ANSWERS TO MENU COMPETITION

Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22553, 10 April 1943, Page 7

ANSWERS TO MENU COMPETITION

Soup 1. An animal and a narrative—Oxtail. Fish 1. A colour—Salmon. 2. Found in a shoe—Sole 3. To move about awkwardly—Flounder. Entrees 1. An author—Bacon. 2. A famous cricketer—Fry. 3. A child and part of the body— Kidneys. Poultry 1. A cricket term—Duck. 2. To cover—Quail. 3. A country—Turkey. Hots Meats 1. The name of a bird—Mutton. 2. An author—Lamb. 3. A titled Person—Sirloin. 4. Used in making fences—Steak. Cold Meats 1. A biblical name—Ham. 2. Part of a body—Tongue. Vegetables 1. To -thrash—Beet. 2. An old fashioned conveyance and 00000000 —Potatoes. 3. A modern conveyance and decays— Carrots. Puddings 1. A royal person—Queen. 2. A fruit—Plum. 3. To regret and found on a fish hook —rhubarb. 4. A bird, a small fruit and an idiot— Gooseberry Fool. Fruits 1. Couples—Pears 1. 1914—1918—Dates. 3. A colour and used for measuring— Green Gages. YOU CANNOT BUY A lock for the door of knowledge Keys for the elephant's trunk A "permanent” for the waves of the ocean Paste for the teeth of a gale Rollers for the shades of night Yeast for the sun rise Crocheted edging for a blanket of snow A negative for a footprint Sails for the gravy boat Saxo phones for an elastic band. CHINESE PROVERBS tn shallow waters dragons become the laughing stock of shrimps However high the tree, the shortest axe can reach its trunk. ■i'lie one- legged never stumble. He who has no money sees many bargins. No needle has two sharp points. A tale half told Is the father of manv lies. The lame duck should avoid the ploughed field.

Dear Peter Pan, Thank you for the Merit Card. We have not found our poor cat Hector, so we have given up looking for him. I see Doris Clark every day and sometimes play with her, but not very often because I have to go to school. Doris lives only two houses away from us. Every Thursday I go to the “Manual Training" in Timaru for cooking. Both and girls from Standard five to Standard six go but the boys have wood work. We travel by bus from Pareora to Timaru stopping at Kingsdown and an another small place. St. Andrews also travel with Pareora and Kingsdown to the Manual Training. Josie Hanson lives over the road from us and she told me she was a member of your corner. When you want to do a drawing does it have to be done in Indian ink, because sometimes when we have no home work at night I could do a drawing. At school we do knitting for the soldiers. Wool is provided for any one in the school who wants to knit. After school some nights I go to a friend’s home and swap stamps. I have got lots of stamps and a stamp album. Every time I go to Timaru I buy a packet of stamps. One thing I am going to save my money for, is a catalogue. Well, as it is getting late I must tell you what serials I listen to, then I must close. On Monday night I do not listen to any. Tuesday, Dad and Dave, Wednesday, Tire Gentleman Rider, Thursday, Billy Bunter, I Live Again, Friday, Dad and Dave, One Good Deed a Day. Saturday, Tradesmen’s Entrance, Sunday none. Now I must close with love from Lorraine Lyne. (5 marks to Lorraine Lyne, Pareora) Dear Peter Pan, My Merit Card for the story arrived safely and I was thrilled to read my story in print. I was not sure whether or not you would print it, as it looked very long on pad paper, but quite short when it appeared in our Corner. My sister has at last decided to earn a few marks so she is writing too. We have been harvesting linen flax and I had to stop home from school to help with the meals and morning and afternoon teas. Last Saturday some of my school friends and myself went into Timaru for the day. We caught the 11 o’clock express from Temuka and were soon at the Timaru station, then walked down to the Bay, had lunch and all enjoyed a good swim. Some of my sister’s chums are having great fun just now. They live close by a creek and they often block it up until it is fairly deep, then put an old boat, which they have, into it. Noeline and Patricia were up one day, but found it neccessarj’ to put their swimming costumes on as the boat leaked. We are going for a picnic this coming Saturday, and of course taking our bathing costumes, so I am quite looking forward to it. Unfortunately, we have no cooking at High School just at present, as the cooking instructress, Miss Andrew, is leaving to be married. Although my letter is not a very lengthy pne, I cannot think of anymore news, so I will close now, Peter Pan. <5 marks to Elaine Brosnan, aged 14) Dear Peter Pan. Thank you very much for the prize and Merit Card, We have nearly finished the harvest, as we have only the linen flax left to stack. Some of our oats and the wheat was threshed last week. As petrol is scarce we sometimes walk to the Pareora River for a swim. When we go we have to walk up to the top of Mt. Horrible and then down over the cliff. It is not so bad going down but coming home we get rather tired. Coming home we found a Mountain Daisy plant which we brought home and put in the garden. Another day my sister found some snow-terries which we also brought home and planted. The tell-birds are in tiie orchard eating the pears and they are so quiet, we can almost get up to them. During the day we hear their lovely notes as they cull to one another. Mother had a lien come off with twelve little chickens last week, but only eleven of them are living. We have a wild ferret in the chaff shed so hope it will not get the chickens -

although we have no rats while it is here. Last week I fell off my bike and grazed my thigh and knee so was not at school the last two days. This is all the news I can think of to-day so lots of love to you and your circlians. (5 marks to Rona Seyb, aged 12) Dear Peter Pan, Thank you very much for my Merit Card which arrived on Thursday. I am afraid my letters are always about the pets we have, but we have such a lot of fun with them, that I like to write to you and tell you about their tricks. We have added one more animal to our menagerie, the dearest little pure white kitten you ever saw. I say pure white but he was only white for a little while as he clambered into the coal skuttle and came out streaked with black. Mother washed and blued him, and now he is just like ermine. He loves to play with a golf ball or ping-pong ball, and it is funny to see him skid on the polished floor, while he is trying to catch it. He also has a very great liking for the corner of the table cloth which in his opinion make a very good swing. Every now and then he tires himself out and curls himself up on a cushion and goes to sleep. When he awakes he is just like a baby and lies on his back and waves his little pink padded paws around. We don’t know for certain yet but we think we shall call him Tiddle-winks. Well Peter Pan, I think you will be tired of hearing about our kitten and other pets so I shall try and find something more interesting to tell you when next I write. I have to stop now so cheerio for just now. <5 marks to Pat Westoby, aged 16) Dear Peter Pan, I am very sorry I have not written to you for such a long time. I have been very busy as I now attend the Girls’ High School. I like it very much although it is such a long way from home. My grandmother lives round the comer and I go there for dinner. I spent my holiday at the river, where I had a most enjoyable time. My dog Gyp had to be brought in to Timaru to visit the vet as he had barley grass in both his ears. We left him with the vet for a considerable time and, when eventually he came home both his ears had been shaven. The hair is however, gradually growing again. I have just had my hair washed and I am sitting in the sun writing this letter. Well, as I do not know the limit to the number of words, I think I had better close now, Imping you receive the enclosed competition. (3 marks to Shirley Jenkins, aged???! Dear Peter Pan, It is a long time since I last wrote to you, I am sorry I have not written sooner, but I will try to make up for it now. Well first of all I will tell you about my bantams. I have about twenty-five bantam hens and chickens. They are a variety of colours, and look so pretty when they are all feeding together. One bantam has three chicks, another has two, and another has one, and another has laid seven eggs, and is now sitting on them. Dad found her in some long grass. He was scything the grass and he just noticed her in time. She is sitting very late in the year. I have a nice garden Peter Pan, and it has Wistaria’s and Marigolds and other pretty flowers in it. The weather is very dry, we want rain very much on the winter feed, mangolds and swedes. I did not go away for the holidays this year and I enjoyed myself very much at home. My sisters and I went to the Bay a few times. Well Peter Pan I must close hoping' you are well. (3 marks to Margery Loach, aged 13) Dear Peter Pan, I have got no paints at home so I crayoned the picture. At home we have two guinea pigs and their names are Punch and Judy. We had a wire bottom on the cage but the boy who gave thfem to us said that they would not dig so we took it off and now we don't have to feed them but we move them round the lawn. They eat anything a rabbit will eat, but they don’t drink anything because they get the dew off the leaves. Five of our horses broke out on the road and dad had to go and get them from over near Pleasant Point. On Sunday we went out shooting and shot two rabbits, one was blue and the other was grey. We have not quite finished the harvest because it was too wet to stack it. (3 Marks to Ron Quigley, aged 12) Dear Peter Pan, Our holidays are over and we are back to school again. I went to Timaru the first week of my holidays. After Christmas I had my cousins from Orari and Hinds staying with me. I went cycling, climbing, sliding and swimming. My cousins were very keen on learning to ride a horse. As Toby was our quietest horse they had to learn on him. Toby behaved ven 1 well the only thing he didn’t like to be caught so many times. We lent Toby to a neighbour for two children from Christchurch to learn on. I have a dear wee black and white kitten and I call him Whiskers. <3 Marks to June Peter, aged 10) Dear Peter Pan, I am sending in my entry for the “Painting Competition” and "Mary Went to Town.” Thank you for the Merit Cards. I have been going to High School for about six weeks now. I go in on the bus every morning and night. lam taking the professional course and there are 30 in my class. There are so many more subjects than there were at primary. I noticed in one of your letters that you had seen baby hawks. I have seen them too. One day when my father was cutting a paddock of wheat with the binder he found a nest of baby hawks in some rushes at the side of the paddock. They were a greyish colour and very fluffy but although they were very young they had vicious looking beaks and claws. They had already pecked father so lie was very careful how he handled them. Wasn’t tliat a severe thunderstorm we had last week, Peter Pan. We had Just reached home from school when it started to hail. Luckily it didn't do any damage here. I like all these competitions, and each week I look forward to the competition in "Peter Pan's Corner.” I will close now. 13 Marks to Valerie Schmelz, aged 13) Dear Peter Pan, I am sorry that I did not write sooner. I am in standard six now and I will be 13 in March. I am sending in a poem about summer, in tile hopes of earning a few more marks as I have only got nine yet. Dad has started heading our wheat but we have still a lot. to do. I went to Waimate for a holiday and 1 had a fairly good time while 1 was away. I ride Raelene’s bike to scliooi. but sometimes I ride 'i’rlxle, lire pony. We have no pet lambs tills year because we mothered all of them. We have only two cows and two calves. Well, as I have nothing more to say. I will close now. i 3 Marks to Valmai Cross;