NGATEA SCHOOL PICNIC.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4387, 8 March 1922, Page 3

NGATEA SCHOOL PICNIC.

AN ENJOYABLE OUTING. Postponed from, Friday on account of the unsettled weather, the Ngatea school picnic was held on Monday in pleasant surroundings and almost ideal weather conditions. The sky in the morning seemed very threaten-*, ing, but fortunately no rain fell, and the school children,- accompanied by their parents, proceeded to the picnic grounds on the property of Mr T. Wheeler on the Horahia Road. Those who were not able to flnd conveyances to take them were conveyed to the grounds in cars put at the school com’mittee’s disposal by Messrs W. GHayward and W. J. Clare. Mr Wheeler’s property, with its fine clump of trees, makes a sheltered and pictursequet picnic ground, and th.at Mr Wheeler’s hospitality was greatly appreciated by adults and children alike was evinced by the three hearty cheers given at the conclusion of the day. The/programme to amuse the children consisted of the usual races, lolly scrambles, and games. The sack race, interesting enough to the competitors, was as amusing to the on-; lookers, to see the youngsters hopping, floundering, and sprawling over the ground in their frantic endeavours to breast the tape before the others. One girl was seen to fall only a yard from the tape., while a boy was lucky enough to tumble over as he passed the winning post. At the conclusion of the day Mr McDuff, chairman of the School. Committee, handed .a book to each child who had not won a prize in the races. The following are the results of the various events decided at the. picnic :

BOYS’ EVENTS. Boys Championship.—-B. Hay wart 1, R. Foot 2, C. Rowntree 3. 14yrs and under. —B. Hayward 1, F. Dudr ding 2, G. Clark 3. 12yrs and under. —B. Thompson 1, G. Clark 2, P. Aro 3. llyrs and under. —B. Thompson 1, C. Rowntree 2, A. Green 3-. Under 10 years.—T. Carr 1, F. Duddlng 2, H. Hayward 3. 7yrs and under.—R. Mpselen 1, G. Wheeler 2, K. Faulkner 3. Sack Race.; —C. Rowntree 1, R. Foote 2, G. Taylor 3. Wheelbarrow Race.— B. Hayward and R. Foote 1, A. Green and G. Clark 2. Egg and spoon race. —A. Wheeler 1, F. Duddlng 2, W. Trevelyan 3. Three-legged Race. —H. Hayward and Fred Dudding 1. B. Hayward and R. Foote 2. Long Jump. —B. Hayward 1, J. Thompson 2, C. Rowntree 3. High Jump.—B. Hayward 1, J. Thompson 2, A. Foote 3. Hon, Step, and Jump—C. Rowntree 1, Nicholson 2, B. Hayward 3. Potato Race. —A. Green 1. B. Hayward 2, A. Wheeler 3. GIRLS’ EVENTS. Girls’ Championship.—D. Dudding I, B. Thompson 2, L. Nicholson 3. 14yrs and under. —D. Dudding 1, JRowntree 2, H„ Ripley 3. 12yrs and under.—J. Rowntree 1, M. Burke 2, J. Moselen 3; Byrs and under. —IL-Mpse-len 1, M. Burke 2, K. McKercher 3. 7yrs and under. —I. McKercher 1, P. Moselen 2, T. Burke 3. Sack Race.— J. Rowntr,ee 1, M; Davidson 2, T. McKercher 3. Egg and Spoon' Race. —I. Rowntree 1, J. Baster *2, M, Davidson 3, Three-legged race.—M. Nicholson and G. Thompson 1. M. Walton and T. Burke 2." OTHER EVENTS. ■ Young Ladies’ Race. —Miss Garry 1, Miss, Davey 2, Miss Nelson 3> Married Ladies’ Race. —Mrs Foote 1, Mrs Burke 2, Mrs Cleaver 3. Young Men’s Race.—B. Hayward 1, V.. B. Murray 2, L. Wilson 3. NO OPIATES. There is no opiate of any descrip-’ tion in Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and that is one of the reasons why it has become so popular all over the world. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy soothes and heals, strengthens the lungs, and removes the cause of the cough or cold. We condemn no hpnest medicine, but when the safety of your life or that of your child is at stake, take no chance for poison. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.