THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 10, 22 September 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE Y OUNG READERS ONLY

What ho, what ho, ma lieartics. i Well it was certainly a .surprise to .see I'rost on the ground this lust week wasn't, it. 1. thought they had all finished for this winter, but apparently they haven't quite deserted us yet. Well I suppose you want to hear what happened to Old Saltwater when he arrived in Africa. I think I had just reached the part where the crew of the "Oh-Ha-Ha had been swindled out of their submarine. As there was . nothing they could do about it they just sailed on gnashing the.il* gums with rage and gurgling throatily. At lust they came to the Indian Ocean. They passed the customs all right and after -crossing the border they exchanged their hats for turbans in order that they should feel more at home in the Indian Ocean. Suddenly the captain made a tragic discovery. In a moment of forgetfulness he had dropped all his. navigational Instruments over the side l? and they had no way whatsoever of knowing in which direction they were going. Accordingly they sailed round in circles for several weeks then suddenly all the crew noticed a very strange smell in the something like a cross between rotten apples and washing hanging on the line. They knew it must be a port so they steamed in that direction and not many minutes later sailed majestically into Durban. Of course Old Saltwater having the keenest nose was standing on the bowsprit giving the directions which way to &te,er. They pulled into the wharf without damaging it very much, j and immediately all the crew rush' ed off to the nearest milk bar to quench their violent thirsts with the milk shakes and soft drinks which had been denied them for so long. After downing several the crew rushed back to the ship again t to find that the wharfees had work' ed so swiftly and so energetically that the "Oli-Ha-Ha" was unloaded f loaded again and ready for sailing. Of course this made the captain and crew quite furious as they had anticipated a nice long holiday in Africa but apparently it was not to be' so tliey all piled on board qnd made ready to sail for home. Well more about this next. week. I' must say cheerio for this Aveek as I have such a huge mail to get through that if I don't I will be. here all night. P.T.W.

PALMERSTON NORTH CORNER Well well and how are all you sailor lads and lassies' down in Palmers,ton North getting on. Quit« Well I hope. of all we have two new members to welcome, aboard. They are lan Hill-Motion and Peter Newdick. Step right up sailors and jpin the crew. We're very glad to have you with us. As we already have one Peter, that is; Peter Joncs f F thing I will have to call you Pete bo you will know which one I am talking to. Righto, Pete it is from now on. Your certificates w T ill be posted and should reach you shortly. Going to the dentist, is not my idea of a happy holiday either Judith but still most of them have to ,y be cruel to be kind (I've always thought that was rather a silly sort of saying myself but still it seems to lit). Your competition is certainly a teaser Pauline. I'm glad you sent the answer with it. Hope your head will soon be better Trevor, Still if a stone will cut it it shows that you're not wooden headed doesn't it. I hope you enjoyed yourself in Wellington John. Three days in a city is, usually quite i't-in if you don't live there. I hope you will soon be properly better from your cold Selwyn. Glad to get your letter too and hear about your piano Gwenyth. Butinsky knows* that if my chair were to suddenly break lie would get sat on but i(t is his favourite possie so he doesn't »e,em to mind taking the risk. I must listen in to you, on the 23rd. Meg if my wireless is back from the repair shop. Your picture of Hitler about to lie shot was certainly intriguing Don. I certainly would like to come and visit school some day but I am getting a bit old to travel that far now unless it isby sea, and Palmerston North is not a port is it. However, I may get •one of my younger friends to drop in and remember me to you some time when one of them is down your way. Tliank you for your le,tiers too

board for the Goodwill Cruise

3t— t*/ PETER THE WHALER 5/ WHALE JSLAND

Lyncttc and John. Sorry to hear you are having such bad weather down in Palmerston just now. Now lor the competition. Believe it or not not one of them was strictly correct so I can only award one ticket to the neatest most.#nearly correct one. This was sent in by Selwyn Stimpson. Congratulations Selwyn. Miss Whiteside will give you your ticket on my behalf. P.T.W.

SIGNED ON The following new hands have been signed on: Barbara Brabant, Pamela Fraser Peter Loomes. Barbara Breckon Janet Hill Margaret « <y • ° Bluett Alison Wigmore, and Marilyn Archer. Welcome aboard sailors your certificates will be posted. P.T.W.

FOREST AND BIRD MAGAZINES The- following members have rcquested Bird and Bird Magazines:— Barbara Brabant, Konu Seven T'urei Margaret Conn Janet Hill. Your reC=> , quests have been handed on to Old Saltwater who will deal with them personally. P.T.W.

MY MAIL BOX Dear P.T.W., I like puzzles Avitli jumbled animals. I have some of these and will send them in to you if you like. Yours sincerely Isabel Grant. (Certainly Isabel send them right In. Anything at. all like that I am very-glad to get hold of. One never knows your jumbled animals com-" petition may come in very useful one of these daysj P.T.W.)

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Well you certainly seem to have nil solved this competition without much difficulty. I. received over fifty letters and did I have a headache? I haven't quite recovered yet. It was a fearful job sorting out the winners and Old Saltwater who vcrv - 9 kindly offered to help ■ me is still wandering round in a daze. However, after hours, and hours of hard thinking we finally sorted out the five neatest correct answers and decided to award them tickets'. Here are this week's winners:—

~Pat Kemp ton Barrie McCuish Kingi Tawaj Valmae Griffith ' Barbara Breckon Congratulations 3 7 0u live. Call and collect your free tickets lrom the Beacon Office with my best compliments. I don't think there is. any need to print the, answer as all the entries were correct. My attention has been drawn to the fact that the answer to the last week's competition which was printe,d was. not all there as the part about the "pot OOOOOOOO" was jnissed out. The answer should have read: "Captain Forbes marched his forces to the West Indies to dig potatoes. He is still there. Signed Archibald/' Well, there it is. P.T.W.

NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION J don't think we have had a competition with novelty telegrams for some time and as they seem to be popular, it is about time we did. The idea is to make up a telegram with all the words starting with the same letter something alter the style of this:— Sammy Stinker says Stan saveSl stamps. Shall Selwyn send some samples soon? Simpson splendid. Sally so-so. Solefully Samson. Old Saltwater made that, one up For me and it i.s just to give you an idea of what is wanted. Now you sailors' make one up with each word beginning with the letter "t." The usual prizes will be awarded. P.T.W.