Birthday Greetings

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21186, 5 November 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)

Birthday Greetings

October 31 Joseph Flynn, Mary Edwards; November 1 Diana Cave, Richard Brown; November 2 Claire Wooley; November 3 Margaret Toohey, Janet Gray; November 4 Doreen Dellow, Elsie Mills; November 5 Dorothy Timmins, John Pemberton, Audrey Smith; November 6 Marie Connell, Maurice Rouse.

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very much for printing my contributions. I think the Peter Pan Folder is very pretty. I still read the “Adventures of Michael” and think they are more interesting every week. Ivanhoe, too, is getting exciting. Our garden was very pretty when the daffodils, violets, and snow-drops were in bloom. How is your garden looking? In my garden I have primroses in bloom. My roses are in bud. Some of our dahlias are peeping above the ground. Our tulips, pansies and primroses are in full bloom now and look very pretty. The iambs and the calves love frisking about in the fields. I think calves and lambs are dear little things. We have seven cows and a calf. The cows’ names are Rosy, Foxie, Ivy, Stumpy, Silvey, Vilo and Nora. The calf’s name is Nancy. We do not separate the milk by hand; we do it by motor. It is very interesting to watch. Cheerio. Your Circlian, Kathleen Cahalan, Morven. Dear Peter Pan, First of all I must thank you for putting my name in the Birthday Column. I got this note-paper and envelopes, a pink locknit blouse, a basketball, and some scent and soap. The day after I wrote your last letter our paddock was full of yellow hammers, and ever since that day they’ve come round. Our chickens are about three weeks old. When they were out first they were dear wee yellow things. Dad bought nine more wee black and white ones because the bantam would be able to cover them and rear them. I take my tennis racket and ball to school now. I will be glad when the swimming season

starts, won’t you, Peter Pan? I had a pet lamb given to me and I call it Edna. We have tea in daylight now. I went to a basketball tournament not long ago and it was great fun. It was the day of my birthday. We went in the train. The tournament was held in Timaru. Love from — Joan Wilson, Sutherlands. Dear Peter Pan, Here I am at last. I have been a long time writing to thank you for wishing me a Happy Birthday, but I suppose it is better to be late than never. I had the measles and they were horrid. I went up to Fairlie and then to Timaru for a holiday to get strong. I was just home a short while and I got influenza, but I am well again now. My Gand-dad and Grannie died this month. Isn’t it lovely to see the wee lambs playing in the paddocks? I have a cat and she does not like ayone except me to pet her. She scratches people. I have gathered a lot of “Furry Tim” pictures and pasted them in a book. They are quite interesting to look at. My brother bought me a double garage toy, with a racing car and a sedan. I have potatoes, peas, beans and radishes up in my garden. I am sending you a snap that was taken while I was staying in Timaru. the girl beside me is my cousin. Mother said that she will try to get a good snap of Sue, the Labrador dog and I and if she does I will send you one. Sue loves me to take her out rabbiting. She is a “carrying” dog. She thinks it great fun when she makes the cats run up trees. Thank you very much for your Birthday Greetings. I was unlucky on my birthday as I was sick with the measles. I hope you are well. Your loving Circlian, Graham Walton, Waikakahi. Dear Peter Pan, As our teacher gave us some Peter Pan Papers to read, and is also reading us the story of “Peter Pan and Wendy,” we were sure we would like to join your Circle. If we do become Members of your Circle we will try to write some interesting letters about Fiji. Fijians know how to eat dalo from babyhood, and get their teeth more quickly than white people. Fijians like crabs and shellfish. They eat crabs raw by breaking the crab’s back and nippers off and eating the rest. One

day as my sister and I were walking along the beach looking for shells my sister picked up a shellfish that nearly bit her finger. Your sincerely, Jeanette Huleh, Suva, Fiji. Dear Peter Pan, I was very pleased to get the Membership card to say that I had been enrolled as a Member of your Circle. In the August holidays I went to Geraldine to see the boxingkangaroo. It is a live one, and it boxed a man and knocked him out in the fourth or fifth round. Then after he finished boxing they took him down among the people, and I patted him. Did you see him when he was in Timaru, Peter Pan? I have a Folder, and I think they are very good. There are a lot of spring flowers out now, and they do look lovely. We have a number of lambs. I like the story of Ivanhoe. It will soon be Christmas, won’t it? I am going up to Le Bon’s Bay for the holidays. Your loving Circlian, Shona Allan, Peel Forest. Dear Peter Pan, We are very glad that our teacher brought us some of your Papers to read. In Suva there are big plantations of sugar-cane. When it is ripe the Indians cut it and take it to sugar mills, after which the men boil the sugar-cane. First it turns into molasses, secondly into golden syrup, thirdly into brown sugar; and after that it is sent to New Zealand to be made into white sugar. I do hope we can join your Circle. Yours sincerely, Susan Ellis, Suva, Fiji. Dear Peter Pan, I was very please to see my name in the Paper. Thank you for your welcome. I have a little garden of my own. In it I have growing cress, spinach, lettuce and radishes. Now I am going to tell you about our school fancy-dress ball. There were so many lovely dresses it was hard to say which one I liked best, with fairies, flowers and costumes of dif-