THE following howlers mere perpetrated in the General Knowledge Paper during the annual scholarships examinations of the Royal Society of St. George, Shang-bai Branch:
"Confucious was the Pope of the Vatican."
"Mr. Godfrey Phillips is the British Ambassador te Chin:
"The Commandant of the Mr, Aiers,"
The Kremlin is the palace of the King of Egypt."
"Monte Carlo was a film about a man who came back from the dead."
"Marco Polo was a famous American who came to China to find out about Chinese affairs long ago."
7 Police." pag Lesseps is head of the French "A mad: rom is an instrument used in an orchestra.
"Esperanto is a tone used in music to denote whether the musie is loud or soft."
"The Commandant of the S.V.C. is Sir Perey, Noble."
"Confucius s a man who preáched to Chinese about Christ."
"Coue was Ambassador for China in, England."
"The Chairman of the 8.M.C. is Mr. Roosevelt (paid.)'"
"Ambergris is a grey amber.
"While another entrant said "Ambergris is a person who writes for you."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.