PITON EXCURSION
Christmas holiday-makers who have not yet decided how they will spend Boxing Day will have an opportunity this year of a day trip to Pieton by the Raugatira, which is timed to leave Wellington on Boxing Day at 8 a.m. This modern express steamer should arrive at Picton by about half-past ten. Those who wish to go further may go by train to Blenheim. leaving Picton and returning before the steamer leaves. Others may prefer to visit some of the lovely beauty spots on the other side of Queen Charlotte Sound, and for this purnose launches will run in connection with the excursion, and the steamer Tuatea will make a threehour cruise from Picton around the Grove Arm and Double Bay. Those who elect to stay in Picton will find entertainment in an aquatie carnival to take place on the Picton Esplanade, and there are many picnic spots in the neighbourhood. The Rangatira will leave Picton again for the return run at 2.30 p.m., and should arrive in Wellington shortly after 5 p.m.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 75, 21 December 1935, Page 19
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