"RUAPEHU TIMES"

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 93, 27 July 1943, Page 6

"RUAPEHU TIMES"

PUBLISHED ON SHIPBOARD

We have been handed a copy ol' the 'Ruapehu Times' a one-page news-sheet which was published on shipboard as the boys from the Middle East made the. long and uneventful voyage to their homeland. The Times bears a central cartoon by Peter Miclntj-re, the well known war artist and many bright pieces of information which 110 doubt helped to wile away a weary hour or two. Cyril Maude an artist of whom the Dominion will no doubt hear something of in the near future has contributed .some clever comics strips, our favourite, being the homecoming" of the Kiwis and the greeting on the wharves. A typical paragraph reads: "Almost before the ink is dry upon this issue we find that we who have been so closely linked Avill find ourselves spread far and wide over New Zealand. Though it will be a joyful parting for it brings us back t;o those Avho have long waited fox us, there will be the pang of breaking an association which has lasted for three years. We have faced good times and bad, and wo know the joy of working as a team. Sometimes the going has been tough, but not a single one of us regrets that he, or she, joined up in 1939 or 194.1. There is still work to do, and we are ready. Wo are not tired soldiers. Finally we bid good-bye to our Dutch shipmates. They have been good shipmates and good comrades. May they with us sec speedy victory and—home." '

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all you hear about those foreign ears." "They should have bought an average," said little Mary. "What kind of a car is an average?" pa asked. "I read about a man who did five hundred miles a day on an average," said little' Mary. "Well, a mile went farther in those days," pa said. "I wish Ave had a car,," said ma. "I can get in debt fast, enough without using machinery," pa replied "My uncle used to raise ears on his farm," ma said. "Wha'd'yc mean—raise cars?" the family exclaimed in unison.

"lie had a truck farm." me said. "But lie had to sell it. He couldn't make it pay." "Why not?" little Mary asked. "Oil account, of the leeks." said ma. "II was brought up on a farm, 5 ' .said pa. "When I was a boy I used to help pa snip the parsnips. One day he was hit -by a tomato and it killed him." "How coukl, that kill him?" little. Mary asked. "The fellow who threw it forgot to remove the can." pa said. "I'd like a job on a sugar plantation," said Johnny. "That's the lile.' "Whatever gave you such an idea?" me asked. "They're always raising cane." said Johnny. "My uncle, made quite a fortune raising tilings," pa said. "What did he raise?" Mary asked. "He used to raise cheques," said pa. "What did he raise them on?" said Johnny. "On tlie slightest provation." pa replied. "When lie died, they found he had put over a million dollars in his sale-deposit box." "He was generous to a vault," said Johnny. "Did lie leave a ■will?" "Yes," said pa, "hut there was a lot of trouble, over it. He had signed some other fellow's name to it." "Didn't you get any of his money?" little Mary asked. "No.' said pa. "lie left his estate to endow a chair of penmanship in the State penitentiary. He said he wanted to help the young men to l'orge ahead." "He must have been a bright man." said little Mary. "He, was." pa replied. "He. was a Phi Bet Copper man. He had more degrees than in a thei nionictn. "My uncle had a lot of degrees, too," said ma. -.Burglary in the third degree, robbery in the liist degree:, assault in the second device -When do we out?" pa exclaimed. "jL'ni so hungry 1 could eat a horse. "Lets hurry with dinner/ sai< Ma .Billings. 'Then we can turn 01 the radio. Maybe we'll hear soin good jokes."

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