LITTLE SOUTHLANDERS’ CHRONICLE

Southland Times, Issue 24884, 26 October 1942, Page 6

LITTLE SOUTHLANDERS’ CHRONICLE

My dear Cousins, . When I saw the piles of entries for the puzzle competition, and the number of words you had made from the letters in the two words, “Little Southlanders,” I wondered how many years it would take me to go right through the entries, crossing out proper names, and checking words in the dictionary. I must admit that some of the words you found were strangers to me, and to all my helpers, too. Many of you will be as surprised as I was when I saw that Isabel, lan, Sheena and Peggy McEwen had each found 1999 words, Beatrix Fisher had 1295, while Lailla Cross had 1164. So these cousins do deserve their prizes. The next puzzle, too, is one that you will enjoy doing, and it will make you I want those of you who have finished patriotic knitting to return the pattern books, unless you intend to do some more. Your loving

COMPETITIONS 17TH PUZZLE COMPETITION. Prizes of 1/- to Cousins Lailla Cross, Beatrix Fisher, Isabel McEwen, lan McEwen, Sheena McEwen, Peggy McEwen. 18TH PUZZLE COMPETITION: Write a front page newspaper advertisement for a concert. Entries close TUESDAY, November ’ 562ND COMPETITION: Poem for all Cousin: ■'Birthdays." Entries close TUESDAY, October 27. 563RD COMPETITION: Story for all Cousins: "The Radio Fairy.” Entries close TUESDAY, November 3. ENROLMENTS George Patterson (8), 34 Eye street. Cedric Clutterbuck (11), 57 Jackson street. Joan Heywood (7), 169 Yarrow street. Patricia Swain (11), 73 Short street. Shirley Swain (13), 73 Short street. Violet Greenfield (9), 150 Mary street. Moira Cranstoun (9), 95 Morton street.

THE NEW BICYCLE

—PRIZE— One day when Mavis Arnott returned home from school she was very surprised to find a beautiful new bicycle leaning against the fence. She ran in and found that her father and mother had been to town and bought it for her. After putting away her case and coat she fan out with a beaming face to see if she could ride. She could not ride at first, but she soon learned. Mavis was very anxious to tell her sister, so when she saw her turn the corner she went down to meet her on her bike, feeling very proud of it. When she got up late some mornings and didn’t have much time to go to school, her mother let her ride her bike. So Mavis found her new bicycle very useful. —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Flora McDonald, A.C. (8), West Plains R.D., Invercargill. * MY WAR - EFFORT —PRIZE— My war effort is my National Savings account, in which I try to bank regularly. Sometimes I knit scarves, jumpers, mittens and other articles for the men in the forces. I enjoy doing these things, because money helps to buy food for the men overseas, and the knitting keeps them warm if they are in places like Russia. —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Lois Cunningham, V.A.C. (13), McNab. —PRIZE— One of the many war efforts that I am helping in is the making of camouflage nets. The materials are sent out to the Guides and we each take some to make. As they are for the soldiers’ hats they are not very big and do not take long to make. Another effort is the collecting of rags to clean the soldiers’ guns. We divide up so that we will have a certain area to do. At school about six of the girls, including myself, had a concert which brought in some money for the Red Cross. About two months later we had another which was better than the first. As we are also having a copper trail at school we all help by bringing along as many pennies as we can. There are many other ways that we are helping but I have not room to mention them. Prize of 1/- to Cousin June Ballam (13), Otautau. <