NAVY LEAGUE
PRIZE ESSAY WINNEES. Following are the winners of the Navy League's prizes for best essays by school children on “The British Navy Under the Three Georges ” : Brooklyn (38 competitors, all mem : beirs).— Edith Binns, Lily Keeble, Eeoni Look, and Harry Howden. Clyde Quay—Gertrude Andrews. Island Bay (113 competitors, 46 of whom are Navy Leaguers).—Percy Andrews, Eery Crichton, Geoffrey , Davis, Cassie Pound, Leonard Shearer. Khandallah.—A rchibald, McArthur. Kilbirnie (85 competitors, of whom 44 arc Navy Leaguers).—Grace .Melvin, Ida Drawbridge, Harry Hammond, Grace Newton, Thomas Gates. „ T Mitchell town (46 competitors, 10 Navy Leaguers).—‘Mary Bieeze. Mount Cook Boys’ (GO Navy League competitors).—Frank O'Connor (extra good essay), Charles Aamcdt, Jack Carter. John Jeromsen, Geoffrey Beaglehole, James Lindsay. - Mount Cook Girls’ (38 competitors, all of Navy League).—Edith Wilson,Wimiiß Mumford, Euby Crawford, May Hargreaves. Newtown. —Myrtle Jones Northland—Mabel E. Gapes, William J. Finlaysou, Boris M Churcbouse. ' Tborndon.—District High School, Florence Andrew; Standard VI., James J. Pryor: Standard IV.. Ahster Gray. Terrace.—Hester Grant, Gerald Player, Norman Eobertson; Stanley Mansfield. Te Aro. —Archie Wiren, John Allan. The prizes wore- specially ordered by the-league, and each bore the league’s bad"o handsomely embossed in gold on the cover. Marry arts works were welt represented, and a variety of others appertaining to ■ sea life and nay at history, rue h as “Westward Eq! “From Ealeigh to Nansen, Cook s Voyages,’’ ‘‘Eminent Sailors, Southey’s “Nelson,” “British Sea Fights,” “Tom Bowling.” Sea Lions,” etc. Tho mode of conducting the examinations Was left-to the individual headmasters. In several instances the whole of the senior classes had special lessons set on the subject of the examination, and essays were yvritten by each pupil—the vnrize winners being selected: from those" boys and girls belonging, to .. tho Navy League.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6963, 1 November 1909, Page 6
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285NAVY LEAGUE New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6963, 1 November 1909, Page 6
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