The Prize Essay From a Christchurch Child's View
A messy manuscript airily resembles a contest entry. Morna Barrett, twelve, writes of missing holidays at Peel Forrest, caring for her sick Aunt Susie, Uncle Ben's grumbling, and the children' s innocent antics while she imagines a better essay life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manumeripis
Bost
Edward
Charis Edward
Renee
Tne
Lyall Bay
Charles
Clint Mount Cook
Marna Barrett
Merna Barrett
Wee Forrest
Peel Forrest
Aunt Buate
le Juet
Hom
Christchurch
Gonny
Granny
Uncle Ben
Susie
Ben
Nicknam
Towan
Udeh
Aunt Susie
Uncle Bem
Easay
Sumie
Mer
Merk
Echool
Teddy
Essay Rivalry and a Sweet DoctorAid Prompt
A narrator laments failing to write for a competition and watches Marjorie Slater loom as rival. A chance meeting with a kind doctor, who comforts and urges completion, leads to a pivotal moment where the editor seals success with the first prize.
Squirrels Count At Convention Revealed
The Secretary found that there were 16 squirrels at each of the triangular portions of the tree. He multiplied 16 by eight and concluded there were 128 squirrels at the convention.
Love You Mother in a Child’s Playful Day
A nostalgic verse in fractured rhyme shows children Ada Nell John and Man declaring devotion to their mother. Each child acts kindly or teases, then helps with chores and bedtime, highlighting home warmth and a mother’s loving patience.
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Nell
Tim
Riddles and Wordplay From Crimson Rambler
Riddles joke about homophonic country puns and word tricks. Answers include Lapland for land uny child, and Long Acre for a London street echoing a toothache, with lines about Miss, Mics, and Min- fortunes.
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Porrow
Howe
Lapland
London
Long Acre
Del Prado of Sydney and Canberra Holiday Letters
Dimity Dell shares details from Easter visits to Hoconnoc and Monaro in Canberra region with family news and pen friend notes. Wendy writes of Murrumbateman trips, floods on creeks, wildlife, and horses, while Crimbon Kamal offers reflections on flowers during drought and spring, including a verse dedication and garden talk.
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Tink Mernt Card
Crimbon Kamal
Weetangeero
Tower Itas
Dimity Dell
Fairy
Gudgonby
Canberra
England
Sydney
Bret
Wight
Moonshine and Starlight Share Easter Letters and Flowers
A letter from Moonshine in Kingston, age 12, asking why her Pink Merit Card hasn’t arrived, recounts Easter at home and a Lake George trip via Queanbeyan and Melrose. Star light, Dimity Dell, and others reply with notes on flowers, gardens, and poems, praising dahlias and cosmos while welcoming new Circle members and sending riddles and fan letters.
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Kingston
Pictures Unit
Lake George
Queanbeyan
Melidore
Chaity
Moonshine
Kanter
Windon
Dimity del
Grenfell
Dimity
The Astrolabe Puzzle and Abracadabra Traditions
A fragmented historical note describes the Astrolabe puzzle and Abracadabra lore from ancient to medieval times. It explains triangular letter arrangements that conceal names within continuous words, tracing secrets from astrologers to Europeans and the spread of abracadabra charms.
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Mom
Puzzle description of flexible letter paths in a grid
A garbled OCR passage describes a word square puzzle with tines moving in any direction and over any number of squares. It explains numbering rows from top to bottom, left to right, and tracing a trail from a starting cell to a letter. It mentions crossing squares and naming the path by a line.
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Vane
Astrolabe puzzle notes and playful letter clues
A fragment describes an astrolabe puzzle with letter squares and a scoring method. Readers are invited to assemble names from letter positions, record the numbered blotters, and share their enjoyment with the puzzle editor. The text suggests future similar parries featuring scientists, explorers, and notable figures.
New Members Join Club Roster
The organization lists three new members: Brown Eyes aged 4 linked to Weatridee, burko aged 9 associated with Barton, and Porky Boy aged 4 connected to Barton. No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatridee
Burko
Barton
Porky Boy
Tiny Tots Alphabet Verses From Evening Star
Alphabet verse listing names and initials with playful lines about each child and an extended riddle of animals and objects. It includes references to Alfred Bernard Clara Donal Edna Fanny George Harold Irene Joseph Kenneth Malcolm Mois Norman Olive Peggy Quentin Roy Susan Thomas Urgia Vielar Willan Xavier Zeno and others, plus a Native American hat and a counting rhyme about feathers.
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Evening Star
Alfred
Apr
Bernard
Clara
Donal
Edna
Fanny
George
Glen
Harold
Irene
Joseph
Kenneth
Lis
Malcolm
Mois
Noda
Norman
Ode
Olive
Vis
Pegey
Woin
Quentin
Roy
Susan
Thoman
Uredia
Vielar
Verne
Willan
Xavier
Marick
Zeno
Zeus
Birthday Greetings From Dimity Dell
Dimity Dell sends best wishes for a birthday to Greg Honey age and to day April 11 Amalie, Marjorie Blanton age 12 today April 11 Rose Bay, Eric Whelan age 14 today April 1 Causeway, W Osland age 14 today April Canberra.
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Greg Honey
Amalie
Marjorie Blanton
Rose Bay
Eric Whelan
Causeway
W. Osland
Canberra
Poem Fragments Invoke Kilmer’s Tree Image
Fragments echoed from Joyce Kilmer’s verses hint at a tree with a mouth against earth and rain. The text blends altered lines about a tree lifting arms to pray and enduring weather, ending with the line that poems are made by fools like me.
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Wendy
Joyce Kilmer
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Meaven
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Tanner
Litthy
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Uomoved
Hosa
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Ehome
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Marorie Slater
Butcher's
Marjory
Emi
Akaron
Dunmero
Ture
Mother
John
Black Pete
Alwayn
Min- Fortune
Min- Management
Soltheirn
Molonito
Bydney
Hoconnoc
Dad
Queanbeyah
Coon
Cooma
Boconnoc
Adawinaby
Niles
Filer Country
Snory
Jamity
Michelago
Monaro
Sage
Southern Cross
Monure
Nonice
Murrumdaleman
Wright
Chintiy
Owen
Lucerne
Mid Mill
Hocennac Vorry
Norte
I Lady's
Magee
Dickty
Beater
Murrumbutemay
Winatty Dredd
Astiake
Furry Panay
Alack
Pete
Grifith
Ioo
Melbourne
Starlight
Dell
Bmnhown Byee
Wortridge
Telopea Turk School
Felenda Ope
Tam
Dipity
Ren
Best Wiehow
Pynt
Senoul
Turko
Bowie
Huliam
Dimnity Deel
Teller
Porky Hoy
Laughter Corner
Adn
Niagara Falls
Remy
Anne Baleyn
Henry
Anne Boteva
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