AT THE SEASIDE ON SUNDAY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3876, 27 November 1928, Page 2

AT THE SEASIDE ON SUNDAY.

There was a particularly large crowd of visitors at the local seaside on Sunday. The weather was ideal and the surf was well patronised. ,

A large number of people were evidently attracted by the motor sports which were held on the old river bed, under the auspices of the Palmerston North Motor Cycle Club. Motor cycle trials were held and stunts of different kinds performed by the riders who cut many and varied capers on the sand. A novelty introduced by one motor cycle enthusiast was sledging behind a cycle on a wooden sledge at anything up to 25 miles per hour. The idea was quite all right provided the person on the sledge kept, his balance, but one patron of the sport put something of a dampener on the pastime by coming off and ploughing up a good area of sand with his nose. On the whole the sport was not as popular as it might have been owing to the fact that the sand was rather hard to fall on.

A large number of cars proceeded out on to e the ocean beach, some going around the point and others across the sandy stretch between the ocean and the old river bed. The latter access was not in very good order and one or two cars became stuck when trying to negotiate it. There was plenty of bracken on hand, however, and willing helpers some had them out of their predicament. This route is the safest one and, with little cost could easily be rendered safe for cars during the summer season. If there had been some means of watering the two or three chains of soft sand between the old river bed and the ocean beach last Sunday the track would have been ideal.

There is' every indication that the beach will be particularly, well patronised this year.