"Beau Ideal" Competition

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 16, 2 November 1928, Page 11

"Beau Ideal" Competition

RRECEN TLY an interesting competi‘tion was announced over the air by Mr. H. ©. South, whose interesting talks on ‘Books, Grave and Gay" are regularly looked for by a wide circle of listeners. The competition involved the hand-printing of the title "Beau Ideal" on a sheet of paper, and the prizes were four autographed copies of Mr. P. C. Wren’s work "Beau Ideal." The entries proved very voluminous, and the judges, Messrs. Hanna and King, of Wellington, finally made the following awards of the four autographed books :- W. G. Harding, Khandallah. Ken. Dennett, Wellington. G. W. Ford, Invercargill. P. Buist, Wellington.

— The next six in order of merit-very close up-were :- Miss. K. Ellis, Gisborne. Miss Rita Sanson, Normanby. , . B. Burton, Alexandra, Central Otago. R. McIntyre, Alexandra, Central Otago. H. J. Moss, Khandallah. J. C. Orman, Wellington, HE competition was very illuminating in its revelation of the widelyscattered nature of the radio audience that enjoys the Book Talks from 2YA. Hundreds of entries were received from towns all over New Zealand-from the North Cape to the Bluff. The main towns covered by competitors were as follows :-Dunedin, Waharoa, Nelson, Hawera, Wellington, Spotswood, Invercargill, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Marton, Te Aroha, Wanganui, Masterton, Hakataramea, Auckland, Westport, Gisborne, Blenheim, Porangahau, Motatau, Huntly, Pukehuia, Hautapu, Coromandel, Kumeroa, Hskdale, Stratford, Whakarongo, Pihama, Fordell, Whakatu, Hitham, Norsewood, Morven, Tokomaru Bay, Alexandra, Te Tua, Shannon, Wyndham, Waikokowai, Timaru, Utiku, Otaki, Pakatoa, Horopito, Waihi, Lyttelton, Hicks Bay, Otane, Rawene, Otorohanga, Owaka, Waverley, Taupiri, Nukumaru, Taradale, Martinborough, Glenhope, Awatere, Eketahuna, Otahuhu, Nuhaka, Woodville, Palmerston North and Waikiekie,