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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 418 words
  3. BRAIN BRIGHTENERS THE WINNING ENTRY.

    Three husbands—Andy, Bill and Charlie—and their wives— Dot, Mary and Rose—went to market to buy pigs. Here is ...

    Article : 115 words
  4. FIGURE THIS OUT.

    A shoe shop proprietor was asked how many pairs of black shoes he sold a week and how many brown. "Well," he said, "if you multiply the brown by the black ...

    Article : 76 words
  5. THE BROKEN SQUARE.

    Here are four straight sided figures which can be rearranged to form a square. At first sight this may appear easy, but the multiplicity of right angles makes it ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
  6. WHOLLY CONFUSING.

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

    Article : 28 words
  7. WORD SQUARE.

    Make a compound word square out of this:— (a) A vehicle; reversed, an inclosure. (b) A girl's name; reversed, a boy's ...

    Article : 43 words
  8. SHIPS and SHIPPING PORT OF FREMANTLE.

    BIRCHBANK. m.s., 5,151 tons, from Nauru (7.55 a.m. at No. 3 North Wharf). Wm. Crosby and Co., Pty., Ltd., agents. GOVERNOR, dredge, from Bunbury (7.20 ...

    Article : 261 words
  9. MAINLY LEGS.

    Two legs sat upon three legs, with one leg by his side. Up came four lees and ran away with one leg. Up jumped two legs, caught up three legs, threw it ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. HOW LONG?

    As I was waiting at the station, a train took nine seconds to pass me. To go through the station, which is 88 yards long, it took 21 seconds. How long was ...

    Article : 40 words
  11. WHAT'S IT.

    The man who made it sold it, the man who bought it did not use it, and the man who used it did not see it. What is it? ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. ANOTHER WILL QUERY.

    A man died without making a will, but he left a letter to be opened after his death, telling where the money was. This is what was in the letter:— ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. FARMERS' FARMS.

    A farmer said he had a farm of four square miles. Another farmer who heard him said, "My farm is bigger than that It's three miles square." Which was the ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. AIRWAY SERVICES. Maylands Airport.

    MEEKATHARRA, from Kalgoorlie and Wiluna, 12.15 p.m. Airlines, Ltd., agents. PILBARA, from Daly Waters, noon. MacRobertson, Miller Aviation Co. ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. PERPLEXING.

    A customer in the china department of a large store asked the assistant the price of a certain jug and a teapot. She received the following reply:—"Five jugs ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES.

    A ana B each reach the pier at the same time. C exerts the same force upon B as the pier does upon A. (This follows Newton's third Law of Motion that every ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 665 words
  17. DEPARTURES.

    KYBRA, m.s., 858 tons, for Port Hedland via ports (2.15 p.m.). State Shipping Service, agents. ARKABA, s.s., 4,212 tons, for Busselton, ...

    Article : 197 words
  18. DEPARTURES.

    MURCHISON, for Daly Waters, 10 a.m. MacRobertson, Miller Aviation Co., agents. KIMBERLEY, for Carnarvon, 10 a.m. MacRobertson, Miller Aviation Co. ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. A WORD TO THE WISE —And Otherwise.

    The challenge has been accepted "Howizir," the big noise of the "Washington Wanderer" calamity, who went to no end of trouble to draw pretty ...

    Article : 718 words
  20. MAIL STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
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