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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 21, 16 April 1927, Page 19 (Supplement)

£125 COMPETITION THIRD CROSS WORD PUZZLE FIRST PRIZE, £75; SECOND PRIZE, £ls; THIRD PRIZE, £10; FOURTH PRIZE. ££; and 20 PRIZES OF £l. Prize Money and Sealed Solution deposited with Lt.-Col. R. G. MILLIGAN, D. 5.0.. Officers' Club. AUCKL AN D. CONDITIONS. 1. Forward Solutions to P.O. Box 1735, Auckland, to be delivered there not later than midnight on Saturday, the 7th day of May, 1927, at which hour entries will close. 2. An entry fee of one shilling must accompany the first solution submitted. Additional solutions, in the name of the same Competitor, will be accepted with a fee of sixpence for each additional solution. Entry fees are payable by Postal Note, marked “Not Negotiable.” 3. The correct solution and list of Prize Winners will be published iiT this paper, and in other principal daily newspapers, on Saturday, the 14th day of May, 1927. Prize moneys will be paid in cash on or before that date. 4. In the event of a tie. or ties, the Competitors concerned will divide equally between them the particular prizes affected. In the event of no correct solution being received, the solution nearest to correct will carry the first prize, and others in order of merit. All prize moneys will be paid whether or not a correct solution is received. 5. For extra forms, send stamped addressed envelope to P.O. Box 1738, Auckland. Please specify number of forms required. 6. Competitors desiring to receive a copy of the correct solution and list of Prize Winners. send separate stamped addressed envelope marked “Results” to P.O. Box 1738, Auckland. 7. All words used in this puzzle are certified to be found in Webster’s Dictionary, Cassell’s New English Dictionary, and in most copies of other standard dictionaries in use in our schools. 8. Solutions will be retained by the Adjudicators until the 21st day of May, 1927, up to which dav any Competitor may apply for a re-scrutiny of his or her solution. Thereafter i respondence can be entered into respecting this Competition. An application for re-serutiny hy ‘registered mail, and be accompanied by the butt of the postal note, and a further fee of and sixpence. If the Competitor is entitled to a prize, the re-scrutiny fee will be refunded. 9. The decisions of the Adjudicators shall be final, and legally binding on all Competitor®. 10. This Competition is the third of a series of monthly Competitions, and is organised under the advisory direction of Messrs. Discounting House Company, No. 12. First Floor, Campbell Buildings. Auckland, for the benefit of the Recreation and Band Funds of the Coast Group, New Zealand Artillery (.Territorial Forces). Inquiries should be addressed only by letter. I. Given to jesting; merry; sport7. Used to stop or close the mouths of vessels. 12. Howls (like a dog); wails. 14. To show affection; to make love. 15. Overlays with gold. 16. A small enclosure; a coop. 17. A little devil; a mischievous child. 19. Glasgow Institute (Initials). 20. An introductory step; power to take the lead. 24. A moist and strong-smelling state; humidity. 26. Eighty-nine and one more. 28. The native name of Persia. 29. Like; in proportion to. 30. Supposing that. 1. A vessel for holding liquids. 2. A form of Government in which supreme power is vested in the hands of a small exclusive class. 3. Relating to tire kitchen or cooking. 4. Advanced in years. 5. The common Indian antelope. 6. Electric telegraph (Initials). 7. Secretary of State (Initials). S. Pertaining to the ocean; frequenting mid-ocean. 9. A High Priest (especially of the Sacred College of Ancient Rome). 10. TPost Office (Initials). 11. A small mouthful. HORIZONTAL CLUES. 31. Automobile Association (Initials). 32. National Candadian Railways (Initials). 33. To wound with a pointed weapon. 35. Compare (Latin abbreviation). 36. A very high mountain. 37. A deep and narrow ravine (Poetical spelling—Wordsworth). 39. A bright warm colour. 41. A prefix meaning NOT (used befor b.m.p.). 42. A short cord or line (used for firing cannon). 45. A swell; a dandy (slang). 49. Delayed; not up to time. 50. To make sure. 52. Sudden fancies; caprices. VERTICAL CLUES 13. A secret messenger or agent; a spy. 16. To mix and disarrange type. 17. Colloquial contraction of “ I have.” 18. Broken stone used for building roads. 21. Trim; tidy; clean; adroit. 22. Twin-screw (Initials). 23. Within; towards. 24. To strike; to clang. 25. Knight of the North (Initials). 27. A bark; a yelp. 33. Thin, narrow strips of wood or metal. 34. Delicious; adorable; pleasing to the senses. 36. A love affair; a love intrigue. 54. To delay by force or craft. 56. Royal Yeomanry Infantry Unit.) 57. A jot: a particle; a tittle. 58. The first letter of a word. 60. Royal Society of Horticulture (Initials). 61. A ridge of rock or coral near or at the surface of the water. 62. National Rifle Association of Canada (Initials). 64. .a letting of lands or tenements. . 66. Application to a purpose. 68. Greater in quantity or import--70. Steam ship (Initials). 71. To tie the feet loosely together. 72. Stormed; raved; was furious. . 38, A South American domesticated 40. A debtor (popular contraction). 41. Possessive form of the pronoun ”It.” 43. New England (Initials). 44. Godlike; heavenly; supernatural. 46. To cook with fat in a pan. 47. Pretended. 48. Whirls. 49. A prefix to denote the presence of lithic acid. 51. Close by; adjacent to. 53. Flexible pipes for conveying water. 54. A contraction of the Trigonometrical ratio ”sine.” 55. Presence; nearness in place or time. 58. That is (Latin initials). 59. A Buddhist priest, or monk, in Tibet and Mongolia. 61. A popular make of motor omnibus. 63. A tooth, or cam, on a gear wheel. 65. A whispered command for silence. 67. The chemical symbol for ”Selenium. 69. Royal Engineers (Initials). “ COMPETITION,” P.O. Box 1738, Auckland. I forward herewith solution(s) of Cross-word Puzzle, and postal note to the value of shilling(s) pence, being my entry fee therein. I agree to abide by the adjudicators’ decision. Name Address RESULTS OF SECOND “EASTER EGG” CROSS-WORD PUZZLE COMPETITION. Sixteen Competitors, who each submitted a correct solution, divide equally between them the first sixteen prizes, and receive a cash prize of £5 16s 3d each. MRS. G. Bryce, Waipukurau, Hawke’s Bay. Mrs. M. Buchanan, No. 17, Grafton Flats, Auckland. Mrs. Winifred Doyle, Lower Rangaroa, Tau marunui. Mrs. R. M. Edwards, care Mrs. Drew, 12 F irst Avenue, Kingsland. Mrs. R. Gick, Lake Road, Frankton Junction. Miss N. Hulbert, 38 Tennyson Street, Beckenham, Christchurch. Mrs. E. W. Kane, 51 Bolton Street, Wellington. Mrs. M. McLennan, Parawai, Thames. Mrs. E. McQuin, 11 Test Street, Oamaru. Miss A. Marks, 453 Mount Eden Road, Auckland. Miss M. S, Newman, 7 Wapiti Avenue, Epsom, Auckland. Mrs. L. Roberts, Stanley Street, Ravensbourne, Dunedin. Master A. G. Rowland, 58 Victoria Street, Auckland. Mr. W. H. Shearer, P.O. Box 514, Auckland. Mr. George Smythson, care Mrs. R. B. Smythson, 287 Adelaide Road, Wellington. Mrs. A. W. Whilliams, 59a Milton Road, Napier. One hundred and one Competitors, who each submitted a solution containing only one mistake, have been awarded a cash prize of five shillings each. All prize-winners have been communicated with by post, and all prize moneys have been paid. The total amount paid out in Prize Moneys is £lB 5s in excess of the prizes advertised. 51 Cut out whole advt.