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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

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By The Dragoman EEDING no introduction your weekly quiz. All you need is a sharp pencil, a sharp brain--and well, honesty is no handicap.

Take two points for cach correct answer. Fifty is a Possible and 80 just a Pass. Now how good are you?

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1938

You Know, But Are You Sure?

one of these famous Americans still Grover Cleveland; Calvin Coolidge; Henry Ford; Thomas A. Edison; Theodore Roosevelt.

12. And this is British (and proud of It!) the Union Jack was first holsted in Aus- tralla st

Port Jackson; Botany Boy: Port Phillip Moreton Bay; Swan River Settlement.

13-Got a map of the world fixed firmly, in your mind? flight, then-without getting water on the brain-just say which is more than twice as big as the next biggest of these

1-A mun of queer tastes is Murgatroyd out his mandrill. You can't mistake. Mur- gatroyd, because he wears a hat, and anyway you know □ mandrili -

you rarely see him in the street with Atlantic; Indian; Paclic; Arctic.

A two-wheeled vehicle; an extra a baboon; a large long walking stick; a seabird; a mining implement. 2-If you were in England and you went along to a formal function and you weren't thrown out, you would take precedence over all other titles present (except Royalty) it

them you were a;-. you could persuade

Marquis; carl; lord; duke: knight; aquire; baron; desperate gunman. 3. You'll know, of course, but it is suc- prising the number of people in Ilongkong who don't know the capital of Soviet Russia 13:

Leningrad; Stalingrad; Moscow; Kharkov; Wartaw; Odessa. 4-Don't dodge this one by saying you You had 'cm haven't got any teeth, anyway. once, and the eight central front teeth in your mouth are (or were) known as:

Biscuspids; wisdom; molars; can- ines; incisors; nippers.

5.You can't grumble at this question, be cause the answer was published in the "Telegraph" only the other day. Hongkong's imppris for the year 1937 totalled:

..

$13,000,000: $103,000,000; $1,003,-

$10,300,000,000.

1000.000 y 1s the keynole-as the fash-

ion writers say of this question. All you have to do is to say which one of these is not derived from a seed or berry:-- edibles

coffee; vanilla; nutmeg; mustard; cinnamon; cpcod.

7. Tristan Da Cunha is a lonely island be- longing to Britain and very popular with tourists as a place to stay away from. It is neurer to one of these Copes.

Otway: Horn; of Good Hope; Finis- terre, York,

8.One of these fine days, someone in the Foreign Office will have to chew the cud about the New Territories, for they're due to be returned to China In:-

1947; 1950; 1907; 1973; 1099; 1097. 9-Remember the old beheading days and ale was tuppence a pint and no head on it? You'll recall, then, that beheading was the fato of:

James 1; Charles II; James 11; Charles I; Henry Vill

10 Yes, yes, I know that weather is a painful

you'll be pleased to know rubject, but that the wettest month (speaking of rain, of couric) in Hongkong is usually:

February: April; June; August;

October; December.

11 This is American-and say, why not?

14. Of course you read about Bildad-who was a fairly famous man in his day--when you read:

Robinson Crusos; the Ancient Mariner; History of Spain; the Bible. 10. You don't have to be a student of international affairs to know the name of the man who is President of the League of Nations Assembly Is;

Mr. Baldwin; Mr. Bruce; the Aga Khan; Lord Abercorn; Mfr. Eden, 16-A simple little system is the metric, system. Even if you are blindfolded and have one arm tied behind your back you will be able to say the number of decimetres in a dekametre is:-

10: 100; 1000; 10,000; too many to bother about.

17-Only one-one only, mark you-of these gentlemen is included in the full list of British Field Marshals:

Lord' Runciman; Duke of Glouces ter: the Emperor of Japan; Lord Gowrie; Eddie

Kelly

18.If I wanted to select from this list the man with the highest income I would say (if I wanted to get two points):

Dietator Stalin; the Archbishop of York; the Governor-General of New Zealand; the Bishop of London; the Governor of Nigeria.

10-This is just too insultingly easy. If you can't figure it out clear your throat, blush and pass quietly on to the next (deducting two points cn route). The number of squares, black and white,

Д chess or draughts board is:-

on

50; 60; 64; 48; an even hundred. 20-As you would expect the mercurial Kelly to remark, hero's a tidy little question. In other words a question on tides. There are Spring tides, Yule Tides, Neap tides and the pawnbroker who tides you over. Any- way, a Spring tide is one thing and a Neap tide is:-

medium; low; high; nothing to worry about.

21. There'll be an annular eclipse of the sun next month, say astronomers, and if they say so... well, there'll be an annular eclipse all right. Annular meaning:-

twelve monthly; total; ring shaped; Crescent shaped; metaphorically

speaking.

22.Who, when, where or/and what is/was Goa? Yes, the answer is:-

A famous constructor; a big con- stricter; a German, possession Japan; a Portuguese possession in India; a trier at the races,

in

*+f3+4»l4-tll{++441- 4ltı4 +་་་་ས་

23-The first game of golf ever played was played by me, quoth Murgatroyd, slnk ing his tenth pot . putt at the 19th. but if he did play

I doubt it, I doubt it ...

It he played it in:-

+

Scotland: Alaska; Holland; Franco; America; New Zealand. 24-—-—-Always think twice about it when you feel like consigning someone to the Limbo,. because, as you know, the limbo is the place!

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-known as the inner ring of Hades; for souls barred from heaven through no fault to their own; of eternal for- ture; there grçat ones sleep; be- tween heaven and earth. 20. And, to finish up with an easy one- pick the word spelt incorrectly:---

clarify; úliify; rarity; modiju; simplify.

(Answers on Page Three)

Test Your Will Power

With These Questions

(Answers on Page 3)

laughter of those around you, or (B) do you

give up coally? ()

HAVE you strong will power or have

you not? Do you deceive yourself Are you (A) tactful and considerate of the feelings of others, or (B) do you and others Into the appearance of

thoughtlessly, offend people unwittingly and strength of character by being merely ignore the viewpoint of others? ( stubborn and deflant because you really, have a weak character?

Apply this fast to yourself and think well before you answer each question, be- cause we all have a wonderful ability to deceive ourselves and we all tend to credit ourselves with the aptitude we lack but would like to possess.:

When you have answered the ques- tions get a friend to make the

came estimate of you and see how well the two estimates agree.

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Answer these questions with à or

(A) concentrate all your 1.Can you

energles on a problem for some time in snite of obstructions and distractions, or (B) do you enthusiastically take up a hobby or Interest and then suddenly drop it?

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Can you (A) be honest with yourself when you are not doing what you hoped to do, or (B) do you make excuses to jus- tify your failure to act up to expectation- "I didn't get a chance," "So and so inter- fered," etc.

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Can you (A). persist in an aim for a long time in spite of dimiculites and the

5 Are you (A) kindly in your relationship with your family, the people you meet at work and in the tram or (B) are you im- pulsively generous at times and quite thought less of the feelings of people at others? ( )

Are you (A) energetic and naturally keen to work or (B) do you have a spurt of energy and then a span of laziness,

{ perhaps making illness the excuse?

(A) persevering? Do you Are you stick to a polley once you have made up your mind to follow it, or (B) cannot you be depended on even when you appear to have made up your mind? (

8 Can you (A) make decisions, or (B) do

you put off making decisions and when you have made them wonder if you have

the better course? ( chosen

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Can you (A) laugh off a mistake of your own, or (B) do you always try to find some excuse, to put the blame on someone else?

10. Can you (A) rely on yourself par- ticularly in on emergency, or (B) do you shirk responsibility and prefer to lean on

> someone else? (

Now turn to Page 49 and compare your score with John Mulholland's answers.

Girls' and Boys' Corner

Dear Kiddies,

Quite an easy competition last week, wasn't it? The majority of you did very well and it was quite difficult to pick out the winners.

However, after careful cons!-- deration, I have decided to award the prizes to:

Senior: Gaspar Baptista (aged 10), 6, Hart Avenue, Kowloon.

He's a happy

healthy Ovaltine Boy!

All mothers know that the vary foundation of health is correct nourishment and that there is nothing like 'Ovalting' for meeting the nutritive elements of rapid growth and development. Its supreme merit is such that it is the food beverage most widely re- commended by doctors. Every 'Ovaltino' child drinks his cup of ‘Ovaltine' every day. and that is why he is such a bright, happy little person..

Ovalting is the perfect food bevorage for children. It is rich in just the Delicious right kind of nourishment needed to build them up – body, brain and nervos — and keep them full of energy and vigour. Make 'Ovaltine' the dally beverage in your home. 8C789.

Junior: Peter Par-

ton (aged 71⁄2), 24, Carnarvon Road,

Kowloon..

Will Gaspar and Peter call at the *Hongkong Tel- graph" offices For their prizes?

Merit Certificates ara being sent to:

Seniors: Frank HOTLOCK, ~~Joyce Leong. Diana Hos king, Jean Grady and Mansoor Ali,

Juniors: Ronald Lang, Peter Coom. Ronald Avio, Thenad Hi (10 This the correct way to spell your name?), Irmgart Soltau and Ghazi J. Khan.

Specially com- mended for good work are

Clark, Jern Elis. Amalia DYQlveira

Sales. Abdul Nahim, Zu Po-chlu,_Vera Baskerville, - Perry Barton. P. MacCaw, Aida Mendes, Wal- ter Choy. Cecilia Luiz Itemedios.

Бошае,

Martin

Laurence Becker.

Priscilla Pires,

Vivian Pomeroy, Margie

Marques.

Name

Address

TOYS

This is all my own work

Maggie Cheng, Amy Choy, Ho Shuk-chun, Alberto da Roza, Pamela L, Pamela 110. Yeung Kit-wn, ito Man-chan, Kavazn Hau-ming, Kartma J. Khan, S. A. Buk Edith Tan. Ada Foster, Maggie Alves, Vivien Gillespie, Antonio Bouza, Huen Mo-tak, Theima Pinna (Seniors): ftcardo da Luz, Teresa Souza, Violelta Remedios,

Eleanor Banger, Paddy outlet, Patricia

Coombs, Jacqueline

Toolle

Garcia, Allaster Andrewa, Dorothy llovic, Gertle Remedios, Binkie Mackie, Tu Po- yat, B. A. Eux, 8. 8. Dux and Jock Mackie (Juniors).

Manuela da Luz: I have just noticed that your age is 25. Unfortunately, en- trants for this competition must be under 13.

P. MacCar fared 101, 4. Torres Build. Ings, Kimberley Road, would like to have pen-friends between the ages of 10 and

14 years.

Ticult Copper. Ada Foster, Ricardo Ribeiro: Your stories and jokes are being published this week. Merit Certificates sre being sent.

Francis Ribeiro, Vivien Gillespie, Daniel Chay, allmy Albers, Teresa Ronza Eugena Choy, Marglo Alves. B. J. Bux. Elizabeth Hacerenvee: Unfortunately, lack of space forbids the publishing this week of your storica, Joker poem and limericks.

Antonio Boura: What a delitul drawing you sent me, Antonio. Thank

sending you You very much. I am Merit Cerlincote,

This week's competition is quite dif ferent from the usual puzzles. You al know the twelve months of the years. The gritat has suggested them hero pie- torially-but in what order?

Work out your jist on plein mener Brat. The day Fawkes tells you that No. 15 1a November. Then look for the other months in their correct order. Tilt In the name, address, kid ago Danuben and karıd to Uncle Eddie, c/o "Hongkong Tele- Aranh. Wyndham Street, before 4 pm. on Wednesday. Thero will again be two prites,

Look out for nevi Aaturday's comp^!i» tion, You will read all about now plan I am starting in order that you can re- ceive inore prizes.

Unche Endlichina

The Magio Feather.

-Dy Yasull Cooper One day, as #runky the gnoma was watering his garden, he saw a beautiful bright blue feather to Bailing over hig prize bed of begonias where it landed on a flower, punky went to remove it. "tar ha" dia: not want hie-gerdan-to-100k sinudy, and just an þegột to it up it

WH, Mich. M

Age

lovely blue that Spunky followed f. Thinking it would Look pretty on hi Bunday hat.

It went on and on and Spunky was to eager to get it that he had nol noticed ho had gone so far. Suddenly it rose up and affixed itself to a notice board which the gnome had not seen before. Painted in large black totters the notice board read:

THIS WAY TO THE COMPETITION. Spunky climbed up the nign board and, at last, grasped hold of the feather. Ile got down and saw that the feather had one little strand of black in it. Then it said (much to Spunky's surpriso);

"If you want to obuẩn x pot, of

gold,

And live in comfort when you grow.

old,

Just singlo me out trom all the

others

we're all

It won't be easy, for

brothers," Then I told him that the frather king was having a birthday, and he had de creed that many magical blue feathers exactly alike must be inade, and sent but into fairyland to lead fairy folk to part in the competition. Spunky asked the feather what he had to do.

"Well," said the feather, "I will take "on to the palace and there I will ba mixed up with many other bluo feathers like me, and you must plek me out.”

"All right” said Spunky.

Do the feather led him to the palace and everything happened an it had muid. When the time cams for Spunky to pick out his feather he looked at everyone until he came to one which was not quite like the others, for it had one strand of black in thi

gleefully to the king.

"OK" "I've found mine,” Spunky cried

"Yes, you nee right." mid the king and here is the pot of gold. Take il" Spunky, thanked him, and the king gave him a feather to lend him home.

When he returned home, he put the feather in his Bunday hat, and Ived happily for the rest of his days.

I wish a magic blun feather would come to me, as it did to Spunky, don't you?

Jok

-From Ada Foster." Thacher: Ity now how), “What's your néme, my in-follow?"

New Boy! "Erbert "Atria"

Terotiori "Always Bay me when you're speaking to your master,

New Boy: Tapologetically}: "Bir ‘Erberí "Artis."

Limerick

From Beardo Ribeira A fellow once dining at Crew Found quite a large mostre la bla, stew. -Bald-the-Weiter. -"'Don't "shout-

And ways it about,

Op the rest will be wanting one too,”//

There ought

to bo a society for popularising

crling

Mrs. Donniger's Diamonds

EPISODE 61 FROM INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR'S

NOTEBOOK 66▼OU know, Dumbell,"

"You Daythe, sometimes quite a lot of pathy with crooks."

(2) Orwell Premby, altas. Dickens, alias Smith, 38. Three times con victed of jewel thefts. Now ticket-of-leave from Maidstone.

(3) Henry Arthur Stuttering (the said Count), 29. Concerned in the theft

I've of the Dulchester tiara. Released month ago from Pentonville. sym-We'll have them up in that order," evidenco sald Playfair. "I've no was against anyone, but I've a kind of "So I've noticed, sir," Dumbell's somewhat dry com- hunch that the man we want may ment. "I've no doubt the senti- be Hulah."

Jem Hulah's soubriquet of "Flash". ment is reciprocated. Though was not inappropriate. He Was why you should be sympathetic small but well-proportioned, with -well, I'm not quite sure that I sleck dark hair and Ronald Colman He admitted cheerfully, moustache. see it. There, but for the grace in response to Playfair's opening of God is that what you have sort of alibi for the previous night. "I was doing the round of the coffee- Inspector. Can't remember times very closely, though. I

in mind, sir?"

"Not exactly," answered Playfair, stolis, "I get your meaning, Dumbell, but the that wasn't quite what I was mean- might be able to get them for you. Ing. No, it's this sort of thing that But what's the big idea, anyway?" moves me almost to compassion." little affair in Limbo Street."

Playfair's eyelids narrowed. "That. desk. from hls

took up a paper

He for an eleven and twelve last

night," he read, "Mrs. Dunniger's

diamonds were stolen

"Limbo Street?

Never heard of

"Never heard of it, ch?

her hourd from

said

in Limbo Street, Mayfair. Mrs. Don- Playfair. "Nar, I suppose, of Mrs. niger had gone to the theatre, leav- Donniger and her diamonds?"

Hulah laughed uncasily. "What's ing the house untenanted, as both the idea? A frame-up? I might her servants were off duty, for the have heard of Mrs. Donniger's dia- night. The diamonds, consisting of a single pendant, car-rings and a bracelet, are particularly large

mens, known to dealers evertaker

monds-they're not exactly a secret. But if anything's happened to them which I suppose la what you're

me."

they could not be disposed of in-re getting at it's nothing to do with putable quarters without being re- Playfair pondered for a moment. cut. Their value is estimated at Were you wearing gloves last night,

£34,000, and a reward of £3,450 is Flush?" to be offered for their recovery.

"Mrs. Donniger had left the die monds, wrapped in a lace scarf, in one of the drawers of her dressing- table,"

Wealth and Responsibility

"Now

He put the paper down. you see what I mean, Dumbell, when I say I have some sympathy. with crooks. Diamonds worth thir ty thousand quid, left lying about in a drawer! There ought to be a 50- for popularising crime, with Mrs. Bonehead Donniger as Presi dent!"

ciety

A thought struck Dumbell. "Good heavens, sir!" he said.

"No, I wasn't. So if you've got any fingerprints from Limbo Street, I make you a present-of those."

"Walt below," said Playfair, after another short pause. I may want you again."

"Mr. Orwell Premby was a strongly contrasting type. A heavy man, deliberate in speech and movement. With him, Playfair adopted a dif- ferent line.

**These diamonds," he began, "of Mrs. Donniger's"

do

"I beg your pardon, Guv'nor?" "These diamonds of Mrs. Donni- ger's," said Playfair irritably. "Where

o you suppose they are now?"

Premby looked worried. "I don't know what you're talking about,"

"You don't, don't you? Can you account for your movements last

"You're not suggesting, are you, that night-tainly I can.

Mrs. Donniger isn't straight?”.

"No, no, Dumbell; that's not what Hoxton, and asleep."

I meant at all. My point is merely

that where there's wealth

there

I was in bed at

"Any evidence of that?"

ought to be a sense of responsibilty sarcasmi,

This

"Plenty," said Premby, with heavy "You can come and see woman's a chump, but she's straight enough; she was down right the bed I slept in. Or you might find

the doorstep." And my footprints on the mad at losing her diamonds.

"I'll be right along," sold Playfair. she had enough sense, as soon as ' "In the meantime, you can walt."

talked to her, to agree to co-operate with the Yard."

The Count" now appeared.

An

to

"Aha!" said Dumbell. "She's co- intelligent type, with a frank, open operating with the Yard, is she? face that belled his criminal record.

With him also Playfair elected How, may I inquire, sir?**

"By

shut, plunge in medias res.

"You've heard," he began, "of thir Playing her mout sold

"My suspects are al- rendy rounded up; and as, It they're theft at Mrs. Donniger's?""

"Theft at Mrs. Donniger's Who's innocent, they'll know nothing ex-

she?" cept what they hear from me why, I may get a useful admission from combone."

excuso

"Your well-known third degree," murmured Dumbell. "Just a few But- friendly questions all round.

sir-however asking, me

Anyone many suspects have you? might

have done a thing like that walked into a house and taken dia- monds from a drawer."

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"What, you haven't heard of her?" *Never,"

"Nor of her famous jewellery?" "Never."

"Ever been in Limbo Street?" "No, I haven't,"

"Go and Ask

Ducoq"

"Anyone might,

might answ

answered Play.. fair, "but it's very, very unlikely, The long arm of coincidence doesn't often stretch that for. You remem- ber what it says in that memo I read you: that these diamonds are famous diamonds, which the ordinary sneak- thlef couldn't dispose of? Moreover, whoever took them was looking for them; he didn't stop to do any petty had you, Stuttering?" pilfering. There was a platinum cigarelle case on the dressing table;

ive in Clapham, don't you?

Playfair looked at his notes. "You

What

ho didn't even bother to take that.

Playfair's List

of Suspects

timo did you go home Inst night?

"Latish. I went for a walk on the Embankment."

"What time?" "Between one and two." "And

you

had your booty will you, "Booty!" said the Count. "I'd have

looked well, shouldn't I, wandering along the Embankment with Mra Thingumbob's diamonds In my poc- may have been a fool in my time, Inspector, but I'm not such a fool as that."

kett

Playfair thought for a moment "That may be so. But in that caso,

tion.

"No, Dumbell; this theft is the Stuttering, I'll ask you another ques work of an expert-an expert who's In touch with the big shots; and, so

Are you still in touch with Pierre Ducaq?""

far as I know, there aren't many of "No, I'm not," said Bluttering, And those at large. I can only think of a manner was that of quman speake three, all of them ticket-of-leave ing the truth. "I'm through with men; and those three walling Dueod. and you know it. Inspector. downślaira now."

Go and ask him yourself.” He passed over the list to his sub- ordinate.

are

(1) Tem Hulah, commonly known as "Flash" 27. Recently released. -from-Dartmoor-

As is left the room Playteir turned to his subordinata, "Well, Dumbell;; who's

our man?"

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