N.T.Caseley(36)is Nautical Lecturer on the"General Botha",Cape Town. He recently addressed 1,000 Sunday School childreon the subject of Flags. D. Clark (21-27) had a serious motor accident just before Christmas, but escapemdore lightly than might have been expected. He was relieved to find that his heart, which has been a source ofanxiety for some years,stood the strain without any harm done. He continues to serve on the Zululand Mission Com mittee. P.C. Coleman(53-58) has moved from Durban to Cape Town to take up a position as Assistant Productions Planning Officer at the S.A. Nylon Spinning plant at Bellville. This factory, backed by I.C.I., was recently opened. Coleman is hoping to play rugby with the Hamilton club. J. A.Clarkson(40-43) has moved from Clifton School,East London,where he taught for nine years, latterly as Acting Vice-Principal, to Selborne College, wherehe is Senior Commercial master (after taking Latin and Greek for his Matric at Kearsney!). He has also had a Bookkeeping Textbook for Standard Six published, and has been appointed to revise a J.C. Bookkeeping Textbook. J.G.A.Coutts(31-35)comments on the swift passing oftime as he balances a grown-up family against the memories of not-far-distant Kearsney days! He is now Senior Auditor in his department(Controller and Auditor General), holding the office of Principal Administrative Officer. This means that there are few ranks now above him,but he is concerned at the shortage ofEnglish-speaking staff in the lower ranks.The minister of his local church is Rev.K.Eddy(49-53), whose books he audits. J. H. Coombe (41-47), who took his C.A. in 1962, has for six years been Secretary for the Non-Ferrous Metal Works Group in S.A., with head offices at Jacobs, Durban. He continues actively with cricket, being captain and secre tary of the Greyville Alliance Team,and is extremely anxious for boys leaving Kearsney to contact him(phone 835109)aboutjoining up with Durban cricket, where new cricketers are always very welcome. R. M. Cole (51-52) left the department of conservation and extension in Rhodesia in 1961. He then had a 3-years' contract with the Department of Agriculture in Swaziland. His main work was to try to teach the Swazis the need of soil conservation, the habit of good farming practices, and the use of ferti lisers. He was also in charge of a small sub-station for the research into crops suitablefor dry bushveld areas.Hehas nowjoined MhlumeSugar Co.,Swaziland, as a section manager and is very happy in the work. O.K. Clarkson (44-47) is a well-established Rhodesian, having been with the Salisbury Branch of the Standard Bank since 1954. He continues with his cricket, and his main hobby is now bee-keeping, wherehe has 40 hives and no shortage of customers. He writes,"It is only when you start working that you realise how much school meant to you. We have good schools here butsomehow they all seem a bit 'hollow' by comparison with Kearsney. Natal is lucky to have you at Botha's Hill." P.C. Cattell(61-64)is training at the S.A.Police College,Pretoria. As85% of the 1,800 student policemen are Afrikaans-speaking, this is a great aid to bilingualism. R.J. Crawford (28-33) has joined the Kearsney Staff, and as Vice-Principal is showing the drive and efficiency born of many years as Headmaster of the Llewellin High School, Ndola,Zambia. A. C. Cantrell (55-60) had a chorus part in the South African premiere of Ivor Novello's "Valley of Music",staged by the Pietermaritzburg Philharmonic Society. A. N. Chalmers(56-59) is now working at the Corner House Laboratories in Emmarentia, Johannesburg. He is developing an optical instrument which can be used for surveying underground in mines. He was recently awarded the 45
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