Last Week's Puzzles

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23773, 28 September 1940, Page 3 (Supplement)

Last Week's Puzzles

ELEANOR MILSON.—Both story and poem were good, Eleanor. DAVID HAVILL. —What fun the concert must have been, David. * , , VALARIE RlCHAßDS.—Sketches not quite clear enough for print this time, Valarie. JOYCE SMITH.—Your drawings were not good enough this time. Try again. JOHN SEALY.—Quito a good little story, John. You will see it on the page later. LEONARD SEALY.—Your -sketch did not quite reach publication standard, Leonard. Try ag MERLINE BROKENSHI RE.—Sketches rather too dark, Mcrline. Faulty metro spoilt your poem. Thanks for the other items. MATE PEENE.—You dia not. quite manage the metre in your poem, Mate. Try to make your lines more oven.

LYNETTE CULLEN.—I should bo pleased to see some of your stories, Lynette. NGAIRE ROBINSON. —A deliphtful and most unusual story, Xgaire, even if the ending was not quite up to the standard of the rest of the tale. Keep persevering with your conclusions. _ AUDFtE HEWITT. —How sweet you must have looked at the wedding, Audre. Marks are given for all published items. Your last sketch was not quito as srood as the provious one. JOHN RIDINGS. —Sorry, John, your sketch of the horse was not quito good enough for reproduction on the page. Try again. COLLEEN LINEEN.—That was a very quaint Humpty Dumpty you sent me, Colleen. Thank you for it. MINNIE GOODES.—The sketch was good, Minnie, but rather too large for use "noLA MISH ELL.—Your story did not quite reach publication standard this time, Xola. Remember to write each item on a separate sheet of paper.

LETTER-BOX CORNER Continued

Solutions: 1. 15 apples iin the basket. The first soi took half (7%) and a half (8). Second son took half of the seven apples left BVa and a half (4). Third son took 2 leaving i only one apple in the basket. Fourth son took hall an- applo and another half, which left the basket empty. 2. ' it . -

JOAN WHITE* —"Dawn" was well, written, Joan. ■ , GWEN PATON.—Sketches not quite well finished enough for print this time, Gwen Try again. _ _ ... MARY —, Ngaroma,—You may either print or write, Mary, just as you wish. JUNE PETERS. —Sorry, June,, we dont print copied pooins. All sketches for publication should be done in black ink. DYSON GILLIVER. —Your ship was quite well drawn but could not bo published because it was only done in pencil instead of black ink. JOAN GILLIVER. —There is no entrance fee, Joan, but if you wish you may buy 4 badpe for 1/6. MINNIE TAUTOKO.—Your pojm was very good for such a small girl, Minnie, but it was not quite up to, publication standard. SUSIE JURD.—You have been busy writing verses latoly, Susie. Some of the pieces will see print. The essay was not quite up to standard. - _ THELMA BLENNERHASSETT. Two sweet wee sketches, Thelma. AUDREY McCULLOUGH. —Sketches are the onlv items which must bo done in the black ink, Audrey. How about calling your calf Biddy? Your sketches were; not well finished enough to merit publication, wnile the poem w.75 quite good. HEATHER BECK.—Trlxie must be a dear little pet, Heather. I expect you are longing for the chicks to hatch. MARION MCLEAN.—Sorry,- Marion, we do not print copied poems on the page. The little sketches were not quite good enoughKeep trying. „ , , JUNE NOiRDEN. —The metro in your poem was not quite even, Jane. <a< VALERIE SPANNER.—I liked you?poem very much, Valerie. ' v*k. LILY TROWERN.—Your poem about the gorse gold was very well written, Lily. It will SeC ELVA ROBINSON. —Sorry, Elva, your essay was not Quito up to ta© reQUireu standard. Try again. , . _ MARJORIE STEEN.—Your sketch was rather too large for use on thia page, DEERY.— Sorry about that mark-card. Eunice. Your address. had been mislaid. What interesting letters you must receive from your English cousin. LLOYD BRADLEY. —Another excellently written story, Lloyd, but uufortunatoly rather too advanced for this page. . ; :

Thnnk you to the following boys and girls who have sent in items some of which will see print if space permits.—lvy Finlayson. Colleen Lineen, Gwen ; Ardem, Maureen llyall, J?an McKay, Mavis Wilson and Jean Mason. \ ; ' :iA hearty welcome is extended to the following new members:—"Wynette Emery. Joan Webster, Lily Trowern, Shirley/Abbott, Ivan James, Stan Fenton, Joan G-iUiver, pyson Gilliver, June Norden, Terry Maingay, Lynotto Cullen, Mate Shirley . Cassidyy Nancy Brstftneaii®,, AQJy Fenton and Darcy-Fenton,.