WHO'S WORRIED ABOUT THE WAR?

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 70, 25 October 1940, Page 24

WHO'S WORRIED ABOUT THE WAR?

it as significant that The War started soon after The Page began, he has been interested, since they coincided, to see what effect one has had upon the other and the other upon the one. The number of letters written to The Listener about puzzles during the last year could only be discovered by taking a number and doubling it several times with X to the Yth power as a common multiple. And that’s a lot. In the main, this tremendous volume of debate, argument, and suggestion has been constant, But occasionally it has fluctuated. When Norway and Denmark were invaded there was a week when only four or five letters came in. Then the correspondence built up again until the PP had more arguments on his hands than he knew how to deal with. The invasion of Holland ang Belgium, and the sweep of the German army into north-western France killed all puzzling in New Zealand for a week or more. Letters dribbled in, but there was no enthusiasm about them. When the Germans blitzed to the Channel none came at all; but after Dunkirk there was a slight recovery which failed again when Mussolini came in the back door and France wobbled off the pedestal of La Liberté. When the B.E.F. finally got back to England and events began to sort themselves out, The Page recovered its old standard. F.D.B.’s problem from Christchurch attracted a flood of letters. "Time for the Guard" brought in as many letters with as many different answers and even now is only sorting itself out after no less than two months of debate. Last week the correspondence was heavy, as usual. The week before the PP found that Japan and America and Russia, and Italy and Germany, and Thailand, and Us, and the beautiful belles of Bali and the beautiful oil of Sumatra and the attractive tin of New Guinea and, particularly, the bombable Burma Road, struck another blow at The Page. However, all is now well, and our stock of munitions is up to the best standard. Our only hope is that our puzzles will not distract puzzlers from listening to Friedmann. ANSWERS * (See issue October 11) Scissors in Captivity: S.G.E., and all other Puzzlers who have written about this one, agree that all you have to do pull the loop through the same place "the free ends and from there take back over the scissors. Something ; be wrong with the PP’s view of situation, because although he did most carefully, he could only get string off by pulling the loop over blade and bringing the other down it. (Problem trom S,G.E.) Pei : LTHOUGH the PP does not regard | BEEE g

(Problem and answer from Ajas) Farm Finance: Chicken 2/-; duck 4/-; goose 5/-. (Problem and answer from R.C.J.M., Invercargill.) PROBLEMS Tail Tally Very many years ago, when musk still had scent, Father Peter reported to the Abbot of Uxton on the Ex that the priory was over-run with rats. The Abbot accordingly gave orders that all the cats for miles around should be assembled to exterminate the pest. A record of their kills was kept, and at the end of the year the good men found that every cat had killed an equal number of rats, and that« the total of casualties was 1,111,111. How many cats do you suppose there were? (Problem from G.B., Mt. Eden.) Palindrome Here is a mixed palindrome. You are required to reconstruct it into a sentence of six words: AAAAEEGGIINNLRR (Problem from R.G.)

Three Little Girls: IstDay 2ndDay 3rdDay 4thDay 9 1, 2,3 1,4,5 : 1,6, 7 1, 8, 4, 8,12 2,8, 10 2,9, 11 2,12, 14 5,140,315 §3,13,14 3,12,15 38,5, 6,11,13 6,9,15 4,10,14 4,11,15 7,9, 14 7,11,12 5, 8,13 7,10, 13 ; 5th Day 6th Day 7th Day 4). 20) 2 a Be AD. 2, 13,15 2. 4,6 2. 5, 7 ME ey f 3,9,10 3,8,11 &, 9,33 5,11,14 4,9,13 6, 8, 14 7, 8,15 6, 10, 12 (Problem and answer from E.A.C.) Xercise: 80809 124 ) 10020316 992 1003 992 1116 : 1116