COLD HOLIDAY WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 153, 26 December 1914, Page 2

COLD HOLIDAY WEATHER

'The weather has not been at all kindly for Christmas tirae. On Christmas Day a light southerly "■was blowing and the harbour was smooth, but there was an unseasonable nip in the air which was intensified at night. The seaside places were not largely patronised. To ensure a generous response to the invitation of " Come into these yellow sands" a warm, still day is essential. To-day a light northerly opened the proceedings and white horses, say ponies, romped over the harbour. The Day's Bay and Rona Bay boats were well patronised, but even in those favoured localities, with their longer spell of sunshine, the northerlies make themselves unpleasant. The pretty foreshore from Raraka Bay to the Heads, being unserved by steamers, is reached only by tramway, and to get to the delightful Scorching Bay one must make a toilsome tramp over the Miramar Hills or a long walk round from Seatoun. Nevertheless, Scorching Bay's charms are admitted by yachtsmen, who like to put in there, and the beautiful coast road all round about is part of a very popular motor route. There were large excursions to the Hufct Valley, a Catholic picnic in Father Lane's grounds attracting some hundreds. A Catholic picnic was also held at Seatoun Park.