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Holiday Stew

Well, the mad rush of Christmas and New Year has gone and so also have the thousands of holiday-makers who invaded Nelson. In these three pages we wound up the holiday period with odd shots taken at the many functions during the period.

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Johnny Robinson wins the sheaf-tossing at Rabbit Island. (Pic by Gaoff Tuffnell)

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Sand-shovelling was an innovation at Rabbit Island, Len Goodser proving he was handiest with the shovel (Pic by Geoff Tuffnell)

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At the Maitai Valley camp this hole was popular with campers and Nolsonians alike.

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Local M. P., Stan Whitehead, dressed for the occasion when he presented prizes in the Mr. Tahuna contest at the beach. What a beautiful muscle, Stan. Winner John Ward, is on his right.

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The "Nelson Crew", all drawn from the good ship Jaycee, pulled into Wakefield Quay one morning and proclaimed its intention of running a Mardi Gras in the New Year. They did, too, and it was a beauty.

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Spotted at Lake Rotoiti, the White (Nelson) and Edmonds (Petone) families: Suzanne, David, Graham, Arch White, Mrs Edmonds and Mary, Muriel White and Helen, Robyn and Eric Edmonds at back.

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Also at Lake Rotoiti, were the young fry: Donald Cooper, Dennis Long, Bob Cooper, and Valeri Campbell and Val Tempero (Oamaru), and at back, Helen Black and Paddy Westley, of Nelson.

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Alan Peterson uses a microport to pick up Peter Snell's words of wisdom after the big race. The microport transmitted the interview to the roof of the grandstand and then relayed over the air.

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King Neptune (Ron King) had some difficuity persuading daughter Madeline that the man in the smelly seaweed was really Dad.

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For a split second we took time off from watching the finish of the 4 x 1 mile relay to take a look at the lookers