FLAXBOURNE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 3, 5 January 1910, Page 5

FLAXBOURNE.

[from otjr correspondent.}

Tuesday. ■■?." The annual settlers' picnic was held" at the Plantation Reserve at Ward. on New Year's Day, when,. favoured! ■ by a lovely day, tu/ore. was' a large gathering of residents,/ nil. parts ot, the district being, represented, and1 there was also a good attendance of! visitors from outside the settlement. The -usual programme of noveltyevents, children's races, etc., wis. carried out, and a very enjoyable dajwas" spent. Most of the prizes werekindly provided by business firms and. others in Blenheim and other places. A fat lamb. wajj provided for; a guessing ' competition, and "was the means; of benefiting the funds to the extent of £2 13s, The following is a- list of : the winning competitors:—Boot race,.W. Mclsaac 1, J. Hall &; sack race*" W. Mclsaao and- J. Hall '(dead lieafc) 1; section-holders'' handicap, .iK O'Dwyer 1, W. Mclsaac 2 ; married women's race, Mrs Francis 1, Mrs. Bright 2; needle-threading race, £>~ O'Donoghue and Mrs Barnes 1; naildriyingy Mi^ ,Ba*nes. i± apple bob—:■ bingvGv Badrneis-^d^^^^allace; I;t*: .single. ladies? facey Miss: Vk||jmce^and<! Miss Waters (equal) 1; pig-spearing^,! D. (O'Donoghue :^'^'.-WpkcV' ;1.2^ whistling race (on horseback), W.-Me--. Isaac and Mrs Andrews 1; needle--threading (on horseback), Mr and* Mrs Francis I,' W. Butt, and Miss. Barnes 2. The tug-of-war, Married v. Single, was won by the single men." after a good pull.