TELEGRAPH PICNIC
The annual picnic of the staff of the telegraph branch of the Chief Post Office was held on Sunday under ideal conditions at Whare Flat, where some ninety staff members, together with friends and children, spent an enjoyable day amid pleasant surroundings. A varied programme of events was carried out, the picnic outing proving a pleasant change for all concerned, particularly the children, to whom ice cream, 'sweets, toys, etc., were freely distributed. Results of events are as follow : Girls under five.— Ngaire Palmer 1, Gwenda Shepherd 2, Kathleen Harris 3 Bovs under five.—Stewart Hall 1, George Jones 2, Peter Brough 3. Girls under seven.—Daphne Turner 1. June Anderson 2, Pat Bell 3. Boys under seven. —Gregg Anderson 1, Laurie Thomson 2. Leslie Alpine 3. Girls under ten.— Daphne Turner 1, Gertie Alpine 2, Laoni Brough 3. Bovs under ten. —Willie Wilson 1, Jack' Brown 2, Laurie Thomson 3. Girls under fourteen. —Gwen Alpine 1, Wilma Thomson 2, Vera Brown 3. Bovs under fourteen. —Jack Brown 1, Willie Wilson 2, Craig Anderson 3. Married officers. —T. Brooks 1, \N. H. Hall 2, T. Anderson 3. Message hoys.—L. Reeves 1, f. G. Williamson 2, J. P. Macdonald 3. Open visitors, men. —Mr Roberton 1, Mr H. A. Brown 2, Mr Thomson 3. Sack race.—Mr Gardner 1, Mr J. Mehalski 2. , „ Three-legged race.—H. R. B ant l a ‘l and Miss Brown 1, J. G. 'Williamson and Miss P. Mathewson 2. Married ladies’ race. —Mrs H. Power 1, Mrs E. Summers 2. Single ladies.—Miss K. Brown 1, Miss W. Brown 2. Telegraph championship.—J. CJ. MacDonnell 1, L. Reeves 2. Cricket.—Staff won from visitors by 198 runs.
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Evening Star, Issue 21638, 6 February 1934, Page 13
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276TELEGRAPH PICNIC Evening Star, Issue 21638, 6 February 1934, Page 13
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