Peter Pan's Post Box THIS WEEK’S MOTTO.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17502, 8 September 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)

Peter Pan's Post Box

THIS WEEK’S MOTTO.

“ Truth is Trust.” —Sent by Nancy Thomas (12), Ilorotiu.

Ivy Petersen, Hamilton. —Yes, Ivy, you may have “ Joybird ” for a pen-name, and we are very glad to have you with us in the Circle. Your letter was beautifully neat and has been placed on the Honours Board —that means 2 marks towards a Card! —Peter Pan. Bernice IVlolo, Frankton. —We were so glad t oliear front you once more, Bernice. You must be having- a very busy time minding little Betty. Are you glad to be back at School? It won’t be so very long before the next ones come! —Peter Pan. Ivan lYloore, Forest Lake. —Yes, Ivan, you may have “ lvanhoo ’ ’for your pen-name. What fun you must have water-lighting in summer. Do you get Into bathing suits before you get within range of the hose? How old is Phyllis, “ lvanhoo ” ?—Peter Pun. Mary Armitage, Frankton. —Yes, Mary, you may have " May Flowers ’’ for a penname. How long lias the Tongan boy been at Paerata? It is a good college. Peter Pan knows one of the Tongan Princesses, Fusi, very well, and has met the Queen Saloi’e. Does your Tongan I fiend remember them? —-Peter Pan. Desmond Thomas, Frankton. —What wonderful fun you bad at the park, Desmond. Yes, you may have “dene lunney” for a pen-name. Write tu us again soon, "Gene.” —Peter Pan. “Evening Sky." —Your letter sounded very much as h you had bad a lovely holiday, “Evening Sky.” Peter Pan missed hearing from you last week, but is glad tp know you were so happy. tsn t ihe museum a wonderful place.—Peter Pan. “Mountain Fairy,” Te Rapa. — What good run you had at the park, Ruby was It far to go? When do you begin settling down to bard work? It must have been very hard to go to school when everyone clso was holidaying.—Peter Pan.

Cecil Booth, Fairfield. — What Jolly hard luck you had being 111 during your holidays/ Cecil. It was very good or you aunt to say “Never mind, come at (.mistmas,” wasn’t it? Where does your aunt live 9 \Ve want to hear from you again soon, Cecil. —Peter Pan. Zona Duck, Orini.— What lots of additions to the farm you must have found when you came home from youi holiday. \nd such nice things, too. Peter just loves pups and roais and lambs. You are a very lucky little person, Zena. —Pctet Pan. Myrtle Griffon, Newstead. —Yes, Myrtle, everyone Is very hus.v on the farms at present How long -tvill mother be away? 'you must miss not having her at home. It will be fun when Christmas comes—ls there any place In particular to which you would like to go for the holldajs.—Pctei Pan. “Oranno Blossom,” Hamilton. — Thank you tor the joke?,’ “Orange Blossom.” Yours was such a nice neat letter, and you han been placed on the Honours Board tor it. Keep count of your marks, Josephine, and jve will send you an Honours Board Card when you havo 20. peter Pan. Mona Stockloy, Elstow. — Thank you ever so much for the Interesting photm, Mona We were so glad to get them and now they form a valuable part of Peter Pan’s collection. You must ho \er clever crocheting so nice a d oyley, anu we are ever so glad that you were paid so well. —Peter Pan. “Chieftain,” Frankton.— What run you will have when your school baths are roadv, Ronnie. I suppose you will hate all sorts of Jolly Ideas such as springboards and chutes at them, as time goes on Won’t the first swim in them he j great affair? —Peter Pan. Joan Vane, Te Rapa.— Such a nice neat letter, Joan. You have gained two maik.-> towards an Honours Board Card \vljli IP We arc glad to hear that you had a lovely birthday party, and also ol your Jolly holidays at Raglan. Did you llsh at all, ana have any swims? —Peter Pan. “Freesia,” Karapiro.— Yes, “Freesla ” it was a long time since your last letter, hut we were so glad to hear from you once more. Your climb to the trig station must have been great fun What sorts or rerns did you find in the hush.' W ore you getting specimens or plants lor transplanting? —Peter Pan. Iris Aiken, Horsham Downs. — What a pity that the lights should rail at the prize-giving, Iris. Congratulations on being one or the most regular attendants It must have been a very jolly party and we are sure that you were sorry when home-time came.—Peter Pan. Connie Radford, Hamilton.— Welcome to the Circle, Connie; wo are so glad that you want to Join us and hope to hear lrom you orten now and see you gaining a place on the .Honours Hoard. Y’es, you may Have “Gipsy Moth” for a pen-narnc, and a very pretty one It Is, too. — Peter Pan. “Dawn,” Frankton. — Peter Pan did not know that you could got coloured sands on the coast beaches. He must look on ids next visit. Wouldn’t you.like to go to a secondary school, “Dawn”? Wliat will you do next year?—Peter Pan. Dorothy Thomas, Frankton. — The railing of the light surprised a number of people, Dorothv. Yes, you may have “Maid of Orleans” for your pen-name. Wilt you he going to Thames next holidays?—Peter Pan.

LETTERS to &* Addressed > PETER PAN, Care Waikato Tlmea Bos IBS, HAMILTON.

Phyllis errand, Tauplrl.— ' Welcome, Phyllis we are so glad to have you among us and’hope to hear from you again soon. Would you like -Rosemary” for your cair s name and -Mignonette” for jour penname? You are lucky having so tiny a baby sister, Phyllis; little Unbies aro such dear little things, aren’t they?—Petti Pan. Brian Banks, Tirau. —•Welcome to the Circle, Brian; we hope that you will have a hanDV time with us in the Circle. What did you think or all the lights failing on Qitii r*H<iv nio-hf' All tllC ttlGfltl CS iIIIQ dance halls were plunged into darkness and ror some time everything was very dark. Write to us again soon, Bnau. Peter Pan. “Faithful,” Horsham Downs. —Yes, Freda it is such a long time since you last wrote, but from all accounts you have been having a very busy month. We hone that now things are a little easier you° will he able to write for the page. W’e hope soon t.o publish a picture of our Honours Hoard Card, Tor you all to see. Thank you for the riddles. —I cter Pan. Joyce Watkins (9), Frankton.— How is Rhocfa, Joyce? We hope that her holiday in Auckland lias brought back her strength and that she feels no effects or her operation. Can’t you have fun on the swings? Can you climb ropes, Joyce. You can do all sorts of- things on a pair of ropes if you aro lucky enough to have them. —Peter l’an.

Owen Elliott, To Rapa. —What a lovely present to give you, Owen! It will be good fun when they begin to lay; have you made a nice nest for them yet? The canaries' song is one of the prettiest, Peter thinks. —Peter Pan. Joan Fishor, Frankton. —Doreen Is certainly doing very well, Joan, and you must be very proud Indeed of having so clever a little sister. Soon she will bo getting breakfast Tor you all and housekeeping!— Potcr Pan. Gordon Thomas, Frankton.—Congratulations on winning the prize, Gordon. Of course wo are sure you deserved it. Have you been to the park since? Now that school has begun again you must be hard at work once more.—Peter Pan. 1-orraLne Pardington, Forest Lake. —Yes, Lorraine, you may have “Silver Fairy” for a pen-name. We are glad to hear that you were able to go to Brownies again last week, and hope that Flurry will soon be better. —Peter Pan. “Crystal,” Whitiora. —Yes, “Crystal,” you certainly had a good time during your holidays. We were glad to hear that your little girl friend was progressing well. Is she out or hospital yet? Have you ever been to Kawliia, Greta? —Peter Pan. FROM A NEW MEMBER. Dear Peter Pan, —This is holiday time. «o I thought 1 would like to write to you lam eight, years old. Igo to the Convent School and I am in Standard I. I went lo To Aroha for a few days with mum and I enjoyed it very much. I had a jovely time in the baths. My cousin, 1 iiin Hannan, in Petone, writes to you.— Desmond Dillon, Hamilton East. ' we were very glad to get your letter, Desmond ami welcome you to our Circle, yes we often hear from Lulu; does she have our page sent to her? We love getting her letters because it widens our interest to hear from members afar oiT.— Peter Pan. MY GARDEN. Dear Peter Pan, —I am going to toll you about my two little gardens One is for Bowers and one is lor vegetables. In iej Dower garden I have daisies, pansies, iceulants forget-me-nots, and cowslips; and in inv vegetable garden I have onions, lettuce ’ and" radishes, and I have some strawberries too. Do you like gardening, peter Pan, or don’t fairies garden? I like gardening. My mother has a nice garden and so has my brother. We will have some little chickens coming out on Thursday. Our bantam is sitting on the eggs.—“ Little Elf” (7), Kaipaki. What lovely gardens yours must be, “■Litllo F.lf.” Peter Pan loves nowers and lias some very lovely gardens htmseir. Congratulations on winning a place on the Honours Board; it will count two marks towards your Card. —Peter Pan.

A FAMILY OF LAMBS.

Dear Pe.ter Pan, —It has been a very inild winter so far, compared with last year, has it not? Several weeks ago it rained heavily for three days. We saw three land-slides on the hills just in front of the house. They make a dreadful noise when they get up speed. lucre was one big one which came down right in the middle of some bush. It took trees and everything that came in its way. We have eight pet lambs. Quite a family, is it not? I have two hens sitting, one with hen eggs, the other with duck eggs. So I am hoping to have a family of chickens and ducklings soon.—Dawn Wilson (12i, waimal. We were so glad to hear from you again, Dawn, and hope that somehow you will be able to see our page now and again. Peter Pan has never heard a landslide, but can quite imagine the noise it must make. You have Indeed an enormous family of lambs, and Peter wishes you luck with your chicks.—Peter Pan.

CHANG. Dear Peter Pan,—l was sorry you could not publish rnv letter, but I hope you will this time. How 1 received the name -Queen or Clubs” was I went to a Taney dress ball in that costume and I had a lovely time, Did you hear of the collision in Victoria Street? Two cars banged into each other, but fortunately no damage was done. Did j'ou go to the picture called “Chang”? it was all about animals in the jungle. The natives set traps to catch them in and when they went to see if they were in the trap all would stay behind except one ruan. He would call out if any animal was in, and all, the natives would come and shoot it. The Chang was the elephant, and when one man caught a baby one he tied it to ills house and the mother elephant came and shook the house down to get the baby elephant. On another occasion a herd or elephants captured a village, anil some brave natives built a huge trap lor the elephants. Some, other men drove the elephants to this huge trap, and they shut the door as soon as all the elephants were in the trap.. Then the fight began, and the people used the big" “Chang’S’ lor building another village. It was a beautiful picture, hut I have only told you a little of it, , , , Have you been to see Arapuni yet? l have not, but I might go to-morrow (Sundav). I have been where it is all under water at present. It is the second dam in the Waikato River, isn’t it? Wasn t it an awful day on Friday, but to-day was beautiful. Doesn’t the weather change uutckly?—“Queen of Clubs,” Hamilton. Well “Queen of Clubs,” here is j’our letter, and a very Interesting one it was too- we hope to get many more 1 ko it. “Chang” was certainly a wonderful picture, and we are glad you enjoyed it so much. —Peter Pan.