RAILWAY PICNIC AT HUNTLY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 580, 5 February 1929, Page 11

RAILWAY PICNIC AT HUNTLY

SUCCESSFUL SPORTS MEETING

(From Our Oxen Correspondexit) HUNTLY, Monday. All roads in the district led to Mr. James B. Harris's estate yesterday, when the sixth annual railway picnic and sports was held in the presence of a record number of visitors. A special passenger train of nine carriages came from Glen Afton and wayside stations. Results:— Boys, 6 years and under.—David Moyes, 1; Leslie Ruston, 2; W. Hewitt, 3. Girls, 6 years and under.—Muriel Rumney, 1; Edna Whittome, 2; Jean Rayner, Boys, 7 to 9 year.—W. Singer. I; Ted Haire, 2; Gordon Stevenson, Girls, 7 to 9 years.—J. Ruston, .1; Oath Singer, 2; Myrtle Kennedy, 3. Boys, 10 to 12 years.—D. Haggerty, 1; Tom Dick, 2; T. Allsop, 3. Girls. 10 to 12 years.—Rena Cowan, 1; Rita Burns, 2; Eileen Partridge, 3. Boys, 13 to 15 years.—J. Wright, 1; Terry Hughes, 2; E. Berry, 3. Girls, 13 to 15 years.—Dagmar King, 1; Myra Curnow, 2; Margaret Moyes, 3. Single Women.—Miss Daphne Sheeran. 1; Miss Norma Wilson, 2; Miss Lulu Partridge, 3. Railway Championship.—A. Hamilton. 1; T. James, 2; X. Patterson. 3. Married Women.—Mrs. Croxson, 1 ; Mrs. Owen, 2: Mrs. Weber, 3. Thread-the-Needle.—Smith and Mrs. Drinnan; D. Farrell and Miss X. Wilson. Married Men, open.—C. Watson and X. Tabrum, dead-heat, 1; A. Seccombe, 3. Railway Handicap.X. Tabrum, 3 : A. Seccombe, 2; T. James, 3. Old Buffers’ Race.—K. Thorne, 1: W. Spiers, 2; W. Leonard, 3. Married Women (Pakeha). —Mrs. Sefton, 1; Mrs. Rayner, 2; Mrs. Drinnan, 3. Maori Women.—Mrs. Keo, 1: Mrs. Kohi, 2; Mrs. Puaga, 3. Visitors’ Handicap.—C. Xorthmore, 1; W. Roberts, 2. Three-legged Race.—B. Paki and A. Terawhiti, 3. Non-winning Boys. Lumsden, 1; Steven, 2; Singer, 3. Non-winning Girls.—Ruby Stevens, 1; Agnes Thorne, 2; Margaret Mclnally, 3. Baby Crawling.—Olive Simpson. 1; Pat Newman, 2. Wheelbarrow Race.—Rayner and Bestwick, 1; Pawson and Clark, 2. Women’s Nail-driving.—Mrs. Powell. 1; Miss Clark, 2. Railway Relay.—Adams, 1; Hamilton. 2; Newman, 3. Consolation.—Haggerty, 1; Patterson, 2; Croxson. 3. Tug-of-War.—A. Harlock, J. O’Brien, W. Beadle, T. Timms, J. Jones and R. Stephenson, 1. Cock-fighting.—Dick and Bryant, 3: Raihi and Clark, 2. Sack Race.—Speak, 1 ; Collins. 2. Tiny Tots (girls)—Laura Singer. 1; Vida Pollock, 2: Lena Schofield, 3. Boys: Reg. Stevens, 1: Des. Ruston. 2; Bob Black.