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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

Girls' and Boys' Corner

Name

Address

Dear Kiddies.

This is all my own work

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Last week's lihouette puzzle quite a lot of you. Although there were many of you who sent in correct answers, there were others gals who went a bil Bairay

when deciding what the guTES were doinut.

Margie Alves (aged 14), 303, Prince Edward Blond, sent in a senlly Ane entry. Her swers were all correct and stie painted a enlourful border around them. I was really very neat and preity. Magle, it awarding the Bentor prize to you this week.

The Junior ize goes to Stanley Clarke, aged 01. Fint 20 130 Austin Road, Kowloon.

Will Maggie and Stanley call at the "Ilonkkont Telegraph flees for their prizes?

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After careful considerations, 1 arh ewarding the Merit Certificates to Ann Mansfeld

Lockethle Catherine

Fern Els, Reg Pengelly, 1. A. Caltee, und Hida Soares (Bentoral; and to Itay King. Tania Tehurin, and Suet Ching hoon (Juniors),

Specially cammended but not quite up to Merit Certificates standard are Arthur Grimmitt, Cecilia Remedios, Yeung Kit- we, Jean Grady, Vivienne Jek. Wang Clau-yung, Pekny Barton. Rodney Mar- tin Ada Foster and Charles Fuster

Jaines

Arc

(Semlord):

Andrews, Horacio Ozorka, Pinky Silve, Brian Pengelly and Violetta dos Rérmedios (Juniors).

Francis Ribeiro: Glad to welenme you to the Gleic and Boys' Carner. Hope you Itke this week's eoin pelition.

Et Laurel: Congratulations. Else, on your 13th birthday.

This weeken competition khould be Interesting. Above you see a itin boy! and girl pinying là their garden. The girl la sented t smelling which her brother is pushing--but what can it be?

When your bave decided what the girl is sitting draw it in with pencils. Seniora are then to cekur the picture with their paints Dr crayons. Juntors

need not do so,

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Cui out the picture, paste on to a post- card tourd mud and 10 incle Eddie, c/o "Hongkong Telegraph", Wynd- ham Street. This competition closes at

pin on Wednesday.

There will be a prize for the best entry zent in by Sentor and one for the Juglar section.

Best of luck, klies.

Uncle Eddie

WEEK-END PROBLEMS

By Hubert Phillips

PROBLEM I

STRIDEWELL'S WALK

Tons and

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KOTRIDEWELL.” ald friend of mine. "went a hefty walk tast Sunday. [

the Three storied at walked due Enst twenty-two milies along the Slog. hory road. That brought him to the Old Cairn. He stopped for retreat- sents at the Blue Bear, which i exactly half-way between the Three Tuns and the Old Colm."

"I don't call that a specially long walk," said 1.

"Oh, but that's not half of it." saitl my friend "Fromi the Did Cairn. Sirkewell look the road that runs, in a perfectly straight line, 10 the flikers' Rest. The direction, na. you know, la more or less North- Weat. And at the hers' Rest he turned left brain, along the straight

road back to the Three Tuns. flow

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lanald Think

do you far together?"

Why." hold we can enlculate that, Let the sce; #kh exact number of miles fromi the Old Cairn to the likers Rest, and no exact number of miles from the Hikers Best to the Three Tums." "That's not all we shall want to know," said my friend.

"Here's noi." alt

"Of calino

your remaining dattint. It twelve miles, as the crow ties, from the Hikers' Rest to the Blue Boar,"

Ifou fit a Stricternell wall?

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PROBLEM 1

WORD SQUARE 13 Historic city in France (2) West-country. Béroine (3) Comman

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(51 Comparatively healthy in mind.

(Solution on Page Three)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1937

Current Affairs Test

Home Affairs

1-The Co-operative Socfelles have made an impressive demonstration for peace. Their spokesman in the House of Commons is. (1) Mr. Clynes, (2) Mr. Maxton, (3) Mr. Alexunder, (4) Mr. Wedgwood Benn, (5) Miss Ellen Wilkinson,

2-Recently there was 16 severe slump on the Stock Exchange. This was primarily due to (1) the fall in the value of the franc, (2) the outlook in the Mediterranean, (3) over-investment in armament In- dustries, (4) heavy selling In Wall Street, (3) the situation in the Far

East.

3.The British Minister for the Co- ordination of Defence Is having

boses, (3) attacks on merchant ships by surface vessels and uir- craft.

7.--The lying-in state of Dr. Masaryk evoked impressive demonstrations of affection. This was at (1) Budapest, (2) Brno, (3) Prague, (4) Bucharest, (8) Salzburg. 8.The Relch Foreign Secretary hins been given high rank in the S.S. (Nazi Guard). He is (1) Dr. Schucht, (2) Herr von Ribbentrop, (3) Baron von Neurath, (4) Dr. Goebbels, (6) General Goering.

General

was

9.An anniversary recently

that of the Relief of Lucknow. This was in (1) 1857, (2) 1757, (3) 1701, (4) 1085, (5) 1909.

busy time. This is (1) Mr. Elliot, 10.--Mr. Ion Swintcy has died. A

(2) Mr. Morrison, (3) Sir Samuel Hoare, (4) Sir Thomas Inskip, (5) Mr. Hore-Belisha.

4-At the current session. It is

understood, a Bill will be intro- duced (1) to nationalise mining royalties, (2) to give miners & minimum wage, (3) to secure im- proved standards of safely, (4) to nationalise the mines, (5) to re- organise the marketing of coal.

World Affairs

3-Senor Queveda is President of the League Council. He represents (1) Rumania, (2) Ecuador, (3) Sweden, (4) Greece, (5) Hungary.

8. The text of the second Nyon Agreement has special reference to (1) the Eastern Mediterranean, (2) Italy, (3) the purchase submarines by belligerents,

of

(4)

the use of the Balearic Islands as

recent notable appearance of his

was, as Trigorin in (1) The Three

Sisters, (2) The Seagull, (3) Anne Karenina. (4) The Government Inspector, (5) Uncle Vanyn. 114 party of British M.P. is visiting Germany. They are in- vited to inspect (1) the Reich Labour Corps, (2) the German fleet, (3) the concentration camps, (4) afforestation and land reclama- tion schemes, (5) the Reich system of motor roads.

12,-A, new 0,000-ton cruiser hus been launched at. Devonport. This

(2) H.M.S. (1) Gloucester, Glorious, (3) Glamis, (4) Gorgon. (5) Garrulous. -

lot about 13.We have heard a

"Shiva's Temple." This is (1) n famous building at Agra, (2) the headquarters of freemasonry In Amerien, (3) a skyscraper at Los

A Trip To Southend

Was

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THE raid on Mrs. Parmiloe's fiat took place in the early afternoon. Mra. l'armiloc, noted race-goer,

Lingfield. When she returned, at five o'clock or thereabouts, she had been robbed of all her furs and jewellery, to say nothing of her late husband's sporting trophies. She lost no time in ringing up Scotland Yard.

Three men were responsible for the burglary which had been in telligently planned. Joe Crupples and the Spider broke Into and ran-

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while Eddie the Gronchester

sacked the stat Tout kept watch in

the Crupplcs and mishap. Square. Everything passed off with Spider, each carrying two large sult- cases, made off for the East End in Crupples's Austin while Eddie the Tout sauntered off to Victoria Station and took the District to Hammersmith. There was a slightly worried expression on his face.

such, at To Myra his wife (or

was alleged to be her status) was an open book. As he modest closed the door of their dwelling her welcoming expression changed swiftly to one of concern. "What is it, Eddle? What's gone wrong?"

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Eddle the Toul stroked his chin. "I'm not sure that anything's gone wrong. Joe and Spider got away with the doings and no one's raised any alarm. But I'm worried all the same, My.

Someone saw you?"-

"Well it's possible. A chop I know caught sight of me as I was walking out of the Square. A chap who they say is a nark. If he did see me, My, I'll Have Scotland Yord on to me before I can say knife?"

Myra pondered. She had a good brain a better brain than Eddie's -and had got him out of several scropes before now.

now

"It's

probubly д false alarm, down Eddie," she said. "You slt

and have your tea. I've scrumbled you a couple of eggs. Here you are, and here's your even- ing paper. What you want ulbl, Eddie, and while you're having a quiet read I'll see if I can't think of something."

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Half an hour later, when she had cleared away the tea things, Myra "Give aut down opposite Eddie. me a cigarette," she said, "and I'll tell you what I've worked out,

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"We'll suppose that the worst has happened, and that the cops are on your track. What have they gut against you? Nothing, except that someone may have said he saw you. Well, Eddie, 's only your

word against his. It we can produce

won't be really classy albi, they able to do anything."

sold Eddle "Perhaps, ngi," gloomily, but I don't trust them yard, What sort of alibi can be Live criti

"That," sald Myra, "is what I'm coming to. I was reading the other dny and It's true, Eddie, I expect -that where two people have cook- ed up an alibi It's not difficult to break it down. Except-listen care- fully to this except It's, so to speak a true alibl. We must tell 'em we were doing something we actually did, only we did it some other day. Then we think back to that day-do | you follow me?-and we pretend that's the day we've just spent."

Eddie slapped his knee. "You've hit it, My. Cash, yes, you've rung the bell. What day shall we pretend to-day has been?"

"Why," said Myra-delighted that Eddie had calloned to the idea so quickly "why, I've thought that cut, of course. Southend. We've just goi back from Southend, Eddie. There's no one to say we haven't. I haven't been out, since I did my shopping this morning, and no one, I'm cer thin, noticed me then. Now

you know when we went to Southend- a month ago? A lovely bright day It was, just like tlife. All you've gat to do if the cops wont to question you is to give them an account of that day. We'll think up all the details:how you drove the car, how we sat on the pier, and so on. There's

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ball League has scored 27 goals In five matches. This is (1) Royal | Engineers, (2) Portuguese, ・ (3)) Middlesex Regiment, (4), South Chinn "B", (5) Kowloan. 23.-Gene Sarazen, famous U.S. professional golfer visited Hong- kong this week. Sarazen has won the British Open Golf Champion- ahip once. This was in (1) 1932. (2) 1931, (3) 1934, (4) 1030, (3) 1933,

(2) Frank Swinnerton, (3) Gilbert Frankou. (4) H. G. Wells, (5) H. M. Tomlinson. 18-Leslie Henson is appearing in a new musical play. This is (1) "Going Greek," (2) "Attle Salt," (3) "A Night at the Parthenon," (4) "Wooden Horse," (5) "Swing- time Melody." 17-Felix Aylmer appears in the Alm "Victorla the Great." 1e is (1) the Prince Consort, (2) Dis- racil, (3) Peel, (4) John Brown, (3) Palmerston, 18-Elizabeth Bergner received a legacy from Sir James Barrie. This commemorates her perform- ance in (1) Peter Pan (2) What Every Woman Knows, (3) Dear Brutus, (4) The Admirable Crich- ton, (5) The Boy David, 19.-Paul Beard a well-known to music lovers. He 15 (1) an operatic baritone, (2) leaders of the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, (3), composer of ballet musle, (4) a cathedral organist, (5) one of our best-known flautists,

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EPISODE FROM INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR'S

NOTEBOOK

not a single thing we did then that we couldn't equally have done lo- day."

Eddie's com- "Gosh, My," was ment. "You're a wonder, You ought to be a professor, My; you're much too clever for me.'

I haven't told you Myra laughed. everything yet. I've got a still beiter idea, Eddie." She rummaged in a drawer. "You remember the snap 'I took of you? Here it is. You're under that big sitting on a seat

you? clock-you do remember, don't -you're sitting there reading the paper and the clock face shows a quarter-past three. The very time when you were leaving Ganchester Square!"

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Eddie laughed delightedly. "It's a winner,We've got the-negative somewhere, haven't we, My? I'll take it round with one or two others to Martin's. I'll say we're just back from Southend, and I've been de-

we and can veloping

have our snaps, have some prints.".

Unfortunately, a clever crook is sometimes a little to clever. Eddie had been seen in Granchester Square and, the following evening, he was escorted to Scotland Yard. An hour or two later Playfair summoned Sergeant Dumbell.

"Yes, sir?" said Dumbeil.

Playfair landed him a life-size on- largement of a snapshut. "'d like to know, Dumbell, what you think of that.

"It's a picture of our old friend, Eddle the Tout. It appears he was in that burlgary, not concerned Dumbell; he was sporting with his Amaryllis at Southend. See thing Interesting about 117"

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any.

Dumbell studied the picture. These moments when intelligence was expected of him were not by any means hls happiest, Playfair was watching him quizzically.

"The idea is that this picture wasn't taken yesterday?"

"That's right,

Give Now have a masterplece,"

Dumbell.

yourself one mark. good look at Myra's

Dumbell had a good look There's a sear on Eddie's face, sir. Under the left eye."

"A war wound. He's got still, Dumbell."

"Mud on the right shoe, sir. what looks like mud."

Or

"Southend la famous for its mud. Look more closely, Dumbell."

"Eddie's left thumb, sir. A black mark-see? Right at the base of the thumb-nail,"

"Slammed his thumb in a meat- safe. Bruised the nall. I've already checked up on that,”

Dumbell peered at the photograph once again. Then "I've got it, sir. Look at the date of Eddie's paper. August 20-almost #month ago. That'll settle him, won't it, sir?””

surely?"

said

Playfair laughed. "I don't think so. I spotted the date too, and Eddie' has his explanation. The paper was an old one which he happened to have with him in kis car.”

"Fishy, though, Dumbell.

"Very faby," said Playfair. "But not conclusive, Dumbell What conclusive la quite a different plece of evidence. And I thought, just now, that you were going to lay your Anger on that. I daresay you will do when we've had Eddie in; I'm. going to take his fingerprints."

What was the evidence that shat- tered Eddie's allb?

Solution on Page Three

Sport

21 There is one club in the English Football League which has still to be defeated this season. This is (1) Charlton, (2) Notts County, (3) Coventry, (4) Queen's Park Rangers (5) West Ham.

BRIDGE PROBLEM

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Bolutions by, Wednesday to "Bridge Problem," Hongkong Telegraph, Wyndham Street.

SOLUTION TO No. 31

At trick One, South lends & Spades, West plays Diamonds, North discards Queen Hearts, East follows play with 4 Spades. This is the clue to the hand, the real being easy by eliminating Went's 9 Heart on second trick and throwing him in the lead at trick three by play. Ing Club 3 from dummy. Whether West return a Club or n Diamond at trick 4, East wit And himself squeezed "at"triek 0.-----

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