PUZZLES
STORIES
Five Fall Into Adventure, THE CHILDREN'S SERIAL
Trapped in the caves
or Enid Blyton
, rick and Anne her hid
their stranke Pets CNTURES cousin dearch. Timmy er de
nie spy-girl called 09. 40 has tacked there men in n tower firm and taken the key. Now she I low in the eaves with the others, hiding in case sometidy fumes after them.
CHAPTER 23
EORGE Look
the big
with awe. "Jo! Is this real- ly the key-and you've locked them all in. Honest- ly, I think you're a marvel."
Markhole shotchit in shining day, out of Jo's band
"She is," said Dick, and to Jo's enormous delight he gave her a sudden quick hug. "I never knew such girl in my life. Never. She's got the pluck of twenty!"
more They all felt much lively and cheerful now that
They could not get through
It was impoti they
no longer 80 the hole again.
Thuve the rock from drendfully hungry. Julian able to looked at his watch.
were
ilut it hadn't been bluff. When Julian and Dick shone their torches on to the hole in the reuf, they saw that a great rock was now blocking it up.
"L'a below.
"It's a pity poor Jo was found,"
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the
sur-
getting on towards evening hich George. "And now," he said. I wonder greater plty he had to give up
itect nad what all those fellows are the hey! Now
others will go free," doing,"
"They won't, said Jo,
didn't give them pertany the key of the tower room. I'd another key with me--the key the kitchen larder! And t rave them that."
#et the do," said Diek
Three of them were slili locked up! No matter how Markhoff had tried to bat ter in the door, it hell.
Carl "Markhoff! Taku and Tom and go down into those underground ordered Red at last.
Caves,
*No one will ever
better of you, with the utmost conviction.
fl surdily a must disagree- Dick. atruck though!
"What's "Wait a bit!" he cald.
they going to
happen when But Bey've got the wrong key? They be down here again and
all term NEXT WEEK—A grand surprise,
**ET hold of the kids and word, what'll happen to
"GET
key."
search them for
So Markhoff and burly
the
two,
fellows went down."
stairs and out of the They crossed the yard the door that led to caves.
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door Puzzle Answers
to
the
They got down the steep steps and
were
soon
stumbling along the nar row, slanting passage, their nailed boots making a great noise as they went.
"There's nowhere
hide," groaned Julian.
to
Halfway up the wall wat
a shelf of rock. He hoisted George up there, and she
CROSSWORD:
POSERS:
-Because iL is dragged Timmy up too. Poor Timmy he wasn't rauch coal. 2-Ier. 3-Sulphur. 4. Green. 5-With the Greeks who
use to them, he was still song to tumour gods, heroes and bemused and so verý sleepy.others.
Dick got up beside George, a jutting-out Julian found rock and tried to hide behind it, while Jo lay down in a und hole beside one wall covered herself cleverly with sand.
But as it happened, Jo was the only one to be discover- ed! It was quite by ne- cident-Markhoff
ker.
trod on
Markhoff was flashing his torch up and down the walls to see if any of the children were crouching behind a jut- thg rock and, he trol She heavily on Jo's hand. gave an agonised yell, ani Markhoff almost dropped his torch!
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atrice he had pulled
HOBBIES
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1950.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
A novel type of
watch
By WALTER KING
MAKE hin
M^
novelly yourself
fram a picee of cardboard about 24 inches square and a bram paper clip, the kind shown
in the picture.
Draw a watch in ink on the the dial of cardboard maitla
the watch lightly larger than the full stretch of the two arms of the paper clip when opened out, Push the two points of the elip from the back of the card through a hole made in the centre of the watch. Open out the arms of the clip to form two bunds which make a straight line and cut the dial in two.
Now if you add up all the the face of the numbers on
THE WATCH PUZZLE
PAPER CUP UCED FOR POINTER
watch you will and the total is 78.
The problem now is to move two halves cut the dial Into
HOW TO DOUBLE THE AREA OF A WINDOW WITHOUT CHANGINO "THE
HEIGHT AND WIDTH
Do
WHICH GOES FORWARD FASTER, THE BOTTOM OR TOP OF A MOVING TIRE?
HOW MUCH DOES THE
GOOSE WEIGH ?
CAN A MAN REALLY BEAT A TORTOISE IF
CRAFTS
HE OIVES THE TORTOISE A 100 YARDS HEAD
START ?
you want quibble about
20.
TTS puzzling how simple a ASKS JULIA WOLFE pounds.
The Roose
to it?
way st and one yard wide. your he do !!?'
weighs
20
kad our
The
have
GAMES
JOKES:
Puzzle Patch
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Postaript (ab.)
3 Chapters (ab.)
5 Membranous pouch
& Mineral rock
0
Den
Simple
11 Ribbonlike flags
13 Dustle
14 Development
20 On the flickered side
21 Taverna
22 Swiss river
23 Indian of the Sioux troup
24 Manuscript (ab.)
25 Negative reply
1 Couple
DOWN
2 South American birds
3 Disturbance
4 Algonquian Indian
5 Was seated
7
Make
mistake
Lone Scout (ab.)
10 East side (n.)
12 Girl's nama
14 Musicni note Palm icar
15
16 Measure of paper
17 Preposition
10 Donkey (comb, form)
10 Nova Scotla (ab.)
Posers
Now that we've question can be to cause hesitation or to bring forth human race for thousands algebra lesson, let's move on to "A wise man, whe a ridiculous answer. Sup of years. The old Greek geometry,
one yard high End a window 121< Roman
philosophers and
wide, wanted one yard pose you ask:
"At any given moment dealt in quibbles. They are more light. So he doubled
size, yet the window radio quiz window's which, the top or the bottom found today on
only one yard hlb How did of a car wheel, is moving programmes. You, no doubt,
have quibbled with forward the faster?"
OF have been Of course any quiz kid with the friends, You'd think that
try a an I.Q. of 10,000 con figure it out. The window must
to start been diamond shaped the hands around so that they wheel, being part of the car, quibbled it. Let's
Here' one that makes you with, and square when doubled Time over. But actually the hot- which contain numbers adding is going the same speed all few. up to the same total, 30.
"If a goose weighs 10 in size.
Let's forget the higher mathe- the person trying your puzzle tom of the wheel is moving ink: with a real watch. The solu-backwards and the top, pounds and half its own weight,
what dors it weigh?" The matics for a while and get down
2. Is curling played on a ce- we can gure ton must be found within 78
therefore, is going forward first impulse is to answer 15 to things
ment floor, ice or in a field? conds to paes the lent,
pounds, but 10 plus half of X, Maybe we can, that 15.
3. What chemical element is If you know your
This quibble is an oldie: "A commonly called brimstone? That's called quibbling, equals X
algebra.
you can figure it out.
stones walka around pole,
Jade 4. Are most know algebra, man
you brown, green, or red in colour? Hulle monkey, are alting.
5. Where did the history of the man moves, you turn that you're always facing him. When the man hins gone around the pole, has he gone around you?"
But be sure you start off with the hands pointing at 6 and 12.
Solution: The hands should cut between 0 and 10 und be-
ween 3 and 4,
faster.
boys and giris, and it has If You don't been a big sport of the fake our word for it, X equals on the top of which you,
What makes a Hanid Couldn't Believe It
conversation
E frat bnpression you make is by the en new friends way you talk. How do you rate
a conversationalist?
Do yeu monopolise the stage.
-Knarf Was Buzzing Around Like a Bug-
By MAX TRELL
HANID, the shadow-girl, was HA
so amazedk when she saw what her brother Knarf was to
moment or two ing that for she simply couldn't believe her own eyes.
the tying anyone else to get a word in ednowise? Or are you an interrupter? Monopolising a WACKY COMPASS: He who conversation, interrupting, tart But there he was, as plain as over her disagreement and flat contradic-day, buzzing around hesitates is lost.
HIDDEN NAME: (beat rice)tions are all in bad taste.
head with a pair of dragen-fly RIDDLES: 1-A tailor, because Other
conversational errors wings attached to his shoulders. like a kind he is always cutting" his work.
are committed He looked exactly
hat, a coat, a day of bug with every --To let you through. 3-Be- cause It's a chin-chilly, 4-Be- cause it must be ground before It is userl. -One was a high ork, but the other Is a hlerarch GUESS WHQ7: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
SCRAMBLER: Reserve, veres, reverse, severer.
DIAMOND;
SIR SENOR LINEMEN ROMPS
bird.
5-Kit Carson.
HAS
N
3-Food-tract
re-
It
that insistence pair of pants and shoes on! to talk about was the strangest sight In the personal likes world!
and
dislikes.
Enougth
Ien't shown in filed
Where did you get "Kuart! tact those wings! Come down here!
down at - 8 steering away
sister and, after buzzing around from dis agrezable 10- her head two or three times pies that lead more, Bually settled down
on
to arguments. In the hums" cop of a buttercup a foot of 40
book. "Cheaper by the
a rule of the Gilbreth family!
away. He was grinning. "Where did you get
then?
5:27
"Where did you get wings?”
Hanld asked.
*
out,
As
50
AFTER much quibbling with
quibblers, an authority on- quibbles finally decided that the man went around the monkey- beg pardon, we mean you. But
just situation Change the little and see how it works out:
A
The same man went aloft in 1 balloon, anchored by cable to 24 He stayed up The earth,
Yours, while the carth turned Did the man go on its axis. around the earth? If he did. hen he went around you while vou sat on that pole.
Zeno was a Greek philosopher who quibbled more than 2,000 famous years ago. His most quibble was!
"A body must be in the place where it is, or the place where A moving object is a It is not.
body moving
and therefore the place where Hand was sorely tempted to must be in
A body But after scoldings or where it is not. sily you. those Kharf to hard about giving the in the
place where it is, must A body can't stationary wings back, she didn't feel shobe
is in the place where it now ought to take them herself.be
can': a body Therefore From She was just about to say no, not.
when all at once there was an-move."
Don't let it
1. Why is "carbonises veget- able natter" no important?
the "hymn" begin?
Wacky Compass
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START AT NNE AND USE EVERY THIRD LETTER,
W (YOU DECIDE
DIRECTION)
HIDDEN
TO UNCOVER A
PROVERB
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T
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Hidden Name
A girl's name is concealed in our sentence. Can you pick it In China, they feel they can't brat rice as a food.
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Riddles
1. What tradesman is most in attentive to business?
Guess Who?
Born near the Mississippi River in 1835, the man worked
wan, when ho
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a
young river pilot. Ills
atorics made him. very famous and his best known works Included the adventures of Tom Sawyer Huckle-
berry
Finn,
He died in 1910.
Scramblor
Scramble "an extra supply" and anve "venerates"; arain and have "opposite"; once more and have "barsher,"
Diamond
LINEMAN forms
the centre
of this diamond. The secand word in courtesy tile," the third Spanish for mater," the fifth "frolics," and the sixth " short-napped fabric."
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Quiz
1. Is a codicil a type of medi- chise, an addition to a will or a kind of fish?
2. Is the lowhee a kind of ski tow, a kalited cap or a bird?
a collec- 3. Is the coapingtim tion of
of writings, a food-tract, or a kind of musical instrument?
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4. What is the name for the govern of rules which proceedings in legistative bodies? famous American the initials hero hiul
5. Yhat frontier K. C.?
Answers in Col 2.*
Fishing in
a jam jar
Fish and fishing have always provided a tascinating pastime for young people, even if it has been confined to the humble minnow in a jam jar or a gold-
a bowl. Ash in
boys and girls have the further,
possession
of ор aquarium with dah but
tocked not only
with the correct water-plants to
provide oxygen and with snails
to keep the glass sides clear of algae, properly illuminated, and the fish fed, not
with "ants
eggs" but with a more proper Leas and even of water dict meat for the carnivorous stickle- back.
liko stamp But aquarists,
of all Arca. collectors, are
160 Aquarist Members of the Socielles in Britain, for instance, range in age from live 16 76.
Of course, the older members,
their with
longer experience and more expensive equipment, have quite an
the
advantage over
boys and girls of school
age, but the younger members provided
a best of interesting
Aquarium Exhibition
the
2. Why must the gatemin at exhibits at the recent National Royal Horticultural Hall, Lon-
n railway stallon punch a hole | Ad
at
In your ticket?
3. Why is the lower part of a
don
was that no one could talk at wings?" Hanld demanded.
"I borrowed them." the table unless the subject was of general interest and the chit- QUIZ: 1-Addition to a will. Bren's monelogues were fre- whom we
worry you, in "Well," said Knarf, "hap- other buzzing in the air. It was -A
quently interrupted by the re-
whose second utlet. 4-Parliamentary low.primand: "Not of general in-pened to see a dragon-fly sleep, the dragon-y
all right.ke a celebrated tur? You can get there terest.
ing on a leaf down by the pond, pair of wings Knarf bad "bor-case you are going to a movie. man's face shaved in the winter portations
The other philosophers all that Mannerisms, affected accents. He ind two pairs of wings.
il the dragon-fly Zene didn't pley fair when he poor posture, standing too close knew he didn't need two pairs
a listener
alichung on the next buttercup said that a body can't be in are more faults to of wings. So 1
you're the one place and be moving. watched. So is using the pair."
to Knart's "0 who took my extra pair me slang phrase over and over
wints, ent
ch7" the conversation
"-I'm sorry," said Knarf, could you de" take them right out." He You was starting to screw them off
Logical
τα
be
When Mr Brown
returned until
the girl out of her bed from his day's work in the city, vawningly monotonous.
while
B-year-old
son,
TOWS
borrowed one
Ho Took Them
of
☆
CHILLES
Was
another If you find your wordage lim- "Knacf! How of sand und was shaking he found his
a philosopher, This is the Harvey, riding his new bleycleted, it is a sure sign you need an awful thing like that? her like a rat.
those wings at when the dragon-fly said: "How A Greek, not
who ran a race -year-old his
sister do more reading. You ought didn't borrow
do you like them?"
but a soldier
Achilles, tortoise. one we want! he said. "She's Betsy ran wanrily along beside to seek new friends too. Nothing all! You took them?"
with Д "Fine! Oh, very fine!" timulates
"He didn't need two pairs ot á tired vocabulary got the key. Where is it, tim..
"No" 'Well," said the dragon-lly, realising a tortelce is slow, gave head "Harvey," erled Mr Brown, like new friends and interests, wings," Knart repeated.
100 yards of "they're the best pair of wings the creature you little rat? Give it to
else has two pairs on guard daily. body
While Achilles ran the me or I'll throw you down indignant at his son's selfish-Put yourself
ness, "please explain why your Leave unsold
you can get anywhere. They're start. the gossip and wings." 'the cliff'
"You go and rive them right Bghter than a feather, and they 100 yards to catch up, the tor sister must run along beside the unkind remarks that must
back," said Kianid severely, make the most beautiful buzz. Let me go, you while you keep on riding?" be whispered.
them lose ran 10 yards and naturally "All right.
While Achilles get them off in No hurry about giving
still ahead. "How did you Harvey replied: "Beenuso Be cheerful. Encouragement, you bruto. Ilcre's
buck," he added, "Buzz around Betsy doesn't have a bicycle," humour. enthusiasm and the first place?"
taking the next 10 yards, the tor- I'll Anish off." kome more. key !"
tolse ran one yard, and remain- luughter give sparkle to words. he answered,
ed in the lead. While Achilles ran the next yard, the tortaise and ran one-tenth of a yard, remained ahead.
the
an
ex-
+
You
Markholt gave clamation of triumph and snatched a shining key nut of Jo's hand.
"You little toud! can just stuy down here with the others, and it'll be a very, very long stay! Do you know what we're going to do? We're going to roll
a big rock over the hole in that other cave's roof-and you'll be, prisoners!
"You can't escape upwards-· and you won't be able to escape downwards. You'll be dashed on the rocks by the sea, if you try to swim away. That'll teach you to interferel" Julian como
out from hiding-place, looking grim, and rather scared. "That's done ?? he said. "If those fellows really da block up that bolo and I bet they have already-It looks
his
Rupert and Miranda-34
While Rupert watches silently this
when we started, but here stif
title Princess walks round the coonpnny and is warm as, summer."
with her new doll and then out into the lovely garden. Keeping himxli well out of sight, Rupert follows. There's something, very queer bout all this." he murmurs There was mow on the ground
Hie gazes at the scene before him. "Gracious, ine Princess is arrange ng her dolls with Miranda in the middle. She must be specially food of her. She's pretending that Miranda is a princem, too."!
ALL MORTS RESERVED
screwed
"Tacy
right Knarf sald
Then you'd better o and screw them right on ogulal This
minute!" very
She darted al to seize him. Knarf and tried
Into
But he buzzed instantly
my nap."
BUZZING AROUND
Was
You
All at once the dragon-ly no-
"Why, he said, smaller the air and hovered just out of ticed Honid,
reach
scolded.
ho when
little
never
one
moving
can carry this out into decimals and Achilles seems to catch up with while of her hands. "Come "wouldn't you like to do a
tortoise, because down here at once!" Hand-buzzing around, too, little girl?" the
Hanld nodded. She nodded Achilles covera the distance,
tortoise keeps "I'll como down only if you very hard. He was a very good-the promise not to try to catch me" natured dragon-fly. He screwed ahead. Try running a race with of his other pair of wings and tortoise sometime, and you'll
கமே snid Knarf.
them
Hanid. ta
And out the Agures are wrong. Munid had to promise. Enve
Now we'll have abend," he urged, "Buzz around, "Please," she said
There's alighted on the buttercup again, a bit with your brother, littk
exception an "give those wings back to the girl I'll stay right here. Go buzz quibble. Take the statement:
every rule." dragon-lly, Knarf."
Supposing there 15. "I will,"
a wonderful hour "but Bald Knart;
Oh, what not right away. It's fun buz Knorf and Hanid bad, buzzing there must be an exception to
that Baya there's
Con- ring around."
around the garden while the the rule "I bet it is. Is it hard to dragon-lly sald after they re- exception to every rule.
there is a rule that mako the wings go up and turned his wings, "you ought to sequently
So the no exceptions. down?"
grow some of these wings your hus.
there's an ex- "Easy as ple." sald Knarf, selves. It's very easy. You just statement that
around
Arpl
to
Then
It's no harder than moving your let them grow." But Knarf and cepilon to every rule is false. fingers up and down.. Would Hanld knew it wasn't that easy you like to try them on?”.
STEM NOL.
Do
about itfa
an
like an ax
Owing to the cessation of im- from Japan during World War II, the breeding of exotic varieties of gold-sa nud other tropical Ash has assumed added importance in Britain 5. What is the difference be- during the past few years, and tween Noah's Ark and an arch-many unusual home-bred speel-
mens were on view. bishop?
4. Why is coffee with a dull edge?
ZOO'S WHO
BA-A-A
ANCIENT SPARTAN
SOLDIERS BELIEVED THAT A DIET OFGOATS MILK SOUP GAVE THEM THE BUTTING POWER-
OF A GOAT AND
ENHANCED THEIR VALUE
AS SHOCK TROOPS
THE GIBBON APE HAS
TWO METHODS OF LOCOMOTION.IT WALKS UPÄIGHT ON THE GROUND LIKE ÁMAH OR SWINGS THROUGH TREES BY ITS ARMS, WITH
KINGNECT PHEASANTS WERE INTRODUCE
to quibble INTO THE UNITED STATES PROM CHINA IN DO
LEGS HANGING..........