[Posters relating to wood-chopping and sports meetings, collected by Eric Warner. 1955-1956]

Includes:

1955:

Apiti Athletic Club 60th Diamond Jubilee sports. Domain Grounds, Saturday March 12th 1955. [Programme including chopping and sawing, running events, horse events, miscellaneous novelty events].

Mangatainoka A. A. Society. 54th gathering. Mangatainoka Domain, Monday December 26th 1955. Official programme (including senior running events, junior running events, open running events, ladies' events, cycle events, field events, post entry events, axemen's events, piping events, dancing events). Printed by Pahiatua Printing Co Ltd

Ngamokai Sports 10th annual meeting to be held on Messrs Duigan Bros property at the junction of Oruakukuru and Whangaehu Roads, Karioi. Saturday 19th February 1955. 100 [pounds] in prize money. Programme (hack events, jumping events, children's events, cycle races, athletics, competitions). Dance in Karioi Hall at 8 pm (damaged)

Raetihi Athletic Club (affiliated with N.Z.A.C. and A.U.), Saturday 16th April 1955 to be held at Waimarino Showgrounds, Raetihi, Central North Island. For the best day's outing in 1955, come to the Sports [Programme of open athletic events, NZ Pedestrian Derby, other running events, juvenile events, ladies events, chopping events, children's events, novelty events]

Tiriraukawa Sports. Public domain, Mataroa, 6 miles from Taihape. Saturday Jan. 29 1955. Programme [competitions, children's pony events, hack events, chopping, Highland dancing]. Grand dance in the evening, Tiriraukawa Hall.

1956:

Grand St Patrick's sports to be held at the Taihape Memorial Park. Saturday 17th March 1956. Programme [horse events, chopping and sawing, Highland dancing, amateur athletics, children's races]. Grand variety concert in the Taihape Town Hall. Wanganui Chronicle Print

Mangaweka & District Athletic Club forty-fifth grand annual sports meeting to be held on Queen's Park, Saturday January 21st, 1956. 280 [pounds] prize money plus trophies. Programme [horse events, professional cycling, athletics, children's athletics and cycling events]. A grand dance will be held in the evening

Parikino Sports Club annual sports meeting (affiliated with District Horse Sports Association and NZ Axemen's Association) to be held at Parakino on Old Sports Ground, Saturday 3rd March 1956. 100 [pounds] in prizes. Programme [horse events, novelty events, wood-chopping contests, races for children and tiny totts, adult races, lolly scramble]. Dance in the evening at Parikino Hall. Good orchestra. Wanganui Chronicle Print

Rangataua Axeman's & Athletic Association. Forty-sixth annual grand Carnival. Athletic events, chopping, dancing, to be held on Rangataua Domain, Easter Monday, 2nd April 1956. Grand dance - Town Hall in the evening

Quantity: 8 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Relief prints on posters, sizes varying