ARMISTICE CELEBRATED.
CHILDREN'S DAY ON BEACH*- ;. GATHERING AT TAKAPUNA; A gala day for children, in, celebration -- of the signing of the armistice, was held - on Takapuna Beach yes'erday by tho ~ Takapuna Borough Council. About 7CO _,;_' ? children responded to the invta'ion of;.. the council, and on arrival on the beach ;' were marched to where a brge Union Jack was flyng from a flagstaff, They ' then saluted the flag, and give three. ;. . cheers for the British Empie. • -/-;... A sports programme was gone through, ■-~ the events including running, high jump (in which the winning boy clean?.!. 4ft 3in), hop, step.and jump (the w'rinin'R boy jumping 30f), bicycle races and. swimming. The swimming events were \ excellent, although/the sea was rough.; A novel event was the sand raidelFriij ... • competition, the ch'ldren building soma ' clever castles, including a m dal lighthouse. The prizes were pressed by Mr. : | Browne, headmaster of Takapuna school, assisted ; by' Mr. Harrison, headmaster hi |fp| the Belmoaft school. "Jv^l.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17101, 5 March 1919, Page 8
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