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HERE they are another 25|
simple (more or less) ques. tions Just sitting up and beg- ging to be answered. Give your brain a preliminary brush and if you haven't got a brush (or a brain) you are allowed to yre a magnifying glass, a spirit level and, if necessary, a bloodhound. But you must track down the correct solutions,
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Best reported score last week
That puts the claim was 18. ant in line for n 22-carat golden harp later on. He's good! But is he any better than the office
who colleague
merely through this lot (after I'd hid- den the answers, of course) and That fellow got a possible? shouldn't have been a journalist he should have been a Yogi, for something.
Each corrert unswer scores two points, but you can't boast about any tatal under 30.
-lure's an easy one to give you a flying start--the quotient in the natne given to the result of:-
Subtraction;
addition; division.
inultiplication;
2.-You've seen birds drink-they : take a beukful and then hold their heads up in the air so they can:-
See a cat's almul; gargle; swallow; take a breath; make the drink last longer..
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3. I don't think I'm divulging a that when confidence
mention Richard Tauber, the singer, ist-
Rumanian; Swiss; Germant Austrian: Hungarian; Hawaiian,
-You would be wrong if you gafd-the-pupulation. of Norway,.com. pared with the pupulation of Aus- Gratia, is
Greater; less.
G-You don't have is belong to the Stav raers to know that the capital; of the Holy Roman Empire was
Canterbury, Rome, York, Constantinople, Vama, Madrid? 5. It's quite possible that one of these days you'll become a legalee- meaning you will:-
a
Receive a legacy; leave legacy; become an Ambassador of the Pope.
7-And why shouldn't I wear a vermillon walatent if i want to-- after all. I've always been crazy about:-
Yellow; pink; blue; green; purple; red.
8. Whenever I get sen urge to do a little japanning 1:--
Go pearl-ponching do Some varnishing carve ivory; drink sake;; throw banks at Chinese clties.
9.- you didn't know before, you can, learn here and now that the bulkhead of a ship is the:-
Base of the loading 'crane; top of the hatch; hawser winch; in- side wall of the ship; man in charge of the cargo; praw. 10.-Another thing I learnt in my seadogging days was that freeboard as a nautical term meant;-
An empty ship; height of ship's deck above the water line;
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distance between ship And whart; the after deck; what stow- aways get.
11-Octopuses is one plural of octopus, but there is a correct al- ternative plural, too; and it i
Octope; octopae; ociofl.
12. You don't have to be u Brad- man (although it would be very nice) to know that when the eighth batsmann goes in to bal, the number. of wickets to falt is:-
One; two; three; four; Ave; alx. 13. You could, if you wanted to, describe an occultist as a person who:
Mnkes eye glasses; is on eye specialist; deals in dark mystery; always says his prayers.
The answer to this question is Does any Europeo either yes or no. Power besides Great Britain possess territory in India?
15-te's getting a bit old now, but in His younger days Murgatroyd, so they tell me, used to be a bit of a philanderer-meaning he was at-
Stage actor; firt; stamp col- leetor; traveler; drinkard; net. IB.-A
Buffering with n person little auricle trouble would be well! advised to see a
psychiatrial; Dentist;
psy- doctor: chologist; nose
oculist; heart specialist; Walt Disney cartoon.
17. All right, all right don't rush Falstaff appeared in the know
than one 130re
of Shakespeare's i
one of plays, but he was in only these:-
Othello: The Tempest; Jullus Caesar; Coriolanus; The Merry Wives of Windsor: Pericles. 18. It was before your time. I know, but one of these countries used to be known as Hellas-which? Spain; Switzerland; Gerinany: Greece; Mexico. 10.-1 know a woman (although I'm not mentioning names)- who
in over-Indulges what might be called Inbin decoration, or, more simply, she:-
Italy:
Overloads her ears with car- nails withs rings: plasters her colour wears too
many run; dyes her hair too brightly; uses too much lipstick.
20-Ah, they were the days out)
used to pack a couple West when af 45 revolvers and shoot pesky the 45, by Redskins for fun! the way, referred t
The number of chambers; the length of the barrel; the weight of the bullet; the diameter of The bare of the barrel.
21. Everyone knows 13 Hero- plane makes a lot of noise, but I'm Just wondering if everyone knows, that most of the noise is made byj the-
Wind rushing past the fuse)- ane: the engine; the propelier; the pilot singing to himself.
22.Only one of these words is spelt wrongly-and that shows I'm Improving. The mis-spelt word lat--j
Naphtha kerosene: methy- luted; sulphurie; saccharine; barrassing.
23.--Don't gape when your hest, with carvers poised, asks you if you will have burun of beel--just say: Yes, thank you, I'm very fond of
Topside, undercut; neck; rib; double sirloin; ox check; pedi- gree bull.
24. The national emblem of Scat- land is do you KNOW what the national emblem of Scotland is? AHL right, select it from the:-
Kilt; bagpipes; sprig of heath- er; a whisky bottle; leek; thistle; threepenny bit.
25.-It's all very well to laugh at other people-but, come on now, how would YOU spell the name of these islands in the Pacifle-you know,
the:-
Phillipines; Phillippines; Phili- pines; Phillippines.
Answers on Page 3.
Chief of
Maroons Abdicates
Kingston, Jamaica. Colonel H. A. Rowe, hereditary black chief of the Maroona-n Negro race descended from run- away slaves who settled in the heart of Jamaica-has abdicated because he is alarmed at the nction of firebrands among the tribe.
In a proclamation to his people he says: "You are at liberty to ap- point anyone you think fit."
The Maroons protest that 280 neres of the 1,500 acres promised to them under a treaty 200 years ago have not yet been distributed, and they threaten to create disturbances if the
Iand is not handed over. They have seized a quantity of
refuse to give them way sleepers
and
Bed
up.
On the expulsion of the Spaniards from Jamaica in 1058 their slaves to the hilly interior of the island, and for many years they were. source of trouble to
to the British.
A Royal Commission, under the chairmanship of Lord Moyne, was appointed last month to Investigate social and economic conditions in the West Indies, including damalcu. It will leave In October.
BRIDGE PROBLEM
No. 76
North ♣AGS ❤AQ13
+AK 10
West
32 7 G2
+49 8 0 2
South
♦ J
East
♣74
`♥ K 10 9 8
♣ KQJ 10 9 8 ♥ J 5
+53
QJ74
Spades are trumpa. East leads the Club Queen, North and South to make all the tricks,
Solutions .to Bridge Problem, Hongkong Telcuraph, Wyndham Streel, not later than Wednesday,
SOLUTION TO NO. 75 Bridge problem 75 was voted the best for a long time. One expert admits he took 31⁄2 hours to cover al variations, another thinks he was lucky to get on the right lines at the Brst effort.
The solution Is:
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MURDER
SATURDAY,
IN HAYFIELD
[ARMON BORPHERY na-
Hturalist and wit, was hanged
last October for the murder of Adela Leoming.
INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR
EPISODE
78
asked you so many times... things are nearly desperate with me now
That was how the quarrel had be-
He had not intended to murder her. Is crime. WIS one of those tragedies--of more common occur rence among the Latin nations- which arise from the momentary frenzy of a mind thrown suddenly off its balance,, Borphery strangled Adela Ina.
Kun a.hayileid, one hot day in because, July, red
he bimseil, put it, when
the tried to into frighten him into marrying her others of his type, he
ha Was frightened; his natural
lie
ro.
when Adela threatened him,
A few minutes later Dorphery, his scientist's broth now cool and clear again, was looking fearfully around him. "We are still alone," was bls flest thought. "No one knew I was nction.
hit coming down here-I didn't know and, once he had hit her; Wan to hit her, the passion he find once had for myself till this morning. No one her
turned to violent hatred; then, me leave the house, harely knowing what he was doing he had throttled her with his bare hands. Within five minutes Adela Leoming was dead,
pussed
North play's club 0 and if (1) East discards, North wins and leads heart 5. South winning as cheaply as pus-abic sible. South wins with diamond ace and tends small to the ace of hearts and ruffs a small diamond from North. The ace and king of spades
ing." She wanted a few minutes
talk with him.
and be-
tween the house and this meadow
there's the wood. No one knew that ale was looking for me-or, if any- one did, they can prove nothing. ... She brought it on herself," he mut- tered. "With. luck, I can get away with It."
Ye! It had all taken place against
And luck was on his side. No one civilised a background. Harmon Borphery and Adela were LONI
had 1 seen him, or saw him now as he members, that week-end, of Ray-elged his way round the wood. ile mond Templesham's house party, returned to the house, half an hour
and Friday night
Saturday hud
fater, from the opposite direction to "in perfect amity. passed off
The
that in which Adela's body lay. week-end might have been, for those "Anyone seen Miss Leoming?" taking part- In it.
was his inquiry, as he strolled into no more memor- Chan
any other, hnd not Adela
room. She promised the breakfast room. elected, on the
to Sunday morning she'd come bathing with me." stroll through the meadows, a mik Adela's body was discovered late or so from the house, where Bor-
that night, in the
the long grass where phery, as she knew, was "botanis
morning, in his host's study, lowing rout it. And the fot- are taken and North wins with jack
Borphery presented himself to a of diamonds, South discarding a She found him lying at full length questioned by Joshua Playfair. The local authorities had lost no time in club. North leads a club. If East in one corner of a hayfield.
examining grasses through a packet invoking the help of Scotland Yard. ruffs, South plays low, ruffs East's
lens. "Hallo, that you?" had been "Sit down, Mr. Borphery," said return, draws the Inst trump, and
his greeting. "Sit down and keep Playfair, himself taking a clinir. " wins with club ace; if East discards, South wins with ace of clubs, throws company." He made a pencilled won't waste your time, or my own.
nole in a small
... This poor girl who's been mur- pocket-book. the lead with another club,' and
Interested in
arc Krusses.
...you knew her yu,dered
pretty cannot fall to win with his two re-
Adela? Templeaban's vintages are
well?" maining trumps.
rare or so he was of pains to tel "Very well indeed, Inspector," Us yesterday-but, by gad, his native "You were on good terms with flora is even rarer. I've found two
her? SE grasses in this field" he made an-
On the best of terms, I don'L |
other note-"that,
I swear don't know
"if T should tell you this but- པ་པ་ grow anywhere else in the country. yes, I think I ought Agrostis philomel the nightingale secretly
engaged." He paused. B dorie's hirsutis. I don't think that less it becomes necessary to do grass, isn't it pretty?-and Pen- "Please respect that confidence un-
otherwise." one has any commoner name."
IF EAST RUFFS
mc
He was
Adela could discern that belund this patter Dorphery was ill at vure,
we were
"Of course," said Playfair. "May I ask when this happened?"
"As recently us. Saturday night."
Miss Leoming had
(2) East ruffs the first club, South playy low and wins a spade or diamond return, wins with dia mond ace in either ease, and North Is entered with heart ace, South always retaining his heart deuce. South ruffs a low diamond and wins with king of hearts. The ace (if not played before) and king of spades ore won and South ruffs anelle's trying," she thought, "o ph! that explains things, Mr. North's spades. Then the
Just trump, the deuce, is led, North dis- me off again."
East
and win cards a club, and
She touched his arm. "Harmon must lead to North's inck-nine of diamonds. On the Inst diamond darling. I haven't come here to talk Went must choose between establish botany.. Butang!" She gave half-hysterical laugh. ing North's spade four and un- vent to
"Darling, I didn't know you arding the club king.
here, bui
I thought perhaps you Correct solution from A.E.G.. might be, We 12148 Ket Lines WHS., D.W., 58023, Finesse, and cleared up. "Are you going to marry *v£ S'Easy.
me, Harmon, or aren't you
*
were
Borphery..
left a diary: I won't press you now as to its contents. Tell me, when did you see her last?"
"On that same occasion. Satur- day night. We'd arranged to meet on Sunday morning, but I got up fairly early and was exploring-the pinewoods. I'm bolantist, know."
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women.
For the author has a Бонгр. satirical style which makes me re- gret more than ever the lack of it in most of her contemporaries. The best salads taste better with
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Miss Stead tells us, in the fullest and frankest detail, the story of a, private bank situated in Paris. A bank with Internationa) ramifica- tions. A bunk which practises swindling on a scale that would bookmaker n welshing breathless with chagrin.
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Listen to the cynical credo of lis directora
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Lion Feuchtwanger, when he wrote.
Breton Woman, Drato- ing by the artist from "Christo- pher Isherwood" (ll einem ann, 38. Od.
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Time: The early. fifteenth century, Beene England, France and, finally. Scotland, where James the First (not to be confused with James the First of Great Britain and Ireland) is battling through the northern mists in the cause of a little law and order. ·
It was obviously a losing battle. The people might carry him his crown ing at Scone. "He might suppress a ferocious opposition with equal fero- He might chaso those yellow- city. shirted Highlanders down the Great Glen,
But the time was not ripe for him. The Scottish lords were at least as feudal as their English brethren-and far handler with their words and dizke. Bo Jamie came to a bad end in 1437, and the future still held Flod- den and Solway Moss and Cullode
Mr. John settles the King's hash The corruption of neatly and well, those decades is convincingly uroked. I don't know whether Jamio would have recognised himself in thiëse pages. Anyway, the authentia finger of doom la on him here.
R. P.
you
but this time for their ends, then our only chance is to form a powerful League of Nations' whitchs will shape the world in accordance with Justice and defend that shaping against all aggres-
R. F., alon,
Father Again At 81!
Washington.
Mr. George Boardman, aged eighty-one, has just become a father again-for the twenty- sixth time.
The baby, can 8 lb. boy was born to his twenty-one-years- old wife, Edith Williams Doard-
mai.
It was her Arst child. Mr. Boardman proudly des- cribes the baby as "beautiful- just like all the others." He added:
"I've had 25 other children— they there all by my first wolfe,
SEPTEMBER 17, 1988
THE
"You
"Quite," said Playfair. didn't explore the meadow where Miss Leoming's body was found?"
assailant."
praise
cn-
(Ho
in
"I did not. No. I haven't been that side of the house at all. To think," added Borphery under his breath, "that I might have countered Adela's had once won high amateur theatricals.)
"We shall get him," sald Play- fair. He consulted his notes. "Yes- terday. Mr. Dorphery-I learn this from Sir Raymond's valet you were | wearing a brown tweed suit. Now it so happens that on Friday-ac- cording to other evidence-miss Leaming and a man in brown were seen together In the neighbourhood. Con that have been you? Were you wearing your suit that day?"
Borphery's heart had momentarily stopped beating had someone seen him on Sunday after all? Now, the horizon cleared again. Thank hea- ven, ho could speak the exact truth this time.
"Extraordinary," he said. **In- spector, that must be your man. My brown sult I was wearing on Sunday for the Arst time. His volve rose to a high-pitched cackle. "I shall have no difficulty in proving that,"
Playfair lifted his eyebrows. "Im not doubling your word, Mr. Bor- phery. What motive could you have for lying?" He rose and opened the door. "Don't go away, please." he said: "we may need you again this afternoon."
Three hours later he arrested Bor-
phery and charged hin formally will the murder.
On that evidence?
(Solution on Page Three)
CHESS PROBLEMS
Black
NOS. 39-40
3 Pieces
White
4 Pieces White to play and mate in three,
NO. 40
Black
8 Picces
32D 3 N
White
10 Pieces White to play and mate in three,
SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK'S PROBLEMS Solutions to Problems 37-38
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What Word? What English word wil de- article as signate a person or not being in any place, and yet, without any other alteration than a separation of its 2 syllables, will describe the per- son or article as being present?
Letter Changing Following the usual rules, try clanging LOSE to SAVE in 3
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Find the Numbers The sum of 2 numbers in- - creased by 3 times their product is 83; also .3 times the smaller number exceeds the larger num- ber by 1. Find the numbors,
Fun With Antonyms From synonyms wo turn to words and their antonyms to be paired off:
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Solutions on Page 3
A Lay Sermon
By Hugh Redwood
[ANY people are quite sur
MA
of
prised if one speaks to them
A
seeking God. They are familiar with such exhortations os "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found," with such pro-
as "Seek and mises as
shal! And,'
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with such warnings as that many shall seek, but fail, to enter in at the strait gate. They seek fear- fully, sometimes indeed almost frantically, as thuse in
quest of
something. They forget
Father is seeking too.
that
How many parents there are
to-day whe аги hungry for the love
The Father seeketh such, JOHN, iv., 23. children.
of their There
is so much they
could give the young people, unly that the latter seem to live in different world. Isn't that, numberless cases, just what wrong with the children of God? They live in a different world, a different language, are in- on their own
affairs. But
talk a
tent
God made mon as a worshipping spirit, the instrument of His
purpose. For such He is seeking, to worship and serve Him. And whenever a man is born again, into the Kingdom of spirit and truth, then, to the song of rejoicing angels the seeking Father finds.
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