OUR COMPETITION CORNER.
Here is a novel competition for boyi and girls this week. The boai-fl in the picture is an acrostic. Fill in five four-letter words above definitions given and the first letters will spell the name of a well kno author who wrote a book called "The Pirate." Now for the second nart of the competition, which is here divided into two sections. Section A f boys and girls fourteen years and under, is a painting competition. Colour the picture neatly with either paints or crayons. Section B is for tho-: over fourteen, and it is necessary for these people when they have solved the acrostic to write a short paragraph of about 200 words in length about the author and his work. Send your completed work in to Peter care "Star" Office, Shortland Street, Auckland, before Saturday next' when half-crown prizes will be awarded the eight best entries. '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 57, 7 March 1936, Page 2 (Supplement)
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151OUR COMPETITION CORNER. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 57, 7 March 1936, Page 2 (Supplement)
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