MIND SHARPENERS
ANSWERS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. The sun is due north at 12 o’clock noon, and the shadow it casts is shorter then than at any other time of the day. By the length of the shadow and the position of the sun, other approximate times may be calculated. 2. Linen is made from flax fibres woven by machinery. 3. Mr De Valera. 4. Greece, Turkey, Albania, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria. (20 marks) i DO YOU KNOW? 1. Charles Kingsley. 2. Lewis Carrol. 3. J. M. Barrie. 4. Charles Dickens 5. L. M. Montgomery. (5 marks) WORD SQUARE PANE AREA NEAR EARN (5 marks) JUMBLED TOWNS IN NEW ZEALAND 1. Hastings. 2. Napier. 3. Auckland. 4. Timaru. t 5. Westport. * 6. Greymouth. 7. Balclutha. 8. Hokitika. 9. Palmerston. 10. Oamaru. (10 marks)
RESULTS Cousin Nancy Traill 40 Cousin Victor Hubber 40 Cousin Judith Smith 40 Cousin Lois Cunningham 40 Cousin Agnes • Clark 40 Cousin Vera Lake M.M.S. 40 Cousin Alan Lake 40 Cousin Dorothy Lake 40 Cousin Leonard Lake 40 Cousin Melva Lake 40 Cousin Victor Jones M.M.S. 40 Cousin James Gibson M.M.S. 40 Cousin Raynor Huffadine M.M.S. 40 Cousin Valerie Fox M.M.S. 40 Cousin Dorothy Mac Gibbon 35 Cousin Ellen Willa 35 Cousin lan McEwen 35 Cousin Isabel McEwen 34 Cousin Pearl White 34 Cousin Evelyn Andrews 34 Cousin James Lockerbie 30 Cousin Leona Lockerbie 30
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Southland Times, Issue 23989, 2 December 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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