SOME OF THE WINNERS' WORK.

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

SOME OF THE WINNERS' WORK.

Wiu.-r V.. 1 Competition: ALFRED BLEWDEN. 92, Cook street, Auckland, aze 14. Dear Peter Pan — The Christmas? of 19*26 is entered in ect j diarv as the noisiest and most tempest::- ; otis I have ever celebrated, and I think there are thousands of other people who I will agree -with that entry. The coin- j rer-ncement of the holidays was dull and: sultry, but on Christmas Day, the ele- j Events above entered into such a battle for supremacy as made this old world | reck. F'T four days Jupiter Pluvius, Pegasus, and Vulcan warred in the] h-iven-. Var-qul-hina Old Sol every time h* dared to throw a gleam of sunshine r ~;. \;.-: Wednesday following Christmas '■•"-: - •"-■■". to *--,-: some friends at Hen-->-»or._ '•. • =<~ ■'.r.-j 'till overcast and} v.e aw. v»- -■■■•'.•- v-ry heavy and warm.! My ;--.>t.:> v-v-c m» u: "he Valley, and j shAil ".V..> !-.-•" :.-..; •a-axi. J counted' p-v-w--!. ar.4 In *.-.-.•. ■• :.>•-. ••;-. nr.*-;r>-:ort*ri th« esti—.>i ..<=■ ■„• .-?*-*:; a J sm aj>to7;:>:tarf -..--, *•-;- ,: : i A - ... wroagiit, when ta« .■.":•■: "•-•- able to take the watftr fro .v. x - ; —>. really a cloudburst in the V'< .-.=. .<.•■----> I also saw a house lyin? ; -■•- or. ;••> >Ide, and the Ferndale FLa..:, ah-jrh -»a» fully thirty yards off the v. ;.ir s T -»3.i ample evidence of the force of th* dsiti'.-e. That it could have Sooded frocr. its foundations unbeknown to the hundred or more people insiie it at the time, seems more like fiction than fact. Coming down the creek, the huge trees uprooted and strewn about, the branches «'f tall trees littered with debris, and a few cows lying dead, created a pitiful seeny of devastation, giving me an iru-pn-aali.n of up,.nt furs, and the impoUl). c- ~\ mini. After tljut, | did nut. jro anywhere in until Juiumi) 10, this being liu; d-ity J hud been uwttlUng for maiiv <>» ibis day [ went into camp a"t SW»' - N «' k '" rraii, for the Military k UL \ y ' ,u ' l - ,i »->y* »l the wv i, |fWi w< Saii /

about eleven o'clock. Evidently we were ■ not expected, for there was no dinner for , j At tnree o clock we au felt very hun-1 j jrry. so we went to a store close bv and ! | bought lollies, biscuits, and fruit, to' ■ quell the hunger pan-rs, then waited \ ! easerly for tea. It wasn't much, but next | j morning at breakfast everything was in • j rarminjr order, and we were all well j j satisfied with everythin': after that, j j With two other boys, I played the ' | kettle drum for the Tech. boys, and had I jto come to town every evening for i j practice, and during the day we were j J put through some drill. My uniform, a I ! Welsh Guard's, consisted of scarlet coat.! I heavily braided, navy-blue trousers with j a red stripe, and a huge busby. The \ accoutrements accompanying it were a white belt, with a sword, and mv kettle drum. The officer issuing the suits ordered me to put my coat on. and found he could ; scarcely do the buttons up. I ventured i to say. ""Irs a bit too tight, sir," but he I answered gruißy, "Why, soldiers 40 years j aero lived, fought, and slept in suits like these for a year or more, and never . changed them. They are meant to be tight."' I felt squashed —absolutely. I really must tell you about Oscar. r -- ; --ar is our cat at home, a sleek, beauti- :•:! black-and-white creature, who be- • -'■-- = ir. the eternal wash. Lick, lick, for.. -r and a day. when he's awake. Well. or.* day I T .,;r my • busby up beside 'j-*.-. H:s fur bristled up. his tail to tnree times its ordinary size, ■y *•-••* and -naried in real, holy terror. then scuttled away and hid himself in t.'i.e garden. He must have thought it a '. ' J '~ *-•"» ot cat. one of a species that earrv-s :.; head, for I could not get him used to it. I was. v~-y di-nr pointed with the kettledrum I re-'-eived. because it was so dilapidated-looking, until an orScial at the Drill Hall told me it was used at the camp at Epsom, when the first lot of men who were to embark on the Great Adventure were temporarily camt-ed there twelve years ago". After I found that out I revered the drum. I felt I was not good enough to rattle it after it had been played for those gallant heroes to march to. I polished the brass and whitened the ropes, and felt prouder than those who had new drums. When playing at the pageant I could not help thinking how different was the

fr c ~i ani r.'t a!*'*^- - * 1 --- '-. -- • water. Pic'on, nestled a: the foot of Hour.: Freeth, a: the Lead c: the Sotir-ds, —a = full of holicay-rsakers when I arrived, and those who managed to obtain acccr=- • rr.odation were lucky indeed. As I have trouble cf -hi; kind, tiring the fo-i----peopte pouriDjr in from thr rkrxrj<ii. B>nrieim 2nd i irroun.iir:- cirtrk-t-?. Tb* ' ii-'uton e~". ,rr>oni-:- a.v./r.r whom I reoj-gijiK-l a lew o, . - r.OOI ir.a."--. an ; ■ many ' "" '" ''" To be in Pic-ton on Beratta D>t is to i to advantage in the of the touri*t«. I The private vacut" R.Y. irj ' T<)Tra Bay, armWi the int?Te*t of'nanj. i " rtr "'""' Hone-er. jjolidavs do no* }a-t for e - -- | and it wa= •--;tb re2r-vt that I wav : J 20od-bye to v the irieni- on the en , .'anuary 4. Ae the Tatr.ahine -team- : I .;o-s-Ti the Sound= I mar.ai'ed to take on? ' or two t.a; - to serve ai — emoi:- of n.;. i visit. Ti.en "iii.t drew on. an: j-j.-t a:he ia-t :ay- of the -un ri:-ap:iea re-i wo raised tbr-jugh the r.arrow at: rxky >:• nt ra n,;e i_i to <_'•>:• .< St ra■ -. "th■: rt'. va f te: the Tan.;:.t.:ne _ he fiydn-:-;.- iir.-r. I two Li-.-hts in Weliinrton an i [wild -tz a beautiful" view ofßiatehi not so taro :_'.t- ::. ia» -acte cay I caught i hoiicavr.

Norma Barley.—!: ~a = q ..;•? nice triit :•".- shoul: -:•.; ;:;. v.-.ur ilay witia a let;-r to me. I am ;■:. e'.ai y -~;" badn? attract so mud aTirr:i::r:. and that vou aiw-;.-.--wear it. Re ;ie friend, vei. vou may ask tier the q'>Pst!or> v ■•■; w.«t. I ■will be grlad to see your nsm- fieurine in t^- 3 comDetttlon* at-am. tor i do tirui thev "-e such* fun "" Raymond Ferri.—l 1-1 no: trrr.S toat anyone conid i-ok 31 :-- ->■.-,;■. vou 'er.t me aad still support Use City Couac:'."in tneir cnaeavour to introduce lead n? '•rj.ainfor do?;. I quite -with aii"V,-■*. s'av. and think it would be a snare- if'tbe bvlaw were introduced.

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