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  2. EARLY KIMBERLEYS.

    Alexander Forrest's expedition through the Kimberleys in 1879 was described at a meeting of the Western Australian Historical Society, at the Karrakatta Hall ...

    Article : 1,431 words
  3. BRAIN BRIGHTENERS

    The following note was written by a young soldier to his lady friend. What is its solution? love and love and down and you do ...

    Article : 63 words
  4. COUNT THE STARS.

    Count the stars shown below three ways and make 15 each time. Then take two away and count 15 three ways again. How is it done? ...

    Article : 36 words
  5. DINNER FOR SEVEN.

    One of the seven guests of a restaurant dined there each day. A second guest dined there every second day, and so on to the seventh who dined there every ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. THE NIGHT WATCHMAN.

    A London business man told his night watchman that he would be leaving for Scotland the next evening on the 6.10 p.m. train. The next morning the watchman ...

    Article : 146 words
  7. THE LAWYER STUMPED.

    An old lady died and when her will was read it was found that she left £333 to be divided equally between two fathers and their two sons. She also mentioned ...

    Article : 79 words
  8. SIZE OF THE BALL.

    A child is playing with a ball in whose volume there are as many cubic inches as there are square inches in its surface area. How big is the ball? ...

    Article : 38 words
  9. STARS AND STRIPES.

    (From "Curlys Theatsers," Walgoolan.) Here are 21 stars arranged in the form of a square:— Replace each star with a letter, using ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. CHOCOLATE PIECES.

    The accompanying diagram represents a piece of chocolate to be divided amongst four children. The pieces are to be the same size and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  11. To Correspondents.

    "Curly's Theasters," Walgoolan:—Glad you like the Brain Brighteners; the square peg and round hole one was very good indede. ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. BRAIN BRIGHTENERS.

    Most people have stored away in their memory a pet puzzle that they "put over" their friends on appropriate occasion. Send ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. A CONUNDRUM.

    What is it that man loves more than life, Yet fears more than death or mortal strife, The poor possess, the rich desire, ...

    Article : 35 words
  14. HOLING OUT.

    How much dirt is there in a cylindrical hole dug in the ground to the depth of one inch and one inch in diameter? ...

    Article : 29 words
  15. ROMANTIC AUSTRALIA

    Zane Grey is not the only writer interested in the possibilities of Australia's north-west as the scene for a novel, judging by the number of letters received by ...

    Article : 560 words
  16. WHO WAS THE ENGINEER?

    "Cocky," Coorow, writes:—"Your Brain Brighteners ensure added interest to the 'Mail.' I am glad you have started a 'To Correspondents,' as everyone will not ...

    Article : 430 words
  17. TIME FLIES.

    Punctuate the following so that it reads sensibly:—Time flies who could with flight so irregular. ...

    Article : 20 words
  18. A PROFESSIONAL PRISONER.

    A prisoner is confined in a cell with a heavy iron door and only one window one foot square. He wishes to escape but is too bulky to get through the window and ...

    Article : 90 words
  19. BRIGHT YOUNG MAN.

    A lucky young man and his rich uncle went shopping and visited three stores. In the first store the young man borrowed from his uncle as much as he had himself ...

    Article : 76 words
  20. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS POSERS.

    The shopkeeper first pooled all the money. The amounts in piastres were 100, 50, 25, 20, 10, 5 and 1. The shopkeeper took the 100 and the 10. The ...

    Article : 530 words
  21. MILKING COWS.

    Thirteen milking cows were put in the yard eevry day. A milks six and B milks six. If there is no third person, who milks the odd cow? ...

    Article : 33 words
  22. HALF A HEN.

    If a hen and a half laid an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs would seven hens lay in six days? ...

    Article : 35 words
  23. WHAT'S HIS NAME.

    A man was walking over a bridge when he was stopped by a tramp and asked for some money. The man put his hand into his pocket and drew out his purse, ...

    Article : 66 words
  24. IN LIGHTER VEIN.

    Let M equal the driver of a motor car working with a velocity V. If sufficient value be given to V it will ultimately reach P.C., in which case V ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. THE "OUTBOARD MANUAL."

    C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., have recently issued a booklet, entitled the "Outboard Manual." The publication is fully illustrated, and is written in a form ...

    Article : 87 words
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