THE PICNIC SEASON

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 127, 22 February 1919, Page 10

THE PICNIC SEASON

STATE ADVANCES DEPARTMENT.' The annual picnic of the staff of the State Advances Department was held at Day's Bay on Thursday. A most enjoyable clay was spent, and was finished up in the evening by a dnnce in tho : pavilion. A cricket match, Single v. Mar-1 ried, was won by the bachelors bv 36 I runs. Following were the scores:—Star- ■ Tied Men: Robertson, b. Edwards, 25; i Lawer, b. Edwards, 0; Hackworth.'b. Ed- i wards, 2; Foote, b. Shaw, 3; Paul, b. j Edwards,, 0; Giles, b. Edwards, 8; Mack- j by, run out, 1; Hinchcliffe, b. Edwards, | 0; Knowles, b. Shaw, 1; Christie, b. Ed-1 wards, 5; Auld,'b. Neal, 3; extras, 33;, total, 81. Single Men: Shaw, b. Robert- | son, 21; Neal, b. Paul, 0; Edwards, run | out, 37; Cooper, b. Eobertson, •!; Cour- I tayne, b. Paul, 9; Hall, b. Eobertson, C; ! Missen, b. Lawer, 1; Bayliss, not out, 15; Sweeney, run out, 2; C. D. Wilson, b. ! Eobertson, 0; D. "Wilson, c. Eobertson, 5; extras, 17; total, 117. The sports resulted as follow:—100 Yards. Handicap—Mr. A. E. Cooper, 1; Mr. E. : V. Paul, 2; Mr. Vallance, 3. Throwing Cricket Ball-Mr. Shaw (89 yds.), 1; Mr. Hall, 2. 220 Ysr.'ds Handicap—Mrs Paul, 1; Mr. Shaw, 2. Ladies' Skip-Miss Waldie (707 times), 1; Miss Pearson , (031), 2. Gentlemen's SkipMr. Neal (SGB times), 1; Mr. Vallance (-102), 2. 75 Yards Single Ladies—Miss O'Brien, 1; Miss Burnham, 2; Miss Conaglian. 3. Elopement Eace—Mr. Cooper and Miss Bowler, 1; Mr. Missen and Miss Pearce, 2. Combined Three-legged Race— Mr. Neal and Miss "Waldie, 1; Mr. Cooper and Miss Pearson, 2. Combined Teams Eelay—Audit, 1; Accounts, 2. Mixed Blindfold Eace-Miss Pearson. TELEGRAPH ENGINEERS. The annual picnic of the Telegraph Engineers' Department was held at Day's Bay. The races resulted as follow: Swimming Race (breast stroke), 75yds — Baggett (scr.),.l; F. Keath' (3yds.), 2. Tug-of-war—Workshops defeated Stout Street. 100 Yards (lyd.), 1; Seager (syds.), 2. Married Ladies' 80 Yards Handicap—Mrs. Greig, 1; Mrs. Connell, 2; Mrs. Seager, 3..Sack Race, 80 Yards—Furness, 1; Cnlcinai, 2. Men's Eace ('ls years)—Furness, 1; Yales, 2. Single Men—Malin (3yds.), 1; Christie (Gyds.), 2; M'Arthur (3yds.). 3. 220 Yards Championship—lrvine, 1; Malin, 2; Calcinai, 3. Old Men's Race (over 40)—Tiirner, 1; Webb, 2. 220 Yards.(YouthsH Griffen, 1; Morley, 2. 100 Yards Consolation Race—Reid; 1; Puduey, 2; Norling, 3.