Capturing the Cities

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 14 September 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)

Capturing the Cities

The cities fell quite rapidly before some besiegers, and there was a goodly number of all correct. §o the judge exercised his discretion and awarded the twenty-four prizes to the twenty-four neatest of the correct lists. Certificates go to the next best. It was surprising to see how many entrants missed the clue for No. 12. The answer is concentricity and not centricity. Here are the prizewinners;— , DOUGLAS BUNTJNG, Mangere, age 9, money box. JOAN GOODRICH, Epsom, age 7, box of soap. PETER ROBINSON, Westmere, age 12, monoplane kitset. % WINIFRED WAITE, Heme Bay, age 15, pen knife. DMPETITION SOLUTION. LORN A LEMON, Mount Albert, age 14, beach set. NOELINE DRIVER. Epsom, age 18, box of soap. I. Veracity. NGAIRE SMITH, Point Chevalier, age 8, beach outfit. 2. Velocity. GRAHAM SMITH, Point Chevalier, age 11, penknife. 3. Publicity. YOLANDE ELLIS, Mount Eden, age* 9, painting book. . 4. Simplicity. nELEN McCARTNEY, Remuera, age 14, box of soap. ' 5. Electricity. RUSSELL BURNETT, Mount Eden, a-sa 12, torch. 6, Elasticity. RONALD WISE, Auckland, age 13, torch. 7. Capacity. DICK HONSON, Auckland, brush* 8. Paucityi GORDON HONSON, Auckland, age 16, wallet. 9. Perspicacity. MARY McCORMACK, MJlford, age 10, mouth organ. 10. i.oquaclty. TYRONE HONSON. Auckland, age 14, torch 11. Catholicity. RAYMOND SANG, Auckland, age 18, hairbrush. 12. Concentricity. JOYCE NEWf Auckland, age 14, torch. 13. Tripllclty. ALEX TO*, Auckland, age 15, wallet. 14. Rusticity. RUBY TURNBULL, Auckland, age 14, torch. 16. Domesticity. MYRTLE HEWITT, Popsonby,. soap. , 16. Scarcity. FRANK BOTICA, Auckland, age 15, table tennis. CONRAD nONSON, Auckland, age 15, penknife. HARRY CHIN, Auckland, table tennis. Green Certificates go to the following:— Ray Davison, Tyrone Honson, Nola, Boaner, Mildred JCgntpgs, Roger ©rsfinhottfik, Faith Collins; Monica Carolan, Jennifer Mason. Sylvia Adams, Josephine Rice, Buaty Sager, Evan Dorrington. Merle Fitzpatrick, James Hay, Valma Taylor, Rosemary Helean, Pat Davies, Loraine Brighouse, Beverley Rudd, Joyce Rudd, Noree O'Connor, H. Chlng. Lona McKewan, Rcna. Gray, Noreen Tap p. Godfrey Hubbard, Heather Mackinnon, Dora Turpin, Gladys Powell, Reginald Toi, Owen Wilson, Herbert Honson, Noreen Thomasen, Gwen Tol, Ronald ShaT.