THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 8, 21 September 1945, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

the Goodwill Cruise E 7 . PETER THE WHALER _ c/WHALE .ISLAND H

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. \Voll ; we've been having a lot of strange weather this week haven't we. I've noticed that we have alternate fine and wet spells all day and if it starts oil wet in the morning it may be line wit.lv blue sky all round at dinner time, and pouring again at tea time. It's certainly confusing, as one never knows whether to take a coat anywhere or not. It's something like that in, the Antarctic too. The day might start off nice and line, hut often enough you no sooner sit down to morning tea than a blizzard comes up and you get snow in your tea.

If I remember rightly i was telling you about the Antarctic last the trip McDougall the mutton' Barnacle Bill and I made there some time ago. I tbink I had reached the part where we returned to the boat to find it covered, with Heals, and Barnacle Bill, in an endeavour to catch soiue ; crawled forward and flung our last piece of salt meat into the. hold. Immediately all the seals dived in alter it and Barnacle Bill shouting his warcry flung himself forward on to the hatch,. closing and battening it securely. With all the seals trapped, Bill thought he" had done a splendid job, and sat down to congratulate himself. Then he. began to work out a plan for bringing the seals up one by one. so he could kill them and skin them. He thought and thought for almost live hours;, and then he suddenly hit on an idea, He would open the hatch just a little bit, and wave a fish in front of the opening. All the seals would make a dive for it but there would only .be enough room for one to get out. As'sooi? as it had reached the deck McDougall and I were to sit on its neck, and hold it down, while Bill did the rest.

Accordingly, Bill opened the hatch, just a small way and waved a smoked haddock in front of it..There was not a sound from inside, lie opened the hatch a wee bit further. Still no soyitd. So he lifted, .he lid off altogether and the next minute: ° 9 Whoomf! Out came all the seals one after the other in a rush bowling the three of us over, and treading all over us in their efforts to escape. When we had sorted ourselves out, and looked around for the seals i( they were nothing but a few black specks on the horizon. They all had escaped; that is all but one little tiny one, who was very young and could not jump high enough to reach the deck. He just sat in the middle of the hold gazing up at us with eyes brimming with tears, and whimpering now and again. We all felt so sorry for him that we helped him up and sent him off to rejoin his Momma who was waiting anxiousljr behind a nearby pile of snow. We watched the two of them set off after the and then went aboard the lugger to scrounge up something for supper. We decided that we had. had enough of the Antarctic antl that the next •5 day we would start' out for home. Well sailors, it's time to get on with the rest of the page. Cheerio for this week. P.T.W.

LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Last, week's competition was very popular, and I received a large number of entries. I was. very pleased to note that a lot of sailors wished for things not only lor themselves but also for other people. Always remember sailors that a good turn done never fails to bring its own reward, and besides it gives happiness both to you_ and to tlie person, if you can extend a helping hand whenever it is needed. The following sailors receive tickets:— Aileen Fitzgerald Evelyn Ross Julia Morice Reggie Watarawi ; Donafd Proffitt Below are printed tUe^'w'uniitg. en-

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tries. Congratulations sailors well done. P.T.W. I would like to join, the Good Endeavour League. T enclose 3d May I have the Forest and Bird Magazine. I wisli that there would be no more wars hut peace in the world again. The second wish I would wish to be a magician. It would be alright then I could wish, for anything then. For the third wish I wish that all the children in Europe have plenty of clothes and houses to live in. Donald Proffitt. If I had three wishes I Avould wish lor healthy Avealth and happiness. By health i mean that I would like to have no more sicknesses until I die ? and .that I would live for j a long time and die of old age. By wealth' 1 mean that I would like to have enough money to give away to the (leaf dumb and jlind. Also for Red Cross movements. I would only be happy if all the soldiers who fought in this war and were 'killed could come to life once more, and that there would be no more wars, so that there would be peace and happiness everywhere. Evelyn Ross 1 . I wish to be strong. I wish to be rich. I wish to fly. Reggie Watarawi. My three wishes. First wish. I would wish for a big sleeping doll with lovely clothes. I would like a •sleeping doll so that I could play with it like a lot of other girls do and take, it ty bed with me. Second wish, 1 wish for a gold bangle with a heart on it and a lock on the heart. 1 would like a gold bangle to wear, on my wrist t 0 go to town and to see some of my friends and playmates. Third wish. 1 would wish for a big blackj hack with a lovely shiny black coat and a gold saddle and bridle.' 1 would like a horse so I could ride lier to get the cows and calves and go to school on it. I would call it Phar Lap and put a cover on it at night and take it off on hot days. Aileen Fitzgerald. Firstly I would wish for a bicycle Secondly I would wish for a piano' and thirdly I would wish that every other wish 1 wished would come true. Julia Moriee (Providing for the future eh s Julia? P.T.W.) NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION Now I've got a brand new type ol' competition for you to do this time, and it's one that depends almost wholly on neatness. What I want you to do is to write down the sentence : There are now over two hundred! sailors in the Good Endeavour League. That's easy enough certain--ly 5 but here's the catch. I want you to write it down so that when you hold it in front of a mirror it wilb read correctly. As you l:now } if you hold ordinary writing in front of a mirror and ty to read it it v i looks to be all upside down and back to front. Obviously the best Avay to do the competition is to write out the sentence hold it in front of a J and then copy it out as it appears in the mirror. The four neatest correct entries Avill receive free picture tickets as prizes. P.T.W. SIGNED ON The following new sailors have been signed on the crew of the Good Endeavour:— Charlie Peters Aileen Fitzgerald Alison Free j Donald Proffitt. | I Welcome aboard sailors. I have i sent out your certificates, and will put the ones who asked down on th« list to receive the Forest -find Bird Magazine. P.T.W.