NEARING THE END

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1944, Page 3

NEARING THE END

WELLINGTON COMPETITIONS The final classes in the Wellington Competitions Society's festival will be heard tonight when the Town Hall, Concert Chamber, and Oddfellows' Hall will be in use. A demonstration concert will be given tomorrow afternoon in the Town Hall. His Excellency the Governor-General will present the successful competitors with their prizes and awards at a special demonstration concert in the Town Hall tomorrow night, when the cream of the items of the whole competitions will be repeated. Recalls for the ladies' vocal scholarship, to be heard tonight, are Miss Shirley Austin-Turtle and Miss Mona Ross. In the gentlemen's vocal scholarship, Mr. T. Hatch and Mr. F. Lynch have been recalled. Further results are:— Character dances under G.±— Noeline Stringer, Wellington, 80 points, 1; Rowena Degerholm. Berhampore, 78 points, 2; Jocelyn Sarney, Lower Hutt, and Beverley Stanbridge, Petone, 77 points,- 3. Junior test recital, girls, 14-16 years (26 entries).—Audrey Eady, Christchurch, 85 points. 1; Fay Campton, Kilbirnle, 84 points, 2; Sunny Amey, Seatoun, Bethune Thomas. Lower Hutt, and Margaret Ede, Porirua, 83 points, equal, 3. Humorous recitation, boys, 12-16 years (15 entries). —Reginald Hurley, Karori, 82 points, 1; Leith Mcllvrlde, Petone, and John Stanbridge. Petone, 81 points, equal, 2; George Gay, Wellington, and Maurice Curlew, Wellington, 80 points, equal, 4. , Toe dance. 14-16 years (14 entries) .—Beverley Gruar, Hataitai, 87 points, 1; Zelda Turvey, Petone, 83 points, 2; Norma Harris, Wellington, 79. points, 3. Tap dance, girls, 12-14 years (30 entries).— Betty Brosrian, Christchurch, 91 points, 1; Doreen Brown, Khandallah, 84 points, 2; Betty Williams, Wellington, 78 points, 3. Character dance, 8-10 years (34 entries).— Wayne Howes, .Berhampore, 88 points, 1; Norma Horsley, Newtown, S7 points, 2; Kav Smith. Christchurch, SI points, 3. ■ ■ ' Dance duo, under nine years (13 entries).— Maureen Dawson and Audrey Sinclair, Khandallah, 84 points, 1; Glenys Stewart and Desirae Bissett, Wellington, 82 points, 2; Gaenor Grange and Barbara Kimmins, Wellington, and Rosemary Trewheellar and Sallie Lewis, Khandallah, 81 points, equal, 3. Popular song, under 14 years (50 entries).— Barry Osborne, Christchurch, S9 points, 1Bernard Ramsey, Christchurch, 87 points, 2; Brian Harris,. Hastings, S2 points 3 Song in costume, 9-12 years (35 entries),— Judith Watt, Petone, 87 points, 1; Robert Hastings, Morninpton, 86 points, 2; Lenore Spencer, Wellington, 84 points, 3. Miss Hilda Chudley scholarship, girls, 9-12 years, "Summer Evening" (eight entries).— Patricia Christie, Miramar, 81 points, 1; Helen Johnston, Miramar, 79 points 2; Pauline Price, Mangaroa. 76 points, 3. Humorous character sketch, open (11 entries).—Miss Ivena Pothan. Hastings, 82 points, '. .iITS: Ke'tha Bretherton, Wellington, 81 points, 2; Jiiss Betty Henry, Petone, and Mr. Ivan Cher, Kelburn, 80 points, equal, 3.

. The name "Raukawa" was chosen by the Wellington Hospital Board on a majority vote last night for the railway siding now known as the Mackay's Crossing siding, which will serve the projected tuberculosis hospital at Paekakariki. The choice of name, which it is intended to apply also to the new hospital, will be submitted to the geographic board for approval-