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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 12

PUBLIC NOTIC£S. I'LL HAVE A BOTTLE OF -DOMINION" ALE. BRACE Time! Now is the time to brace yourself up. We have all lines, price 1/ to 4/6 pair, not forgetting boys' and youths', from 6d.—Tutfs, Symonds-st. C-ctrr -|,fk/—NEW PiANOS iron frame, ! Sm4 i JLV/ check action.—E. and F. Piano Agency, Ltd., 19L Queen-st. S. ' Coldicntt. Manager. i "VrOUR Friends wUI be delighted to get JL a copy of the "Illustrated Guide to i Auckland," obtainable at the "Star" Office ! and all Stationers. Price 2/. AS X V U B JOHN BEGG'S.WHITE CAPSULE. VISIT OF UNITED STATES FLEET TO AUCKLAND. DECORATION AND ILLUMINATION OF THE CITY. ! On the occasion of the visit of the United States Fleet in August next, I beg to invite the Citizens of Auckland to decorate ; their private houses with a liberal display ! of bunting, especially those on the route ol : main thoroughfares. : All Warehouses, Shopkeepers, etc., arc - asked to co-operate with the Reception ,- Committee by seeing that their premises . are decorated and illuminated, so that oui 5 guests and visitors will be impressed with - the City's desire to extend to them a cordial and hearty welcome. j ARTHUR M. MYERS, -_ Mayor, i President of the Reception Committee. ', 5 - -tT-ISIT OF THE UNITED STATES 5 V FLEET. L 5 ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS. Proprietors of Hotels, Boardingbouses . and Private Citizens, WILLING TO TAKE I PAYING GUESTS, are invited to send iv " to the Secretary of the Reception Commit- ' tee details of the number o£ Persons the} are willing to take and rates charged, <lur 1 ing "Fleet Week' , (i.e., 9th to loth August). Application forms can be obtained froir - the Secretary, and it is necessary that these forms be used by those wishing to register > their available accommodation. Classified Lists will be prepared later for distribution t» inquirers, so that it will be necessarj to SEND IN DETAILS BEFORE THE 30tt • JUNE. NO "BOOKING" UNDERTAKEN. " NO FEE CHARGED. ~ H. G. PALETHORPE, Secretary, Fleet Reception Committee. Ist Floor Strand Arcade, Queeu-st. I TTOWEY Vjr-ALKER, JJENTIST. ' NEW ROOMS, ! I ' "iTMFFIN /-pRNER." ' AUCKLAND'S VICT OKY— J .X\. -DOMINION" PURE ALE. '"CJLEET WEEK. ' ORDER EARLY. — Transparencies, Streamers, Calico Signs, Patriotic Devices, Decorations, etc., to welcome oar American Visitors. E. H. F ROCDE ' DURHAM-ST. WEST. 'PHONE 700. ! Designs and Complete Schemes for De- . coration submitted. . Prompt Orders will Save Disappointment. /COMPETITIONS. .COMPETITIONS I TTNIQUE. L LJ INTERESTING, 1 E ASY "ENTRANCE TfEE. A TJRIZE! ! A TSRIZE! ! t NO GAMBLING. i The Proprietors of the "WEEKLY GRAPHIC AND NEW ZEALAND MAIL" • oOer VALUABLE PHIZES In a series or " COMPETITIONS, open to all In tha Do- . minion. [ COMPETITION NO. 13. — CENTO VEKtiErf. — Prizes are offered for the best Original Set oi CKA'TO : OU MOSAIC VERSKS, of from four to sixteen lines. These are formed by arranging together separate lines from diaerent authors, so as to rhyme and also to reaa coherency. Tlie following is an example:— "Will ye one transient ray of gladneae dart, To bid the genial tear of pity flow?" "By Heaven: 1 had ralher coin my heart — Or Mr Miller's, commonly cdlletl Joe!" The names of the different authors should L be giveu. No coupon is required. Competitive verses must reach mc "GRAPHIC" . uuice, Auckland (marked on envelope "Com- > petitiou No. 13"), not later than Friday, ' June 26th. Results will be announced In •UUAI'UIC" of July Ist Ist PRIZE — A Tear's Subscription to i the "GRAPHIC," value £L 2nd PRIZE — Five Shillings in Ca»h. COMPETITION MO. 14. — NEW ZK-\----1 LA_Nl> POETS — Fill in Coupon published iv the "Graphic," jjlvicg the names of the best Six New Zealand Poets (including poeteseesj, whether uarive-born or otherwise, ; cenpetitur who names all, or most, of those chosen by the majority will receive as PRIZE — A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE "GRAPHIC," value £1. Entries, which niuet be ou Coupon r Form, clipped from the "GRAPHIC," are receivable (addressed "Competition No. 14, ■GRAPHIC Office, Aucklanu,") up to FKI- ' DAY, JULY 3rd. Results will be ac- ' pounced in "GRAPHIC" of Jnly Sth COMPETITION NO. 13. — BEST DIIEAM STORY. — Prizes are offered for the best Original Story of a DKEA-lt THAT CAME TIiUE, told in prose or verse, not to exceed 30 lines, or 200 words in length, i The story should be founded on fact. Ist PRIZE — A Year's Subscription to the "GRAPHIC." value £1. j 2nd — Five Shillings in Cash, i Competitive Papers, addressed "Compe- > tition No. 15, 'GRAPHIC , Office. Auckland," are receivable up till FRIDAY, July io. Results announced in "GKAPHIC' of • July 15th. COMPETITION" NO. 16. — For the t BEST HUMOROUS STORY, in i Verse, not exceeding sixteen lines I in length, the following Prises are offered:— Ist — A Year's Subscroption to the ' "GKAPHIC," value £.1. 2nd — Five Shillings in Cash. The story need not be original, but the versification must. Choose any Humorous Anecdote or incident, and turn it into verse. The prizes will be awarded, not necessarily to the best or funniest anec- • dotes, but to the most successful versification of them. Competitive Papers, addressed "Competition No. 16, 'GUAPHIC Oince, Auckland, must reach the office not latA than FKIDAY, July 17th. Results announced in "GRAPHIC" oi July 22. '. COMPETITION NO. 17. — NEW ZEALAND SCENERY. — Prizes are olfered for the best Original Description of a piece of New Zealand Scenery, in jfrose or Verse, not exceeding in length 30 lines of Veree or 200 Words of Prose. Ist — A Year's Subscription to the "GRAPHIC," value £1. 2nd — Five Shillings in Cash. ComDetitive Papers, addressed "Competition "No. 17, 'GRAPHIC Office, Auckland," must reach the Office not later than FUiDAY, July 24th. Results will be announced in the "GKAPHIC" of July 29th RESULTS OF COMPETITION XO 12, announced in the "GRAPHIC" of June 24. COMPETITIONS QPEN iTX) \LU Q.RAPHIC AND ]^EW TIT AIL" (ENLARGED AND IMPROVED). rjvHE ■ ,-gEST TLLUSTRATED : IN THE T\OMINION. ' 12 copy: £1 P M annum On advance). «f an Bookseller* and N«w« Aeaota.