Mis s DOROTHY SKIN N E R the eighteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Skinner, St. Clair, Dunedin, and pupil of Mr. J. JV. Johnstone, whose phenomenal success at the recent Competitions held in Christchurch resulted in the winning of nine first places in her ten entries, and being second (one point behind the winner) in the Scholarship Section. She won the gold Championship Medal against allcomers up to twenty-four years of age, and Mr. Gordon Havers, of Sydney, the judge, at the close of the session, when commenting on the entrants, said that “Miss Skinner icas one of the two outstanding voices of the Festival, and if she continues her studies, would he, heard of.” Her voice is a true contralto.

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Mis s DOROTHY SKIN NE R the eighteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Skinner, St. Clair, Dunedin, and pupil of Mr. J. JV. Johnstone, whose phenomenal success at the recent Competitions held in Christchurch resulted in the winning of nine first places in her ten entries, and being second (one point behind the winner) in the Scholarship Section. She won the gold Championship Medal against allcomers up to twenty-four years of age, and Mr. Gordon Havers, of Sydney, the judge, at the close of the session, when commenting on the entrants, said that “Miss Skinner icas one of the two outstanding voices of the Festival, and if she continues her studies, would he, heard of.” Her voice is a true contralto.