WRITING COMPETITION.

Wairarapa Age, 14 June 1927, Page 6

WRITING COMPETITION.

BRITISH AND COLONIAL INDUSTRIES. THE AWARDS. Following is the report of the judge (Mr. C. Everard) ,on the recent writing competition organised by the British and Colonial Industries: — “I must again congratulate the Wairarapa schools on their splendid response jn the British and Colonial Industries’ writiug competition, and I can safely say that in my eleven years’ experience in judging, the Wairarapa schools are right to the fore in penmanship. There was a further increase this year in the number of papers forwarded, which goes to prove that the interest in these competitions increases yearly, which fact, I am sure, is very gratifying to the promoters. The Masterton Central, Lansdowne, Master ton West, St. Patrick’s, Matahiwi, Mt. Bruce, Mauriceville, Te Whiti, Waingawa and several other schools deserve special mention for the interest they took in the competition generally.” Following is a list of the awards:— C. Smith, Ltd., Special Competition. —Standards 5-7, Erwin Daken (Mt. Bruce) 1; Standards 3-4, Ettie Ferris (Masterton Central) 1; Standards 1-2, Loris Dixon (Masterton West) 1. Messrs. Rew & McCracken’s Special Competition.—Standards '5-7, Stanley Pearson (Lansdowne) 1; Standards 3-4, Clifford Wright (Central) 1; Standards 1-2, Raymond Mahoney ('Masterton West) 1. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson’s Special Competition.— Standards 5-7, Doris Trass (Waingawa) 1; Standards 3-4, Kathleen Brown (Te Whiti) 1; Standards 1-2, Jack Johnson (Central) 1. Main Competition.—Standards 5-7, Ken Parker (Central) 1; Ada Gay (Lansdowne) 2; Maisie Thomas (Central) 3; Norah Brown (Lansdowne), 4; Mona Grantham (Central) 5; Nesta Hope (Lansdowne) 6. Standards 3-4.—Gladys Hall (Masterton West) .1; Monica Gadsby (Lansdowne) 2; Joan Scrivener (Central) 3; Allan Amundsen (Matahiwi) 4; Clifford Wright (Central) 5; John Joyce (Masterton West) 6. Standard 2.—Jossie Falk (Lansdowne) 1; Raymond Mahoney (Masterton West) 2; Jean Fife (Lansdowne) 3; J. Potangaroa (Lansdowne) 4. Standard I.—Dorothy Field (Matahiwi) 1; Gwen Allan (Lansdowne) 2; Daphne Taggart (Matahiwi) 3; Noeline McLaren (Lansdowne) 4. Huia Aerated Water Co’s. Special Competition.—Standards 5-7: Nancy Allan (Lansdowne) 1; Standard 4, Agnes Mannell (St. Patrick’sj 1; Standard 3, D. Brown (Central) 1; Standard 2, Dorothy Adams (Lansdowne) 1; Standard 1, Hedley Parker (Central) 1. Taniwha Soap.—Special Competition. —Standard 6: Ellen Wilkin (Mauricaville) 1; Standard 5, W. Blunt (Central) 1; Standard 4, Joan Joyce (Masterton West) 1; Standard 3, Maud Nation (Mt. Bruce) 1; Standard 2, Eva Jones (Central) 1; Standard 1, Jean Swanson (Matahiwi) 1.