HERBERT SMITH TRUST
PRIZE FOR BEST SCHEME AWARD NOW MADE (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, Wednesday. The prize of £25 recently offered by the trustees of the Herbert Smith Fund has been awarded to Mr. Douglas Seymour, solicitor, of Hamilton, and Mr. B. O’Neill, secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, Christchurch, who submitted schemes which the trustees adjudged to be of equal merit. The prize will be divided. The late Herbert Smith left £IO,OOO to be expended by his trustees over a period of seven years by way of prizes for athletic competitions among the youth of New Zealand between the ages of 9 and 15 years. He authorised the trustees to offer a prize of £25 to the person submitting a scheme most suitable for the carrying of his wish %■ into effect. About 30 schemes were submitted.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 268, 2 February 1928, Page 18
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