Letters To Members

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 242, 9 July 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)

Letters To Members

Have You A Penfriend?

CORRESPONDING with children in other lands is great fun. V How exciting it is to receive a letter with an overseas stamp, full of news of people and places I Read the interesting extracts here, and if you would like a penfriend, write to one of the many people in the list on this page who are eager, to write and receive newsy letters. .. . ..... ♦ 1...,. llu for

Johannesburg, South Africa

TAEAR New Zealand Lass,—l have never seen a snake, lion or any other wild animal in South Afiiea, <x cept, of course, in the zoo. It is only in the ceutae that they roam. In the RhodesfSs there are lions, wildebeeste, hippos, and lots of other beasts. The wildebeeste is about the most ferocious animal of them all. It is like a huge buffalo with a big hump, on its bac_k. Many people spend their holb days touring through the Kruger National Park, where every kind of wild animal is free to roam. They are not allowed to get out of tlieir cars in cass a Hon gets hungry while they are standing in the bush. No one is allowed to kill the animals except in self-defence. I have heard of Hons putting their big paws on the windows of stationary cars and having a good look at the occupants. But what is most wonderful of all is that natives live in the park unarmed, and just walk about, having no fear of the animals; they are very seldom attacked. At night they use fires to keep away the Hon.s and hyenas.—Eileen. Dear Lilac Lady.

I am writing this letter in rhe Eldorado Township High School, where 1 am a senior. From the auditorium on the second floor you can see the water of the flood now raging throughout rhe Ohio and Mississippi River basin. The

waler lias surrounded us except for one road and one railroad going north-west, and has reached here despite the fact that we are 22 miles from the Ohio. Harrisburg, a neighbouring city, is covered with water with the exception of a few blocks around the court house. Mv uncle's house in Harrisburg is standing in loft, of water. The last great flood was in 1913. and this one is believed to be worse than it was. Eldorado is safe, howevei, and there are many refugees here. They are using motor-boats to rescue the people. Shawneetown, a historical town near here oil the river, is completely flooded. Phere are planes flying over al Ithe rime. At the window now. I can see an observation plane patrolling this area. Trom a pen-friend in Eldorado, Illinois, U.b.A.