PETONE ROWING CLUB.
.1 Im ioii—muiiea lor ij.ikuui' —for vaicn -■e-'.-iOf-r- .; . .... eiUlj, ,i -oj ; oy a luu.es' com.iiiacu mi. l- J.-.I .vori-.ii-L, 'b'nwt Six months —as op-oned in tile iirii. j inn. i'eiu’Je, ou u cuiievmy n.fiiit by air T. 51. «-iliord, -H.ii.K. im; Juali war, lasioKiily uoeoraied and lit ihi'oughiAit by oleciricity guneruteil irom a planl consLruo'.ed by-dr L rv/m. .xo.no very e.iocls v.vro Prouglu. about by Uic iiso of coloured sliaaes on the fronts of ino various stalls. .Ur W Uluru, in opening the bazaar, announced Unit the secretary of the Jlarbonr iionid had mloi'incd liini that Uio Heard had never ow ned the foreshore above highwaier mark. All land above the high- ivatei mark was the property of iho Crown and private owners, so that the petitions of tho numerous bodies in Potone vanished into thin air.
Tho Knono Council had an agreement horn tho Harbour Board in connection with the foreshore, and ho would advise it to sign it. The stalls of the bazaar were very suitably named after tlio various boats used bv (he club, and were as iollows; rNo. X.'••Clinker'’ stall, Mrs Wheeler and Miss 'Wheeler; -So. 2, "Double Sculls" stall, Mrs Tialph. Misses Pursonson, Pearce ami Vogel; No. 3, "Holly Vai'ilcu’ stall, Mesdamos Adams ami Clout; .No. 4 “Outrigger'’ stall, Mesdames Anderson ami Histone; No. 5, “Howiock'' stall, Mrs Morris and Misses Morris (2); No. 6, confectionery stall. Misses lliddlor. Johnstone, Packard and Maynard ; Xo. 7, tobacco stall, Misses Silva, Croft and Brice. There was also, a post office in charge of Miss runes, from which the programme staled wireless messages could he sent. There was also a “Yankee Bar,” in the charge of Misses M. Adams, K. Adams and J. Simpson. A feature of the bazaar was a “May tree” laden with toys and lit with coloured electric lights, in charge of Airs Proctor. The fortune-telling department and tho fish pond were in tho hands of Misses Wall. E. Geary and Vogel, whilst tho refreshment room was directed by Mesdames Mollies, Fraser, MacLcan, Alexander and Misses Staples. -Uotlios and Adamson. A submarine mine and a model of tho forts and defences of Port Arthur, constructed by Lieutenant Wood, C.P.O. Parrant, C.P.O. Findlay and P.O. Parrant, inorahors of tho Potone Naval Artillery, wore shown. During tho evening a programme of vocal and instrumental music was gone through, the Potone Orchestra, Miss Ward. Mr T. M. Wilford, Miss Barnett and others contributing.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5293, 3 June 1904, Page 7
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408PETONE ROWING CLUB. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5293, 3 June 1904, Page 7
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