THE RIDDLE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2362, 1 June 1899, Page 48

THE RIDDLE.

Neir Biddies.

5929. Square: — 1. Behead my first, then 'tis a name Of female application. 2. A proper noun my next appear?, The Testament its station. 3. And this for bilious folks is good To raise their drooping spirits. 4. And then a churn I'd not condemn, But judge him by bis merits. 5. Volcanic mountains oft disgorge Of last a woful shower. As Etna or Vesuvius might When it is in their power. 8930. Numbered Chatiade :— My 1 is a small rope. My 2 means sick. My 3 is an age. My whole is a mountain range of Western Hemisphere. 8931. Charade :— A carriage with a Yorkehire stream combined Will name a bird of far Brazil, I find. 8932. Transposition :— A wdee ot ihm hwo svloe ti si a rwfloe. Uret thwor si ni gbnie tno rogseine.

Answers to Kiddles Published Hay 18 8934. Verbal Square :—

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31972485 8936. Decapitation :—

Cramp, ramp.

8937, Reversion

Siunet, tennis.

LUCKY STAR PUZZLE

A. M. Wasserbrenner, Brighton, 19 strokes, and Fred C. Culhmore, Oamaru, 21 strokes, return solutions of this puzzle.