THE HOLIDAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7702, 3 January 1905, Page 2

THE HOLIDAY.

DUTODUjf, J*«, ,9. The weather for (he holiday wa* most disagreeable. Rain squalls continued throughout Sunday night and until about » a.m., when tho rain coused, but ft strong cold wind from tho south-west to south-east prevailed all day, with tantalising glimpse* of sunshine. Ab out 0 ut live another shower fell, and at 0 p.m. the wind became coiH-and mdre rain fell. The Caledonian sports were not so well attended as last year,3and cricket attracted only a sprinkling of spectators, who sheltered throughout tho afternoon in; the lee of the tree* In the southern ground with the ground sodden under foot. The regatta had to be postponed. Considerable numbers of excursionists left town by train, and up the Otago Central way' the weather wus fairly good. NELSON, Jen. B. The weather wus One for the halfcloys, though an unseasonably oeld wind blew on Sunday, H|»orU at Richmond to-duy were very largely attended. T. H. Oaten, from scratch, won the live-mile amateur cycle raee T. Eviss (20 yards) 2, F. l**Jee (320 yards) 3. - CHBIHTCirritCH, Jan. 2. A heavy south-westerly gale % ha* been blowing since Sunday, and the Lyttelton Regatta had to be postponed. WAXUA.VCI. Jan. 2. There wus fine weather tor the holiday, which |mused o fl quietly, Various'picnics were well attended.