THE LOG OF THE MERRIE QUEENE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 18

THE LOG OF THE MERRIE QUEENE.

SOME GOOD ATTEMPTS AT RECONSTRUCTION.

SCRIBBLE PICTURE FOR NEXT WEEK,

Dear Boys and Girls, — There were many attempts at solving the treasure problem from clues supplied by the fragments of the log of the Merrie Queene. Some competitors, I am afraid, would have had but very little hope of locating the buried bullion, for they made some rather careless mistakes. Quite a common error throughout the entries was made in connection with the Spanish ships, which headed too far out to sea. Although this statement was clear enough, some there were who contradicted it in the next line by saying that they were scraping their keels on the rocks. The real fact of the matter was that the Dons were afraid of scraping their keels on tne rocks and so had to be content to allow the more daring Englishmen to make their landing for water without interference. To those competitors who reasoned, the object of burying the Spanish gold was quite apparent, for the ship had entered the stream when the tide was high, but when the tide had ebbed the laden boat had difficulty in crossing the bar, and so had to be made lighter by hiding the Spanish treasure ashore. Evelyn Mitchell sent in the entry that contained the most essential points as to the location of the buried treasure, and throughout made her reconstructed log read very sensibly. Eileen Foley also did this and was awarded second prize. Noel Hewitt and Hazel Ford captured the third and fourth awards, whilst Madge and Patty Lyons tied for the fifth place. The crocodile has again disgraced himself. Our artist had gone to no end of trouble drawing a series of pictures on a sheet of cardboard, when the croc, came along with a pair of compasses and inscribed all sorts of curious diametrical drawings upon the board. The gentleman of brush fame was not a little bit annoyed with the office pet, and the only way I could pacify him was by taking the picture and using it for a competition. Elsewhere on the page — the scribbled picture is reproduced and S*T\ m^^^Cr -^s*^ I **^ competitors must find as many objects as they can from the mass of jumbled V^CTfilOJkj^^ lines. For full particulars see "Our %ij*\^>^^^ Competition Corner." -**^'