THE HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 834, 4 June 1910, Page 4

THE HOLIDAY.

A QUIET OBSERVANCE. A holiday for the King's Birthday, though generally observed, passed off very quietly in Wellington yesterday. The weather was dull and lowering, with a dash of rain early in the afternoon. Owing to the late King's recent death and the uncertainty which prevailed until last week as to whether 'a holiday would be-observed at all, few attractions bad been, arranged to take the public away from home, and the ETimber of active holiday-makers was still further reduced by the weather. There was, however, a large attendance at the Otaki Maori Racing Club's meeting, at Levin, including excursionists from the city, and between 6000 and 7000 people saw the football match at the Athletic Pnric between the Now Zealand and Wellington teams. Places of entertainment were well attended in the evening. The tram traffic for the day and ovening was not heavy foi a holiday. The holiday traffic on the railways was not particularly heavy, except that which was caused by the races at Levin. About 2000 passengers, it was estimated, went out of Wellington by the Mamawatu trains. The suburban traffic was. not'noticeably large, but well-filled trains came into town on both lines.