ANNUAL PICNIC

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21685, 20 January 1936, Page 5

ANNUAL PICNIC

♦ EMPLOYEES OF CITY COUNCIL ENJOYABLE DAY AT AMBERLEY The annual picnic of the Christchurch City Council employees was held on Saturday at Amberley, and there was an attendance of nearly. 600. The day was a great success, and the picnickers were favoured with beautiful weather.

Amongst those present were the Mayor, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, MP„ Minister for Railways and Commerce, and the Mayoress: the assistant town clerk, Mr j. F. Eames, and the city engineer, Mr A. R. Galbraith. Many running events for both adults and children were held during the day. During an interval in the day’s programme Mr Sullivan complimented the committee for the arrangements made for the outing, his only regret being that it was not a full council picnic. He stated that it was the last picnic he would be

present at as Mayor, but this did not mean that he would not attend the picnic next year. . x _ 'A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Pearson for travelling to judge the baby competition. The following were the results of the competitions;— Single Ladies’ Race—Miss P. Klesanowski 1, Miss H. Ridder 2, Miss J. Smith 3. Married Men —I. C. Elstob 1, E. R. Harper 2, W. C. Rule 3. Women’s Sack Race —Miss P. Klesanowskl 1, Miss J. Flutey 2, Miss W. Halsey 3. Three-legged Race—C. Sims and Miss P. Kilworth 1. W. C. Rule and Miss V. Fraser 2, J. Franks and Miss J. Smith 3. 100 Yards Single Men—C. Sims 1, F. Spencer 2, J. Franks 3. Sack Race, Men —V. C. Brown 1, C. Sims 2, A. East 3. Jumping Event, Men—V. C. Brown, 4ft 9in, 1; C. F. Spencer 2, C. Sims 3. Women’s Jumping—Miss L. Early, 3ft lOin, 1; Miss M. Shannon 2, Miss M. Johnston 3. Old Buffers’ Race—H. N. McCaw 1, D. Henry 2, C. Martin 3. Women's Nall Driving—Mrs Watts 1. Mrs Fraser 2, Miss Halsey 3. Married Women’s Race—Mrs Cowan 1,

Mrs V. Browne 2, Mrs A. Day 3. Committee Men's Race—L. Blumsky 1, A. H. Moxley 2, H. Pratley 3. Women Employees—Mrs A. Day 1, Mrs Tindall 2, Mrs Brown 3. Men Employees—l. C. Elstob 1; A. Falconer 2, A. Reese 3, Men’s Consolation Race—W. Rashbrook 1, G. Goodwin 2, T. Barr 3. Women's Consolation Race—Miss M. Johnston 1, Miss D. Carson 2, Miss M. Chaney 3. The baby show for girls resulted;— Joy and Jewel Whittaker (twins) 1. Sylvia Rushworth 2, Shona Carey 3. Boys—Franklin Richardson 1, Owen Foster 2, Patrick Roberts 3.