THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 32, 10 December 1943, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

What ho. what ho. ma hearties. Lovely line weather and the sea a sparkling blue—God's in his heaven, all's avcll with the Avorld.' That's how 1 feel and the pity of it is thai the Editor,, that ill tempered chap, .say there's not enough space this week to give you the usual talk. He's not much catch is' lie. Well I suppose I'll just have to knuckle down and make up lor it next week. Cheerio till then. All the best P.T.W.

OLD SALTWATER AGAIN ANOTHER TWENTY SUBS Dear Peter the Whaler, li am glad to see so man}' of those fine little girl members ol' your League, want the Forest and Bird but what about the boys. 1. have never seen, little girls using shanghais or 8.8. guns to pop oil' our leathered friends but you know what little boys arc so what can we do to get them interested ill our birds. There are very few boys who do not learn to love birds if they get the opportunity to study them. All seamen love birds and will go to no end of, trouble to succour distressed ones that alight on their ships. Carry on Petei\, plenty more subs available. OLD SALTWATER. Catch the message of thanks that I signal to you! from the League for your wonderful Christmas gift. As you see. the applications are thick and fast I will work on the 'boy' question too when I'm permitted greater space. This handclasp represents jusft one hundred and thirty-five boys and girls. Many many thanks P.T.W. MY MAIL BOX Mklshipmaids Dovec.n Marx and Dale Ussher both want to rcceive the Forest and Bird Magazine. You shall get it. ma hearties. Your names have both been sent forward. All the best P.T.W.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION HrD DEN FJA)WERS Mow Hi is was a jolly good competition and must have given you a bit ol' brain-I'ag. Gaie Plamill sent in the most outstanding reply and L congratulate her. The correct .solution read like this: — Poor DAISY hail always been a \ V A LLP LOWER until she met SYVEKT WILL lAIN I but tlu-v were parted by AXKMOXE (an enemy), and Tor weeks she wandered about like. LOVK-LX-TIiK-MIST and nothing could give her HEARTS LASK. One day the SWKKT SULTAX came, to visit Scotland and. they met in the HLATHKR so the. wedding was fixed lor MAY. "When people ASTOR why .she accepted him she answered COSMA made me MARIGOLD (marry gold). She ROSE early oil her wedding day to take STOGK of the presents. Her dress Avas M.IGXONETTE, her hat a ROSK RUI) and she. carried LILIKS. The bridesmaids wore PiyXKS, her mother LAYEXDEII and the breakfast consisted ehiey ol' EGG and RAGOX. Their joy was like EUSGIIIA.

Free picture tiekel.s 540 lo Gaie Ham ill Diana Cockburu Warren Kirk Congrats, call and col led. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITTON JHHTHDAV PUZZLE Arrange the. 'jumbled letters to form words, then take one letter from each in order to solve the puzzle. To-day I have a birthday, And oil! I'm fooling great! I'or such a lot of tilings I've found Around my breakfast p'ate. A box of IXSP j"mm Hetty, Some. EESLNDE from cousin

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Clwen. A roll oi' KA PT from lSelly, A NI'DO'JvIj from little Ben; A THEMTLB came from Grannie,, and Auntie sent some HRDETA^ Some 'GLOW from dear old Nan n 3'j Some. TOTNCOS from Unclu Fred; From Dad a pair of RSIiOSSSG, 111 a crimson velvet case; From Mum a lovely KORWOXB To- keep my thinks in place. I've told you all my presents', Now, can you do the rest? That is to find out what it is That T like doing best. Re-write the above with the corr rect words in 'the place of the jumbled letters, and send it ; in to Peter the Whaler. The first three correct answers to reach me will Avin free picture tickets with my best compliments., P.T.AV.