from PAPER PAST

OHINEMURI GAZETTE
11 December 1903


PAEROA SCHOOL CONCERT

... after the concert Mr Hugh POLAND, the County Chairman, presented the prizes. Before presenting the prizes Mr Poland congratulated the headmaster on the excellent percentage of passes that had been obtained at the recent examination, and said he was pleased to think that there were 90 prizes obtained for good attendance, Two years ago there was only one; that increased to 30 last year and there were no less that 90 good attendance certificates given this year. To ensure good passes, regular attendance at school was essential and prents shoulc assist the teachers by not allowing thr children to lose an hours schooling

The winners of the first-clas certificates and prizes are:

Lottie ADOLH
William ADOLPH

Lyndon BRENAN

Ethel CASLEY

Mary DEAN
Marjorie DEAN

Ray DELANY

Parry EDWARDS
Wynn EDWARDS

Elsie FARROW
Ethel FARROW
Dolly FARROW
Willie FARROW

Maggie FITCH

Thomas FORREST

Ernie GAMBLING
- Ernest Walter Gambling
- Private 12/3020 KILLED in ACTION Somme France 3 July 1918

Colin HAMILTON
Willie HAMILTON

Reggie MEDHURST

Doris METTAM

Doris McWATTERS
Gladys Doreen McWATTERS
- married Ernest Brock HILLAM in 1922

Ethel MOORE
William MOORE

Mary OGDEN

Ethel PITKETHLEY

Edward SHAW
Edmond SHAW
Gerald SHAW
Harold SHAW

May SHERSON

Norman SIMM

Honi TAUKIRI

Esme TIERNEY

David VINCENT
Eunice VINCENT

Norma VULGAR
Winnie VUGLAR

Neil WIGMORE

May WYCLIFFE


The second-class attendance certificates and przes are awarded to:

Mavis ADLAM

Leah ADOLPH

Lina BODEN

Irene BRENAN

Ivan ELLIS

Lizzie EVANS

Stewart CASLEY
Wilfred CASLEY

Wallace CHAMBERLAIN

Roy ELLIS

Norman EVANS
Ruby EVANS

Jessie FITCH

Alfred GAMBLING
- Alfred Ashley Gambling
- Private 389 DIED of WOUNDS Gallipoli 10 June 1915 (AIF)
Harry GAMBLING

Werter GENTIL

Willie GOLDSWORTHY

Willie GRANT

Herbert HAMPTON

Ivan KENNEDY

John LEATHEM

Annette LYES

Gertie MacAULEY
Ivan MacAULEY

Gladys McLAREN
Mary McLAREN

Violet METTAM

Ivy MILLER

Ernest MOORE
Ivy MOORE

Doris MORRIS
Florrie MORRIS
Hazel MORRIS

Mary PALTRIDGE

Owen PEARCE

Georgia PITKETHLEY

Eric PORRITT

Nellie REID

Olive SANDERSON

Martha SHELLACK

Elsie THORP
Eunice THORP
Liela THORP

Annie TURNER

Sadie VINCENT

Fred WHITMORE

Tiny WYCLIFFE