BE IN TIME.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20477, 1 December 1934, Page 26 (Supplement)

BE IN TIME.

Trying the Christmas Competitions. Entries are coming in freely now for the Christmas Competitions, and the closing date is December 10, next Monday week. 1 hope you’ll all rally and work hard for the last competition of this year, Starlets. The list is reprinted to-night, for those who have not yet started, but who are going to! (a) —Open to adults and ALL readers: Best story suitable for a children’s page. Length, 800 words (approximately). (b) Open to adults and ALL readers: Best Indian ink drawing suitable for a children's page (lOin x Bin). (c) —Open to Starlets: Best short story, between 500 and 700 words. New Zealand setting. Any topic. (d) —Open to Starlets under twelve: “ My letter to Santa Claus.” (eb—Open to all Starlets: Best Christmas poem. (f) Open to Starlets: Best drawing for the Christmas page. Entries must be the unaided work of the competitor: age. name * and address must be clearly attached and forwarded before December 10. I All prizes in Starlets’ classes will be j 5s cash for first and 2s 6d for second. | First prizes only of 15s each will be i awarded in the senior section. STAMPS FOR AUSTRALIA. I Dear Aunt Hilda, —I am writing you | in the hope that you may be able to get me some New Zealand correspondents who will exchange stamps with me. I want all kinds of New Zealand stamps, and can give in exchange common and medium stamps of Australia. India. Japan, Travancore and other countries. Would you please insert a small notice in the children's 1 page of the “Star?” This is the first i time I have written to vou. May I ! write again? I could tell you of the ! new Australian commemorative stamps, the Victorian < 'entenarv and Macarthur Centenary.—Yours sincerely, Joseph White, junior, Krowera P. 0., via Loch, Victoria, Australia. “THE END OF THE YEAR.” Another successful vea r has passed, Of days and days of joy; Days that have been full of interest. For every girl and boy. What a happy band of workers. Are Starlets, young and old, Working with a merry heart Throughout the year, I'm told They never seem to tire ! To help a deserving cause, Making lots of pretty things. For dear old Sayta Claus! (Original.) Brenda Payne (Linwood). FLOWER PUZZLE. 1. An animal, and something to wear! Answer: Foxglove. 2. A girl's name, and ’and between hills. Answer: Lily of the valley 3. Part of a room, and something used in cooking. Answer: Wallflower. (Flour.) 4. What we make from cream and a drinking vessel. Answer: Buttercup. 5. Sugar is this and a vegetable! Answer: Sweetpea. 6. A colour, and fiery, and a metal bar for stirring fires. Answer: Red-hot poker. (Original.) Brenda Payne. DOGS WANTED. Aunt Hilda has good homes waiting for three Pomeranian dogs. Would anyone wanting to dispose of dogs ol good disposition please write Aunt Hilda? A home for the other dog was arranged by 9.30 am. on Monday. Jimmy: “Don't be scared, barking dogs never bite.” Willy: “But how can you tell when he is going to stop barking.”