HOLIDAY EVENTS IN SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 5

HOLIDAY EVENTS IN SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Timaru, December 21.... Tho holiday passed oft well, being fav-. cured with fine weather. Sports were held, .at Temuka and. Waimate,* and'races.at Fairlie. ~At' .Temuka there were'...topic' good running and cycling. Campbell (North Island) won the; milo and tho half milo flat races, Tavener pressing him.-; Gillpspie was the. most successful: cyclist. At Waimate the chief ovent was the standing log chon (20 inoh), which was won by G. A. Gould (Catlins), an exTasmanian champion, in-Jniiri. 47sec. At Fairlie, • the best horse seen out ut the -meeting was Mr. J,. Lindsay!s three-year-old filly Red-, AVhite and Blue, which annexed the Trial Race, and the Cup. BOLTON COLLIERY' RELIEF. Auckland,, December 27. Tho Primo Minister, oil behalf of New Zealand, has cabled to tho. Lord .Mayor's fund for the widows and children of the men killed in the Bolton Colliery disaster, : • , ,■ . BANDSMEN'S PICNIC. ' ■ . ■■■ Napier, December 27. A t-ery large number of peoplo attended the Napier City Band's animal picnic and sports, held at Farndou Park to-day.. Tho weather was perfect, and. the , oiit.ing was on undoubted success. A lengthy, sports programme excited much interest, and among tho other attractions -were launch trips on the river. The band rendered variousseleetions, ; and altogether it was a most successful sports picnic, more, so than in any previous year. A noticeablo feature was the number of country visitors. CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. Christchiirch, December 26. . The cycling championship meeting was held at Lancaster Park to-day. There was a large crowd present. Tho following wore the results of the championsliin events: One mile cash championship— A. B. L. Smith (Christchiirch), 1; I. J. Orlowski, 2;, P. O'Shea, 3. Five miles chnmpionship-A. B. J,.. Sni'tli (Christehurch), 1; G. H. * Tomline (Weil'ngton) 2;. P. O'Shea (Christchurch), 3; " lgI01 "' TAUPO ROAD DEVIATION. -.- '. Napier, December 24. ..A start will bo inado immediatelyafte? the holidays with the deviation "of tho Taupo Road, to obviate the .severe grade, one of the worst parts of the road. The removal of this obstacle will considerably popularise Taupo as n. holiday resort. AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL. Hokitika, December 2". At Ihe first day of the Kumara Axejnon's Carnival, held yesterday, W. Foa.therston won the JESO upright cliop, mid O'R-ourka secm-ed first place in the upright croii, 15-inch log, from scratch. .Hi* time, H' 1-asec, is. said-to bo a world's! record. O'liourko also won tlie chop to-day. ■-.■•■■■