Difficulties In Naming N.Z. Towns

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 139, 15 June 1938, Page 26

Difficulties In Naming N.Z. Towns

iVo Competitor Presents a Correct List Perhaps the failure of many readers to name correctly all the New Zealand towns depicted in cur last contest wa- due to she tact th it tney • were not sufficiently familiar with the product contained in each letter. j There could be no doubt about what No. 1 I wa? supposed to j represent—the picture ot a Maori girl and a geyser could be none other j than Rotorua. The picture ot a dam in No. 9 suggested Arapuni, and i nearly everybody knew that No. 3 was recognisable as Opotiki. Those were the easy ones. Nos. 1,2,4 and 5 seemed to be the ones which puzzled readers the most. No one succeeded in naming all the towns, but Eric Ashcroft, Roland Moreland, Margaret Moreland and Phena Cave had a corrected list of eleven towns each. Here is a list of the twenty-four winners:— Eric Ashcroft, Palmerston North, age 10, box of paints. Roland Moreland, Grey Lynn, age 12, mouth organ. Margaret Moreland. Grey Lynn, ace 9, taole tennis set. Phena Cave, Ponsoaby. age 12. box of soap. Stuart Nawden, Remuera, age 12, kitset. Brian Cantwell, Remuera. age 12. mouth organ. Frank Harrison, Remuera. age 12, pocket knife. Joan Lane, Mount Eden, age 10, purse. Barbara Smeeton, Remuera, age 14. fountain pen. j June Hewitt, Royal Oak, age 13, box of soap. Valmae Cordes, Epsom, age I 1, fountain pen. Keith Brinkman, King Country, age 9, table tennis set. Sally Bawden, Remuera. age 10, torch. B. Short, Remuera, age 13. torch. Betty Fitchett, Epsom, age 13, purse. Florence Tewsley, Remuera, age 1 1, torch. Valerie Wing, Avondale, age 9, propelling pencil. Jean Ferguson, Point Chevalier, age I 1, torch. (name, please!) 32, Rifle Range Road. Frankton, torch. Ethne Hirst, Hamilton East, age 14, propelling pencil. Lorna Scott, Mount Roskill, age 9, table tennis set. Merlyn Brinkman, King Country, age 10, toilet set. Arthur Bates, Patea, age 12, pocket knife. Douglas Fitchett, Epsom, age 15, torch. BLUE certificates go to the following: Laurie Edmonds, SandringKam; June Gimblett, Manurewa; Bob Grange. Epsom; Litis Groome, i Parnell; Joan Goertz, Point Chevalier; Peggy Cotter. Milford; Judy Macky, Mission Bay; \ alda Gleeson, Rotorua. GREEN: Ivan Jackton, Glen Eden; Ivy Shadwick, Otahuhu: Lois Chapman, Avondale; Margaret Smith, Morningside; Dulcie Beattie, Otahuhu; Nceline Gibson, Morningside; Margaret Timmins. Birkenhead. Peggy allace, Epsom; Ailsa Wallace, Epsom; Jean McKay, Hamilton; Frances Goertz, Point Chevalier; Marie Hunt, North Auckland; Ngaire Fleming, Ngongotaha; Brian Albrecht, St. Helier's Bay; Joy Hornblow, Eketahuna; Craig Madsen, Henderson; Marjorie Baker, Takapuna; Phyllis Hayward, Mount Albert; Jean Jones, Heme Bay; Shirley Hawke, New Plymouth; Owen Hunter, Waitakere; Phyllis lvil, Epsom.

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