YES, THE AVON WILL BE LOOKING GAY.
(BY SIN BAD .) O! Sing a song of rowing eights disporting on the Avon, a set of races one awaits. “ t would be a thrill’’ to rave on. A crew controlled by Mr Dunn, a shrewd hand at the steering, has gone out for a trial run, acclaimed by public cheering, and running down to Dudley Creek, the which a turning place is, they showed the day's not far to seek when we’ll see. eightoared races. They say there’s room for two abreast, though at the bends congested, so each in turn will have to rest afid catch up when it's rested. The. Avon’s quite a waterway, down where the quince, trees edge it, and shortly there will dawn a day when they’ll set out to dredge it. By Mr R. T. Stewart’s art they soon will make improvement, in fact the time is ripe to start a town gondola, movement.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18063, 25 January 1927, Page 1
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