The annual sports meeting of the Otago Boys’ High School was held on the Carisbrook Ground yesterday afternoon, and, as is usual at such gatherings, much enthusiasm was shown by both competitors and spectators, the latter including several hundred pupils from the Girls’ High School. Dr Stanley Batchelor acted as referee and Mr J. P. Northey as starter, and they were assisted by a capable committee. An enjoyable afternoon tea was set out in the pavilion by a committee of ladies. In the Junior Cup 440 yards race V.H. Trochon lowered the school record of 61sec by doing the distance in 60sec. In the Senior Cup 220 yards race C.H. Duff equalled the previous record time of 24sec, and he also equalled the school record time of 10sec in the Senior Cup 100 yards event. Duff and J.W. McArthur tied for the Senior Cup with 20 points each, and the Junior Cup was won by V.H. Trochon.
Further collapse at port
Auckland: At low water at 1 o’clock yesterday morning the debris of the wrecked wharf took a further plunge. All that can now be seen on what was yesterday 225 feet of solid wharf topped off by a solid decking of a foot of reinforced concrete, on which ran a double railway line, are the tops of two poles carrying the electric light wires, and a few fender piles at the extreme end of the wharf. The Harbour Board, at a special meeting, decided to appoint two outside engineers to investigate the cause of the collapse of the western wharf.
Uni rediscovers petition
Mr H. Chapman, registrar of the Otago University, recently came across a document which, by reason of its age and of the signatures which it bears, is of more than passing interest. From internal evidence it appears to have been written about 1879 or 1880, though there is no date upon it. It is in the form of a petition from “members and students of the University of Otago’’ to the University Council pointing out that proper physical exercises are very necessary for the development of students and that the opportunities for exercise enjoyed by the students were very few. The petitioners asked that in the buildings then about to be erected suitable provision be made either in a cellar or a room for simple gymnastic apparatus, and that opportunities for outdoor recreation be provided by tennis and fives courts. The list of 64 signatures must have included almost all the students enrolled at that time. Among the familiar names on the list that easily catch the eye are those of D.M. Stuart, A.R. Barclay, W.D. Milne, S. Solomon, J. Fitzgerald, J.J. Findlay, D. White, J.R. Don, J.M.E. Garrow, W.A. Chapple, Walter Hislop, Phineas Levi, T.K. Sidey, Robert McNab, L.E. Barnett, William A. Stout, R. Gilkison, W.A. Sim, J.A. Asher, J.G. Moodie, and W. Scorgie.
Jettisoned
Two stowaways were discovered on board the Norwegian cargo steamer Niels Nielsen just as the vessel was leaving her berth at the Victoria wharf yesterday afternoon for Sydney. The usual search was made of the crew's quarters by the officers, and the two young men who were anxious to secure a free passage to Australia were located after the lines had been cast off. Two very crestfallen men were hastened down the ship’s side by way of the Jacob’s ladder to the wharf, and lost no time in taking their departure from the waterfront.
— ODT, 30.10.1924 (Compiled by Peter Dowden)