BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!

Northern Advocate, 4 September 1935, Page 4

BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!

KUPE GOES A-SHOPPING ' -4——; ' PRIZES FOR THE NORTHLAND TRIBE s ' • 1 Dear Nonthlanders, Have you ever been-in a bookshop browsing among all sorts of wonderful books. I have, and quite recently, too. A pleasure at any time, on this particular occasion my visit to the bookshop was nothing short of thrilling. You see I was selecting a hew batch of prizes for my warriors. “This book would be just the thing’’ for a boy about thirteen,” I would ■ ihink turning the pages of a volume well illustrated with pictures of ' aeroplanes. “And L. M. Montgomery—the very newest title from this . popular authoress—what more could any girl ask?” Needless to say, the younger ones were not forgotten, and what with annuals, and bumper books they should be well provided for in the weeks to come. ■ ' Yes, my warriors, exploring the bookshop'is the best of fun, especially when'you are shopping for the Northland Tribe. Should say not., What I am looking forward to is the thrill of delighit Which the lucky winners Will experience when their prizes come along for > the competition announced today. But we can’t go on talking about the splendid new selection pf books that now quite fill ,my bookcase, for ,we have a competition to comment .upon, and that, of course, is the important thing of the moment. To have have a competition on Wednesday was quite a changepin fact a competition hasn’t been announced in our week-end issue since the Kwihfe’r Show contest set everyone preparing exhibits fOr the “Advocate” - stall. 4 . • : /, . 1- With a ■ word-builder to complete, Young Northlanders ■ must have welcomed the school holidays, for’when. I see the long lists of words contributed I know that many hours of hard work must have been put In by my followers. . One wouldn’t think at first that many words-could r be built but of the letters contained inih® “Northern Advocate;” but once my followers got down to the job, dictionaries had to work overtime and words came to light by the score. I don’t think that a single entry contained less than 200 words, and the winner of the first prize, Alan Bell, found 1170. Alirie Bisset, capturing second place, had only 17 words less f-ban the first .place winner, whilst Pauline Barrett was well past the 800 mark.* Today’s competition Is announced # elsewhere on this page, and I’m sure J we can expect heavy entries, for -^'yg^^---^jj^ l^ge iip'-:are'sure'- to be keen to sample the wares that I have been purchasing. Rangatira, Cheerio, _ Northland Tribe.