SPORT AT TAURANGA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 882, 28 January 1930, Page 14

SPORT AT TAURANGA

From Our Own Correspondent TAURANGA, Monday, Combined teams from Waihi and Waikino paid a week-end visit to the Tauranga South Club. The teams and results were as follow (visitors being mentioned first) : —Burbertson, McArd, Franklan and Lorrimer (s.), 42, v. Rendel, Olney, Roche, Baigent (s.), 15; Hawthorne, Mclnder. Dure. Pivace (s.), 30, v. Beale, Ward, Parlane, McGuiness (s.), 19; Taylor, Lewis, Stamp, McDermot (s.). 28, v. Lilycomb, Walker, Robbins and Clemson, 17; A. Clarke, Lunger. T. Clarke, Hind (s.), 22, v. Clarkson, Kerr, Thomson and Newsham (s.), 25: Pascoe, McCormick, Borthwrick and McGonnell (s.). 28, v. Peglar, Mearns, Murphy and White (s.), 22. The Rowing Club had a perfect day for its trial fours competition for the Smith Cup competition. Four crews competed and the event was won by G. Denniston, Rhodes, S. Hammond, G. Armstrong, Cox, Stewart.

LONDON LEADS

BEST EDUCATED PEOPLE WHAT EXAMINATIONS SHOW Londoners are the beat educated people in Great Britain. Scots, as a whole, are second best. The provinces, taken as a whole, come third. This (says the “Sunday Times,” London) is the classification by the Royal Society of Arts of the results in the examinations held annually in commercial subjects. Last year more than 100,000 candidates, ranging in age from 10 to 80 years, competed. “If one takes London, Scotland, and the provinces as three groups,” Mr. C. J. Menzies, the secretary of the society, stated, "one finds London has the greatest number of successful candidates in proportion to the total number of entrants. Scotland, however, comes a very good second. They are very thorough about these things across the Border. The provinces are some little way behind the other two. “That is not because the average level of intelligence is lower in the provinces, or in Scotland, than it is in London. Far from it. “If one compares such cities as Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bath with London, one finds very little difference. The secret is that Scotland and the provinces have their standard as a whole lowered by certain areas where the teaching is not as good as it is in others.” Presumably no examinations are held without some “howTers.” Two choice ones submitted to the society last year were: “R. L. Stevenson's most important work was the ‘Rocket.’ ” and “Sir Walter Scott tried to reach the North Pole, but died in the attempt.” The examinations have now reached such mammoth proportions that they are the largest in the world. This year there were 100,696 candidates, and the numbers are increasing by about 5,000 a year. The candidates themselves are mostly between 13 and 23 years old. The record for age is held by a candidate who gave his age as 80. He entered in the foreign languages section. “There are not many candidates of that age,” said Mr. Menzies. “Those who do enter in middle or late life have usually taken up foreign languages for some purpose, and wish to test themselves. So far as we are concerned, however, a centenarian could compete. Last year we had a number of blind candidates. There were seven In the shorthand test, and all passed.”