PICNIC AT TAMAHERE.

Waikato Times, Issue 3204, 7 January 1893, Page 2

PICNIC AT TAMAHERE.

Owing to the unfavourable weather on Monday hist, the picnic had to be postponed till the following day (Tuesday). The morning broke fairly line, but the weather iu the afternoon was decidedly worse, However, over one hundred adnlh and children turned up, and all seemed to thoroughly enjoy an excellent afternoon's sport. The arrangements throughout were capitally managed, The ladies'of the district provided a first-class spread, and judging by the way the sandwiches, cakes, etc., disappeared, one could not help thinking, like Gladstone, " that tho capacity of the human stomach is enormous." Mr and Mrs L, B, Ewen, who have always been to the front in these matters, took upon themselves the responsibility of entertaining the children, Some £slos was competed for in prizes, this amount having been collected by the school children from the residents of the district. Evory child gat a prize, and consequently went home happy. The grown-up people amused themselves with cricket and tilting in the ring, the Indies proving that they were quite capable of holding their own with tho lance, SVus Minnie Steele taking the first prize and Miss L. Raines second. Tho picnic was held in a paddock at The Narrows, kindly lent by Mr Day, and a moro suitable nr picturesque spot it would bo difficult to fM