STRANDED!

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 62, 30 August 1940, Page 18

STRANDED!

the Assistant PP (protem) wouldn’t have been caring for puzzlers this week. But as it is, he’s stranded here because the PP himself is stranded somewhere else in the mountains. Moreover, the Assistant PP (pro tem) is not only stranded because the PP is stranded, but also because he has either set puzzles that are too difficult or puzzlers just won't deal with him. Anyway, what corTespondence there has been has been of a rather voluminous nature, dealing with old arguments and old scores which are better left to be settled by the PP on his return. So just in case puzzlers are still puzzling over the puzzles in the issue of August 16, here are the answers: ANSWERS Oranges: J.C.L., who sent this problem, Says that they all sold their wares at the rate of 7 for a penny and 3 pence each for the remainder. It thus works out like this: 14X7=98 and 2 at 3d each=1/8 11X7=77 and 3 at 3d each=1/8 8X7=56 and 4 at 3d.each=1/8 5X7=35 and 5 at 3d each=1/8 2X7=14 and 6 at 3d each=1/8 Quite simple, isn’t it? says J.C.L. ig things had run their true course,

Expanding Words: No one has replied to this, so here it is: Perhaps it was too easy. Was it? ie) NO NOD DONE DEMON MODERN ROADMEN RANSOMED HANDSOMER HARMONISED Relations: R.J.G., who sent the problem, also sent the solution. If two men each married the other’s mother (widow of course!), and there was a son by each marriage, these two sons would be uncle and nephew of each other. PROBLEMS Here is only one problem this week, and it’s probably a new type of problem to most puzzlers. "Dum," who sends it, says it can be solved by pure logic and common sense, so most puzzlers won't find it difficult. Who Killed Davidson? In a Chicago suburb on June 21 at 7 p.m,, Albert Davidson, the wealthy playboy, was shot and killed. Three

weeks later, four suspects were questioned. They each made four statements, and each told one, and only one, lie, Can you, through pure logic and common sense, spot the guilty man from this information: The four suspects are: Harris, a taxi driver. Lewis, who was on relief, Brady, a bricklayer. Sweeny, a day labourer, Here is what they had to say: Harris said: "I am entirely innocent. I was driving a taxi in New York at the time of the murder. Sweeny is the guilty man. I had nothing to do with the murder." Lewis said: "Don’t accuse me, I’m on relief, I didn’t kill Davidson. Brady is innocent. I never owned a revolver in my life."

Brady said: "I am innocent. Harris is right, Sweeny did it. I'm a bricklayer. I go to church every Sunday," Sweeny said: "Brady is a liar, he never went to church in his life. Lewis is the man who did it. I am entirely innocent. I am an honest man."