THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY S

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 64, 13 April 1945, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY S

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What ho > what ho, ma hearties. Well, it was certainly a surprise to have last Sunday so line wasn't* it. I thought by the Avay the weather looked on Saturday .we were, in for a real wet spell. In the afternoon the. three pets obviously did "not want to wander around all day. They wanted to be out and doing,,) so I decided to try something new. I found myself a piece of curved wood, and set about carving it and sand papering it and it was not long before I had quite a presentable boomerang. We set out to see if we. could perhaps knock over a shag or something with it and went right 9 ® round to the other side of the island. The three pets were very excited and wondered what was going to happen so I made them stand to one 'side, and taking a deep breath I stretched my arm and hurled it as hard as I: could, just by way of a practice shot. It acted very strangely. First the boomerang shot straight across the ground about four inches above the grass and then just .as it was about to crash into a rock it turned its nose, up and went, straight up to about a hundred feet. It turned round 9 looped the loop, nose dived, rolled over and over, did a tail spin, and then suddenly came straight for the four of us. We all dived for the shelter of the nearest rock, and the boomerang broadsided round and made a perfectly three point landing right where we had been standing. And Avhat do you think? It had picked up a passenger. Squatting complacently on one end was a bumble bee overjoyed at the idea of having found a magic carpet. This was all rather disturbing so I decided to have another shot. The boomerang did exactly the same as before except, that this time Butjrisky did not duck quickly enough and he lost all one side of-his whiskers. This, made him very angry and for several days he would not have anything to do with me apparently blaming me for what had happened. Anyway,. I decided to have one more attempt. This time I gathered all my strength and with a terrific , lunge hurled the boomerang four times as hard as any of the previous times. Wc all watched in amazement. Even Butinsky forgot to grumble for a few minutes. The boomerang Avent straight as an arrow, and the. worst, part about it is, it forgot to turn round. On it Avent faster and faster straight out to sea until in +he end it was; a mere dot on the horizon. Goodness knows ' what will happen to it but it looks ,as if^ I will have to make another. Well, I must get on with the rest of the column. Cheerio for this week. P.T.W. MY MAIL BOX Dear.Peter the Whaler ■J I am enclosing threepence in stamps. Please may I join your page. Yoiurs sincerely, Ruth McDonald. (Certainly Ruth. Very glad to have you with us. Congratulations on winning a ticket. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler Would you please send me the "Forest and Bird Magazine." I have heard that it is ver3" beautiful and as I am a lover of nature, I should like to receive the magazine regularly. Yours faithfuliv " f Anne Roberts. (Welcome, aboard Anne. 1 will see what 1 can do about the magazine for you. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whalei^ We wish to join your ciub. I am 10 and my sister is 11. We enjoy reading your page. We enclose three two-penny -stamps, and also the answers to this week's competition. Yours sincerely Shirley & Jeanette Cooper. (You are both more than welcome aboard the Good Endeavour Shirley and Jeanette. You sent in very good answers to the competition. Keep trying and you are bound to win a tickot soon. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, I wish to join your club. T am 12 and in Std. six. We get the Bea* con every Friday and I enjoy reading your page. Yours faithfully * 9 June Hiclcey. (Step right up lass. Your certificate will be posted. Your entry for .the competition- -was very well .done. P.T.W.)

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Dear Peter the Whaler, I wish to join 3 r our club. I am 11 years old and I am in Standard three. I enjoy reading .your page. Yours sincerely, Leouie Lavvson. (Step right up lassie. Your certificate will be posted. P.T.W. Dear Peter the. Whalei^ How much is the Forest and Bird Magazine? Badge? Yours truly, Marie Magcc. (The badge comes with the magazine Marie. I will see about sending in your name. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler, I would like to join your club. I am 11 and in Std. four. I enjoy reading your page. Yours faithfully, | Frank Hickey. j (Welcome aboard sailor. You seem to be quite a good hand at competitions. Keep trying. P.T.W.) Dear Peter the Whaler. I enjoy reading the children's page in the Beacon. I would like to become a member please. I enclose threepence in stamps. Yours truly, Joan Gardner. Avast there lassie, wait a bit. I didn't get the 3d so I suppose you forgot to enclose it. Anyway, next time will do. T will see about your certificate. P.T.W.) FOREST & BIRD MAGAZINES Four more members have asked for the Forest and Bird Magazine. They are Alison Wigmore, Evelyn Lord, Anne Roberts and Marie Magee.. Righto sailors, I will see what! 1 can do for yoli. With regard to continuing tlie magazine any sailors who wish to keep on receiving it for more than the first year will find the address of the Forest and Bird Protection Society in any one of their magazines, together with the cost of the subscription. .Simply forward this to the address shown jand tell the Secretary you wish to continue receiving the magazine, P.T.W. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Shiver my timbers, but the post-; man was bandj r when he arrived with all my mail on Wednesday afternoon. There was. such a swag that he had to stop and rest every few yards while he was climbing the hill, and when he finally reached my cave, he was very hot and perspiring freely. I gave him a long cool glass of milk, and he seemed much revived. I don't know whether the competition was too easy for you or what, but I received more entries than I have to any other competition this year. The worst part of it is. that they were all correct. Every blinkin' one of 'em. [ racked my brains for so long wondering how to award the prizes that 1 am afraid I have used up all my thinking power, and will never be able to think again. Anyway, I couldn't give you all tickets so I decided to give the prizes this week to the five neatest sent in. These go to — Sue Goodwin Ruth McDonald Sally Herdman Basil Kempton Graham Conn. Congratulations, sailors. Collect your tickets from the Beacon Office with my best compliments. Sorry I could not give all you sailors pickets but try again. You may have, more luck next time. P.T.W. NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION Last week's competition was so popular that 1 have decided to run! another along the same lines. This time it is jumbled names of New Zealand towns. The jumbled letters are printed below. UAOTROR TDFSRAROT METLHA WAKHANAET lIvIOPOT HOAMNILT ENW UYPLOMTH UKACALDN , LRMACEVfLUE NHROT NAPLMREQST EI UN PA | RRCEEM I LLRMACEVILUE WHKWAORRT I Righto sailors, sort them out and send your answers in to P.T.W., c/o Beacon Office. Make sure they arrive by mid-day on Wednesday. P.T.W.