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Oratory Contest
Pupils of the Patutahi Primary School who took part in the annual speech contest for the Riria Pere Memorial Cup and miniatures are pictured below.
The N.Z. Post Office district engineer, Mr I. J. Mallett, conducting Mr Tom Tombleson over the exchange.
The new exchange building situated on the corner of the Ngatapa and Patutahi roads
In front are the winners. From left: Dell Buscke (1st senior), Stephanie Sorrell (2nd senior), Michael Forge (1st junior), and David Briant (2nd junior). Other contestants at the rear are: Prudence Smith, Julie Goodhue, Elizabeth Wilson, Helen Ledger, Jokarol Pere, Loy Smilar, Munroe Smiler, and Stuart Gray.