SPOILT HOLIDAY
NEARLY ALL ATTRACTIONS CAN-' , • "■ "":■ CELLED. ' Owing to the conditions ruling- tills morning, the programme of holiday attractions ..suffered from wholesale cancellations,. and the .events that . were ad-'hsi-ed: to saw "audiences which were but 'a: - small (proportion > of' what they would 'have been,had the conditions been good. 'J:he two main features of the programme ■were the only ones proceeded with. .TJiese .were. the. final, selection' Rugby Match ;at Athletic '.Park, and the race Meeting at Ofaki.' About 100 enthusiasts niade the trip to Otaki, as against,about! .3000 last year, and the attendance at "Athletic Park was similarly affected. The Marist versus V.M.C.A. A Asso-, ciation match, which was to have been :played on the Basin Reserve this, morn■ing in connection with the Chatham Cup, was -postponed, as were all the othex.,pnt-..gfrdgor.. arrangements. At Jiooif the Royal Salute was fired from. "Mount Cook in honour ot the occa-. sign for' which, the holiday is.being obterved. ". - - ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 130, 3 June 1924, Page 8
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155SPOILT HOLIDAY Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 130, 3 June 1924, Page 8
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