NEW PROBLEMS.
431. Question. — Selected by J. Gh Smith, ! Longbush : — If the cost of papering a room 8£ yards long, and 6$ yards wide, with paper 2 feet wide, at 4d. per yard, be £2 195. Bd., find ithe height of the room. 432. Question.— Selected by H. M., Dunedin.. If 10 acres of grass keep 48 bullocks 15 weeks, and 7 acres keep 34 bullocks 14 weeks, how many acres will keep 38 bullocks 16 weeks, the grass growing uniformly all the time,? 433. Palindrome. Selected by Daisy, Dunedin: A circular motion this will name, Reversed, 'twill be the very same. 431. English Diamond.— By Fitzgerald 8., Kuri Bush : — 1 A letter in Middlesex. 2 A river in Cambridge. 3 An island in the Bristol Channel. 4 A county. .5 A town in Lancashire. 6 A town in Gloucester. 7 A town in Hampshire. 8 A river between Cheshire and Wales. 9 A letter in Northumberland. Centres name a town in England. 435. Chaiiade.— H.S., Kyeburn Digginga :— My first is a parent, my second an offspring, and my whole is a fruit. 436. Double Acbostic— By Wakatip Miner:— 1 A forest tree. 2 Trouble. 3 A Luminary. 4 A weight or measure. 5 A period of time. 6 A fish. The initials and finals down will name a universal holiday. 437. BouT3 Rhymes.— We this week solicit stanzas for publication, each to consist of six lines eudiug with the words miner, love, gold, finer, above, mould. The rhyming words may be arranged in any order of sequence, and the versification may be of any measure.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 3
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266NEW PROBLEMS. Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 3
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