The Riddler.

Otago Witness, Issue 1341, 11 August 1877, Page 4

The Riddler.

[Questions for t solution must be 'accompanied ,by answers. Contributors Will please write on one side of the paper.] L , •'■' '* ' : ; ;;;,' jNew:: problems. '• »;;;- ,51. Question.— By'Fitzgerald B.; Kuri'BushV 'In a mixture of brandy and water, 25 gallons' more than half was brandy, and five gallons' less thanone:third-o£ the-- whole was crater. How many gallons were there of each ? 52. Question.— By Arthur Beverly, Dunedin:— What is the value of X ~~^~When x= 2 ? % being a variable quantity. " v :53. Question.— By J. GL Smith, Longbush :— A gentleman has a patch of ground 300 feet long and 200 feet broad, which; hhre r wishes to raise a foot higher, by means of the earth to be dug out of a ditch by which, he intends to surround it j to what depth must the ditch be dus?; if its breadth be everywhere 8 feet? '55. Double ' Acrostic— By Ella,;' German Bay : ; '1. A woman's name. 2. 'A'flowering shrub/ f- A Plant. .• 4. One who sells. u-. 5. . Never ■fading. 'The initials name a trbpicaHruit, and' the finals the fruit of a forest.tree, ; ,: ' 36- Charade.— By Jas. i,nderson, T Broad Bay :, My first sin war but not' in pe'aoe. ' ' My second's m Italy but not in* Greece, My third's in lamb but not in' sheep;'- •'- ■ - jMy fourth's in shallow but riot in deep, ' • I My fifth's in foot but nob in head, My sixth's in living but not in dead. . Add A, to this when all are combined, \ **%$% I W m » o£ a , T own iii New Zealand you'll I find. "' ' ■ ; J.r,- ¥ <j'

57- Word Square.— By Bella, Dunedin :— 1. Show. ,2."A' River I.'1 .' 3. The' name of a girL 4. Display. The first' and' last words read alike. 58. Puzzle.— Selected by H., S., Kyeburn. Diggings :— ' '/ - ' >( {> - Construct a square with the first-25 numerals/ so that any row horizontally or vertically added' up will make the same. sum. • . >i ,■! 59. Chaeadb.— By J. G. Smith, Longbushfz-Hv My first is ten— but minus one, , ',"'; My third is found "on every run, -,f, f l!li „ I've one legin the middle; 1111 11" 1 \ ! ' j ' / " My whole can travel fast as light, -i !! -i ; And never, never meets your sight 1 : (! -i. > ' . , ■ Pray, solve this wondrous riddle. . j ,60l' Diamond Puzzle.— By Stranger, Waiter '• huna,: : — , „-;,", 1. A consonant. 2. Beseech. 3., Wrinkles., ;4. County in Otago. ,5. A mineral! *6: Aerial •7- A vowel. Centres/down and across [give a gold-field in New! Zealand.' • / <•• .r>