COUSINS’ CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 13, 28 September 1910, Page 62

COUSINS’ CORRESPONDENCE.

Waitapu. Xf X EAR COUSIN KATE, — May I beI B come one of your cousins? I am ■ <en years old, ond iu Standard .1 J HI- My favourite games are -J football, hockey, and tennis. We have one cow, which is in milk. Our exam is In two months’ time, ami I hope I will pass. ] live about one mile from Waitapu wharf. I have two brothers younger than myself. We have a canary, which we call Dick, but, I have no pets. Please, Cousin Kate,’ will you send me a blue badge? Can you guess this riddle. “What do you keep after giving II away? I have no more to say, so will say good-bye.- With love from CHARLIE. |l»ear Cousin Charlie, Thank you for the “i<‘- htter. we are pleased to have a new cousin. Ito you milk the cow? I wish you would tell mr where Waitapu is, ami what sort of a place it is. 1 can’t guesw your riddle, but I expect sonic of the other cumins 'an. With love. Cousin Kate.| 4 4 4 Wellington. Deal ( ousin Kale. May I become one of your cousins? I am ten years of age. f love reading the cousins' letters. I learn ">"sie. ami I like j t Vv| . y J11114 . 1h j, js always be.w here. Please, will you send me a blue badge. With love. From JOAN. ID« ar cousin Joan, We are glad to wol- '• you among us. And I hope you will again soon. You live near the Zoo. 'H U nn- Hi.nn-thing abnul it wben next you “lite. With love. Cousin Kate. | 4 * I < >kn ra mio. I'• 1 * "'I in Kate, M.iy I become one of toil ins? | am eleven years old, and m the ilm l standard. I will be very glad letter ill the “Graphic.” My 1 ' 1 ’U x the “Graphic," and I like look }"•' • ll Jhe letters, ami also at Buster 1,1 ,ull Ihe weather has been very bad ly. I have hid a bad cold, and '■ hf II .Way from s< hmd two days. We •ba\e ii.id nr e vain ina t ion, but we won’t I' l ■ " ' ■ ! 1 we have passed I ill 4 'hrlsi >’ 1 have two miles |o walk to s» ho d ‘ ' There are about I hirly four ‘lll'll ll . |o our Helm'd. Would you I' ' ' ' "I me i blue badge? I must ctv.se now, so good bje. From MARTHA.

I Dear Cousin Martha,—Yes, you may become a cousin. I am very glad you want to join us, and I hope you will write often. All the eousins seem to find Buster a very trmusing little chap. What a long time to wait to know’ the result of an examination. You ought to be in good form with a four-mile walk each day. With love.— Cousin Kate.J 4 4 4 Havelock Subn. Dear Cousin Kate, —I was very pleased to see my letter in print in the “Graphic,” so I .thought I would write again. You asked mo in your last letter to describe Havelock ■Snbn. to you. Well, first of all, it is a small place, situated in the Kaituna Valley, 'rhe chief industries are sawmilling and cheesemaking. There is a school built about the centre of .Havelock Subn., and about twenty children attend it. In some parts of the bush it is very pretty, and there is many a little waterfall trickling over the rocks, which are covered with ferns and moss. There are no shops in Havelock Subn., so store carts run out from Havelock and Renwicktown. There is not much news to tell you now, so I w’ili close for this time, and perhaps I will be able to get. a little more news for next time.— With love.- From Cousin HILDA. [Dear Cousin Hilda,—Thank you for the very interesting letter you send. Havelock must be quite a little place. What do your people do? Milking or cheesemaking t I expect von have some pretty ferns in those shady nooks. With love.-Cousin Kato.] 4 4 4 Mia ngata in ok a. Dear Cousin Kate, —We have had very wet weather down here lately. This morning it was snowing, and is still very cold. I like very much looking at the pictures of Buster Brown. Wo have <a lit to calf, whose name is Dolly; also two little lambs. 1 think we will soon have another cousin, as 1 told her about you, and she said she might write. Is this the answer to Cousin Winnie’s riddle? Question: Why does a hen pick a pot? Answer: Because it can’t lick it. Can you guess this riddle, “Why are tears like potatoes”? We are going to break up for our school holidays next Friday. My granny has a cat, and it is fifteen years old. We cannot account for the fire at all. Do you do any fancy work, Cousin Kate? My sister goes to the High School with another cousin. 1 will close now, witlg love to you and all the other cousins. — MYRTLE. I Dear Cousin Myrtle, All the cousins seem to love Buster Brown; just because he is so naughty, I am afraid. Somehow’, people never seem to be so very fond of very good boys, who never do anything naughty. I expect it is because they are not a bit funny. What a dear old cat that must be. With love.- Cousin Kate.] 4 4 4 Kainui. Dear <’ousin Kate,- Just a few lines to let you see that .1 received your letter. 1 was very glad to see it. I have my uncle and auntie and three of my cousins with me, ami 1 have great fun. My sister Ella is very bad. She is laid up in lied, but she will write as soon as she is bettor, which I hope will bo soon. We have hail very good weather down here. We are having

our examination on Wednesday week, and I hope I will pass. Please excuse my bad writing, Cousin Kate. I have not much news to tell you, so I must say good-bye, with love to all the other cousins and yourself.—From Cousin MA RATA. [Dear Cousin Marata,—You are a good little correspondent; one of the best we have. I hope your sister will soon be well. Give her my love. With love. —Cousin Kale.] 4 I * Rai Valley. Dear Cousin Kate. —I received the red badge to-day, and am very pleased to become one of your cousins. We have at present very few pets, only a goat and some guinea pi,\s. But, by-and-by. 1 expect we will have a lamb for a pet. There are not manjfe lambs about hero yet. My brother- and sisters w'ere very pleased with my badge, and my youngest brother, who is only six. and cannot read or write, wanted to write to you at once. I will now close. —With love from your little cousin, NELLIE. [Dear Cousin Nellie, —I am glad you liked your badge. Tell your wee brother he must hurry up and grow’ big; then he can have one. The worst part of having a lamb for a pet is that they will grow- up and become sheep; then they are not a bit uice. With love. —Cousin Kate.] 4? 4* Carluke. Dear Cousin Kate, —I saw my letter in the “Graphic,” and was pleased to see it. I received my badge, and like it very much. 1 am sorry I did cot write before, but we have been practising football. We are playing for a cup against the other schoolboys, and are trying hard to win it. We had our examination the other day, but we do not know whether we have passed..or not. I went to a circus on Friday, and thought it was all right. We are living down in our new r house now’, and are going to milk cows and send the milk to the factory. I must now conclude, with best love to yourself and all the other cousins. With love. —- Cousin WALLIE.

[Dear Cousin Wallie, —I hope when next you write you will tell me that you won that football match. 1 am very keen on a circus. I think they are great fun. I have not been to one for years. Write again soon. With love.—Cousin Kate.]