THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 57, 16 March 1945, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

What ho what ho ma hearties. Well T think tile winter is 'Creeping in on us. Certain!}* the. days are still warm and sunny but there is a nip in the air in the early mornings'. Of course Butinsky and McDougall haven't noticed it as yet ( but then they don't get up in the early mornings. They prefer to stay snoozing till after te.n o'clock when the air lias become properly warmed

Now for some more about Old Saltwater. Last week I reached the part where the three hopefuls Old Saltwater* Gus and William had tried panning for and becoming exhausted, had decided to rest. The next day, they decided to trj r again further up the creek but, as they met Avitli no more sue. ces& decided to refer once again to "There's Gold in Them Thar 'ills— The Gold Diggers Handbook." This they did, and on page 23 found the statement: 'If no gold can be found in streams try sluicing it out of a face with a jet of water.' Gus and William panted to try sluicing it out of. Old Saltwater'-s face but Old Saltwater informed them loftily that a face in this case meant a cliff face. They immediately set about looking for a cliff face but as there was none about in that particular area Gus suggested digging a hole in the ground in the hope that they might uncover a nugget or two. Accordingly Old Saltwater sat down and supervised, while Gus and William worked with pick and shovel till after some had a fairly deep hole. Gus turned round to ask Old Saltwater what they should do next when suddenly his loot slipped and the next minute he was sitting in tlie bottom of the hole wondering how on earth he was to get out. Old Saltwater and William wondered too but as it was getting very hot and they were both very tired—William from digging and Old Saltwater from watching—they decided to take a short nap first be.i fore setting about the task of getting Gus out of the hole.

Well I had better get on with the rest of the column.. Cheerio for now. P.T.W. PALMERSTON NORTH CORNER What ho there Palmerston North folk. Well it seems as if we will have a whole flock of new sailors aboard from down your way this year. The first, to sign on are Joy Robinson and Shona Mac Donald. Step aboard lassies, your certificates have been posted. Do not forget to send your threepences as soon as possible. The competition winners this week are Shona Mac Donald and Alice Wickham. Congratulations sailors. Collect your free tickets from Miss Whiteside. P.T.W. PARTY FUN DOES YOUR NOSE KNOW This game is to identify materials by scent alone. For receptacles, one can use small paper bags. Paste numbers on them and into each bag 3 put a fragment of something discernibly by smelly keeping a record thereof. i

Blow the bag as though to pop it ; and tie the top ? leaving an extra yard of string. The bags can be hung here and there about the house at convenient height. With scissors snip a hole near the top to sniff at. A hundred smells are easily available to select from: Fruits of vege j tables raw, scorched, or spoiled: familiar chemicals, cosmetics, petroleum products and so on. Answers include usually one or more adjectives. To leave one bag empty unbeknown is an idea—say lor No. 13. The high score contestant is accredited with knowing the most promptly -when it will be wise to keep his nose out of anything. RAFFLE IT ! ■Want to buy a volcano—c'leap DionisU) '-'illicit> o! Mexico City the only man work! ever to own a wants to sefT"Tt. Pulido. farm, ihe Paricutin volcano sprang up :Febiu.uy. 1912 is low picking oranges at Puente )

I 1A board for the Goodwill Cruise

PETER THE WHALER of WHALE ISLAND

San Gabriel Valley, California. He wrote to the newspaper "Kxcelsio," in Mexico City: "Of course T am proud to be the only volcano owner in the world but I can't farm on '* 'it and farming is the only thing I can do." GAMES THE ZOO All the players except one sit in a circle. The one who is out stands in the middle. He is the keeper, and gives*the name of a different, animal to each of the others. When, all have been named, he points suddenly to anyone he pleases. Whoever is pointed at must immc. diately make his own animal's call three times before the one. in the middle counts three. If he is successful the game continues but if he fails to do this, or * - calls some one else's name instead lie and the keeper change places, | and the animals are renamed be- 1 fore the game begins again.. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Shiver m\- timbers, I was quite bowled over Avith entries, for this competition, and most of them were very good too. I sat by the fire on Wednesday evening with the old pipe well alight and chuckled over them for some time. Did I say chuckle? In fact I did more than that. Some of them were very good indeed and I intend to remember them so that I will be able to en, tertain Old Saltwater the next time he calls. The following were the best ones received and the send-

■ers may collect free picture tickets from the Beacon Office with 1113* best compliments. The teacher, asked Johnnj r to give her a sentence finishing with the words '"Bitter End." Johnny's reply was: "Please Miss, the dog ran after the cat and Bitter End (bit her end). Sonia Martin. "I -say Dicky, what do you think? My sister has gone, to the West Indies." Dicky looked very knowing. "Jamaica?"' lie asked his friend, Willy. "Oh no" replied Willy, "she wanted to' go." Barbara Breckon. "Our ships are so b'.g," boasted the American, "that the captain goes around in a car giving orders." "That's nothing," said the Aussie. "Our ships are so big that the chef goes around in a submarine in the stew to see if the potatoes are cook„ ing." Keith Gardner. "How are you feeling?" he was asked. "Pretty good. I'm feeling like a two year old." "Horse or egg?" Gardner. Employer (about to engage a boy): "What can you do my lad?" Boy: "Anything, sir." Employer: "Can you wheel a barrow of smoke?" Boy: "Yes, sir, if you can fill it." Barbara Brown, "Hey John! Did you hear about the dope that pulled all his teeth out so lie could have more "gum" to chew!" Pamela Johnston. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION Now for next week's com pet 11 ion. This is> one you .should enjoy. What you do is to send me in a competition 01* as many as you like lor that matter, and alter choosing the loui best ones ! will award tickets to those sailors who sent them in. The coi".pel 1 lions do not have to be all worked out; even ideas will do, but if you do send them in in full, mind you send the. answers,, as my brains are a little rusty what with old age, and McDougall and Butinskv snoring etc. Righto. Set your brains to' work and .see what you can think up for me. P.T.W.,

Intermediate Scheme Supported At last Monday's meeting of the Whakatane Borough Council, His Worship the Mr B. S. reported to the Council on the meeting of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council which was held in Whakatane a short time agoIn accordance with the motion passed at that meeting that each body interested should, after discussing the matter, notify the Council of its decision the Borough Council decided to write supporting the intermediate proposal or that area extending From Opotiki to the Kaituna water* shed at Te Puke and extending a .similar distance inland. Friendly Robin A contributor to "Forest and Bird" relatives how a pair of robins made themselves quite at home in his caravan. The robins would help themselves to whatever took their fancy on the table. One day one of them alighted on the upturned lid of the honey pot and stuck fast. It was some time before he became free of the cloying honey } but, after a short while he returned to the table, avoiding the honey a however.