CENTENNIAL SONG
AUCKLAND COMPETITION By Telegraph —Press Association AUCKLAND, December 15. The award of the prize in the competition for the Auckland centennial song was announced by the Mayor (Sir Ernest Davis) as chairman of the Auckland Provincial Centennial Council. Altogether 109 entries were received from all parts of New Zealand, and the winning composition was a unison song for massed voices entitled “In the Blue Pacific Sea.” The words were by Mrs Isabel Cluett and the music by E. Rupert Morton, both of Auckland. The judges were Professor Hollinrake, Dr. Kenneth Phillips and Mr Colin Muston. There was only one prize of £25 donated anonymously for the purpose i by an Auckland lady.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21530, 18 December 1939, Page 11
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114CENTENNIAL SONG Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21530, 18 December 1939, Page 11
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