A FINE WEEK-END

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 91, 15 October 1917, Page 8

A FINE WEEK-END

As if to make up for the shortcomings of recent week-ends/ the weather this week-end was delightful. Saturday morning was fine and dull in turns, but about midday the rain ceased altogether,, and in the afternoon the sun shone brilliantly. Tennis courts and bowling greens that appeared in the morning absolutely unplayable rapidly dried and by 2 o'clock were ready for play. Yesterday morning broke fine and clear, and a gentle breeze, hardly strong enough to ruffle the surface of the water, tempered the heat of the sun and prevented it becoming too oppressive. Thousands flocked to the seasid-e, and Oriental Bay, always . a popular Sunday resort, was thronged with people. Pleasure boats of all descriptions—yachts, launches, "tubs," and skiffs—were out on the harbour, and many people took their first dip in the open this season yesterday. The ferry boats and the tramcars found their carrying capacities severely taxed, and two boats had to be put on to bring the' crowds of excursionists from Eastbourne. The prospects, according to today's official forecast, are for fair to cloudy wea.tb.er, with increasing cloudiness. Winds will probably be northerly, changing to westerly.