The Riddler.
[Questions for solution must be accompanied by answers". Contributors will please write on one side of the paper.]
6L Question.— Selected by H.M., Dunedin :— 1 saw a tree with tempting fruit Just forty-3ix feet high ; But then, a ditch that lay between Forbade me to come nigh. \ The ditch was twenty-three feet wide j Now I would like to know How long a ladder I must get To reach the topmost bough. 62. Question.— By John G. Smith, Longbush : Suppose our National Debt to amount to £840,000,000 : find the side of a cube, and the diameter of a globe of pure gold, equal in value to that sum j 11 ozs of pure gold being worth £46 14s 6d. 63. Question.— By Arthur Beverly, Dunedin : _ If a circle and a straight line be given in position, and any number of circles be drawn touching both, what is the name of the curve which passes throngh. the centres of all the touching circles ? > 64. , Question.— By J. Mitchell, Dunedin :— ,• . ,On what day of the week will the Ist of April fall in the year 1900 ? 65. Enigma.— By Ella, German Bay : — Hiding in the violet, Peeping from the rose; Midst the gentle zephyrs, Not in winter's snows j Deep in dewy petals, See me silent He, Hear me in the torrent, As it rushes by.In the angels' keeping, And in friendship sweet ; So now with, warmest greeting, - I'll lay it at your feet. 66. Woed SquAßE.— By H. S., Kyeburn :— 1. A burrower. 2. Incensed. 3. A Persian priest. 4.- Story in French. 5. A musical instrument. 67- Descriptive Puzzle. — Selected by H.H.> Waikouaiti : —
O BeD 68. Double Aceosticl— By Fitzgerald 8., Kuri Bush:— ' ' 1. A province in New Zealand. 2. A river in England." 3. A large island. 4. A mixture' of spirit and water. 5. A province- in "Ne\r> Zealand. Initials, finals, numbers 1 and 5, name a province in New Zealand. . , : 69. Chaeade.— By Utile Dulci, Waihola :— My first is what ladies pay very great.- heed s to, ; Norponder.on what the indulgence may lead', to; ' -' '' ■ ' ■ ■ ■ '■ E'en the flounce of her dress, and the flower on her bonnet, . • Must have, to be proper, my first stamped upon it. For these charged my last may be quite cent per centum, ' And by no means my whole, if they're my first/-. 1 twill content 'em.' ■ i . 70. Diamond' Puzzle. — By ■ Anna . Maria, Oamaru : — - , , - ' A vowel. A man's name. To transport. A military man. To be, Judged. A piece of, earth. A consonant. Centres name a soldier. '
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Otago Witness, Issue 1342, 18 August 1877, Page 4
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427The Riddler. Otago Witness, Issue 1342, 18 August 1877, Page 4
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