Jottings From the Northland.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)

Jottings From the Northland.

FAR RROM THE MAIN ROADS.

Broadwood, North Auck'und. Dear Peter Pan— I received your welcome letter safely, and it made me excited when I read it. Of course, it would make me disappointed if the wonderful trip did not come true. 1 have never been to Auckland, so it would amuse me to be there going up and down the streets with you seeing things that I have never seen before. (We'll certainly do that, Mat.) are 10 far from main roads and it i» hard to go to places like Kaitaia and Broadwood. We are about 28 miles from Kaitaia and I 2 miles from Broadwood. We enjoy ourselves here and have a happy time. Where we are now very hilly country and wherever wo look there is very thick fern. The name of our district was Herekino North, but it has now been renamed Waiotehue. ( One thing I hope is that the trip does come true, so we may have a wonderful time together. A big cheerio 4 . I remain, yours sincerely, MATTHEW POULSON. PICNICKING ON f NINETY-MILE BEACH. Motutangi P. 8.. _ _ _ Awanui. Dear Peter Pan— "We haven't much to tell you, but still we have some good fun up here. On Boxing Day we went to the sports at Houhora, and last Sunday we went for a picnic out on the NinetyMile Beach, West Coast. We had our big picnic at Houhora on December 12. Four schools were put together and we had races, calf competitions and lots of other things. There are a lot of farms up this way. We have quite a big farm and it looks very nice, too. Our shed has eight bails in it and eight of us are milking. We are milking 60 cows, and next year we will be milking about 80 to 90. Our school is only a small school. We just have to run over a little hill and down a straight and then we are there. Now while we are having our Christinas holidays we have a lot of fun doing the hay. We must close now. Cheerio from LENA AND GLADYS YERKOVICH.

FROM A NORTH AUCKLAND FARM. Kohumaru, n d* n R.D., Mangonui. Dear Peter Pan— 1 received your letter on Tuesday. We ° j i? e j ° Ur ma ' l tWO day * a week Tuesdays and Fridays and you can't guess how cxcited 1 was when I saw the "Star" monogram on the envelope. I was a wee bit disappointed when I read the first few lines of your letter, but it is not so bad, because 1 still have the adventure to look forward to. » I live on a farm eleven miles from Mangonui. Sometimes tKe road is blocked with slips and we can't get our cream to the factory or our mail for several days. Dad and all the Other settlers take their shovels and soon get the road open again. We mi,k 25 cows, and have 12 calves and three pet lambs. We also have one horse, which we call Polly. 1 have one sister who is too young to go to school, and two brothers one of whom will be in Standard 11. when wc return to school. My other brother has left school, and I ride for the cows with him sometimes We have two dogs to help bring the cows home; they must be Irish dogs, because ftne is called Pat and the other Mike. 1 can't help thinking of all the things fliere will be to see and do. as I have never been Further from home than Ohaeawai. and that was only for a day. I mußt c ] OJIe now with heaps of thanks for being included in your party. Yours sincerely, JOAN ADAMS. A FARM BY THE SEASHORE. Waihopo, Dear Peter Pan— Auck,anA Our life up in the North isn't very busy. We are very close to the beach. We camped out for two weeks. The school and post office tWO jp'n" , aw ay; that is not a great distance Well, I must ask you some questions. 1 wr,t e always? (Ye., Nettie I'd be delighted.) And are Wendy and Tink real? (.Yes, again.) A cream bus runs from Awanui to lekao, taking the cream to Awanui. 1 am an only child in the house, and I play with a girl nearby. Hoping I shall see you when I come to town , Sincerely your.,' NETTIE EDITH HETHERINGTON.