PIECES PUZZLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 224, 21 September 1932, Page 14

PIECES PUZZLE.

SOME EXCEPTIONAL WORK RECEIVED. ENTRIES DRAW SPECIAL PRAISE FROM JUDGES. , "T Dear Boys and Girls, — Conducted in the Budget a fortnight ago, the "piece*" puzzle was a most decided success. The standard of work was so very high that it drew special comment from the judges and all those who the entries. All manner of pictures were made with the aid of the lines, circles and triangles given, kompetitors showing distinct originality. Subjects ranged from a little farm house, with cart before it and a bright sun shining overhead, to such simple things as a cat seated upon a fence. It was difficult to select the prize winners from such a mass of good entries—so hard, indeed, that an additional prize of 2/6 was added to the cash awards. Esme Quick's picture of an inebriated man leaning against a lamp post was awarded the first prize, with Cathleen Fletcher's entry running a close second. Her scene showed a clown dancing to the music of £i gramophone. Wilfred Brainsbury portrayed a man riding a "penny farthing" bicycle, with a dog following close behind him. A front view of an express was the picture that earned for Fureaux Martyn the fourth award. Ths extra half-crown prize went to Enid Paris, whose pieces were fitted together to make an ostrich. A number of entries that were almost worthy of cash awards were oach given special prizes of two blue certificates, being equal to eight points reward for the one effort. Elsewhere on this page appears the beginning of an exciting smuggling story. Unfortunately the author left off just in the most exciting part and we discover the hero to be in a most unfortunate predicament. It has been left to Budgetites to rescue him, and I do not doubt that they will accomplish this in some very easy manner. I feel sure that this will prove an interesting — competition. See full particulars in the I m \ announcement which appears else- //» * where on this page, then set to work / at once to describe how Tommy Dare

bested the smugglers.