Readers may remember the Great Debate held in our Centenary Year.

Three schoolboys took on three Supreme Court judges to debate the merits (or otherwise) of lowering the voting age to 16.

The debate was fierce and very entertaining. The look on Justice Estcourt’s face was priceless when he realised that they were up against serious competition. He and his fellow judges were clearly not used to being argued with, especially not by a schoolboy in shorts.

The fact that the school team had done their homework diligently and learned their debating skills, made it worse for ‘their worships’.

A well deserved win for the school team has maintained the proud reputation of NTHS Debating Team.

Leigh Sealy SC, Justices Robert Pearce, Stephen Estcourt and David Porter v School Team 2019

Support for Annual Debate!

We are very happy to report that Blissenden Lawyers, (north of Creek Road) have agreed to support the Annual Debate.

“Being able to formulate your ideas and express them convincingly, is a great skill”, said Rob Blissenden. “We are happy to support the Annual Debate and look forward to the next event”.

We will announce the date for the next Annual Debate in 2021.

BLISSENDEN LAWYERS

Contact Blissenden Lawyers on (03) 6272 7766 or by clicking here.

A Hobart law firm assisting clients across Tasmania, Blissenden Lawyers is the largest law firm in the northern suburbs, located north of Creek Road in the heart of Moonah.

Providing legal advice and services for your legal requirements, the team headed by Robert Blissenden has been delivering successful legal outcomes for their clients in the northern suburbs for over 30 years.

If you are considering making or updating your will – let Blissenden Lawyers help you.

Open weekdays from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

Suggestions and Getting Involved

Do you have a suggestion for the topic for the next debate? Click this link. If you are a debater and would like to be involved, please let us know.

Myths and Legends

A Confession

My first contact with the school was in 1942 when the Junior Technical School was in Bathurst Street and I was a student studying Chemistry at University. Our laboratory was on the second floor immediately above the broad driveway on which the school assemblies were held. The boys were tightly packed into the limited space available and we looked down upon them, as it were, from a great height. We used to sprinkle them with a fine spray of water blown from apparatus called wash bottles. They would look up at us in frustrated desperation. They could do nothing about it. They were too crowded to be able to move aside and, under the discipline of the school, unable to create a disturbance. They were sitting ducks. The university students very unfairly took advantage of the situation. But if looks could kill, we would have been consigned to everlasting perdition.

Twenty-four years later I re-appeared on the scene as Headmaster. It is remarkable how greatly perspectives can change in twenty-four years.

Des Mahoney

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