NELSON DAY
OBSERVANCE IN, GISBORNE,
SCHOOL CHILDREN’S COMPETJ- , ' - TIONS.
Excellent work was turned out by secondary, and primary school pupils who -participated 'in- the essay writing and drawing competitions promoted by the -Gisborne, branch of the. Navy League in connection with Nelson* Day. The-, prizewinners were 5 .announced yesterday, which was cel-, ebrated locally, as Nelson Day, Oct;: '2l, •. which fell on Sunday. .A large crowd of school . children, meinbera of the Gisborne branch' of the Navy League, were entertained in the Ma-jes-tio Theatre. Appropriate addresses given were given ; Mr J. BKells, who presided, and the Rev. Jas. Aitken, who presented the prizes, and later pictures were screened. The judges, were: Messrs L. T. Burnard, J. Kinder. Ib W. Wilkes, J. H. Bull, F. J. Rowley, and Inspectors Mcllraith and W. McCas-l-all. ■ ' Winners of the competitions were: —Secondary Schopls.— Essay writing: Form V.—Roy Lowndes; R. Smellie, 2. Form IV. —Alice Berridge, 1; B. Porteous 2. Form lll.—Brio Burnard, 1; Rex Goldsmith, 2.' . Drawing.-—N. Cameron, 1, - —Primary Schools.— Essay writing Std. IV. Chas.Marsh (Mangapapa School), I;,Joyce Humphreys (Mangapapa School), 2. Std. V;—Edna McGlashan (Mangapapa School); Alan Pyatt, 2 (Gisborne School) 2. StctV, VI-.—Barbara Thompson School). Dmwing: Std. VR—Victor Malione# (Gisborne School),' 1; Peter Po#e, 2. Std. V.—John Foster 1; Ernest Hookham, 2. Std. IV.— Jflwiol Mclntyre 1, Hipi Ruld 2.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10724, 23 October 1928, Page 3
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