"THE FIRST FOUR SHIPS."
HONOURING THE PIONEERS.
CANTERBURY'S ANNIVERSARY.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS . ASSOCIATION.] CHBISTCHUBCH, Saturday.
In toelebnotion of Canterbury's Anniversary. Day, which , falls : on December 16, the pioneers were honoured at a public gathering in the Botanical Gardens, ' this, . afternoon- . The passengers by "the first four , ships" were allotted -seats •of A honour. > - The, most . pic-' turesque / part of the celebrations was on the old archery . lawn. ~ Seated there were some 600 pioneers.; Down the lawn came five• children, dressed in " old-time costumes, ' the - girls in bonnets, frills, -furbebows and crinolines, and the boys in tight pants, swallow-tailed' coats, _. brocaded vests and tall hats. These children, in the elaborate manner of a past age, walked gracefully in-front of the pioneers, stopped where - the passengers of "the first four ships" were seated, and bowed ' and curtseyed j before ; them. . The t children are the descendants of Sir Charles Bo wen, Mr. Justice Gne6son, Bishop Harper and Dr.. Barker. ' / •* -.. i-<? "-'C svK
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 8
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