ODT editorial on the jubilee

Allan, with Mrs R.S. Allan, Mrs Gillies, Miss M. Cairns, Miss Glasgow and Miss Mollison led the way through the gates and proceeded towards Stuart street, followed by the expupils, with about 100 of the present girls making their way along the footpath on the western side till the church was reached. The service was conducted by the Rev. Tulloch Yuille.

Mr Alexander Wilson, the wellremembered former rector of the school has drawn attention to the very interesting circumstance, which to many may be rather illuminating, of the proud position which the Otago Girls’ High School is really entitled to take, on the score of seniority, among secondary educational institutions for women throughout the Empire. Mr Wilson has pointed out that it was not only the first school of its kind established for the higher education of girls in New Zealand, but it was one of the earliest to be established in the

British Empire. We are reminded also that the school was the first in New Zealand to furnish women for the learned professions, including medicine. This must focus attention in passing upon the influence which the school has had upon the community through its important contribution to the ranks of New Zealand women who have earned distinction in careers of a professional kind.

dropped off one by one, and the vessel was hurled on the rocks and soon went to pieces. Portions of a deck cabin were carried to Petone, where they were washed ashore, a dead body of one of the crew being found among the wreckage. A search was made for the bodies of the crew of five and the ship’s boy, but no trace of any of them could be found, with the exception of that of the engineer, Mr Weekes, and no hope is entertained of any having been saved.