TINE’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1933, Page 19 (Supplement)

TINE’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Solution to last week’s puzzle:— ACROSS. 1 c rmo Folk like it for breakfast. (Bacon). 5, Animal (Cat). 8? On (Upon). 9, Silent (Mute). 10, Wild annual’s home _ (Den) ’ j}’ fTheJ 14 Meaning "before (Pre). 15, Weep (bob). wnar nacH. eltaSa (BeLlalM- 20, Blunder (Err). 21. Regrel (Rue) 22; You them on November fifth (Guys). 23, Well-known port of Arabia (Aden). DOWN. 1 Thev crow into Flowers (Buds). 2, Monkey (Ape). 3, “Mary, Mary, quite 1, They grow ■ mtc Flowers (Qn)> g> where old Mother Hubbard (Peru). 15. Short for “street” (St.). 16, A colour (Blue). 17, Implore (Beg). , Therefore (So). ’ 19, To know (Ken). ' ' / % Clues for this week ACROSS. 1, You use these in our painting competition. 6, Works with a 7 > ££ at home 8. Cotton is wound on them. 9, Compass point. 10, Imp 08. M » tained. 14, Short for "mister;” 15, You live in one. 17, Used with ink in writing. 19, Pale like ashes. 20, To calm. DOWN. 1, Something for dinner. 2, A deputy.. 3, Island. 4, Preposition. 6 Pull along 10, You Use this also in painting competitions. 11, A colour., io, 4 MeSe Sli U. Ditch round a castle. 16, Pronoun. 18, Negative word.

WHAT TWO MAORIS SAW.

HISTORY IN A LIFETIME. Two very old Maori men who saw the first Governor of New Zealand land at Auckland were present at a ceremony the other day .to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the Governor-s arrival. That is another, reminder of how young the Dominions of the Empire are. A long lifetime spans the period between the beginning of British rule in New Zealand and our own times. It was on March 14, 1841, that Governor Hobson landed at the Maori village of Orakei on the shores of the Waitemata Harbour. Two. miles from the village he found a place with deep water close in shore, which he chose as the site of the new capital of the colony. He called it Auckland in honour of Lord Auckland, to whom he was grate-, ful for a kindness. Of the two Maoris who’ saw Governor Hobson land one is now 99 and one 92, toe younger one’s uncle being the Chief who welcomed the Governor before a gathering of 1000 Maoris. These old men have lived through 92 years of wonderful progress in New Zealand. They have seen Auckland grow from the tiny settlement that Governor. Hobson founded to one of the largest seaport cities of the Empire. 5 THE BIRDS WHO LOST THEIR WINGS They were beautiful birds with gay plumage, and they flew all over the earth. They did not obey the eagle as the other birds did because they would not recognise a king. They had no laws, but did exactly what they liked. They sang all the year round, were free to come and go at any season, and they lived a careless, happy life. For thousands of years these birds had everything their own way. They were very elegant in shape, and then scarlet, green, gold, and blue feathers flashed in the sunlight, or fluttered like coloured shadows when they travelled by night under the light of the silver moon. They loved the moon and did most of their travelling by its light, and theye were so strong on the wing that neither oceans nor mountains held any terrors for them. . . Now these beautiful birds might have

been here to-day had they not given way to greediness! They loved npe fruit, bright berries, and the gaudy petals of flowers. And, although for hundreds of years they only ate enough to keep . themselves in good health, they were so fond of food that at last they began to eat more, then still more, and finally too much! They feasted royally on the fruits of the earth, and grew too heavy to fly far. Still they went on eating, till they grew too fat to fly at all. Then by degrees their wings became smaller and smaller, and at last they lost them altogether! And one morning they woke up to find that they had. changed into gipsies! . ... To-day the gipsies will tell you that they are travelling about the earth till their wings grow again, when once more they will become beautiful birds. WHAT’S IN A NAME ? ’ ~ ' llf| A THEATRE DOING WITHOUT IT. We shall be very interested to hear how the Nameless Theatre goes on; it opened with a nameless play by a nameless author with a nameless cast. This amusing experiment has been started by Mr. Ashley Dukes at the Notting Hill Theatre, England, which, before it became nameless, was called the Ballet Club Theatre. Mr. Dukes feels that far too much weighs is carried by. a mere name, that there are; excellent actors who find they have no chance, because other actors have such a- name, that good work is lost becausc. it is.not ’associated with a-name. ■ He is therefore starting a new tradition in theatre work. His first play _is a modern; play in 11 scenes, and the actors are described as a lady, a friend, a musician, and so on. And he > intends to go on the same lines. .. It is rather hard on the critics, of course. They will not be able to say _ looked rather uneasy- in a small part, and we missed Miss —’s customary light touch. They may hint darkly that they expected this of the musician, but even then they may . be wrong; it may be quite another musician. As for the. author, he may be a novice or very well known indeed. Certain the critics wi have to get away from their trick of judging by names and reputations, and will have to judge the work alone. It will be very interesting.