TYPEWRITING CONTEST
SOUTHLAND RESULTS The Dominion speed typewriting contest which was conducted under the auspices of the Association of Commercial Science consisted of fifteen minutes’ continuous typing for juniors and thirty minutes for seniors from unknown matter averaging 4.8 letters per word. The test sought to combine speed with accuracy, each error or defect in the typescript being penalized by a deduction of seven words from the gross number copied. The records admitted and approved for Southland province were as follows (1., Invercargill; G., Gore):—
Junior Group. Words per Minute. J. C. Burdon (I.) 38.7 1 N. Layham (I.) 35.8 2 M. G. McDonald (G.) 35.5 3 J. Waddell (I.) 32.1 4. I. M. Wishart (I.) 31.1 5 G. E. Marshall (G.) 25.1 6 D. E. Broome (G.) 23.4 7 Senior Group. A. Watson (I.) 48.6 J. C. Hunter (I.) 35.4 K. I. M. McLeod (G.) 32.3 1 2 3
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Southland Times, Issue 22130, 26 September 1933, Page 4
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