MY MAIL BOX

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 5, 10 September 1943, Page 6

MY MAIL BOX

Dear Peter the Whaler, I want you to congratulate Mr Editor on the numerous quotations from that wonderful little magazine Forest and Bird that appeared in Tuesday's paper. Now avc old fellows get just as much pleasure out ot Peter the Whaler as the young ones and have to scratch our heads toi answer some of the questions too, so here's an offer to 3'our bright shipmates,, in return for the pleasure Ii gel from your column. I enclose a cheque to cover 20 subscriptions so that any of your crew that would like to get the Forest and. J3i-rd magazine by post every third month can join up aiid learn to love our birds and forests. If more than 21) turn up Peter don't turn any down but let me know. Yours ever, OLD SALTWATER. Well ijow, if that's not the nicest letter I've ever received and the complete surprise makes it even more so. Now its up to you 111 a hearties, to take i'ull advantage cf this wonderful offer and learn all about our native birds and our glorious New Zealand forests. Send your names into me. and in thanking "O-d Saltwater" from my heart, [ will do my share by forwarding on your names to the publishers and see to i>t that the magazine reai'hc'S you. Once again, old shipmate my hand in appreciation. P-T.W. Dear Peter the Whaler, 1 would lii.e to join th<' (.'.ood j'.n.icavour League. .1 can't join any companions because 1 can't post any of my letters before Monti;::/. 'We. do i;\>l get our paper lilt Satur-

day night. Would Hie. picture Lic•kcts admit me to Ma tat a pictures, as we are about 20 miles from Whakatane. Yours faithfully,, Graham Conn. Pikowai Well, now lad thai just too bad, you living so l'ar ouf 1 can't promise to be able to make anv separate. arrangements about, the? picture tickets at Ma lata,, because you see its a different management, but I'll Iry. At any rate try entering for the competitions and I think if you post your letters, on Monday you ought .still to be in time lor the judging. All the best. P.T.W.