MOUNT SOMERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1458, 17 January 1887, Page 3

MOUNT SOMERS.

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$iOu Fri 'ay tho Mount Somers Public School Sports wp'-q h-'d m Mr Taylor'B paddock A - 1 long programme, m which outsiCvio ..ere conHidered as enrefnlly as the school children, was gone through, tome of lhe ontests being quite exciting. During an interval, Mr Dugald Macfarlane, Chairman of the School Com mittet). distributed the school priz s, with a few well-chosen remarks. The following boys and girla were the prizetakers : —

Upper U^ourth Stnn-lnrd — Mary Armfetrong and Sarah l^rown, equal.

Lower Fi-urth standard—^nne Brown, 1 ; Owen Bueohler, 2.

Third Standard — '"Srnce Morgan, 1 ; no second prize awarded.

Seco id Standard — Margaret Brown, 1 ; Elizabeth Jone 3 , 2

Ifirst fc-tandatd -Annie Jones, Margaret Murray, Sarah Morgan, equal lor first priz) ; Walter Pu chler, 2,

Upt er Infants — Annie Patton and Hugh Htirvey, equal for first pr'ze ; t aroline Brown, 2. Lower Infanta — John Murray, Be tie Jones, equfil. Special Prize — S 'win/? : Emily Hix, Agnes Carloton. Master's Prize — Baitha H>od. Mistress's Priz^ — Jane Jones. Two pr zes for the most popular girl and boy respective y wero won with inuoh applause from the school children, by Bertha Hood und Owen Hufchler. ;ho sports were concluded at 7 p m. S 0.1 a(t.ir tha c'liJdreu and parenfs gathered' m the schoolroorr, where a very nice ent'-itm'ninent of songs nnd readings was provided. Mr VV. H. Kneen's song 'cih-er Rhino," readings by Alißß Stewart, two ttoro by Mr Macfarlane, and a fow songs and readiDga by school childran, were very interesting, and kept tho audience delighted. A ball brought th day's amusement to a close There wcra not so many dancers as we should have liked to have seen; never the!o>s, vigorous dancing wa9 kept up till 1.30 a.m., when the musician struck, and the company dispersed.