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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 51, 28 February 1903, Page 3

Mill lIIIIIIIIS. HOW : MANY CAN YOU ANSWER ?j They are Plain Questions, not Riddles. We all know Mr. Browns, Mr. Greens, and Mr. Blacks. Why do we never meet a Mr. Red ? Some water serpents swim with a wriggling 1 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: " Sm'.lh, 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, ' It was the chief mate that hit me, and I'll beat him to a jelly when 1 get a chance.'" Is (A) inadmissible as hearsay ? Is (B) 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 " ? 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