THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 8, 15 September 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

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What ho' wliat ma hearties. Well I think I liavo a little more space now so I will he able to tell you some more ol' Od Saltwater's. adventurcs Avhile. on his trip to Africa. Most of what Old Saltwater says you can take with a grain of salt as he's inclined to stretch thing's a little but [' have a fair idea how much of it is fact and how much is fiction. Well I think I liad got to the part where Old Saltwater's ship the "Oh-Ha-Ha," was dipping gently along the Equator with a German submarine in tow. They had not gone very far when they sighted a funny little, ship on the horizon which appeared to be sinking at a fast rate (the ship was I mean not the horizon) . As it approached closer they Avere amazed to see that it was a Chinese, junk and packed full Avith Chinese Pirates. The pirates Avere all leaning oA'er the side hold-

ing a Persian carpet over n large hole "which had been pushed in the bows. It appeared that they had been sailing along at a steady rate of a knot or two and not looking where the3 T were going (this was in the middle of tlie, night) when they had suddenhr run smack into the Tropic of Cancer and so badly dented their bows- that they had had to hold a carpet over it ever since to keep the water out. When the junk reached the "Oh-Ha-Ha" the Chinese captain jumped aboard and started talking as one would expect in Chinese. Now Old Saltwater can speak Chinese like nothing on earth so lie was immediately called up to the bridge to translate. It appeared that the captain wanted the submarine in placc of the and was

quite prepared to buy it. Old Saltwater's captain thought that was a good idea too and after a lot o!' hard bargaining the deal was done. The sub had been swopped for the leaky two pairs of Chinese pyjamas., the, water-logged Persian carpet a bent a pair of tennis balls and a half share in a Chinese'night club in Hongkong. The pirates, sailed away in the submarine and were

soon out of sight. It was. not till then that the "Oh-Ha-Ha's" captain found how he had been swindled. Tlie junk sunk, the water-logged Persian carpet fell apart, there were no buttons on the pyjamas, the bent cutlass broke, the tennis balls wouldn't bounce and the night club had been taken over by fllb Japanese four years before." The captain ot the '"Oh-Ha-Ha" was furious, but there was not. much he could do about it then so the sub was written off as a deacl loss. Well T think I have overrun my space a bit so I had better say cheerio for this week. P.T.W.

PETER THE WHALER of WHALE ISLAND

MY MAIL BOX Dear Peter the Whaler Alter your competition this week here is a poser for you to try. ■ Yours sincerely, Sonia Martin. (I am afraid you will have to send the answer in Sonia. It is too hard altogether. I have lost about 48 hours sleep over it already } while Old Saltwater (he was over here the other day) nearly went mad and ju&t about jumped over a c]ill. Wo will have no peace, over here until you send the answer in. By the way Butinsky thinks we are a pair of silly goats to spend so much time over it but you know how these things get you. P.T.W.) Dear P.T.W., I received my Forest, and Bird magazines and think they are very interesting. £ enclose my 2/(j for this year. Yours truly t Sally Herd man. (Thank you very much for the postal note Sally but the l magazine does not cost, you anything. Old Saltwater takes care of that side of it. If you call into the Beacon Office you can collect your postal note. P.T.W.) SIGNED ON The following new hands have been safely signed on: Keith Gardner Pat Kempton * Vernon Martin, Ken Parker and E. Kenworthy. (1 don't know whether the 'E' stands for Eric

or not but it looks as. if it might. I think you must have forgotten to enclose tile 3d in .stamps as they did not arrive, here. As soon as they do I will post your official certificate to you. P.T.W.) FOREST AND BIRD MAGAZINES The following sailors, have asked for Forest and Bird magazines: June Pat Kay MacDonald ? Vernon Martin ? Kathleen Kemvorthy ami Ken Parker. The, magazine does, not cost you anything Kay. Old Saltwater has charge of it and he will sec that you get one safely. P.T.W.) P.N. CORNER Well how are all you sailors down in Palmerston North after the school holidays? Feeling very well and fit I suppose. You should be able to work at school much better now after two weeks vacation. Judging by the number and volume of your letters you are in fine Avriting form too. First, of all Ave have a new member. Welcome aboard June, we are very glad to have you sailing with us,. Congratulations on winning a ticket this Aveek. Your certificate has been posted to you and you should have received it by now. A cow can be extremely troublesome at times Don. Glad to hear your's did not get away from von altogether. Glad to hear you had a good holiday Peter. Thanks for the tip-oil' about the curtains. I Avill remember it. You sound as if you had a good holiday also Judy. Personally I think black sheep look so much better than Avhitc. You cer-

tainly must liavc had a lot ol" fun at. the farm John. £ liopc all the clucks hatch safely. I trust your birthday party will be a success Lynette,. Perhaps you had better invite one more person, as some people say that 13 is unlucky. And now last but not' least we have another new hand signed on. She i.'i Gwen Boyle. Step aboard Gwen and congratulations on Avinning a ticket. This seems to be the new sailors' lucky day. This week's Palmerston North winners are June Skoglund,. Gwen Boy.'e and Meg Skoglund. Congratulations you three. This: week certainly seems to be one for the lassies so you saiJor bovs sec if you can't make it one for.yourselves next. week. P.T.W.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Well last week's competition must have been harder than I thought. I received a whole swag of entries but only a few of them were correct. This weeks winners are:— Kathleen Kenworthy June Gardner Sally H&rdman Colleen Rogers Congratulations you four. The correct, answer was: "Captain Forbes marched his forces to the Wes.t Indies. He is still there. Signed Archibald." Now come on sailors try again in this week's competition and you may be lucky. P.T.W. THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION Now here is a competition, that will really make you think. This one was sent in by a Stewardess from Palmerston and is a real brain teaser. Below ar e printed the jumbled names ol: twelve countries. Sort them out and send your answers in to P.T.W. c/o the Beacon Office. Four free tickets await the, senders of the four neatest correct answers. P.T.W-. DELA N N G CAIA M R E ADI I N CAH N I NJA P A FAI C A R S TAUAILSR LOGS T J> A N ERVD L N A XOE C M I Z L I B A 11 DAN C A A