A £100 WAR-PUZZLE CONTEST

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 17 June 1915, Page 3

A £100 WAR-PUZZLE CONTEST

The editor of " Everylady's Journal " has hit upon an ingenious scheme, which combines instruction with amusement— a War-Puzzle Contest along original lines, with £100 in prizes. The editor has issued a list of some thousands of places that have come into more or less prominence in the war zone, these places being chosen from maps published in " The Times History of the War" in volume form, and, therefore, authentic. At the head of the names in each country is a brief explanation of the principles governing their pronunciation, with the correct pronunciation given in brackets after the place. This puzzle-list is wort h obtaining if for no other purpose than that of knowing how these various names should be pronounced.

The amusement,- however, in connection with this prize puzzle-contest lies in the fact that each month nine of these places will be represented in " Everylady's Journal," in picture form, till the contest closes. The person who interprets correotly the greatest number of pictures will receive a cash prize of £50, whilst over 100 other prizes in cash and kind bring the total prize money up to £100. The first set of puzzle pictures in the June number, and any reader of this paper may enter for the competition who buys the magazine locally for 6d. If unobtainable locally, 3s sent to T. Sfraw Fitchett, 376 Swanston Street, Melbourne, will bring the magazine to your home every month for six months.

The June issue, it might be added, is an excellent number of this popular woman's magazine A leading feature is, a symposium on the question whether the war should stop the amusements of women, and answers by Madame Melb a Chief Justice Madden, Admiral Creswell, etc.