A STRENUOUS DANCE
Dancing must have been a strenuous pastime in the old days, judging by a report of the first dance held in Tiraaru on June 7 1864. The dance commenced at 8 p.m. and did not cease until 7 o’clock the next morning. The supper was a plentiful repast, but was not sufficient for some of the dancers. In those far-off days people out here had not heard of Dill's Best, that wonderful tobacco, which, first launched on the market as early as 1848, was being proclaimed in many parts of the world as “a mighty fine smoke.” If the Timaru male dancers had experienced a pipeful or two of Dill’s Best on the evening of their dance they would probably have gained considerable solace at not securing sufficient supper. 3
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 6
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133A STRENUOUS DANCE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 6
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