O.D.T. AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1898.

Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 26

O.D.T. AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1898.

Ifc is pleasing to be able to announce that no fewer th.in 156 tales were entered for the prize tale competition in connection vith the Otngo D.uly Times ami Witness ChrLsl.mas Annual 1898, the MS coming not ouly from tbe whole of New Zealand from Auckland to the Bluff, but also from New South \Y.i!e:s, Victoria, and South Australia. With such n large number to adjudicate upon, tbe judge's duties \ve;e somewhat onerous, but tbe prizes have been awarded as follow : — 1. " Playing Two Parts," by "Starlight." 2. " Tliat, Englishman at O'Grady's," by " (iol(ion Fleece." 3. " The Vampire," by " Gay Dudley. 1 ' 4. '" Tho Doctor's Me.-is," by " Luv." 5 "Tbe World That Went Blind." by '' I'en." 6. "Miss Beibmv's Bicycle," by "Peeasu I . 7. "Told by a Dog," by " Faithful to tho

C. " The Now Manager of Burnhill," by " ilirama." 9 " Tho Doom of the Sea," by " i»u?ton. ' 10. "A Voice from the Past," by " Mara-

The illustration of the tales has been placed in the hands of a competent artist, and it ia hoped that this unique feature of this year's Christmas Annual ■will meet with a favourable leceptiou al the Laada of the reading public.

As announced by (advertisement, an additional (en stories have been reserved for publication in the Witness of December 92. These, which have not. been arranged in the order of merit, comprise ■ — "The Wheel of Fortune," by " ITuihui." "Two of a Trndo." by " Li r el." " A Real Pio.ilc," by " Grannie." "The Perfect ypecimon."' by " Zig r:n>? '" "Tn Tim Thy Day," by "Clare Ny k ,rni."' " The Coinerii." by " ll ui r.ipa." "At Sea v.i th a Viking," by " Ilornanca." " A Talc of the Goldfieldd," by " Rongi." '' Such is Life," by " Farquhar Russell." " How I Became a Vurmor's Wife," by " Alonza."

Tlip fnnunl report nf tbe Tasmanian Railway department shows a profit of 1.07 per coat, over tho working expenses*