THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE "V-FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 303, 9 May 1941, Page 2

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE "V----FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

for the Goodwill Cruise =r PETER mE WHALER yWH ALE ISLAND

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. All aboard for Pitcairn. Yes we are actually not far from there right now. Ln. fact 1 will scut up the fitst mate to the lookout to let us know when he catches the first glimpse of the celebrated islandi. You know that this lonely island was uninhabited for years until a lot of English sailors, who mutinied against their brutal captain,, deciidbul to make it their hoine 1 . They marries! native wives' and it is their descendants who to-day make up the tiny community. Well boys and girls- I think I can show .you something really interesting when we land. "Land ho, ahead" cries the lookout. Sure einough. there is a cloud on the horiizoin. Hi there lend me my telescope. Yes, that's Pit cairn or Boun*3 r Island, as thc|y used to call it. f mind the time when last I visited it, way back in the late nineties. T'heire were about two hundred people therei then, and I am given to understand that there's just about the same number now. You cani see the: shorei now quitci plainly. That little bluff to the north is the headland of Bounty Bay, the only landing place on the island. In that bay, incid'enitally the old ship of the mutineers was sunk in a gale. You can actually see heir outlines in calm weather, even after all these years. Well, no\v lads and lassies, we're near enough now to land, but don't lower the long boat. Wait till the Islanders laurtch their own boats and come out to take us ashora. They are: the finest seamen in the South Seas, and know every rock and reef around the island. Here they coino now. See: hetw well they ca ; n row. As they draw closer you can see that they are all brown and healthy looking. A LITTLE KING'S REQUEST When, a son was born to Napoleon all France was delighted, the people giving the Little King, as he was called,, a golden cradile with a winged figure of Victory over the hood. Thq idol of France, he was a fascinating little fellow, and had everything a heart could wish for. There is a quaint story of a day when. Napolemi took him ' on his famous white horse Marengo for a military review in the Champ Ug Mars. As the child was only three there was some anxieity as ..to whether he might cry when "the 1 trumpets sounded and the drums rolled, but he was as goodi asi gold'. After all the pomp and ceremony .Napoleon asked him what he would like', best as a reward for being so good. It was a wonderful opportunity. If he had: asko;l lor a fortune he might have had it. If he had asked for something, which kings alone can give, would not Napoleon have been able to supply it ? But this little fellow haw had slept in a golden era (Me, made a modest request. Please, he said, mjgtht he go and paddle in thei mud ? THE FIRST WRITING Most experts agree that pictures were the first sort of "writing" thai Man used. Now, in a century noted for its cleverness, he is going back to that simple Avay of making hi« meaning clear. Most civilised countries, use pic-ture-signs by the roadside to warn motorists, and at ports wherei foreigners land it is becoming the fashion to guide strangers in the: saw manner. Nobody faced with pictures of a telegraph post or a trunk or with a large question mark can fail to know that they mark the telegraph office;, the baggage room,, and: the place where information is to besought. SHADOW BUFF A BED-TIME', GAME Here, is a new game for the halfhour before you need go to bed. Hang up a sheet against a wall by using six drawing pins. The. "buff" ait's opposite the middle with a light s behind. The other pass behind, one at a time, wrig

gling and bending their bodies \c, that queer shadows, are thrown o> the sheet. Bu'T will find it hard, tc recognise anyone. When he doo reall the right name l , the, one called is made buff. This is a quieter game than blind man's buff and no one ge'tsi hurt the corners of chairs ami tables. A GOOD TRICK STICK AND BALLOON Have you ever tried, to get a balloon into a tall wastepaper basketor a bucket, by using nothing bui a walking stick? It sounds auiL-. simple, until you come; to do it. You may not touch the balloon with your hands or foet, but vou may hit it, bounce it,, poke it or lift it with the stick—whichever you find least impossible. Any method Is bound; to cause amusement foi the onlookers. But it can be do-no! Again, if you have ever tried. throw ping-pong balls into a shiny pudding basin a few feet away, .-vo that they stay there, yon will know that this, too, is not as easy as h sounds. The members: of your par.U will findi it good: fun to try, anu still better fun to watch. MY MAIL BAG Dear Peter the Whaler, Thank you very much for my certificate which arrived on Saturday.. I am sorry I will not be able to collect the ticket I won last week as I have been home for some weeks with whooping, cough. I am looking forward to be' able to return to school after the term holidays. Yours sincere^, Ailsa Bagley. Sorry to hear that yo,u are so ill. I'm sure you will get better soon if you look after yourself like a good | sailor lass. Best of luck P.T.W. . THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION ONLY ONE ENTRY This was the worst response I Oj 3110 <Q[U(O "P«q JOA3 I3A.\H{ tel'l me what you thought of me. Perhaps you Avere frightened to put it ini writing? However, here it is : Before Peter camei to Whakatane it was a dull town but noiw he has awakened the water sprites which go about making the place guy. If he had not come; what would we have done in the evenings ? As it is we have, his weekly puzzles to work out, his jokes to' laugh at and his" nice weekly stories to read., Peter, as 1 imagine him, is tal'li, dark curly hair, and very handsome with n very kind heart. Stewardess. Sylvia Sims. So 3'ou see someone really thinks I'm alright. Thank you Sylvia and your free picture ticket awaits you at the BEACON. P.T.W. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION WHO NAMED MOUNT EDGECUMBE AND WHY ? Here is something to test your history. What I Avant you to do is to find out Avho gave Mount E!dgecumbe its name, and, Avhy ? That should not be difficult, and the first three correct answers to reach this office AA r i 11 receive free picture: tickets with my best complements. JOKE CORNER Sergeant Major: '"Did you shave thisi morning?'' Kelly: "Yes, sir." Sergeant Major: "Use a glass." Kelly: "Yesi, sir." Sergeant Major: "Well, use a razor next time."