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R. E. W. St. Clair (Hamilton): Says the resistance in the cube would be 5/6 ohms, that the odd square in the Odd Square was not there at all, and that To and Fro arrived at 7 o'clock. F. Murch (Auckland): Has placed the pieces of the odd square so that they seem to make only 63 squares. Can other readers do this? Thos. Todd (Gisborne): Is. another who has found out that the odd square in the Odd Square was not so odd. He also asks a question. about our Subscription rates but matters such as that are State Secrets. H. G. Lambert (Taupo): Has at last produced his official answer to the first problem of the donkey grazing (March 29). He says the rope should be 60.82 yards long. If we reproduced all his working it would take 20 inches of space on this page, with ten diagrams in addition. Sorry Mr. Lambert. ‘ Tane (Whakatane): Checks his working of this problem and gets the same answer as H.G.L. He also sends a neat method of solving the ohms problem by the use of a simple diagram made up by "collapsing" the cube so that all the circuits and resistances are represented by straight lines. F.W.K. (Nelson): There are too many possible means of death for that problem to be acceptable. They may have eaten some bad fruit, for instance, or is it true that Nelson apples are always good? Thank you for the thought. G. Tisbury C[nvercargill): The wine and the water have been too much for us. Have discovered that your letters have been mixed up. Problem next week to straighten everything out. P.J.Q. (Motueka): Replies to MacSkooshook, He has had similar trouble with calendars. The dates and pictures have all been obscured by careless stirring of the porridge. However, he is able to report that forty years back from 1912 the Macs will find that the calendar for 1872 would suit the purpose, and beyond that again, they can make use of calendars for 1816, Ordinarily, he says the cycle of leap years starting on the same day of the week covers 28 years, but, as 1900 was not a leap year, the cycle became 40 years. The 1916 calendar would do for 1844, 1872 and, if 1900 had been a leap year, 1900, 1928, 1956, and 1984.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 48, 24 May 1940, Page 16
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