CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3514, 2 January 1886, Page 3

CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.

The nnnual outing of this school took place yesterday on the estate of Mr Headley at Seadovvn. Ihe party about 25'> m number, proceeded to the place of rendezvous m a special train which left town at. '■ a.m. I The weather was all that could bo desired. The showers of the previous night having cleared and freshened tho atmosphere, the young people and their friends were enabled to enter into the sports of th« day and enjoy the good things provided for them with true holiday spirit. Ihe delighted company returned to Timaru by the eight o'clock train. (By Telegraph.) Wellington, Jan. 1. The weather was gloriouß for the holiday. Tlie first sports held under the auspices of the newly-established Caledonian Society | took place on the Basin Reserve The at--1 tendance was estimated at 6500. Several pipers and well-known Southern dancers took pait m the sports. J. W. Kilner, a local 1 ped, won the Caledonian Handicap, with J. 1 King second and F. Barker third. All the ', events were well contested. : Invbboabgill, Jan. 1. | The weather, which for some weeks has ' been most unseasonable, was extremely fine 1 to-day. The only puDlic amusement was the Southland Caledonian Sparta, which brought ' together a very large number of people, about 65C0. Ihe gate money taken exceeded that 1 for the two days m former years.