THE HOLIDAY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1705, 24 March 1913, Page 6

THE HOLIDAY.

QUEER WEATHER CONDITIONS. SOUTHERLY ARRIVES. • The Easter holidays made a, real start on Saturday. Although the retail shops veto opeii for business'.throughout tho day, tho greater number of those employed in tlio commercial, banking, insurance, and Government ofiiccs observed the full day, and with tho thousands of visitors in* Wellington for 1 tho carnival, tho city presented a very lively scene. . Tho chief attraction on Saturday was tho big gala nfc Newtown Park. At an early hour peoplo began to move out to Newtown, and during tho forenoon the tramway eervico to Wellington South was severely taxed to carry all who wished to see the morning events. Tho Park itfcdf, a naturally-formed . horseshoo of smooth foirf, surrounded by a-licit of dark pines, simply glowed with lifo. Thousands of happy children watched tho events, including tho ingenious massed drill of tho senior scholars from all the city and •suburban Stato schools. Hundreds of families picnicked pleasantly under tho trees, and made raids from 'time to timo 011 tho side-shows. Swarms of children and adults found delight ill watching'tho ways of tho inhabitants of "tho "Zoo," and 0110 and all voted tho carnival a greai idea, that should bo "onnuolised."

The rowing men were unfortunate. After itlie perfect weather of Good Friday they could not but feel disappointed at having to row under tho 100 of tho' Ngnhauranga-Pctono hills. It blew fairly; hard from the north-west early in tho morning, eased down to a gentle breezo at about 1 p.m., and at 4 o'clock a black ugly southerly tumbled up over tho southern hills, and out of tho heavy black clouds big spots of rain fell for somo twenty minutes. ; Fortunately the stomn centre was out in the Strait, and Wellington was , only under .'the shadow of its outer edge, otherwise picnickers would liavo had a sorry timo reaching their homes.'

i Both the railway and " ferry services were liberally patronised' during tlio day. As usual, Hie main streets swarmed with' a pay holiday crowd on Saturday evening. yesterday tho wen titer conditions woro distinctly wintry. The southerly breeze was ' responsible . for a dropping thermometer, and frequent showers of rain made out-of-door pleasure of any kind impossible. , Occasionally itlio suit peeped out from behind the packed clouds above, but was quickly obscured before its genial' influence was .established. Tho weather-prospects for to-day are dubious. ' HOLIDAY FIXTURES. The following are the holiday fixtures for to-day:— EASTER MONDAY, MARCH 24.' Daytime. • Basin Reserve—P. and T. cricket match (continued). • Newtown Park—lnter-Varsity Athlctta Sports (10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.) and Carnival Sports (rest of day). Bowling Greens—Carnival Pairs Tournament. Steamer Excursion to Picton. Port Nicholson Yacht' Club—Annual

Picnic. Tauherinikau—Races. Evening. Newtown Park—Eleoltio Light Gala. Opera House—"Tho Wearing of. tho Green." Town Hall—'Varsity Ball. St. Anne's—All Nations' Bazaar. ''' Theatre Royal—Fuller-Brennan Vmidovillo Company. His Majesty's, King's, New, Enprc-ss, and 1 Shortts Theatres, and Pcopo's Picture Palace—Pictures. Day's Bay and Rbr.a Bay—Spicial ferry excursions. TUESDAY, MARCH 25. Daytime. Wellington. Tennis Club's Courts—Final Intcr-'varsity matches , (9.30 a.m.). » Evening. 'Varsity Harbour Excursion. • Town Hall—Boxing Tournament. Theatre entertainments as above. . WINTRY (Ey Telegraph.—Press Association.) Chnstohurch, March 23. • The weather in the morning i:o-da.y wart somowhat winltry. and there wnvo several heavy showers. It cleared up in the afternoon. ftlioush'it is still cold. At the timo of telegraphing tho sky was ovireast and threatening. . . .