MOKERITA ANNUAL PICNIC.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 182, 4 January 1878, Page 3

MOKERITA ANNUAL PICNIC.

This annual field fffl||s||- inhabitants of Mokerita, with 4lpsßiPfe Wyndham and a few other friet^p&tfj&he adjacent districts, came off Q n^^^^^ps day. under favourable c "* cniTls *^P^^^|t Anderson j Park, the property 6^^^K>odd, Esq., one of the most be^^^pKp 0 t s j n aTl y part of the Mataura. ?ffl^^p>ulcl scarcely be any better l° ca li^^^^^^Sthough the arrangements were ..-fi@f Iffljffiabiy good, there did not seenijSojTOl^^ltjOynieiit as on the previous y^^B^^M' 'might- be reasonably accounte^® -^^^ the '«reat heat and the want of mas breeze to give buoyancy topi SHri-s.* However, a- programme <wni<_ a little dancing very rapidly ffl|By the time. Running, leaping, :hai H'^Wowing, tossing the caber gave exercise for old and young, wK |P^^Ked;duly appreciated. Some oS|^^^^. aceg \vere splendidly run and v^|^^g s ted. The young men's handica-b)ia^^^ir as a ver y close run, the w^SK^vhioh was rewarded with. a he most generously bestowed a^p^^Et.nas gift to the first child that. cah^^^^^vay. - Mr W. Blackly was firßt, j _i^ffiwr > :'ri<empie-. ton very close. : The ,race was also a very close q^^^^ reS g/ as a special'prize, -put thenSffl^^^[ c e v e 0 f their feet, wpn^^^ig]\i a i.y Dodd, who wasUliard^^^^^H by . Miss Beange >and T^ e married men's well 'contested^ : -^ : t^^^S^MKh''-';by:; Mr Cushine, who had ve^ keep ■ him safe . froni Mi* :: MfLeaxi,' - - who striig-O ™l. y>v»v»Vv-f 6it*lie:*psii^lr MilnS

E to spring in could he have got it. In the r second Taoe for -married men, Mr Ramsay - had it pretty much to himself ; : Mr Shirley z second-, with Mr Beange as a ; third, evidently beht on chasing them in or.jpnsh- .. ing them forward somehow. The married ladies, evidently too much overcome with the heat, could not work ' themselves up to "the scratch, and tlieir t race consequently was forced to be held over. There was plenty enjoyment for , young and old, aftd despite tlie intense heat every one seemed pleased with the j day's enjoyment. The whole proceedings were brought to a close as the shades of evening began to gather on the horizon, and the party broke up none the worse of a day's social pleasure \ on the green sward.