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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20217, 30 March 1929, Page 4 (Supplement)

♦l* Easter —Thou art the sun of *l* other days. .♦♦ •> They shine by giving back thy ravs. v j '? —Rev. John Keble. *♦* j

Dear Boys and Girls: I know that many of you who read this will be looking foiward with eagerness to the Easter holidays—perhaps yoi Lavs already started holiday-making, :nd I wish you all the most nappy and joyous Easter. Be sure you ali read the special message to-day irom the Hon. A. t7. Staliworthy, our Minister of Health, who tells me that he takes a *ery keen interest ia "Boys ar.d GiiSs." In the course of his inspection of hospitals, he Las seen much sadness and suffering, and it is splendid to think 'hat the mam impression left by those visits is the strong courage and endurar.ee of the utferers. 'We may be proud of our message to-day, it may well be an inspiration to each one of us to do everything in our power this happy Eastertide to make life more pleasant and cheery for those around us. more especially those who may be m sickness or trouble. I also want you to read the little article I have written about keeping our picnicking- grounds clean and tidy—l should never like to think one of our boys and girls had earned the horrible title of ' litterlout !" Xo more for now, dear boys and pirls, es there are still a number of letters en hand. Letter-box Corner now open to girls and boys, 10 to 12 years of age. Your friend, FUN AT CORNWALLIS. Dear Miss Morton.—l went for a holiday t> Cornwallis for three weeks and I would like to-tell you about it. I went for a bathe every day. One day v.e climbed up a mountain and at the top there was the remains o£ a monument which had been struck by lightning. It was erected iu memory of the ship Brilliant, which anrhored in the Manukau Harbour. We went exploring round the rocks and one day we found three caves. There were lovely smooth pebbles, all shapes, and crabs. _ I tised to lift up the rocks and the crabs ■would scurry for their lives. They were very big crabs some of them were about four inches across, and they were all dii-fer-mt colours. There were purple ones, blue ones. red. brown, yellow and some were green. On the road to Huia there is a track leading to monument erected in memory'of Wesley Neal Spragg, and also in remembrance of all the bovs who died in

the Great "War of 1911-1918. One day wo v,;iik<id round the rocks to a me© tittle beach' and I found a lot of pieces of pumice and 1 brought them home with me. I yunk Cornwallis is a nice place for a holiday, .there are a-lot of tracks leading irom the beach to the beautiful bush and the traces wind in and out arid round and round until you conio out on to the road.- Good-bye Miss Morton, from Stanley Manson. ul. Olive J toad, i't-nruso (ago ")■ A SUMMER FLOOD. Dear Miss Morion.—f spent a most enjoyable holiday at my uncle's farm at 'le A roll a. We left Dargav-110 on a pouring Friday night at five p.rn.. arriving at ie A roll ii at two p.m. in the following day, in torrential lain. As it had been raining for the previous 'if hours I had the tiiiiuuo exrerieiice of driving through Ihe flooded waters which 1 thoroughly enjoyed. At lust ve reached our destination soaking wet. •Tust lit sunset, however, the weather cleared, tho sun shining forth making :i beautiful rainbow.." As the sun sank lower and lower i' tinted the rain clouds on To Aroha Mountain all different hues. A remarkable feature was that the clouds did not stay the one colour but were constantly changing their hues. The next day wo went for a row over the Hooded ileitis and over the tops of fences. During my stay there f carried out the slogans, " Eat more fruit." for lny uncle had an abundance of app'c3. plums, peaches and apricots, which 1 ato 10 my heart's content. "When on a visit to the township I had a sv. ini in the newlyopened tepid baths which was unite a novel experience to me. Although f enjoyed my swim ] prefer cold water to tepid. 011 my return to DargaviUe J spent ten days at the west coast among the fish and tolieroas. —Well 1 shall have fo clo [ : e now, f o »ood-byc. your loving 1 'en-friend, Norman Reynolds, Ilokiangu Road. Dargaville (age J J). , motoring to whangarei. Dear Miss Morton,—l nm going to write • bout my journey to Whangarei by car. We left Swanson about nine o'clock in the morning We soon arrived at Henderson and took the Lincoln Road to go to Ilelensville, passing Huapni, Rewiti aid Waitakere on tho way. We passed a big farm. It is called '.lie Hobson Stud l-arm. and there are some lovely cows there I ,-an tell you. Then we saw some samlhil.s, and the Northern Wairoa River came into ■view, and then we knew that we v.cre on r Ik-lensville. On arriving at Ilelensville we had some and stalled dtT again. Soon we came to Kaulcapakapa. After passing Kaitkanakapa wo came to a <lay road. Then hills—! There aio hills with bends that would make the raxor hock look silly. Wellsford was next then Kaiwaka and Mnungaturolo Between Matijigaturotij and Waipu there is five miles of terrible gorge, that, in some places, one mistake would send you hurtling ovejr the bank to death below; however, we passed through it safely. On leaving "Waipu we c»me to Oakleigh. and thus to "Whangarei. -—Love from Isormaa Worthington, Woatu Ue» 12),