A UNIQUE PUZZLE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 107, 27 April 1908, Page 4

A UNIQUE PUZZLE

"Can you find Miv. elephant' is tlio uitckword ol' tin.' hour iu London. In' icsrf than a week Answers sold half a million copies of its new elephant ptix* diet In thousands of lioiules busy lingers are nia'iiijiulutiiiy seven pieces ol' paper, endeavoring to construct front their fantastic sluipcs the likeliest ot ail «k4pliant. TJiWie is an interesting story behind the puzzle. it was sent) Ito Answers by a gentleman in a di»' Hunt British colony. A JJJ note ac J cuiiipu living tibu puzzle va,-, to be givel? to any member, of thd stuff of Answers" wilio could .solve tile mystery. * Thougll many attempts were made and failed; the editor of Ulie paper did not tliiiiU: ■ilir puzzlo would "eatcli un" with tln> ijmhlic. and returned it with the X.3 licit'. Nothing daunted, the inventor ■.-•■ lit hir. puzzle buck once more will! the yjlutiuu. The editor then realise*, itilui't the inventor had discovered a really ingenious puzzle. He promptly sealed the solution, deposited it at' Couttw' bank, and offered JJIOOO re war.d for tllie correct answer. The huge load of rcplieU is to lie ctxainine.l mi Julv 1.