PETER PAN'S LETTER-BOX

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 167, 17 July 1941, Page 18

PETER PAN'S LETTER-BOX

Jack Williamson, a friend from Point Chevalier, loves our Thursday night Budget and .-ends along some items, i hope you Won't be disappointed, old chap, to learn that these were far tc.o short Tor publication. Excellent work. Patricia Pattison, Mount Albeit: your stories have a chaim or their own. The sketches were good. Pat Garrard, but as we have so inaiiv on hand it will be a long tune before tliev appear, unite amusing was the little tale from June Ringrose, but a-bit weak in construction: sketches must lie on unlined paper, sunbeam. See reply to Pat. Rose Ravelich. The paragraph was pood. Joyce Remsden; the poem far below your usual standard: what a splendid holiday you had. indeed: The poem showed lots of promise. Gloria Ward, but be carernl of your meaning; you cannot by any stretch or the imagination say that a path sings, can vou, even though "the road calls" is a common enough expression. Well done. Grace Johnston, I'apakura: vour two little poemwith some alteration will be published' later. The poem was verv excellent. Olive Gatland, Mount F.den, but a bit too grownup for us: try something which the smaller Sunbeams can easilv understand. Thanks roi- a cheery note Trevor McDowell, Wangantti; your name was forwarded to America. Coloured sketches will not reproduce, Jacqueline Watson; invest in a

bottle or Indian ink. Tim sketches were not up to standard. Lindsay Bell, hut do tr\ again; always remember to put. your address on your letter.*. You will hv "now have seen the notice about the .-unsliltlc Campaign. You're 3 hit unlueky. Maureen Kelleher, for there are now no pencil rase:-; choose something- else. sunbeam. W'emlv loved your amusing: little letter. Berys Hunt, Hukerenui: write again soon: Thanks so much for your nice comment. Peggy Young; it was very encouraging. With a bit of remodelling-, •■(•race Bellswill appear. June McAdam. Here's another pat on the hack rrum Reg Dye, a competitor Irom Alorningside; thank.-, old man, your letter was a verv jollv oil'indeed: Indian ink. and drawing paper lor sketches. plea.T<-: Dan McCarthy will- lind this advice ii.-erul, too. Imagine growing mushrooms in the middle or June: we think Harold B'ackwell has created quite a record, don't you? A splendid budget i.r items arrived Horn ihe Stanton Family, llowiek. stories and letters in rhvme, which Peter pan likes so much. Riu alas, alas, every item was written right up to the top or the page, across the margin, and had no space whatsoever ror corrections. There were no paragraphs al all, which meant that everything would have bad to have been retyped rr.r the printer. In these days or -hortage or paper, buvs and girls. Peter cannot type out the Budgetites' work, so, unless a storv is writleu

out in such a way that correction* can easily be inserted, it must lip refused. Isn't this a pity? so please write neatly, taking- care or punctuation, and leave .it least two inches at the top or the page and a good wide margin, small people niav write in pencil, hut evervone over ten should write in ink. What a Joljv. newsv letter arrived rioni Margaret Collins! In it we learned finite a lot about her home town. Coatesville. Us a bit late, bill still —many happy returns of her June birthday to June Christensen, I'alinerston North :tthistory without a title was too ions- and much too unlikely or incident. sunbeam- the other will be published. You did have an exciting time climbing- One Tree mil. Jack Conway; yes. we're delijrhtPd t<; enrol Merle. Was the cute little rhvmfnjr story original. Harry Chsmbers? It will appear, anyway. The drawings were not quite up to standard. A big- welcome to new members Walter Robertson, Thurston Robertson and Betty Stewart.