The Easter Holidays.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7803, 20 April 1905, Page 2

The Easter Holidays.

Present appearances poi/ft to fine weather for the Easter holidays, and picnic purtiess will doubtless be tho order of the, day. The volunteers hold their annual camp at Waiwukaiho, the local corps parading nt the Prill sh«i at 7.M0 this evening for the purpose of marching f'o the slfc. The outside corps of the Wfst Coast battalion wjll arrive at various tjmes during the night. It is anticipated that 700 men will take part in the interesting and instructive scheme of operations whjch has been mapped out. Friday will Iks devptpd to the usual first day operations of these camps. On Sunday a church pared* will be held at 10.15 by, Chaplain Captain Evans, and In the afLernoon the camp will bo devoted to the entertainment of visitors, Monday Is the " field day," when a sham fight will bo fought. The camp will break up on Monday evening. Special trains will run on Friday and Monday to Smart Road.

Colonel W. IT. Webb (Offlccr-Com-munding Wellington District) bus issued the following re-«vrariged list of or)ie.ers to officiate lit the conduct o( thtj manoeuvres :—Director of manoeuvres aiid umplre-ln-ohief, Colonel W, 11, Webb : chief stuff ofiiety, Major L. J. Joyce; umpires, Captain Ttobinson, UJ.'k HU d Captain !)• Pringle.

Colonel Webb and Major Joyce arrived last night to supervise the arrangements.

To-morrow services \v\l\ by, U» the various churchy* in the nuigbb.ourhotfd. On Faster Sunday special services will be Held at all the churches. On Monday the principal attraction locally will be the Star Footbull Club's sports, which promise to Uo even more successful than those of fciner years.

Taranaki's sporting evenf Is the unnuul meeting 0.5 v u o Palea Haelng Club, ip. wlildi a special train will i'««. ' Tho Horough offices will close nt 1 p.m. to-day, re-opening on Tuesday moriting. The. whuktsate warehouses «cli k su t«->iigl't until Tue*.luv inoyiiiimj, and the dentists observe Easter until Wednesday.

Th(i offices of U\c injjuvanti) companies close! frpan «oon tontav bill W<>esnv»sday. Th v . iuw olliccs' vnn\tton uxtends over the sumc starting at 1 p.m, ttMlay. Th v business establishments w ill not obwve Him usua] lmll-holidiM- to-day