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"You're getting too tauntingly wrote
ono
easy," reader
You Know?
after last week's fest, in which ho claimed 100 per cent. but I venture to think that improved other day asked me if I was ever in a state of puerility, and wos sur- results are due to the keenness prised when I explained to him that which there questionnaires en- it meant: gender each succeeding week. You will find some more easy oncs this week, but there are also a few pitfalls for the care- less, ao go to it, taking two in:
But if points for each answer.
you don't score more than 25, just keep it to yourself.
Pure, childish, modest, loving, single, untidy.
10. Here's another one to help you pass the test. The Sealyham terrier takes its name from a village
Franee, Scotland, Switzerland, Wales, Ireland, Austria?
11 must be in a tender mood this week, because I can't help giv- 1.-Czecho-Slovakia is in the news ing easy questions. Iere's another this week, Which reminds me to that should be answered correctly usk you, which of the countries border, on to Hungary:
following by every reader:
What was the name of the Prince of Wales who adopted the| mallo "Ich Dien" (I Serve), used all succeeding Princes by Wales?
of
Rumania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Russia? 2. When Mr. Neville Clumber- Inin flew to Germany to interview
12. This one culls for a long and Herr Hitler last week he did so as
Which of the England's Prime Minister and States- curate memory.
But years
before he following distinguished men mu, entered publie life his occupation the office of Secretary of State for was that of a:
man.
Financier,
Foreign Affairs?
C/1- dairy-farmer,
gineer, stockbroker, sugar-planter, sikal-grower?
held
MacDonald, The J. Ramsey
Marquis of Salisbury, Lord John Russell, Sir Austen Chumberlalu? 13-11 is hard to believe that any 3.-Here's one for mature study body has failed to read Pickwick schoolboy Papers, and therefore everybody enthusiasts, although (and schoolgirt for that matter) will know what was the name of the the counsel for Mrs. Bardell in her expected to know. What is
breach of promise action against her lodger, Mr. Pickwick,
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ante given in England to the wild hyacinth?
4.- ' keep pul of politics this ny one. week. But this is an
Famoti What is the name of the
In London, the re pulitual club engnised headquarters of the Con
14. Zoologists will smile in ai superior way at the next one, but it the uriwary. Which of may catch the following is a lover of animals:
Zoophyte.
Zoo- Animadvert, philist, Zoonomist? for 15-Because Lord Halifax sits in simple test Name which of the House of Lords, the Opposition did not like his appointment as For- Matthew, Mark, Philip. Luke, eign Secretary. Which only serves Bartholomew, John,
to remind me that the last Foreign
servative Party?
5-And now
biblical students.
the following were apostles:
6. When was at school my Secretary before Lord Halifax to sit bugbear was naming the poets, but in the House of Lords was at painful experience taught me that that person who wrote "Laugh, and the world laughs with you, werp and you weep alone," was:
Byron.
Ella Wheeler- Tennyson, Wilcox, Keats, Shelley. 7.-1 realise that it is practically an insult to your intelligence to ask suely a simple question as the name of the place used for keeping bees But in case you are doubtful it either an aviary, aplary, beelzebubb or a breviary.
8.~~~ This
teuse one may rough. The function of the lachry- mose gland is:
you
Digestion, crying, purifying the blood, laughing?
D.My cheeky young nephew the
Conservative, Liberal, Socialist,| and his name was? 10. If a friend
you! "Penguins live in the Arctic Circle."| would he be right?
to
17 That question about Lord Halifax reminds me of another point which long puzzled me. The only bishop who does not sit in the House! of Lords Is the Bishop of Sodor and Man. Sodor is an old name for:
Isle of
1sles, Wight, Scilly Lundy Island, Hebrides, Anglesey, Thanel?
-St. George, the Patron Saint of England, is also patron saint of one of these countries:
Sweden, Portugal, Albania, Aus- trin, Switzerland, Norway.
What causes
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19.- haven't any conundrums for you this week, but I'll finish with n couple of teasers. "Honor est Nilo" means honour is from the
famous hero. Who is he? Nile, and this is an anagram of a
20. Finally, who translated the palms and Aesop's Fables fron Latin to Anglo-Saxon?
Answers on Page 3
BRIDGE PROBLEM
No.
77
North
AK34 43
J2
West
+ QJ 10 QJ
•I• Q 10 9 8
South
3 2 AKS
+ AK 43
Clubs ne trumps.
East
9 8 7 10 0 0
AKQ
West leads
the Queen of Spades. North and South to make eight tricks.
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Solutions
Problem, Bridge Hengkong Telegraph, not later than Wednesday.
SOLUTION TO NO. 70
Trick 1. East plays Queen Club, South the three, Wes the two and North the King. Trick 2, East plays 8 Hearts, South the five. West the Trick 3, two and North the Ace. East plays 4 Spades, South the eight, West the two and Norte the Ace.
7 Spindles, S
South Trick 4. East plays 7, the West the 3d North the 5, Trick 5, East plays D Hearts, South 10 Spades, West Jack Diamonds,
Hearts,
West South Jack
Spaces, Hearts, and North 3 Hearts. Trick 1. East plays
4 Clubs, South Queen Spades, West 7 Hearts, North Hearts Trick, East is squeezed to the play of South's King Spades, West's 6 Clubs and Northi's Queen Hearts.
North B 6 Spades. Trick G. Eust plays
10
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If East discards Heart King, South makes the Heart Jack. If East dis- cards a Club, North, makes two Club tricks,
solutions from Correct
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By far the best way to ensure the correct form of nutriment while you sleep is to make 'Ovaltine' your bedtime beverage. Ovaltine' has special pro- perties which not only quickly induce sound, matural sleep, but it also supplies every nutritive element required to make that sleep completely restorative. Ovaltine' is a perfect food. It is prepared from the finest of Nature's foods-mail, plus milk, plus new-laid eggs. Exas are liberally used because they are the richest source of lecithin-a vital nerve-building element, No tople food beverage would be complete without the special nutritive and vitalling properties of eggs.
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Here are more "Use 'Em Againa". As usual, the letters at the left are to be used as many mes as necessary to spell out the words defined at the right. The gure after the defini tion denotes the number of letters in the word!
TRIAL HEW-(Supplies, 11)= NUT SAIL COVE (acts not ac-.
cording to custom, 19)= MALTED IRON (a ragged fel-
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Letter Juggling
Two 7-letter words, one of them the plural of a proper name, may be formed from the 7 letters given be- low. Use all 7 letters in each.
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How Many Men?
A number of men agreed to buy
boat for $1,200,
them but 3 of backed out later, and each of the other men was obliged to contribute $400 more than he otherwise would have done. How many men were there?
Development of Architecture Can you properly identify each type of architecture as noted in the example checked?
Pyramida
2 Dorio
Wastern Europe United dihiva" EXTPL
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karina
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Greya
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1988
"SMASH AND GRAB"
Rhad
‚INDA SWEETLING (she,
been christened "Dorinda," but the contraction let soon became inevitable), herself into Mr. Angel's flat just as her friend was finishing his
breakfast.
INSPECTOR
PLAYFAIR
EPISODE 79
it. But you haven'! was with you."
told me who
"No one was with me," said Rinda, 15 "and whoever says anyone was Just a liar. In fact, Inspector, 1 can't think what you're getting at." • "Can't you," sald Playfair, plea- sanily. "I'm just asking you a fow
"Has the paper come yet, Rinda, I shall exercise discretion all questions, that's all. You don't have Bullock?" she asked.
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James Jonathan Angel (known as "Bullock" to his friends and also io Scotland Yard) looked up with a grin from his kidneys and bacon.
"I think so, Rinda," he said. "What d'you want it for? Tips for this
afternoon's mcellags? shouldn't bother with the paper if I were you, I've got a couple straight from the horse's mouth."
Hinda poured herself coffee. "No thanks, Bullock," she said, "I'm not looking for Ups. If this morning's show succeedis, I shan't be wasting money on the gee-gees. But what i must see is the Horoscope."
Bullock passed over the "Dally Mercury." "Horoscope," he sneered, "a lot of damn nonsense.
Why Rinda, that rubbish has been ex- posed over and over again."
"Not for me it hasn'," answered Rinda good humouredly, “I always go by the Horoscope, Bullock, and you know it. Why, only last week it said a good ny for business and
second-hand cont
for I bought a thirty bob that had a couple of quid Hidden in the lining."
"Did you?" said Bullock, with a suggestion of a sneer. "And what about the guy that sold it to you? I should have thought it a poor day for business so far as he was con- cerned,'
An-
“You've always got a back swer," said Rinda, In no wise ruffled. "But I'll tell you the truth of the matter, Bullock: Horoscopes work if you believe in them, and if you don't,"
"That's an even sillier argument," said Bullock.
Ing
me
on the
right.
"What on earth neo you keeping that horoscope for?" he went on. "You've got all there is to be got sul of it."
*
"No I haven't," said Bluda. “I says: "For luck to-day wear or use sluty-blue, 5. I'm going round to buy a slaty-blue handkerchief.”
"Are you indeed?" sald Bullock, "And what about '5'? How d'you wear that?"
"Why," explained Rinda, patiently. "One wants something with a '5' in It. I might, for example only as it happens I'm nol-be wearing Num ber 5 shoes. What I shall do, when get the handkerchief, is to get a little five-pointed stor."
"Good God!"
said Bullock. All this fuss and worry-""
But Rinda had already gone. Half-an-hour later, equipped with her recent purchases, Rinda sel forth with Bullock on the morning's hnd been carefully expedition. It planned.
Bullock first drove the two-seater sports car (actually Rinda's pro- perty) out into the country. Then, beading again for town, they. ap- of the northern proached
quiet street suburbs. Here, in a which Bullock had, for some days, had under observation, they ap- proached the prosperous jeweller's establishment marked down for their smash and grab raid.
one
At the corner of the street, Rindu touk the wheel of the car. She on the opposite
brought it to rest side to the shop and some thirty
yards away.
The raid-successful, as Rinda's Horoscope had predicted-was all over in less than three minutes.
"Suppose, for example, strength of what the stars say, you backed a horse to win. You're tell
now that it'll win for those who believe in your ridiculous Horo- scopes but'll only come in second for those who don't. The mind you, in
"Oh, do shut up," was Rinda's answer.
"It's too hot to argue and we've a morning's work in front of he retreated at full speed the show us.** She was turning over the
the
Unidentified-and, as luck would have it, unnoticed--by any passer- by, Bullock Bung through the win-
and, with his gloved hands, seized a tray of diamond rings. Then, holding the tray in front of his face,
mer horse, dow of the shop a heavy iron bar
of the pages
"Mercury." "Listen, Bullock, here we are:
"'February 10th to March 20th.' I was born on March 9th you see, Bullock. This will be a prosperous day for you. Go ahead with what- ever you have in hand.'
"There you are, Bullock, what did tell you? To-day's show is going to be a success.”
I tell
to the car.
to
So far as he could had been completely successful.
And, indeed, It was not Bullock but Rinda who was summoned Sitland Yard later in the day.
Someone had noticed the girl nt the driving-wheel of a car parked not far from the scene of the morn ing's rald, and had given Inspector Joshua Playfair a moderately accur- ate description of her.
She duly reported at the Yard and agreed, under protest, to a voluntary search. (Aller all. there was nothing on her person or in her car that she minded the Inspector see- ing
The stolen rings had already been disposed of)
"Miss Sweeting," sald Playfair, In
Bullock still looked unconvinced, To-day's show will be a success all right," he said, "so long as you keep your head,
ninda.
But what about my birth date? It probably says commething quite different for me.
Rinda was busy tearing out the horoscope. "What's that, Bullock?" she asked, "I didn't quite catch i."
said: What about my birth "Your car was seen this morning in the neighbourhood of Pinsent Screet, was it who was your birth What is it?"
"July 11th."
Street, Inspector?" sald "July 11th," sald Rindu. "Yes: Rindu vaguely. The name means walt a moment; here we are:
nothing to me. I lost my way going
dater
"Oh.
explanation of thesc activities.
date, Bullock. YAV
Who
" 'NOL 100 favourable day, back into town from Barnet and I
1
Exercise discretion or your ambi- tions may come to naught.'"
Bullock was not perturbed. "Come to
he
sneered.} naught," "What silly language they use. Well,
really couldn't tell you what streets I passed through until I got to the Nag's Head."
sald "In that case,"
Playfair, "you'll have to accept my word for
Humour From The
Witness-Box
ONCE during a civil action when
the plaintiff's name was called, to the amazement of the Court, one of the jury arose and made his way to the witness-bux. Asked why he did this, he stated he was the plain-
"Then what are you doing on the jury?" demanded the Judge.
"My Lord, I was summoned to sit on the jury," explained the man, producing the summons.
"But surely," said the Judge, "you knew you could not help to try your own case,"
"Well," replied the juror ructully. "I did think it was a bit of luck.”
Lord Carson generally got the best of his fellow-countrymen when he against them, but not al- was pitted ways. He was once cross-examin- ing a farmer as to the purchase of some cattle at a fair, and he asked, The "Have you got
a receipt for money?"
The Irishman looked scornfully nt the advocate for a while, then 'turned to the Judge and said, "Yer honour, I wonder if that mon was ever in
a fair, and did he ever sell cattle?"
*
*
In a convent case, a Miss Saurin, who having entered a convent had broken the rules and been dismissed, had brought an action for wrongful dismissal. In cross-examination Mrs. Kennedy, mistress novices, mentioned that one of the things she had done wrong was to eat straw- berries.
"Eat strawberries," exclaimed Lord Coleridge In surprise, "what harm was there in thai?"
swered,
"Well, sir," Mrs. Kennedy an- "you might ask what trou- ble was likely to come from eating an apple; but you know, air, the mischief that came from 11"
"Do you go to Sunday school?" asked the late Sir E. Clarke of a little girl of eight with a view to establishing her fines to take the oath, cons
"No, sir."
"Do you know what the truth is?" "Yes, sir."
"I suppose you know what hap- pens to little girls who do not tell the truth?"
"It all depends, guv'nor, whether they are fahined aht?"
"Let the witness be sworn," said the Judge.
"He did me the best turn one man could do anather," said the man in the witness-box, referring to a prisoner on whose behalf he had been called.
"What was that?" asked the Magistrate, "We both courted the dame giri, und he won her." replied the witness.
"I don't see how that was doing you ↑ a good turn," remarked the Magistrate.
"But I do," responded the witness. "She turned out a regular bad egg, and I have been grateful to the man ever since. Your Worship would feel the same if you had been in my place."
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The inundation, in the eighteenth cen- tury, which swept away the greater part of the old Tyne Bridge was for long afterwards known as "the Rod." This once led to the following amusing croSE- examination!
Counsel"Your name?" Witness-Adam, air; Adam Thompson." CruiseWhere do you live?**** Witness-"At Paradise,"
Paradise is a village about a mile and
a half west of Newcastle,)
Counsel For how long?" Witness"Ever since the flood."
There is a rule in our criminal Courts That require a wine when repeating the words of other persona to use their exact words and also speak in the first person, and this has now and again jed to amusing Court incidente,
Witnaan, flis Judge sexek, "did the prisoner say 'I stole the horse'9′′**
"Oh, no, my Lord," was the reply. "your Lordetilp'a name was never men toned."
"Where were you, and what were you doing?" asked counsel in a running-down
CARY.
www.walking, slong the Eccles, road towards Eccles at about four miles an
hour."
And at what pace wax the trap go- 10x?"
replied Very slowly,"
the "ay about three miles an hour.“ko
"Ha!" said counsel, "but the trap over look and passed you do you forget that
forget nothing. It's you that" forget. The trap, wat trolling, I who walking wit
to answer them and you can send for a solicitor if you Hke. But since you've assured me you're not con- cerned in a crime, you might just as well be helpful."
'Quite," said Rinda, (He doesn't, she said to herself, know a thing.) "And I'm trying to be helpful, In- spector. All I can say la that I was in the car by myself."
you?
"You hadn't got Bullock with was Playfair's next question. You know the man I mean: James Jonathan Angel.'
Rinda thought rapidly. Sho couldn't, with any hope of success, repudiate all knowledge of the mon. On the other hand, she was pretty sure there were no witnesses to the fact that she had called for him that morning,
She Bnally said: "I saw Bullock jast night. We had dinner together at Shepherd's Bush, but I spent the night at my own flat, Inspector, and I haven't the slightest idea what Bul- lock's movements were to-day,"
**
As she left the Yard, having added nothing material to these statements, a sudden spasin of doubt crossed her mind. Had she left at Bullock's flat posacsalons? (Yet even any of her if I have, she thought to herself, they there this don't prove that mo morning. Old Josh can be as Bus- picious as he likes but I don't see how he is going to convict us.)
was
To reassure herself,, she rang up Bullock, but there was no answer from the flat.
Inspector Playfair, satisfied that it was Bullock for whom Rinda had waited In Plusent Street, had, im- mediately after Rinda's departure, ordered James Jonathan' Angel's rest.
Why was Playfair sure that it was Bullock who had carried out the Tald?
(Solution on Page Three)
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