A Dress for 30/-

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 39, 9 May 1927, Page 5

A Dress for 30/-

PRIZE OF £2O OFFERED

TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Cecily.” Your name must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and attached to your frock. No, your identity will only be known to the judges after they have made their decision. “E.C.H.”—The frock may be made in whatever material you choose, but it must be suitable for wearing out of doors at the present time of the year, so naturally a thicker material than you suggest would be more suitable. “Mrs. B.”—You are quite eligible to compete provided you are not now a professional dressmaker. “Betty M.” —It would hardly be fair for us to suggest the actual style in which you should make your frock, still with the simple little frocks that, are now being worn it should be an easy matter for you to decide on a suitable style. “L.M.” —The total amount of your purchases, including every trimming used for the frock, must be shown on the dockets that are to be sent in with each entry. The following shops are SUN advertisers and can supply the required materials: —• John Court Ltd., Queen Street; Bradstreets Ltd., Karangahape Road; Rendells Ltd., Karanga hape Road; The House of Flackson, Karangahape Road; Bros., Queen Street; Farmers’ Trading Co., Hobson Street; Kelleways, Broadway, Newmarket; Potts’ Drapery Store, Broadway, Newmarket; Madame Cretian, 12 Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden; Scotts, Karangahape Road. HOME DRESSMAKING ONLY The competition is confined to amateurs, and professional dressmakers are not eligible. A committee of three expert dress designers will be appointed to judge

the exhibits, which will remain tho property of the competitors, and will be returned within one week of the award being made. CONDITIONS 1. —The competition is open to SUN readers throughout New Zealand. 2. —The materials used in making the dresses entered in this competition must have been purchased from shops advertising in THE SUN and the total cost mitst not exceed 30s. 3. —The dress must be seasonable and suitable for wearing out of doors. 4. —Cash dockets, showing the purchases of the material used, must be sent in along with the dress for the inspection of the judges. 5. —The decision of the committee of three expert dressmakers appointed by THE SUN to judge the entries must be accepted by competitors as final, and from which there may be no appeal. 6. —Entries are to be at the disposal of THE SUN for one week after the judging is complete, for the purpose of exhibition, after which they will be returned to competitors, 7. —Each competitor must enclose her name and address in a sealed envelope and pin it to her exhibit. 8. —Notice of intention to compete must be given on the coupon published below and posted or delivered to THE SUN Office on or before Saturday, May 21. 9. —All dresses entered in this competition must be wrapped in parcels and delivered to THE SUN, Wyndham Street, Auckland, on or before Tuesday, May 31, addressed: Manager, THE SUN 30/- Dress Competition, c/o The Lady Editor, THE SUN, Auckland.