STORIES OF COLONIAL LIFE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8214, 18 August 1906, Page 7

STORIES OF COLONIAL LIFE.

A NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION CONTEST.

The variouß committees of t.he , forthcoming New Zealand International Exhibition are covering the ground with admiral le thoroughness. The schedule for the Home Industries Department, which should be seen by all Australians, is a small volume in itself, and oovera a wide range of prize competitions, from the writing uf an invoioe to the cooking of a pie. And though entry ot many of the contests is only possible for New Zealanders, there are others which are open to the world. The section that will , perhaps interest most readers is that oovering the writing of short stories. In this department eight prizes (gold, silver, bronze medals and a certificate) will be awarded for the best offiginpl stories (3000 woras) based on colonial life. Thia department is sub-divided into—(a) For competitors under twenty-five; (b) for competitois of any age, is open to the world. Four prizes will be awarded to the winners of each section. A registration or entrance fee of Is is obarged. To enter for this contest is a simple matter —provided the competitor can first write the story. A shilling postal note must be sent at once to the Seoretary, New Zealand Exhibition, Ghriqtohurch, cr to anyone of the following commissioners: A. B. Robinson, Age Offloe, Melbourne; W. H. Croker, 84 William Street, Melbourne; F. W. Jaukson, Union Steamship Company, Sydney; E. Owen Cox, care Messrs Birfc and Co., Sydney. The intending competitor will at once leoeive a receipt and an official number in the form of a label. The label must be attaohed to the story, when completed, and posted to one of the addresses given above by October 24th, 1906. When sending in the shilling, the competitor must write, saying, "1 wish to enter for Seotion 1, Home In dustries Seotion Class 1 (under tweny-five), Class 2 (over twenty five)" as the case may be. On no aocounfc must competitor 'a name appear on MS. The nbme and £ address may be enclosed in a separata ' envelope, and sent with the entry, endorsed onlj with the official num.f ber supplied, An Australian—Mr T. Shaw .Fitohett, editor of the well-known boms journal, "The New Idea," has been appointed judge of this seotion, and we understnd that the prize-winning stories will be published in that journal, for which the competitor will be paid by "Ihe New Idea," io addition to receiving the prize awards from the Exhibition. We advise those of our readers with literary aspirations io enter for this section. All details of other Home Industries contests can, of course, be obtained from the local Commissioners in the various States, who will forward schedules on application.