CHILDREN—HERE IS A WORTHWHILE COMPETITION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 258, 9 October 1931, Page 2

CHILDREN—HERE IS A WORTHWHILE COMPETITION.

WHO IS TO BE STRATFORD’S “SKIPPY”? Through the medium of The Post, Paramount Pictures, Ltd., are offering prizes totalling £SO for New Zealand’s “SKIPPY.” How many have we in Stratford? There is no need to look far for your “Skippy.” You often see him in your own home. There are moments when your young, merry-hearted and mischievous, brother is the counterpart of “SKIPPY.” Why not ‘ ‘snap” him and enter for the big prize. Details are shown below:

LOOKING FOR A NEW ZEALAND "SKIPPY”

£SO IN PRIZES. A search has been instituted by Paramount Pictures for the discovery of the' Dominion’s typical boy, to be appropriately titled the New Zealand “Skippy” in recognition of the delightfully human child character in the motion picture of that name. The quest, which is in the nature of a contest, is inspired by the difficulty experienced in the selection of a boy to play the part of “Skippy” in the picture. Paramount was compelled to interview and test thousands of applicants before a “good-bad” little chap, typical of all youngsters from six to twelve, was discovered. The studio’s choice was little Jackie Cooper. It is Paramount’s earnest desire to find a boy in New Zealand who is typical of all Dominion boys, a mischievous, merry-hearted little fellow who you are moved to hug one minute and spank (he next. The contest will be judged by photographic resemblance to the original “Skippy.” Fifty pounds in cash prizes is being awarded in the contest. New Zealand has been divided into four divisions and the winner of each division will receive a cash prize of £l2 10s. In addition to this, the division winners will compete for an expensetree trip (with guardian)’to Wellington, or, it a Wellington hoy is selected, the trip will be made to Auckland. The rules of the contest are as follows: (aj Contest open to all boys between the age of six and twelve years; (h) all judging to be done by photo oll] y; (c) send all photos to SKIPPY, care of Box 586, 0.P.0., Wellington: (d) all entries must he in the Hands of the judges by October 19; (e) nanug age and address of competitor to be written on the back of all photos; (ft the decision of the judges is final.

How Mathy Came to Grief “The Zeppelin then shot up about 200 feet, paused, and came roaring down straight on to me before I had time to get out of the way. 1 nosedived for all I was worth, with the Zeppelin tearing after me, and expected every minute to-be engulfed in the flames. I put my machine into a spin, and just managed, to corkscrew out of the way as she shot past me, roaring like a furnace. I righted my machine, and watched her hit the ground like a shower of sparks.” The wreckage of the L3l fell at Potter's Bar. Such was the end of Heinrich Mathy. The loss of Mathy in the L3l was a severe blow to the German Airship Service. Germany, however, was loth to admit defeat, and, eight weeks later, she made her final attack of the year. On the afternoon of November 27, ten airships left their sheds for the north of England. One turned back, with engine-trouble, half-way across the North Sea. The remainder made their approach in two groups. The first group, of five ships, came in between Scarborough and the Humber, and the .second group of four diverged toward (he Tyne area. Zeppelin Fails into the Sea The first of.the second group to cross was (lie L 34, which came in over Black Halls Rocks at 11.30 p.m. She was seen by Second-Lieutenant. I. V. Pyott, who was in the air on his second patrol from the aerodrome of No. 36 Squadron at Seaton Carew. “I had been in the,air for approximately an hour,” says this officer in his report, “when I sighted a Zeppelin between Sunderland and Hartlepool in the beam of a searchlight (Castle Eden) coming soiUh and toward me. At this moment I was at 9,800 feet, and the Zeppelin seemed a few hundred feet below me. I flew towards , her and flew- at right angles.,to and | under her amidships, firing as I -went under. “T was aiming at the Zeppelin's port quarter and noticed first a-small patch become incandescent where i had seen tracers entering her envelope. 1 first took it for a machine-gun firing at me from the Zeppelin, but this patch rapidly spread andp.the next thing was that, the whole Zeppelin was in flames. I landed at 12 midnight, engine and machine O.K. The Zeppelin, which fell into the sea at the mouth of the Tees, was still burning when I lauded.” Just before the Zeppelin caught (ire she began dropping bombs on West Hartlepool. Sixteen high explosives fell and did considerable damage to houses. Four people were killed and II injured. “A Fiery Furnace” Another airship taking part in that raid was destined not to return. She was (lie L2l, which, after dropping bombs on Sharlston, near Wakefield, Dodswordi, near Barnsley, and various places in (he Potteries, appeared at 6.15 a.m. over Yarmouth, drifting slowly. Dawn was now breaking and military and naval aeroplanes were on her track. Three naval pilots came up with her. After two had attacked without apparent success, Flight Sub-Lieutenant Pulling came up within 50 feet of the '' airship and fired two rounds. He was himself under lire from her machineguns. At the second round his gun jammed and he turned away to clear the obstruction. Almost at once the L2l caught fire and within a few seconds was, in the pilot’s word, “a fiery furnace.” The L2l fell info (he sea, about eight miles east of Lowestoft, and ciisappeared, leaving only an oil patch to mark her passing.