THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 55, 9 March 1945, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

THE WHALER Of WHALE ISLAND

J<A board for the Goodwill Cruisi

i- What ho, what lio, ma hearties How are you all this week. Shivc 0 niv timbers but I'm looking forwar to Easter aren't you? I intend t have a real lazy time during th i 3 holidays and just sleep as much a - possible.. Of course it is unlikel 1 that the three pets Avill give m much peace but I am hoping fo the best. I took them out fishinj P the other day but the three o them played round in the boat s< much tlifit they almost upset it and, ; I am sorry to we failec entirely to catch any fish at all. j threatened to • leave them behini next but Butinsky and Peter kin looked so mournful and sorrj for themselves, and McDougall protested so loudly in his squeaky voice that I had to alter my statement and say I would take them if thej promised to be good. Well, about Old Saltwater Gus and William on their quest for gold. The next morning", the three decided to set out and pick a likely looking claim, so off they Old Saltwater with his barrow load of marbles, Gus with his gold brick and William skating furiously ahead'. They had gone some miles into the rocky fastness of the mountains, when they suddenly camc to a creek which they decided might contain some gold. William could skate very fast but he couldn't turn round or stop suddenly and the result was that when he came to the creek he took a nose dive into it and received the first bath he had had lor 40 years. The experience was very strange to 'him and he. was veiy angry, and would insist that the others had pushed him. However they threatened to push him in properly and hold him under if he didn't stop calling them names, so he stopped { and they all set about looking for gold. Gus wielded the I pick ? William the shovel, and Old Saltwater sat on the bank reading to them from a copy of "There's Gold in Them Thar 'ills—The Gold Digger's Handbook." They worked solidly for half an hour, but by midday they had not seen even the smallest .sign of a nugget so they decided to stop for lunch and spend the remainder ol' the day resting. Well, I had ' better leave them there and continue next week. Cheerio for now. P.T.W.

JOKE CORNER One man who always makes money by going to the dogs is the chiropodist. "The girl of today is undoubtedly a \ive says, a playwright. She certainly often gives her elders a shock. "George fell out of his car the other day and nearly broke his peninsula." "His what?" "Peninsula. A long neck stretching out to see„" rThe modern but by no means modest author gazed at the denoting the. house in which Milton lived. Author: I wonder what they will put after 1113' death on my house? Friend: House to let. wo Scots were discussing the coal shortage. "Och we dinna use coal. We hae central heating," said one. "But ye need coal for central heating, answered the other. "Not we } " replied tlie /irst Scot. "We use peppermints." Little Janet watched her sister getting ready for her birthday party. "Ave rosj r cheeks a sign of*good health?" she asked. "Yes dear. Why?" "Well, you're more healthy on one side than the other." Bluey had left the. cookhouse for a few minutes and had come back to find the company's mascot, a at. the onions. Bluey was very angry and said : "If I catch j'ou at the onions again I'll pull every leather out of your bodVy" Next day the-Colonel called and on entering took off hisccatp t displaying a very bald head. Cocky immediately screeched out: i "Hello you old have you been : at the too?" i

The colonel wanted a horse that | would show off his fine horseman- 1 ship. He approached a farmer wellknown for his blood stock and purchased an animal. Some weeks later he returned very angry ? an( j &a to t h e f armer; "You call this a good war horse? Why there's not a bit of go in him!" isn't that what you wantj in a war horse?" was; the reply. "He'd rather die than run."

RIDDLE POT l colour is the grass when covered with snow?—lnvisible green. is bread like the sun?— Because when it rises it is light. When is a bonnet not a bonnet?— When it becomes a pretty woman. When is' a kitten like, a teapot? —When you're teasin' it (tea's in it). When is a fruit stalk a good swimmer?— When it stems the currants. you go into a cheese factory what smells the most?— Your nose. Why is a British sailor like mud? —Because they both contain grit. XWhat is most like a cat looking out of a window?—A cat looking in. What coat is finished without buttons and put on Avet?—A coat of paint. Tiy is the letter T like an island?— Because it is in the middle of water. • Why is the earth like a school slate? —Because the boys and girls multiply upon it. MY DREAM SHOP

When I grow up I'll keep a shop And sell bull's-eyes And ginger pop And coco-nuts of Mon&ter size And Easter eggs And Christmas pies And Sugar-hearts. And silver bells 1 And coloured soaps With, flowery smells * 'J And candles—not The common white— But green and blue And crimson, And everything within my store Will cost a penny (nothing more) j Except to friends To friends there'll be No charge at all; I'll serve them Tree. I think you know that that's the way To bring them back another day, And make them alwaj's sure to stop And do their shopping at my shop! LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Ho-ho-ho j ho. I thought that one would knock you flat. I received no totally correct answers at all and there were very few which came anj-where near correct. I am afraid! I will have to cut down the prizes drastically this week and only award one ticket. This goes to Audrey Bathe who sent in the most nearly correct answer. Congratulations Audrey. The correct answers' were: Nelson Hutt ? Blenheim Rata Karitane Napier, Shannon Greenmeadows Ranf urly and Ward. There were other places in N&w Zealand which lilted the clues eqiH ally as well as the correct such as. number 10 which could be either Greenmeadows or Fcilding so these I accepted and counted as right. P.T.AV.

NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION

Now then this week's competition i.s the sort that you all seem to enjoy. Yes that's right it's a 13est Joke competition. All you have to do is to sort, out a joke (or two or three if you like), and send it in to me. Tiie joke docs not have to-' be original } as. long as it is l'unny but try and avoid the eld old ones that everyone lias heard. Righto, turn up all your jokes and lets have them by noon on Wednesday. P.T.W.

Lettercard Mails Lost

The Postmaster-General the Hon. P. C. Webb has announced the loss of the. following air lettercard mails from the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East: —A portion of the mails despatched from Egypt on January 13 and 16 ? and consisting of approximately lettercards: from Southern Rhodesia i mails despatched between January 4 and 19; from India, a small mail despatched on Jannary 27. The Minister stated that, a number of airgraph mails despatched from Britain, the Middle East and countries of Africa India and Ceylon and containing messages handed in during approximately the same periods had also been lost. These airgraph mails however being repeated by the countries of origin and the films are expected to arrive, in New Zealand shortly.