IN CHRISTCHURCH.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12647, 10 November 1906, Page 10

IN CHRISTCHURCH.

Tlie glorious wc-at-her which prevail.*. yc-storday for the holiday tnt-hum}' record attend-amee- at all th» varioun iixturos. Tlie holiday was generally ofc. served in tho city, only a very fow -bop, brine open. Tlie ..shiim-ica. *t_ond_ac» during the day iv-jib a n-cord up to the pmsont. It had been, anticipated that owing to the attractions of -the Exhihi. ■ tion, tho attendance at tho Show of thn A. and P. Association would traSer somewhat. But this was not *$_ cm., as the attenda-no© was larger than hmt year's. The mooting of the Metropolitan Trotting Club attracted a te. co.xl n-umher of visitors, amd the sport throughout was vary good. In addition to the large Jiumbor of people at the thro© places mentioned, thero won. a goodly nrunibor of picnic parties to iSuinuer. New Brighton, amd Cashmere Hills. ".Mr Wood, tho traffic manager of tlie tramways, had a wry -id-am time of it, the great ivumbcn* of people travulling putting a great strain on the rolling stork. A largo siumber of the ol\l open and other ears, which ham boon superseded by tho cloctric trattas, were brought* into requisition V In the evondug aU the placet, of amuwM ment wore well pat rmi-ujod, particularty tho Theatre Royal, where there was a regular iholiday aud.-i._ioe. Th© <lay -Kit-wed off very _a.t isfaotorily. No accident of amy kind lias boon reported, mud tiho holiday makero had « really good time. All ihe vi-itora from other parts sneak in* terms of command-tits, of the orderliness of the gnat crowds ass-cm-blod, and abo their appreciation oi Uie happy atid con-tentc-d appearance of the peoiple as a whole Commissioner Dinuie, when asked his opinion of the behaviour of the people at the Exhibition and the Show yesterday compared to similar eatbarings at Homo, said that the two could hardly bo compared, as thero was a. much more troublesome class at Home than in the colonies, but taking every* thing into oon_id_ration, it was most , satistactory.