nod football.

\Ve shall have about 8 cnnclidntes for the Sl'nior, Bnd nhout 22 for thl' Junior. l'hey ought all to pl\lls, nnd some with clistinl'tion.

Two of the new boys, GRO'ROR nnrl FLASllMAN, ha,·1• bl•t•n put in the Upper Fifth.

The boarder• nro rejoicing in the large nnd con\ cnicnt. clny-room thnt hu• ju"t hE'en built, wbicl1, with the adjoining cloak-room 11nd box-room, forms nn important addition to tho nrcommodntion. '

At great persoMl trouble Bnd inconvenience, Mr. S. W. MOORR hns been s1wccssful in obtnining a renewal of railway pn.,scs for rifle pmctic<' from tho Colonial Secretary. He hns thus earned th<' grntitnclo of every Ncwington boy, ns we cortninly could not have com1wtecl for tht> Shil'Jcl if lht• pn•so•s hncl been withlwld. The l'rrsiclcnt lul' kindly 11romi•rcl the Riflt• l'luh a substantinl cheque, which will fully cover tlw t'XJll'n•l' to which "''' were put through tho tcmp<>rnry withdrnwnl of the pnssc~.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Eriito1· of the N ewingtonian.) 7lh A !l(/IL·•I, 1889.

Sm,-At the beginning of e\·cry quarter incessant nppea.ls a.re made to Da.y Boys to join the Athletic Club. Such n system of hrulgering is n dis. grace to the school.

TRR NKW11'GTOIIUAW. ill

'llle ~ent pu' forward by Day Boya 18 " that the Boardera' infb. ecrfptlon fa oompubi>ry, and 18 put down In the bill."

Might 1 au.,_t, llr, that the Day Boya' aubaosiption be made com· pulsory, and aI80 be "p11t down In the bill." The t.otal aubacriptlon wmtld then be 111fficlent t.o carry on all department. of the pm.ea, and there would be no n-lty for the annual appeal t.o the public m the form of a coacert. In all large schools, joining the Athletic Club ls a compulsory aft'air.

Hoping that thia letter will have the desired eft'ect, I am, &c.,

ATHLETIC CLUB.

(To the Editor of the N ewingtonian.)

NBWINGTON CoLLBoB, STANMORB,

9th .A. 11{/W't, 1889.

DEAR Sm,-We have a new day-room, which is a caUIMl for rejoicing, but I thlnk,there ls atill something of which many t)f the senior boya feel the want. I refer to a room set apart for tho senior boya excluaively, In which they may form the nucleus of a school library, to which they may repair to read the newapaper, and lut, but by no meana leaat, in which they may spend their time in real study. In other large boarding-schools of the colony I am 11nder the impreaaion that the senior boya have some privilege granted them, but here we have to get on as beat we can without privileges. A place In which we may fag ls certainly desirable. l believe it would be very difficult, if not lmpcaible, to keep down the noise In the day-room sufficiently to enable a boy to engage in deep study. Hoping that this matter will receive some of the attention which it cleaervoa,

I am, &c., E.

(To the Editor of the N e1oingtonian.)

NBWINGTON COLLllGll:,

Sth .A. Ugtul, 1689.

Sm,- It waa my intention to write a letter to you for inacrtion in the lut number of the .Yetoingtonian with reference to the establishment of a J unlor Literary and Debating Society ; but, owb1g to the Mastera giving me no encouragement, I put tho matter oft' until now. Thero are a number of boys who would be Blad to join a J.ltora.iy and Debating Society, but are prevented from doing ao on account of their not being in tho fifth or sixth form.

I think if a Junior Society were started, that boya, when they were promoted to the fifth form, would certainly he able to expreaa thcmaelvea with greater - and fluency than they do at present.

I remain, Yours truly,

A .JUNIOR,

212 Tm;; NBWISGTONIAN.

(To the Edifor flf fh~ NP11•i11,qtoninn.)

8YD~Et1 Sth A11y11.•I, 1889.

Sm, --If you will ohlige me with a Nlllt\ll spaoo in your mluahle pa.per, should feel much obliged to you.

Rumours hM·e heen aHon.t that some hoys arc tryiug to form a "Junior Literary nn<l Deh1\ting Hocicty" for the younger hoys of the school. I wi"h to aar that I thoroughly symp:\thi•1• with the dews of tho•c hoy~, l\.'4 it will fit the members for going into the Senior one, 11111! teach them to speak freely 1111<\ with ense.

I remain, Yours respectfully,

.JUNIOR.

('l'o the Brlilor of the Newi111Jlo11ian.) Srn, - Tlw time is drnwing nigh when our W1Lrrion1 hohl will he ag:1in marching off for camp. I was in hopcH of being 11111.dc 11 corpoml hcfore onr second annual c11111p. I think I shoul<I make just!\.~ /;(()()<\, if not 1\ hew~r one than Corporal Cmnpbell. Howc,·cr, 1\.~ they won t make me IL corpoml I 1\111 1\ "prh·ntc still." And instca1\ of gi\'ing my onlcr~ I ~hall ha.vc to obey. Bnt, I hope we shan't go to Kil\ma. thiH time, h11rn1u&c I 1\on't like being a. sentinC'l on that cenwtcry, no how. A lii.;ht-hrinlllc1\ cow i.:iwe me a hit of a frii.;ht last time when I was on night 1\uty. I hope we shall get 1\8 much plum.pudding this time M wu 11i1\ hist. Brnmhy w11S \•ury forw1ml in helping till' cook, lrnt it was more for the misins lw \I'll~ nhlc to coll111• than for tlw ln\'e of the work. I intc111\ to go with the 11tlnmc1' pi~rty if I <"Ill thi~ year. I hope to reh\t<.' my ciunp expcricnec.~ in your mixt i8'!m',

A111\ rcnmin, dear Sir, Yours ohctlitmlly,

CA RABI!\ lmR. - - -+--~

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