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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 249, 17 October 1908, Page 3

;' .. PPBIJO WOTICES. „ . . '■■ SPECIAL MILLINERY i AND. COBSET _•■ ;' _. ;: /, NOTICE. . ,; .. ~, ~; . ;thd a 1 la mode millinery, cokSET; AND BLOUSE ESTABLISHMENT are showing Dainty Spring and Summer Millinery, at Very Moderate Prices. Special Lines. of Black, Hats from 14/6 upwards; Keady-to-wears, trimmed smartly with alls, 9/6 upwards; pur Corset Department is the 1 most up-to-date in tne colony. Our Corset. Expert will make you a Corset to fit you, and one that .will last you three times as long as a bought one. Surgical work of all description executed by us. Appendicitis Belts, a Specialty. We have opened up a shipment ot Blouses. Call and see them. It is worth your while. Don't forget the address — ALA MODE, PITT-ST. - MISS ARBUCKLK, MBS G. WRIGHT, Milliner. Corset Maker. Phone 957. rjIHE T>USINESS QELLER. X? -| *7pr — LAUNDRY — Steam Laundry, . d "'-*- •** situated In centre of Tourist Die- | triet. Everything in first-class going order. Apply quickly. no A—GROCERY AND FRUIT STORE. «OW Turnover about £20 per week. This : is a very good little business, and can bear . a close investigation. r?-(K (V— CONFECTIONERY — A well SrfXOU known established City Business; under present ownership for past eight years. Very natty little business. O OKA—BOAKDINGHOUSE—An exeep**Wv tionally good House and Furniture. View unsurpassed; overlooking the harbour. Very select business is carried on. f» QAA—HAIBDRESSING AND TOBACS/OUU CONIST—No better business outside of Queen-st If you want to make money this is your opportunity. , A. M. B- RYDENTHE POPULAR BUSINESS SELLER, 188, QUEEN-ST., Well and favourably known throughout this province as a Careful, Reliable, and Successful Salesman. Le mc know your requirements. 'Phone 1742. HE BOOK BARGAIN SHOP. FOR BOOKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TRY THE BOOK EXCHANGE. School Books, Technical Books, Picture Books, Prizes, .Dictionaries, Bibles, Prayer Hooks, etc., etc. CHEAPEST IN AUCKLAND. We Exchange your Old Books for others that you may want. Postage Stamps uud Music Purchased. : Note Address: THE BOOK EXCHANGE, Next Central Hotel. MILLINERY — To Ladles that make their own Hate, we beg to inform theiu thst we keep the best selection of CRiNOI.IJNES, BRAIDS. & STRAW PLAITS In the Dominion. Straw Vlaits In all Colours, 1/ ami 1/e per dozen; Crinoline Plaits, In all colours. 1/e to 3/11 per dozen; Ciinoline Braids. in all colours, 2/C per ■loz.; Wire Shapes in all styles, 1/6 each. THE "BON MARCHE," 13S & 146, Karaiigahape-rd., Newton, Auckland. p v b l i c notice! WILLIAM MORGAN, Saddler, Newmarket, begs to intimate to his numerous friends and customers that he is retiring from business, and takes this opportunity of thankiug them for their liberal patronage lor a great number of years, and that he will hold a Clearance Sale of his Assorted Stock of Saddlery until OCTOBER 31st next. No reasonable offers refused. HOUSE REMOVING — Bodily or Sections. T\HAINAGK — To City By laws. /IONCBETE WALLS, Floors, or Pat—, FENCING — E»«-.ry Feasible Kind. THE OLD FIRM, cam. yymxE and _2ONs. CCSTOMS-ST. W. Phone 70S. r-lOMPETITIONS. /^OMPETrnONE. v> , TTNIQUE, V> ■ *~> TNTERESTING, 1 e asy - ATO TQNTRANCE Tj^EE. TXfIN A T>RIZE ! W" IN A J>RIZE ! NO GAMBLING. The Proprietors of the "WEEKLY GRAPHIC AND NEW ZEALAND MAIL" otter VAl,liAiiL.E I'KlZhs iv a series of COMPETITIONS, open to all In the Dominion. -VTO. OQ "BEST BONA-FIDE STORY OF PRECOCIOUS OR WITTY CHILDREN." The children of the Dominion are noted for their precocity and for the quaintness of their sayings. Prizes are oilered for the best story of a witty saying, or funny question put by children to each other or to ; grown-up people. . First—A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO , THE "GRAPHIC." Value £1. Second—FlVE SHILLINGS CASH. Entries received OCTOBER 16th. • Results anuounced OCTOBER 21st. /"COMPETITION OQ ■pOX A NAG RAMS. In response to a suggestion from a correspondent, to whom our thanks are due, we have pleasure in announcing an Anagram Competition. WHAT IS AN ANAGRAM ? ( An Anagram consists of the letters of a word used so as to form another word, or words. Its excellence is determined by its - appositeness—that is, in the new words made being in some way related to the meaning of the original word chosen. This can • best be seen trom the following examples, some of which are excellent:— CHOSEN -WORD. AXAGRAM. (The same letters transposed.) At it! Ye vulgar met Broken <->n kerb Consternation O Nance! 'tis torn Conversation Oh! sit. liev. uacon Desperation A rope enss it Exasperating Spinage extra! Exclamations Camel.' It's an ox Followers Slower, Flo Important r^, ilr TiuDot Policeman's - iSlp's acomin' Three-hundredweight Truth! Ned weighed hei United lH, duet Worthy Who try All the letters in the cnosen word, and only those letters, must appear in the anagram. Competitors are Invited to send in anagrams formed lrom any word they like to choose trom any part ot the pages on which appear "The Week in Review" articles, up to the date of the closing of the competition. The word and the article and issue it is extracted from should be quoted in send- ■ ing in the anagrams. First—A IRAK'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE "GRAPHIC." Value £1. Second—FlVE SHILLINGS CASH. Entries close OCTOBER 23rd. Results OCTOBER 28th. It is stipulated as a condition of all Com- ' petitions that the decision of the Editor ' of the "Graphic" shall be nnul, and that no correspondence on the subject of the Competitions shall be allowed. Any of the . competition Papers may be published in the ••Graphic." "Contributors who may not wish their names published should sign initials or motto. The names of all Prize Winners will Iμ published. J /COMPETITIONS /"JPEN •mo A LL. " yyEEKLY Q.RAPHIC AND 2 EALA ND M AIL -" mHE JJEST JLLDSTBAIBD TN ITOJE -QOMINION. . price, 6d per copy';. £1. per, annum (in advance). Of all Booksellers and News Agent*.