LABOUR DAY.
"•' 'CEEEBEAtt6NS"AT .■• (By Telegm]rfi,- r -Fres3 Association^' Beautiful weather favoured the holiday here, and/assisted. ;by,,heavy trains from the country, a full train; •fjrorh Chxistchurch, a big crowd, estima'te<l''at?f^Qais:lo,Gop: to 12,000 people assembled oa.tfce.'-,ba'y ; ..';t,6i. witness "the clilFoTren's sports and cadet competitions. ' A silver cup, {riven for the latter, .was won the Main School. attraction- was tie arrival '■ of 'the Canadian Cadets;/ whomarched from the station, the distance ! Bay, arid were formally welcomed: by the major on the piazza in tlie•presenoe of the crowd/; , .:, y AT., CHBISTOH^RCH. (7HHISIXTHUBCH, Last Night/ '"be Labour Day holiday passed of! without accident. The weather was fine though somewhat cold". . The Trades and Labour Council's | picnic at Motukarara was well attend- ' ed,. and the bicycle races at Lancaster Park were also well patronised-. Large numbers: visited Wainoni Park, where in addition to many other attractions there was a balloon ascent by Captain Jonassen, which was successful, though the balloonist did not reach the GOOOft altitude that he intended to reach. .
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 29 October 1912, Page 5
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165LABOUR DAY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 29 October 1912, Page 5
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