THE COMPETITIONS

Evening Star, Issue 22817, 27 November 1937, Page 8

THE COMPETITIONS

The under-tens are asked to find some missing cricket terms, and the over-tens to discover the English words of a song. Send your answers to Big Brother Bill, care of ‘ Evening Star, Stuart street, Dunedin, C.X. Mark the envelopes “ Competition. FIND THE CRICKET TERMS. (Under 10 years. Prise, one shilling.) In each of.the following couplets is a missing word or words, indicated by dots for the number of letters. Each missing word or words is a well-known cricket term:— The prisoner looked very pale. As from the dock he asked for ... , To smarten up one should not cease, In trousers always have a The first and second did not speak, The ... ... talked a lot of Greek. . . The speaker stopped and bit his lip; For he had made an awful .... A CHINESE SONG. (Over 10 years. Prize, one shilling and sixpence.) The verses were printed as a song sung by » Chinese lady, English letters being used in place of the Chinese. Can you read the song? With a little study it is not difficult. Ohc ometo th ete asho pwit hme, Andb uya po undo f thebe st, Twill pr ovoarm ostex cellentt ea, Ifcsq ua lit yal Iwi lla tte st. Tiso nlyf oursh illi ngs apo und, Soc omet othet eama itan dtry, Nob etterc anel sewh erebefou nd, Ort hata nyoth er needb uy.