CHILDREN'S PICNIC TO THE PUNIU ACACIA GROVES, ALEXANDRA.
The children's picnic on Tuesday, to the Acacia Groves at Puniu, was a great success, the day being all that could be desired. Early in the forenoon traps and waggons were busily plying to and from the Groves, conveying the children and their parents to the picnic ground, which is prettily situated at the junction of the Puniu with the Waipa River. The giove affording most welcome shade, and which was kindly placed at the disposel of the children. Swings attached to trees (excuse tautology) in full swing, and various other amusements. Prizes were contested in the way of foot races, jingling matches, jumping, etc. while kiss-in-the-ring was not forgotten. Under the shades of the trees on the grass a magnificent spread laid out rustic fashion, was creditably got by th,e kind mesdames who worked harmoniously together, and centiibuted greatly to the days enjoyment. Dancing also was briskly kept up, in which the older ones joined heartily, and continued till late in the evening. After which all were conveyed back in the same manner they were taken out, and so closed a picnic enjoyed by all who went there. The picnic was got up and given to all the childron of the township and adjacent outskirts, without classification or distinction. It would be well in a small community like this if the example was kept in view, with none of that difference exhibited between sect and sect, as has been the case on one or two previous occasions. — Communicated.
A wife recently" laid down the law" to her husband pretty strongly on the qualities of perseverance. One day she placed before him the family, plum-pud-ding, but before herself and family could take their seats she was called out by a neighbour. After an absence of about half an hour, she returned, and missed the pudding, when she exclaimed, ' ' Guidsake, Geordie, what hae ye dune wi the dumplin' ?" "Eaten't,' he replied "It was hard work ; but I minded what you said tbout perseverance, and I got through somohno."'
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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1214, 10 April 1880, Page 2
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345CHILDREN'S PICNIC TO THE PUNIU ACACIA GROVES, ALEXANDRA. Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1214, 10 April 1880, Page 2
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