ANNIVERSARY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 6

ANNIVERSARY DAY.

EVENTS AND RESORTS. CITY AND SUBURBAN ATTRACTIONS; Anniversary Day in tie 'Wellington, district was not favoured by, the best of weather, and towards evening the strong wind, which had prevailed throughout the day, .became almost, a gale and light rain.followed; The uninviting outlook. must, have prevented many from leaving their homes,.but, nevertheless, the various resorts in and about the city were fairly well patronised. Compared with other holidays, the'car traffic was not quite so heavy. The chief traffio was to and from the railway stations. Seatoun and Island Bay sections had very, little' patronage, but over .1000 persons journeyed to Miramar. Of .course the principal centre of attraction outside the city was the races at Trentham, and the Railway Department advise that 6000 tickets were issued to" the course, as against 6500 last year. Over 3000 people journeyed to suburban stations, and 400' went further on.' On the Mana'watu line 500 travelled to places beyond Paekakariki and 1500 visited intermediate -stations. The through train last.night comprised nineteen vehicles'and carried .700 passengers for all stations. .The only delay, experienced was in connection with the depar-, ture of the 4.ls"p;in. train from Thorndon Station. This was due to the fact that one of the engines became disabled, but the train got away only twenty minutes behind ■ time. . Cymkhanaat Petone. i; Anniversary. Day-passed off Very quietly yesterday.' The. gymkhana' at. the Petone recreation grouncT was well attended, a good number went to : .the. ! ,Hefetaunga BoatingClub's excursion,'..and: quite ■>; 'number of' picnic parties were out'.at,the: various . spots, of. the: Hutt; Valley. i-Many of ;;the events in the gymkhana' organised by ibe Church of England Men's Society were of. a novel character,- and .provided abundance of-, amusement for the spectator's. . The efforts, of a band 'of lady workers contributed materially, to the success of the: gathering.- A concept was held'in the Victoria' Street Hall, in'the evening. The various, competitions resulted as' follow:—: .; ',-.'..v .-.' : ■'■■'■.'■■■. /■:. : ■ Weight-guessing, W.'Dean; high;, .jump, G. M'Grath (4 feet 9 mches); long jump','G. M'Grath (15 feet sinches); sack.raee,;'.W ; ; Purdie 1, L. Mexted 2; skipping, L. Stewart. 1, H. J. Smith 2;'220 yards race, R< Proebstel'l, Charles Bold 2'; cigarette race, Andrew. Bold: threading the -needle,--A.- Bold; sluw: bicycle race. (men),' A:- Wright; (ladies) Miss Foote; shooting'competiti6n, : E.-Kibblewhito; : bowling, H. Grady; throwing the cricket, ball,' D. Bowman; ladies', skipping, Miss E.;Arrow-, smith; quoits/.A.'Gougn. ;..:;:.'V. Belleyue Cardcns. ~ : There, were many visitors. at Belleyue Gardens, Lower Hutt, yesterday. ; The Citizens' Brass Band, played- all day in : . the rotunda. Every facility was afforded for the .numerous; picnic parties, and :the .visitors' spent: a very pleasant holiday among'. thei resh lawns and sheltered walks of this.favourite'.resort. - ,; - Across the Harbour. "

Day's Bay is a^mostia'household : wdrd with the yonng. '..' When a: .holiday occurs; parents - are frequently '.exercised, in : mind' as ■to', a suitable'outing for .youngsters/:In many, .eases Day's "Bay 1 wins, .and in"'consequence .the .ferry, boats plying there' are. well.' patronised. ■ Notwithstanding,, the familiar : ind notorious' '. Wellington,- '.Northerly'':Vwhieh' prevailed yesterday,j.the.'.various; steamer's were packed, and. many hundreds spent an enjoyable; day on the other:side ; of the'haft bour.'■'-. Amongst the : side7shdws-,at'> the bay' the water chute is still favourite,..although'the'; shooting' gallery', and the ,many - other attractions were well patronised.' Seatoun and Karaka Bay being of easy ,; access 7byi tram, the'boats engaged in'that- trip were -not-so well patronised, although more: made the sea trip, than, is usually*the •oase'i.-.".: - : ;/'.>'%''..:;/ '.}.'.. ■':':•■■ . r r.t . Wanganur Caledonian Sports, ;'\ . ../The Wanganui Caledonian Society held its twenty-sixth., annual meeting- yesterday ' in-, glorious weather. ; There was a large attendance, and .the meeting wore a decidedly Caledonian appearance, .there being;alarge number of competitors in the dancing and piping, events.; Center;' the- Scottish, champion, ■ practically "scooped" the pool; in this department. Campion won all the cycling events save. the'Vhalf-mile'.'','' The running events were won as follow:—Sheffield;; J. A. Nicbolls; 440 yards, T.rM'lntyre; 226 yards; V.. C." Taylor;, mile, J., O'Reilly;.', half-mile, ,L.> C. M'Lachlan; 120.Vyards hurdles,:.;C. ; Sheehan; 120. yards amateur event;' S'. ;.Wil-, liams;, 440',.'yards -amateur, race, ; E._ J.r'Williams. •'■" .The hammer-throwing was won by Ford, and the caber contest by F. M'Culldch.—Press Association. ; , Carnival at Wairoa. , ; f ; ,;, The'regatta and aquatic sports eventuated on ; Thursday in, brilliant weather. •'.'- The Events passed 'off • most- successfully, there being a-large attendance, of .visitors-and thopublic. ■ .Great interest centred in the .four-' pared races, Napier and Wairoa scoring two: wins each. ;The Wairoa A. arid P. Show took, place, yesterday in beautiful weather, though it was a .trifle, warm. :, This .finishes the carnival Association. . '■'■>