THE CHILDREN'S FETE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 260, 2 November 1909, Page 5

THE CHILDREN'S FETE.

"There is no need to talk about the decrease in the- birth-rate- in Marlborough," .said one portly - damo; amongst' the crowd round the .traction engiries yesterday, and she spoke with a certain, ring ojf conviction. Children there were in "hundreds, packed like sardines in a case. The. waggons were teeming with representatives of happy childhood; happy in spite of the pouring rain which very soon had them drenched "to the pelt." They did not mind the rain, and hurrahed away at the top oi their voices, as though the sun were shining away in all his splendour. After the procession dispersed the children were taken to the Show Grounds and given something to eat and drink; but owing to the wet and sloppy nature of the ground, and the fact that Jupiter Pluvius was still in angry humour, the promised fete had to be held over. It was a great pity, as the children would have had the time of their lives, the Children's Committee haying spared no pains to make the children's fete the outstanding feature of the day. It is understood that the children will be ientertamed later in the week.