GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PICNIC.
. : 1 The Government Printing . Udice employees held their annual picnic at. Pay's Bay on Tuesday, when' there was a large attendance, and an : enjoyable time 1 was spent. Games of all sorts wero indulged in, and a feature of the outing was the .music supplied by the Wonderland-' 1 Band. The bowlers in the office, thanks to tlio kindness of-Mr. Short, had a splendid day. on his. grounds. At the conclusion of the programme, Mr.' Mackay, Government Printer, presented the prizes to the successful competitors. The - committee as a whole worked well, .in making the outing a success., v . ■ The following sports'progiitaime was gone through:—Quoit Handicap— Waits 1, Jones 2. Office Boys'. Handicap—J. Symons 1, J. Moffat'2. Government Printing Office Handicap— J. Pooley 1, Gosney 2j.' M'Case 3. Tug-of-war— Bottom floor won easily.. Office- Ladies' Race — Hiss Murray 1, Miss .Turner 2. Office Men's Race—Geo. Rex I,' 11. Silk 2. Girls' Race— Miss Grinrod 1,: Miss Smith 2. Married Women's Eace—Mrs. Kershaw. 1, Mrs. Claridge 2. Swimming Eace—Geo. Bruce 1, G. Campbell 2. '-Bicycle Race—Lowrey ;1, Walker 2. Guessing (nearest guess to number of type in a bottle), actual number 3099—Nearest guess, 3700, A. Feldwick; prize,' steel eiigraving. ...., ■ >
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 3
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