THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 25, 19 November 1943, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

\Vh*! 1 ho. wind ho, ma hearties, flow are you all feeling this week.1J rand growing wealher is it not. !)n y'on know my inland I^;■■ niwas jr.vaclcvJ Mjy a ho;>t of noisy Maosis last week-end. It look me ail my time to keep my two pels from jumping into the sea an:l .swimming n.'V lo the Hun max. They It'll me that. they had a great season (the Maoris i mean) and that they just about took all the young muttonbirds o!T Ihe island, it's a pity the poor birds don't lake 'a tumble' and go and roosl on another island where they eotild lay their eggs and hatch out their chicks in pence. Anyhow I'm glad, its all over and ! can sit back and enjoy my island peaee once more. Ihilinsky and IVterkin are beginning to settle down again and start their old pranks once more. Must clo.se now and open up my mail bag. See you all next week. OUR STORY THE TWO CI I "IS Uy the side of Ihe roadway sal n weary old woman who had wandered from her- cheerless garret to gather fuel, but the falling snow made her task impossible. Soon a traveller passed by. lie looked upon her pityingly., but. though his, heart told him he ought lo help her, yet he passed on without troubling lo do so. .Before long there came a carriage,, wherein sat a rich man. Emboldened by cold and hunger, the old woman held out her hand for help. The rich man took a coin from his pocket and was' about to give it to her when he noticed it was a gold one. "Dear me, that is far too much." he said, but before he could return it lo his pocket.il fell through Jiis fingers into the snow. C nidging so great a gift, he ordered the coachman to -drive on, while, the poor' woman tried lo lind the coin. Her fingers grew numb with the cold, yet she struggled on. Meantime each of Ihe two travellers had readied his home, where a hot meal was prepared. As the rich man ate his till he thought .still about the gold coin, and Avlshed he could have taken it back in lime(. The other traveller sat down to his supper, but his heart would not lei him rest. Leaving his meal untouched, lie called his servant and said: "1 will return soon with a guest.' 5 With lliat he went out. and hurried lo the place, where he had seen the old woman. She was still searching for the lost coin. '"Come with me," said he kindly, "supper is prepared for you." Scarcely believing her ears, she looked up at him. and as he helped lie.r faltering steps the path both felt the joy that conies when a friendly deed is done. Such joy did not. enler Ihe rich man's heart, I for therein was no room for aughl but self.

RIDDLE POT

When is ;i donkey leaning over a I'nu'i' like- a penny?-—When Jiis head is on one side and his tail on tin* ol he r. When is a .ship mil on water? .When its on lire. What has onJy one loot? —A leg. What is the diHeienee between a boy and a tired dog? Tlu: boy wears trousers and the dog pants. Why is a mateh ill-used? Because it is always struck. What does hall' a cabbage remind you oJ? —The other hall'. What do 5 dogs, 1 cat*. :> goat's, '* donkeys make? A noise. JOKE CORNER Prickles: Why are you crying, Teddy Tortoise? Teddy; Mother to!d me to run home for the present, there was no present. Teacher: Cve nu a definition of drawing, John. John (afUr a pause): Drawing i thinking, and then marking round the think.

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I ft lor the Goodwill CruiseH

PETES VAE WHALER- l I of WHALE . ISLAND 8

MY MAIL BOX Dear Peter the. Whaler, Wouid. you Ik? able to arrange for tiie tickets !. win to be used at Tanealu;i. and would you mind sending my tickets up to me. ! migln be able to !io '!i: 1 11 . My .Forest and iii r-1 magn/.ine Ims not conic yet. Three other I know who belong have lint theirs so I was wondering when mine would come. I knew last week's coiu'pctition but !elt it tiil too late so that's why i wasn L in it. Yours sincerely,, x Xoel Prince. (Fin al'raid the Taneatua pictures wii! not admit you on the tickets shipmate, because the arrangement is made with the pictures which are advertising. Sony lad. Now about Ihe Forest and Bird magazine, some of the names went in earlier others, but you will geL yours alright. Hard luck about missing last week's competition. Better tuck next time P. T . \V.) . Dear Peter the Whaler, I would like to join the Good hndeavour League. I am 12 years of age. 1 would not he able to come, in to the pictures but would like to do your competitions. I: would like the Forest and Bird magazine, please. I enclose Hd. in stamps. Yours sincerely. Lorna Mear. (Welcome lass, of course, you can join. Fin sorry you cannot come to the pictures but you will probably have lots of fun all the same. Your certificate leaves to-day. All the best P.T.W.) Cherry Ward and Olwyn Loonies. Your entries were just too late for last week's judging. Send, thein a little earlier shipmates and 1 Avish you the best of luck. Work on them during the week-end. F.T. \Y.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION TilK MISSINC. VOWKL Well hy my lAioiit aunt Matilda's Sunday bonnet, L do declare that you art' oven cleverer than T thought. Quite a number of you managed to get it correct though as Linen Stewardess Barbara Wallace says —She had to rush for the aspirins after she had worked it out. The missing vowel was "i" and here was the answer:— idling L sit in this mild twilight dim. Whilst birds in wild swift vigil circling skim. Nice poetry isn't it when you know how to lind it. Now some of you were perfectly correct and some were; pretty nearly. The ones 'pt-r----fectly correct of course get free, pic-j ture tickets with my best.silver plated compliments and they are Barbara Wallace Charlie Pettit (signed your name this time shipihate) Gale Ha'inill Diana Cockburn Congrats to you four. Call and collect your tickets, which the Kditor says are brand new this time. The others who just missed were Dawn Thompson. Noel I'rince and Warren Kirk and Judith Hansen IJettcr luck next time shipmates. j NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION | THY AN A.YACIiAM

Now an anagram is a group of words that, can be changed, into one word by juggling the letters a bit. Now the original words also give a clue as to what the final Avord will be. For instance: "No More Stars' becomes the word 'Astronomers.' Now here are a few for my shipmates to work out. Just think hard and you will lind the. solution:— (0 Oil about me. (2) A grim era. (y) I*ito my arm. (4) I can hem. (5) There we sal. Free picture tickets to the three best answers with m3 r compliments P.T.W.

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