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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 22 April 1920, Page 3

I At a joint picnic held by two enj gineering firms in Dunedin recently the : ieature of the day was a unique "married ', women and children " race, inaugurated iby Mr J. McD. Stevenson. The ladies ■ were handicapped according to the numI her of children each possessed, one yard ; Tor each child, There were 57 com- ! petitors, representing 250 children, and ; every starter reached the winning post. j The prizes took tiie form of coal, in : quantities of from one bag to one ton, ; end every one of the 57 starters became : the posfeisor of an unexpected delivery iof coa!. A more happy or acceptable I win from the housewife's point of view | could not have been thought of.