RED CROSS MART.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1915, Page 5

RED CROSS MART.

fiVEK £4OO TAKEN TO DATE. The total amount received by tliQ Red Cross Mart since its establishment in New Plymouth is £4lO. About £2OO of this has been lianded to the Mayor, and the question of what will be iono with the balance and future amounts received will be discussed at the meet, ing in connection with- thg Red Orosa work, which will be held to-morrow. The total collected through the nci tivities of the Mart on Saturday was £2B. Of this sum £6 12s represents tha Iday's takings ut Voung and Logic's marble bar, the firm having generously given the money to the mart. Three young girls, Misses' Mouat and Angus ('2), sold sweets and flowers in the town and collected £a lStf. The. takings ut the Mart brought the toljJ up to £2B.

BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL

THE ANNUAL DINNER. Anyone who has attended a function} in connection with the New Plymouth Boys' High School cannot have lattes to notice the esprit de corps that per* vades the lads, and the cordial relation* ship that exists between them and ttM musters—almost a comradeship, thill must have a splendid influence on tkfe future of the boys. The lads are proudj l of the school anil its various assocfa tions, and it will not be long before the traditions of tho institution will rank with the foremost. On Saturday 41n annual dinner was given to tlie board* ers, the first fifteen (football), the firfi eleven (cricket), shooting teams, sports champions. Over a hundred all the masters and several visitors, est down to an excellent dinner, which waq tilstefully spread in the large gym* n»slum.

A lengthy toast list, interspaced vith musical items, followed. Mx, W« F. Moves (headmaster) presided. Soioo ftho speeches were made by masters and ljfiys, the former talking very little "g&op," whilst many of the boys showed a nice turn of speech and a keen senao of humor. The popularity of the master was evinced by the bursts of applause that greeted ' th« 4 The lilt) was as follows:—"Thci King"; "First lifteen," responded to by Bruce (cap 4 tain); "First Eleven/' responded to hyj Monteath; "The Masters," proposed by; Terry, who expressed appreciation of the enthusiasm and zeal shown by the ma»ters, both from a scholastic and sport* jrig point of view. Mr. Moyes, the prin« cipal, also thanked the masters for tha work done during the year. All the masters bad, however, put their shoul* dcrs to the wheel, and admirably conducted' the various institutions. SfeMr* Rockcl, A. R. Ryder, Bottrill, Seattle, Diprose, MeKinney, Button, and Renaud alsp responded, and referred to the cordial relationship that existed. "School Institutions," proposed by Mr. Murray and responded to by Mr. Rockell, editor of the magazine, who appealed to both present and old 'boys to assist in making the magazine a record of all school doings. Candy (Camera Club) also responded. "Sports Champions," responded to by Bruce (sports), McMurray (swimming), and Wyborn (boxing); "Old Boys," proposed by Mr. Moyes and responded to by .Messrs Clark and L. C. Richards; "Shooting Team," responded to by Lucena; "Boys leaving," responded to by Alexander and Winfleld; "Board of Governors," responded to by Mr. Moyes; "The Ladies," responded to ,by Mr. Dockrill; ."The Press," responded to by representatives of the Daily, News anil Herald; and "The Chairman,' l The musical items were:—Selection by orchestra, Roberts (pjauo), Way, Movorley, Bottomley (violins), and Rockell ('cello); songs, Messrs Rockel, Renaud, and Hulton (2.). Mr. Renaud played the accompaniments. During the evening Mr. Ilutton announced that he would give a medal, tai the boy making the highest score as, cricket this season.