TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1933, Page 9 (Supplement)

TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Solution to last week’s .puzzle:—• '■ f ’ > \ . ACROSS. > : , ! ’ ■ 1, Country with which we went to war in 1914 (Germany). 8, Vegetable: that sometimes makes you cry (Onion). 9, Feed (Eat)'. 11, What a pupil does in an addition sum (Adds). 12, A palter companion (Mate). 13, A very stupid animal (Ass). 15, Letters that stand for “manuscripts” (M.S.S.). 18, Frozen -water (Ice). 19, A slang name for umbrellas (Gamps). 21, The Thames is one (River); 22, Part of the verb “to be” (Are). 23, A short poem (Ode). 24, A small island (Islet). 26, Weeds that sting you (Nettles). ; DOWN. ' z : 1, What you try to get at football (Goal). 2, The finish . (End). 3, Free (Rid). 4, Biblical character found in the bullrushes (Moses). 5, Sometimes used instead of “a” (An). 6, Old English way of saying “yes” (Yea). 7, A savoury dish (Stew). 10, Preposition (At). 12, Another name for “mother” (Mama). 13, Sour (Acid). 14, Number of days in a week (Seven). 16, Not large (Small), 17, River on which Berlin stands (Spree). 18, A very common metal (Iron). 19, What you sometimes get in your eye (Grit). 20, What the sun does in the evening (Sets).- 25, Short for “street” (St.). . ■ ... •.. • Clues for this week:— . ACROSS. ■ “ ■ • ■ J 2, Swiss City. 7, Road (abbreviated). 8, Kind of serpent 9, Pronoun.- 10, Pennies. 12, Found on a boat. 14, Girl’s name. 16, Nec£ w;ear.. 18, Piece/ 19, .German city famous for its china. . 23, 52 in Roman numerals.- 25, Fright. -' 27, Volcano in Sicily. 28, Kind of wood. . 1 . DOWN. ."■ , •• ? ' 1, What we have in cold weather. 3, Cain’s brother. .4, A. relative. 5, Used for trimming. 6, Small field animal. 10, Jetty. 11, German river. 13, Help. 15, Do wrong. 17, A continent.. 20, Girl’s name. 21, Grime.; 22, “Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a . . . ” 24, Used for writing. 25, Used instead of “a.” 26, Myself.

THE NAME ON THE ROOF. Australia is giving a lead that will surely be extensively followed. At the instigation of the National Safety Council many local authorities are having painted on the roofs of municipal or other prominent buildings the names of their towns. Letters six feet deep painted on a chrome background , are being used, and where there is an aerodrome near the town a large arrow shows the direction and the distance is given. v Already eight towns in the State of Victoria have provided this information. SWANS AT LONDON ZOO. MOST OPTIMISTIC INMATES. Once, again a pair of Australian black swans have proved themselves to be the most optimistic inmates of the London Zoo. ■ ?.-■ During the last week in February, when their enclosure was carpeted with show and the pond covered with a layerof ice, these two birds built an enormous nest and prepared to use it as a nursery. Quite _ oblivious of ...the. fact that the. wintry weather showed no signs of departing, the two black -swans spent all their time close tp. the home, they had built, and periodically th’e female .sat on the nest as though testing its comfort, snd then made fussy little alterations;, in the structure, while the cob stood by or. guard. ■. Australian black swans are .usually the Zoo’s harbingers of spring, for whenever they have any intention of presenting the menagerie with little , black cygnets they always nest toward the end of February; and., to encourage

them bundles of twigs arid dried grasses are placed in their enclosure. Many times before the birds have seemed unwisely optimistic, for -the arrival of their eggs has coincided with a» spell of bad -weather. Fortunately they are i not easily discouraged. When they nest they generally have good luck with their young; and more than once a family of cygnets has been successfully reared though the incubatjon of the eggs was handicapped by frost and snow, the mother bird, sitting patiently on the nest, made a pathetic but decorative study in black-and-white. OSWESTRY’S WELL. A f 130 Q-year-old custom is about to end at Oswestry. Here in 642 Oswald, king of Northumbria and a Christian, fought a battle with Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, and was killed. The long two-handed sword of his enemy smote off Oswald’s head. Legend says, that an eagle carried off the head, and that where the bird dropped.it a healing spring jetted up. From that day to this people have gone to drink: at King Oswald’s Well. At first it was a pious pilgrimage, or a belief 'that the water could bestow some good on the drinker, but lately it was a custom which was half a joke. Now the Oswestry Town Council has decided, quite rightly, that it is not healthy for many people to drink from the same cup, and they are not going to furnish. a cup for the well. . It is .strange that, just as we are' giving up our beliefs in the healing properties of these old wishing wells, medical science is telling us that we could cure half our ills by a glass of cold water first thing in the morning and last thing at night.