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WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? In the path but not in the road, In the rule but not in the mode, In the fence but not in the wall, In the lone but not in the till, In the earth but not in the soil, ]n the work but not in the toil. In the duty but not in the toll, In Central Europe is my whole. FAMOUS POETS. (1) Winubrog. (2) Setka. (3) Xurbs. (4) Gynkesll. (3) Lisrnink. (C) Wenglollof. (7) Oafllmese. (S) Tcsto. (9) Vestennos. (10) "QUEEN' OF THE SXOW" (12). Kelburn. , IN CODE. The following verse has been written in a simple code. Can you decipher it? JChsz ibe b mjuumf mbnc, Jut jmffdf xbt xijuf bt tQpx, Boe fwfszxifsf uibu Nbsz xfou liibu mbnc xbt trsf up hp. A RIDDLE. What does the evening ' w«ar ?—The close (clothes) of day. SIR LANCELOT (5). City. . • • • RIDDLE-O! When is a baby liot a baby?— When it is a little cross. What can run but cannot walk? —Water. What does, a kettle suffer from most?— Boils. "BIDDY BUMPKIX" (0). Lower Hutt.
LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE ANSWERS. 1. Rlddle-Mt-Ree: London. 2. Hidden Animals: Giraffe, elephant, tiger, hippopotamus, zebra, buffalo. | 3. Dropped Vowels: Where the pools are bright and deep, ; Where the grey trout lies asleep, Up the river and over the lea, That's the way for Billy and me. PUZZLES ANSWERED BY .... "Frankenstein" (13) : "Bellbird" (10) ; "Bairnie" (9); "Greenstone" (8); "Easter Girl" (13) ; "Brownie Helpful" (10) ; "Clara Bow" (14) ; "Dc-Dc" (12) ; "Fairy Starshoes" (10) ; "Stardust" (16) ; "Silver Spray" (10); "Fairy D.mcer" (16); "Poppy Elf" (9); "Purple Pansy" 10); "Little Gladness" (H) ; "Just Shirley" (10); "SleepIng Beauty" (8); "Sunkist" (11) ; "Brown Elf" (13); "Harold Lloyd" (9); "White Lily" (10). NO NEED TO WORRY. Little girl to shopkeeper: Oh, dear,' 1 have forgotten what mother sent me for. But never mind, she said I could spend the change. ■ "SILVER LEAF" (12). Clty" . THE KING'S ENGLISH. Two Cockney soldiers were writing home, and one asked the other: How do you spell "fought," Bill? "Which fought do you mean?" asked Bill, "the fought you fight, or the fort you live in?" "I don't mean either, you idjlt." was the reply. "I mean tba fought you fink." "LADY OF SHALOTT" (15).
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 20
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