Trace Out The Fly's Route

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 29, 27 January 1933, Unnumbered Page

Trace Out The Fly's Route

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ONE GUINEA PRIZE

No. 7 Competition THE prize for this Competition « goes to A.Z. (Wanganui), whose solution was chosen as the best from a large number of entries of: surprisingly high standard. _ (The winnet’s effort appears in column 2.) No. 8 Competition "THE winner of this Competition will be announced next week, : No. 9 Competition '~ ; 'A FURTHER Guinea Prize #s offered for the most correct solution of the accompanying ~ problem. There are séveral alternative paths, but the prize will go to the entrant whose solution contains the fewest. number of straight lines.. Furthermore, to avoid the possibility of a tie, the first correct solution opened after the closing date will be. awarded the prize. Entries close at 11 a. ne, Wednesday, February 1. Address envelopes, "Competition No. 9," "N.Z. Radio Record," P.O. Box 1032, Wellington. Entries must be in ink, written on one side of the paper only, and bear the competitor’s name and address (with nom de plume if desired) .at the head of the entry. . The free-entry coupon on page must be attached. Things One Ought to Know (Answers on p, 24.)

shies wh Tf you invert an empty jar and plunge it downward into a bath full of water, why does not the jar fill with water? . Why: does wood er ackle when it burns? Why are white mice catried on suhmarines ? Why do cle: -pythelr sear: black clothes ? Of what was Cinderella’s slipper made? What good do trees do?

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE? . What is an oast. house? . Who-owns the Berengaria? . What is a love apple? . What are osiers? . What is a hetacomb ? . What is.a chanty ? _ Competition No 0.7 4 Winning Solution _ THE correct order of the pictures is: BDGHCGAFE. "Daddy," ‘cried little. five~year- old Pet, running into the dining-room, where her father was reading his.paper and enjoying a smoke. "Daddy,: there’s a man at. the back door who wants to speak to you."’. Her. father. hastily

left the room not noticing that he had left his match-box on the table, between the ash-tray and cigarette-box. . His back was hardly turne:! however, before the child noticed them and, seizing the match-box ° in"her-right hand, managed to strike a light with her left. Delighted at her cleverness, and having the room now to herself, she excitedly waved the lighted thatch round her head, inadvertently setting fire to the windowcurtains as she did so. In less time than it takes to tell, clouds of smoke were pouring into the street outside, showing up- weird reflections, and casting a glow on the ehfitrch steeple * along’ the road, "In the ‘meantime, having finished his business. with .the mau downstairs, Pet’s father had taken "a: stroll round the block, returning to find firemen busy in front of the house and a stream of water directed ‘at the blazing room. In a frenzy of fear he implored them to save his child, and soon after the water was turned off to enable the firemen to rush their ladder to the window, while crowds of spectators stood staring below. One gallant fireman managed to fight his way into the burning room, and a moment later appeared: at the window carrying. the child. He had wrapped a blanket: around her, and she lay: _ stilf.and limp in his arms.

~Deadr" was the. question on everyones lips; but fears were soon allayed. She was alive, but suffering from the effects of the smoke and severe burns on the head, so was rushed off to the hospital. Here, after somewhat alarming fluctuations of temperature, she made good progress in the hands of a kindly ‘and capable nurse, and was soon able to enjoy the scent of flowers at her bedside and letters

from her friends.-

A.

Z.

FREE ENTRY COUPON: Competition No. 9 Name Address

Another Novel Competition Next Week

This Week’s Problems

(See Inside Front Cover.) Things One Ought to Know. 1. The jar is not empty in the first case ; it is full of: air, and, ‘moreover, the air is trapped by the water. By forcing the jar down you may push more water in than entered at first because you can compress air, it ‘being elastic, If a piece of wood is examined ander a microscope, it will be found to contain millions of holes. These, of course, contain imprisoned air, which expand when heated. The expanding force tears open the tiny holes in -its desire to escape, and the tearjng of the . wood is the crackling noise which we ear. 8. Mice are very quickly affected by foul gases, and if those in a submarine are found to be affected, the men on board know that the air has begun to be vitiated and they must _ take. suitable precautions, For the. same reasons canaries are taken down coal mines. 4, Luther set the fashion for clergymen to wear black clothes. He was undecided what to wear, when the Elector sent him, as a present, a valuable length of black cloth. ‘The cloth was made ’.into a suit, and black has been the regulation colour ever since. 5. The story books tell us that it was a glass.slipper, but it was..properly, fur. The legend came from the French. and the translators mistook the word "vaijr," which means fur. for: "verre." meaning glass. Thus we speak of her glass slipper instead of her fur ‘slipper. 6. Besides producing timber and other useful articles, trees provide valuable manure in the form of decayed 1¢ky s. More important than this, their: Ie absorb carbonic acid gas. which waste product of the human beings. Also, their roots prevent the rain water from running away .too quickly, and thus the land is more fertile, and even the climate is affected-more moisture retained makes the temperature more equable, . : Can You Answer These? 1. An oast house is a building where hops are stored. 2. The Berengaria. is: owned by . -the Cunard Company. The tomato is often called a lore apple. "4, Osiers are bushes. of the willow family, the branches of which are supple: and suitable for making: into baskets, ete. 5. A hetacomb is a slaughter or other serious form of destruction ‘on -an .exten- sive scale. 6. A chanty is a song for -sailors, usually sung by: several at-a time,