THE HOLIDAY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2343, 28 December 1914, Page 8

THE HOLIDAY

J ;; Mmant weAther ! CALL OF THE AND i : V- ; ■■•Sγ-":']. COUNTRY.-' .■.-'..:;.;.:;-■.■, |- -■.After (v spell of■ the most'-unßeason-&ble'weather exporienoed in Wellington • at Ghiristmas' time for some yoars'i -and .in the* ; face.iof gloomy official progriostiBoxing Bay proved to be one •"'■'.'■'of the~imost delightful -days, .of an ex- '■'.•■' tremely . fitful summer. From the .-'. earliest' morning unttt;:;the7 x shades.;; of. : ; 'evening'gave the signal to. rest; the. sun •. shoneSnUiantly in.>"an almosKcloudless } • sky, arid the high, l ;winds, , 'which .'have ■;'!lbeen sleeping Wellington for some time past,\ gave place toa gentle breeze, . which' served to temper the heat of the ' 'day. '■'' Be sure that Wellington'made the ■ Viaost;-;of suc'h: perfect holiday condi- . ; itipns.. : : It : was no time to stay at home and drowse over a book. Eager to be / ■)'.' out in■'flie sunshine children.gave their ••■ parents; no'rest,..until.the.hamp'er .was ■'.': they were'en route to the : ; -soasidejor the country—anywhere tli;t ■ Ipromis'eda "closerjfriendlier relationship '-- ■ with: Nature than: dusty... streets of • ■"■'.vthe city. 'Thousands betook themselves ■.'■'.' 'to Day's' Bay, . Eastbourne, ' ■. Seatoun, : -'Lyallßay, and island Bay, where the .:,-. 'foam-washed . beaches' and. the clear "ooeaii' breeze offered delights that can ' only be'taken adyantago of occasionally, t'; Others' .took: train.: into 'tis country.'"A ,'very flarge number of people journeyed >. ''to Picton by ~the: Union.. Steam Ship ' ' Company's, ferry steamer Maori, .and-a ;i mtmbef'-of people.-interested in military ■preparation; visited the model camp at ; " Trenthain. The bowling greens and ;', tennis-'court-s wero infill., occupation .. t)noughoub tlie day. and at Heretaiinga -.' devotees pfj(/olf lecajae; absorbed in'the ' tournament »a:nes'in progress there. In 'town the cricket match at the Basin Re- ■,: snV9■ betweau Mhrlborough' and v Welv : , lingtoiiiidrew a few spectators; the Zoo was liberally patronised,- and large '.' numbers 1 attended the picnics at Sea■Ctoun, and ttie Lower Hutt, ;