ST. SAVIOUR’S SUNDAY SCHOOL, TEMUKA.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2449, 10 January 1893, Page 2

ST. SAVIOUR’S SUNDAY SCHOOL, TEMUKA.

The annual distribution of prizes in connection with the above school took place on Sunday last in the schoolroom. There was the usual large attendance of children and a fair sprinkling of parents. After the opening service the superintendent, Mr Robt. Pinckney, invited the Rev. M. W. Butterfield to address the children.

The Rev. Mr Butterfield having apologised for the absence of the Rev. Mr Gillam, who was holding service at Rangitata, said that it gave him great pleasure to be present in the Sunday School that day. He himself had been a Sunday School teacher for years, and had, in fact, one of the largest classes in the diocese. He felt it a great privilege to be able to engage in such work, and he was sure that the children would also esteem it a privilege to have the benefit of the teaching of the school. By arrangement, Mr Gillam and himself would be able to devote two Sundays in the month to school work, and he hoped soon to be on good terms with teachers and scholars. He urged the children to be diligent and attentive in their studies, as by such conduct they would not only please their teachers but do their duty towards God. The prizes were then awarded as follow :

Standard Vl.—lst Division (Teacher, Miss Wethey)—Girls ; Harriet Ackroyd 1, Nellie Fenton 2. Boys: Harold Opie 1. 2nd Division—Girls : Annie Mcßratney 1. Written Examination presented by Miss Wethey, Harriet Ackroyd. The Rev. Mr Gillam reported “ that Harriet Ackroyd’s papers in the written examination were all excellent, and that he regrets she did not have the opportunity of competing in the diocesan examination. Had she done so he feels assured that she would have taken a high position.” 2nd prize, presented by Rev. W. E. Gillam, Lottie Gaze. Standard V. (Teacher, Mr Gaze) — Girls: Ada Beeby 1, Edith Oliver 2, Mabel Ackroyd 3. Boys—lst Division : Frank King 1, Leonard Hobbs 2, Arnold Mann 3 (Mr Gaze’s special prize). 2nd Division; George Claridge 1, Ernest Boulter 2.

Standard IV, Girls : Ist Division (Teacher, Mr Powlesland) —Nellie Beeby 1, and special presented by Miss Lottie Pilbrow, Eliza Boulter 2, Maud Jackson 3. 2nd Division (Teacher, Mrs Gaze) — Lena Gaze 1, Lottie Neville 2. Boys : Ist Division (Teacher, Miss A. Erwood) — Joseph Davey 1, George Nicholas 2. 2nd Division (Teacher, Miss Ellen Pilbrow) —Arthur Claridge 1, John Beeby 2, Lewis Mann 3.

Standard lll.—Girls (Teacher, Mr A. Boulter) ; Mary Mehrtens 1, Lizzie Surridge 2. Boys (Teacher, Mr T. Wills) : Eugene Mann 1, Charles Neville 2.

Standard 11. Girls : Ist Division (Teacher, Miss E. Henderson) Anna Jackson 1, Hetta King 2, Rosie Coira 3. 2nd Division (Teacher, Miss A. Timpson) —Mabel Radford 1, Ellen Goodeve 2, Maggie Edgar 3. Boys (Teacher, Mr 0. Opie) : Alfred Goodeve 1, Harry Lee 2, John Lee 3.

Standard I.—Girls (Teacher, Miss E. Lee) ; Lily Lee 1, Maud Radford 2, Annie Ardell 3, Bertha Lee 4. Boys (Teacher, Miss Eliza Pilbrow) : Charles Boulter 1, Albert Claridge 2, John .Neville 3, Harry Nicholas 4, Arthur Lee 5, William Hobbs 6, Henry Boulter 7, Arthur Surridge 8. A large number of children received attendance and good conduct cards, and the school was closed in the usual way.