CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS COMPETITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 305, 24 December 1926, Page 9

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS COMPETITION.

THE JUDGES' DECISION FURTHER TEST ARRANGED. It i* unfortunate that we are not in a position to announce the final result* of the all New Zealand children's competition before Christmas. The competition was considered to be so hard that few, if any, children would reach the correct solution, but such was not the case, and fortyfour competitors correctly joined the various heads and bodies. Rather than award the prizes on a neatness and age basis, th* " Auckland Star" has decided to arrange a further series of 20 animals, which will be sent out to these forty-four children, and from them will come the winners. A copy of the new series will be posted out to each of the 44, and their lists are to be returned to this office by mid-day on Wednesday, January 5. The final test is considerably harder than the original puxzl*. The competition envelopes will not be opened until mid-day on Wednesday, January 5. The first prize winners in the various centre* (there are now three wireless sets) will be the competitor* with the correct, or nearest to correct, solution, and the other 'prizes will b* awarded in order of merit. It is regrettable that the award* will not be made until the New Year, but the fairest way of separating those who submitted correct results in the first instance appears to be a further test, and this cannot be completed under a fortnight. When the winners, are published the second collection of animals which the competitors had to assort -will be published for all the entrant* to try. It will not be necessary to send in solutions, as, after an interval of a week, the correct solutions will be given. The results of this final contest will be published in the " Auckland Star," " Wellington Post," and " Chrutchurch Star" on Thursday, January 6. The correct solution was:—

The following is the list of winners throughout New Zealand:— AUCKLAND. ALEFOUNDER, Leslie Frederick, Edendale. Terminus, Edendale, Auckland, age 15. BIGELOW, Selwyn, 11, Dunedin Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, age 10> CANNELL, Max. Rangataua. age 13. CHAPMAN, Joy, 69, St. Andrew , * Road, Epsom, Auckland, age 13. DAVENEY, Leo, Landsdowne Road, Bayswater, Auckland, age 9. DUNBAR, Betty, P. 0.. Leigh, age 6. GRANGE, Lyel, Whangarei. age 7. KELLY, Cassie, 7, West End Road, Heme Bay, age 14. MAIN, Alex., Motukauri Island, Whangaruru, age 14. MASEMAN, Joyce Evelyn, 2, Derby Street, Devonport, Auckland? age 10. MILLENER, Philip, Princes Street, Northcote, Auckland, age 10. MILLENER, Nancy, Princes Street, Northcote, Auckland, age 8. MILLINER, Maxwell, Princes Street, Northcote, Auckland, age 11. MILLENER, Laurie, Princes Street, Northcote, Auckland, age 12. McMIKEN, Thomas William, 23, Claude Road, Epsom, Auckland, age 15. NORRIE, Edith, 9, Deadwood Terrace, Ponsonby, age 14. NUTSFORD, Reg, 17, Cleveland Road, Parnell, Auckland, age 15. PATERSON, John, c/o Post Office, Rotorua, age 10. PATTERSON, Margaret, 34, Gladstone Road, Mt. Albert, age 12. POMEROY, Stan, Wesley Home, Mt. Albert, age 14. POMEROY, Charles, 5, Tennyson Street, Grey Lynn, age 17. RICKMAN, Percy James, 44, Franklin Road, Auckland, age 17. SHAW, Margaret, 30, Shelly Beach Road, Auckland, age 12. WHARTON, A., 54, Mozley Avenue, Devonport, Auckland, age 14. WiLLOTT, W., 23, Cotter Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, age 12. WOLLEY, Craydon, Matapouri, age 15. WELLINGTON. BROWN, Rosa, 73, Sydney Street, Petone, age 10. COLLINGS, Marjorie, 305, Muritai Road, Eastbeurne, age 13. DONNE, Jack, Weston Road, Lower Hutt, age 11. DONNE, Shirley, Western Hutt Road, Lower Hutt, age 13. HALL, Jim, 6, Puru Crescent, Lyall Bay, age 6. HOLLIS, Cissie, 59, Britannia Street, Petone, age 13. HOLLJS, Arthur Ernest. 59. Britannia Street. Petone, age 10. KEELING, Jocelyn, 23, Duthie Street, Karori, Wellington, age 13. LANNIE, Lawrence, Hendley Station, Patoka, Hawke's Bay, age 15. SMITH, Bert, 23. Governor Road, Northland, Wellington, age 16. CHRISTCHURCH. ANDERSON, William Mervyn, 71, Aikmans Road, Mervale, age 14. BELL, Edna. 109, Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch, age 8. BELL, Stanley, 109, Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch, age 8. BROWN, Alan, 12, Dyers Pass Road, Cashmere, age 13. HENSHAW, Henry Lucas, 99, Springs Road. Sockburn. Christchurch, age 16. HOLLAND, Mick, 114, North Parade, Shirley, Christchurch, age 10. THOMSON, William Fredrick, 14, Constance Street, Merivale, age 12. HOW TO ADDRESS YOUR ENVELOPE. All entries, whether from the North or the South Island, are to b* sent to: The Judges, Children's Christmas Competition, c/o Auckland " Star," Auckland, and are to be in their hands by Wednesday, January 5, 1927. * RADIO SET FOR AUCKLAND, It will be a welcome surprise to the boy and girl competitor* in the "Star's" Children's Christmas Competition to learn that Messrs. 'Tricity House, Ltd., Radio Dealers, Customs Street East, Auckland, have very generously donated a handsome five-valve "Neutrola" radio receiver, complete with all accessories. The " Neutrola "is a neutrodyne circuit receiver, and one which is recognised by experts to be highly selective, and in every way efficient. This set, which is valued at £50, has with it complete accessories, including large accumulator, batteries, loud-speaker, ear phones, aerial and earth wire, and insulators. Competitors may inspect this very handsome gift at the showrooms of the donors, 15, Customs Street East. The set originally advertised as the reward of the winner of the North Island will now be given to a Wellington boy or girl.

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