NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1466, 20 December 1879, Page 20

NEW RIDDLES.

945. Decapitation. —By A. ' E. Hardy, Oamaru :—: — ' " , I'm very small ; but when entire a hateful creature, yon, will Beej< , Behead me; and still you'll say a noxious animal I be. ' ' Transpose me now; my sting is gone, and you will then behold , , The life-blood of vegetation in climates hot or cold. , My head again restore, bat deprived of my end i I must be, , ' | " A thing of the past" I am' then, and a useful ' verb you iwill see. ' ," ' ' • ' , Read backwards, a tool I become, which united though closely soever, , r 'Tis my piinful offi.e, alas, ! the links that ate nearest to . , „,',.' 946. Geographical Rebus.— By ''Fitzi' 1 Barry, _ Kuri Bu'bli :— ,'■>'' ';. 1, a city ia the Russian, empire'; 2,' "a, town- 1 ship in Otagb j3, a, city ia New Zealand,'; '4, !a' county in the Middle Isltnd; 5, a town, in' Scotland;,. 6, a town in India. ' Primals, and finals name a.beiutif ol New Zealand late," "'" ' c 947. Ndmebioali' CHAKAbfe.~By'W. W., Pal- ° "' ''_■"'. 'morston^ ;_ ,';"""/. , ■ lam a word of .seven letters. My, 7, 3, is* preposition ; > jny '4, ,5, 8, . is a' small insect ; ' my 4, j 5,-7, is "a- collection. p£ ( /remarkable 1 sayings j. and my 4, % is a preposition ;" my"' 1, 6, 3) ;ia i r small bird,; my 3, 4,1, '$„ 7, ; is an air cooler, .iieed in .India;,, my 4, 5, 3,' «istnifiea against, ;' my whole ia a N.(2. race horse., _' ,• , .]j' ' . ." / ,' ' ' : . ' '", 948. Charade.— By Anqmlla, Cr'ookston :— \-, ■ My whote is a small animal ;' by depriving me of one, t bird I became a' Urge one; take 'off 1 another find I ( become a great river.' ■ ' , - 949. Charade.-— Selected by Colirislie, Dun- ; • edin:--/ ..< -m it-| 0 truth ! deign to visit that isle' of the west,* , i Which by aid of my first> braggart charlatans '-'" sway/ - ' t .'■" "' ; , ' ■ •'-" Till firm aa my Becond, thy throne eyer, blest, . Shall be fixed in the light of a glorious day. Then from, deepest despair shall a nation arise, ' : , Renewed in her youth, and regenerate. in soul, And freed from fake friends, disabused of their lie>j , ■ ,V' '.?•''■'"''■.'( Shall triumphantly garland her brows with my whole. ,L., L . „ , , ' 950. Geographical Diamond Puzzle. — By ,' Eliza, Crookston : — 1, a consonant ; 2, a river in Scotland ; 3, a tributary of the Amazon; 4, a river ia Palestine; 5, same as down centre; 6, a tpwn in Siberia; 7, a river ia Portugal ; ( - 8, a tributary of the Mississippi; 9, a consonant Centres down and across name a Provinca in Ireland, and a title in the royal family. 95L Conunduh.— By Fitz. Barry, Kuri Bush : Why was Te Whiti's grandmother like refined' sugar,? , 952. Riddle.— By A, E. Hardy, Oamaru :— In almost every box and trunk I surely take a place ; In coach and oar, in boat and smack, In wardrobe and ia case. Of every yard I form a part, Am in the gate and door ; Yon often may upon me tread When walking on the floor. In boots and shoes I oft am found, In gloves oft times am I ; In church and school, and hall and cot, As well as in the pigsty. 953. Oeulrade.— By A. Stevens, Wallacetown : 1, part of yourself ; 2, an ancient author ; 3, a situation; 4, half of a railway station in Southland. 954. Conundrum.— Selected by B. S. S. S. 8., Crookstion : — Why did the Collusaus of Rhodes become quite small in a thunder storm ? 955. Diamond Puzzle. —By Ruaki-whisky, Shotover : — '1, found in rivers ; 3, essential to writers ; 3, intrepid ; 4, craft ; 5, a county in the Middle Island ; 6, a retrograde movement ; 7, a kind of tea ; 8, an, insect ; 9 will be found in Heaven. 956. Transposition.— By GL W., Waitepeka : In skrows of balour or of Silk 1 I loudweb Suby old, ' " For ant sa Nifsd Moae Sohimfie slit 1 i Orfi dile Shnad otod. 957. CeobbPuzziiß.— ByMary, Portobello:—1, an. adverb ; 2, a bird of prey ; 3, a verb ; 4, the prince of demons; 5j a riddler ; 6, a town •' in Ireland ; 7, an adverb ;8, to proclaim ; 9, a river ia Belgium. Centrals name a well-known Riddler; 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, contein three letters each, and 4, 5, 6, contain 9. 958. Letter Gharadk — ByC. C, Riverton: — I am a word of seven letters. ■ My 1, 6; 2, is an animal ; my 3, 5, 4, 6, 2, is to permit ; my 1, 8, 7, is a carpenter's tool ; my 7, 8, 1, has been ; my 3, 5. 4, is the whole ; my 7, 3, 5, 4, ia part of a house ; my 4, 6, 2, is cheap ; my 3, ' 5, 1, 6, is likewise ; my 3, 7, 5, is a shoemaker's tool ; my whole is a bird. 959. Charade.— By T. D. W. M,, Oamarn :— My first is an animal; my second is an animal ; and my whole is an animal. 969. CHARABE.-^By G. W., Waitepeka : — The following is aa advertisement in the Otago Witness :— V. B. Lots Lovers B. L. 361. I Puzzra.— 'By Mary, Portobello r— 1, a county in Australia ; 2, a mountain in New Zealand ; 3, a woman's name ; 4, a town in Persia ; 5, a river in Austria ; 6, a town in Sweden. Centrals will name a word .which .signifies ooming.