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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 3 (Supplement)

ANOTHER WORD OBLONG COMPETITION, *■*■* JOIN THE RANKS OF FIRESIDE PUZZLERS. Word Value I i 1 1 i 1 Perhaps You May Win a Prize. day we P ubllsh lh e third of our word oblongs, which is the fifth of the series of fireside puzzles. Making word oblongs is great ... fun, especially when every letter has a certain value, and with it all you have a chance of winning one of the twenty-four prizes offered each week. Best of all, winners may select their own reward from the list published below. —-——— ————— ————- ... Miniature Book Shelf, "Star" Special R.O.G. Monoplane Kitset, i Rubber Printing Outfit (containing letters, numbers and animals). f Table Tennis Sets L Fountain Pens, Special Big Paint Box (three | tubes and 52 different colours), Double-decker Pencil Cases. 1 Boomerang Mouth Organs. Draughtsmen, Set of Six Games (Ludo. onakes and Ladders Obstructions, etc.), Stationery Wallets and Boxes,Jancy Propelling Pencils. Penknives, "Adventures of Mickey ' Mouse (in colour, for little ones). Painting Books, Story Books _J '(for little ones). | Country readers (i.e., those living beyond a ten-mile radius of IT L I Auckland city) will be pleased to learn that the date of closing has been OfO/ OF pOmrS CIOWD extended to noon on Monday. This applies on/p to country readers. For all other competitors the competition closes on Saturday. of DOmi~S OCTOSS What You Have to Do— jj To compete in the -Star" Word Oblong No. 3, all you have to do GrO/ld Mo/ is to construct a kind of word square (this one is an oblong) in the form | provided. Each of the lines across must contain a complete five-letter WORD OBLONC NO. 3. word. As before, every letter has a certain value which is shown in the letter value chart. The objective, of course, is to secure words with the greatest value. In the down columns complete words are not necessary, but where they do occur they also score points just as for those across. Herein is ADDRESS found one of the points of great interest in this competition. Some may decide to work for a complete oblong, spelling ,words both across and AGE down; others may rely only upon high letter values in words across. Study the example given, and read the conditions carefully. §f , wjn a prize , would , ike Conditions of Competition— £' lc c P m P c t'ti oll , open to all young people under eighteen years of age. , . prizes will lie awarded to competitors who submit lists Cut Here containing live highest totals. Of these 24, six must be awarded to competitors under twelve, Irrespective of their totals. 3. Kntries must be made upon the form supplied here. Any number of I FTTFR VAI IJF CHART entries m.ij be sent in by any one competitor, but onlv one prize mav be won ILK V.ALUL L,nrtl\ . by any one person. Altered or mutilated entries will not be considered. 4. Words must be of current usage. Dialect, colloquial, foreign or obsolete .LETTER VALUE CHART words must not be used, nor may poetic or other contractions of words be used. ■ • „ , M Place names are not permissible. Jso word may be used twice in the one entry. ABCPEFGH I J K M 5. Address your -eritry to PETER PAN, "Star" Office. Auckland C 1 and " ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~~ " dispatch it so that it is delivered by Saturday. August S, for town readers, or by 2.5 SO 70 10 45 65 80 8 0 70 100 70 3.5 f5 „ AOOy oin Monday, August 10, for flio.se >vho live beyond a ten-mile radius of Auckland City. NOPORSTUVWXYZ G. Entry in this competition is made upon the understanding that the «—— - decision of the editor is final and binding. The results will be published in the an children s page of Wednesday, August 11!. 55 50 60 70 50 45 30 40 70 60 30 30 40