CONUNDRUMS WANTED.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1892, Page 3

CONUNDRUMS WANTED.

Fob the purpose of exercising the originality of our youngsters at the coming Christmas and New Year parties, the Waterbury Watch Company will give one of their new watches to the boy and girl under 60 years o£ age who will send m the best original pan, joke, conundrum, charade, ox acrostic on the Waterbury Watch to the Waterbury Watch Company, P.O. Box 199, Dunedin, not later than 7th January, '92. Acrostics must not be any more abstruse than the third problem m Euclid, puns not more than ordinarily villainous, and' any jokes submitted must be pungent enough to dawn on the average Scotchman within one week from the period -of administration. Any communications which do not come up to these standards willnot be utilised, and if anything more than usually brilliant appears m our ■ advertising, everyone will have a chance of laying; claim to it. The four veracious anglers who caught the plaster of Paris trout m" Three Men in/a Boat "will be nowherfl with the people who will have contributed anonymously every smart thing that we may receive. . : 4 ..:.. yfs have. received the following lines to clear:— 3o dozen womens' and ohildrens' hose, 3 pairs for Is, 35 pieces dress stuff 3 3s9dfor 12 yards, 50 pieces colored- embroidery Is 9d per dozsn yards, 20 pieces white guipure embroidery very cheap. 50 boys' knicker suits, EngUsh tweeds, usual price 12s 6d to 16s, will be cleared at from 7s 6d to 10s 6d ; a lot of 10-inch brooaded Bilk sashes 2J yards long for 4s 6d , cricketing trousers best quality 10s 6d, cricketing ahirts 4s 9d; tennis and cricketing caps 6d each. Dressmaking on the premises by experienced hands.— Smale and Hay, Direct Importers, London House. . .. We . : have inspected a large parcel of Suits made to order by the Northern Cloth- j ing and Drapery Company, and judging by j the style, fit, and excellence of patterns-the wonderful increase of their business m this Department is not to be wondered at. If you want something really nice, stylish, and good m a suit to measure we recommend you to goto the Northern Clothing and Drapery Company, where you can get a splendid fit, and the biggest range_ of patterns at the lowest price m Blenheim. Every suit guaranteed to fit.— Advt. Thb cash buyer of 10s worth will receive a present, and so on, varying m value for parcels, of £2 up to £100. The larger the purchase the" more numerous or valuable will be the gifts. Nevertheless every purchaser from the limit named will get a choice of presents as decided by the amount lW3gb.tatT.eAio. House.