BOXING DAY

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1321, 27 December 1911, Page 8

BOXING DAY

A FINE AFTERNOON. •ME HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS. The pp.cked clouds that darkened Christinas Diiy ami copious tears yestcrdny moi-iiing cleared away toward* uuen iiiitl tli'i sun. v. hich has boon such i> MrMiifjiM- during 111' , lii-l few days, flione brightly lur the rest of Iho day. gladdening thf' Warts of. tho-? -holiday-making. As a. , mailer of fact the Hi in yesterday niorniii;,' proved an elieeiual dampvr to many of picnickers, and pieveined' many arranged open-air fixtures from liiiiM'.enius. The tennis iouimuiitut arranged lo lake plate at picturesque. Day's iiay was abandoned and (lie boivliiiy' giveu's which ire usually hiiimuiug wi'lh life--on' liuxhiK Day worn for the mo.-t part deserted owing to the soaking rains of Sunday aiid ..Monday. It is .in ill-wind that blows nobody roino good, and the Amateur Ath.le.tie Association's championship meeting, held in the Basin Reserve yesterday afternoon benefited considerably by the presence of people who Mere prevented from going ehctvhorc. It is a long time, indeed, since 'the old Basiii lieicrve, with- its shabby gratidstaud and poor accommodation for the public, looked so gay with people, as it did yesterday and on the whole those present were treated to a. good afternoon's sport. There were .also .large numbers at J.yall Day and other ocean .beaches, but not no-irly so many a? would have Ijecn the ciisi! tixid the weather ~ct fair earlier in the d.-iy. PICNIC AT KHANDALLAH. The children of tho Te Aro, Thorndon, oii(i .Vi'ii-loivn Konictn Catholic parishes. nHended by partnlV.and friends, journoyc;(l by'train to Khandiillah yo-terday, taking :i «fjiQl'iing chiinu." on" tho weather turtiing out brighter than it promised on their dopariure from Iho city. They nic full--- JMsliiiod in (heir aitiou, for the sun shono out gloriously from about noun, and (he 701) people who wore ~r« sf-nl. had :i inn.it cnioynble time amidst rural surrounding*'. RAILWAY TRAFFIC. An unfavourable prospect in tin- early i-isnlted in a general recasting '• ol holiday plans, and fradio on fhu rail- ! ways wiji .light by couipr.rison with previous year;-. About MO tripuers venturt-d up ilic HiiU Valley, and "di«pi-rie»l at varif.us .-tation's betwwn Ilio lyjvvrr and lpp»r (hill:. v.hilel.jO ciossiij iho Sumnut of-the. ntniintvin linn into the. \\'ai-l-iirniiii. On the Manawatu linn tlm trafiie was n.iKvi hc:,v,,r. Over TftJ Iravoiied from Ihoiiidi.n Station lo tho Koi-ian Pii.ihnln- iiienic at Khnndallah, anolhei--7(1(1 went in >Mreh of picnieking spol- in the vicinity of Torivna, I'liiiuiierton, and I'iK'kakanki, while 7iO went, iurthor iir.rt/i, -mil,) a, far as Palmer-lon, for a day .s uuliilß. j Tn/\MS ANO FERRY STEAMERS. I Slat-sties of the eity a ; nd .suburban j eretne car. li'.-ilh'c Mere not available nl j the tramwiiy oftico last evening, but ; spwkiui; geneiially it was very heavy, I r-.-pecsally j n the atkrnoon. when the geiiinl Miiuhiiie. tempted out, for a brief run I'limbrrs of rrip[«r.s who had hat! more ambitions plans wrecked by the unpropitious morning. ■ The same may be said of the traffic en the fevry MeameK*. which dufini: the af. Icrnoon were well patronised. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. is tho -weather yc?(o r d.iy mornijit; did not look very the lnwn tcnui=. nandicnp (ournameiit arranged to take pmee on the courts n( Day's Bay n - a5 abandoned. The afternoon" turned out beautifully fine but it would ?iav« t"?n impossible to l>svb pot through all Ibe games in the time then available. Tho wiiirls B-ero well -patroaist-d, hoivcrw, anc] a very enjoyable, afternoon's snort iva' spent in practice games. CATHOLIC PICNIC. A large number attended the Catholic picnic, which was held , at Father Lane's grounds yesterday. Tho weather kept I lino, aafi a very enjoyable time was spent. ! The uumerous visitors from tho citv I included Sir Joseph Ward and Lidr Ward, Mr,. T. Jl. Wilford, M.P., Dr. Cahill.ond ■moral of Ihe viMtinn elerj;y. During the day a nnmber of snorts events were decided, the results being as follow:— . WOyds. (Maiden)-A. Sullivan, t; S. Tre?.-ider, 2. lUliyds tbov-s)—o. Ilenuehy, 1; 1 , . Donnelly•■ 2. (COyds. (Haiidicnp)-W. .M.'Kain (irds.), 1: A, Culleu (Syd?.); 2. Hop. step, and jump—J. Cuuninehaia, 3511. Bin., 1: A. Cullwi.' 35ft. i'in., f. 220\-tlf. 'Handiciip.V-W. Jl'Kain %d<-.), 1: A" Gallon (10yd?.). 2. '.I'lig-of-irar—Jlv. .S. ii'Gnith's t<Mm. 1. Irish jit; (lidics)-lliss Beid, 1: Mi*s Crtiwfoi'd, 2. General ;<rran»ement> were rapably «uperviied by the secretary, Mr. P. Casey.