THE HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1104, 18 April 1911, Page 5

THE HOLIDAY.

A STAY-AT-HOME DAY,

. The streets of, Wellington were the holiday resorts of many, people yesterday men. Wellington, indeed, during the whole day and evening seemed to have an extremely large number of people about the chief thoroughfares, even for holiday time'., For this the fickleness of the weather' was responsible, for few people cared to risk excursioning and picnicking witli the conditions as they were. Matinee performances, . wherever they were held,, were 'particularly rushed, and an the evening there was; the same happy experience for theatrical managers. One. of the greatest disappointments of tile day was the postponernent of the Maori's trip to I'icton. About a thousand people turned up for tickets at the barriers in the early,morning, but, though at .first moriey was received, the Union Company, decided, just before . eight o'clock, to refund it and put oft' the excursion, because of the weather indications. It wc-.s expected that the freshening wind would develop into a heavy gale from the south, and give a complexion to the trip , that would not be pleasant to the trippers or to the ship and those art chargfc of it. Some people have_ yet lively recollections of one such experience a.fev; years •ago. ' , It was estimated that between two and three thousand people travelled across the harbour to the various pleasure resorts. "The train traffic was also affected by the weather, the returns, as far aS.the suburbs were concerned, falling below last 1 year's-. On the Jlaniwatii line 1000 ■people booked to stations this side of Pfcekakariki, and on the Hutt line 600 were carried to places this Side of Upper Hutt.' Up. to midday, 700 passengers had left for- stations beyond Paekakariki, and $00 to places, beyond Upper Hutt. Only about 100 people booked to the Feilding races, and 35i) for the Tauherinikau races. On the city trams the traffic picked up considerably on the records of the early days of, the holidays," but 'it -is-softrcely expected that the same results as last jfear will be. shown. ( .

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) .New Plymouth, April 17. The weather has been unpleasant for the holidays, though to-day was bright and fine. A strong wind was blowing. The principal attraction was the sports fathering, at whteh there were record elds, a feature being that every contestant resided in Tnrnnaki.

; Timaru, April 17. ' Tho weather was dull for the holiday, following a -showery, night, but tho rain held off. The ground was damp under foot for the Temuka sports and the Fairlie Show. There was a good attendance at the sports., considering conditions. Iu cycling, G. M'Gloin (45yds.) won the halfmile and L. V. Young (95yds.) the mile. In tho roadster events, E. Wall (30yds.) won th 6 mile, and P. Gillespie (50yds.) the two miles. In tho foot races, the 120 yds. was won by L.- Childs ("yds'.), the 220 yds. amateur by A. B. Hili-,(Myds.), the 220 yds. open by P. Anderson (13yds.). the 4-10 yds. amateur by A. B. Hill (25yds.), the 4-lOyjls. ■open by £. S. Dunsford, and tho milo amateur by P. O'Grady ■ (Ssyds.). The trad: was heavy, and no good times were made. The high jump was won by Cargo, sft. 3in. In tho pole jump Horgan and Dolziel tied, 10ft. 3in. ' j As the special train was returning, some boys in an op<;n truck were "skylarking," and one named Fox, aged 12, fell out. He was seriously cut and bruised, and was taken to the hospital. In the hockey matches, the Christchurch Drapers beat Timaru Men's, I—o. St. Mary's (Timaru) beat Oamaru, 2—o. The Timaiu Golf Club concluded an Easter tournament, among its members, held on Friday and to-day, which opened the season pleasantly. The Ladies' Club tohrney opens, to-morrow. A. coach has been engaged to commence early in May. Palmerston, April 17. Fine weather resulted in large attendances at tho various sports to-day. These comprised two bowling tournaments, Caledonian sport:;, shooting, Maori tennis championships, and motor cycle tests. The Slanawatu Motor Cycle Club's reliability test to Wangauui and back began on .Friday, and resulted as follows:— Blundell, 1; Byslop, 2; Kitchen, 3. The eighth annual Caledonian gathering of the Manawatu and West Coast Society drew a very large attendance. In the Wheel Race.?. H. Mills crashed into the fence, and is now in the hospital. W. C. Taylor also came ddwit, but escaped with bruises. Nelson, April 17. Fine weather prevailed for the close of the holidays, and various fixtures were neld to-day. The bowling tournament and Sunday School Convention concluded. _ , Gisborne, April 17. Easter passed off quietly here, as, although many country people camo into town, many others travelled north or south for the holidays. All fixtures wero postponed to-day on account oi the weather. After an exceptionally long period of dry weather rain commenced very earlv on Sunday morning, and up till this evening over three inches had fallen. Heavy neather has been experienced along the East Coast since Saturday, but not severe enough to' interfere with, shipping. . Duncdin, April 17. The weather was gTbriously fine for the holiday. Tho principal attractions aro the' Taieri races, ana the bowling and lawn tennis tourneys. Christchurch, April '17. The weather promised well for the holiday in the early morning, although fog hung over the city, The streets were full of people in the morning on their way to seaside and other resorts. Shortly before noon dark clouds gathered in the southland rain commenced to fall, causing inconvenience to holiday-makers, many of whom were unprepared. The principal attraction is the Easter meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club at Riccarton.