Foresters' Excursion

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1496, 1 December 1905, Page 2

Foresters' Excursion

i ♦' y • ' t Noyesibkh 30ih, 1905, was it day that wij e long be romombercd by tho Foresters o ' Wuibi, and will form fl'i epoch in the'livei 3 o' many of tbe children, as mnny o t jhem had tbiir first railway trip ok tlin 0 dny. The weather wiib superb, and w\ 1 (ho bcnunful euirouniiinga of tho Tc ' Aioha sooucry nn ideal outing wag en ' joyed by all who ware ablo to got ftwiiy, 3 At 7.80 in the morning tho excursionists ' began to rally round the station, and bo' tweon that timo and 9 o'olock tbe oom [ mitteohnda busy tune selling tiokotsanil I ineking final arrangements, ao tbnt every- } thing would work emoothly. Tho first train toil nt 835 a.m. It was crow. :. ded right out , t0... the platforms, . and ran straight through to Facrou , without a stoppage., Tbe second Btarted ' nt 0 a.in,, calling'at Waildno and Karrcg*. j hako to pick up contingent) of excursion- , ists, and arrived at To Aroha at 10.80 a.m, , No lo s s than 1160 passengers were carried, j A move was at once made to the Domain I Ground*, where the Waihi Brass Band , gave a Tow popular selections, whilst tho sports committee conduotcd a good proi gramme of children's and ladies' events on tho greed. - At 11 SO an adjourn- , 'mont tcok place for dinner, and about 1.80 , tho band marched.down to the ground, whoro a first-olaes programme of sporta | was gone on with, ; Afterwards a return was made to tho Domain grounds, where more musio and sports and games were provided, About 5 p.m. married folks and children made tbeir way'to the station to secure seats in tho first train for tho -homeward journey. At bix o'clock the first train was comfortably loadet),«nnd tho station 'was orowded by these waiting to get away by tho next, Shortly before the first train startod the deputy Mayor and several Gouuoillors' appeared on tbo scene, and, • a box having been found, the Deputy-Mayor, in a short and suil'ablo speech, congratulated the Waihi Foresters on having' such a successful and orderly excursion, and hoped, now that the rail, way-was open, that it would not be long bdore a sinuhr excursion went from To Aroha ti> AVuihi, Bro. A, 11. Clark, in replying on behalf of the 'Foresters, thanked all those in fiu-hority for tho. cordial manner in which they had assisted lo make tlin Foresttra' pionic such a success, and promisod a h iany v wolcouio to nn.v oxemsion that catue to Waihi from To'Aroha, I 1 :