RAILWAYS PICNIC.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 9

RAILWAYS PICNIC.

The following is an amended list of tho winuers of the various sports events at the Railways picnic at Day's Bay this week:—Bowling—Locomotive Department, 1; Stores Department, 2; Chief Accountant's Department, 3. ■ ' 50yds. Swimming Handicap,—Masson, 1; Walker, 2; Thomson, S. V 75yds. Swimming Handicap.—Walker,'l{ M'Grath, 2; Dingle, 3. " , 100 yds. Cadets Handicap.—Howard, lj Snelling 2; Haddock, 3. 1 75yds. Married Men's Handicap.—Ewart, 1; Miller, 2; Gfreig, 3. Egg and Spoon Race.—Sherwood, 1. . Sack Race.—Troliy, lj Miller, 2; O'Car-i-011, 3. ■■ J Wheelbarrow Race.—Dingle and Rohloff, 1; Welliugs and Craig, 2; Bearsley ana Goodlnnd, 3. " : ■ 100 yds.' Open Handicap.—Benton, 1; Snelling, 2; Haddock, 3. Thread-the-Needlo Race.—Power and lady, 1. 1 Three-legged race.—Power and W. Bond, 1; Miller and Nash, 2; Benton and Allwright, 11. , Relay Race.—Stores Department, No. 1 team (Mitchell, 'Bearsley, Power, Murphy), 1; Stores Department, No. 2, 2; Locomotive Department, 3. ' 75yds. Veterans' Handicap.—Cooper, 1; Stephens, 2; 'Wynne, 3. Tug-of-War.—Stores Department (Macaskill, Haddock, Chitty, Bray, Williamson, Dingle, Cotter, and' Power), 1; Chief Accountant's Department, 2. Among tho heads of tho Departments who attended wero Messrs. T. ltonayne, A. L. Beattie, J. Burnett, and Wynne. There wero also many representatives from other brandies of the Civil Service. Apologies were received from tho PrimoMinister, tho Hon. W. H." llerries, and other prominent members of tho Government. Tho officials for the spjrts events wero:—Messrs. Murris, Chitty, M'Govern, Charlton, Lundon, Sutherland, Simmons, Wear, and Kelly; tennis, Messrs. M'Caul, Muir, and Pra,lt; cricket, Me.ssrs. P. Smith,' Nash, and Porteous; bowling, Messrs. J. P. Kelly, Batten, and ■ P. J. M'Govern; treasurer, Mr. V. R. Bond.