ScmiJoTea. iTERNOR-CENERAL'S VISIT; An outstanding svsnt in ths third tsnn was ths visit to tho ige-f of the Goirernor-General, His Excellency the Earl of iiarendon,together with Her Excellency the Countess of Clarendon ^hile the rest of ihe party consisted of Lord and Lady Hyde, the ffioiiourable Miss Russell and Lord Charles Beresford as aide-de -camp. They were received at the Library steps by the He'admaster Band Ifrs.Matterson, assisted by Mr. and Ifrs. G. M. Oram, and were 'then- conducted to the" front lawn where the Head made a brief speech of welcome, in the presence of the School and visitors, from the neighbourhood. His Excellency concluded an interesting ^reply with the fequest that theSchoolbe given a specialholiday, a '^oyal command' that was received with enthusiastic cheers. * Tea was then served on the lawn,and the distinguished vis4^ tors were afterwards shown- over the School, in whose hist^ they displayed a keen interest. - ' ®trange guests at this morning tea-party have yet to be ^feoned, namely, a pair of black mambaa who obligingly, turned yjtf at the Tea Factory earlier in the day, and, after execution, allowed themselves to be laid out in front of their Excellencies tea-table for inspection. Each reptile was over six feet long. Two days af-terwards, on Sunday, further connection he-tween, the College and local fauna was established when bees in a par ticularly vicious mood interrupted the morning service in the Chapel. It was only after several bojs had been stung, and the pulput seemed to be rapidly becoming an increasing.Source of at traction, that Mr.Orchard decided discretion was the better ^art of valour, and, just before the Offertory, adjourned the service , to the College Hall.
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