PAINTING CONTEST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)

PAINTING CONTEST.

£ A Prize of One Half Guinea will be paid for the best painting of original design", oil or water colour, any subject. T£ % Second Prize, Five Shillings, 3? Senior Members only, fourteen to nineteen years. Five Shillings Cash Prize for best, painting of fruit or flowers, Jji. girls and hovs, ten to fourteen # - ve;us % Five Shillings Cash Prize for best " Common Object " paint>Jr ing from girls and boys seven to ten years. >3r All work must lie done specially # for this competition, and carry Ix parent's guarantee that the paintmgs havo been done without I*. help. Senior Members Contest: Original work only. Iji Junior Members: Paintings may be copied, but, preference will be given to original work. All entries to be marked 31 Paintings must he posted flat, TJ: J not rolled. g At Closing date, Saturday, February 13. sgc

It took them over an hour —llic wind, as Micky complained, being dead against them. Sturdy as their arms were, they were aching badly when they reached the wreck. " ller poor inside-must he jolly hill, hy the looks of her," Micky remarked.' " hotter keep clear of her, Jim. Jim had caught a dangling rope's end, and hoisted himself up. As Jim gained the deck a piteous bleating sounded from below. Tie crept along the deck and peered down the hatclnvaj. The cabin was half full of water ahead)> and there, crouching on a chest that was floating in the midst, was the only living creature on board, the poor little kid. Jim swung himself down, gripping the hatch tightly. Flanging there |'Y 0,10 hand, he reached for the kid with the other, and succeeded in tucking it safe under his arm. Drawing himself up again with a mighty effort, he returned to the boat, where .Micky joyfully greeted limiThey rowed back in triumph, the wuul favouring them this time. Quickly they ran up to Trevelyan's cottage. Ihose wli<> were anxiously watching the little g"» were almost /in despair. The child _>' e * fused to be /comforted, and was crying herself ill, wjien suddenly the door openec and Jim appeared with the kid in his arms. Ton mimucs after the little one ■unsleeping soiuullv, her pet lying on the be at her feet/ . . , The chihf and her father remained a <lO7 or two in 3'e Whiri. and the boys made » great pet of Billy, whom they re-clir>stew " Captain;" for as Jim declared, '' t " c - been the /last to leave the ship.