"B'S" IN THE PANTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 114, 17 May 1933, Page 18

"B'S" IN THE PANTRY.

CURIOUS AND VARIED ASSORTMENT. GOOD WORK AND HEAVY ENTRIES. Dear Boys and Girls,— Heavy entries were received for the "B's" in the pantry competition, and although I fancy that most searched the dictionary instead of the pantry for possible words to include, the results were very satisfactory. Few rules were broken this week, and, were it not for a few who did not attach Peter Pan's signature to the envelope, and one or two who failed to write the total number of words they discovered, we would have had a clean sheet. In these times of economic depression it is astonishing the number of good things that some have in their pantries. Some entrants would have us believe that barbacue (a hog or other animal roasted whole) is quite the usual thing to find in a present-day pantry. According to some of the wines and liqv.aurs said to be kept in many of the pantries the people of New Zealand dine very well indeed. The average competitor submitted lists of seventy or eighty words, but some original lists numbered more than two hundred. These, however, were considerably reduced when checked by the judges. Esme and Molly Somerfield were bracketed for the first prize, each contributing lists of two hundred and twenty-two words, of which one hundred and nineteen were found allowable by the judges. Connie Clayton followed closely with one hundred and eleven correct objects. Good entries were also submitted .by Joseph Collicoat (95 words) and Elma Sutton (90 words), who were awarded the third and fourth prizes respectively. With the winter evening well upon us we are all settling down to indoor amusements. Wendy thinks that there is nothing so interesting as knitting, and has spent most of her spare time for the last week knitting patches. Tinkercell is similarly attracted by woolcraft, but manipulates a crochet needle with her nimble fingers. Michael spends his free nights by the fireside with yards and yards of cord, and plaits lanyards and belts. Even the Crocodile has adopted an activity for winter evenings—he has taken up the making of silhouettes and has just got into a frightful row for spilling Indian ink over Wendy's best carpet. In a few words I have told you the way in which some members of the Budget staff spend their free evenings during the cold months, and now I want to hear how you spend yours. In a short, brightly written paragraph explain just how you put in these cold evenings, and give any suggestions that you think will be useful to other Budgetites wishing to follow a similar hobby. Prizes are . offered for the most novel ideas sub- — mitted during the coming week. For f [/ f N full particulars see the competition / OAS announcement, which appears elsewhere on this page.

RESULTS OF COMPETITIONS FOR MAY 3. The first prize was awarded to Esme Somerfield, 8, Russell Crescent, Ellerslie, age 11; the second to Connie Clayton, Riddell Road, St. Helier's, age 13; and the third to Joseph Collicoat, 5, Haverstock Road, Sandringham, age 12; Elma Sutton, Box 72, Waihi, age 14, received the remaining prize of 2/6. - Certificates of merit were awarded as follow:—BLUE: Kate White, RayKelly, Alma Hutchinson, Gwenyth Johnston, Giles Haden, John Hilton. PINKr Velma Carter, Yvonne Hoy, Marion Davis, Douglas Vazey, Laura Goulter, J. G. Johnson, Enid Paris. GREEN: Walton Crawshaw, Alison Milsom, Ruth Dennis, James Davison, Lexie Booth, Pam Singer, Catherine ."Dennis, Doreen Fitzpatrick, Joan Fitzpatrick, Phyllis Svensen, J. T. Sheffield. YELLOW: Mollie Wood, Joan Skinner, Ruth Barker, Minnie Voice, Victor Rohinson, Audrey Barker, Rayma Stainton, Ada Donovan, Merson Templer, Philip Gillingham, Peter Robertson, Allan Harvey,"John Phipps, Joseph Tanner, Olwen Burret, William Gwyer, Ronnie Dye, E. Ryan, Malcolm Fisher, Leslie Stewart, Joyce Bloomfield, Irene Skinner.