EGMONT PEN COMPETITION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1885, 20 October 1913, Page 9

EGMONT PEN COMPETITION.

The results of tho "Egmont Pen" writ- ? ing competitions conducted every year by • Messrs. H. I. Jones and Son, Ltd., of Wa- ~ nganui,' nre now to hancl. Tho entries luivo been very larjje—6so papers having t been examined'—and tho results havo i shown that tho Gisbortio schools havo - practically "scooped tho pool." Out of sixteen prizes they have carried 1 off twelve. • When apprised of tho names of the priwiJ winners, the examiner, Mr. W. A. ArJ mour, principal of tho Technical Colli lege, said it was astonishing to find thatt so many bailed from G'isbofrto' and Poverty Ba'v. This spoke well for tho stani dard of writing under tho Hnwke's Bay ■- Board and Mr. Howloy, and staff of tho 1 Gisborno School were to he heartily con- • grahilated on tho exceedingly high stan- . 5 dard. in writing attained in their school. ' Arcs under 9. Judge. Miss Alexander, 6 head-teacher Central Infants' School, Wa- !. npanui: Ist, Ajiita Greaves, Mangapapn .School. Gi.iborne; 2nd. Nora Bowler, Con- . vent School, Stratford. >• Between 9 and 11: Judge, W. A. At--1 mour, M.A., Principal, Technical College, , Wangauui. , 1 Uiklct 10 years: Ist, Hugh Kowley, Gis--4 borne School; 2nd, Patricia Snelgor, Gis- . "borne School. 1 J Under 11 years: Ist. Emma Wilkes, Gishorno School; 2nd, Veronica Willis, Gishorno School. Under 12 years: Ist. Eva Fraser, Gib- ' home School; 2nd, U. Keith Gardiner, Gisborite School. Under 13 years: 1-st, Mary Murray, Gisborne School; 2nd. Geoffrey Bullock, Ma--9 nof.pnpa School, Gisborno. ' Under U years: Ist, Kathleen Parker, f Kaiti School, Gisliorne; 2nd. Vera Cals cott, Manpapapa School, Gisborno. 1 Special prizes for pupils under IG, iiii eluding those attending Technical Schools, Boys' and Girls' Colleges, Convents, ete. Jndpe, Mr. W. Etinjfiii, manager Bank of N-ew South Wales: Ist, 3 Relda Giblin, Technical College Wanqa--3 nui; 2nd. Mira Kcrcru, Opoutauia, f Haivko's Bay.