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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 258, 29 July 1939, Page 7 (Supplement)

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TN Sydney we lived in Turramurra, and when we wanted to go Into town we had to go by railway. So, when Mum asked me if I would like to go into town with her, of course I said yes, because 1 loved to go over the "harbour bridge and then be suddenly plunged into darkness. I used to sit by the window and watch the old farmers jogging along in their carts, occasionally calling to a sleepy horse to "Gee up!” When at last I sighted the harbour I knew that we were nearly there. The harbour looked very pretty, with yachts and ferries dotted about its waters; it had some big boats in port, too. Soon we were rushing across the harbour bridge toward the underground railway; suddenly the lights went on; we were rushing through the underground railway at last. Out of the window I could see a tiny speck of light growing bigger in the distance. (That was Wynyard station). When at last we arrived at the station I got out °f the train and waited for Mum. Each underground station was a different colour. The station walls are covered in tiles of all colours. When you gave your ticket to the porter you passed through to lots of shops—ali underground.—Einu (10), Wellington. Across the Miles. From our back window we cnn see Mount Holdsworth, and ou Saturday

morning Mount Hector was snow-clad. The sun shone on the snow, and we could distinctly see the new hut ou Mount Holdsworth. It must be made of iron. So if any hiker was to signal a message with a mirror, flashing on our window, I could answer across the miles.— Dad’s Cobber (12), Carterton. Spring Already! Have you seen any signs of spring yet? I have seen a good number. Last Wednesday twin lambs put in their appearance. It was a very cold wet night so we took both of them home and put them in a shed for the night. Last week our snowdrops came out and today I saw a jonquil out. Today we got seven little pigs and four are black and three are red. Do you like little pigs, Kiwi? I do, but I think lambs are the best when they are small. We usually have about four pet lambs every year and one year we had eight. In 1935 I had a ewe pet lamb and I kept her and last year she had twins. —Paddy (14), Greytown. The Dig Day. At. the Paraparaumu aerodrome I saw bulldozers push it sandhill into a swamp, and four carry-alls carting sand. There were policem.n and traffic “cops” and hundreds of motors and ]x?ople. We went inside the rail-ears, too. —Sunny Sonny (6), Paraparaumu.

—A Dutch dance sketched by Parkhill (14), Tikokino.

had to walk a distance of a mile following the sea-wall. His mother kissed him good-bye, telling him he would have plenty of time to reach home before nightfall. By the time Hans left the barge he was quite happy again, and set off gaily on the remainder of the journey. But when night fell he had not returned to the cottage, and it was a very anxious group of men who set off to find the boy, each one swinging a lamp. 'The barge-man who was to have brought Hans back said he had kept a sharp look-out, but no sign of the boy had he seen. It seemed as if the trip down the canal would never end, but “at last the men were off and commenced to run. Less than half the distance had bee-n covered when a cry from one of the men brought the others to the foot of the wall. There lay Hans, almost unconscious, with one arm filling up a hole in the bank where the water was trickling through. The brave lad had lost the use of his arm, but had saved his country from the sea. Lovingly hts father carried him home while the other men stayed to repair the wall. Hans’s dream had almost come true. — Bused on a true, story, by Cutty Sark (11), Tua Marina.