THE SMILE CASTLE MAIL-BAG.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 March 1929, Page 16

THE SMILE CASTLE MAIL-BAG.

Mangatoki. Dear Smile Queen. — i am just taking my pencil to write to you again. Wo went to Sew Plymouth for our picnic and I saw the ‘ 11.M.5. Dunedin and we "went on it. at one o ’clock. I thought, j it was very good. The men on board ( were having their dinner. About three. o’clock we went to my grandmother’s and had afternoon tea. I am in the Mangatoki football team. I am haying my cousin out for the Easter holidays. * With love from Lon Taylor. (Glad to hear from you again, Len. Good, for getting into the football team. What position do you play 1 ?. I hope you have a very nice time with your eousin. Dove from S.Q.) Meremere. Dear Smile Queen, —dust a line or two to see how you are getting on. We have a visitor here to-day, and the lady’s little boy is playing with the ducks. No, Smile Queen, I have never tasted passionfruit jam, but when they got ripe mum is going to make some. We had roosters for dinner to-day, and -we are going to kill three more on April 1. Must close now. Dove from Queenie Coltart. (We are all getting on very well at the Castel, thank you Queenie. Everyone is busy preparing for Easter. It is a nice change to have poultry sometimes, isn’t it? Dove from S.Q.) Mangatoki. Dear Smil e Queen, —Just a. few lines to let you know how I am. We went to New Plymouth to see the H.M.S. Dunedin. We went in our motor car. I did not like stopping on board the ship. We left the beach about three o’clock to go to our grandmother’s place. When we arrived there we had afternoon tea. After we had finished my sister and I went down town, while one of my other sisters helped wash the dishes.” About a quarter to five we left for home, and arrived home at twenty past six, feeling tired. The flowers arc dying now. Our hen has got seven chicks" now. As this is all the nows I will say godo-bvo. Dove from Myrtle Taylor. (What a lot you managed to squeeze into mi,-, day at New Plymouth. Were vou afraid the ship was going to sail off with you on board? Dove from S.Q.) Ilawera. Dear "Smile Queen. —I am just writing a few lines to let you know that I haven’t forgotten you. Hasn’t it been a beautiful day to-day, Smile Queen? We had our school picnic on March 1 at the Mokoia beach and wc all went down in motor cars. Most of the children went in for a swim. After we had a good swim we went and had some lunch and after that we had some races. It was a dull day, but we had a good time. Weren’t the earthquakes and floods terrible in the South Island. I used to live dowr there, but I am rather glad that wc shifted up to the North Island. 1 have just come home from Sunday School, and, as I was writing a lettoi to one of my friends, I thought I would write to yon too. WoTl, dear Queen, as that is all I. can think of 1 will close with love. Prom Thyrzi Aberley. (What a nice neat letter. Thyrza I am pleased to hear from you again Yes. the weather is beautiful, and do hope it keeps lino for the Eastc: holidays. The poor people in the Soutl Island are having a most trying time Write again soon. —Dove from S.Q.) Mangatoki. Dear Smile Queen, — 1 suppose yen think I have forgotten you. I did no have time to write last week. Oi Sunday we were not at home and I wa in bed on Wednesday. We have quit' a lot of flowers out in the garden. Oi Eebruary 2S we had our school pic nic. We went to New Plymouth. A one o’clock wc went on board th 11.M.5. Dunedin. I like it very much We had not been on long when ■Myrtl wanted to come off again. We hav only seven chicks left out of nine. Ho[i •‘ino- - you and your Smiles are all well I "shall say good-bye. Marjorie Tay lor.

(£ am sorry to hoar you had to stay in bod on Wednesday, Marjorie. T hope you oi’o quite well again, The. warm weather coming after the rain has brightened up the flower gardens, hasn’t it? T am pleased you enjoyed your trip to Nciv I*]ymouth, Love lrom S.Q.)

Opunake. Hear Smile Queen, —Just a few lines to let 3-on know I kave not forgotten von. lam in Standard 1 now and my sister is an Standard 5. We kad our Opunake sports on March 7, and we won the cup. Violet has not sent you a letter yet. Well, I think this as all the news. Prom 3"our loving Smile, Ethel Parsons. (I was pleased to get your letter, Etnel, and to know that w e had not been forgotten, i'ou all did very well to win the cup at the sports. Love from S.Q.) Hawera. Hear Smile Queen, —I think it is about time 1 wrote to you. 1 am going to the Technical High School now and I like it very much. I am takingon commercial. I have read “Koda the Hebei” and it is very interesting. lam going away for Paster. The da3 - s are very hot now and it makes one think of going to the baths. I have been several times this summer. Horn Coitart asked you last week if I ever wrote to you. Well, I am going to keep on writing, but I don’t want to win the prize this year. I am going to give some of the other children a turn. I enjoyed the Christmas tolldajrs very much. I had an enjoyable birthday and I received a nice collection of presents from different children. Our flower garden is looking very lovely now .with all the asters in bloom. Yv*c have some little chiekem about eight or nine weeks old, and wc also have a dear little pup. How are 3'ou all getting on at the Castle. \V e are all well at present. I am learning liom 0 nursing now and I like it too, it is quite interesting. I will close now as news is getting scarce. I remain, your loving smile, Emil\ r Ward. (I am glad to hear you mean to write regularly now, Pmiljt I hope 3-011 will get on well at the High j School, foil should find the cornmer- | cial course very interesting. You are a lucky girl to be going away for Easter. —Love from -S.Q.) j Otukeho. j Hear Smile Queen, — L notice that j there are n-ot many Smiles . writing 1 11 lose days. Our test- lias gone up a j point since I lash wriote to you. Last j f imday we all went to the harvest Kisj rival service in Manaia, and after that j we went, down to see Eva’s cousin. On Tuesday we toqji sixteen little pigs to ! the Manaia sale and kept ten for ouri selves. \Ve bought a young pup at the saile, because our ol d -dog bites the cows’ tails and rushes them too quick--13-. H© rushed one cow lately and put her lup out, and she is now very lame and .stiff in her joints. Wc never went to the pictures, neither did we go to the Manaia sports. We are going to the pictures often when tne cows go off once a day, ancll that will •be some time in May. We are expecting a viiistor on Saturday. Wo have painted the two front gates cream, and put the name of the farm on. The other day when w© were at our potnj toes picking them up we .saw a great I mg scorpion, and, nny word, he .started jto Hop near where we were standing, and! it seared Eva, so I killed it bv I bitting it with a turnip. J. believe : they are poisonous if tbev bite anyone. They are ugly enough, goodness Knows. Our turnips have af-i got the blight and are dying off. It seems to l>c a general complaint this year on I account of the dr\ - weather. Our black jiien has turned up again after being away three weeks. She must have ! had a fright and hid somewhere. She is awfully thin. We sold four young j roosters at. two shillings each j-ester- ! day. To-day (Wednesday) there is a. j wedding in 'Jtowan, a- brother-in-law of lOva.’s cousin, so there will be a piece, of wedding cake for ns, 1 .hope. I think there wi>',l soon he a change in ! j the weather, as winter is drawing near j us. Wee Bonnie is now five months’ Mold, and when she is six months old we | j arc going to wean her. The Persian kittens are doing wed, and they arc 1 beauties. 1 think Eva has a -buyer lor " the half Persian cat. Wc will soon lie losing one of our best neighbours, 'j We will be sorry because HlC3’ arc very • | (in? nee.ple. We got one of our sows ! | home near our gate and she would not -1 cross the- tarred road, so wc ropecl her -.1 and dragged her across the iroad. We?, •! 1 will (-lose with, kind regards from - j vmir sincere Smi'ie. Douglas_ Dainc.

(You wili have some interesting times training that new puppy. Dongla' 1 : Yon wilt certainly have more opportunities lor going to picture.*? in the ; winter time when there is not- so much Itodo on the farm. Would 1 you. please I toil me- vour ago and daite of your I hirihdav when next you write. Lowe. iS.Q.)

' Meremere. Dear Smile Queen,—-Once again I take up my pen to write to you. How are you getting on at the Castle r -VI v brother and .1 have n playhouse at home, and we play in it every spare time we have. Our cows are starting to go dry now, Smile Queen. -Mum went to town yesterday and she brought me home a lucky packet, and inside i got a pair of scales, a puzzle, anti some lollies and games. it was my birthday on the lllst inst. Do the children get prizes for the longest letters or tor writing regularly every week ? Dad killed two roosters on Friday for to-day’s dinner (Sunday). lam going to school to-morrow. I>it by and Gladys have a playhouse in which they play every day. Dear Smile Queen, how many Smiles have you now —you must have a good few. Has Douglas Dai no written every week r l.ove from Dora Coltart. (We are ail very well, very busy, and consequently very happy at the Castle, Dora. How very nice to have a playhouse of your very own. The letters do not have to be long ones: neatness and regularity are wind counts. Yes. Douglas lias been a regular correspondent. Love from S.Q.) Manaia. Dear Smile Queen, —We went to tin sports on Saturday. There was a larg< crowd of people and hundreds of motoi cars, but only three pony gigs, one o which we drove down. Vv c went to tin park, where tho flowers wore vein beautiful and we saw the German _gui which was brought hack front the wa and wo also climbed up the look-on tower, which was used during the Maor War by tho British soldiers. Alister j going to earn]) at Opunake with th Clubs, and Scouts. They arc going in : motor lorry from Manaia. The K.i puni School is going to he enlarged, * wc ar-o going to have our lessons ove in the. hall. With greetings to m; Smile friends and the fairies, and alsyourself. Smile Queen. Peggy MacLeod [Thank you for your nice letter Peggy. You had an interesting day a th<T"sports. iam glad they were success. Write again soon. Love S.Q. .'Manaia. Dcai- Smile Queen, —I am .writing . few- linos as I have not written for few weeks. At To .Kiri they seem t he getting a lot of mushrooms, bn here 1 "’ 1 haven't found many. 1 lmv boon nainting my hike and it look quite nice, ft took longer to dotha I thought, hut it dried very quickly I have found my hike very useful sine j got. it. Easter will soon ho here an all” the shops ary decorated with Ea.< ter eggs. The three little pigs tha Mr Louis gave me are getting on vowed. Last time I told you that I coul milk vsix: cows, hut now I can mil eight. Next month most of the cow are going on to once a day. It is tint for me to go for the bread now, s I must close. Prom your sincere Sntih Gladys Wallace. (l am glad to hoar from you agait Gladys. You are certainly very hand if you can paint your own bicycle. Som of' the shops look very- pretty don they, with their Easter displays Love from S.Q.)