WANGANUI CALEDONIAN SPORTS.
. my Telegraph-Press Association.) Wanganui, January 23. The Wanganui Caledonian Society held its twenty-eighth annual sports to-day in glorious weather. Tho sports were a great success, the attendance being a record. Tho takings at the gate were ,£ls better than any previous meeting trnly Caledonian. Tho pipers and dancers and the pedestrian events were very interesting. Opio put up a New Zealand amateur record of 12see. for 120 yards. Two heats in this ovent were run in 11 3-ssoc.; but doubt is expressed as to the reliability of tho time. The chief prize-winners in piping and dancing were: Marches, T. Finlayson; ■ strathspeys and reels, J\ Cameron; Highland Fling, J. M'Kcchnie'; sword dance, R. M'Kechnic; Reed o' Tul? .loch, A. Kilgour; Scauntreua, Jafi'ray. The wrestling events were won by Alex. Bain. There was an excellent concert in the evening, the attendance being a record. •
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1033, 24 January 1911, Page 6
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