26 March 2006

Hooray! Ham on a pole!

"HONOUR OUR PIONEERS

Early Settlers' Association
Grand Anniversary Day Celebrations
and
Re-Union of our Pioneers and Their Descendants,

NEWTOWN PARK, JANUARY 22ND, 1914.

1840 Sports Programme and Fair
10.30am to 5pm

Catching the Greasy Pig, Grinning through a Horse Collar, Bobbing for Apples, Ham on Pole, Quoits, Veterans' Race, Pillow Fighting on Pole, etc.

and

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR.

Maypole and Scotch Dancing, Punch and Judy, Baby Show, Aunt Sally, Fortune Telling, Amusing Side Shows, Children's Races.

BRASS BAND IN ATTENDANCE. HOT WATER FREE.
Tea rooms and refreshment stalls in the grounds.

Surplus proceeds in aid of the fund for erecting a monument to our First Pioneers who landed at Petone in 1840.

Come and Spend the Day in Wellington's Finest Park. Excursion Fares on All Railways.

ADMISSION: Adults, 6d; Children Free"

- Advertising flyer at the Wellington Museum of City and Sea

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