TAMAHERE SCHOOL PICNIC.
Tilfc T.imalioio -sclmiil picnic was held as mil t) in .1 Hiiitihlo paddnck, kindly lent for the ocv-'.i'ion, by Mr John Martyn. junr., near tin* Xinmv's Inidgeon Fuday. The spotsc1 ctci sji mcddesigi.o 1 by nature for picnics, alfoidmg ample shelter from the sun, a |.li>ntitu! Mi)>|>!y of water, .v first-class racecour*e for the children, and a background vv hoi o lover-, might c.isily get lobt. It is needles-, to »ay ovoiybody, both young and old, fiom (-cvfa wo k< to seventy years, wont aw.iy either cooing or lauglniiF. Beneath a spreading willow, tea and cakes of oveiy disruption, with a plentifnl supply of goinebcn ies, were .ser* ed to the children and visitor.*, who numbered in all about one hundred. The children seemed more inteiested in foot-racing and jumping thau eating. However, they made up at teatime. Suitable prizes were competed for. Boy from 8 to 10, and from 10 to 12, nnd so on,\iud girls the same, got first, second, and third prizes, and in the Consolation for all beaten, boys and girls received fm-.t, second, :uid thud prizes, so nearly every boy and girl took home a prize. Mesws (Ti-aham and Rayno acted as jndgeß, and Messrs Wheoller and Mehilleasstartorand handicippcr, re.-pectively, and gave entire satisfaction. The long programme was not got through until m-ar six o'clock, when tea w.is ag.mi made, ample justice being done. There was then a gciu-ral stampede for horses and conveyances. In the evening tlte l.idit-1 <»f Ta-malierc gave a bread and butter danco in the schoolroom to inaugurate the New Year, and dancing was kept up with much spint until an early hour in the morning. — (Conespondent.)
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2105, 5 January 1886, Page 3
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279TAMAHERE SCHOOL PICNIC. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2105, 5 January 1886, Page 3
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