MASTERTON COMPETITIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14128, 28 May 1920, Page 5

MASTERTON COMPETITIONS.

ESSAYS, STORIES AND .POEMS. THE PRIZE-WINNERS. jm The following are the awards .made connection with the essays, poems, ■t - ’. .; . .•Section 75.—Essay (adults). Maximum marks, 80. Subject: “Poverty.” “Bunny Boy” (Miss Cecil : Clarke, . MartinboTOugh), 61, 1. .. “Sweet Briar” (Mrs Theresa Griffiths, Masterton), 59, 2. “Elizabeth,” 57. “.John Colville,” 55. “Athena,*' 54. Section 78.—Story, original. “Huia” (Miss M. M. Johnson, Wellington), 61, 1. “ Rough Rider" (Miss E .M. Dagg, Masterton), 55, 2. “Osbertus,” 52. . Section 79. —Poem, original. “Our Soldiers’ Graves” (J. Sillars, .Masterton), 60, 1. “Pinoi'and Rata” (F. T. Redman, Masterton), 59, 2. ( “Roseneath,” 58. i “New Zealand,” 53. flk “Tribute,” 45. Jy •“Masterton,” 15. •. * tttv. WINNING POEM. , ( v -t .. (Mr. Ji Sillars;) • . : 6 UlEi i SOLDIERS GRAVRS.. "* ' (The Overseas Club offered to plant .'the graves. df'fallen' Canadians;, Austra-' ..lians l attd ,, New Zealanders With'maple, wattle'' had' -manuka.) ■ ' ' , : , •.<( ■■•t'HU • ■' • ' Wheri 'tkethunder of the howitzers has v - -eearfedbd fend the sky, - \ Aha the' 'monitors are silent on the sea, Perchancopour soars will wander where our Sleeping herpes lie, > Who -have given up their lives for , - j'ou and me. When tberbitter pains of parting and ..- the. p’aiigs of grief are o’er,. Soothed’and mellowed by the healing hand of Time; ‘When the scarred earth has recovered and concealed her every sore, I And tried to hide the brand of GerV- man eriine, :

f ith the mantle of her verdure, the russet brown and green, ■ That is blended by a subtle Master hand, v r . ''■ ' -Our children, grown, may loiter, where I the sepulchres {ire seen Of kindred in a far and foreign land. .-Should thev see the stately maple they will know that there below A gallant young Canadian sleeps in death, While brave Australians slumber where 1 the golden wattles grow, That load the heavy air with scented breath. -But if they seek to linger where a Maorilander lies, Who has faced untimely death devoid of fear,. - They must seek the slim manuka, with its myriad silvery eyes Then pay their silent tribute with a tear. —TE EME TE EAEMA. SECOND PRIZE WINNER. (Mr F. T. Redman.) fL PINE AND RATA. ™ ( A Nature Tragedy.) My love is a stately southern pine, Well-rooted and shapely grown, And I, but a tender rata vine, J *Ajm frightened to stand alone. love is a seion of noble kings, Unyielding and proud and cold, But i am a thing of arms and wings, Impatient to grasp and hold.

"The form of my love is hard and rough, \ But I shall have found my rest When arms and wings grow ample enough To compass his lordly breast. The arms of my lord spread out aloft, Where his canopy of love Holds rival charms, and I hear the soft “Ku-ku” of the Maori dove. > My lord will grow old and sometime die; >. ' - fMy mantle shall cover his breast: nd sheltering pinions, wide and high. Shall whisper of love and rest. —KU-KU.