Lions print newspaper
* An American humorist: visits New Zealand, women's! .(votes are watched closely in! 1 an election, and there are; .(armed clashes in South I jj Africa. r ( The list could have been I i compiled from any recent J newspaper. But the humorist > was Mark Twain; the elec- ' tion was the first to include ; women’s votes in 1893; and the South African clashes! - were during the South: ■ African War. i These, and many more! N events over a span of 551 ‘iyears, are recorded in a tab-: jjloid newspaper called the; b ’Waimairi Age,” which will •|be issued in the next few! ’(weeks by the Waimairi! : Lions Club as part of its; > I Vintage Country Fair. On March 11 and 12,! •;engines will be rolled out,; si sheep will be shorn, potsi t.will be turned, and all thel;fun of the fair will be held; i(at Belfast, at the corner of; (Styx Mill Road and the! .(Main North Road. i! In a similar 'enture about; ■ two years ago the club raised $20,000 for local charI ities. The “vintage style” : I newspaper is part of ’the J club’s promotion of the fair; J and 10,000 copies will be on , I sale at 50c each. : A special attraction at the [fair will be a steam traction ■ engine, which will be dis-. . played at various sites in I (Christchurch early next (month.
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Press, 21 February 1978, Page 7
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