Results of the annual theoretical and practical examinations conducted under the auspices of the Northants Sub-Committee for Boot and Shoe Instruction are as follow:-—

Rushden Centre

Honours.—Pass (practical test, design). Maurice F. Clark (with County Council prize for homework) and Dennis Knight; pass (practical test, closing room management), Lewis C. Knight; pass (practical test, making room management), Charles P. Clifton and Martin P. O'Connor.

Advanced.—First class certificate and pass in practical pattern cutting, Leslie F. Knight; first class certificate and pass in practical clicking, Herbert F. Deighton, Reginald M. Hall and Kenneth W. Hall (Raunds) (with County Council prize for practical clicking); first-class certificate and pass in practical bottom stock, Eric K. Linnitt: first-class certificate and pass in practical machine lasting. George Bazeley and Ray Smith (Raunds) with County Council prize for homework; first-class certificate and pass in practical machine attaching. George S. Joyce (Irchester), Frank Page and Charles R. Wooding: second-class pass (practical test, pattern cutting). Rodney J Barker, Roland S Bird, Stanley Burditt, Frank Denton, William Desborough, Bernard F J Harley and Harold r Lilley (both of Irthlingborough), Raymond Hardwick (Raunds). Stanley H Hodgkins (with County Council prize for practical pattern cutting). Herbert H Rigby, Albert a Sears (with County Council prize for homework). Arthur Skeeles, James A Smith (Higham Ferrers), Victor H Walker, Roland Watson and Charles Fairey: second-class pass (practical test clicking). Herbert Clark: second-class pass (practical test closing). Jack Allen: second-class pass (practical test bottom stock). Reginald H Brown and William H Jones (both with County Council equal prize for practical bottom stock), and Raymond Willmott (Irthlingborough) (the latter qualified for County Council prize for practical bottom stock but was ineligible by reason of previous similar success); second class pass (practical test machine lasting). Ronald E Partridge, Horace W Stapleton (Higham Ferrers), Jack P Swingler, Joseph E Ward: second class pass (practical test machine attaching). William Holloway and Samuel Whitmore: second-class pass (practical test machine finishing). George F Harsant, Charles Higgins and Edward Partridge: County Council equal prize for practical closing, Eric Newell (Higham Ferrers).

Intermediate.—County Council first prize and pass in practical bottom stock (with County Council prize for practical bottom stock), Alfred W. Curtis pass (practical test, pattern cutting). Harry Edwards, Ralph W Horn (Irthlingborough), Herbert P Leeson and Eric B Penness: pass (practical test bottom stock). Dennis A Bedells and Charles A Bozeat: pass (practical test hand lasting). Cyril Houghton (Higham Ferrers) (with County Council prize for practical hand lasting): pass (practical test machine attaching). Charles F Edge: pass (practical test hand welting). George W Goodman, Horace Groom, Ernest C Jaques, Hugh W Mason, Archibald V Shelton, Harry D Steel and Ernest Tew: pass (practical test machine finishing), Joseph F Green (with County Council prize for homework), Francis E Partridge, Clarence E Tye, Herbert R Wiggins and Reginald F Smith.

Elementary.—Pass, with County Council equal first prize and County Council prize for homework, Thomas R Thacker (Higham Ferrers); pass, Geoffrey Bailey, Bernard J Bass, Frederick G Bird, Alfred W Curtis, Philip Firkins, Thomas Goodman, Harold James, Dennis Norman, Alfred S Robinson, Arthur D Sharpe, Arthur Tassell, Cecil A Thomas, Dennis A Bedells, Charles A Bozeat, Cyril Houghton, Clarence E Tye, Reginald F Smith and Horace Groom.

Applied Science.–Second year course: County Council first prize and first-class pass, Leslie F Shouler; County Council second prize and first-class pass, Albert A Sears; first-class pass. William R Desborough, Norman Lanford, Martin P O’Connor and John H White: second-class pass. Vivian Richardson, Walter Tyler and William White. First year course: County Council first prize and first-class pass, Cyril Robinson; County Council second prize and first-class pass, Edward Palmer; first-class pass, Albert Panter, Donald F Percival, Reginald W Whiting, Charles R Wooding, Ernest Edwards and Ernest Newell, second-class pass, Reginald Ablett, Arthur Bailey, Jack Gibson, Cyril H Kennell, Ernest Page, Dennis Partridge, John L Swann, James D Hartwell and Bernard ...ley.