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The heavy rain which fell in Nelson earlier this month left some park areas inundated. This rugby field was still partly covered on the Saturday morning when a match was played on it. Undaunted (in fact thrilled at the prospect), the players charged through the water in pursuit of the leather.

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LEFT-"Simon", the Siamese cat belonging to Mrs Gladys Vallance, Richmond, won six first prizes in seven classes in the recent Marlborough cat show. Simon is eight months old.

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Bat happy are two of New Zealand's foremost-cricketers and captains, Bevan Congdon and Graham Dowling (right). They are having a little fun with miniature bats during a visit to Motueka of Dowling. Graham recently had the second finger of his left hand amputated. He broke this in Australia and it has troubled him ever since.