THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 164, 24 May 1940, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

What ho, \\hat ho, ma hearties. Here we are again. Kensington gardens and all its wonders are nowleft behind as Ave speed northwards in the Flying Scotsman express on our way to Bonny Scotland. 1 had decided to leave the S.S. Good Endeavour safely anchored in the Pool of London while we paid a quick Visit to the country of Burns. Soon We will be crossing the border and approaching the heather covcrcd low gands. Well lads and lassies, what a marvellous time we had in London. You will remember all our visits, to the Tower of London, the Zoo, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral and all the other fascinating places for Which good old London is so famous. Do you all remember the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace? Well, my lads its not half so line a spectacle as it was in the old days. 'All the guards arc now in khaki. ?When I last saw them they were in bright scarlet uniforms and they pertainly made a remarkable picture, liut now you know, there's a war on and of course the men are in service uniforms. I hope if we ever go on a world cruise again that we will see them change the guard as they did it in the old days. Meanwhile we are flying across the northern countries of old England. We have passed the Yorkshire pioors and will soon be in Northumberland, This is all wonderfully historic country. See far to tlie cast stretches the {Jreat Roman Walh It was built by the Emperor Hadrian to keep out the savage northei'n tribes who used to raid Briton 1500 years ago. They were called the Picts and the Scots, and they were the ancestors of present people living in Scotland. Next week we will be visiting Glasgow, Edinburgh and maybe Aberdeen. Your old friend Peter the Whaler. OUR STORY KOALA BEARS Here is a piece about a tiny Koala bear. These quaint little native bears look just like your old teddy come to life. They are soft and furry as Angora wool and have timid, loveable dispositions. .At birth. K oa ia is only half an inch long, and weighs about 5% grains. It is placect in mother's pouch, where it. grows for about six months. Then it makes its first exit, Ibut continues to use the pouch for a few more months until it can no longer find room there. Mother Koala carries her baby about until it is about a year old. When she is moving it is carried pick-a-back, when sitting it reclines upon her lap or, if it is cold, it is clasped in her arms. The Koala is fully grown when ;le js about four years of age and he may live up to fifteen years or more. The bears love the tall trees of the forest. They are sturdily built with powerful limbs and sharp claws and not the wildest gale can dislodge them from their leafy homes. When he is not poking about the top of the gums in search of leaves the hear slumbers, wedged into the fork of a tree where he is perfectly comfortable. Not often dees he venture upon the ground but ciamocrs -overhead from tree to tree. Kcalas live upon the foliage of ■certain eucalyptus trecs ; They seldom drink and cannot survive caplivity for any length of time, sc thai it is now illegal to keep the'm as pets. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION DISTANCE TO RURIMAS While wc sirc in such a nautica mood, T am going to give yon an other sea competition. Yon know the little group of islands just opposite our town, called the Runnias* Well I want you to guess the;- distant and write the answers in it jne. The three correct answers will l>e rewarded with free picture tickets with my best compliments. F.T.W.'

Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise '&/ " PETER THE WHALER o/WHALE ISLAND

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION DISTANCE TO WHITE ISLAND Well there were all sorts of guesses put forward, but only one of them was correct. Well the three nearest win the free picture tickets. Here were the answers I received: — Charlie Armer 25 miles June Hamill 26% Janette McLeod 30 D. Brockett 32 Phillip Moore 32% Barbara Wallace 33% Margaret Grant 35 Pamela Gartshorc 36% The correct distance is 32% miles and the winners arc therefore Phillip Moore, (bravo) Des Brockett and Barbara Wallace. WONDERFUL WIRELESS Now here's a wonderful .yarn for all who arc fond of wireless. I have just heard that a man who had a sending set (I don't know what you call it, being pretty ig-t norant on the subject myself) iiij New Zealand, called up a pal on his way in Alaska. In the middle of their talk the Alaska man broke Off unexpectedly and could not be got *0 resume the conversation. So a man in California, who was listening on the same wave length, told New Zealand he would sec what he could do, and he called up another man in Alaska in the same township as the first Alaska man, and asked him to go and sec what Alaska No. 1 was at. This man did so, and found him lying on the floor insensible from some fumes of es* caped gas. Thus California helped New Zealand to save a man's life in Alaska. Wireless is certainly making the world grow smaller!

THE HISTORY OF AN APPLE PIE A. wag an apple pie. B bit it. Z out it. b dealt it. E eat it. F fought for it. G got it, 1 had it. [ inquired about it. r joined it. [\ kept it. L longed for it. \I mourned for it. \ T nodded at ii. 0 opened it. P peeped in ii. 3 quartered it. R. ran for it. S stole it. T took it. [J upset it. V viewed it. YV Avanted it. X Y Z and amper-sand All hoped for a piece in hand. RIDDLE POT What is the best land for tin} tots? —Lapland. " Hands have they, but they handle not. What- are they?— Clocks. What is that Avhich cveryom wishes for and yet tries to get rit of?—A good appetite. What is more foolish than sendins. coals to Newcastle? —Sending mil! to CoAves. What is that which is black ye ■milightens the Avorld? —Printing ink liars have they, but they hear not What are they?—WheatstalKs. What is the best way to keep ,? woman's love-?-—Xot to return it. Whv are soldi rs tire I on April 1", localise they've just la 1 a Maicl >1' :'-1 days. What stands on one leg with rl'f heart in its mouth? —A cabbage. Which is the oldest wine you can get?— The Elder Avine. When is the sun like a jolly?— When it s?ls of cou"~o.

PARTY FUN SLIPPER RACE A slipper race is an exciting and laugh-provoking game both for participants and spectators.^ The players, equally divided, sit facing one another in two rows a few feet apart. The leader of each line is given a pair of very lar ( ge slippers which he has to wear while he races up the length of his row, around the end of it, and back to the starting point. If a slipper falls off during the journey, it must be replaced before the player can proceed . When the leaders have returned to the point from which they started, they pass the slippers to the persons now occupying the end seats who, with the rest of their lines, have all moved along one chair. The original leaders then go to the vacant scats at the other ends of the lines, and the neAV leaders race. This procedure continues until all players have participated. The race is won by the line whose players finish first. HONEST LABOUR Last spring a mother and daughter left their home in the country and purchased a double house in the city in order, that their property might provide an income as well as a home for them. Neither of them, had been accustomed to business transactions, but, having been left in a position where it was necessary for them to handle their own affairs, the}' rcadih r adjusted themselves to their surround?, gs, looking for and finding good in everything. Some of their rooms needed re- 1 poyating. but the work Sv&S postponed until the fall, when painters and paper-hangers were employed to do the. work. The mother and daughter determined not to admit any confusion or irharmony due to the upset condition of the 'house, but claimed a blessing for all concerned, realising, too, that honesty,, efficiency and good humour governed, all at work in their home. The day the work was completed, the mother paid the bill, never ques tioning the charge. The following morning the doorbell rang; and, to her surprise, when she answered it, she found the painter there, eager to return 8 dollars, stating that lie had made a mistake in his calculations. He wished to square accounts before he went to his next job. It was an experience that strengthened the faith of the mother and, daughter in the honestj r of man. It also convinced them not only that the workman is worthy of his hire, but that he does not want to be over paid any more than he wants to Ik: i Underpaid.