CHILDREN’S CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue XIII, 30 March 1895, Page 311

CHILDREN’S CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN.

Any boy or girl who likes to become a cousin can do so, and write letters to ‘Cousin Kate, care of the Lady Editor, Graphic Office, Auckland.' Write on one side of the paper only. All purely correspondence letters with envelope ends turned in are carried through the Post office as follows : —Not exceeding Joz, Jrf; not exceeding boz, Id; for every additional ioz or fractional part thereof, \d. It is well for correspondence to be marked • Commercial papers only ’ Dear Cousin Kate.—l have never written to the Graphic before, ana I hope you will let me become one of your cousins. 1 live at a place called Tory Channel, about eighteen miles from Picton. We have a little steamer which comes down with the mail once a week, called the Torea. I had a lot of little birds in a cage, but it rained and they got all wet and died. 1 am really writing to ask you to send me a badge, and enclose sixpence to pay for it. From your little cousin Maud. Tory Channel. [I am very pleased to have you for a cousin, and am sending you a badge. It must seem funny to receive letters only once a week. How much you mnst all look forward to the arrival of the Torea. I hope you will send a post card and vote for one or other of the competitions.—Cousin Kate.] Dear Cousin Kate.—l am sorry I omitted to send the stamps. 1 now enclose six stamps for a badge and six for the Puzzle Column Prize Fund. We had our school picnic on the 23rd of Februaiy. It was held at Lowry Bay, and we went over in the ss. Mana. We had a bathe as soon as we got there, and then we got dressed, had our dinner, and then went up into the bush and got a few ferns. About half past two we were going to have another bathe. Just as we got our boots and stockings off it came on to rain, and as soon as the two men belonging to tbes.s. Mana came back we came home. We arrived at the Queen’s wharf at a quarter past four. A nice finish up for a picnic, wasn’t it, Cousin Kate ’ lam so glad school has begun again. lam in the Lower Fourth Form. lam enclosing a puzzle. I must now close my letter.—Your affectionate cousin, Laura. Wellington. [Thank you for the stamps for the badge, also for the 6d towards the prize puzzle fund. It is very good of you to send the latter. 1 now invite all those who like to do the same, and we will have a puzzle prize fund. I will give full notice when the pnzzle competition begins. I will wait until I get the posicards from the cousins, though. I can easily guess what your answer will be. I will keep your puzz'e until I begin the competition, unless you would like me to put it in at once. Yes, it was a very provoking ending to yonr picnic It does always seem so annoying when an outdoor affair of any kind is deluged with cold water, or indeed even sprinkled only.—Cousin Kate.]