Competition Ladder

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 10

Competition Ladder

SENIORS. Pudney Tame jj| “arks lopping ••••••; 6 nW rks rp lG iF "”|V, . • 5J marks 'Jo Rauparaha 1 marks Mervyn Dalefielcl ° marks Ocean Foam 2 marks Mmn.e Mouse 2 marks Mocking Eyes marks Mother’s Help V:.V; 1 mark JUNIORS. John Ballance Ronnie Dalefield l f} r .H rr /•» , b inai ks F'p c ” k * :::: 1 Zfi

POINTS FOR LADDER MARKS. I have awarded To Rauparaha, Mocking Eyes, Minnie Mouse, Ronnie Dalefield and The Cub 1 Ladder mark on gaining 5 points. each lor contributions, and T'e Rauparaha, The Cub and Minnie Mouse each start.off again with one point each. Others who have points are Rosebud 4,. Mervyn Dalefield 2, Cinderella 2, tickles 2 Tin 2, Fairv Fav 1 Lomu Doone 1, John Ballance l Olcl King Coin 1 and Robin Hood 1.

IN THE KITCHEN. MEXICAN KISSES. Take 3 cupfuls of brown sugar, 1 cupful of mi'.lc, lib of chopped walnuts, a small piece of butter and a few drops of vanilla essence. Place milk and sugar in pot over fire and stir until they boil. Then add butter and continue boiling till the mixture hardens. To test it, drop a few drops in cold water. Then beat the mixture tor three minutes; add walnuts and essence, stir these in well and beat again before turning it into a wellbuttered tin. . CINDERELLA (1 point).

PUZZLELAND. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. The answers to last week’s puzzles are: 1. The jumbled names of rivers Spree, Dneiper, Missouri and Euphrates? (If you do not know any of these rivers, get out your geography books and you will soon find them.) 2. The second one was “kettle (that little rhyme “A nice bright face,” etc.). 3. ‘.‘Yew” was the tree described in the last little verse (“Oft in a churchyard,” etc.).

JUST FOR FUN

Jack Tar had just come home L--a trip round the world “W. mother,” he said heartily, how ~! d you like the parrot 1 sent you J “Well ” said his old mother dnbnm lv “it was nice and plump, Jack, i j„y! it weren’t ’nrf tough! _ Old Man: “You ought to be adorned of yourself hitting a smaller I, ■, than yourself. , Roy- “Well, I wouid rather ashamed to hit a smaller hoy than sorry I hit a bigger one. A Scot who had worn the same L for 15 rears decided with a Ima, heart to' buy a new one. Doing mt the only hat shop m tho neigh!,om. hood he said “Well here I am again * * The visitor wanted to see Mr Bic--has gone out to lunch, sir." said the office boy. ~ “Will he be in after lunch, quenc i the caller. . , , , “Oh, no, sir, that s what Ims out ’** * * * First Boy: “What’s tho diliereubetween six dozen dozen and had a dozen dozen?” ~ Second Bay: “None at all. First Bov: “Six dozen dozen equals 864 and half a dozen dozen equals 72.” —TE RAUPARAHA (1 point). /Tgaml. “CATCH THE SALMON.” Try this jollv game, Brothers and Sisters The two players who want to “catch the salmon” carry a piece of mpe between them, each holding one end. The fish are all the others who nrc playing, and stand on tiro other si do of a chalk line across winch the catchers . must not pass. Canning their rope to this line, they try to throw it over any fish who venture too near, and when they succeed the “fish” must not do anything with Urn arms to get free, though lie may jump and struggle if he likes. Ouce across the line he is on land and must give himself up. RIBDLE-ME-REE. 1. What has two tongues and no mouth ? Answer: A pair of shoes. 2. How can seven potatoes he equally divided among five diners without being cut. Answer: Bv mashing them. CINDERELLA (1 point).

“A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME.” That Peter Pan won a competition in aid of funds for the Wairoa earthquake sufferers —congratulations, Brother !