UNFORTUNATE PICNICKERS.
(Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 18. The Si. Patrick's Day picnic at Motulapn on Saturday was marred by" an unfortunate incident. Three ferry steamers landed 3000 children and an equal number of adults during the day. On the homeward journey (he children'were sent away about. 5 o'clock, crowding (ho three steamers. Three thousand people, mostly adults, gathered' on the narrow pathway waiting for the steamers to return, and it was 10.30 p.m. before the last of the excursionists reached town. In the crush at. the island the women and children suffered much discomfort, and many had to be assisted out of the crowd! Various articles of jewellery were lost.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13855, 19 March 1907, Page 5
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112UNFORTUNATE PICNICKERS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13855, 19 March 1907, Page 5
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