LOCAL EVENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 79, 3 April 1926, Page 9

LOCAL EVENTS

■ . "Durinjjv'tUtf-ipast fevirdays the■ Liui- ■ ited expresses and passenger trains '' generally c"fty- the Main Trunk, New V Plymouth/'-and' Napier "lines, havo all ■; beW exceptionally well patronised by ', holiday-injiiersl, travelling in both direc'•''.tioAi. There*has also been the custo- ' inafy .exoddsfof, city residents to seaj.iide resprts;. I"':',.. ' ... . '■. I .With the.., .exception 1 of : Wednesday . luad Thur?aKy. evenings, the bookings :" by the' ferry'itftftmers have not been . exceptionally; heavy. Daylight trips are being .made., .to Lyttelton, Picton, and Nelson, all 1 steamers. being crowdod. • Easter was suitably celebrated in all the churches by special services, morning, and-evening, and at several of the churches Easter music was sung by the choirs. An organ recital given by Mr. Bernard.Page/at the Town Hall was enjoyed by a large audience, and most of the places of amusement were open. ' Special Easte*'programmes being given at several sOf->tbem.., : ( The magnificent weather yesterday ..made the holiday thoroughly enjoyable, arid the community was pfotiably almost unanimous in spending most oif the day in the open air. . Today's include races at Tauhercnikau, a Wellington-Nelson representative cricket match at the Basin Reserve, bowling tournament at . Hataitai, liyall Bay, and Seatoun, Wellington provincial tennis championship tournament" at Miramar, carnivals at . Island Bay. and Lyall Bay; also, the .first Bugby! matches of the season at 'Athletic Park,, and a golf tournament «t Heretawga and hy the Eauui Club.