NEW YEAR HOLIDAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 12

NEW YEAR HOLIDAY

A QUIET CITY RACES WERE POPULAR After -the gay scenes on New Year's Eve, the city was "dead" yesterday. The warm, humid weather was enervating; the sun, particularly in ins morning, found great difficulty in shining for long, and the result was that many Wellington people spent the day quietly at home. There were some, however, who, in spite of the rain showers, were early astir, and in the early afternoon, by which time the weather had brightened somewhat, others also left their homes for motor drives or the beaches. .Although the sun was sulky, the weather was warm; in fact, a little too warm for many people, but the warmth and calmness of the air mad/; bathing a delight.

The Rangatira's excursion trip to Picton was well patronised, about 2100 going by the ship. STEADY STREAM OF TRAFFIC. Many Wellingtonians made the Wairarapa Racing Club's Meeting at Tauherenikau their rendezvous. There was a steady stream of motor traffic over the Rimutaka Hill for a time in the morning and also in the.evening after the races. The two special race trams and also the ordinary Wairarapa train were well patronised. About a thousand people were carried by the Eastbourne ferry service yesterday, and the Eastbourne buses carried others. The beaches on the Manawatu line came in for their share of popularity, the Railway Department catering for those desirous of going to these places. "Taking it all round, we had quite a good day." said one of the train-running officers -today when commenting on the traffic by rail. The motor traffic to-the races at Tauherenikau was heavier than to anywhere else. In between the outbound flow in the- morning and the inward in the evening there were not a great many cars on the road between here and Kaitoke. In the city traffic was particularly light yesterday morning. It increased later, but never became heavy. TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS. The brighter early morning today gave a greater impetus to picnicking, and with very little elseto keep people in town other than ■ the' theatres and the Evans Bay carnival, • there were many who spent the • day • away from town. The second ■ day of ■ the Wairarapa Racing Club's- Meeting was expected to attract another big crowd to Tauherenikau, including -a strong Wellington representation. • There were two cricket-matches in the Hutt Valley, and golf tournaments on the Miramar and Titahi links. WET IN TARANAKI (By Telegraph.) (Special to the "Evening Post.") NEW PLYMOUTH,' This Day. All sporting events in Taranaki with the exception of the Stratford races were postponed on New Year's_Day, owing to wet weather, which" has been continuous since Christmas Eve. I