THE “GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 42, 8 February 1946, Page 6

THE “GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise by PETER THE WHALER of WHALE ISLAND

Wliat ho what ho ma hearties. ’ 9 Well here we. are starting oil on the column once again. 1916 eh! Why it hardly seems one month let alone twelve since I was writing the first one of the year for 1945. I suppose you are all back at school now and working away steadily. Most ol' you, of course, will have gone up a class and will be on to new lessons and textbooks, and will be under a nefw teacher.

I suppose you’re* all wondering what the pets and I have been doing with ourselves for the past month. I personallj*, haven’t had much of a holiday, although you would never guess why. Do you know sailors, that two of the pets have had measles! I didn’t 'know goats, or mutton birds could get measles, but my two have certainly had them. Butinsky started it off oae night when he came home late #»e afternoon and didn’t want any tea. Now that was very strange wh itself, as Butinsky is usually waiting round the cave for half an liour or so before it is ready. But this night, he just came in, wandered off to his box, curled up and went to sleep. You should, have seen him the next morning sailors. He was covered in spots from head to toe, with a particularly large one on the end of his nose. And was lie furious.! Of course I wouldn’t let him get up out of his box, and that made him all the worse, especially so as Peter kin and McDougall would dash in from outside every now and then to taunt him and show him what a good time they were; having. Anyway, a week passed, and Butinsky was starting to i'eei quite a bit better, when lo and 1 behold, Peterkin came in for dinner with his leathers all ruffled, a worried expression on his face, and lots of little, spots starting to show themselves- Butinsky thought it was a huge joke hut Peterkin didn’t think it was nearly so funny. A few days later and Butinsky was up and about as well as ever, but Peterldn had to stay in his box until last Wednesday. I’m only hoping now that McDougall won’t succumb also. He hasn’t so far, so 1 think he may have escaped. Well cheerio for this week sailors, and let me once again wish yeu all the best for 1946. P.T.W.

CERTIFICATES Now then, I was over seeing the printer the other day about some more certificates and he said that as soon as I gave him one to copy from he would print me some more. That’s all very well sailors, hut I find now that-1 haven’t one on the island. Every last one of them has been posted out to a crew member. That puts me in a bit of a fix doesn’t it. Aha, but here’s a way in which you can help me out sailors. Will one of you with a certificate handy, please post it in to me so that I can give it to the printer to .copy new ones from. Now then sailors, don’t leave it to someone else, or I won’t get any posted in at all. Of course I will send them back to you or if they become at all damaged, I Avill send a new one. P.T.W.

NEW HIDE AND SEEK Everyone likes playing hide and seek particularly alter tea on a line summer evening, but here is a way in which.-.you can play it on a winter evening too without budging from tlie lireside.

It is a game of hide and seek played in the mind ! One child is ‘lt’ and closes her eyes while the others “hide” —though actually they remain seated in their chairs. Each child thinks of the place where she would hide- and the advantage of. this game is that really impossible places may be thought of, such as behind the clock on the mantlepiece, or inside the coal scuttle. ‘lt’ asks questions of each in turn.

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“Are you behind the curtain?” “Arc you underneath the. table?” “Are you inside the Loud Speaker?” and so on, till the hiding place of each is guessed. The first child caught is ‘lt’ for the next round.

THE PENNY HUNT This is a very good game for a party. It is played with pennies, preferably bright new coins. The pennies should he hidden before the party, or the game can he played by sending the children out one at a time. When the first returns a grown-up sitting at the piano can indicate, by loud or soft music, whether the hunter is near or far from the object of his search. When one penny has been found, the next child can go out, while the penny is hidden, to try his luck. If no piano is possessed, the music, can be made by handclapping, carrying it from soft to loud, according to progress, t

A TRICK TO TRY This is a little trick which shows you how to look through a hole in vour hand.

First 3'ou must get a piece of paper about five inches wide and six inches long, artd roll it into a tube. Then hold up your left hand so that the palm faces you, and place the tube against the edge of it pointing it jfust a little to the left.

Now look through the paper tube Avith your right eye, keeping your left eye on the palm of your hand—and it will look just as if there is a hole right through the middle of your hand.

ALGIE ALLIGATOR Algie was an Alligator very young and greedy, He had a strong and scaly tail his eyes were bright and beady. His home was in a river somewhere south of the Equator, And. very fond of eating things was Algie Alligator. A-basking in the sunshine, upon the sand he’d lie, And look just like a little dog while watching with one eye. Then suddenly he’d twitch his tail, his mouth would open wide And any passing article would, dis,appeei ; nside. Until one day he found a keg—a thing he’d never seen. He .slid along and swallowed it—’twas nitro-glycerine! And there beside the river swmrevjasiwhcrc south of the Equator, Was only left the scaly tail of Algie Alligator.

THIS WEEK’S COMPETITION Here’s one I know you’ll all like. That’s right sailors it’s a colouring competition, so out with the old paint box or crayons and see if you can’t make Neddy look a bit brighter. Three free picture tickets (for Saturday afternoons) go to the three best sent in.' Righto sailors, here’s your chance. P.T.W.