THE HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 525, 4 June 1909, Page 5

THE HOLIDAY.

v'S* \'/■-£ / ' HOW WELLINGTON SPENT IT, • / \ Tho Weather locally was fine yesterday for ;.-i-.... tno t iholiday.;in.xdlebrationv of-,t)io Pnilco of Wales's Birthday, but the touch Of whiter ■ Wfl3 in the air, and,'during tho morning, rain Seemed not improbable. . The sky brightened' . 4s: tho hours went on, and thoso who sought : outdoor - feortition .had little to complain of ■ ■in tho treatment received from the cfoments.' x>;'The.;holidayNwas closely observed by ■ Govern- , ment offices:&nd all places of business in the . city,-whilo buhting . fluttered from numerous flagstaffs; . The Rugby representative' match | atiAthletlo Park was'aipowerful:magnet to • v tha holiday-keepers, and the-hoSkoy matches ' ■ at'.tho Basinßeserve atid Day's Bay had also / their crowds of spectators/ The' Otiiki: races •: werOoWell patrohisedj: and numbers of people' visited the pony meeting at Hiramarj tho trotting races at Greytimn, and thd coursing , ' / meeting at Trentham:'. .The golf, links at: ••• ! Heretaunga, whero competitions' were in progress,,.attracted many. • ; .The' Weather ■ was ■ a -J' //; '/coldVt6 l: pleas6Upicnickers, .■ but '.a :. .■ number of people went to Wondorland, which 1 ■ was.open all day. 1 . ■ '.Yesterday's passenger K traffic on the rail- .. ways .showed a- slight decreaso in regard to , suburban trips,vbut there was' ah increase In. • . ~ the.y long-dista£oo bookingßi.■£■: About .1500' , persons booked at Lathbton for 'tho suburban r. . stations froa Petono to Upper Hutt,- and ~ "bout,6oo for the. Wairarapa. Tho bookings ; ot:Thorndon for suburban stations (Khaudallah to Paekakariki) were "fcboUt ; -450. hundred: wont' in 1 tho two trains :to' , Otaki. The traffic on tho city tramways was •.! J®?jor.remarkablo •• dimensions -considering tho. attractions 'that; undonbtedly' augmentcd .. .V-. . v . -