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West Coast Times, Issue 7300, 22 January 1889, Page 4

Notices. CUT THIS OUT. IT 3IAIT IVOT APPEAK AGAIN. In order to interest all in the stnrty of the English language, and as a slight token of appreciation, the American Hop Bitters Co. has for the large sales in Australasia of Dr. Soiile's American Hop Bitters, the Company offers One Thousand Dollar* in Prizes, to be given away in <fnol«l at the close ol the Melbourne 1 Centennial Exhibition. Ist PRIZE:— Six Hundred and Fifty Dol< lars.— To any person sending the American Hop Bitters' Company the greatest number of words made from the following letters, viz. :— A, B, C, E, H, I, M, N, 0, P, R. S, T. 2nd PRIZE— Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars.— To any person sending the American Hop Bitters Company the greatest number of words made from the following letters, viz. :— A, B, C, I, L, M, N, 0, P, T, Y. 3rd PRIZE— One Hundred Dollrrs.— To any person sending the American Hop Bitters Company the greatest number of words made from the following letters, viz. :-A, 0, G, I, N, 0, S, T,U, Y. CONDITIONS. 1. All persons competing for these Frizes must reside in the Australasian Colonies. 2. All words must be plainly written, and be found in Webster's or any Standard Dictionary, Words incorrectly spelt will be deducted from the total. 3. Any person can compete for all or either of the Prizes, but the Prize contested for must be specially named. 4. For the First Prize each word must consist of not less than four letters, and be made out of the following letters, viz. :— A, B, 0, E, H, I, M. N, 0, P, B, S, T, (American Hop Bitters). The Second Prize must be of words of not less than three letters, and must be taken from the following, viz. :— A, B, C, I, L, M, N, O, P, T, V (Incompatability). For the Third Prize words used must be made from the following letters, viz.:— A, C, G, I, N, O,S, T, IT, V (Consanguinity). Any letter in each list may be used twice in the same word or oftener, but letters in one list must not be used in making words for another list, unless auch letter appears in the list of letters for which the word is nwile. 6. All lists of words must be forwarded to the America v Hop Bitters Company before the close of the Exhibition. 6. The award of prizes will be made by s committee of leading representatives from the colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Western Australia, after the close of the Exhibition, 7. Persons enclosing a 2d. stamp will receive due acknowledgment of their list. 8. In case two or more competitors for any prize make the same number of correct words, the prize will be given to the one whose list is first received. 9. All lists will be filed on day they are received.and the committee will make awards at close of Exhibition. 10. Each competitor must sign full name, residence, and postal address, at the end of each list, plainly written. 11. Address all letters to the American Hop Bitters Company 201 and 203 Spring Street Melbourne.

JSOW PUBLISHED. THE WEST COAST ALMANAC, DIRECTORY, YEAR-BOOK AND DIAEY, FOR 1880, GUAEANTEED CIRCULATION OB 3000 COPIES. fTIHIS Almanac is now without a ± Rival, as a WEST COAST YEARLY ENCYCLOPEDIA for Merchanta, Traders, Hotel-keepers, Miners, Farmers, and the General Public. Tbis Year it will be, to a great extent, ReMODELLED, Carefully Revised, and (where possible) Improved. New Features have been introduced, and all the Statistical Information will be brought down to the day of publication. The following will be found in the CONTENTS of the Almanac :— Amateur Definition Antidote for Tutu Poisoning Antidote for Poisoning by Phosphorus Astronomical Phenomena Athletics Betting Bules Compulsory Registration Court Feea Cricket Custom House Table Diary, Daily Memoranda Domestic Emergencies Duties on Estate of Deceased Persons Ephemeris Exemptions from Stamp Duties Fencing Act,-' lBBl, The Filling and Taking Care of a Fernery Garden Guide Germination of Seeds Gold Beady Reckoner Grafting Wax Housekeeper's Ready Reckoning Household, The How to Sow Seeds Impounding Act, 1884, The Interest Tables Measurement Tables Mining Act, Amendment, 1888 Money Orders Moonlight Evenings Official Directory, New. Zealand Do Greymouth Do Hokitika Do Stafford Do Boss Do Kumara Do Beefton Port of Greymouth Postal Guide Postal Bates Principal Articles of Calendar Probate and Administration Postal Time Table Recovery of Debt in R.M. Court Bule of Road at Sea Slaughter-house Licenses Sporting Events Worth Knowing Stamp Duties, &c. Succession of New Zealand Governors Table of Income or Wages Telegraphic Information Trotting Uses and Advantages of Herbs for Culinary Purposes Useful Items Weights and Measures Wills Winners of Principal Colonial Saces Winners of Victorian Waterloo Cup Wrestling Bules V rice-One" Shilling;.