THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 95, 3 August 1945, Page 6

THE "GOOD ENDEAVOUR" LEAGUE FOR YOUNG READERS ONLY

What lio ? what ho, ma hearties. Well ? here I am back home again safe and sound. I arrived home last night just in time to write the column. and send it in to the paper. I certainly had plenty of adventures while I was away ? and on the whole j I think it was one of the best holidays I have ever spent. By the way ? I don't think I told you this. Although I left Butinsky and Peterkin behind, I took McDougall with me as I thought it was about time lie saw something of the world. The other two pets I left at and apparently they had a great time while I was away ? doing everything I don't let them do when I am at home and can look after them. But the greatest surprise when I returned home was the discovery that I now have four pets instead of three. Yes that's right. The other one is, what do you thinli? —A parrot ! When I arrived home I thought there was something in the air,»and sure enough it was not long before •? the pets showed me their new pal. He had happened to> land on Whale Island while I was away ? and Peterkin and having become rather tired with just each other's company asked him if he would like to live with them. Goodness. knows j where lie came from but he can talk quite well and seems to be very intelligent. Of course I couldn't shunt him out, so it looks as if I will have to keep him for good.

Now I suppose you are all wondering where on earth I went in the lugger with Barnacle Bill. Well, you'd hardly believe it but we went to the South Pole. That's right t and to make matters worse I only took, my summer underwear. Fortunately Bill had plenty of warm clo,tlies aboard, so we did not feel at all cold. Actually we set out to go to the tropics, but then Barnacle Bill remembered that a long long time ago lie had promised his aunt who lives in New Yor'k that some day lie would get enough polar bear skins to make her a fur coat with a seal skin, lining. He had forgotten all about it and then not long after we had set ofl' 5 he suddenly remembered it, and we both decided that now was the chance. Accordingly we turned round till the bows were facing the south and. set sail for the great Antarctic. space is run wing short so I had better continue with the story next week. Cheerio till next week. P.T.W.

A WILD PIGEON A short time ago ? in the Beacon there was a paragraph describing a bird which was seen in Louvain Street sitting on the electric light [ wires. Audrey Batlic has 'identified the bird from her Forest and Bird Magazine and has sent in the fol-1 lowing contribution:— From the description I think it is the same bird that has been seen -n Merritt Street at different times dur r ing the last few weeks. if ko it is a fully grown native pigeon. This bird is very tame ami is often round our J'owlyard eating privet and has even tried to eat ripe tree tomatoes. I have been with'in a few feet of him and have compared him with a full-si-je coloured plate in my collection, of New Zealand birds. 1 he colours on his, back and neck seem irriddosix'nl: and ! appear >o glow and change as he moves in thi 1 sunshine. Three points to Audrey Bathe for this contribution. P.T.W. PALMERSTON NORTH CORNER Thanks for all your letters Palmerston North folk. The prize wiiv : ners are: D. Riley and Har- ! ris. New members are Don Speedy 1 and Ivan Poole. Your certificates 1 <vill be sent out. P.T.W. 3

ANSWERS TO LETTERS Isabel Grant—Actually you should send the half-crown to the Society yourself Isabel but to save further trouble I will send it on for you. Julia Morice—A good entry Julia. Tf you wish to join the page, send 3d in stamps to P.T. W. c/o Beacon and I will send out "your certificate. Doreen Barton—Step aboard Dorcen. Your certificate has been sent out. I have put your name down for the Forest and Bird Magazine. Lois Phillips—Welcome, lassie. 1 have sent out your certificate. Your name will go in for the Forest and Bird Magazine. Huia Watarawi—You arc now a I ull-fledged sailor and 1 have sent out your certificate. Your name 'is also down for the Forest and Bird Magazine. Kathleen Kenworthy—After the first year ; the Forest and Bird Magazine costs you 2/(> per year. . The Society will let you know when and where to send it. I would also tell them about your badge if I were you.

{(Aboard for the Goodwill Cruise!} ;JL !5

■ajCa-' 3 PETER THE WHALER K s/WHALE ISLAND j

NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION Now then, the competition for this week ? I have decided shall be a name competition. Yes sailors; I have thought and thought to try and find a name for my new parrot but I am afraid it is beyond me. However as you sailors have youiv ' selves to be very good at finding names ) I have decided to leave it to you. Peterkin McDougall and Monty the dinghy were all your ideas ? so let's see if you can supply another good one for my parijot. Send your entry 'in by mid-day of next and the four best suggestions will be awarded free tickets. LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Whew! Send down the mizzentop ! I didn't realise I had quite so large a crew as I apparently have. When I arrived home and began to slit open the envelopes containing the entries for last week's competition, I wondered what had struck me. Everywhere I looked there seemed to be letters and more letters-. I couldn't seem to get away from them. You can imagine the difficulty I had sorting out the winners but finally I managed to select the best twenty. Of course I couldn't give twenty prizes } so once again I sat myself tiowii and in time managed to cut. the number down to five. Thesfe five entries have won prizes. They were sent in by—

! Leith Stewart Reggie Watarawi Ann HylancJ Valerie Linwood * Rangi Rewiri. Congratulations shipmates. Collect your tickets at the Beacon Office with my best compliments. P.T. W. CONTRIBUTIONS I certainly seem to have struck something popular with the idea of sending in contributions to gain points. The idea, for those new sailors who have not read it previously is that each contribution such as a ■9 piece of poetry, or riddles, jokes, or anything of that nature printed' is worth a certain number of points to the sender. When ten points have been attained in this manner a free picture ticket is awarded and the points cancelled out. At present I have on hand a terrific number of contributions but unfortunately have not much room to print them. How,evefr, I will do my best with them and no matter when they are print- | ed, if they are good enough to be printed, points will be awarded to the sender. By the way ; remember to always mark your entry 'Original' or 'Copied', according to whether you have made it up yourself or copied it from somewhere else.

NAMES AND STAMPS

Once again I received several entries without names. Remember.sailors no matter how good an entry is, if it hasn't got a name attached to it I can't very well award a free ticket. You must also remember to put stamps on your letters. Quite often I received them without stamps and then I have to pay the postman fourpence for each one. Quite often > I haven't got fourpence about me ( so the letter r©mains wijth the post.man j and your entry does not reach, me. P.T.W.