WORD-BUILDING COMPETITION.

New Zealand Tablet, 27 April 1922, Page 23

WORD-BUILDING COMPETITION.

To the Editor.

—The first advertisement herein seems to have been a little ambiguously worded, with the result that Ave have received many enquiries, like the following, which we would be glad if you could publish, together with our reply, so as to clear up the difficulty: "We would be glad if you could tell us if the same letters taken from the phrase * St. Anthony's Prize Contest ' can be used again and again, as long as they are used in different words. Some of us think that if a letter is used once in a word, or twice if it occurs twice in the phrase, it cannot be used for another word. We are most anxious to know what is right, as we want to help St. Anthony's Church, and to win a prize if we can." The promoters' reply to the question raised is: "The letters given can be used over and over again in different words, but they are not to occur in any one word more often than they occur in the phrase. For example, there is only one ' A,' so that while the word ' rat' can be given, the word ' rata ' cannot. The one ' A,' though, can be used up again, for instance, itt the word ' tar.' Tell your friends to be careful not to put money (coin) in their envelopes, as some have done, as the Post Office charge sixpence for sending a shilling like this. Send stamps, or, better, postal notes, so as to help St. Anthony's as much as possible, with your shilling. Anyone who has mistaken the conditions can send another list for the same shilling."—l am, etc., K. D. McGrath, Box 297, Wanganui. <X*>