JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1919, 29 November 1913, Page 3

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(Prom Oi.r Spccioi Ocrrespcnfl'OJits.i PALMERSTON NORTH. Tho College Street School- CommitWs pilaris to pay off tile debt on tile newhbought addition to Iho playground have been well rewarded. Their recent baya-ir Mr - Jl»W>ard' s concert £8 16s. 0(1., and Caihio's pichire entertainment £4 Is. 3d. Tho s „j 1(10 | annual shorts liave been lixed for De-em-ber 10. A tender for the creetion of tho I'ox£l3' keen let to I. Cookslcv at ai "'m al . lmui ' prize-giving cercmonv of , Jeelinical .School lock placo 'last, mght at the Municipal Hall, Tho prizes Hero distributed by ilio Mayoress, and speeches wero mado by Mr. Kobert "J Mr. ,T. A. Nash, Mayor, and others. Tho iollowing wore the prizewinners:—Agriculture, V. Kyle; i'nnn carpentry, W. Kibblowliite; cabinet work, Jas. liarnard; engineering, N. Collins; plumbing, F. Sutton: woolclassing, .R. Milno; bookkeeping—junio 1- IT. Clausen, senior M. Buchanan; shorthand—junior W. Eberhard, intermediate 10. Cargill, senior 11. Huihauan; dressmaking, M. Morris; miliinnr.v, 15. Trask; typewriting, 31. Permaiu;'<>leetricit.v and magnetism, Jack Barnard; art, D. Lynch; general class, W. .1. Smith; English and arithmetic, (J ; Kerr; Latin, M. Lumley; senior English and mathematics. A, Murray: cooking, A. Perry; attendance, D. Davis, tl. Eberhard, C. Findlav, G. Tew; bookkeeping, E. Eberliard; shorthand, C. Kerr and AY. Priest; attendance at wool-classing, 11. Milne; engineering, D. Burgess; art, C. Callinan; plumbing, scholarship certificate, P. Smytliei merit cards for proficiency in woolclassing, Maddison and Milne (Technical School,), Symes and Greig (High School).

Over fifty candidates sat at. tho kcal examinations for tho Public Service entrance and senior free places last week, and over 50 for tho junior national and board scholarship examinations this wee];. Examination for officers of tho Now Zealand Staff Corps will ho held hero next week, Major Potter and Captain J. H. Whilo presiding. St. John Nursing Division, at its annual meeting on Thursday, elected to lii'o membership Mrs. Jl'Gregor, who has resigned the position as first nursing officer, through ill-hcaith. Her past services were much eulogised.