Page 589 Advertisements Column 2

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 24, 11 June 1892, Page 589

TO FOOTBALLERS. TO still further increase the growing popularity of the GRAPHIC in athletic and football circles, the proprietors have decided on offering week by week a PRIZE OF TWO GUINEAS (£2 2s) • or any clear-sighted person who can FORETELL THE RESULT of A GIVEN FOOTBALL MATCH, giving the exact number of points scored on each side. Thesecompetitionsarecommononathletic papers in England, but have not, so far as we can learn, been attempted in NewZealand. The offer is perfectly genuine, emanating from the office itself as a generous bid for public favour amongst the very large class who take an interest in football. There are no harassing conditions. All that has to be done is to write on the coupon belowin the division so marked the name of the winning club, and the exact number of points scored. Below this in the proper allotted space the name of the defeated club with number of points scored by them. The scores of victors and defeated must both be correctly guessed. The name and address having been clearlywritten in their allotted place, the coupon must then be cut out and put in an envelope posted so as to reach here on the Friday morning before the match is played. Competitions from the South must arrive by mail, reaching Auckland on Monday, and must bear the post mark of the town from which they come prior to the date on which the match was played. Competitions must be addressed ‘ Editor, Graphic, Shortland-street, Auckland,’ with the words ‘ football competition ’ in the left-hand corner. COUP O N. TO BE DETACHED. NAME OF WINNING CLUB. Bointa bcored. NAME OF DEFEATED CLUB. No - Points Scored. Name A dtfress The first match for which the prize will be presented is PONSONBY V. PARNELL. (Auckland), fixed to be played June 11th, 1892 Tn the event of two or more guessing aright, the amount will be divided. THIRD Christmas Story COMPETITION. The stories must not be less than 4000, or more than 6500 words in length, suitable for use in the New Zealand Graphic. Each story must be accompanied by a short outline (about 500 words in length) of its plot. Nee conditions published in previous numbers.