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  2. A Page for All Boys and Girls.

    In Gumnut Town there was a drought, Creeks were dry, and tanks ran out ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  3. TRICKS AND PUZZLES

    The fifty-two letters here make a sentence which can be read straight off—once your realise how it is arranged. And that is all a matter of ...

    Article : 105 words
  4. THE NEW MINERAL

    A professor of geology bad placed a collection of rocks on his table and was going to name them to his students, making a few remarks on each. While ...

    Article : 93 words
  5. LET'S HAVE A LAUGH

    It was Timothy's first day at school. He walked up to the teacher's desk and announced: "I ain't got no pencil!" ...

    Article : 382 words
  6. IN THE STRAIGHT

    And a matter for straight thinking. too! See if four continuous straight lines can be drawn through all the nine points or stars as you have them ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  7. WHERE THE WATER WAS

    A farmer who had been to fetch water in a cart from a distant place was questioned by a visitor as to how far away the well was. ...

    Article : 100 words
  8. SOLUTIONS

    (1) A male swan. (2) Pacific 63,936,000 square miles, and Atlantic 31,530,000 square miles). (3) Four strings. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 165 words
  9. OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT

    In each of these groups of objects etc., "one" object or name is out of keeping with the rest. Can you sport the intruder? ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. A SMOKELESS TOWN

    A new town is to rise on the outskirts of Liverpool. It is to have 5000 houses built at a cost of over £2,000,000; and sites are ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. SKELETON PLAY TITLES

    The "outlines" of eight very famous plays—the first letters only of each word is given, while the dots show the number of other letters to be added ...

    Article : 82 words
  12. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

    (1) What sort of bird is a cob? (2) Which is the largest ocean Pacific or Atlantic? (3) Flow many strings has a violin? ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. FRUITY!

    Eight appetising fruits are lurking in the following sentences—two in each—how soon can you "pick" them out? ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. FOR CRUISES

    During the course of a cruise a landlubber heard the sailors use the following nautical terms. They are given here—minns, their vowels—to ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. IN IRELAND LONG AGO

    Lecturing recently for the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Dr. Barbara Colson traced the use of woven cotton materials as far back as ...

    Article : 67 words
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