Where I Would Like To Live

Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 5 (Supplement)

Where I Would Like To Live

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Like many other people, I would like to live in England, as it is the centre of the British Empire to which we belong. It would be interesting to see the King and Queen, as well as Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, because we see them in the pictures and we read about them so often in the paper. I should like to see Westminster Abbey where the Kings and Queens are crowned. In the Abbey there would be the Unknown Warrior’s grave and those of other famous men.

It would be interesting to see all the villages and towns where the sea-rovers, sailors and writers like Drake, Hawkin, Nelson, Robert Scott and Shakespeare lived. I would like to see if the people farmed in the same way as we do, and I would also like to see the big motor and aeroplane works. There would be sports to watch, cricket, tennis, soccer and Rugby. Perhaps the most interesting place would be the waxworks show of which we read. There I would see some of the greatest people in the liistory of the world. I have heard about the pretty gardens and parks in England, and I would like to visit them and compare them with New Zealand ones. Often in poetry we read of the lake district in England. I wonder if their lakes are as beautiful as our own? 1 Then there would be the pottery and steel works of the black country. These are some reasons for my choice, although there are many other interesting countries, too, in which I should like to live. —Prize of 1/- to Cousin Robin King (10), Happy Valley, Riverton, Tuatapere R.D.

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If I had the choice of a place to live in, I think I should choose Fiji. The first thing to attract me is the climate. We would not have* to endure the cold frost, or the changeable spring weather that we have here. I am told that, although it is very hot, the air is so light one does not feel as exhausted as we are in New Zealand in hot weather.

I should be able to have fresh fruit every day. What fun to run out into the garden and pick one’s own ripe barianas, pineapples, oranges, lemons and mandarines. It must be very easy to make a living in a country like this, where everything grows so well. The flowers are wonderful and I should like to live in a place where all is so beautiful. It must be -fine to.go to school there, because the children start lessons very early, and when it gets too hot for work, off they run to the water, where they have great fun. Clothes do not cost much as one needs so few. They are cheaper to buy there.

—Prize of 1/- to Cousin’ Charlie Gordon, A.C. (10), South Hillend R.D., Winton.

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I would like to live in the great city of London, z where I could hear Big Ben strike, and see the busy streets thronged with people from all parts of the world. In the holidays I would be able to visit beautiful Westminster Abbey, the Houses'of Parliament and the interesting Tower of London. I would like to stand on the Thames embankment and watch the Tower Bridge lift to let the big ships pass through. How thrilling it would be, to live where big events like the Coronation, the opening of Parliament, and the changing of the guard take place. I would spend many happy days at the London Zoo. I think I could live in London all my life, and always find something interesting to see.

—Prize of 1/- to Cousin Wallace Baillie (8), 216 Nelson street.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— One morning, as I awoke from my pleasant sleep. I was greatly suiprised to see the warm golden sun streaming in through the window on to my face. I sat and watched the sunbeams dancing on the windowsill, then suddenly I thought of where I should like to live. I said to myself that I would like to live in a small country village, where I could have native bush around my house. I would not want a rich house, but a small three-roomed bungalow with neat tidy furniture which would not require too much attention. In a tidy corner of my acre of jj’ound, I would have a garden, and in a suitable place I would have a lawn I with a plot of flowers in the middle Then I would have my flower gar- |

den, with my own simple choice of flowers. —3 marks to Cousin Joan Preston (13), Awarua Plains, Woodend. —VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— If I had my choice, I think I would like to live in the country. I would not like to live on a mixed farm, but on a big sheep station. The country children always seem to be much healthier than town children, for they have fresh eggs and milk, and plenty of fresh air. If I lived on a farm, I would like to have a pony. In the lambing season I would be able to see the little baby lambs and watch them as they grew. There would be I plenty of green fields to play in, ana I am sure I would have great fun. I It would bo a treat to come into J

town, as all country children think of the trip as an important event. When the mushroom season started I would go out in the early morning and gather the fresh mushrooms for our breakfast.

When I grew older, if I lived sufficiently far from a town, I would be a resident pupil at some school, and would be able to spend my holidays on my home farm. —3 marks to Cousin Raynor Huffadine (11), 439 (Tweed street.

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Bordered on its east coast by the South Atlantic Ocean, snuggled in among tall high mountains, and possessing a rough rugged surface, is a little country called Uruguay. Except for that important town Montevideo, where, naturally everyone is busy, it is a quiet and peaceful land. Here, with a comfortable home, and a large farm, is where I would like to live. Thoughts of the fresh I clear air, the peace and' the tran • quility which prevails, the simple manner in which all live, make one wonder how anyone could live in the hustle and the bustle of Nev.York or London. In Uruguay, there are no political quarrels, no strikes, and few troubles at all. Everyone there wants nothing but peace and quietness. * —3 marks to Cousin Edmund Maloney V.A.C., (13), Makarewa.

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I would like to live in Fiji. It would always be lovely and warm, and I would hardly have to wear any clothes. I think there would only be one thing to annoy me, and that would be mosquitoes. Another thing I would enjoy would be the fruit. I would like the trip over very much, and even if the sea was a little rough, it wouldn’t be so bad.

Every day we could go for launch trips, and of course we could swim. —3 marks to Cousin Nancy Woods (8), “The Poplars,” Oreti.

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I would like to live at Riverton, because I could have a swim every day and see how many shells J could find. When we go to Riverton I like to build castles on the rocks. I could go round to the point, and see the sandhills.

Often after the tide has been in I find many young flounders around the rocks. Sometimes when the tide comes in it washes in the jellyfish which look just like round pieces of jelly. Some days we go rambling over the hills for blackberries which are very nice with qream or when made into jam. I also like to have a swing, a slide and a sea-saw. —2 marks to Cousin Margery Rumler (11), Seaward Downs P.O.