Riddle Competition
SENIORS. My first is in pen, but not in ink. My second is in aster, but not hi pink. My thud is in play, but not in fun. My fourth is in cannot, but not in gun. My fifth is in coffe, but not in tea. My sixth is in ocean, but not in sea. My seventh is in speak, but not in word. My whole is a very beautiful bird? —Peacock. —Prize of 1/- to Stanley Venables, age 13 years, Haumoana. Who was the first prohibitionist? Noah! How so? He wouldn’t go out of the Ark till the earth was dry. —Red Certificate to Evelyn Godber. age 14 years, Evenden road, Hastings.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 206, 15 August 1927, Page 8
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115Riddle Competition Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 206, 15 August 1927, Page 8
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