-37-. the year, and was getting on well until ho suffered a serious accident while playing for the Under Nineteen side. Ife was tackled while scoring from the full-back position and, in the fall and scramble, burst a kidney. He spent over throe weeks in a nursing home, and,at fir8t,was hardly expected to recover. Vile are glad to hear that he returned to work before the end of the term, althougjh this was contrary to the Doctor's recommendation. He is not fully recovered yet however, and tidien the Head saw him leaving the mail boat in Durban,he was not looking very fit. His Rugger days are aver, but he will still be able to play cricket and tennis, and he is thinking of taking up golf. We extend him hearty wishes that at the end of the vacation he may be properly fit once more. T. Knottenbelt is at the Technical College at Ermelo.. He recently took part in some Inter-High-School Sports and ran the mile He kept the lead until the last three hundred yards. It was a fast race as the winner's time was 4 mins 59-1/5 sees. H. G. Hackland is on his father's farm near Ixopo. We extend our sympathy to him on the loss of his mother as a result of blood poisoning from the bite of an adder. V. G. Dicks is at the Technical College, Maritzburg, where he appears to be enjoying a course that includes carpentry, smithywork, and machinery. He is not so fond of the mathemtics ^howrever. He was seen taking part in a five-a-side soccer match at the Bergville Show in July, and he reported a magnificent mealie crop on his father's farm. A. V. BALCQMB is on his father's farm at Highflats, taking an accountancy course by correspondence. and is also L. KIRK, after a period on a farm at Zwartberg, is back at Matatiele, and is taking part in local rugger. A. M. FOSS has secured a post with Henwoods of Durban, and is reported to be getting on very well there. He has joined the Wanderers' Club, and has been playing regularly for them, though he has been rather unfortunate in being put to play in almost every position on the field, :
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