THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 117, 16 June 1941, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

What ho, what h®, ma hearties. Settled in at last, and already feeling more at home. Yes, that's me. Peter the Whaler speaking from hi? remodelled home on Whale Island. You'd never recognise the place now. I have a new fire place, in the right hand corner of the cave. There is o special walnut wardrobe which I picked up cheap in New York, when we were there. There is a fine mahogany dining suite from Bombay, mats and rugs from Palestine and Persia, and hangings round the walls from the Islands of the South Seas and the West Indies. Yes I can tell all my visitors stories about everything in the cave. Even Butinsky has a carved kennel Avhich I was presented with by the North American Indians. Aye, it's good to, travel around a bit and pick up one or two things. I wonder when- we'll all go again.. I don't expect it will be till after this; silly Avar. There's too much hate and trouble on tlie high seas to be safe. No Ave'll wait till its all oA r er, and in the mean-1 Avhilc old Peter will take you all on some interesting excursions around your own country. After all we know that its the most beautiful in the Avorld, don't Ave ? Yours till next Aveek, Peter the Whaler.

A DIFFICULT TASK Here is a good trick that always causes fun. Ask someone to stand straight up and then cross his legs above Ihf* knees. Now place a chair behind him and ask him to sit down without uncrossing his legs and without moving his feet from the ground. It he keeps his feet quite still in thn same position as they were when ho crossed his legs he will probably b\? unable to sit down at all. If the knees are crossed below the knees, though, it will be found quite, easy to sit down without moving tlr.< feet.

HOW AFRICA GOT ITS NAME The name Africa is made up of two words. One is Phoenician, afri, meaning a black man, and the othev is the Sanskrit ca, meaning country, so that Africa really moans country of the black man. SOME SECRETS OF SUCCESS Listen to the sayings of some common things :— "Be up-to-date," said the Calendar, "Push," said the Button. "Take pains," said the Window. "Never be led," said the* Pencil. "Make light of everything," said the Fire. "Be sharp in all your dealings," said the Knife. "When you find a good; tiling, stick to it," said the Clue. "Strive to make a good impres-. sion," said the Seal.

IF YOU CANT READ The following notice was to ho seen in a Herefordshire village some years ago: "'John Jones, tailor and butcher, three miles up this road. If you can't read this ask at the blacksmith's." SECRET CODE i Hero is a good way to make a code for your club. Write out the alphabet down the page, then write another one up the page, so that A somes level with Z. Noav all you have to do when writing a message is to use the letter opposite to the one which you require. QUITE TRUE Why is: bubble like a bruise? You tell me that you do not know? But you can guess it if you choose. Because they both come from a blow!

p— w/ PETER THE WHALER of WHALE ISLAND

NEW MEMBER Bernadette McLaren's certificate leaves to-day. If you don't receive it ma beartie, let me know at once and I'll shoot the postman. P.T.W. Chief Stoker Desmond Brockett wants to know Avhen he's to lay in another store of coal, as his sea legs arc getting impatient- again, and lie wants to get up more steam. Well, lad, just rest awhile in port and J promise yon >vo will all be off again soon, visiting interesting lands and seeing new people. Peter the Whaler. ABSENT-MINDED The wife of the professor asked him how he remembered that he had forgotten his umbrella. "I missed it," said he, "when I raised my hand to close it after the rain hat! stopped."

AN OLD LADY IN KENT They have lost an old lady in Kent Whose nose was remarkably bent, And the neighbours suppose That she followed her nose, For they cannot find which way she went. THE FARMER'S LAMENT The farmer leads no EG life, The CD grows may rot, And when at EV rest from strife His bones all Alv lot. THE CATCH There was a young rascal of Mold Who never did what he was told. He borrowed Pa's rod, And went fishing for cod, But all that he caught was a cold. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION TWENTY-FIVE' ANSWERS I think I got the worst headache I've ever had, tiying to judge last week's competition. There were 25 answers. And Avhat do you think— seventeen of them were right! Well, the manager of the theatre says 1 can only give three free tickets, so I must ask you all to be good sports: and abide bjr my decision. I-lere are the winnersr—-judged this time on neatness and correct spelling as well as giving the correct solution : Pat Comtskey, Ken Gibbons, Barbara Wallace, Phillip Moore, Noeline White. In this competition I am afraid I made several mistakes, but I noticed that most of' you picked them, and I did not include those words when making up my marks. .Several win entered arc not yet members. Don': forget that you must pay in 3d before you become a member, and then you get nice certificate" with my photograph or it. After that you oan enter for all the competitions you like.

THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION Now put on your thinking caps, mjr good sailormen, and look closely at yourselves in the mirror, because you will find the answer to this week's competition on your body. Below is the list of clues. For instance, the answer to a sticky substance is: found in your mouth-gum. Now go ahead and the first three that are correct will receive free picture tickets. 1. A tropical fruit. 2. A carpenter uses these. 3. When marching soldiers have to keep ? 4. A baby four-legged animal. 5. A Scholar. 6. Part of a j'ard (measurement).