THE HOLIDAYS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2120, 11 April 1914, Page 6

THE HOLIDAYS

r —, —»... -.-, ■.■■■ TO-DAY'S DOINGS. The Easter holidays began well yesterday. It was a clean, gro.en, raiiiwashed world that locked glad in the brilliant sunshine of Good Friday jnonj.ing, such a ifiom .is Richard Wagner must have had in- his mind when lie

wt-ote J:he "Good Friday" tfrnsio in "Parsilal." Tlio son shone out with comfortable 'warmth, and the air was a. t<mio to ail who vestured oat. Wellington is never a very gay place at Easter-timc, bufe yesterday tho streets of the city, and such adjacent resorts as the Botanical Gardens, Oriental Bay, and the beaches at tyall. and Island Bays were tiiicMv populated. In town many <rf tlio public wiled away an hour at the picture shows,_ whieh were the only houses doing business in tho city. Tho trains were very well patronised in the afternoons, and t-ho -odour of pfetrol spoke of n- busy time in tho motor world. A fair ntfjnber of people visited tliOjSasin where Wellington is trying conclusions with a Canterbury team on iko cricket field, fiic match resumes this afternoon. At Kelburne Park tlio Christeharcli and .Wellington City. Councils' staffs arcalso -settling a- cricket difference- Tho argument will bo continued to-day. There are a fair jiunibw of attractions for to-day and JEaster Monday. A gala fc to bo inaugurated at Lyall. Bay to-tfcy, when tho beaofl will doubtless bo thronged with thousands should the weather hold-fine. Sporting folk will doubtless journey to Taiiherimkau, where the Wairarapii Racing C'kib is holding a. two days' meeting on one of the prettiest courses in the country, 'i'liero aw also races at Feildhig to-day and on Monday. Whilst there is cricket for cricket lovers at the Basin Reserve, thero will be an interesting football natch between the Athletic Club (Wellington) and the Merivolo Club (Christohurch) -at tho Athletic Park this afternoon, and . at Petone, the iecal club's representatives will he pitted against Ponsonby (Auckland. • . ■ ■ , Tho "soceer" attraction/ is a niateu between Auckland City and Swifts {third-class), to be played at tho Football Association's new ground at- South Kilbiriiie. . . Tho Wellington Tenuis Association's tournament will bo advanced another stage to-day, and tho Wellington Bowling Centre will coinmencp a ri.uk tournament on tko city preens this morning, tho vwocceds of which are to bo devoted to the Citizens' Carnival Fund. la tho evening tho chief -attraction will be the opening of the now Grand Opera Souse by the American Musical 'Burlesque Company. Needless to say, nearly every seat oa t-to plan has been reserved. A capital vaw%ill© programme will be- submitted afteruoon and ■eveiiißK at Sis Majesty's Theatre, and pictures will be shown day and night at tho Empress Theatre, anil afternoon and evening at the King's Theatre,