Folk Of All Nations.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 292, 9 December 1936, Page 22

Folk Of All Nations.

Difficulties Of Competitors. There are certain costumes, representative of little people overseas, that are no doubt familiar to our readers, the kimono of Japan and the wooden clogs of Holland being typical examples. Our last competition should therefore have presented no difficulty to entrants when it came to deciding most of the countries represented in the picture. In a number of cases, however, the Spanish dancer, with her tambourine and typical fringed shawl, was repeatedly mistaken for a Mexican. Had this been so the artist would have depicted her wearing the native sombrero peculiar to this race. Again, the Egyptian boy wearing his fez was constantly referred to as a 1 urk, Indian and Italian. During the process of judging it was noticeable that most Budgetites appeared to have found the latter portion of the competition more difficult than the former. Numbers 9to 1 2 were seldom placed coriectly on any list. A correct solution is published in our page to-day, enabling leaders to see exactly where they were wrong. ' No one succeeded in submitting an entirely correct solution, the highest number coming from Marjorie Shone, of Otorohanga, who had a total of 13. Others tied for second place with 12. The following is the list of the twenty-four lucky ones:— Marjorie Shone, Otorohanga, age 15, box of water colour. Joyce Deam, New Lynn, age 15, stationery box. Evelyn Davies, Sandringham, age 15, domino set. Don McKenzie, Devonport, age 12, rubber printing outht. Barbara Thompson, Hawke's Bay, age 16, domino set. Roy Sinclair, Epsom, age 9, fountain pen. Phyllis Gordon, Wellington, age 1 1. box of water colours. Oliver Bond, Auckland, age 12, photograph of the King. Robert Cleaver, Otahuhu, age 11, penknife. Kathleen Chadwick, Wainui, age 13, stationery box. Maurice Phillips, Onehunga, age 12, draughtsmen. Joseph Sillick, Te Kuiti, age 14, book rest. Margaret Blight, Auckland, age 7, box of marbles. Phyllis McQuade, Ngaruawahia, age 16., stationery box. Ruth Pilcher, Birkdale, age 10, rubber printing outfit. Margaret Barr, Waitakere, age 12, rubber printing outfit. Vincent Taylor, Waihi, age 12, box of water colours. Mary Millar, Green Lane, age 14, fountain pen. Here are the under twelves who won prizes:— Rodney Watson, Otahuhu, age 8, rubber printing outfit. Lorna Dornbusch, Avondale, age 9, stationery box. Lois Christie, Whangarei, age 11, stationery box. Peggy Bennett, Grey Lynn, age 1 1, stationery box. Marguerite Nixon, New Plymouth, aged 10, painting book Basil Fitt, Milford, age 10, domino set. These readers have been awarded PINK Certificates: —Adair McKenzie, Te Kuiti; Clarence Taylor, Grey Lynn; Mary Blomfield, Otorohanga; Veta Lane, Opua; Ann Owens, Bay of Islands; Margaret Benjamen, Whangarei; June Savage, Mount Eden; Rona Cox, Auckland; Betty Hunt, Titoki; Dora Wrigley, Matamata; Peggy Challenor, Waikato; Althea Howell, Te Kuiti; Pamela Clayto n, Gisborne; Joseph Mason, Drury; Wilma Grandison, New Lynn; Bernard Colder. Takapuna; David Valentine, Papatcetoe; Murray Sweetman, Onehunga; Raewyn Steele, Mount Eden; John Kerr, Balmoral; Pansy Cameron, Te Papapa; Dick Purves, Whangarei; Richard Dale, Mount Albert; Jeffrey Millar, Green Lane; Fred Service, Ellerslie; Lorna Smith, New Lynn; Venice Hemmingsen, Palmerston North; Monica Beikhout, Otahuhu; Marjory Payne, Napier; Jeannette Caughy, St. Helier's Bay; Shirley Kin3ella, Waikino; Peter Ohms, Mount Albert; Francis Walls. St. Helier's % Bay; Jim Leonard, Auckland; Shirley Maxwell, Thornton; Clarice Bennett, Grey Lynn; Eileen King, Manurewa; Colin Hogg, Main Trunk Line.