MY TEDDY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 105, 15 April 1933, Page 12

MY TEDDY

Dear Chief Kiwi,—l have a lovely teddy-bear. He is two feet tall. He has been to the hospital with a broken leg, but he is all right now. He has i only one ear. Father Xmas gave him .to me. I take him to bed every night. * I would not part with him for all tho I world. Love to all the Kiwis. —Orange Certificate to Brian Butman. age 7 years. 4t)9 Whitehead road, Hastings. FANCY WORK. Dear Chief Kiwi,—l am making a d’oyley. It has a lot of flowers and leaves on it. I have done four flowers and eight leaves. 1 think it will bo nice when 1 finish it. but 1 have much more to do yet. Every night and morning I do some, it will (sake me quite a while. I think. Love to all the Kiwis —Orange Certificate to Isa Whyte, ace 9 years Crownthorpe GATHERING MUSHROOMS Dear Chief Kiwi, —The other afternoon my sister and 1 went out to gather mushrooms in paddocks nearby. At first we thought our luck was out but we saw a patch of them, so we picked them without hesitation. After this we found a good many and soon our basket was full, so we went home to ten. After tea we went out again, but this time to different paddocks, and managed to find another basketful. ■vith love to all other Kiwis and yourself. —Orange Certificate to Dorothy Sparge, age 10 years, Otane. A DAY IN THE ORCHARD Dear Chief Kiwi, —Last Saturday we decided to help Dad pick fruit in the orchard. First we helped him dig up some potatoes in the potato patch. We filled two kits and put the small ones into a box Then we picked some apples called the Munros. When we were nearly finished, we went under some trees to have lunch. After we had lunch we picked some pears, then I went home to get ready for Cubs P S. —Chief Kiwi, may I have a Kiwi badge, please ? —Orange Certificate to Douglas Clark, age 8 years, Otane. A MOUSE. Dear Chief Kiwi, —May 1 join your band? Now 1 am going to tell von about a mouse. On Sunday my father killed a mouse in the birdcage and we gave it to the cat. Love to the Kiwis. —Keith Taylor, age 8 years, 517 Wellwood street, Hastings ESSAYS—SENIORS. GATHERING BLACKBERRIES Dear Chief Kiwi, —One day some friends asked me if 1 would like to go with them gathering blackberries, f jumped tor joy at the idea. We went to a pretty little spot by a shallow river, and the blackberry bushes grew all along the bank. Mum gave me a small billy to fill, but 1 thought J could fill a bucket —perhaps two, but I was mistaken. All the best berries were on top of tho bushes and 1 fell and fell into the bushes and got well scratched trying to reach them, but 1 was determined to fill the billy, as I like blackberry jam. 1 think it is worth getting a few scratches for. It is quite good fun trying to see who can get their billy full first, but one gets excited and upsets them all sometimes. It is tiresome having to pick them all up again. With love to yourself and all tho Kiwis. —Pink Certificate to Betty Downey, I age 11 years, 106 Greys road, Hastings. A PICNIC’. Dear Chief Kiwi,—On Sunday some friends took us for a picnic to Clifton. When we arrived there we had lunch. After lunch we went to get a drink on the hill. There were many supplejacks on which we had a swing. We saw seme very pretty ferns growing on tlm hill. Water trickled out of the hillside on to the ferns, thus keeping them moist. When we came down from tlm hills we went for a bathe in the sea. We could not go out very far because it was too rough. We did not stay in long but dressed and went to explore the back of the hills. The bush was very pretty We saw a wild pigeon there. After staying in the bush for about a quarter of an hour we went down to the car and had lunch. We left about 5 o’clock for home after a happy afternoon. With love. Pink Certificate to Marie Robins, age 12 years, 403 Colliiige road Hastings. NEW ZEALAND FLAX. Dear Chief Kiwi,—New Zealand flax is a plant that grows in swamps and along creeks. It varies from six to ten teet in height. Every three years it sends up a stalk with bright red flowers, called the korari In colour the plant is a dark green It is used for the manufacture of rope, string * and binder twine. The Maoris use it tor the purpose of making mats, kits ’ and also for decorating their meetin I houses. Before the flax can be used i tor ropes, etc. it has to go through ‘ several processes to convert it into fibre. A machine called a stripper is | used for dressing. It i s then spread out in paddocks and after it has | thoroughly bleached, ft is “skutched” ; and packed in bales for export. —Rod Certificate to Earl Richardson, age 1] years, Haumoana.