The Next Sharpeners

Southland Times, Issue 22387, 28 July 1934, Page 19

The Next Sharpeners

What Ages. ( (Sent in by Cousin Arthur Knight) When John is Mary’s age, Mary will be twice as old as John and their combined ages then would be sixty. What are their present ages? (5 marks.) Riddle-Mc-Ree. (Sent in by Cousin Irene Agnew.) My first is in horse, but not in foal. My second is in envy, but not in happy. My third is in nice, but not in flower. My whole is a useful bird. (5 marks). JUMBLED FLOWERS. (Sent in by Cousin Ruth Dowden.) 1. smeprroi 2. dmlaorgi 3. rsmcuhhanmcty 4. ydisa 5. asrief 6. Igounji 7. mnuasittru 8. ilafodfd 9. ynpsa 10. sponwdor 11. hhytanci 12. agmuerni (12 marks.) JUMBLED COUNTRIES. (Sent in by Cousin Irene Hall.) 1. lacfar 2. Dniia 3. Nihca 4. Aaacnd 5. Luaaartis 6. Crmiaae. 7. Dlanneg 8. Preoeu 9. laas 10. Wzeelaadnn (10 marks). RHYMING WORDS PUZZLE. (Sent in by Cousin Daphne Shields). Change the first letter of the first missing word to obtain the second or third word, e.g —dreamt that she down the Nell, fell, well. 1. a clean rag to this lame dog’s leg. 2. The girl with saw the lion in its . 3. The barges sailed up the for a in single . 4. the path while I a in the oven. 5. John said, “I I had not dropped that of .” (5 marks). JUMBLED FEATURES. (Sent in by Cousin Elva Winsloe). 1. seen 2. inhc 3. eekhc 4. yee-owrb 5. pisl 6. ereadhofe 7. are 8. Irah (8 marks). HIDDEN NEW ZEALAND TOWNS. (Sent in by Cousin Irene Hall). In each of the following sentences there is hidden a New Zealand town: 1. The cost of freezing is borne by the company. 2. What a feat! Her stone wall she climbed. 3. Was not Fatima rudely spoken to. 4. The Maori thought the flesh of that emu, “kapai.” 5. When he shouted, “Taniwha” we ran off for our lives. 6. Off raced the last rat for dear life. (6 marks). PUNCTUATE THIS. (Sent in by Cousin Ruth Hannabus). ’That that is is that that is not is not is that not it it is. (5 marks).