THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 227, 18 October 1940, Page 3

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

- jF'' : s-f JJ■ A board for the Goodwill Cruise THE WHALER % of WHALE JSLAND

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. How do you like Patagonia? If you want to know where you really are take a look at the map of America and there at the tail end of Argentina you will see it. We have travelled through the Colorado country and passed over the deep Negro river and now in a funny little box-train we are heading for a place calledj Tierra del Fucgo. It is called by some folk I know 'the coldest place on earth.' Wrap yourselves up well and put on all your woollies, Now if you look out the window you will see the cold misty landscape, and here we arc at a tiny statian. We are to cross the famous Straits of Magellen by a neatly built ferry. Now we. arc over on the land where dwell some of the hardiest people on the face of the globe. They are the Fuegians. They arc so poor that they don't even dress fully in spite of the intense cold. Yes as you -see they go about almost naked and though you are all covered. in your heaviest winter clothes, the\ r don't e\*en shiver. But they arc what we call 'very primitive.' They live in tumble-clown ' hovels and eat raw tisli and sea birds which they trap. Yet in spite of air this they live Ave 11 and arc so used to the cold and the rain that they don't seem to notice it. f have shown you these people to let you sec that there are some people who are lower than the Australian Blacks in their manner of living, but it is probably more their misfortune then their own fault. Now, lads and lassies Ave arc going to Aisit a land called Chile. Pronounce it 'Chill-ee.' It is, a very rough and mountainous land but there are some wonderful cities to see. Here are some Valparaiso, Antofagasta and Copiapo. Sec them all next Aveek AA T ith Peter the Whaler.

| A STORY WITH A MORAL, A young man who worked in a factory drawing a good salary had been several times summonsed, stood again before the Justice of the Peace in whose court he had been made defendant, "I'll lose my job this time, Judge," he said. When asked why he did not pay his debts, the young man explained that he had unwisely bought things he could not afford to pay for, and had in other and unavoidable ways become indebted. He was paying what he could each month, but it seemed impossible to pay living expenses and have enough left to keep creditors from suing. The judge then asked him to agree to a. 10-day continuance in the matter. He wanted to investigate the young man's case, and determine if there 'was some way the problem could be worked out without the young man losing his job; for when the salary stopped, there would be nothing to pay anyone, and the man's family seemed in danger of facing want. The judge next went to the company and arranged to stay the discharge order. He then offered to handle the young man's money until he had him out of debt, which he felt sure he could manage in a year.. The offer was gladly accepted. Then was worked out a method of allowing the young man a oeri-. tain amount each month for necessities the remaining amount to be set aside each month on his debts. The judge went to the various creditors, and each promised to co-operate. In this way the company kept a useful worker: a .young man was able to continue supporting his family; and several firms and individuals were systematically and satisfactorily paid. The- judge admitted, when asked, that the matter had taken a great deal of time. "But," he said, "it was worth, it. That boy simply had not learned to manage. He knows now that he can live well on much less than he thought he could. He has promised to keep out of debt, and is putting money in a savings account.."

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION WHY WAS THE FLAG FLYING Not many answers." Dear me, I wonder wliat happened to all the historical knowledge of my good crew. Well here are the winners: Vera Harrison, Martha Kelly, Audrey Butler. I will let the winner tell .you in 3ier own words why the ensign was at the mast-head last Wednesday week:— 'The Hag was Hying because it was exactlj r 171 years ago since Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand. He was a man loved by the people. His ship was called the Endeavour, and when he reached Poverty Bay it went aground and he had to unload some of his cannon to lighten it. The point near Gisborne was called Young Nick's Head as a young midshipman known as Nick, was the first to see it! (The date of the discovery Avas 1769. P.T.W.) Too late. Nanette Raymond's entry for the week* before about jumbled trees was just n bit too late for judging last week. Try and get your entries in 'by Wednesday, so I can have them in good time. P.T.W.

DAILY ANECDOTE INVESTMENT Sir Arthur Con an Doyle, al a dinner in London, related a conversation which he once had with a 10-dollar-a-week actor who was in the cast" of one of his playsi The young chap laughingly suggested that the two agree to divide their incomes Avith each other for the rest of their lives. Naturally, Sir Arthur refused such a ridiculous offer. He admitted later that he regretted having made the refusal. The 10-dollar-a-iweek j r oungster Avas Charlie Chaplin. PASTIMES A GUESSING GAME Players sit round in a circle and the leader opens the game by de- 4 scribing any place and naming the initial letters of its name. The game is to see how quickly someone can guess the name of the place. As soon as the leader has described the place and named the initial he should begin counting from one lo ten. Now this is the way to keep the score. A player may give the correct ansAA'er when the leader calls "two." In this case, take tAVO from ten and the player scores 8 points, [f the player the correct anSAA'er when the leader calls "seven'-' the score is three points. All kinds of places may be described by leaders of the game. For example, schoolroom, playground, station, park, tennis court, cricket ground, aerodrome, seaside resort, different rooms such as diningroom, billiard room, kitchen, concert halls, theatres, etc. The player giving the correct answer becomes leader, and the player with the highest score AA'ins the game.

A BRAVE QUAII, y While workmen were busy clearing away trees which had been blown down by a gale in the Wairarapa district not long ago they found a hen quail sitting on a nest close by. Although the big stumps of the trees were being blown up by explosives the bird remained sitting on her eggs, and in due course brought out a clutch of quail chicks. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION WORDS BEGINNING WITH 'B' Here is a picture with lots of things in it. Now what I want you to do is to find the number of objects beginning with 'B' in it. Write them all down and send the list into me. The three with the most will receive free picture tickest with my compliments, P.T.W.

THE LONE SCOUTS OF NEW ZEALAND . At the present time 33 lads in the backbloeks of the Auckland Pro-> vince of New Zealand are members of the Auckland Lone Scout troop • which was started several years agoto bring scouting into the lives of lonely lads on distant farms and ini other far-off places. Since then other Lone Scout troops have been formed in New Zealand, and the roll of the Auckland troop has increased by 20 during the past year. The task of directing the scouting activities' 4 of these Lone Scouts is carried on by correspondence under the supervision of a scoutmaster. When the King's Jubilee was being marked by a chain of bonfires lit by the Scouts throughout* New Zealand some of the Lone Scout:? lighted fires on the hills near their homesteads.