Earl Roberts' Shooting Trophy.

One of the youngest colleges in New Zealand is St. Patrick's at Silverstream, near Wellington. This handsome structure, with its “model” golf course in the foreground, is a picturesque sight from the train or rail car on the Wairarapa line and is destined to make history for New Zealand.

Within a short time of its opening and absorption of a large section of boarders from St. Patrick's College, Wellington, it began to make a name for itself on the field of sport and for two seasons held the McEvedy Shield for the most points scored at the Wellington Secondary Schools Athletic Championship Meeting.

But greater than all or any of its sporting achievements is the honour that has recently been won by pupils of the college. “The Third Battalion, C. Company, Wellington Silverstream (St. Patrick's) College won the Earl Roberts Imperial Cadet Rifle Shooting trophy with a score of 304. Harrow were second with 288, Sydney Grammar School third with 287, Nelson and West Coast Regiment fourth with 283, Melbourne Grammar School eighth with 242, North Auckland ninth with 216.”

The paragraph quoted above appeared in the New Zealand Press on December 14 and chronicles the highest honour New Zealand Secondary School pupils may win in Inter-Empire rifle shooting.