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Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 40

OTAGO WITNESS CmSSTEVIAS 1695 NUMBERj THE EIGHTEENTH SPECIAL OHRISI MAS NUMBER OF This Popular Weekly, Will mark a NEW DEPARTURE, which 16 1b felt confident will meet with the appreciation of readexs. Tha main attraction in the Literary side of the Paper will be the THREE PRIZE STORIES, particulars of the competition in which ara given below; bat in addition to thi« there will be a LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF LITERARY MATTER, Both Original and Selected, lending a variety 1 to tbe Namber which haa hitherto been lack' ing. The Paper will have a neat Coloured Cover, and the whole issue will b* stitched and cut, so that it may be kept as a memento of the year. In addition to the great quantity of Seasonable Literature which the Number will afford its readers, it will this year contain SIXTEEN PACES OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Theie will comprise A COMPREHENSH'E SCRIPS OF VIEWS OF SCENERY AND BIRD LIFE In THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS TILE SJNARKS CAMI'BIOLL ISLAND ANTIPODES ISLAND BOUNTY ISLAND, Together with an exceedingly interesting account of the featorea of those lonely outlying dependencies of New Zealand, written by a Dicedin gentleman who Ia familiar with, t heir characteristics. PORTRAITS OF EARLY ®3EW Z£ALAft2D STATESMEN ANO PUBLSC UUiW, With Biographical Sketches, which should prove of special interest to every New Zealander who takes an intercut in the history of the earlier life of the colony and of the public mon who devoted their energies to its progress. T'/e Portraits will comprise the 1 following : — SIR GEORGE GREY • BISHOP SELYVYN SIR WILLIAM FOX SIR Wl Jill AM FITZHERBERT SIR JAMES MARTIN SIR DAVID MONRO ISAAC EARL FEATHERSTON WILLIAM SEVVELL ALFRED DOMETT SIR FREDERICK WHITAKER HOxN. W. D. I). MANTELL JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD JUDGE CHAPMAN JUDGE RICHMOND. This is the moai complete list of thepublio men of New Z^ula^d's earlier days of whom portraits have been colkcted for publication [ at one time, and as an interesting Biographical Sketch of each will appear with the portrait)), tbe 1895 Christmas Number of the Witness should be found in every home in the colony. OTAGO WITNESS CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1895. PRIZE TALE COMPETITION. The roii'luctor* of tho Otago \Yitnes3 have ilct'"!n| to oiler i.rizci fur thu best three Tales i-pd.Uy written for tho Wiium Chriarmaß Number of the current yoar. Tho am mut offered for competition will bo EIGHTEEN GUINEAS, Divided into three prizes, thus :— FIRST PRIZE TEN GUINEAS SEUONU^RIZB FIVE GUIN WAS THIRD PRIZE! THREE GUINEAS. The convpßting TaJes will be submitted to % well-known local literaiy niau who has undertaken to act as ju ige, and the tnvards will be published as soon after the close of the competition as poes'ble. Unsuccessful competitors will bave their MS. nBTUiWBD to them as Boon as the awards .are announced. RULES OF THE COMPETITION. The competition will conclude on THURSDAY, October 31. All Tales to be sent in not l»t«r than that date. Competing Tales to contain not less than 10 nor more than 20 columns of the Witness, or, say, from 12,000 to 2J.000 words. All M.S. to be legibly written in ink, on ono side of the pap-r only. No re'-tiiction whatever is ninde as to the t election of th-i plot, but all ilse Wing equal a prtifeipnce would probably be given to a Tale of New Zealand or Australian life. All MS. to have a norn de plume attached, and to be accompanied with the name and address of the writer in a sealed envelope addressed to the Editor, the envelopes to remain unop-ned until the receipt of the awards from the judge. All Tales to be original, and the bonafide work of the writer. MS. to be in the Editor's hands not later tbs& THURSDAY, October 31, 1895.