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NZ Truth, Issue 72, 3 November 1906, Page 8

The British Empire Trading Company, on behalf of Old Judge Cigarettes, are offering a prize of £100 for the best guess as to the number of people who attend the Exhibition. There are hundreds of people who are paying £1 and upwards for the privilege of trying to guess the winners of the Cup and Stewards with less tlum £100 attached to the winning chance. Chances of guessing right are atoput even, only m the Old Judge affair you get your guess for nothing. Guessing should be. pretty brisk if some lop-earned son-of-a-gun doesn't discover that this harmless and inexpensive form of amusement isn't contrary to the 27th clause of the Dead Dog Act. There is quite a pile jof watery-eyed wowsers wp.F-deriug round who are fair terrors at finding out things like that..