Riddle Competition

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 24 December 1925, Page 13

Riddle Competition

Which of your mummy’s dresses lasts the longest ?—The house dress, because she never wears it out! —1 - awarded to Margaret Heasenian, aged 9 years, <O9W. Frederick street. Hastings. Wiiy are hungry dogs looking at a Christmas pudding like wild horses?— Because they would be better with a bit in their mouths. —Red Certificate to Dorothy Steven, aged 8 years, Otane. ’What country promises to become the richest in the world?—lreland, because is capital is always doubling i Dublin). Red Certificate io Glyn Bale, aged 9 years, Uayelock. North,

How many weeks belong to- tho year? —Forty-six. The others are only Lent. —Orange certificate to Esther Franklin, aged 10 years. Box 75, Havelock N. Wliat is that word of five letters of which, when you take away two, only one remains?—Stone. —Jean Seven, aged 10 years, Otane. ho arc the most wicked people in the world, and why?—Pen-makers, because they make people steel pens and tell them they do write (right). —Orange Certificate to Rauma GodIry, aged 10 years, Waipuna street, Hastings. Which is the shortest way to Dover? —Cut off the D and you are over. —Ronald Shakespeare, aged 9 years, 709 Alexander street, Hastings. W’hat has four legs and many feathers and yet is neither beast nor bird? —A feather bed. —Leighton Patmore, aged 9 years, 911 Albert street, Hastings. What relation is a loaf of bread to a locomotive?—A mother. Because a locomotive is an invention and a loaf of bred is a necessity and necessity is the mother of invention. —Red certificate to Enid Graham, aged 11 vears. Lucknow road, Havelock N. To a place with a steeple add the time when men fight, And after them join a place without light, My whole in my first is often in sight. —Church-war-dcn. —Orange certifiate to Thomas Paterson, aged 13 years, c/o W. Robertson, Southland road, Hastings. Did you ever see a bun dance on a table?—Yes. 1 often see abundance on a table. —Orange Certificate to Rhoda Graham, aged 13 years, Lucknow road, Havelock North. W liy cannot two slender persons ever become great friends?—Because they will always be slight acquaintances. —Orange Certificate co Doris Beckett, aged 13 years, 409 E Southampton street, Hastings. What is the difference between seal ing-wax, and a lady?—One burns to keep a secret, the other burns to tell Orange Certificate to Lawrence Gvgg, aged 13 years, 404 E Southampton St., Hastings. Why has an author a better job than a king? —Because he can chooso Ins own subjects. —Marjorie Ward, age 11 years, Kaiapo road, Hastings. When is a boy not a boy ?—When ho falls into a pond and conies out dripping. —William Shakespeare, age 11 years, 709 Alexandra street, Hastings.