MILTON NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21601, 23 March 1932, Page 11

MILTON NOTES

(From Our Own Correspondent.) MILTON, March 21. TOKO HIGH SCHOOL HORTICULTURAL SHOW. A highly successful horticultural show and jumble sale, promoted bv the teaching staff of Toko District High School to assist in raising funds for winter fuel supply for the school, also requisites for the Secondary Department, was held in the local Presbyterian Church Hall this afternoon. The project was taken up so wholeheartedly by the pupils that the number of entries totalled 1759, of which 1356 were staged by pupils of the Primary Department and 403 by those of the Secondary Department. With entries totalling over 50 in some classes, the judges were faced with a formidable task in allocating the awards. The judges were: Vegetables and fruit, Messrs C. Gregory and H. E. Ransome; cut flowers, floral and decorative work— Mesdames Janies Gray, E. S. Edsall, and the Rev. C. H. Kendon. At the conclusion of the show the exhibits were auctioned for the benefit of the schol funds. Following is the prize list: — FLOWERS. Buttonhole. —Standards I and II: Jean M'Laren 1, Myrie Hitchon 2, K. Brown 3 (29 entries). Standards 111 and IV: E. Currie 1, R. Fraser 2, Ina Wilson 3 (38 entries). Forms I and II: L. Burn 1, J. Lambert 2, I. Little 3 (44 entries). Secondary pupils: J. Wood 1. Jean Moore 2, M. Robertson 3 (36 entries). Posy.—Primary pupils: Jean Leslie 1, L. Martin 2, Ina Wilson 3 (34 entries). Secondary: N. Cannon 1, Jean Moore 2, J. M'Callum 3 (18 entries). Six Antirrhinums, three varieties. — Primary: Phyllis Houghton 1. C. Moody 2, Eileen Cockburn 3 (eight entries). Secondary; M. M'Elrea 1, R. Murray 2, C. Robertson 3 (eight entries). Three Roses, three district varieties. — Primary: G. Kempthorne 1. Margaret Groundwater 2. Hazel Tye 3 (33 entries). Secondary: Joyce Wethey 1, M. Robertson 2, J. Sheat 3 (16 entries). Six Pansies. —Primary: K. Gray 1, D. M'Lean 2. R. Stewart 3 (15 entries). Secondary: M. M'Elrea 1 (two entries). Three Asters, different colours. —Primary: Jean Have 1, A. Wilson 2, P. Roughton 3 (37 entries). Secondary; Joyce Wethey 1, B. Hay 2, H. Wilson and M. M'Elrea (equal) 3 (15 entries). Six Marigolds.—Primary; E. Currie 1, J. Lyall 2, E. Gabites 3 (48 entries). Secondary: J. Wood 1, Enid Robinson 2, L. M'Neur 3 (16 entries). (Six French Marigolds.—Primary: K. Gray 1, J. M'Laren 2, J. Price 3 (eight entries). Secondary: M. M'Elrea 1. N. Cannon 2. J. M'Callum 3 (three entries). Three Double Dahlias, different colours. —Primary: Arthur Tough 1, D. M'Lean 2, E. Cockburn 3 (eight entries). Secondary: H. Wilson 1, M. M'Elrea 2. J. Sheat 3 (six entries).

Three Single Dahlias, three varieties.— Primary: K. Gray 1, A. Wilson 2 (three entries). Secondary; A. Burnett 1 (four entries). Three Carnations, varieties. —Primary: Jean Leslie 1 and 2, J. Price 3 (11 en-

tries). Secondary; M. Cannon 1, Hugh Wilson 2, M. M'Elrea 3 (four entries) . Six Stalks Sweet Peas, three varieties. —Primary: L. Roughton 1, P. Roughton 2, Ina Wilson 3 (56 entries). Secondary: M. M'Elrea 1, Areta M'Neur 2, M. Moffit 3 (16 entries). Three Ten-week Stocks. —Primary: K. Gray 1, J. Price 2, E. Currie 3 (12 entries). Secondary: J. Sheat 1, M. Robertson 2 (three entries!. Six Stalks Phlox Drummondi, varieties. —Primary: E. Currie 1, K. Gray 2, H. Murray 3 (five entries). Secondary: Esme Robinson 1, James Stewart 2 (two entries). Six Nemesia, varieties. —Primary: J. Price 1, K. Gray 2, M. Gabites 3 (nine entries). Secondary: M. M'Elrea 1, Joyce Wethey 2, Enid Robinson 3 (four entries) . Six Iceland Poppies.—Primary: L. Roughau 1, Audrey Herbert 2, Jean Leslie 3 (14 entries). Secondary: Esme Robinson 1, Joyce Wethey 2, Enid Robinson 3 (six entries). Decorated Basket.- —Primary: E. Lane 1, R. Stewart 2. Hilda Martin 3 (six entries). Bunch Perennials. —Primary: Jean M'Laren 1, Kathleen Hankins 2, R. M'Callum 3 (10 entries). Secondary: N. Cannon 1. C. Sheat 2, G. Moore 3 (five entries). Any Flower not in Schedule. —Primary: Gwen Taylor 1, M. M'Culloch 2 , J. M'Laren 3 (44 entries). Secondary: M. M'Elrea 1, N. Cannon 2, D. Dawson 3 (20 entries). VEGETABLES. Six French Beans.—Primary pupils: A. Wethey 1, L. Hills 2, J. Findlay 3 (11 entries). Secondary pupils: C. Robertson 1, Esme Robinson 2, R. Findlay 3 (six entries). Six Pods Peas. —Primary: C. Wilson 1, H. Murray 2, J. M'Callum and R. M'Callum (equal) 3 (37 entries). Secondary; M. Moftitt 1, N. Morgan 2, L. Hare 3 (13 entries). Silver Beet. —Primary: A. Dcaker 1, W. M'Elrea 2, L. Adams 3 (eight entries). Secondary: M. Porter 1, T. Roberts 2, A. M'Neur 3 (six entries). Three Beetroot, long.—Primary: Lon Martin 1, J. Lyall 2, H. Murray 3. Three Beetroot. Short. —Primary: F. Arnott 1, A. Wethey 2, R. Stewart 3 (33 entries) Secondary: T. Roberts 1, C. Robertson 2 (six entries). Table Cabbage.—Primary: M. Gabites I, P. Maxwell and N. Reid (equal) 2 (63 entries). Secondary: G. Moore 1, R. Murray 2, M. Porter 3 (15 entries). Cauliflower. —Primary: V. Reid 1, L. Hills 2, B. Lyall 3 (13 entries). Secondary: C. M'Donald 1, T. M'Kinney 2, C. M'Kinney 3 (five entries). Six Scarlet Runners. —Primary: A. Deaker 1, E. Fagg 2, R. Stewart 3 (18 entries). Secondary: R. Findlay 1, Esme Robinson 2, J. Giver 3 (six entries). Six Shallots. —Primary: P. Roughton 1, C. Hayes 2. J. Price 3 (12 entries). Secondary: C. Robertson 1, N. Morgan 2, M. Kendon 3 (four entries). Three Onions. —Primary: T. Hughes 1, F. Arnott and A. Stevenson (equal) 2, E. Wills 4 (26 entries). Secondary; J. Brown 1, C. M'Donald 2, J. M'Neur 3 (nine entries). Three White or Yellow Table Turnips. —Primary: A. Freeman 1, no other awards given (13 entries). Secondary:

C. M'Kinney 2, A. M'Neur 3, no first award (two entries). . Three Carrots, Long.—Primary; J. M'Callum 1, L. Hills 2. A. Freeman and C. Wilson (equal) 3 (55 entries). Secondary: M. Moffitt 1, 0. M'Donald 2 (five entries). Three Carrots, Stump-rooted Primary: H. Murray 1, M. M'Culloch 2, E. Currie 3 (38 entries). Secondary: M. Moffitt 1, L. Hare 2, others not true to type (11 entries).; Three Parsnips.—Primary; Or. iaylor 1, M. Little and R. M'Callum (equal) 2 G. Wood and L. Hills (equal) 4 (53 entries). Secondary: C. Robertson 1, A. M'Neur 2, C. M'Donald 3 (nine entries) . Two Lettuce. —Primary; V. Reid 1, L. Hills 2, R. M'Callum 3 (21 entries). Secondary: C. Robertson 2, M. Porter 3, no first award (two entries). Vegetable Marrow— Primary: L. Jane 1, E. Marshall 2, L. Hills and W. Wood (equal) 3 (seven entries). Secondary:, Esme Robinson 1, G. Finch 3 (four eutrThree Swede Turnips.—Primary: W M'Elrea 1, R. Lowery 2, I. Bruce 3 (21 entries). Secondary: G. Cochrane 1, G. Moore 2 (two entries). . Six Potatoes, White.— Primary: J. Price 1, H. Martin 2, J. M'Callum and R. Stewart (equal) . 3 (70 entries). Secondary: Esme Robinson 1, M. Mothtt 2, J. M'Neur 3 (16 entries). Six Potatoes. Coloured— Primary: G. Taylor 1, L. Hills 2, L. Martin and S. Peattie (equal) 3 (31 entries). Secondary; J. Jones 1, Esme Robinson 2, G. Robertson 3 (seven entries). . One Dozen Potatoes, Three Varieties, Four of Each.—Primary: L. Hills 1, JPrice 2, L. Jane 3 (20 entries). Secondary; R. Murray 1 (only entry). Heaviest Potato— Primary: G. Wood 1 J. Price 2, B. Broome 3 (51 entries). ’Six Stalks Rhubarb—Primary: P. »ellars 1, E. Broome 2, M. Little 3 (39 entries). Secondary: A. Burnett 1, J. Wetbey 2, L. Hare 3 (13 entries). Any Vegetable Not in Schedule.— Primary: M. Groundwater 1 (celery), L. Hills 2 (celery), J. M'Neur 3 (butter beans): six entries. FRUIT. Six Apples, Dessert.—Primary; E. Cockburn 1, J. Lyall and J. Campbell (equal) 2, R. Stewart 4 (34 entries. Secondary; X. Martin 1, »J. Moore 2, K. Newbigging 3 (five entries). . Six Apples, Cooking.—Primary; li. Brown 1, J. Lambert and A. Wilson (equal) 2, W. M'Elrea and N. Vidal (equal) 4 (63 entries). Secondary; J. M'Neur 1, D. Dawson 2, H. Wilson 3 (25 entries). „ . _ T Heaviest Apple.—Primary; W. M Elrea I, R. Moore 2, K. Gray 3 (40 entries). Six Pears, Dessert.—Primary: J. Mitchell 1, I. Finch 2, M. Little and E. Cockburn (equal) 3 (21. entries . Six Pears, Cooking.—Primary: J. Smith 1, E. Cockburn and J. M'Lean (equal) 2 (23 entries). Secondary: Is. Cannon 1. Esme Robinson 2 (five entries). Six Plums. Dessert.—Primary: J. M'Neur 1, G. Kcmpthorne 2, R. Bateman 3 (17 entries). Secondary: J. M'Aeur 1 (only entry), „ Three Heaviest Hen Eggs—Primary: J. M'Laren 1, V. Reid 2 (20 entries). Secondary: C. Robertson 1, M. Edsall 2, M. Porter 3 (10 entries).