HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

.SPORTS .AND .PI.CNIC.

■ ' .-(Eiovi Our Oivh Correspondent. V ; Amost ■■■enjoyable day ivas : 6pont on tho Potone Recreation-Ground" last .Saturday, when the Hutt railn-ay. duplication employees held a sports meeting and picnic, tho proceeds 'pf'which' are to bo devoted to (:jie benevolent fund, which the employees have : recently instituted/ There was a largo attendance. ■ Hot water was supplied to. prickers, ami lollies aud toys to the children. Tho-diilicuity of the sloivness of sports was got over with tho^aid.oi , . tho Wellington Pipe Band,and a troupo of Highland dancers, who enliv- . oiietl- tne : prociedin(is betv/Cen tho events. Tho-f olloivinff is-a list of .prize-winners — ■ Maiden Handicap, 100 yards.— 3; Ballantyne, 1; J. iooiceridge, 2,',' Schoolgirls' luce.—Jane Nesbit, : :1; M.-O'Suilivan, 2.Hop, Step, and Jump.—P. , Howard, 1; J. Loclieridge, 2. Snck Eace.-A.- Eiehards, )iw\ 4I iPT ! & 2 - P ? tti ?e the.Weight (161b.).—R. Collinson; 1:' Lockeridge, 2 Married Ladies' Eace.—MrsV O'Grady l> Mrs. MTiay,' 2.' 100 Yardi Handicap (over 50 years).-Htzgerald,'■ 1; .j. bwan, 2.- Thre's-leffged Kace.—Carson and Bnmsdeu,. 1; Eoutiedge and Casey, 2. Tniee-niile Bicycle Kace— E. Chesterman 1; Uigby, 2. 2UO Yards Handicap (open). —J. Parker, lj J. i'ow;er, 2, : 220 Yards Hurdles—E. Brown, 1; W. Shaw, 2. One. milo 'and': a half Bicycle Eace.— J, Pearco 1; B.' Probestal, 2. Single Ladies' Sage'.— Miss M'Donafcl.l; Miss Sinclair, 2. High Jump—C. Powor. CbramitUomen's Itaco -H. M'Donald, 1; 11.I 1 . Dean, 2. The tug-ov-war, for which there were three entries, was won by Mr. Lee's team. Much amusement was 'caused in' the married V. single ladies', tug-ot-war, which was won by the married.ladies, after.a strenuous liull.. , . . . ''" '"■■■■' On Saturday afternoon at.s o'clock-a firo broke out iu a house.in Fitzhbrbert Street, 'Petone,-- owned and occupied , by Mr. Nowland, sou. When the .brigade arrived Hamos were discovered issuing from ■ a.wardrobe in. the front bedroom. .I'heso were-quickly suppressed, and, excopßng., tliat some clothes wero burned, and par.f of the coiling, no other (lamago was done Tho honso was insured in tho South British Insurance Company for ,£359, and the furniture ia the same office for <SIOO. Tho. Club • Handicap for ..half-deckers toolc plnco off':Petono heach on-Saturday afternoon. Tho breeze was vory light, and at times-almost a drift. • All tho boats got away to a good start. At Somes■ Island , the Waiwetu- had a good load, "with the Gil Bias a quarter'of , a mile astern, and the Kuna still further behind by a good half-mile. These distances were decreased, as the boats made Kooky Point buoy. Tho finishing lino saw Messrs. Butlc and Jfncdonald's ltuna over first, followed two minutes eighteen seconds later by Mr. Colquhoun's Gil Bias, and Mr. Jenkins's :.Waiwetu iivo secondß after Gil Bias, on handicap time. Tho Handicaps and actual .times are as folloir":-,— •■■ ..-•;- ■ ■: ' ■; -~.. Handicap.. H..M. S. Waiwotu,,first ;.... 9 minutes 1 20 45 Unna, second ........ 3 minutes' 1 24 22 Gil Bias, third ... 5 minutes 1 28 40 Bi'omzening ■...;... 6 minutes'-T 30-: 7 Flying Scud■■....;...;'B minutes 1 32 48 "Clara 11 miiiatcs 1 38 13 Huia • .................: scratch 1 31 4" Mahau ■......;......(.. 7i minutes 1 5G 29