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some cases a wasteful supply of paper being resorted to apparently a small item, but where there were many bairns considerably adding to the cost of living.
Memory recalls many other changes and contrasts. As an evidence of how things change, once upon a time the boys lined up for plain drill as a preliminary to volunteering. This in time gave place to School Cadet Corps, while immediately outside of school days the Territorial system calls up the youth. Old-time gymnastics were carried out under the supervision of Mr. J. C. Smith in the old school-room. In the evenings when we marched together singing "Where are the Boys of the Old Brigade?" These have now given place to Swedish drill, which is participated in by both boys and girls, and proves more conducive to an all-round physical development. Early schooldays provided but sparse playgrounds, and not of a very high order; but the settlement was not so close then, consequently the boys and girls found ample space for their sports in such places as the, Town Belt, at City Road Corner, near the spot where Skey's Observatory stood for many years. Here in a big pond among the flaxes we sailed our "home-made" boats. Findlay's paddocks through which the Kaikorai car now runs
