THE TWO "TIMES."

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7720, 1 June 1903, Page 2

THE TWO "TIMES."

In March Iwt th* Loodoij. "Daily GhrOßjq|e," writing of wbat it o»Jl«d $h* tyMfc petition era** of it» grwt oon<#lH|Wr«T»: the London ♦• Times," Mid it waanbt easy to* determine whether tb« erase bad captured the "Time*" or whiter tbe "Tie**** was to turn the <>ra*e to educational account, The "TJwßf" waa then offering w ft flw* pri*e * jpbolawtop o|./£3QO gycw;< for four year*, or ft lump sum of *>1000 to the. competitor who best answered •thwe p«Mn of auesfciojif, and «tb«^ »ehol»wwjps and montf pri»w rewarded those who were only kM «ucoe#tful. There w«« no element of dhance in tbV oompdtition, »nd the r*. ward wa» of more educational value than a bicycle ,or a grand piano, or a six-roomed oettage. "But," tb* "COuroaicl©" went pb, " the new tube mflwfty* **% gwtamly / h»y« to re-consider their seating accommodation. For those, as well as tramcara and omoibußM, wiU l» orpwded with yooths Who »r«mo longer wad% folded novelett«| f but» we engaged searching the p»g6« of the • JBn» oyolopedla Britanwca.' " Jt U indeed copiparing iamajl thing* with larm» to. mw»|ao» th« offer of £60 in prieei, n»a* to it« reftdt era by) th« "Canterbury Times" for th» eluoidation of Mriea of piotttW puzzleo, be-, cause there oan be no cofliparißOft be^^e» th 4 4eld« pf tbjt two paper*, but the objeots of the two aw kindred, and, judring frow'the pojpulwihr which tbe intorpriM of the '.WMk? ha* »lr«»dy |ain«dj. it 49 likely to be pToportionately 'ropoeesfuL 1&e fiwt Wriep ofpuerie piotitMS appeared in the kflue of May 27. and th« others will appear in weeWy initftlweoti '-;6I fix, the conditioni of Mw opmpetiUosi *V* poftfiixg; wifeh evety . im«. Mv