THE HOLIDAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 309, 28 December 1908, Page 2

THE HOLIDAY.

dy Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The weather was delightful for Boxing 1 Day, and everybody seemed to be out of doors. The Lower Valley races, the t Paliiierston ra es, and the Jiutt trotting >' meeting attracted a great number of - visitors from Wellington. The harbor i excursions were well patronised, and >. picnic parties went out in all directions. ) On Christmas Eve 111,758 passengers u were carried on the electric cars, the takings reaching the record sum of .CUOti f Us Sd. The takings on Christinas Day » (when double fares were charged) toi tailed £205 Os 4d. Invercargill, Last Night, i The Christinas holidays passed oil [ quietly, and under beautiful weather I conditions. Brilliant sunshine marked . Friday and Saturday till the evening ol j the latter day, when a thunder shower occurred, though not sufficiently prolonged to mar the holidays. The water- „ side resorts have been crowded, and the districts sports and race meetings, rillc meetings, and Rivcrton regatta were f largely patronised. The railway traffic '• has been the heaviest yet known at the ~" season, and so far everything has pass ed off without eventuality. It is re , ported that at the time of the thunder ' storm in town on Saturday a narrow strip of the country, about a dozei miles, experienced ' the heaviest hail il storm ever known ia the district, bn tl no damage has been reported. Mr. W 5- Trcnibath, the New Zealand amatcui I' champion for the half-mile, competed a •' the Clifton sports, hut though he gainei ie a place in each event he contested, hi '" secured no will, the handicaps agains 10 him being unusually heavy. "-,' Napier, Last Night. "" Fine weather prevailed on Boxin/ ,s l>.\y, when the outdoor attractions ii lc the district included horse races n Petane, and the Poraiigahau athleti s, sports at Waipukuriui and at Napier thi n City Band's picnic and sports at Fam r- don Park. Showers fell this morning .e but the afternoon was fi-.ve. ls '■ ■ """"*