PUZZLE EDITOR OF THE "OBSERVER," Box 167, Post Office, Auckland; OBSERVER COMPETITION, No. 2. COMPETITION NUMBER ONE. Competitors are reminded that to be in time their ansAvers for the above should be posted on Thursday next at latest. COMPETITION NUMBER TWO. A prize of one guinea Avill be given for the best nonsense verse on a local or political subject. The folloAving is a rather Aveak and common-place sample of the sort of thing required : — There AA r as a young man of Calcutta, Who Avrote some bad Avords on a shutter, Till the a pious Hindu, seeing Avhat he Avould do, Knocked him head oyer heels in the gutter. HPRING SEASON, 188 0. NEW SEASON'S GOODS. On FRIDAY, the 24th INSTANT, WE HAVE ARRANGED TO SHOW OUR NEW SPRING SHIPMENTS BY VARIOUS VESSELS, Consisting of : — A FULL ASSORTMENT SUITABLE FOR THIS SEASON. GOODS TO BE CLEARED. We shall also offer on that Day a considerable quantity of goods, in various departments, which ave_wish to Clear ; they avill be marked at i rices to insure this result. J. M. McLACHLAN. 218, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND,
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Observer, Volume 1, Issue 2, 25 September 1880, Page 14
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184Page 14 Advertisements Column 1 Observer, Volume 1, Issue 2, 25 September 1880, Page 14
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