WOODFORD SCHOOL, HAVELOCK NORTH, HAWKE'S BAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 20

WOODFORD SCHOOL, HAVELOCK NORTH, HAWKE'S BAY.

' ' , " Mens sana in corp'ore sano."

In February,- 1911, a school wdl be opened on the "Havelock' Hills,'' for boarders only. The object of. the school is to' .cultivato and develop, ■ as far 1 as possible,?the character, . the'':mind,'"and 'the body of the girl entering the school; and to send, her out into' the world a cultured, resourceful gentlewoman. Miss Hodge,' the'principal, is. now- in England, •; visiting the - .'..'chief' f educational centres,, and: .choosing '.the Slie.Jiopes to bring'back'with .her:-Two' English mistresses, a technical mistress, one thoroughly trained in: physical cul-

ture,-two-French ladies, and a German lady. Anyone requiring further, information about the school may obtain it from the secretary,, Reginald . Gardiner, Hast-' in'gs, who will bo ready to supply prospectuses of the school work, and feea. ■' The school will be of the .finest and 'mostmodernly equipped buildings in the Dominion.' Situated on the Hav,clock Hills, noted as a 'health , resort,; it. promises an ideal -home . .for'its Ah uninterrupted .view 'from "the site is obtained of Mt. 'Ruapehu,. the: Hawke's' Bay Valley, Hastings, Napier, and the seai- .The' site comprises some- 20 acres,

which -will 'be laid : out with hockey,croquet, . and tenuis courts,, swimming pond, and plantations. The contractor, .Mr. Hugb H. Campbell, of Hastings, j lias the. work '.we'U : advanced.!; The,, biiild-: l.ing consists 'of. a 'hall,' sittingroom'j'prinT , cipal's* \and . mistresses' ■ sittingroomsj gills' studio and sittingroom,, dining hall,. large assembly hall, with stage, and each mistress - and' -pupil lias a separate bedroom. •

;. ■ The ceiling of;-, the ■assembly''- hall, which is 60ft. x 30ft., : is "built' with open timber, Gothic treatment, while in all; other rooms ■ the ■ beams and raft-

" A Norfolk ogridullrurist: is growing a variety of spinach which attains a height of.Jfiffy to sixty. inches. It is claimed for it that it will-give a greater weight per acre than any other annual crop yet grown' for this purpose,--and •'that the consistency of . tho stems is'more ,fav- ,; oiirable for paper-making than any of the straws that some of the manufacturers have experimented.. with, This' giant spinach ;is grooving, .yeij.vluxiiriantly in tho Norfolk experimental plot. . I *'I don't need a library,"'said the conceited author. "I write my own books." "Well," answered the cynic, "thero is, one advantage in that... r :\ r <Jii .less'risk of having them. borrowed or ■ stolen."

Panapa, a Hau Hau fanatio of tho deepest'dye. Ho was killed in the battle' with Kipa, wliilo Kingata and Nikora. wero wounded and takon ■ prisoners. Tho two last-named wero fine men, big brave ■ fellows. -I had, previously worked with Kipa and Kingata on my father's farm at Puketapu, ■ nine : miles from Napier, and on tho northern side of tho Tutaekuri River, a milo from Omaranui.- The rebels numbered about 230, whijo the.attacking party:(friendlies, militia, - and volunteers) mustered between 300 and 400 men under Colonel, afterwards Sir George, Whitmoro! Owing to an unfortunate misunderstanding botween.Sir George Groy, Governor of New Zealand, and General Cameron, of the Imperial Ainu;, a de-

and making a midnight march, laid an ambuscade, and a successful ono too, in tho Potane Valley. Fraser had all his men 'planted unknown to tho Native scouts, and the Natives mal-ched right into tho ambush before they really knew whoro they wore. It was early in >tho morning, just , at dawn. - ;. The Maoris wero caught in tho, mesh, and when they were practically surrounded Eraser - called upon Te Rangiheroa . to Vurrender.. Tlie chief. replied by .giving his men instructions to fight,-and"im--mediately afterwards Fraser cried out, 'Blaze away, boys!' Ono of tho first to (lee was'Rangiheroa. That battlo lasted..about"fifteen minutes. .Fifteen oi-Bkteen of tho Natives were killed, a

era are showing, the panels between, the timbers being "of treated. with ' water-coloured '..'tints;,;,

The building is complete with modern sanitary arrangements/: heating ,'system) and electric light, ;

. ; The external; walls; are' to be ■ finished with .rough cast, and the roof covered with Messrs. Briscoe l and Co.'s Marseilles tiles.;.:,. v.'..-'-.

It is expected to have: the. building finished in time for : the February; term to commence in it; Th'o : architects' entrusted with the work are Messrs. Rush and JameSj of; Hastings and Napier. .

of Red Cliff, a nearer journey! The intention of the Europeans was to" outflank the; enemy on tivo sides, north and west. . Friendly under Tareha, Renata,. Tomoana (father 1 of Friday Tomoana), and Karauria (father of the late Mrs. Donnelly), aiid who was afterwards killed at Makaretu, Gisboi'no, in 1868 against Te ' Eooti, marched on the eastern side. By making a demonstration of . this description, Mr."Donald : -M'Loan, who : by the way was a very ,humane .man', thought that | tho Natives would seo the hopelessness of their task, and would save bloodshed by peaceful. ;surrender. ; We. got to' the banks of tho Tutackuri about 2 o'clock in tlio morning,' after a march of from