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SHARP pencil (a blunt
one will do at a pinch) You
and an average nimble brain are all you need to pass this week.. You could almost do without the A.N.B., but the pencil is more or less neces- sary.
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Keep a sharp look-out, too, for slips on my part, I do like to hear about them-when make them. And, now to bu- siness, hoping for the best.
Score this way-Two points for each correct answer, but you must total 30 to pass.
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1.The libretto of an opera
The villain; the hero; the words; the music; the man
In the prompter's box,
2. Do you remember that the death of King George V. took place in:
1933; 1984; 1935: 1936; 1937.
3. You renliy should know that Kirsten Flagstad, the grent operatic singer is;
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An American; a Swede:
Dune; a Norweginn:
Russian; a contralto,
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4. Maybe you didn't know that in nautical partance larbord
means:
Full steam ahead; the left side: in the galley; the right side; behind the fun- nel: take to the mats.
-5.—If there are 100 pages in your book-lon't
tell me yint
vaudeville patter; insincere
Know? praise.
Ford; Arnold Bennet; Lord Rutherford (the scientist); Rupert Brooke; Sir George Reid.
12. Pate de foie gras (you don't have to say it) is a delicacy made from:
Sengull eggs; new mown hay goose liver; sturgeon's roe; pigeon toca,
13. They say you should turn your money
time over every there is a new moon, which is about every :
15 days; 26: 27; 28; 30: 31.
14.-If you ever come face to face with a panda, don't treat il with contempt, because a panda is:
A barbarian
Hindu Temple; a large venomous anake: an animal; a huge fish: old English for "love."
23.I'm glad I don't have to ding with you if you don't know the correct time to drink your port at dinner is:
With soup; before the oysters; with the joint; with the hors d'oeuvres: with the sweets; when the host is not looking.
24. Supposing you had an oboc on your doorstep, the most rational thing to do with it would be to:
Ring for the police: pluck its strings with a plectrum; plant it in the gurden; shoot it: blow into it; wear it on your head.
25. Here is a problem-or is it? Ten people at a party seat themselves six at one table and four at another. Everybody buys everybody at his table a round of drinks. Next night the same people sit five at each table and again everybody buys every- table A round of
15. To do the correct thing you should hoist the Union Juck body at his on the birthday of the Queen drinks:
of:
Greece: Norway; Sweden; Denmark: Belgium; Italy. 16. Are you just cude or do you know that when a guest enters the
The hostess should:
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Say, "Eh, did
you wine
foot on the mat?": your stay rated; atand up: wink at the other guests; YnWN. 17. There is a pretty good
haven't got a book!--the name reason why it would be Impos- ber of leaves in it is:
1500: 250: 750; 2000; 500. 6.The present Federal Government
you might cull:
Di
Australian in what
Labour; Socialist: Com-
Emunist: Country Party; Na-
tionalist: Coalition. 7-Two gills make:
One quart; six pints, one gallon a quarter pint; you
eel bright; one fish.
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sible for you to see one of these bied in a yon and that is be cause it is extinct. The bird mens is the:
Kiwi: Great Auk: Rhea Moa; Skua.
18. When von see the word Pentateuch written you should; immediately know it refers to:
A Bibllend character; a lae in Syrin: a religious festival; a part of the Bible.
If you keep fowls this is Assuming a fowl loses
19%
football easy.
eam and are given four goals one-third of its weight. In dress- -and team gets beaten by ing and you want nine mounds bur goals, you:
Collect; pay: call it quits: jump in the lake. 9.-Eurels is an old Greek ord you should know means;
God bless you; here it is: come hither: I have found It: a stockade.
10-If you were charged with sceny you would have to de- nd yourself against a charge
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Setting fire to a building: cruelty to your mother-in- law; theft: absconding from bail; riding a bicycle on the footpath.
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o and
of dressed fowl, you would have to hav
which undressed, would weigh:
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1116b.: 12ib.: 12 lb.; FUL. BRIGIN.; 14lb. 20. The Australian port which reesives the greatest ton- nare of chinning each year is:
Habeurt · Molbourne. Pre- mandle: Sidney; Brisbane: Adelaide: Newcastle.
21 An agute line is common- ly end by:
Knock-kneed:
More drinks were bought on the first night: more were bought on the second night: the
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CASHI
when he got rid of NIGHT STARVATION
I HAD EARLY TEA HALF
AN HOUR AGO, I MUST
GET UP WISH I DIDN'T
FEEL SO DONE UP IN THE, MORNINGS I'M GOOD
FOR NOTHING
ALL DAY,
M-M-M. TASTES DELICIOUS! GLAD I BOUGHT
THE MIXER
HORLICKS |REGULARLY SOON GAVE HIM NEW VITALITY
|Horlicks is best made In |the special 'Horlicks mix-
er. Obtainable at all good| stores-80 cts, large size and 40 cts, small size.
2 MONTHS LATER.
LOOK HERE YOUNG MAN, YOU'RE LATE AGAIN THIS MORNING, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU LATELY? YOU WERE ONE OF OUR PROMISING
YOUNG MEN ONCE!
THEY HAVE PROMOTED HIM I KNOW BECAUSE I SAW A LETTER FROM HEAD OFFICE ON
THE BOSS'S DESK.
SORRY, SIR, BUT I'M NOT FEELING WELL. I'M ALWAYS
TIRED AND... ..I SUPPOSE I'D BETTER SEE THE
DOCTOR
I WISH I KNEW HIS SECRET SINCE HE WENT TO SEE HIS DOCTOR HE'S BEEN FULL OF VITALITY.
TAKE
If
AT THE DOCTORS TIRED, WHEN YOU WAKE UP NO ENERGY ALL DAY-LOOKS LIKE A CASE OF NIGHT STARVATION, ENERGY IS STILL USED UP DURING SLEE YOU MUST REGAIN IT I STRONGLY RECOMMEND NORLICKS, REGULARY LAST- THING AT NIGHT
you wake tired,
if suffer from
you
'nerves' enervation and that' dreadful feeling of exhaus- tion GUARD AGAINST NIGHT STARVATION
HORLICKS
YOUSLEEP SOUNDLY, WAKE REFRESHED AND HAVE EXTRA ENERGY ALL DAY
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1988
SO I DISCOVER THE FORTH
ADINBURGH people as wholo
Forth. Considering the fact that since the amalgamation with Leith, Edinburgh incorporates a busy port with a considerable interest in the sea and shipping, it is strenge that the great majority of her inhabitants Invariably seek their week-end plen- sure by road, leaving the joys of boating on the Forth to a few en- thusiasts.
E surprisingly get the Firth t
Last summer I bought a cabin cruiser and discovered the Forth for myself. My cruft, 27 feet long, was ship's lifebon!. The
- VS. had removed her cup-
per buoyancy tanks, but the hull is still extremely sound and seaworthy. She had already been converted to A cabin cruiser when 1 bought her, but I installed the present engine, a large one, of American make, which purchased from an Edinburgh car breaker.
i saw the car standing in his yard waiting to be broken up. and on inspection i decided that the engine would ninke a suitable power unit for my cruft, and the mechanics had already started to dismantle it before { left. Exclusive of such fitings as the stove and wireless sel, the boat cost me less than £20,
Care-Free Week-Ends
cost.
It has amply repaid its mudest For the price of a few gallons of petrul we can spend a care-free and health-giving week-end, potter- ing ncross the Forth and dropping anchor outside one of the many pretty fishing villages beloved of artists on the Fire coast,
The cabin sleeps four comfortably, and
far from having to rough it, we have installed on extensive range of useful gadgets, We have far greater freedom to roam where the funcy takes us than with a car and trailer. and we do not have the anxiety of the crowded roads and the bother of finding a camping place each night. We can sun-bathe
completest ivney and dress in
In the most fortably inconventional garb without offending anyone's susceptiblities, For those who feel a need to get away from crowded places, a cabin enulser is the ideal solution.
Possession of
i
cruiser
"abin solves the problem of summier hali- days, Last year we had a wonder- ful fortnight aftout for a sum little more than our usual living expenses, and without the usual bugbears of hoildays-the accommodation that turns out to be quite unlike the land- Judy's glowing description, the charges for extras, the morning quene for the bathroom,
The Forth does not offer such scenje grandeur as the lochs of the Clyde, and from time to time a grey bear drifts in from the sea, or a lively swell develops, making it ex- pedient to run for a sheltered har bour. But when the bills of the north stand out clear against a blue sky and the slanting rays of the sun touch
the old stones of Inchoime with a rich glow, the Firth makes a very pleasant estuary for small craft.
Ghosts Of The Far East
The Forth, too, has its place in history. The historically
minded yachtsman Bails with the ghosts of missionaries, pirates, queens, and all the other picturesque personeges who have used the old waterway around him. Idly trailing a fishing with the sun burnished water water
Wtly lapping against the side of
the boat, he finds himself thinking, "On such a day as this, the Roman galleys beached on Cramond's golden sands, or the invading Vikings sent The
wople flying in terror to the
the eye
Much has been written about Edinburgh's fascinating variety, how Is ever being delighted by some unexpected aspect of the city, A Glasgow writer has described her water front as "a middenish stretch." and, while this is strong criticism, it must be admitted that the impres slon one absorbs from cruising in the Forth distinctly chastening, Round Cramond the city makes amends, but the least sald the better about the general frontage of docks, grain elevators, gas works, smoke belching chimneys.
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Inspector
Playfair
EPISODE
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That right?" [R. ALBERT CASHPROUD back till to-morrow. MR.
"That's right, Inspector," had taken a not unreason-
"But you read about this terrible able dislike to his daughter-in- crime in the Banner and were just law, Minnie. Minnie and he in time to catch the last train from what time lived together; her husband Dalsbury. Let me nee, who had
shared Cashproud does that leave?!
Ten past eleven, Inspector." Senior's antipathy to his wife- "We can check part of that state- having disappeared some few ment. can't we?" said Playfair. years back. In the circum- "You say that at King's Cross you saw a friend of yours. Can I have stances it seemed not unreason- able to Albert that he and his naine and address?"
Albert gave it. Minnie should pool their domes- Lic resources; the fact remains that they did not get on well together. Minnie was thrifty (in his
own mind Mr. Cash- referred to proud
her
her brutal murder of your daughter-in-| "Mingy"), she bullied father-in-law, and ahe never "Yes," saldi Albert promptly. "H ceased nagging him about what might be robbery, She kept her she called his "goings on." This money under one of the floorboards comprehensive term had refer do you know if they've been dis-
turbed? fence, mainly, to Cashproud's convivial habits and the even ings which he spent in public houses.
What Cashproud Forgot
Playfair looked
worried.
"Can
for this
motive As you suggest any
law?"
"I haven't heard." answered Play- fair. "but I'm going along to the scene of the crime now and you'd better come with
me." He turned to Sergeant Dumbell Eventually-as might have been when, a few minutes later, Cash- anticipated--he
into Jum, proud was climbing into the police Mimie very foolishly kept her not Dumbeil. I have every
ear. "Keep an eye on that chap. reason lo
Kot
inconsiderable savings secreted
the house, and Albert, who was in think that be's the murderer." debt to several bookmakers, helped himself to a loan. In the upshot in so? Minnie threatened him with the
What reason had playfair for bay-
palice, and Cashproud, brooding over mis grievances in a public house at Dulsbury, where he conducted much of his business,
determined to "do her in."
Student of Crime
Albert, who had a season ticket to Dulsbury, thought up what seemed]
to him a reasonably efficient scheme, Arriving at King's Cross about half past nine that evening, he
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passed unrecognised through the crowd al the station and let himself into his house-again unseen by any сус witness-at about 10 o'clock. Minnle. as Albert had anticipated, WGS in bed, and to strangle her-she
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a woman of poor physique-was the work of but a few moments.
Albert
no
inveterate student of crime- had been careful to put on gloves for the occasion. Leaving traces of big hurried visit to the house, he went out by the back door, which he care- fully neglected to fasten. The theory of the erimne which (as he had work- ed things out) the police would be pretty sure to evolve, was that some- one had attacked his daughter-in- low in his absence-presumably from motives of robbery-had been dis- turbed or frightened, and had made
hasty exit.
Arranging the Alibi
His own subsequent movements had also been carefully worked out by Mr. Cashproud. He proposed top return to King's Cross, to stage his
arrival from Dalsbury by
by the train. which got in at 11.37, to collect
ect some acquaintance or other from 4 public house and, Inviting the
latter to him home, to secure by
accople expedient a witness to
this
his own Innocence. A man of limit- ed imagination, he looked forward with almost ghoulish pleasure to the "discovery," of his own crime.
Unfortunately for his plans, he had, made one mistake. He had left on the light in the passage of his house. At a quarter past ter, the unlocked door and the light burning" *in the Jassage had attracted the attention
and
who
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x to be nosing around at the police station had got wind of the story of Minnie's death.
Albert arrived at King's Cross at about twenty to twelve to find, on sale at the station, in early edition of the following day's Daily Danner" with a "rush story" of his own crime displayed on the front page.
Splash in the "Daily Banner"
a
It was while he was reading this and wondering what he should do next, that he was accosted by Dalsbury acquaintance. The latter also had his copy of the "Dally
In the circum Bunner," Cashproud did not do too Simulating strong emotion, he point- ed
to the splashed Item In the paper. "Seen this, Joe?" he said. "Minnic found strangled in bed not more'n hour and a half ago. I suppose It's true or they wouldn't have it in the paper, but I was just going to ring up the police."
"I should do, if I were you," suld Joe. They'll be looking for you Albert, for certain. I suppose you've just got here from Dalsbury."
"That's right," mald Albert, "on the 11.37."
Before midnight, Albert Coali proud, was at Scotland Yard.
"This, as I understand it," said Joshun Playfair, "is the gist of your statement. Mr. Cashproud. *** You were at Dalsbury as usual on busi ness and were not thinking of coming
Solution on Page Three
KNEW HER "BABY" AFTER 40 YEARS
Liverpool.
Parted from her baby when he was only a month old, a Liverpool mother met him again for the first time here after a lapse of forty years, Mrs. Charles Gurden, of Karalake- road, Wavertree, searched the liner Duchess of Atholl until she found her son Frank, furmer and postmaster.
He had travelled 4.000 miles from ! The prairie town of Burdett, Alberta.
There was an affecting scene o mother at sun fuced each other. They knew each other Instinctively and were soon chatting happily to- gether.
Later they left for Newcastle, of which city Mrs. Garden's daughter- in-law, whom she has never seen, is
native. She has remained in Burdet! to carry on the business.
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Mrs. Garden's husband, a ship's captain, was killed in the war when his ship struck a mine of West Africo.
She has lived in Liverpool for 20 years.
don't she
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