The Riddler.

Otago Witness, Issue 1319, 10 March 1877, Page 4

The Riddler.

[Questions for solution must be accompanied by answers. Contributors will please write on one side of the paper.] 215. Arithmetical Question. — Propounded by J. G. Smith, Longbush :— If 20 feet of iron railing weigh half a ton when the bars are H inca square, what will 50 feet come to at 3£d. per lb., when the bars are I inch equare ? 216. Geometrical Question. —By John Whitty, Wairuna :— Blow many degrees are there m each of the interior angles of a regular polygon of 360 sides ? 217. Arithmetical Question.— By H. M., I Dunedin : — A gentleman had a purse of sovereigns, of which, he lost three-eighths, spent five-six-teenths, and gave away a quarter. He then had 7 left. How many had he at first ? 218. Arithmetical Question.— By A. Beverly, Dunedin : — - When the temperature is at freezing and the barometer at 30 inches, the difference of weight between a spherical foot and one-tenth of a cubic foot of dry air is exactly half an ounce Troy. What is .the weight of a cubic foot in grains ? And what is the weight of a cubic foot of dry air when the temperature is 68 Fahr. and the barometer 29 inches ? the coefficient of expansion being '002028 for 1° Fahr. 219. Square Words.— By Fun. Cambrian :— 1. A town in Egypt. 2. A biblical name. 3. To acquire. 4. A metal. 220. Charade.— W. A., Dunedin : — My first will name a canny Scot, Who likes to keep what he has got j My second names a heap of earth, Reminds him of his place of birth ; My whole on the Peninsula stands, And of the sea a view commands. 221. Diamond Puzzle. — By Wakatip Miner : — 1. A consonant. 2. A bitter plant. 3. A shrub, 4. Green fodder. 5. A flower. 6. £ blue flower. 7. Vegetables. 8. Two forest trees. 9. A flower.' 10. A shrub. 11. A consonant. The centre letters read each way, No one can well deny — Will show what ardent lovers say, After they say ' ' good-bye.' ' . 222. Charade— By W. 0.X., Warepa :-- My first denotes a company; my second shuns a company ; my third rouses a company ; my whole mizzjjes-a company. __ - ; 223. Consonant Muzzle. — ByH. M., Dunedin,: Supply consonants in the place of the dots in the following words, and, thus completed, the words will give the names of . l.i_ .o . . . o. o . A celebrated Frenchman. 2. — . 0 . . o' . o . A Russian Province. ! 3. — .v. v. . v . A Roman general. j 4. — . v . . u• v . A famous Roman city. , 224. — Charade. — By J. J. Ramsay, Hyde :— My first is a very useful thing, If from danger you're trying to flee ; S .Without my second very few" In this worid would" like to be. If by your exertions you help on a friend, Thenassuredly my whole are you. And by this allusion I think to my riddle . I've given a kind of a clue.