A POPULAR COMPETITION

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 215, 11 September 1929, Page 20

A POPULAR COMPETITION

MANY GOOD "TO BE CONTINUED" SENTENCES RECEIVED, I A FASCINATING PUZZLE FOR NEXT WEEK. I .: $.1 Dear Boys and Girls, — £ The "To be Continued" competition proved very popular, and ever since the day of announcement entries began to arrive, first in twos and Ij threes, then in dozens, and finally by the score, until the office was if inundated with them. The croc, collected a few competitions this week, one or two which j>) did not have any signature on the envelope, and a few which failed to I Lave the clippings attached. After having stated in my letter that the actual f' ! clippings must be sent in with the entry, one competitor sent in a ■ contribution marked "original"; needless to say the crocodile enjoyed that entry. ''~ . After a lot of sorting, the judges selected Dorothy Brooke's entry as '■ being the best one sent in, and Eileen Thomas' the next best. After more ; sorting and judging, the third, fourth and fifth prizes were awarded, then ! certificates were given to the other j, good entries. *f5% j The competition announced in *-*' s \^^^^^ to-day's competition, corner should I J^^SS***^^ please everybody, and much good \ work as well as many heavy entries 0^ is anticipated. ««tf^ OUR COMPETITION CORNER. The crocodile has been gardening! Digging a very big hole in the middle of Peter Pan's turnip patch, he buried a boy's name and a feather, and expected a jonquil to grow. He planted many other queer things) too, and a list of them appears elsewhere on this page. Can you guess the things the croc, expected to grow? Make a list ol : the fruits, the flowers, and the vegetables that you think he wanted to harvest, leaving blanks or i dashes for those you are unable to solve. In case there should be ties : each entry must be accompanied by a joke. i Prizes of 7/6, 5/, 4/, 3/ and 2/6. RESULTS OF COMPETITION FOR AUGUST 28. ■ In the "to 'be continued" competition Dorothy Brooke, 7, Old Lake Road, : Devonport, age 17, was awarded the first prize, Eileen Thomas, 19, Princes ! Street/Avondale, age 13, the second, and Lottie Bates, 4, Hayr.Road, Mount ; Eoskill, age 14, the third. The fourth and fifth prizes went to Thelma Bollard, 24, William Street, Mount Albert, age 14, and Alex. Lowndes, 60 College ! Hill. Ponsonby. Certificates as follows:— BLUE: C. Matthews, William Francis Jim Palmer, Freda Ward, Rene Parkinson. PINK: Marjorie Fullam Yvonne ! Brown, Euphemia Mac Arthur, Leslie Calder, Ellery Kerkin, Mary Sheehan : GREEN: Leslie Greendale, M. Douglas, Eileen Christiansen. YELLOW-' i Hilda Johnson, Phyllis Purdy, Allan Matthews, Enid Paris, Betty Bates Jack Iverkm, Jean West, Dorothy Jones, Jean Laking, Doris VVisneskv [ Phyllis Whitaker, Eva Kane, Jessie Lye. '

COMPETITION RULES. 3 '• can enter fop as many competitions as your age permits. v 2.—Every entry must be written In ink on one side of the paper only. § and leave a margin of one inch on the left-hand side. Cut out the S signature of Peter Pan and paste it on the envelope containing X your entry. Without this no entry will be considered. 9 & 3.—Use a separate sheet of paper, for every competition, and at the top S right-hand corner of every page write the number of the competition 5 and yoilr full name, age and address. H ™ X *'~~ L ?«? I mm enve J op C °2 M £I TIT, 2 NS ",n the boMom le«-hand corner, f and address to "Star" Office, Auckland, and post or deliver so as § • to reach the office not later than Wednesday morning. These rufes £ must be strictly observed. & it Iβ understood that Peter Pan's decision Is final, and he S cannot enter into any correspondence upon the matter. ft