WAVERLEY.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 973, 18 December 1882, Page 2

WAVERLEY.

(from our correspondent.) Monday. Mr F, R. Jackson held Ins usual monthly sale on Frida}' last. There was a fair attendance of buyers. The prices realised were : Cows and calves, £3 10s to £4 16s ; cows averaged £4 4s ; 3-year-old steers, £5 10s ; yearling steers, £2 12s 6d. Almost the whole of the cattle entered were sold. Sheep were, however, not in demand, and although some fifteen hundred were entered, none were sold. A cricket match was played, on Saturday between the local club and Waitotara on the ground of the latter. The Waver ley team having won the tons, went first to the wickets, and put together the respectable total of ninety-seven, the highest scores being D. Coghill 43, which he obtained by really good play, and Fookes 14. Waitotara obtained in their first innings 32, and in (heir second 35, Unis leaving Waveriey the victors by one innings and 30 runs. The batting and long-stopping ol: D. Coghill were much admired The ordinary meeting of the Waveriey School Committee, was held on Thursday, December 14th. Present—Messrs Davis, Uair, McDonald, Muir, and Bridge (Chairman). On the motion of Mr Davis, seconded by Mr Muir, it was resolved —That (he Chairman procure paper for the teacher’s residence, end have the repapering done. The Chairman then laid the examination returns and the Inspector’s report before the Committee, Proposed by Mr Muir, seconded by Mr McDonald, and carried, —That the Committee thank the Hoard for forwarding a copy of the Inspector’s report upon the late examination, hilt feed that in consequence of the prevalence of measles in the district, the 'examination was not a fair test of the year’s work in the School and can therefore not bo a standard by which to judge whether good work has been done or pot. They think that if the inspector had complied with the request of the Committee to postpone the examination until the school refilled, more justice would have been done to all persons interested. A letter from Mr Scott, the master, having been read to the Committee it was resolved, ■“'That Mr Scott’s letter be forwarded to the Board with the previous resolution.” It was resolved, “ That ‘the Chairman write to Mrs Walkinton and Mr Faukner thanking them for the trouble they have taken in awarding prizes. The following are the results of the examination : .Standard Prizes. Standard Vl.—Alfred Howie Standard V.—Jemima Cheyne 1 Standard IV—R. Muir 1, James Hair, James Read (special prizes). Girls ; Charlotte Collins 1, May Dickie 2 ■Standard lll.—John Hair 1, William Price 2, John Wicks (special prize). Girls: Mary Palmer 1 Standard ll.—Jas Taylor 1, Henry Storey, 2. Girls: Emma McMeckin 1, Annie Johnston 2, Anna Cleary 3 Standard I.—Win Muir 1, Thos Read 2, Herbert Collins 3, Wm McDonald 4, Nelson Hunter 5. Girls : Annie Elmslie 1, Harriet Bridge 2, Minnie McLean 3, Kate McDonald 4, Margaret Major 5, Lillie Boukcr 6, Maud Hunter 7, Elizabeth Marshall 8, : Mary Catanach 9, Isabella Hunter 10 School Prizes. Standard V—Jacob Price 1 Standard IV. —H McKenzie 1. Girls, Annie Thurston 1, Annie Walkers . Standard lII.—Wm Walkinton 1. Girls, Kate Cleary 1 -Standard II. —Chas Dickie 1. Girls, Rose Mason 1 Standard I.—Alfred Canes 1. Girls, Maud Hair 1 Below Standard I.—George Oleary 1, Samuel Johnston 2, David Lind 3, Wm Twigg 4, James Elmslie 6, Samuel McMeckiu 6,. Herbert Nicholls 7, Thos Dudley 8 ; girls—Lillie Mason 1, Annie McFarlane’2, May Dickie 3, Emily Stenth'worth 4, Harriet Collins 5, Annie Bowie 6, Jane Thurston 7, Margaret McDonald 8. Sewing : Mrs James Peat’s special prize for best needlework in the school, Jane McLean . Standard IV.—Eliza Dickie 1 Standard lll.—Ellen Allen 1 Standard ll—Annie Dyke 1, M Dempsey 2 Standard L—E Marshall 1, H Bridge 2 Writing, Standard IV.—Wm Hair 1 ; girls, Susan Dyke 1 Standard lII.—Wm Lind 1 ; girls, Mary Palmer ' Standard ll.—John Wall 1 ; girls, Bose Mason 1 Standard I.—Wm Williams 1 ; girls, Maud Hunter 1 Arithmetic. Standard IF.—R Muir 1, G Bridge 2. E Symes 3, M Dyke 1 Standard III —W Price 1, N Johnston 2. Girls : J M Muir 1 Standard lI.—A Walkinton 1, E Storey 2. Girls: A Johnston 1 Standard I.—W Muir 1. Girls: M Major 1. Drawing : George Hunter 1, A Collins 2. Attendance (Mrs D Hunter’s special prize) : Wm Bridge 1 Girls : Annie Davis 1 Exercise- Books—Standard IV and V (Mr , Bridge’s special prize) : William Hnir l. Girls; Jemima Cheyne 1 Standard 111 (Mrs John Hair’s special prizes): Charles Bridge, 1. Girls :J, .Elmslie, 1.