THE HOLIDAYS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 177, 21 April 1908, Page 6

THE HOLIDAYS.

The Manawatu railway authorities. report chat the traffic on their line yesterday was I much heavier than'on Easter Monday last year.: , There were.about ,500 passengers on each of the outward morning mail trains; 300 for stations between Paekakariki and Palmer-" ston; and, in all, 1000 for Johnsonvillb, Plimmerton and Paekakariki. . .Both the inward mail trains in the evening wore aij hour late on arrival at Palmerst-on. On. one there were nineteen cars and on the other fifteen. Between 9 p.m., and . 10.30 pinr. three specials'; containing in tho aggregate 1000 Volunteers, ware dispatched outwards. , The figures relating to'the passenger trafflo on the Government lino show 'the various trains wore also patfouised than; was the experience. on Easter Monday last year. No bitch of aay kind occurred and all the trains ran up to time. Over 1500 passengers were carried to stations beyond tipper Hutt, as against 1200 last year, and the, number of tickets issued for suburban stations was 3000, nearly 400 more than last year. The number of cars on the first three trains over the'lncline totalled thirty-five. The tramway traffic returns were not-avail-able, last night, but (traffic was heavy on all lines, particularly to Miramar, Island Bay, and- Karori.

(Bt TEr.EOBAPH—PHEBS, ASSOCIATION',) , ' Timaru, April 20. The holidaj's passed off very pleasantly. The ireajiher '.was. fine, • with the exception of light showers of. rail? ,on Saturday.' Tho attractions to-day Vere the local bowling: and golf ;tourneys, In tho country the; Fairlie .show attracted, a ; large • att-endance, and the 'Temuka bicyole • sports i.lijd a . record rgat-e for the Easter , fixture, 1 a popular, attraction being the second-class band ; contest-,, which was wpn by the Lytt-elton Marines, tho Timaru being seoond. ' The at-h----lo- ovents were well contested. • Wang mul, April 20/ The. weather was fine for .the holiday, whioh was observed, quietly. . The, 8010 Club held a successful sports meeting. The Prosbytcriaru Bible plassCamp concluded to-day.i . St., ,Potars.','(Auckland) : won. . the champion' banner;' St. John's '(Wellington) being second and St. Peter's (Christchurch) third. ■ Napier, April 20. The rain this morning caused .the children's sports ill connection with the carnival to \be postponed indefinitely, and tho fireworks display till to-morrow ovening. ■; -?• '. Opmaru, April 20. ■ At the; Hibernian Socioty's sports today.the 100 yds; ■ handicap was won hy. Bennett, Curry being second, and Stevenson third. One; mile - bicycle:; Breed, 1: 'M'Kenzie, 2; Craig, r 3. - Slieffield: Berniingham, l; Wil- : iliam . Pflf-.flrs,-'2 J'. Bennett,. ,1. Che mm: niile handicap-.race was won by« Delacour,. with D. Flynn 2nd, and T. Meikle Srd. ''The .weathor was fairly good, but the attendance was much below that of last year. > .