ROTORUA RAILWAYMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 870, 14 January 1930, Page 10

ROTORUA RAILWAYMEN

BIG PICNIC AT TIRAU Special to THE SUN ROTORUA, Monday. Railway employees are good workers but they believe in giving themseives, their wives and youngsters a good holiday occasionally. On Sunday last they knocked off work to carry bricks by running an excursion train from Rotorua to Tirau, taking a large number of friends and their families from Rotorua and intermediate stations. Two engines were required to haul an extra number of carriages. All labour was entirely voluntary and those who were privileged to attend enjoyed a glorious day in the country. The railwaymen are generous in their efforts to please and gave the children the time of their lives. First, second and third prizes were given in all events for all ages and, in addition, every child was given a toy before embarking on the homeward-bound train. Lolly scrambles kept them excited between races and free ice creams were provided. Great credit is due to the secretary, Mr. T. A. Cox, and the chairman of the railwaymen’s committee, Mr. YV. 3?. McLeod, for their organisation work. The Rotorua. Municipal Band was In attendance and helped considerably toward the enjoyment of the outing. Following are the results of the S *Boys" under 5. —Simpson, 1; McLeod, 2; Donaldson. 3. Girls under s.—Bird, 1; Thomas, 2; Kebri, 3. _ . Single Women.—Miss W. Apps, 1; Miss R. Owens, 2. Single Men. —Satherley, 1; Pennington, 2. Fishing Competition.—Miss Bartlett, 1. Boys under 7. —Dowdley, 1; Donaldson, 2; Small, 3. „ , Gils under 7. —E. Hardy, 1; Bird, 2; Sanford, 3. Bandsmen under 30.—Sorenson. 1. Bandsmen over 30. —Sergeant A. Price. Old Buffers over 50.—Whitley, 1; Osmond, 2. Boys under 10.—Bonney, 1; Johnson, 2; Lacey, 3. Girls under 18.—Aston, 1; Johnson, 2; Neeson, 3. Boys’ Three-legged. Osmond and Craig. Boot Race. —Hardy. Railway Handicap, 120yds.—Finnigan, 1; Pearson, 2: Wood, 3. Married Women.—Mrs. Hyam, 1; Mrs. Root, 2; Mrs. Berge, 3. Married Women (Railway). Mrs. Simpson, 1; Mrs. Keneti, 2; Mrs. Wright, 3.

Tug-o'-War.—Traffic men beat Loco men. Mr. C. H. Clinkard, M.P. for Rotorua, presented the team captain -with a comic trophy. Boys under 12.—Johnson, 1; Craig, 2; Withers, 3.

Girls under 12. —Aubertin, 1; Scott, 2; O’Connor, 3.

Girls’ Three-legged.—G. Corcoran and P.. Donaldson.

Pillow-fighting, various ages.—C. Craig, under 12; Craig, under 14; Johnson, under 16. Married Men’s Race.—Allan Wood, 3; Eyres, 2. Boys under 15.—Osmond, 1; Lasenby, 2. Girls under 15.—Hardy. 1; Inman, 2. Thread the Needle.—Mrs. Hyam and Rangi Simeon. Bandsmen’s Bolt. —E. Trasker. Committeemen’s Race.—Peter Scott, will retire from the rail-way service in August after 40 years’ unbroken record, came home an easy winner, a fiti.ing close to a long term of hard work.