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  2. Brain Testers and Problems

    Here is a fascinating little game. Select either odd or even—write your choice on a piece of paper—and then start at the dots and follow the lines to the numbero, taking either path you choose when you reach a fork. Add up your total and see if it is what you selected. If it is not, you lose. Get your friends to try it, and see how many times they guess right ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 84 words
  3. SOLVE THIS PUZZLE AND WIN £10. NO. 18.

    "The Western Mail" offers a prize of £10 each week for the solution of the crossword puzzle appearing on this page. "The Western Mail" is published every Thursday. Solutions will be received up till the second following Wednesday in order that country readers may participate, and the result will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 579 words
  4. CHESS AND DRAUGHTS. CHESS.

    (1 q b Q 4 /6 p 1/ 1 p 8 kt B 1 / 1 P [?] p 1 p / R 2 Kt p k 1 B / K [?] E 3 / [?] P 1 Kt 2 / 8.) White to play and mate in two moves. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  5. MARSHALL'S INCISIVE PLAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 303 words
  6. LAST WEEK'S PROBLEMS.

    Removing the Kick:—Jinks's mixings of wine and water can best be resolved into definite quantities by working backward. The final pouring from the water ...

    Article : 401 words
  7. PICTORIAL BIRD.

    Find the names of the objects in the sketch. Take three consecutive letters from the name of the object in the top right-hand corner and two consecutive ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  8. Australian Congress.

    The Australian champion tourney started at the Amateur Sports Club, Perth, on Boxing Day in congenial circumstances. All the contestants were present and quickly settled down to their ...

    Article : 226 words
  9. DRAUGHTS.

    Black. White. White to move and win. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  10. THE ROOKS PUZZLE.

    The Crackham family the other morning had been considering a puzzle on the chess board, and when they had finished Dora suggested the following:—She asked ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 112 words
  11. DOMINO FRAMES.

    Take an ordinary set of 28 dominoes and return double 3, double 4, double ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 111 words
  12. HIDDEN AUTHORS.

    In each of the circles below the name of a modern author is hidden. Start at a certain letter in each circle and, missing every alternate letter, discover their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  13. SOLUTION TO No. 1603.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 words
  14. VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 words
  15. Double Jumbles.

    Each line of letters, when rearranged, makes the articles described. CROW CART A flower and a fruit PINSUL.... A fish and a bird. ...

    Article : 42 words
  16. Reduced Rate.

    An Exton merchant, having 400 tons of coal, reckons that by selling it at 44/9½ per ton he will make 7½ per cent, on his outlay. After selling 300 tons at that ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. Speculative.

    Brown, in speculating, gains 16 per cent. on half his capital and loses 9 per cent. on the other half, in the first six months of the year. He then invests the whole ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. Allotting the Land.

    An Exton landowner decides to divide his land into allotments. His piece of ground, which is in the form of a rectangle 126ft. by 54ft., he surrounds with wire ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

    A curate, who was also a keen naturalist, went to see a sick woman in his parish. She had been expecting him for some date, and said with a sigh— ...

    Article : 49 words
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