THE EXHIBITION.

Auckland Star, Issue 291, 9 December 1925, Page 6

THE EXHIBITION.

WOMEN'S COURT AWARDS. SEVERAL AUCKLAND WINNEB^. (By .Telegraph.—Press Asfoelatloß.) '; '" DUNEDIN, this day..;. '. Another section of the special com- '*'■ petitions organised in the women's court" '■ of the Exhibition has been judged, and;.' the results are ihade available as fol- . low:— v ' . "■' ' "•. , .'.l Dressed doll in wool, Mrs. C.'A, ' . Schmidt (Timaru), 1; Mrs. G. LawwS ~ (New Plymouth), 2; Constance Cofser (Linwood, Christchurch), highly com* mended. Doll in character: Mrs. S. I* Hirst (Auckland)," 1; Mrs. J Marring (Oamaru), 2.' Most original doll: Mr* H. T. Kinmont (Roslyn), 1; Mrs. A.% Glynn (Oamaru), 2; Miss Violet Fy* | more (Dunedin). highly commended. Handmade doll in cotton, rag, Of., wool: Violet Fynmore (Dunedin), 1; , Mrs. J. T. Middle.brook (Mt. Albert, .-. Auckland), 2; Miss E. Down wood (Auck'' : land), highly commended. Stuffed toye: • Mrs. E. Sleigh (Maori Hill), 1; »"»,;.. Rose Jackson (Rona Bay, Wellington), . 2. Mrs. E. B. Millar, aged 80 years, of Eventide Home, Auckland, won first prize in a competition for stuffed animals, and Mrs. A. W. Hazelwood, oi Sti Clair, was awarded a special prize for a beautifully worked telephone doUv FINE CHORAL SINGING* J (By 2 elegraph.—Press Association.) . DUNEDIN, this day ri ■ "It could have run for a month," w«J r the judgment of an experienced D cnitic on last night's performance - Festival Hall at the exhibition, o Handel's Mes s iah. The Dunedin Choral Society and Male Choir, with from the Exhibition Choir, «»»»■* strength for the event under the baton oi Dr. V. E. Galway, and the solo parj£ were taken by * specially engage* exhibition singers, Madame Win*" __ Praaer, soprano, Madame Irene tontralto, Mr. Arthur Jordan, teno_% ana At. Harrison Cook, bass. Mr. Jo'dan was in magnificent form, and sur PWj*-" ' faia previous performances, and - singing, in the opinion of the critic, w« the best ever heard in Dunedin.. i^..;stage in the Festival Hall wall nowJβ cleared for the Diggers Costume ComedyCompany, who start a four weeks seiww on Saturday. V -t. | Yesterday, the exhibition sorted n» - fourth week, with an attendance m 13,959. The attendance for the first three weeks was 312,738, which, it is claimeq, sets a new record in exhibition history in New Zealand. . \ ■:. To-day beautiful weather prey Jils, ano this augurs well for the success of Wβ display of physical drill on Mβ exhibition sports ground, in which 30W children from the primary schools o» the city are taking part.