COMPETITIONS CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 13

COMPETITIONS CORNER.

TESTS FOR OUR READERS.

In this corner we will give daily a problem for solution by our readers. Prizes will not be offered, the idea being to present the reading public with some brain-testing difficulties which each may smooth out to his satisfaction.

ACROSS. 1. Those •who sold Joseph to the merchants. 10. Butch old mast- r famed for his landscapes. 11. A covering which does not hide. 12. Famous Arctic explorer. 15. Of importance to miners and bullion merchants. 16. One of our national heroes. 17. Torchbearer. 18. Article of clothing. 19. Man of war famed in history. 20. We read of this bread in the O.T. 22. Kind of leather. 24. "Cart, Ted"' (anag..). 26. "Lead in" (anag. j. 27. Once a country of Europe. 30. Weapon for the tongue. 31. A feline. 32. Where many a man was butchered i to make a Roman holiday.

DOYVX. 2. Mountain of the near East. 3. English city. 4. The vicar of this place won doubtful fame in a sonjr. 5. Forbidden by one of tbe Commandments. f.. Worry. 7. A saying about a person 'which that person never seos or hears. S. This suggests ihe absence of gratitude. 0. Recline on these to solve at ease. J3. Saw. 11. These enlivened the lives of oar ancestors. i„j*,, ]:. A preposition and a pamphlet invite. •V The kind of saying that with age " " is likely to grow into a proverb. 2.1. Ignorant. 24. Loosen. 25. Tart of the body 2S. A mite is enongh for you here if properly laid out. 28. Colour.