Tantalizers #24: The Chippings Post

From Tantalizers: A Book of Original Logical Puzzles (1970) The Chippings Post is published at an entirely random time each afternoon, but George Handcuff, the local tycoon, must have his copy within the hour. Being a capitalist, he is willing to pay an urchin a penny for fetching it; and, being against monopolies, has divided the [ ]