CHURCH COMPETITIONS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ASHBURTON, July 20. The judge's report on the last two of four Dominion competitions in connection with the Centenary of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand has been received.
In the short story contest five entries were received. The placings were:—R. S. Watson, Ashburton, "The Clock," 1; Cantab, "The River," 2; Hospes Conjunx, "Plough for God," 3. The last two remain.; anonymous.
Sixty entries were received for the hymn tune competition. The judge, Dr. Galway, Dunedin, reported that not one satisfied the preliminary requirements. As he was convinced that no ungrammatical poem would have been accepted in the words competition, he saw no reason why the rule should be relaxed for the music.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 July 1939, Page 5
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