CLEVER CATCHES.
1. Whioh would travel faster, a ma.ll with one sack of flour on his back, or a man with two sacks? 2. A man is 70 years old. His son i* 30 years old. How long will both have to live so that the father may 'be twice his son's age? 3. Tom went out with his (lop. The dog went not before, nor behind, nor on one slide of him. Where dad he go? 4. Add up the following figures so that the result may equal nine: 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; ft, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3,' 2,' 1. Answers. 1. The man with the two sacks, as two sacks arc lighter than one sack of nomr. 2. Ten years. 3. On the other aide. 4. 123456789 987654321 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 eql. 9
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 297, 14 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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149CLEVER CATCHES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 297, 14 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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