HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.
(fiiou oon. special nr.rOivrE&.) I".a annual 'sailing rnc£. between, thft- Welt, liiiiituit and .Petoue Navfils.waS to haVfi bccrt docidfed at Petono 011 Saturday afternoon. The crOws set out at about 5:30, but the race excoeded .the; time, limjt. owing tp_ the light wind. It'will,, therefore, bp sailed, again, probably in a fortnight's, time. the staff picnic of the Wellington Woollen •Manufacturing Company, Limited, tOok place at Day's Bay on Saturday. limplOytes of the warehouse (Wolling'ton) and the 'factory, (l'itone)j to, the.rtumber of about 20l), riiade tho trip ih the Cobar,. and the wCather-was all that. was., necessary to. nlakO' the outing, a thoroughly enjoyable; oiiO. A £&mi-fyial. heat in conne.ction. with, tbO FOforie, Rowiiig Club's races w&fc deOided oil Saturday afterllGbri. Trein&jh.'s 6few (TfOAiain s'r,, P. Fitzgerald' 2, S. BUrid 3, A. j PackArd. bow), defeated. St'EVlano's (S. M.'lVlane.str., E.,Price 2, Pair 3, J: NOivcli bowl ' . is, tho jiopular diversion days. Hundreds of Petoiie And Htitt residents, have visited th£ Waiimi hillfe; hi thfi.i pursuit, arid hundreds- of. hands'' hai'O been, stAifled,.black by tii6.'juicA of. the soft, ripe fruit. Expeditions usually set Out ih d?rk hours of the, morning, but many cyclists wait till daybreak befdrO fcliliibing the hill.. Thrifty houSftkeoperfe use the. btrries for preserves;' but,tho majority oiigage.irt tkse 6jt6ur6i6ns flierols' "f6r, the.fun of tho thing."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 7
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