THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 191, 26 July 1940, Page 3

THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION

Here is a change Avhich I think you will appreciate. Now Avhat I want you to do is to get out your oaints, crayons or chalks, cut out he picture above, and AA'hen you iaA r e coloured it in send it to me. The best three pictures will receive ""ce pic'ure tickets with my best wishes. P.T.W.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION LORD ROBERT CLIVE Yes, that was the famous man alright, and I'm glad that you all guessed right. Well lads and lass-es 1 had an awful time trying to discover the winners but at last I decided that they were as Steward Russell Law Stewardess Sylvia Sims Stewardess Cecily Cottrell Engineer Ivan Meyer. A Good Entry, Here is Steward Russell Law's entry, which is so good that I thougH't Td reprint it: — The man portrayed in the Beacon is, I think, Robert Clive. Here i$ what I know of his history. He Avas born in 1725. AVhen 17 Clive started his career as a clerk in the Last India Company at India. At the start of the wars there between; France and England, Clive joined up as an officer in the English Army Garrison at Madras which Avas then the Capital of British India. He Avorked his way rapidly up to the higher ranks, and displayed such gallantry that he Avas soon made Commander-in-Chief of the English Forces, which he commanded ayoiiderfully. The commander or nabob on the native side Avas Suraja Down lah an Indian and a French genera] whose name I do not knoAA- (Duplex Cadou. P.T.W.) In the Battle of P:assey the English Avere outnumbered bj r about 5 to 1. In the end C'ive Avon and receiA'ed the title of "CliA e of India," Another of his battles Avith the Sepoys or soldiers Avas at thb end of the seige of Lucknow. On his return to England in 1760 Avas raised to peerage. In years later were marked by some mental dis f turbances and he finally committed suicide, this Avas in 1774. It is sa\*J. suicide, this Avas in 1774. It is saiu that he had had some trouble Avith the natiA'es that Avere his friends and they forced him to do this aci. He succeeded ir. laying the foundation of the British Empire in India on a secure basis. Tickets Waiting Tickets are awaiting the folloAVing at the BEACON Office. They have'been Avon a long time ago so pop in and collect them as. -Cfuickly as you can. Keith Linsell, KelA T ii? Hatcher, Marina Nganamu (2), Vera Harrison, Charlie Smith, Janetce MeLeod, Frances Soutliey (2), .lion Jones, Jean Scott. t , / JOKE CORNER Teacher (endea\-ouring to illustrate a point): "Now, ?f I light a match, and carefully place it over the gas burner, Avhy do I not get a light? Why does not the gas burn?" Boy: '"Because you have not paid your gas bill." "Now, this is really too kind of you," began the Avcalthy relative to the iittle daughter of one of her poor relations. She took the parcel from the girl's hand and began to unAArap the bi'thday gift. "I Avonder Avhat it can be?" she hazarded, Avith a smile. "It's a fish," declared the child. "A fish?" echoed the other. "Yes," confirmed the little girl, innocently. "Daddy said it Avas a sprat to catch a mackerel!" Boy: Please, sir, is that ihe sun or the moon up there? Man: T don't know myself; I'm only a stranger here. Mother: You must never put ofr until to-morroAV Avhat you can do to-day, you know. Jean: Then Avhy can't avc cat the rest of the big cake to-day, mummy Father: Think of the future, my boy. Boy; I can't, Dad. It's my best girl's birthday, and I'A r e got tc think of the present. Teacher: Give me the name" and the date of William the Conqueror's great battle. Billie (avlio has just been learning to use the telephone): One O double six, Hastings. Teacher: What is a cannibal? Bill: I don't know. Teacher: What if you ate your mother and father, Avhat Avould you be? * Bill: An orphan. "Please, sir, might 1 have to-mor-roAv afternoon olf—?" "Ah, yes. Your grandmother, I, suppose?" '"Exactly, sir; she is making her first parachute jump!"