CARNIVAL ESSAYS
Awards in" the Confidence Carnival essay competition, for which there were 309 entrants, are announced. The essays were not to exceed 1000 words, and were for primary school children, teachers being required to certify that the entries were the original work of the competitors.. The judges were Dr. G. H. Seholefield and Messrs. T. Lindsay Bnick, Johannes Anderson, and James Cowan. The results were as follows:— £5, Polly Larkins (Kangiof.n, Foxton I'jine, aged 12 years), "Te Ra'ngimarie" or *£2, George Collins (Fitzroy School, New Plymouth, 13 years), "The Attack on the Gate Pa, 1863." . ■■■■'-''■ _";' 1 £1, Albert Staples (Whatman -School, Masterton, 13 years), '^Kidnapped Flax Dressers." „ •_ Four prizes of 10s. each:—; Kea James (Owaka District High School,.: Owaka, South Otago), "Sir George Grey"; Vivian P. Brown, (Sydenham School, Christchurch). -"The Treaty of Waitangi"; William Hill (Gvejrmouth Main School, Greyi mouth), "The Siepe of Orakau"; Joan Bee (14 Tiri Road, Takapuna,' Auckland), "Te Kooti's Kaids.". •. ■..■■.-. •■. ' ■ Fifty other prizes were awardeq.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 15
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161CARNIVAL ESSAYS Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 131, 30 November 1933, Page 15
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