SURPRISE PACKETS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12063, 18 July 1917, Page 2

SURPRISE PACKETS.

MONSTER EFFORT NEXT WEEK, IX AID OF LADY LIVERPOOL FFXD. What is claimed to be the most wonderful collection of ai tides ever offered in Xew Zealand in. a- surprise packet venture will be submitted to tho Christehureh public on Friday of next week, when the Lady Liverpool Fund will dispose of MO,OOO articles, which have been gathered by means of a ftreniioMs canvass of the,city. The same system, which proved so successful before, will be followed on this occasion. Coupons, entitling the purchaser to some article, will be sold by young ladies on tho streets, and the purchaser will then resort to the stalls, which will \m erected in the Square, and secure, his " prize.'' Thirty thousand envelopes will he sold, and each and every one of them will contain a prize of some definite value. There will be no blank.?.

rvxactiy what tho article will be will depend, of course, upon the individual purchaser's luck- There will be quite a number of prizes of outstanding value. Most attractive of all will be a handsome oak wardrobe, worth X'lFlos, but it is well backed up by an oak secretaire C£'M los), a music stool and holder (£2 2s;, an inlaid table i (£'2 2s), two sowing machines, j and a lady's bicycle. Oi' other articles the variety is amazing. The lucky purchaser may secure a free sitting (and several photographs) from the leading photographers of tho city, or a prize Orpington or a "White Leghorn rooster ("worth £5 os); a silver brooch x or a pared of fish ; a copy of a popular song (.r a free eye-test; a. lady's costume length or a tin of baking powder; a ladv's leather bag or half a pound of tea; a sack or" potatoes or a joint, of lamb: a prize ham or a tube of toothpaste; a loaf of bread or an order for a. shampoo ; a set of oagpipes or a free massage", a card of buttons or a tin of paint; a packet of chewing gum or an artist's paint-box ; a joint from one of the fourteen sheep available or a pair of earrings: a seat at the theatre or a. rose tree; a ticket for tho races or a icligious novel; a bottle, of Worcester sauce or a pair of boots; a. tin of tongues or a tin of boot polish. Tho novelty of the prizes secured by Mr (L. B. Ifarf, 'who is organising the of* fort, is indeed so great that continued laughter greeted the list at the committee meeting on Monday evening. Headquarters for the effort will be in a shop opposite W. Strange and Co.'s, High Street. From to-day this depot will be open from 10 to 12, and from 2 to 4, to receive the various articles promised, when they will be displayed to the public.