LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION
THE MONKEY IN THE WELL T\vcnt3*-threc, answers and. only nine of them correct. Not so bad for the ,old man ( eh? Here was the question: A monkej' is at the hot-
torn of a 30ft well. Each day he. jumps up 3ft and slips back 2ft. At. that rate how long will he take to reach the top of the well. The answer is of course 28. (lays because when he takes his final jump on thtc 27th day h<j lands on the top and) doesn't fall back. Now what a pflffc|y that just fourteen of you said 30' days. Well 'lads; and lassies here; are the. winners:— Barbara Wallace Evelyn Ross Cecily Sullivan Warren Kirk. Congrats you Jour, who have been given tickets on account of neatness as well. Others with the correct answers were Betty Wilson, Noleen Loonies and Rex Major.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 65, 16 April 1943, Page 6
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146LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 65, 16 April 1943, Page 6
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