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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 December 1924, Page 13

11l 1695 a, tax was imposed on bachelors and widowers in England. Thousands of visitors have- latelybeen to see what was probably the first mushroom show ever held. It was the idea of a learned body of Czechoslovakian professQrs who- call themselves the Prague Mykological' Society, which is anothre way of saying mushroom club. Tourists, school children, boy scouts, members of women’s !domestic unions, turned up in thousands to the show. There were 400 species of mushroom on show, all labelled, with the distinguishing marks of the poisonous ones plainly shown.

We bein" what we are, everv dean should be a gloomy dean.—Mr. Robert Lynd.

m i * vvfl o v*i Q o v e It’s not too late You don’t intend to miss this great Art Union, with its dazzling array of prizes—BUT you must realise that the time is short —that NOW is the time to act. On 22nd December the Art Union will be drawn—finally! Don’t be among the disconsolate latecomers ! £4,000 in prizes—Ist Prize £l,ooo—and a ticket costs only 2/6! You’ve never known such an offer before, so GET YOUR TICKETS NOW. LIST OF PRIZES (Alluvihl -'Gold) let Prize value £IOOO £IOOO 2nd „ : 500 500 3rd „ „ 200 200 4th, sth, Gih each 100 = 300 10 prizes „ 50 20- „ „ 25 = 500 50 „ „ 10 = sbo 100 5 = 500 106 Prizes Totalling .. £4,000 MAMMOTH SPORTS ise prizes ART UNION Altogether Guaranteed Value or Quaranteeci No Waiting— t No Delay: Prizes to be Drawn NEXT MONTH22nd December! TICKETS 2/6* ach obtainable from Retailers in all Towns throughout the Dominion. If more convenient, cut out Coupon and post it NOW! The Wholesale Agent, • Mammoth Sports Art Union, 102 Willis Street, Wellington. Enclosed please find for which send me ; tickets in Sports Art Union. Signature •Address (Enclose stamped, addressed envelope.) (Add exchange to cheques.) Book of 9 Tickets for £l. SPECIAL NOTE.—On and after the 12th December, and up to midnight, 17th December, tickets will only be obtainable from the Secretary, Mammoth Sports Art Union, Dunedin, -and will be included in the draw.