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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 828, 28 February 1903, Page 1

HALF-A-DOZEN ■ QUESTIONS. How fViany Can You Answer? Tld . y are Pla n Questions, not Riddles. We all know Mr Browns, Mr Greens, and Mr Blacks. Why do wc never meet a Mr End ? ; Some water serpents swim witli a wriggling or writhing motion of the whole body, like that with which they crawl on land. Are there any birds which fly under water as they do in the air without using their feet at all ? (A) A witness in a murder case testifies: c ‘ Smith, an hour before he died, said to me, ‘ The chief mate hit me too hard; I’m done for. (B) Another witness testifies: “ Smith said to me, ‘lt was the chief mate that hit me, and I’ll beat him to a jelly when I get the chance.” Is (A) inadmissible as hearsay? Is inadmissible as hearsay ? When brine holds as much salt as the water can dissolve, chemists say that the “saturation” of the water with salt is complete. Will a lump of sugar dropped into such water dissolve ? What blunder gave rise to the uncouth spelling: “ rhyme ”? What one creature in all Nature has a backbone and no skull ?

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