THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 176, 21 June 1940, Page 2

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

THE WHALER J t/WHALE ISLAND

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. Well what do you think of Ireland? Yes we've been here for two whole days, having left the Highlands of Scotland, and travelled south to Liverp6ol, where we crossed the Irish Channel. It is certainly a fine green looking land. Even the towns have a nice fresh look about them. We are in Dublin now on the river Liffey. Dublin is the capital of thai, part of Ireland known as Eire. So its to the land of the shamrock tha* we go while our good ship the S.S. Good Endeavour lies in the Port of London awaiting our return. Now let me tell you something about the city. It was founded on the site of an early Irish settlement, by English colonists who arrived shortly after the Norman conquest. It was not a happy town however for these English settlers could never get on with the native Irish. They built what they called 'the Pale' a boundary around the town within which 110 armed Irishman was ever allowed. Queen Elizabeth sent several expeditions to try and conquer the land and to make the wild Irisii clansmen her subjects, but she never actually succeeded. Dublin remained about the only settled English town in the country. Later the English settlers were driven beyond the Pale by the infuriated Irishmen who had suffered many things at the hands of their invaders, and who were too proud to let them go unrevenged. Gradually however the Irish and the English began to realise that it was wrong to fight. They were one people under one kingdom, and by combining they could make between them pne of the greatest Empires the world has ever seen. More about Ireland next week. P.T.W. OUR STORY SPRING TIME | Mrs Bellbird was very busy build- | ing her nest for it was spring. Mr Bellbird was bringing her bits of straw and hay and she had been twisting round and round in a bunch of hay and straw and gradually it was beginning to shape into a nest. At last after a lot of work the nest was ready, both birds snuggled together in it and went to sleep. The sun was just rising over the hills when Mr and Mrs Bellbird awoke. The first thing Mr Bellbird did was to go and get some food while Mrs Bellbird sat down again in the nest. Mr Bellbird came home with some nice fat grubs and they had a lovely breakfast together. Every day for four daj r s Mrs Bellbird laid an egg and on the fourth day she began to hatch them. It took 21 days to hatch the eggs bul at last one day Mrs Bellbird heard a pop, pop, pop, and she knew Lhai her eggs were hatched. After waiting 'awhile she got off the nest to see if her new babies Avere alright. They hardly looked like birds at all, they were just little balls of yellow fluff. When Mr Bellbird came home and saw the new babies he sat on the branch and sang for joy. Both birds were busy now teaching their babies to eat and fly and sing". Very soon four young bellbirds were flying about and singing very sweetly watched by a proud mother and father. So, if hear or see a bellbird it may be one of Mr and Mrs Bellbird's family. GOOD WILL LOGS School children in Budapest, Hungary, have again been busy with their log collection. Just before the cold weather sets in, teachers i n the different schools explained to their pupils how poor families, who had no means of keeping themselves warm, could be helped if each boy and girl brought a log of woodWood is precious in Budapest but most people can spare one piece, and, by the time thousands of children had brought their gifts, a mountain of logs rose high in Maria Terezia Square where they were collected. Many of the children wrote their names and addresses on the logs, and some tied them up with col-

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oured ribbons "to make them look more like gifts," as little Mary Marias said. Some boys, who had no logs to give, went into the woods to get dry branches to add to the pile. The wife of the Governor of Hungary, who is herself always active in helping the needy, came to the Square to watch the arrival of the log-bearers from one of the school windows. As soo<n as she was recognised, the gay procession of boys and girls gave her a loud cheer. Through the kindness of the children many poor people in Budapest are being kept warm this winter* JOKE CORNER I had a stroke of luck to-day, said the farmer. I was just about to fall a tree when the lightning came and did it for me. But why are you not working today? asked his friend. Oh, I'm waiting for an earthquake to dig up my potatoes, re-' plied the farmer. • • a * Now, Alice, I will give you one more chance, said teacher. Whose emblem is the leak? The plumber's, sir! cried Alice. rt n A »» I'm sorry madam, but I knocked the clock off the shelf, said the maid. Goodness did it stop? asked the mistress. Oh, no madam, said the maid, it disappeared thiough the floor. M * m m "Fm • sorry, but these five dollar curtains are not suitable." "What did you want them for, madam?" "For about three dollars." IS * « "Why do you spend so much time on the crease of your pants?"' asked the rural father of his college son. "It is very important, Dad, not to wear baggy trousers," he said. "Important, is it? Did you ever see a statue of a famous man who didn't wear bnggy trousers?" m m « » "Figures can't lie," said the professor earnestly. "For instance, if one man could build a house in 12 days, 12 men can build it in one." "Yes?" interrupted a student. "Then 288 will build it in one hour, 17,280 in one minute and 1,036,809 in one second. And I don't believe they could lay one brick in that time." ' While the professor was still gasping, the smart ready reckoner went on-: "And again, if one ship can cross the Atlantic in six days, six ships can cross in one day. I don't believe that either; so where's the truth in arithmetic?" Then he sat down. TRY THESE What boy doesn't like making guns and other instruments of war? Well, here is a searchlight which the boys (and girls too) can make quite easily. Ask mummy to give you a small round spice tin with a shiny tin lid; and then roll a piece of paper round it arid gum it, or fix it with tHvo rubber bands. The paper should be about an inch longer than the tin, and this extra inch should be pressed down and gummed to an empty matchbox. Now push a drawing-pin through a piece of card, and press the matchbox on to the drawingpin, and you will find that you can swivel your searchlight round easily. Used in a room at night you will find that the shiny tin disc will catch the light and reflect it on the wall like a proper searchlight beam. m m • * Here is a neat way for the girls to brighten up their gloves. I ani sure you need them these mornings. If your gloves are of ordinary dark wool, you can add all- sorts of pretty little flowers and patterns by sewing them in with red, yellow and green wools. Isn't it a "bright"' idea?