THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 12, 29 September 1944, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

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: PFTER THE WHALER jj Whale JSLAND

What ho what ho ma hearties.. 9 i Well the weather certainly has Jjc.cn first class this last we.e'k hasn't it. For hours on end over the past few clays I've been doing nothing whatsoever hut snooze in my chair building' up 111 j" energy to select the, com- j petition, prize winners. Old Saltwater was over the other day again, and after a Jjit of persuasion I managed to get him 'to tc.ll me some more about his trip to Africa and back. wasn't too keen on it as lie wanted to have forty winks, but when I pointed out that he had told me nothing whatsoever about his return trip, and .consequently I could not pass it on to you sailor lads and lassies he relented and continued with his. story. He said that after they had come back from shore leave in Durban and found the ship ready to sail again, the skipper immediately gave orders to ■ get up steam and before very long they were sailing majestically out of the port. The. captain turned the ship to starJjoard and away they went headed straight for the South Pole., Down towards the bottom of the world they went 5 and as it became colder and colder the men began to shiver like jellies. In the end, it was so cold tliat when they poured out a cup of tea the. ljoiling hot liquid froze as soon as it came out of the spout and hung in mid-air before. it even had a chance to reach the cup. This was going a little too and the captain decided not to go any further south, so he. made straight for the nearest parallel of latitude and decided to sail along it till he was below New then all he would have to do would be to turn to port., sail up a bit, and lie would strike. Stewart Island. Accordingly the}' made straight for the nearest parallel of latitude and sailed along dead square on top of it. Days went past and nothing 'worth speaking of happened, except that the men greAV sick of having to eat their morning coffee with a knife and fork and chip bits of butter off with a pick-axe. Suddenly one day, they heard the, old familiar cry of she blows! There! There; Bloav again!" and there indeed, was a great Hairy Whale squatting idly on the horizon pulling and blowing. Of course the captain, thought, lie-would like to capture the whale as he wanted a piecc of wliale-bone to make a paper knife so he launched a boat and away they with Old Saltwater standing in the bows, ready to harpoon the fish. NeareV and nearer they drew to the whale when suddenly it rolled one eye round, and spotted the boat. With a scream of rage it turned round, and opening its mouth rushed at a terrific speed straight for the men. Well I have no more space, this week so I had better stop and continue next week. Cheerio for now, P.T.W. PALMERSTON NORTH CORNER Well well, another huge swag of mail from Palmerston. I.ft seems to be growing and growing and it takes me ages to sort it ail out. This week I see we. have two new members. They are Peter Chamberlain (What! Another Peter? I'm getting all tangled up) and Shirley Sinn:. Step aboard sailors. Your certificates Avill leave shortly and you should receive them soon. Now for the mail. Clad to hear you have got 14 for your party Lynette. ft should be a huge success now. I hope Calm Courage, does not let you down John. It has always struck me that no horse goes as fast as the money you put on. him. It is tough when you build a boat and it sinks isn't it Peter. It has happened to me before today. Clad to hear you won ninepence at. your friend's place lan. Whenever I go to a friend's place I never seem to be able to win anything. It must Jjc all right, to have a cow that is, as you say, 'a regular rubbish Jjin'., Don. and be able to get rid of your apple cores simply by pushing them into her mouth. Many happy returns Meg. I hope your party was successful. It must certainly be fascinating Judith to have three brothers such as you have. It must be a nerve, shattering experience to have a magpie doing power dives on to one. John. Thank you for your letter June. It was. very interesting. And now for this week's winners. They are lan Ilill- (

Motion and Peter Newdick. Congratulations. You all had the right answers but as you see m I cannot give tickets to everyone. Well, cheerio for this week. P.T.W. MY MAIL BOX Dear P.T.W, 2 I am interested in your competiso I thought I would like, to join your League. Yours sincerely, Daphne Romana. (Welcome aboard but I can't send you out your certificate yet as, you forgot to put your address at the top of your letter. Miike sure j r ou do so next time' and your certificate will reach you safely. Your competition answer arrived a little late for last week. Don't forget to get your answers in by mid-day on Wednesday so I can get a chance, to mark them. P.T.W.) Dear P.T.W., Did you receive my stamps which were enclosed with my answer last week? Yours truly Waitangi Kakara., (Yes Waitangi, I received them safe and sound and your certificate will leave shortly. P.T.W.) LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION What ho sailors, I certainly rei ceived some we.ird and wonderful telegrams last week in answer to the competition. In fact some of them had so many 't's' iu them that that Ii got so that I couldn't say 't' without stammering. They certainly had me all tied up. There were some very good ones though, and I'm only sorry that I can't award you all tickets. (If I did the manager of the theatre would have a fit). I have selected the five best and awarded them tickets. These are: — Isabel Grant Tommy Toad, Tiny Town j I Tell Tony tortoise that Teddy the Tui tried to take Timmy Tigers tea. Ta ta^ Terry Trout, - Terrier Town. Pat Kempton Ted Toldworth, Tedtown Tommy Tucker told Tinker Taylor that Timothy Tong took the three tallest ti trees. Topsj- Teller. Barbara Wallace Tilly Trindei^ Tauranga Tommy travelling to Thames., Tell Timmy to tend, Tommy's tomai toes till Tommy telegraphs. Too tired to travel. Tlicre.se. Joan Martin Thomas Thompson Tauranga Tilly taking train to Tauranga this Thursday. Tony travelling too. Tiny. Waitangi Kakara Tony Thomson took two tall trees. Trimmed the twigs too today. Tinit otliy trapped two tuis. Tangerine. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION This time I have a competition ion*you that will take you hours to figure out. Below are, printed jumbled names of towns in the North iS'land. Some of them are fairly small towns and you may not be able to guess them all but send in your answer anywaj 7 as there may be. none with them all correct. To give you a start the capital letter in each word is the one the name of the town commences: with. hakenaatW; eT mwtaA'uu; yltnliu; oOoaalirtgn; uuriaWo; ttaorrSdf; Paaahuit; okiiOtp; opuaT; tteronsMa; uu 11 a r'k iWp a; kare aa a o Wmi n. I will give you a tip. The last one is. the name of a lake. Well I. think I have set you a pretty sticky competition there but see what you can do with it, and send your answers into P.T.W. e/'o Beacon Oft' Lee, and the usual prize, tickets will be given. P.T.W.