SCHOOLS' WRITING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 141, 6 February 1932, Page 5

SCHOOLS' WRITING

RESULTS OF BRITISH AND COLONIAL INDUSTRIES COMPETITION DISTRICT PRIZE WINNERS The results of the recent. writing competitions promoted among the schools of the South Auckland and Rotorua distriets hy the • British and Colonial Industries Association, are to hand. Pupils of Rotorua and district schools, figufe largely in the prize list, of which the district results are as follow:— Messrs. O. H. Coleman and Co. — Special Cojnpetition : — Standards 5 to 7 : First prize : L. Tregoweth (Rotorua High School); 3 and 4: First prize: Yerna White (Rotorua Primary) ; 2: First prize: Jessie Roberts (St. Luke's, Private) ; 1: First prize: Emma Morrison (Convent). Messrs. Rotorua Furnishing Co. — Special Competition : — Standards 5 to 7: First prize: Ruth Holland (Rotorua High School); 3 and 4: First prize: Verna White (Rotorua Primary) ; 1 and 2: First prize: Jean Millar (St. Michael's). Messrs. Spedding and Co. — Special Competition: — Standards 5 to 7: First prize: Melia Leonard (Ngongotaha) ; 3 and 4: First prize: Claude Frost (Rotorua Primary) ; 1 and 2 : First prize: Lucy Butt (St. Luke's, Private) . Messrs. T. J. Edmonds, Ltd. — Special Competition : — Standards 6 : First prize: Olga Whitefield (Mamaku); First prize: Annie Riddle (Paengaroa); 5: First prize: N. Tregoweth (Rotorua High School) ; 4 : First prize: R. Holland (Rotorua High School); First prize: M. Walsh (Mamaku); 3: First prize: F. Timmins (Tirau); 2: First prize: N. Williams (Valley School, Ngongotaha) ; 1: First prize: F. Holt (Rotoiti). Special Prize Awards: 1st spec: J. Patterson , (Mamaku) ; B. Price (Mamaku) ; Bill Fountain (Paengaroa) ; Ngaire Conway (Paengaroa) ; Millie Rika (Convent) ; M. Leonard (Ngongotaha) ; H. Freeth (Tirau) ; Geo. Mills (Putaruru). Main Competitions : — Standards 1 and 2: First prize: S. Rowe (St. Luke's, Private) ; second: Vivian Harvey (Rotorua Public School) ; third : June Quinlan (Convent); fourth: Catherine Keane (St. Luke's Private); fifth: P. Billingham (St. Luke's, Private) . Standard 4: First and Special: Lola Wolfgram (Ngongotaha); 3 and 4: First prize: C. Collins (Paengaroa); second: Rita Kappely (Rotorua Public School); third: S. Sutherland (Mamaku); fourth: Mary Ellis ("Convent) ; fifth: M. Rose (Rotorua Public); sixth: Rhoda Chaplin (Rotorua Public); seventh: J. Limozin (Rotorua Public); eighth: June Roach (Rotorua Public) . Standards 6 and 7 : First prize : Loma Tregoweth (Rotorua High School) ; second: J. Patterson (Mamaku) ; third: Norma Tregoweth (High School) ; fourth: Doreen Alexander (Paengaroa) ; fifth : George Wood (Convent); sixth: Melia Leonard (Ngongotaha) ; seventh : Trece Club (Convent) ; eighth: Ino McDowell (Paengaroa). Commenting upon the standard oi the entries, the judge stated: — "The papers again exceeded in number those of previous years and my taslc of judicating was indeed a very difficult one. The quality of the writing was very good; the style and I neatness being the chief characteristics. The special competitions came in for their full share of interest and I am sure those firms who are , interested in the publication woulc 1 be very gratified indeed if they were I able to view the total number oi ; papers. I "I should lilce to congratulate the ' following schools for the interesl they took in the competition: — Rotorua Junior High School, St. Michael's Convent, Rotorua Primarj j School, St. Luke's Private School i Ngongotaha, Paengaroa, Mamaku Tirau, Valley School (Ngongotaha) Rotoiti, and a number of small native schools.