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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 281, 26 November 1932, Page 12

j£lOO PRIZE FOR FUNNISUM NO. 2 AND A SPECIAL PRIZE FOR EVERY COMPETITOR. a Pnnnlsiim is really a very simple sum in which the ngures to bo added or miiitlDlied are slightly disguised. Tor instance, instead or saying 12 multiplied hV 3 we sav the iu.lr.ber or pence in a shilling multiplied by a quarter or a dozen. £100 will bo given to the person who solves the following "Funnlsum" correctly. ENTRIES MUST BE POSTED NOT LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. The number of palings in 70 feet of fence, in which the centres of palings are 6 inches apart. Plus The number of times the minute hand of a clock passes the hour hand between 3 minutes to 12 and a quarter past nine. Multiplied by The number of pence in a shilling less the number of times 3 will divide into 36. Plus The number of florins in a sum of £10 which is made up of the same number of florins, half-crowns and sixpences. Multiplied by . Thn total of all the numbers that contain not more than one digit. (Roman or other foreign systems of i numerals need not be considered.) Plus The number of different arrangements Mrs. Smith i could make under these conditions: Including herself, there are 5 men and 5 women present: Each lady has to be taken into the dining-room by a man and Mrs. Smith has to arrange which man shall take .' which lady in. . Plus The size (in pints) of John Smith's second Jug. He already had a 5-pint Jug. He wanted a 7-pint Jug, but could get Jugs only in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5-pint sizes, so he bought the largest Jug that would, along with his own Jug and with the use of no other utensils, enable him to measure out and carry an exact 7 pints. ; PIUS The number of times Train A would pass or be passed by other trains in the course of one trip from Wellington to Petone. Trains are leaving Wellington for Petone and Petone for Wellington every five minutes, starting from the hour, and the trip takes an exact. 30 minutes. The 5-minute service each way had been in operation some time when Train A made the trip. There were no trains except the Wellington- • Petone ones on the lines.

If no competitor gets the right answer, the company shall at Its discretion pay the prize-money to the competitor who has the nearest answer, or .else double tho prize-money and offer it again, giving the live nearest competitors free entrance. If more than one competitor gets the right answer, the prize-money shall he divided, but the company will, If necessary, subsidise the prize-money to see that each successful competitor gets a reasonable prize. The marking of the answers will be supervised by Messrs. Meek, Kirk, Harding, Phillips and Free, or Wellington, Solicitors, with whom the sealed solution is deposited. Results will be published in this paper within two weeks of the closing date. AN APOLOGY AND NAMES OF PRIZE WINNERS. We must most sincerely apologise for an error In our last advertisement. To avoid any possible leakage the correct answer to Funnisum No. 1 was not known even to ourselves. One of our staff worked out the "Funnisum," and, without consulting the sealed solution, sent the answer to Press. Funnisum No. i, arter the separate panels have been worked out, reads, 365 +:3 X ; : 0 X 45 + 51 + 365 .4r 9 + 18-10 *&■ 13 1-3. Our clerk inadvertently worked this out straight from left to right, disregarding the rule or arithmetic that multiplications must be done first. The only correct method Is to work out 3-X 0 X 45 first, and then'add up. As 3 X 0 X 45 =0, the correct answer Is the total of the rest of the numbers, 2616 2-3. Thirty-eight competitors arrived at tne right answer, the names of the Auckland ones being: P. A. S. Stein, M. Cather, G. A. Davidson, J. R. Sutton and G. West, or Auckland city. A. Lewis, Taumarunui; F. W. Stone, Te Kuiti; Miss H. M. Mason, Whangarel; C. Lawrence, Haurakl Plains, and 11. Davis, Waltoa. A lull list of prizewinners will appear In the "Auckland Weekly News." Cheques for £1/6/4 are being posted to all successful competitors next week. Present indications are that. Individual prizes In Funnisum No. 2 will be very, very much larger than this. REASON FOR THE.FUNNISUM COMPETITIONS. The reason for this competition is that we wish to make known our marvellous selection of goods. We sell men's and women's clothing, tools, Taney goods, medical goods, children's clothing, motor accessories, and everything else at very low prices. We offer bargains like these: Pure Silk Stockings, 3 pairs for 10/-; Men's Heavy Art. Silk Socks, 3 pairs ror 2/6; Crocodile Leather Tobacco Pouches, rubber lined, with zipp fasteners, for 2/9; Men's Athletic Singlets, in heavy cotton, 3 for 3/6; Folding 3rt. Rules ror 1/-; and thousands or other bargains. Every competitor will, on request, have our big'catalogue or bargains sent to him post Tree, and will be entitled to a 10 per cent, reduction on an order, so that he will easily get rar more back than he pays for entering the competition. YOU MUST MENTION WHEN CLAIMING THIS 10 PER CENT REDUCTION THE NUMBER OF THE FUNNISUM YOU ENTERED FOR. As We are getting out a new edition of our catalogue, requests for catalogues may he held up ror a Tew days. Write down your answer to the Funnisum, add your name and address, enclose a Postal Note for 1 /-, ask for a catalogue if you have not already a oopy, and POST NOT LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, to FUNNISUM No. 2, Dept. K, TOWN & COUNTRY STORES Ltd. MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT STORES, CUSTOMHOUSE QUAY, WELLINGTON, C.l.

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