CARNIVAL AT LYALL BAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 8

CARNIVAL AT LYALL BAY.

Two thousand people Lyoll Bay last evening jto W present si K the -first moonlight- carnival held on- thd beach.'.' Special 1 ; cars 1 were run, arid, had ! the night been'less cloudy, the. numbera : making the Wp would' undoubtedly havo • been much larger." •• 'As things turned', the . people d had ; scarcely; seated .-•• them-: . selves on the.sandhills''round the newly- . erected platform, whcn a bank of thick drizzle came ovd* the water. 1 " It was wetting rain, .and at a quarter to ae ther® was a great ;demaiid for cars to the city* Th'e service was quite satisfactory, hovr : ever, : and - the : . teach was cleared of its hundreds in ; a short, spaoe of time.'Those; . waiting'for .cars found' refuw under / th«shelters recently • provided py : the v Council. • !'•' , -The Tramways Band played : a number , of'selections.; • They, have -been rehearsing busily during the past week- or,, two,-.and' > their playing shows'. a.[ decided improve-; ; ; - ment A tug-of-war was' held: on :*the., -sand,= and, after a very - long ~ pull, vthp tramway .a* - team ■; from ;•. H M.R. Challenger.. ' There were a ; num* bcr' of other interesting items--jin-ntea. exhibitions by Messrs. Parknr, (2)» Cocker, tuid Kirk; exercises with apparatus, by Messrs. Parker;and Cloron;-box-.. ingj. and duel bv - bluejackete; and;' ax&* swinging:by-' Mr. Parker. It had-boaa intended to have: alsoa ; Inchsaying * • . 'hibition- bv.'membersv.of . ming Club', but the moon did not. show through tho clouds/ and the .dark watel was not ssufficiently inviting for mers.' ■ "-V.-Vi ' sAnother ■ attractive v.programme-; ,im . been drawn up. for this ;eTening,_ and if tho weather is favourable, the function should • be attended with more, succesa: than; fell' to .last : night's. fentertainmeM,' •