NATURAL HISTORY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21913, 24 September 1934, Page 12

NATURAL HISTORY

CHEESEMAN PRIZES Fourteen entries of natural history displays for tho Choeseman Memorial Prize competition wcro received from pupils of secondary schools. All tho exhibits, which are of a particularly high standard, are being displayed at tho Auckland War Memorial Museum. Tho first prize in tho girls' division was awarded to an exhibit showing a comparison between tho leaves, cones and timber of tho kauri and pmus insinnis. A collection of siliceous rocks comprising a series of 30 different specimens arranged in a case, with written descriptions, was awarded second prize. Tho third prize was given to a display consisting of 52 specimens of furs mounted on a panel. The first award in tho hoys section is a model showing all tho stages in the commercial manufacture ot superphosphates from natural materials. iHo second prizo was given to a collection of various specimens of native anu introduced birds' eggs. The third prizo exhibit is a panel illustrating tho dispersal of seeds. Tho awards arc: — . Girls. —First prize, Connie Hebblcthwaite, Form Vl.a, Epsom Girls Grammar School. Subject, comparison ot Agatha australis and Tunis insignis. Second prize: June Hillary, l'orm Yi. Lower, Diocesan High School. Subject, siliceous rocks. Third prize: <1 o,\ co Armitage, Form IV.b, Diocesan Hign School. Subject, furs Boys. —First prize: 1. H. H. Skoet, Form V., King's College. Subject, production of superphosphate from raw materials. Second prize: J. V. Parker, Form V.c. Auckland Grammar School. Subject, birds' eggs. Third prize: F. E. Coulthard, Form Vl.a, Takapuna Grammar School. Subject, dispersal of seeds.