BAY OF PLENTY BEACON

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 06, Issue 100, 20 August 1943, Page 6

BAY OF PLENTY BEACON

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"NY lint Jio, "what ho. ma hearties. Here we are again, happy and bright in spfite of the rain and the cold, t have, had end loss I'un "with Peterkill, my pet penguin lately. He shows no inclination to leave, rac at all and. has made a bed for himself >in a fruit, case near the' stove. He hides there from me sometime.'' for hours and "when 1 call him he bobbs his, funny title head up as much as to .say—l fooled you that time. He still Lakes his swim daily oven in the coldest weather and his thick oily feathers soon (lic'k the drops away and, leave him pecking and preening himself 111 front of the (ire. lie has a much nicer nature than Butinslky the goat and Avhen lie is frightened he cities like a baby. One. day a "wild cat from the basli to the, north of the cave cornered him on the track up from the beach. He started screaming and flapping his flippers at the bad puss's claws. Luckily Butinsky and I' heard the noise and came bounding down just in time, to chase the cat away and rescue the 'little bird. He was very qu'iet for some: hours afterwards and lay in liis box blinking at me. Later on he tumbled out however stretched, had an awful feed of fish and then went back and. slept. OUR STORY OF WHAT ARE YOU MADE? Some years ago Jim, a boy of twelve ' years, saw a marvellous -sight. A man with a little thin blade was sawing through a heavy railway rail. It seemed to him hardly possible, at first thought, that such a little blade could cut through such a heavy piece of. iron. Still, he. could, not doubt it, for within a few seconds he could plainly see that it. was slowly but surely cutting right" through the heavy rail. He was more than interested, he •was curious. So lie asked the man who was doing the work, "How is it that such a thin blade can cut such a heavy rail?" "Oh r that's easy," replied the man, glancing up at Jim, but not stopping his saw. "This blad.c is hard steel and the rail is only soft iron. .It would cut the rail just the same, no matter how thick it Avas." "You mean, then." Jim suggested, "that' the quality of. a thing is more important than its size?" "Yes., that is exactly it," replied the man. "Well," Jim ventured, "was, the blade always so hard? And where did it come from?" "By 110 means was it always as hard as this," was the answer. "It ivas dug out of the mountains just about as this rail was. But it has been put through some hard experiences. It has gone through some i-'cry, very hot fires, where all the soft particles were burned out of it. It was then moulded in this shape and properly tempered, so :liat. now, having gone such 'ires, it is hard., and able to cut its ,vay through this rail." 'Please do not become impatient/' ;aid the boy, "if I ask one more juestion. Does it cost more than j he rail?" "One little blade does not cost is much as this heavy rail," was j :he reply. "But .if this rail were j nade into such blades it would, be vorth many times what it is now rvorth." As Jim Aval'ked on he thought of ;ome. great men of Avhom he bad •ead and who seemed to have been precious as steel blades, instead of jeing just soft, rails. All had. gone .hrough God's hot furnaces. Avliere i'.l dross hail been burned away, caving only the highest quality of character. 'Because of this their inlucnce cut its Avay through the evils if their own day. Jim spoke almost aloud as he bought, "i can be like ihat blade nd become, more valuab e than some oft rail. I shall put all my talents hrough the hot fires until I bring hem to their lrghest degree of rorth and perfection, and thus becme a true and noble servant lor umanily."

TEN POINTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT CIVH. LIFE You cannot bring about prosper llv by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak )y weakening the strong. You cannot help small men b.y tearing down big men. You cannot liclp the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the. wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative! and intlcpendcnce. You cannot help men permanently b3 r doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. —"Land o' Lakes News." RIDDLE POT Sent in by Dale Ussher If England's motherland and German's fathcx-land, what would Greece be? —1/10 a tin. A messenger went to Africa, he was eaten by two blacks. What, was his telephone number?—2Sl (two ate one). JOKES Teacher: A tin of peaches costs (id, a tin of pears for 9(1, a tin of plums, for 4d. and a mug of cream for 3d. Now, Mary, what docs that come to? Mary: A fruit salad,, Miss. m m * 9> Showman: If you catch that tiger shoot him on the spot. "Which spot, sir," gasped the new man. MY MAIL BOX Dear P.T.W., I wish to join and be a member of your club. I enclose 3d in stamps. I remain, Yours truly, Muriel Jensen. (Welcome lass to you, and may you have lots of enjoyment whilst a mcjnber. Your certificate leaves to-day with my Jjcst wishes. P.T.W) LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ , Yes there was a bad mistake alright in last, week's queries, as so aiany of 3011 pointed out. The I'amous painting was of course the Mona Lisa' which everybody should have known something about but unfortunately as you see, the type can do strange things. At any rate tve will not count that as part of the competition and will judge it )nly 011 the proper questions. There vere not nearly so many answers ;his week, so 1 have not had as bad 1 headache as usual. Here was the jui/. and the answers. 1. Capital of Cej'lon—Colombo. 2. Gilbert and Sullivan-—Celebrat-ed English composers of light operas. 3. What, is a matador—One. Avhost luty it is to /kill the bull in a Spansh bull fight. 4. Who wrote Tom Brown's, school lays—Thomas Hughes. 5. Where is; Kiev —main city of tlussian LHkraino. Ci. Who painted, 'Mona Lisa' —■ Leonard da Vinci. 7. Famous violin maker —Antonio 5 trudi various. S. Where Captain Cock was killed—Sandwich Islands (Hawa : ii) . 9. Js 'pumisc' correct —No pumice. 10. Who was famous British hi 111 ;Lur killed recently—Leslie Howard. / 11. What is a person from Isle )f Man —A Manxman. 12. What does L.R.D.G. mean—' .jong Range Desert Group. j Now strange as it may seem there j