Thankful for deliverance, we staggered down the gangway at Lyttelton under banners bearing signs such as "'Ale 'Itler!" Meanwhile the wharf was enlivened by 30 or more "Nazis" in the Canterbury colours, and we heard C.U.C.'s new haka for the first time—a most successful welcome, although somewhat upsetting to those members of the F.S.U. who had travelled down with us—at the other end of the ship. At Christ church we received an even more boisterous welcome, and were soon dispatched to our kind hosts and hostesses. All teams met in the noble College Hall for the welcome in the afternoon. The presence of Mr. A. E. Flower, who took part in the first Tournament 32 years ago, pointed the contrast between the venerable appearance of the buildings and the youth of New Zealand and its University.

The following morning was taken up with preliminaries in boxing, tennis, and swimming.

Five Boxing Finals.

The boxing team did very well to have five finalists. O.U., A.U.C. and C.U.C. having three each. Some of the decisions were close, but we felt confident that we would regain the Boxing Shield from O.U. Max Willis and Angus Russell, although defeated, were by no means disgraced.

At tennis, our men came through well in their events, but the girls were not so fortunate. However, they went down gamely before more seasoned opponents, and this year's experience should be invaluable.

Otago Swamped.

The rowing was held in perfect weather; the race started from Governor's Bay and finished off Corsair Bay. It quickly resolved itself into a procession, as A.U.C., after losing ground from a bad start, quickly gained the lead, and, rowing perfectly, paddled home by a wide margin from C.U.C., who were almost swamped by a misguided launch. O.U. were still less fortunate, and were swamped half-way, but, as one member remarked, that was only the 5th time he had been swamped in an eight. Better luck next time, Otago! We congratulate A.U.C. on winning their first boat race since the series commenced eight years ago.

We congratulate O.U. on their retaining the Boxing Shield after an exciting evening's boxing—the fate of the Shield turning on the result of the Heavyweight bout. O.U. won three bouts, A.U.C. and C.U.C. two each, V.U.C. none. We were disappointed, but have no reason to feel disgraced. Armour, Kent and Meek boxed exceptionally well. Murray seemed somewhat tired after a strenuous bout in the morning, and M. O'Connor's gameness will long be remembered in his fight against C. Steele, of A.U.C., who is to be congratulated on again winning the Scientific Medal. However, we had not gained a Tournament point, and all Doug. Burns could say in reply to Charlie Plank's anxious ring from Wellington was: "Nothing to report. Patient doing as well as can be expected."

On Sunday we learned that O.U. had won the Haslam Shooting Shield and all four practices. The drive was a most enjoyable affair over Cashmere Hills, past Governor's Bay (C.U.C. rowers broke all records over this part of the journey), over the Port Hills to Sumner and afternoon tea in the Town Hall, liberally adorned with "Smoking Prohibited" signs somewhat obscured by the prevailing clouds of smoke. The S.C.M. Tea and Church Service was well attended and rounded off another warm and pleasant day.

Seven Athletic Records.

Monday was another beautiful day. Records commenced to fall thick and fast at the Athletics, no less than 7 being broken. First, A. T. Anderson (C.U.C.) reduced his own record in the 440 hurdles to 56 2-5th.; then H. M. S. Dawson broke C. E. Low's 1925 record in the Shot Put by 1ft. 5in; then D. F. Anderson reduced Harley's 1930 record by 12-5th sees, in the Half-mile; then P. R. Hackett (A.U.C.) broke Sceates' 1927 record in the High Jump by ¼in, failing at 6ft. 2¼in. by a fraction. E. R. Hounsell (C.U.C.) then raised the Javelin Record by over 3ft. to 155ft. 11in., and all these efforts were eclipsed when A. P. Thomson shattered the late Athol Hudson's 1914 record of 15min. 24sec. by 11 2-5th seconds, after being pressed most of the long journey by R. C. Morpeth (V.U.C.), who ran the distance in 15min 20sec., and also broke the record. The Relay, always an exciting event, completed the Record Steward's busy day, when Canterbury won by 20 yards from V.U.C., despite a gallant attempt by F. H. Stephenson, in the record time of 3min. 43 3-5sec. Other outstanding performances were those of A. W. Piese (O.U.), who, by sheer will-power, came from a seemingly hopeless position to dead-heat with S. G. Eade in the Mile Walk, and of G. M. Tiffen. who secured second place for C.U.C. in the three Jumps and the Hammer Throw. The unluckiest performer was J. E. D. Kerr, who was most consistent in the Long Jump, and was beaten out of a second place by a bare ¼in after giving a much-improved display in jumping 21ft. ¼in. The page 7 Athletic team is not down-hearted, even although they did get the wooden spoon. The team was placed in 10 out of the 16 events, with 1 dead—heat for first, 5 seconds, and 4 thirds-which is encouraging for next year. C.U.C. won the Athletic Shield by a wide margin for the 5th successive time. We congratulate a splendid team on a feat unparalleled in Tournament history. Points for the Athletic Shield were: C.U.C. 24, A.U.C. 10, O.U. 7 ½, and V.U.C. 5 ½.

Close Basketball.

Basketball, although not up to last year's standard was as exciting as usual. O.U. defeated V.U.C., 12-8, after a ragged game, in which neither team played up to form. Our players improved, to win a close game against C.U.C. by 9-7. After a very close game, A.U.C. won the Basket Shield by defeating V.U.C., 9-7.

The Swimming.

The swimming was as noisy as usual in the evening. D. H. Symes (O.U.) won the three free style events in hollow fashion, equalling his own record in the 100yds. and breaking Lindsay's record in the 220yds. Misses M. Gillies and J. Thomson, of Auckland, and Miss A. Morris, of C.U.C., shared the women's events, and the Relay was won by A.U.C. after a thrilling race. C. I. W. Archibald was the only V.U.C. swimmer to secure a place, being 3rd. in the 220.yds. Breaststroke. Mason did very well, in view of the high standard shown, and should do better next year. The diving troupe's exhibition was most amusing, but the honours went to the C.U.C. lad who dived in fully clad from high in the gallery, and landed with anything but a sickening thud. We cannot commend the other allegedly humorous idea of pushing a man into the water from a girder in the roof.

Tennis Finals.

Our men were eliminated in the semi-finals of the men's singles on Tuesday, and our two pairs in the mixed doubles suffered a like fate. Enid Cook and Page did very well indeed considering their youth and lack of Tournament experience against Miss Sherris and Barrer, the respective singles champions, who were easily the strongest pair in this event. C.U.C. retained the Tennis Cup, with 18 points, A.U.C. being runners-up with 8, V.U.C third with 6, O.U. scoring 3 points.

A most enjoyable Tournament, favoured throughout with glorious weather, concluded with the Tournament Ball on Tuesday night. The orchestra was marvellous, the claret cup incredible, especially the second variety, the partners superb. It is no wonder that the Ball was continued all over Christchurch till a very late hour.

We were boisterously farewelled, and arrived back-not a whit down-hearted, to be greeted in succession by ironical cheers, demands for production of our cutlery, and the white flag of surrender half-mast in the Gym.

A.U.C. were reluctantly farewelled, and so Tournament ended, with C.U.C. winners of the Tournament Shield by a wide margin, and V.U.C. winners of the Wooden Spoon by an even wider margin from O.U.

To our hosts at C.U.C. we can only record our grateful thanks. Our billetters combined with the lads and lassies to give us a wonderful time. Many a V.U.C. will weep homesick tears into his pillow when he sighs for those joyous days spent in Rolleston House or the Clarendon, or anywhere else you know of even better than I. Thanks, C.U.C.!