The Young Folk's Budget

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 20

The Young Folk's Budget

WHEN SCHOOL BELLS .ARE SILENT

BUDGET READERS ON HOLJDAY. MANY ATTRACTIONS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. 7a-k about gecgraphj .»«ors! Way c* all the oci ef the way claces titer* hoiieavj. but in — c-st cases their letters were cuite as interesti&g as Rotcrua with :ti bciiing pools and geysers was the re-fi=iroai cf — any during the recent holidays, while the Scunda in the South Island was a crystal palace c: delight for at Least two cf et reader*. Lirde ci=:m ed qnhe a fair percentage of tie cnJdren vho sent in entrtes, while yt: others Socked to the larger towns and to toe seas-de. O-e bov rn particular, who staved at home, made —« cuhs en-riotis. so were his exploits. I am sure thai he has, =ow thai the hoiiaavj are over, more knowledge of hj own city and its -works than iii-e average boy of his age. Where did he go? Rather, where didn't he go! 3eacc.es were common to hist; factories with their whirring r"acainery, iur-ins cut goods at the rate of knots, were his deiighi- and the saw-mills. w:th tbeh- rupphes cf timber piled as if to the skies- were his playgrounds. Such was the lot of one of the stay-at-homes, feat he certainly made the best of it, and had a? good a tim« as anyone. Yesterday vou all probably flocked to the waterfront to see the Duke and Duchess arrive in the warship allotted to make their visit to this country. As the vessel steamed up the harbour, and fenaSy dropped anchor in mid-stream, the more fortunate one* who had a pair of heldffiasses at their disposal would have been able to read cut the letters R-E-5-0-W-N. Just as I was doing this the . _ thought came to me like a flash, "A J **?£' ' ' Word Building Competition for my (j^^^^^^ readers, and Renown the word." Ail (**^f) I(LJL particulars are given in "Our Com- V«* )*Z^^^ petition Corner/' I wonder who yjy~s*^ will find the most? -^