BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 175, 9 July 1932, Page 5

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Birthday greetings from us all to:— Mary Harrison (Fitzroy Avenue), Bth July. Grace Cockburn (Havelock North), 10th July. Lorna Mcßobbie (Havelock North), 11th July. Jessie Doube (Waipukurau), 11th July. Dot Wilson (Gallien St.), 11th July. Robert Stead (Lyndon Rd.), 11th July. Pearl Graham (Riverslea Rd.), 12th July. Hazel Hinman (Ruataniwha), 13th July. Edward Brandon (Okawa), 13th July. Setty Fowke (Pahiatua), 14th July. Violet Batt (Lascelles St.), 14th July. ESSAYS—SENIORS. OUR TOY THEATRE. Dear Chief Kiwi, —Thanks for the 2/6 you awarded me. We have a toy theatre in which we act plays and give concerts in the dark with two small candles for footlights. Thirteen kewpies play the parts of-fairies with silver wings and frocks. Sometimes the kewpies will not stand up or leave the stage backwards. Some of the things acted are “The Sentry and the Shellfairy,” “Cinderella,” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.” I am sure the other Kiwis would enjoy making plays and concerts in a theatre they have made. Love to yourself and the other Kiwis. —Pink Certificate to Trixie McLean, age 12 years, 505 Lyndon road IV , Hastings. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TREE Dear Chief Kiwi, —Here is an island. Pong famed in song and story, on a hillside overlooking the wild oceans. Daily fishing smacks and trawlers, perhaps a small coastal steamer, pass this way, sometimes anchoring in the midst of my sea view. Frequently (.luring the warm season fishermen row ashore and enjoy their luncheon on the rocks, while the cool sea breeze fans them. Others, generally, hunt wild rabbits that are known to abound where I live. On wet days however these men are compelled to wade ashore, and often they seek shelter under my wide spreading branches. 1 am the home of several birds. My favourite season is spring, as all the little feathered friends rehearse their early morning concerts upon my leafy boughs. How gay and popular I do feel, but through the winter I am very lonely and never have I had any neighbours. V/ell, Chief Kiwi, I must close now with love to the happy band. —Pink Certificate to Joan Smyth, age 13 years, Clive. JOBS THAT HELP. Dear Chief Kiwi, —Our hedge along the roadside was getting rather high, so Dad thought he would cut it. He took the slasher, and I took the hedgeclippers and we started work. Dad went along with the slasher cutting the sides of the hedge, and I cut the top. While we were cutting, I saw a lot of green grasshoppers sitting on the hedge, and later on some waxeyes flew into the hedge, and I stopped for a while to watch them getting grubs. After dinner Dad told me to go round the sheep while he cut some more of the hedge. When I came back, he had done about twenty-five yards. As the hedge is very tough it is a big lot of work but it looks very nice. Love to you and all the Kiwis. —Pink Certificate to Alex Whyte, age 12 years, Crownthorpe. GIRL GUIDE CELEBRATIONS. (Continued.) Dear Chief Kiwi, —Thank you for the certificate you awarded me fest week. We marched on until we came to a paddock at Frimley, where the Mahora Guides have their meetings. As we were, getting through some fences I tore my hat, and lost my Brownie bqdge. When we reached the paddock we chose a spot to have our lunch. After lunch we explored thq grounds. We played games tor the greater part of the day. At the end of the-day we all sat around a camp fire and sang Guide songs. Miss Loe told us about the Guide service which was to be held on the following day. About three o’clock we left for home after an enjoyable day. With Jove. —Blue Certificate to Marie Robins, age 11 years, 403 Collinge road, Hastings.

A VISIT TO NAPIER. Dear Chief Kiwi, —Thank you very much for the certificate .you awarded me. This week I am go’ing to write to you about a visit to Napier. One day in the holidays we went into Napier for the day, arriving there about 11 o’clock. After looking at the shops we went up on the hills, and visited some friends, and had'lunch with them. It was a perfect day, and the sea looked very pretty. After a while we visited the beach and had a swing. We then went back into Napier and had afternoon tea. We were sorry to leave as we had had such a lovely time. Love to you and the other Kiwis. —Blue Certificate to Erica Davies, age 12 years, 301 Charles street West, Hastings. A WALK IN WINTER. Dear Chief Kiwi, —When the cold, crisp, days of winter arrive we love to don our warmest clothes and shoes and take a brisk walk to warm ourselves. One day last week my brother and I decided to go for a walk down the road. We took our dog Spring with us. It was about four o’clock when we set out, and the air was very frosty.

As we went along I noticed how short the grass is becoming, how brown the paddocks are. The Scotch thistles, which in summer were green, with purple flowers, are now nothing but a bundle of dry sticks with the most treacherous prickles. When we turned homeward, after walking about half a mile, there was a cold wind blowing in our faces, but we were warm with walking and running, and arrived home with red cheeks and noses. —Blue Certificate to Beryl Wall, age 13 years, Maraetotara, Havelock North. A MOUNTAIN SCENE. 'Dear Chief Kiwi,—l must describe to you a mountain scene I saw during a trip through the South Island of New. Zealand. As we rounded a. bend in the road there burst upon our gaze a beautiful mountain scene.

Out of the mist rose the topmost peak of the mountain. As the sun set, it threw its rays on the towering peak. Down the mountain, slope came a swiftly-flowing stream. There had been a fall of snow the night before, and it lay glittering on the summit of the peak. —Blue Certificate to Laurie Dyer, age 12 years, 511 Wellwood street, Hastings, AN AFTERNOON AT THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. Dear Chief Kiwi, —Last week I wenx with .mother to visit a friend at the Memorial Hospital. We caught the quarter-past two ’bus from town and arrived, after talking a short distance. The hospital is a lovely place. I thought there couldn’t have been a better spot for it to be built on. It is surrounded by lawns and gardens, and from the gates the footpaths are of concrete, and the motor drive Is gravelled. Inside the hospital, all was beautifully white and clean and fresh. I thought it was absolutely lovely. Have you ever been there, Chief Kiwi? I am sure you would like it. Our friend was out on the verandah, and I thought she was very fortunate, as she received all the morning and afternoon sun on her bed. We stayed and talked to her until the bell rang for visiting hours to end. , —Red Certificate to Huia Kirby, age 12 years, 508 Alexandra street, Hastings. A PICTURE. Dear Chief Kiwi, —One of my favourite pictures is one that hangs on the drawing-room wall. The scene is rhe Isle of lona. All around are rod phills eneveloped in a pearly grey mist. The sea in front of them is pale blue and dotted here and there with small fishing smacks. A piece of land projects into the sea, and on it a man is fishing and looking at the beauty of the silver birches on the opposite side. On one hill arc the ruins of an old abbey, with gables and numbers of windows. The sky is faintly green, while a mass of brown clouds are . just rising over the hazy hills. The ground is covered with grass and moss. An English artist painted this picture, and his" name is Spedding. It is framed in gold with brown wood around the outside. With love to you and the Kiwis. P.S.: I have just turned 14. May I continue and get my 25 marks, please? —J.D. —Red Certificate to June Davies, age 14 years, 301 Charles street, Hastings.