LETTERS AND REPLIES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 11, 13 March 1912, Page 57

LETTERS AND REPLIES.

Carmichaei-st rct-t. zfA CAR COUSIN KATE-Thask you B so nsurh for haring put a notice I ■ in the ■'Graphic” for roe. I hare 9 already received a pretty post L J card from Daisy Williams aud two most interesting Setters from Jessie Williams and Jean Hammond. 1 was delighted with them all. I thought perhaps you might like the post card I am sending to you. It «Hi shew how dangerous it is to travel to and from the interior. Ton will see the sort of boats that are used. The scenery in some parts of the eokmy is very pretty. The laud is rather fiat, except in the interior, where there are several mountains. Trees are abundant, and some o* them grow to a great height and look gust lovely. Greenheart is the special Timber used, on account of its durability It is largely exported to England, and used tn the Manchester dockyards. Gold, balata, and diamonds are rather plentiful lr rhe interior. The Government is proposing to run a traifi te the Kaieture Falls, s - that tourists to the colony may see them. Row lovely all the roses nraat look ir full bloom. We also hare some whk*h blossom and are at their best in Jnne.—Cousfca CONSTANCE [Dear Cousin Constance.—l e®joyed your letter so much, and I am sure the other cousins will, for ft is always interesting to hear of other countries. I am so glad some of the cousins are correspondmg with you I only wish we had more cousins like you. if only that your letter is so beautifully neat and well written Thank you for the pretty and interesting post card you sent me.—Cousin Kate.] * * * onaupo. Dear Cousin Kate.—May I become one of your junior cousins? I am ten, and In the f :rth standard. I have two pet pigeons, end they both lay eaga. I have two brothers and two sisters. Please send me £ blue badge?—Cousin DT2GCIK. [Dear Cousin Delete, —I am sery pleased to welcome you as a member of the eoasin.** society. Are your pigeons tame and feed from band? It wiß be great fun if they batch the eggs oct.—Cousin Kate.} * i * Tekaka Dear Cousin Kate.—l was glad to see luy letter in the “Graphic.- I did have luu fc the holidays. A friend came to stop £ fortnight with us. Nearly every day wp went to bathe in the aea. We live beside the sea. My father has a boat, and sometimes he takes us for a row. I have one sister. She is going to write to you.—Cousin ISIE. [Dear Cousin I«de.—How nice to hare bad nek a jolly holiday. Tou wCI have to Bettie down and work hard now xm’li Faster. I suppose you are quite a good swimmer J shall be pleased to bear from vour abler 4«jdn Kate J * * e Palmeratoa N Dear Couk:d Kate,— We went to Foatoa for the (kridwu betidayK w* emjoyed oursaivea so much that we Aid not want to come bswf After we had been there a Week. We asked Cousin Nellie to com- aad Stay with us. so dad brought her with him wheu hr came. We bad lovely fun sliding dowu ike Handbills. One day we All walked into Foxtoo. which is three milt-s from lbe {teach. We looked about

the town; then we had afternoon tea. and walked home again. 1 think Foxton is the smallest town I have ever been in. I am going to begin music for the first time after the holidays, and I «m very sorry. I am going to the Sunday-school picnic on Saturday; we are going to have it at the Ashurst Domain.—Cousin DIKTMB. [Dear Cousin Dakycs,—l was so pleased to from you again. You are one of the few really faithful cousins. The snapshots you enclose are pretty. Is that your mother? I am going to start snapping, and when I can do them well I will send you some I hope you are going to be good and work hard at your lessons. Whatever they are, its the least you can do after such a nied holiday.—Cousin Kate ] £ ± * Dear Cousin Kffte. —We are getting some very hot weather here now, and it is almost too hot to work. There is a splendid harvest here this year, although they are so late in getting the crops in. I should like to have been in the fields amongst the crops, but I could not ret out. —Cousin DI ULI AN. [Dear Cousin Lillian,—Though you may be busy, you must make time to write to us now and again. hy have you to s»tay indoors so much? It would have been lovely io help through the day.—Cousin Kate. ] Ashburet. Dear Cousin Kate.—May I be one of your cousins? I am five years old. My five brothers and one aisstex are also your cousins. I went to the picnic to-day, and won three prizes for racing. There was a funeral to-day in Ashhurst and one yesterday Wotfid you please send me a red badge?—Cousin ROT. May I become one of your junior I am eight years old and in Staudara HI- iyoe ban MF badges please send me a blue oae.—Cousin TED. , [Dear -Cousins Boy and Ted, —I am delighted to have two sneh nice little chaps cousins. I know it is not easy for such very little boys to write letters, but I h*pe you will write again.—Cousin Kate ] a. £ £ ~ Te KuKi. Dear Cousin Kate.—l should very much like to be one of your many cousins. My father iras been getting the 'weekly Graphic” for some time past now, and I delight to look through it, but better than «11 I like looking at the views through the sxereosi-ope. I am thirteen years o' age. and have up till quite recently been att.eiMisßg the public school, where I got my proficiency certificate in the year 1910. I cotk-ed on xhe chßdren’s page in the "Graphic” a few Hnes telling about this esssiy competition. I am sorry that I am too late to compete for the prize, but If there are any more sort competitions, as I suppose there will be. I will try my hand at the game. I would be very pleased if you would send me a badge t»efore the ±ihid. as it is my birthday, and I <honld like to «h>w it to' my friends. Pink is my favourite colour, so I wotiM tike the badge to be pink.—Cousin fTAZ3£L. [Dear Cousin Hazel, —I am de’isrhted to enrol you ®s a member of our society. Tour letter was so neat and wel’-written I am «orry you did not knew fn time of the competitions. You would have gained hirii marks for writing and neatness. In your next letter teU us something of the King Country.—Cousin Kate.] £ * £ Motnmaho. Dear Cousin Kate.—Th? weather here is very hot at present, but last Friday It rained, and everything is looking lovely after It. Ethel has been away at Waltea for a holiday, and she enjoyed herarif. NeUle is away at Eureka, which is about fire miles from here. She was home for

h little while yesterday and today. The school was opened on February 5. There la • man teacher, and the children seem to like him. It seems so quiet without the children running In and out all day. But 1 can tell you 1 am not sorry to have them away for a few hours each day. No sparrows nests have blown down from the trees so far this year. Nellie’s pet lamb has grown so big now, and has grown quite ugly to what it was when it was little. We do not feed any calves now. We weaned the last four last night, and turned them and the pet lamb into the paddock that the hay was cut off. The hay paddock was lovely and green a week ago, but when the cows were turned into It they soon ate down Ihe grass. The flower garden to looking lovely at present, with all the different flowers out. We have only four kinds all done. We are going to plant some more of roses out now. and the sweet peas are sweet peas at the end of this month. The school teacher is such a good tennis player. There are 23 children going to school so far, and there arc more to go yet. For the first two days the children had nothing to do, as the desks did not come. There is a swarm of bees in the school, and 1 think nearly every child that goes to school here has had a sting. One of mother’s pet cows has such a. bad foot. Three or four of our cows have had bad feet, but not nearly so bad as that poor cow. Cousin LENA I Pear Cousin Lena,- Your letter was very welcome, but a little too long. You seem 1c lead a nice, busy, happy life. You should play tennis when yon can all work and no Ws n««t pay. Cousin Kate. I

Kaimirgi Dear Cousin Kate, —> am writing to you thanking you very much for the badge. We have got our oats and bay cut, and we have got our hay in. I am in Standard 11. We have got thirty-six cows in. The picnic la on the Ist of March. We startl'd school last Monday. I have got a big doll. I went to New Plymouth last Thursday week. I am eight years old. My cousin came up last Sunday.—Cousin EVELYN. I Dear Cousin Evelyn,—How is it you did not send inc a letter about your holidays? 1 thought it was such an easy subject that every cousin would try, but 1 am sorry to say only a few have. 1 hope you enjoy your picnic. - Cousin Kate.] * 4 4 Kimbolton, Valley-road. Dear Cousin Kate, — I suppose you will think 1 have forgotten the Cousins’ Circle, but not quite. Last Saturday I trod on top of a bottle and nearly cut three of my toes off. and I can't walk. Mum and dad have just come back from a holiday to the Thames. We are shifting to either Nelson or the Thames.—Cousin EDNA. [Dear Cousin Edna, —I am so sorry to hear of your accident. You are lucky to get off so easily. 1 wonder how T you will like your new home. Nelson is such a lovely place. Either you will find much ©leer than Kimbolton.—Cousin Kate.] £ * 1* Ohaupo. Dear Cousin Kate, —I passed my exam . and 1 am in Standard 111. Would you like to be going to school? I like it. Our

school Is so crowded that we eit three in a desk and we have only two teachers. I went to Raglan for my holidays, and then to Auckland. 1 had such grand fun bathing. —Cousin LILLIAN. IDear Cousin Lillian,—Why, when you had such a lovely holiday' did yon not write and tell us all about It, and perhaps win a nice Ixjok?—Cousin Kate.] 4 4 4 Tekahs. Dear Cousin Kate.- May I become one of your cousins? I have only been in Tekaha one year. Before I came here I lived in the South Island. I have no pets to tell you about. The two cousins I know’ once rode bare-backed up a steep bank. Just as they reached the top they both, slid over the horse’s tail. We all laughed, for they were not hurt at all. Please send me a red badge.—Cousin TINA. [Dear Cousin Tina, —I am very pleased to welcome you to our midst, and I hope you will be a good correspondent. The cousins must have got rather a shock when they slid off; it’s awfully hard to ride bareback. 1 think it is so wonderful how people can jump fences that way.— Cousin Kate.] 4 4 4 Epsom. Dear Cousin Kate,—l have often read the cousins’ letters in the ’•Weekly Graphic,” and think most of them very interesting. After reading the letters in the latest "Graphic” 1 thought 1 would like to become one of the large number of cousins. I am fourteen years old and go to the Auckland

Technical College. Do any of the cousin# living in Christchurch or Wellington 08 Dunedin, save up tram tickets? If eo« would you let me have their address, a# I would like to exchange some with them. Cousin EDWIN. [Dear Cousin Edwin, —I am very please# to have a senior boy cousin. Please d# try and write us some interesting letters; for Instance, about your work at school; that would please the country May I ask what you collect tram ticket# for? You must not write on both sides of the paper.—Cousin Kate.] 4 4 4 Konlnf. Dear Cousin Kate, —I was so pleased to note that you have accepted me as one ofi your cousins, and I hope that you will bCf so kind as to send me a badge of member* ship. I would like a blue badge, please. I have a pretty cat. It has four whit# feet, and I have named it Ben Bright boots.I also have a kitten named Flosey, whlcrf 1 have taught to jump nicely. I also hav# a calf named Dot, and a pet hen which 1 call Mary. I had a dear little pup. which I called Rag, but I am sorry to have tell you that last week it was run oyer by* the train and killed. We had our schoof picnic on Friday last, and 1 enjoyed it S# much. I gained one prise for running, but my brothers got several.-Cousin AN* GELICA. [Dear Cousin Angelica,—What quaint names you give your pets. 1 do think that* was a very sad fate for poor Rag. Was he asleep on the line, do you think. «>r how did it happen*?—Cousin Kate.]