THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 74, 19 May 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. Well Ave certainly have had lovelyweather this week haven't Ave. Peter'kin, and Butinsky and I have had a Avonderful time fishing and chasing goats over here. I suppose all you sailors have been having quite a feAv ducks over on the mainland. I heard some shots and saAV peA r eral ducks go doAvn the other day through my diamond studded telescope but F don't knoAV who got them. I didn't the man, although my telescope Avas powerful enough to see that he had a button missing off the sleeve of his coat and no heel plate on his right boot. Well I'd better set a straight course and get on Avith the rest of the page-as there is quite a lot to put in it this Aveek. See you all again soon. P.T.W. THANKS TO ROBIN There Avas once a small boy called Robin Avho Avas ten years old and lived in a big city. As they were very poor the house in which they \A r as A'ery small and rented. His father worked and even Avith the wages he did earn they Avere still poor as his wages went to pay for food, clothing and rent. One. day when he. Avas at Avork Mr Smith (Robin's father) caught a bad cold, but foolishly did not tell his Avife, and as the days Avent by he was forced to' stay home from his Avork, and go to bed Avith a bad attack of influenza. He grcAV Avorse next day and Mrs Smith anxiously sent Robin for a doctor, Avho came and said that Mr Smith must go to the seaside for three months after he had recovered. When the doctor had gone Mrs Smith burst into tears and told Robin she Avished they could afford to go to the seaside, but Robin Avho Avas a kind-hearted lad, told his mother not to worry as' he would find some work and earn some money. Next day he Avent along a dusty road, tii> ed and hungry. As he Avalked along his sharp ears caught the sound of a horse approaching him, and looking up he saAV that the horse Avas

pulling behind it. a small carriage Which contained a small child very pale and sick Avith fear. Just as the horse Avas about to pass him he sprang foi'AA r ard and caught the reins of the, horse, which,ran on a little Avay dragging him Avith it, then it stood still. He recognised the child

&£> jjfMMr wealthy man who lived in the neighbourhood. He quickly climbed in by the child and turned the horse around trotted /quietly in the direction from which it had come... Mr and Mrs Forbes praised him and invited him in to have a meal with them. He accepted the invitation with eagerness. While they at their meal Robin told them of his troubles and after the meal departed, but not before answering Mrs Forbes question of, "Where do you live?" Next day a.letter came, addressed to a Master Robin Smith, and when he opened it out fell £100 and a note from Mrs Forbes thanking him for saving his daughter. A week later the smiling, happy Smith's set out for their holiday and Mrs Smith said, "Thanks to Robin." Robin." By Catherine Wardlaw. MY MAIL BOX Dear P.T.W., Would ynu forward my jMrtne to the Forest and Bird Protection Society again- because I have only received two copies, and some of my friends have received more. Yours- sincerely, Olive Hunter. (Don't know what coukl have happened to your magazine at all Olive., but I'll write and find out. P.T.W) . Dear Peter the Whaler, • 1 think E like peoms arid jumbled words competitions best. How ol'ten does the Forest and Bird Magazine come as 1 have not received one. yet? Yours truly, Catherine Wardlaw. (The magazine is supposed to come once a month Catherine, but I'll give them a reminder about your name. They may have overlooked it as they have so many people to send the Forest and Bird Magazine to. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, Please may I join the club. I am sending in an entry for this week's competition. Yours sincerely, Joan Mar I. in. Certainly, step aboard Joan. Your entry arrived a' iit tic too !aU> fo 1 the last competition but try a.iair in this' week's and you may be luci-'y and land a Don , ■ ."end 3d for your ccr'i/scai P.T.W.)

•Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

- PETER THE WHALER - -of WHALE JSLAND

I Dear Peter the Whaler, Would you please send me the Forest and Bird Magazine please? Yours sincerely, Stewardess Isobel Grant. (Certainly Isobel, I'll send your name in right away. P.T.W.) Dear Peter, Often when reading the G.E.L. I have thought of joining it. I like working some of the competitions, and thinking That it would be good to try and win a free picture ticket, I decided to join. I enclose a threepenny stamp for my certificate. Could I have the Forest and Bird magazine. I think I shall like it. Yours faithfully, John, Carter. (Step aboard John, we're glad to have you. I will send in your name for the Forest and Bird magazine, and your certificate will be sent soon. P.T.W.) Dear P.T.W., I saw in the last Beacon where you wanted some of us to write to the sailors in Palmerston North. Well I would like a girl pen friend of about 11 or 12. . I received the Forest and Bird magazines and I want to' thank you for them. Yours truly, Olwyn Loomes. (Glad y#u received the Forest and Bird magazine Olwyn. I think Pauline Brill would like you to write to her. Her address is 78", "Rongopai Street, Palmerston North. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, I have a cot and his name is Ginger, and he scratches and bites: He had no home to go to so he came here and we fed him and looked after him and he has stopped here since. Yours sincercl}^ Cedric Charles Revere. (Glad to have you with us Cedric. Don't forget to send the 3d along and I'll send your certificate as soon as possible. It was kind of you to give Ginger a home. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, Please would you send me Forest and Bird magazine. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Midshipmaid R. Whitely. (Right lass, I'll send in your name for the magazine. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, I would like to join, your Good Endeavour League. I am 10 years of age and I am, in Std 4. I broke my arm six weeks ago and I haven't been able to write at school. . I would like to have the Forest and Bird magazine. I enclose threepence in stamps. Yours sincerely, Margaret Shaw. (Come aboard lass. We're always glad to have a new shipmate. I'll send off your certificate just as soon as I get a fresh supply in. I hope your arm is better now. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, I did not write for the other competition because I was having a holiday with my sister and when I came back I could not find the Beacon. Anyway I am glad I could write this time. Yours sincerely, Olive Wharton. (Always glad to get a letter from you Olive. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, I wonder if you have had many ducks this last week. There have been a large number of shots at the back of our place and a good few ducks too. You did not say how many words we had to have in our story so I hope mine isn't too long. 1 hope it isn't going to rain to-day because I want to go riding. Yours sincerely, Kathleen Adams. (Yours was a very good story Kathleen, one of the best in fact. P.T.W.) LATE ARRIVALS CLUB Well well, there were three of you in the late arrivals club last week. They were Konu Seven Turei, Nola Rust and Margaret. McDonald. Its rather a pity you three didn't manage to get your letters in earlier, as they were three of the best answers sent in and would probably have won tickets. Konu's entry was one of the neatest too. You shipmates will have to see if you can't get your answers in a bit earlier as I don't like to see good tickets' going to waste. P.T.W. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Your stories were all so good that d'dn't quite know what to> do so

I. gave an extra ticket, ate another bottle of aspirins, and decided to print all your stories when I get enough space. Anyway here are this this week's winners:—Olive Wharton Barbara Wallace Isobel Grant Olive Hunter Catherine Wardlaw ■i , M NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION JUMBLED FISHES Now here's a list of jumbled fishes. Untangle the names and send your answers in to me c/o the Beacoto Office/. IWAKAHA RSHGPAPEN RFODUELN I WTEH TBI A GNTTSI YRA LTLUME AUNT * AHKUPA KASRH FKIHGINS GIHRERN