A CARNIVAL WEEK.
Auckland holds high carnival this week. No social custom is more firmly established and none more pleasant or reasonable than that which reduces the necessary work of the city to a minimum between Christmas and New Year, and so releases the great mass of toilers for a few days' pleasuring in the open air. To the superficial observer the city's brief vacation may appear to tend more to revelry than rest. It is the heyday of summer sports. Racing is with us all the week, cricket, bowling, and swimming always figure largely in our carnival, and this year Auckland has the privilege of witnessing the leading lawn tennis players of America and Australasia in a contest which involves the highest international honours. Certainly there is no lack of distraction to those who wish to be amused, but for thousands of Aucklanders the holiday spells the quieter pleasures of the beaches, the public parks, and the bush. However individual tastes may run, the j population of Auckland and the thousands of visitors to the city will spend the week in the open, and if they are favoured with the weather usually associated with carnival week in Auckland they will find the holiday all too brief. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17663, 27 December 1920, Page 4
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208A CARNIVAL WEEK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17663, 27 December 1920, Page 4
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