THE HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 6

THE HOLIDAY.

1 ' i v HOW PEOPLE SPENT IT. , | PERFECT WBiTHER. , nTl)e weather on Now Year's Dty* was «. - «],ie(l.'away : on afternoon, -had t ; j. a^r : f i n: sHbiie J to; 'rii'ghti r ; /WeHington'. people. by ' thbu-6jm^^iliod:':'fprSi-in ;directiorist;to: '. ....make. hql^y^;Siime;;wentvto^lie\;races: ; . : •- or -WaikariaeT; tho '-'Wots -■ '■ ''- at Petone, or:tho-pony.races al, Miramar. Picton- Kogatta, .tho: ~.Caledonian SSSKSports^at^jHastertoriHthe.;a4riatic rcarni^al:. t -P?tpne,"; theibjiwljngVand: tennis -.tonnia-,' :■:> :■" -."Diatch ..in-'the - city, and tho rifle ■ meeting. SifcS 'i Treritnairi , 'vall:f profited-Jby!?: th6::;;;nne Voaliher. t r , •r'lt-;:was ; ; Bn.'. ideal. day . for - the • seaside audrthe, picnic .-resorts. - Lyall-Bay'-again. ■ had its thousands of visitors, and the ¥^:KtrairisJ riridyferries;carried! heayy/iloads :;of;;' :-.v".'j,' holiday',-makers:.to all'.-. the : favourite-bays:. - . -- and -beaches around the- harbour. -Bellevue Gardens, Wonderland, and other * jopiilar i resorts ■: helped to - meet. .the-, gen?Wlt?: domaniTfp'£,^TA°leßpmo. ,: : oiitiiopivrep-"" ' ;;E:^:.*, ; ;;i3'ayment. , j:;A't. : ev6ry^ railway station, and at every tramway jJisgKterminus.. and : .ferry ; .wharf, .numerous ; : Vjiarties . struck . aVay ';! from the main :| ; holiday sought .theiit ; owni-favounte spots to boil tthe. billy-, and. ! , ;: f tiiipack the''-.picnic hamper. . :' . tho ■; X;JSK? ejut' ;l any p apparent i.diffiliiil ty. : j , />Htitt-i'y;sm"d(yj^etpae^T : ' : ntiml»epea f ®'>«flsflojVstatipns tlMtw«ri.'fl,o'wer:: Hutt' arid : Hutt ;■ (iricludin/; > latter.),':-. 1000; Wairarapa 'stations, >-1000 (inclndnjg' Fea4iSKtherston4i: : 1200 with .last. : - ' 1 which is probably due to the'weather be- > --I -v.»- tjnd"in-: even greater, -degree to 'the :newly-' a.'.'i'w.yißade connection •of Lyall-Bay with tho •: V: eity'-'.trainways.'. : • '••.: ,'. S-y,¥ftjpheStakiflgS'>n;:tfe:tramways''oa . ; ■ .ii)areaseiOverilast ::New-.Year's Day:inh'en* ■ -the total was .£SOB 0s 4(d Details aro sv.^\.not yet aviiilable.'but anyone ;wbo,noboedr ®X|.:ft^®^loi3^ : towardsthe: ICil-: : ■: liirme-Atunnel: on.;-Saturday.-.-;would -.readily; : , ; been^" iiosponsible for 'niuch. of •: tho increase. -. . > , i:. The 'XJnion-.Company , s-steanaer_Mararna .V/ .^'.^iaadp' an-excursion*''to/ Picton ; irnd';b'ack:' • SiSStlcMSSitKe; Strait,^itheSprincipaHat)jraction; t -. / , - '.lington' tp'-Pictori',' tho.ilararo'a-' made .-the ' ;■ : c . i-un.'in.i3hri- 40min.,: but; on the homeward [:-■ > <;'-jcrarney 'she: did-it under i three honrs. and. > l, half ]l ' ' ' t ( i Iv' TO-DAY'S ATTRACTIONS. .- ' : , 'iWith; most 'popple.; the. New.'¥eea t heli- ; ife:vifi.day'S' ? eit^dKbyer f ' :v;^:t^AbuMess:-circles ; irio^set ; .:rule;,;aßplies.: sitnough- -:. ept •so -*,'numerous as : on'- .Saturday,'l.'.are. diverse enough te please all taste i.Fer the spprtive there are tho races at thej..';ppetty,; -Tauheriniiau-, ;(F<itherstoa).:; 'arid- the'"second racing at ; t 7-,nlU.. (Rangitikei).. The' - -.■district'-^rifle ■ nieeting'.-will. - '-be-j at..-Trentham,' • and -...the ;-.Wellihgtpn.v'-BowlinjJ-' : Cei^trfl's,' ■ tournament-will-proceed, placidly). on?,tho 'i-h'i:- virity- grepps.- ; The'Wellington lawn; Tennis -i tournament .'.will.-continue !'.ati;the;Dayi^s, ■ .tt-i' -.' Bay'- courts,; and the.-Wellinßton-Cantei:- •; - bury -'oncket -.match- will-.be : resumed , t!ie Basm Reserve 'A special tramyay se - nco will be pro Tided ' in • connechon '.-with ■ the Lyall/ Bay , . pf'^mi; ; isectiiocds^;;this IN OTHER CENTRES. . :-:j(By i.Telegrapli.—SpeciaL :CorresDondcnt.) ■ I x Palmerston, January 2 .New Year's Eve was observed in Pal- - nerston-m -roal, live, ; -hohday style. .There , , bismess at the shops was brisk The now year was ushered in with the^tiS! longed blast of railway whistles, bellnnging, and iireworks No was m evidence i (By Telegraph —Press Association) j Wanganui, January 2 >'. • :-l'he - holidays "at-'. Wanganui passed r off - - i Tiuy quietly. - Thera-..was -fine, weather, , i-and-.-.the various:-picnics. -wero ■■ well attended , >