CHILDREN’S GOLDEN COMPETITION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7140, 30 May 1910, Page 2

CHILDREN’S GOLDEN COMPETITION

l.f you are in doubt concerning any i,t the conditions of this compcHtion, c-iill on or write to the iminiiKor, and tho information will he cheerfully given, lie would ho ploa.-od to meet tho children pei'woually and give them a few um-da of advice and how (o proceed thi- work Como au.l h-l‘ him at any time. Olive Chu rehou'<*. Northland, be--row. ami ..he wjuld plant, plant! Olivo may yet develop into tho Hetty Green of New Zealand. Little Midi's Hilda and Winnie McMi! lan, of Stratford, are contributing aomo very original and intonating answers for incipient financier?. Don’t overrate your own shrewdness nor underestimate the ideas oi your opponents in this competition. Just keep busy. Ivy Muriel Bicknell, Leathers ton, contributes an entirely new and original idea this morning. Like the pioneers of old, she would look to tho future and tho progress ami welfare of the generations yet to come. See if you can pick out ivy’s idea among the answers below. Tho grit to keep going, the wit to comped ethers to notice that you are out after results, are a splendid comination to secure success. Johnnie was more than, busy; the table before him was littered with scraps of paper, which caused Had to ask what ho was doing. ‘'Spending those twenty sov*." was the laconic reply. “lint you’ve a dozen answers written already, and you haven’t got the twelve monthly subscribers to go along with them,” insisted. Hater. “No, but I’ll got them, and more—never you fear. I am going to show one each of Ihe.-e twelve answers to a dozen Of my friends and they'll- give me the mouth’s subscription to the ‘Times’ —sure!” Get in as many answers as you can, and leave the rest to the fair-minded and impartial judges, who will have no option but to judge your efforts upon merit alone. You can lose everything but manhood and womanhood, and stuj you have lost, nothing important. Hold to hope and to principle and keep lighting. Maintain belief in yourself, and others will give you theirs. ;\Vit and grit arc keys to which all locks must submit. Don't ho a hangback. The way to get a start is to take one, then keep going and your chances will grow. Originality always attracts. It may bo praised or condemned, but no matter; it attracts just the same, and the rebuff of to-day may change into commend at ion to-mo r row. Judging from tho clans of answers published this morning thoro appears to be a marked improvement in stylo, construction and original ideas among tho youthful financiers. All. of which goes to prove that practice and study make for progress. Hero they are, and they are worth reading;— No. 150. To win sovereigns bright, I* think I’m right To find subscribers daily To spend all would ho a. sin .So bank them all quite gaily. No. 151. Tour golden sovereigns I desire, A Black mare to quire. And if your money I should win. I'll take that goegco for a spin.

No. 152. My Dad’s a working man. Music can’t afford. If twenty aova J win. For music I’U go in. No. 153. U'Uh twenty golden sovereigns. My library I'd increase, And on Shakespeare’s worthy poems And other learned authors least. No. 154. J would give ten pounds to Charitable Institutions, three pounds to Missionary Funds, two to the Boy Scouts, and keep the balance for a -Musical Instrument. No. 155, I will put them in the bank, till I have sense enough, to know - what to do with them. Xo. 156. If X win the twenty golden sovereigns I would buy the Times for live years and put the rest in the bank. No. 157. 1 would give it to my parents and they could spend it on our family. No. 153. If I won the twenty sovereigns I would buy a pony and go for rides. No. 159. If I had all that money I would get a pony and cart to sell the New Zealand Times. No. 160. . If the twenty sovereigns I receive, I’d give it to mother, and relieve. The family bills she has to pay, Isn’t this the proper way. No. 161. Some are fond of books and school, but I am fond of skillful work. . , So £2O would help me JUI my kit with No. 162. Born without a spoon in my um/un anxious to learn a trade your uomd sVand me in good-stead during my early No. 163. r will emend five pounds on the New 2» len ,l pounUs to iny parents. No. 164. Had I those sovcreiirns so JavicVi t A nest oee I should plant ah uht Designed lor hcuinne until u blew Into a fortune tit for two. • I • ' ’ 1 ' Xo. 1(65. Donkeys for bench I would bn?. On hire so Rally they d ply. Kids would have tun. My purse over-run, , “Times Cash”' I’d booh multiply. No. 365. Mr Carnegie. t * A Scotsman s lass “Times Prize” has won. To von I pass Mv “bawbees” on, With this, suggestion;— “Kindly invest them Till I’m 21:” ;; ’ * No. 167. ■ If I win tbo Twenty Pounds. "Will spend ■ it in tree planting, for . timber will bo scarce in this Dominion, and advortue advantages through .“Times. . . No. 168. u If those Twenty Sovereigns I 'should win. I would spend it on a bike, To ride around the country To got subscribers for the ‘ Times. ' * ' No. 169. YoiFre the one I’m the other If I win the Goldies I'll give them to mother.