FORESTRY LEAGUE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 23 October 1941, Page 6

FORESTRY LEAGUE

COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED AWARDS TO NELSONIANS Winners of the Phillips Turner essay competition and of the children’s forestry competition for 1941 were announced at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Forestry League in Wellington last night. There were 88 entries for the essay competition, which was judged by Dr j If. H. Allan, director of the Plant Research Station. He commented that the I general standard of the essays was very good, and he congratulated the league on the great educational work it was doing among primary school children. Awards were as follows: Joyce Crighton (Invercargill), 1; )Jean Broadhead (Wellington) 2; Carol ! Bourne (Nelson), 3; Glenn Campbell j (Napier), 4; May Win (Nelson), 5; Margaret Campbell (Napier), 6. J There were 93 entries for the forest tree foliage competition, which has J been conducted for the past 11 years, jlt was judged by Dr Oliver, of the [Dominion Musuem, with his assistants, land the senior division was won by the entrant who was first in the junior [division last year. Placings were: | Senior Division (12-16 years): Edwin Williams (Parua Bay, North Auckland), 1; Deina Douglas (Hill Street I School, Auckland), 2; Margaret Lanjcaster (St. Cuthbert’s College, Epsom), ;3. Junior Division (under 12 years): I Jeannette Esson (St. Cuthbert's College | Epsom), 1; Margaret Gow (.Edgecumbc : School, Bay of Plenty), 2; Eileen Cox-' head (Makaka School, Taranaki), 3. The judge commented that few comIpetitors in the senior class had attempt ed to give Latin names or localities where the plants were found, and specimens in both classes had been moulded' j fresh, with no preliminary drying or [ i pressing. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes was elected j \ president, and the following to office j as councillors: —Messrs A. Leigh Hunt, ji D. Bowie, A. Seed, S. Duncan, F. S. [ 1 Pope. D. Morrison, W. H. Denton, J. | 1 Andersen, J. W. Mexted and Miss JVI. Sutherland. j Minimum Stipend Fixed. The annual assembly of the Baptist S Union of New Zealand agreed that the \ minimum stipend for married ministers * for the year be £5 10s per week, and the child allowance be raised to 5s per j week for each dependent child up to | j the age of 16 years. ! c • St. Ambrose was a fourth-century j t bishop of Milan who opposed the Arians, developed the use of church jJ. music, and is said to have composed the! t< e Deum. I b