THE “GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 63, 16 December 1946, Page 6

THE “GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE

What ho, what ho, ma hearties. Well, the year certainly is getting on towards Christmas now, isn’t it. In fact, if my calendar’s correct, there’s on}y another twelve ! days to go. Butch has already dictated his list of what he wants Father Christmas to bring him, and has handed it to me to give ,to the postman the next time he calls. You should see it sailors! It starts off with 101 b. of icing sugar and 101 b. of lump sugar;, it carries on with five boxes of chocolates, a large mirror, a bag of walnuts, a gramophone and fifty-two records* a new box and a feather i mattress, six large bottles o‘f lemonade, King' George’s autograph, and a barrel of rum. „(Of course you know that Butch was born and bred at sea; and at one part of his life was on a battleship in the Arctic ocean, where the sailors had rum given to them to keep them warm. He claims that he wants the rum for the winter, and after he has finished it all, he can use the barrel to roll down the hill in. I? suppose that means he expects me to. push it up"the hill every five minutes so. that he can amuse himself rolling down). I don’t know whether Father Christmas will be able to bring him much else on his'list. Sugar is very short, and there’s not much chance of his getting King George’s autograph. Anyway, we shall see. (He probably doesn’t expect to get half the things, but thinks he might as well try it on). Well sailors, its time to continue with the rest of the column. Cheehio for this week. P.T.W. LAST WEEK’S COMPETITION Splendid! I rdceived a whole host of entries to last week’s competition, and although I thought the quiz I set you was hard, it was apparently not so hard after all. This -week’s tickets are awarded to;— Valmai Griffith Pauline Davies Julia Morice Colin Hammorid. Well done sailors. Collect your tickets from the Beacon Office with my best compliments. P.T.W. * NEXT WEEK’S COMPETITION COLOUR THE CAKE Out with the old paint box or crayons sailors, for we’ve a delicious looking cake that that is fairly asking to be, coloured. Yes, I think it would look much better if it were a bit brighter. Go ahead sailors, and show me that'you haven’t lost your sense of artistry. P.T.W. • t. RIDDLES What is taken from you before you get it?—Your photograph. (One, point to Pauline Davies). /Why did the window box?—Because it saw the garden fence. Which ship cannot float?—A scholarship. | Who was the first man to go round the world?—The man in the moon. - (Two points to Gael Carpenter). Why does a hungry chicken like the letter G on a wet day?—Because it turns ‘rain’ into ‘grain’. What is your ankle for?—To keep the calf from the corn. What letters would a man say to his empty tank?—OICURMT. (Oh I see you are empty). What is the hardest coat to take off?—A coat of paint. ; (Three points to’ Julia Morice).

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Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise

PETER THE WHALER of WHALE ISLAND

HOW LONG IS HIS TONGUE?

If you have ever watched a butterfly close to, you have seen that queer looking tongue of his, all coiled up like a hair-spring in a watch. If he were an accommodating butterfly he probably uncoiled his tongue and began to sip nectar from the blossoms upon which he was resting. And then, were you careful to notice, after all the coils in the watchspring tongue of his had been straightened out, how long it was? Of course you couldn’t tell exactly how long ,his tongue was, but if you could have measured it carefully, you would have found that it was just about as long as his body. Now, if you had a tongue as long as that it would be at least eighteen inches long, for that is about the length of your body; that is, the trunk of your body is that long. LIFE SPAN OF FISH How long do fish live, if left alone? It is not 1 easy to take accurate account of fish, because they live under the water; but we have some records which are useful, at least as indications. The New York Aquarium has a record of striped bass living for twenty years, largemouthed bass living for eleven years, and 'Whitefish which reached - fifteen years. London Zoological Gardens had a lungfish which reached nineteen years, and there are unverified accounts of European trout which lived fifty-three years in captivity. Eels in aquariums have lived for fifty-five years. Studies ,of salmon show that the rate of growth and age of a fish may be judggd from the scales. ' ' V; >■ ?.• ■ ■\ A BEAUTIFUL PHRASE Words are like bricks; it largely depends upon the way in which they are used, whether the structure is well built and comely, or whether it be shoddy and unhandsome. In this regard most of us are. open to improvement, and one way of improving oneself in one’s speech is to take an interest in the individual history of our English* words, many of which come from amazingly picturesque sources. For example, how many people today are aware that every time they say good-bye, they are really saying “God bless ye,” for it is out of this beautiful old phrase our modern farewell greeting sprang. 77 ' " 7’, /.; GRANDPA’S SEWING LESSON Elena did not like to sew. Once she watched Grandpa mend some harness. He would fasten the broken strap in a clamp, then take a sharp awl and punch holes in the leather. After that it was easy to put the needle back and forth and make a igood seam. 1; Elena ran to the house to tell her mother about the easy sewing. She asked her to make holes to mark the place, not with an awl, b.ut with 1 the sewing machine after the needle had been unthreaded. There was a i row of little holes. Elena liked sew- , ing then for she could make all the seams even and straight.