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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.' FRIDAY,

NOVEMBER 20, 1936.

SPARE MOMENT PAGE

"I hope they call my name soon. I'm afraid I'll get another summons for parking while I'm waiting to pay for this one."

WEEK-END PROBLEMS

*

by Hubert Phillips

PROBLEM I GUFFINS

I've just had Wils cryptic note from my uncle:

"43, Trinity Square,

Oct. 16th. This will amuse you. I was Just selling out for the City thin when I met Professor morning Guffins, who lives next door. "Isn't this annoying?' he said. 'I've just had this cheque back from the bank. I'd stupidly dated it 1935.

"I

1 Inughed.

should T thought," sald That you at lenst could remember what the year is.' "Poor old Guffins! He completely missed the point, of course.

Can YOU seç it?

PROBLEM II LOOPY'S LEGACY

have

had the

When I asked my young friend, Loopy, how much money he heen left, he replied, "Why, number of pounds I have is a very interesting one. I find it can be divided into three numbers, each of three digits, and ench a perfect square. And in writing down those three numbers, all nine digits are employed."

What is the amount of the legacy?

PROBLEM N

DOUBLE ACROSTIC

UPRIGHTS

A country's name suggests selec-

tion-

And "eastwards"

direction.

gives

you

its

LICHTS

1. The first was stubbom-lost his

head.

The second, laughing, died in bed,

family 2. This

its "crest"

clairy- Upupa is the Latin name.

can

1. Here's a beginning. And I think

It starts with gold, and ends with

drink.

Is Your Name

TAYLOR?

THE tailoring trade is well repre-

sented in directories, for in addition to the name Taylor (spell- ed in the old fashion) there are Seamer, Shapster, and Parmenter. Of these seainer" and "shap- ster" are old English names for the craft, and "parmenter" a French Importation.

Yet in spite of these rival names Taylor is the most common. The reason is that the name has ab- sorbed analher, even more popu- lor, Teler

or Teller, meaning

weaver.

Teller and Taylor when spoken -and in old days they were hardly ever written easily became con- fused, and gradually the Tellers were absorbed and all became Taylors

Weaving was one of our key in- dustries; the loom which stood in every cottage was its most valu- able article of furniture, and was transferred from father to son as the heirloom.

We can understand, therefore, how the addition of Tekers to their numbers swelled the rants of the Taylors.

As well as Teller there is the Saxon, name for weaver-Webb, which has weathered many con- turies;-and-retains its old form. almost intact. This name, along with the more modem Webber, s flourishes..

IS YOUR ENGLISH CORRECT?.

CAST AND CASTE

Cast is correct for the cast of a the play, cast of countenance, right cast.

But caste is used when refer- religious ring to social and cleavages in Oriental countries.

NUMBERING THE FINGERS.

The English marriage service calls the ring Auger the fourth finger.

the Modern

excludes usage thumb in counting the fingers, zo` that the forefinger is the first and the middle Anger the second.

M M

MESSAGERIES

REDUCED PASSAGE

MARITIMES

RATES

› NOW IN APPLICATION:

MARSEILLES

LONDON

Are findings keepings?

F

INDINGS are not

keepings we are told Well, it depends,

as children. That is

true enough when you know says the Law

to whom your find belongs.

4

•

Dad? The rule is that if the furnl- ture is not sold "with contents" the former owner can claim whatever is found inside, whether he put it there or not.

This was decided nearly a hundred years ago. A shoemaker bought an old desit at an auction sale for £1 0s. When he got the desk home, he found It had a secret drawer, In which was a purse. The

purse contained "eight pieces of the current gold coin of the realm

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE "SAILING S

S.S. PRESIDENT

LINCOLN

WILL SAIL From HongkoNG .

MIDNIGHT, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st

FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO

known as sovereigns, A kohden gut aus S.S. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY

50 half-crowns, 50 alx- pences. a five-shilling plece, bank notes to the value of £130, a pair of

and a snuff box."

སྨ

arrested for

If you can find out the owner any damage done and the cost of jewelled corrings, two silver thimbles,

keeping the animal, you must return his property to

The story of the find got about, him. Indeed, if you keep some- Transport undertakings, too, are and the former owner of the desk thing you have found without in n special position. Parliament had the shoemaker taking all reasonable steps to often gives them the power to exact stealing the purse.

a certain percentage of the value of discover the owner you are guilty articles left in their vehicles. This percentage is given to the employee who found the article or to the staff welfare fund.

of theft.

con-

But there was a doubt whether the desk and been sold with tents or not. The cobbler was given the benefit of the doubt and got off. The purse and its contents, however, had to be handed over to the original owner of the desk..

Finds

Generally speaking you cannot even.demand the expenses you incur In finding the owner, if a reward has been offered you can claim that. A difficulty arises where valuables

of gold and silver And if you find an animal trespass are found in furniture just after it under the law relating to treasure ing on your land you can hold it had been sold.. Should the old owner trove. It no owner can be traced, until you have been repaid both for or the new owner benet by the such finds belong to the state,

CANOEING is the NEW

WINTER SPORT

N

new

By Stanley Baron

come

strength. It is borne with the water, rather than thrown about by it.

Where water is being kuddenly bottied into a narrow channel, which Is precisely what happens when the rapid is being formed, It invariably Assunca an arrowherd formation. From the point of the arrowhead down both its sides the water will be broken and foaming.

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EXT year will see d sport march to- ward popularity. Last year something.like three thousand canoes were sold in Great Britain. Next year there may be twice as many, and the year after that, the experts pre-

The actual arrowhead itself dict, will mark the beginning of a

smooth and

and fast. It points down- Inational canoeing boom. Water-

the other hand they must open up stream and the canoeist must direct minded readers write to ask what beautiful tracts of country of Kirch

his craft through the middle of it. season is most suitable in which not easily seen, excent from water keeping out of rough water until he to learn the art. I say. Now, level. In summer these attributes

are rarely co-existent

the Now he will feel Here are reasons.

From October to March rivers all middle reaches,

The Severn, in its upper reaches, chopping violently under him, but its force should keep him in The of flow is increased,

for example, is always fairly fast, main stream until the rapid is pass- obstructions are safely submerged but in summer Binks low between ed. The paddle, of course, should be below keul level, rapids lose prin sheer, clay banica, completely shut held poised, ready to make instant cipul difilcuities, irritating shallows ting out views of the valley through correction if the prow gives any sign disappear, views

13,

rate

views open up

where

above the

emerges at the tip.

water

high banks Turinerly concealed them which it runs. Between now and of swinging away from the direct line

Warmth of exercise proves suddenly spring will be easily the best time for

all.

a visit, therefore. desirabic. Most important of prices of canoes reich rock bottom (10 per cent. below summer figures- In most cases).

of the current.

it

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In long rapids there are naturally additional difficulties. There may, for example, be two or more chan- Tow many miles a day? The nels, of which only one is negotiable. answer is that for most people When the whole course of o rapid In cunoe trip of 150 miles this

physical output Involved in cannot be seen from river level it I convinced myself that the the summer

a shade is essential to land and survey dern folding boat is a perfectly canoeing on still water is modern safe proposition and, when used as a less than that involved in walking, from the bank in order to choose

ent to other forms of travel, On a canal, therefore, one might the most suitable route. complement

Until recent years most folding LONDON SERVICE provides an excellent method of reckon.to do 15 to 20 miles a day. On

fast rivers the aid of the current is canoes used in this country have

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There are such things as fish tained. long distances on foot. But it is

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AN 11-foot British folding canoe where 20 minutes to half-an-hour therefore, regard the assisting current will be normally sufletent to see it as a means of saving energy rather single-seater costs seven guineas erected; and when erected it may than prolonging distances.

Rapids Are they really as danger. Or 50 and will give good service for be carried as much as a mile with

several years. Prices of top grade, the ild of a two-wheeled wooden ous is the photographs make them 14-foot cunues, British and foreign, carriage which should be purchased lot? Not a bit of it. in roh range up to £20, and such craft are with the boat.

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Canals have, two

advantages (1) the rate of flow of must of them is

they that almost imperceptible, sa enn be taken as easily in one dirce- tion as the other: (2) being planned to follow a constant contour, only stepping down or up from one level to another by means of locks, they frequently run well above the sur- rounding country and open up viewa of a kind the river, and often even the road, cannot give.

Being artificial, moreover, they have often the beauty of ornamental waters. But canal dues vary from id. a mile upwards.

Rivers, for the canoeist, have two be separate appenia, They must fast enough to be interesting, with occasional rapids er other hazards to give a thrill to the journey, On

Answers to Weck-End Problems

PROBLEM 1 GUFFINS

Cufins lives next door to my uncle, te.. at 42 or 44, Trinity Square. And the square of 44 is 1038:

PROBLEM 11

LOOPY'S LEGACY

The amount of the legacy is £1.874.

(£1,074 €361+ £529+ £784)

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PROBLEM III DOUBLE ACROSTIC

CHARLES'

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Finally, on a long trip, spend one day in three, and preferably every second day, ashore. Almost any river or canal is a perfect baseline for walking expeditions. Get away from the boat occasionally, to break the monotony of paddling, and you'll vote canoeing as grand a sport as you've tried.

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