Children's Corner
Your Uncle Bill says: —
"I am sorry that you have not had any puzzles lately, bit.l think that a change will be good for you. Have you sent in your slogan for shopping week yet? How would this do: —'Lower Hutt, Lower Prices!' or 'Shop in the Hutt and be satisfied.' Perhaps this would do, 'Don't go elsewhere to be cheated, shop in the Hutt.'
Well you can see that there are plenty of good slogans, if only you think a while. Have you liked the stories that have been running -through the corner lately? If you have, write and tell me so.
Yours,
UNCLE BILL
Some Puzzles. 1. Two little boys, Tom and Dick met in the street. Dick held up some coins, saying, "Look at my money. How much have you Tom?" Tom replied, "Just twice as much as you have, and if you now pay me the halfpenny you owe me, I'll have three times as ranch. Dick settled the debt, and spent the balance of his cash on oranges at sixpence a dozen. How many did he biiy?
2. The "Southern -Cross" left at five a.m. and a ship left at 7 o'clock the previous night, If it be supposed that the airship and the ship are steering identical courses from the same point, that the airship is travelling at an average speed of 56 knots and the boat at an average speed of 24 knots, at what time will the airship catch up the boat.
3. A river in England is concealed in each of the following sentences. Can you find it.
(a) A town in New Zealand that is named after a river.
(b) Almost a number, but really there's too much "R" in it.
(c) The sound of the bee begins it. You can easily find the rest.
(d) A little word for a canvas house with another letter added..
Why is a man who believes in all sides of politics like a temperance meeting?
Because he is all talk and no sider (cider).
"Why is a glass-blower the most likely person to set the alphabet off at a gallop?
Because he can made a D-ean-ter.
Why is a company not like a watch?
Because it does not go on after it is wound up.
Why is a drunken Irishman like a sentry? because he is per-rolling.
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Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 22, 25 October 1928, Page 6
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396Children's Corner Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 22, 25 October 1928, Page 6
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