In the Pillar Box

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 13 April 1945, Page 3

In the Pillar Box

! ALICE ANSWERS HER LETTERS . | Gl°ria Schwass, Richmond: I am so 5 pleased to hear that Mummy is imI ! proving, Gloria. Perhaps it won’t | be long before she is back at home . | again. How very clever of Smoke to catch a great big rat. L Austen Nuttall, Harakeke: What a r ! wonderful time you had at the Lake, , : Austen. I love to walk to the top oi [ 1 the lake. too. I shouldn’t think the j eel would be a conger, but a river r one which had made himself big and ’, fat by eating all sorts of river and . | lake titbits. ( Beverley Glo v er, Motueka: Thank you | for the poem. Beverley. We have . had it in the Page before, but some ,! time ago. Will you send us some \ more please? II JOy Hollis, Foxhill: My word, you do ; have a long day when you go to Col- ,; lege, don’t you. White Rabbit says ! he is still snoring at seven in the morning. Congratulations on earn- [ ing so much at hop-picking. Elliott Nuttall, Tarakeke: Thank you for the interesting letter. Elliott. I j have sat very still in the bush at the , j lake, and had bush robbins come very I i close. Did you see any Paradise I i ducks? - . r ! PatrlcisTMoLean, Riwaka: Do you Dick , ; apples after school. Patricia? What ; about writing a long letter, telling , ' how you pick and grade and pack. I i am sure the other members would t like to hear how it is done. . Mavis Thurston, C°bb River: I was so t pleased to see you last week. Mavis. Did you have a happy day in town? Janei-Grooby, Pangatotara: Poor Tim. Janet. I can imagine how pleased he was to have you home again. I ! suppose he was telling you how he [ had looked after the house while you , j were away when he purred for such f j a long time. ! Colleen McLean, Riwaka: I hope you , ; are better now, Colleen. The King I | and Queen of Hearts were terribly excited to see their pictures on your j J writing paper and have taken it away | to show to everyone in Wonderland. . ; Peter MUlward, Richmond: I am afraid I can’t help you about overseas penfriends. Peter, but I think the “Weekly News” in Auckland, may be able to. Why not write to that paper and see? Betty Hoiyoake, Motueka: I once had ) | a pet rabbit called Danny Boy. and he always used to be burrowing his way out of the cage and visiting people’s vegetable gardens. I am afraid he wasn’t* always honest either, and used to steal cabbages and lettuces. Judy Sigley, Brightwater: I am glad you haven’t forgotten the Page. Judy. I suppose Mother is pleased that hoppicking is over and she can settle down at home again. Thank you for the poem. Thank you for Stamps: Joy Hollis, Foxhill: Malcolm McLean, Nelson; An Adult. Wakatu: Constance Clark, Nelson; Reed Brothers, Riwaka.