TO THE KIWI BAND

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 210, 18 August 1933, Page 15

TO THE KIWI BAND

Though my verses are hut tea. 1 will write in words, that's true, With paper beside and pen m hand. 1 am pn.ud to belong to the Kiwi band. Friday’s th- day in every week. Through the “Tribune” Kiwi's page 1 seek; 1 am never content until I have read AU those essays, with our (. bu t at the head —Blue certificate to Lily ui the Valley, aged 12 years, Utaue Dear Kiwis, —Thrills upon thrills—always there is something happening. No sooner do you begin to recover irom the glories ol the School Ball than term holidays are imminent. It seems to me there is never a dull moment in the lives oi the present-day school boy and girl. Did you al] have just the loveliest time at the Ball, and did you (with great concern do I ask this) escape scatheless from the clutches of the questionable characters who were present? lied Indians and wild horses sometimes desire to carry off dainty little fairies and pierrettes to their wigwams, or their prairies, there to turn them into wicked elves or goblins until next year’s School Ball. I hope none of these dreaded adventures have befallen any of my Kiwis. 1 wonder if 1 ought to call the roll, but, of course, 1 shaU know when the Spring Page entries reach me if any of you are missing, for, as well as plans for the term holidays, there is the Spring Page to give attention to. 1 expect to be very busy on Monday, 21st inst., opening envelopes, and filing simply hundreds ot new and beautiful thoughts of Spring, all to be sorted and prepared ready fot tbe blossoming of the page on (I hope) the first of September. Some of you have the impression that August is the first month of Spring, but authorities tell us that, in New Zealand, Spring does not come until September, and on this Ist of September, no matter what vagaries the weather may play, we shall all be revelling in its glories, at any rate so far as our page is con. cerned. In answer to requests, I am posting a number of badges next week. I have been asked by several Kiwis if we might have a joke and riddle page, anu 1 have decided to put it to the vote. All who would like a joke and riddle page occasionally (perhaps once every six months) says Aye—all those against say No. Remember that if the idea materialises, it would bring forth ouly 1/- prizes, perhaps one for each section, and either red or orange certificates, and not more than one juke or riddle will be accepted from each member. 1 shall judge, by the enthusiasm (or lack of it) which you show in tho matter, whether or not to decide on a page of merrimeut. The following Kiwis have contributed essays with no ages attached:— Wood Violet, Silver Fern, Butterfly, and Pansy,- the latter also omitting to state her name. A welcome to new members: —Muriel Walker, Fanny O'Leary, Louis Yorke, John Park, and Shirley Dillon. The latter’s essay, being in pencil, could not be published. Write in ink. Shirley» please, ond choose another penname, as Pansy belongs to someone •Ise. Love from CHIEF KIWI.