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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 228, 26 September 1930, Page 5

WHAT IS HE DOING? A TEST OF OBSERVATION. SUCCESS OF "STAR'S" NEW FEATURE. The popularity of the new puzzle competition is proved by the fact that nearly 600 entries were received for the second of the series. The lady photographically depicted was engaged in the simple domestic task of ironing clothes. Many succeeded in solving the comparatively simple problem, hut the answer showing greatest evidence of observation came from MRS. H. REYNOLDS, la, Seymour Street, Heme Bay. Irony, as well as a knowledge of ironing, was evidently possessed by some of the competitors. Unfortunately, it was equally evident that they did not realise that avoidance of the obvious was a necessary ingredient in the make-up of a picture puzzle. Nevertheless, the competition editor could not refrain from smiling when he read that "If the eccentric gentleman in the first picture was shaving, with his hat and coat on, no doubt the lady is driving a baby car up Mount Everest/' Another facetious correspondent expressed the opinion that the lady was either milking a cow or having a bati "WHAT IS HE DOING?" In this issue we give a third puzzle, solvers being required to answer the question, '-"What is he doing V' A prize of ten shillings will be offered to the reader .who supplies the correct answer. Should no solver be right, then the prize will go to the one who most closely approximates to the true answer. If more than one reader supplies the correct solution, then the prize will go to the one which most adequately describes the surrounding details, such as the material used, the age of the individual, and so on. No prize in the series will be withheld; two competitions will be held each week, and each week two prizes will be paid out. To-day's competition will close with the afternoon mail of Monday nert, • the answers will be opened at 8 p.m., and on Tuesday the winner will be announced, together with the publication of a fourth competition. That competition will close on Thursday, the answers will judged at S p.m., and on Friday another puzzle picture will appear. The interval will give adequate time for our country readers to arrive at their conclusions and to post them into the office in ample time for the opening of the solutions. SOLUTION TO THE SECOND PUZZLE. The problem offered to-night is a difficult one, for the figure shown in the pfctur'e may be engaged in one of scores of operations. The difficulty is to decide which. Post your solutions, on the coupon below, addressed, "Picture Puzzle, 'Star' Office, Auckland." Watch for Tuesday's paper, -when the doubts of solvers will he dissolved, and when a new problem will be offered upon which to ponder for a day or two. Kemember. the prize must be won, and every entrant will have a lair and equal opportunity. Only one solution must appear on the one coupon, but the number of attempts which a competitor may make is not limited. The decision of the Puzzle Editor shall be absolutely final. PICTURE PUZZLE COUPON. The figure in the photograph is