PICNICS AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Issue 2920, 2 April 1891, Page 2

PICNICS AT CAMBRIDGE.

• ST. mjtkk'S. • The children of the Cambridge Catholic • day and .Sunday-schools vvvc entertained • at a picnic, held near Mr James Clement's, al 1 h-mont's I'ar!;. oil tiiu Hamil , toil road, on Monday last. It is si iovoiy ; place for a picnic, the clumps of splendid pines affording atupie shelter from (lie r rays of the sun, which was moat, accepti able ou such a piping hot day as Monday 1 proved. The drum and life baud of the r Juvenile flood Templars was ungated, s and played at intervals (luring the day, , under the direction of Bandmaster Lamb, ■i and it greaMy helped to liven the pro--1 ceedings, many of the youngsters dancing 1 to its strains. It, is two years sincc the • Catholics of Cambridge held a picnic, so ; it may he guessed the children took care i to attend, Fully I*2o youngsters were < present, in addition to a goodly number i of adults. The catering was undertaken r by AJi'sdames McVeigh, Brennan and t Madigan, and the Misses McVeigh and F I'lcsciicr, but nearly all the members of 1 the Cnurch contributed towards the i feast. Amongst tlu> games indulged in ; were croipiet, i onnders, French tigue, ) etc., and there were also a number of } swings, which ailur.led givic pleasure to the very little ones. On the whole, this ) picnic may ho considered a gre it success ; i everyone appeared to thoroughly enjoy i themselves, the only thiiitf lacking being < the presence of Father O'iiara, who was 1 unfortunately indisposed, and therefore 1 unable to attend. t ST. ANDREW*'*. 5 The St. Andrew's Chnreh picnic was also held oil Easter Monday, in a pad 3 dock adjoining Mr -John Sharp's nursery, r at Cambridge. \ long row of gum trees f afforded welcome shelter, and under • them the eatables were dispensed by Mesdames Willis and Selby, and the Misses Hunt, E. Ewen and Selby, Archdeacon Willis exercising a general supev--1 vision over flic arrangements. We understand the nccessary money to pro--5 vide food, &c, was raised by subscription, but in addition certain ladies presented cakes, milk, and tnauy other good things, During the day there were spirited contests at skipping, racing (girls and boys), > jumping, hop, step and jump, tug of 3 war, obstacle race, and many other games, the winners receiving pri/.es. ' Late in the day the drum and life band came over from the Catholic picnic, and enlivened the proceedings for a short j time. There were waggon loads of | happy-looking oliildrcn Irom even as far . as Taoiaoroa, and Cambridge West also furnished a goodly number. In addition to the hulks mentioned above, there . v.'er-f a number ol others who, with the , gentlemen, strove to make the day a [ pleasant oiio for the juvenile, and we , think they certainly succeeded.