Quid Pro Quiz
. Se / [N "Match last the 1949 Empire Quiz " Contest. sponsored. by the Commonwealth. Loans organisation in support of Australia’s Seventh Security Loan was recorded in Australia and broadcast later in New Zealand. The New Zealand team was beaten by 12 points to 10. Recently the High Commissioner for Australia (A. R. Cutler, V.C.) presented each member of the New Zealand team with a set of books in a case of polished Australian ‘wood, in appreciation of the part they played in the contest. The books includedFlying Doctor Calling (Ernéstine .Hill), Australian Heritage (edited by Clement Christensen), The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney (Henrietta Robertson), A Short History of Australia (E. Scott), The Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef (T. C. Roughley), and Collected Verse of A. B. Paterson. The Director of Broadcasting (William Yates) spoke briefly and Mr. Cutler congratulated the contestants on their efforts. The New Zealand team shown in the photograph here is, from left to right: Martin Cock. (journalist), E. R. Dearnley (Department of Agriculture) and J. W. Winchester (New Zealand Standards Institute). The fourth member of the team, Senior-Sergeant J. C. Fletcher (of Christchurch) was unable to attend. 7
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 548, 23 December 1949, Page 20
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195Quid Pro Quiz New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 548, 23 December 1949, Page 20
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