THE HOLIDAY.
| f "'lmstehurch. Tho waather w M fairly ?O od for tho holiday to-day, lhr,n:»h a strong not'wej.er blow j n the afternoon, and trou. an early hour ia tbe movaing up to QnH o'clock large numbers or. people, evidently on pleasure bent, gave tna principal streets of the city a very lively appearanop. The fury Ivaina took about nwo hundred j-eopK, u Lyttelton, and the 3 earn l.iuachea runninu to iho ■ biiva were well patronised. Thousands of 1 padple wenh by tram t.i Now Brighton and Surnner, all the cara leaving tha Square during ttia morning being crowded. The Canterbury Jockey Club's "meeting at Riccartcn attracted & large number of sportsmen, many of whom came from other 1 jwrts of the colony to witueaa the races, The annual temperance demonstration, under tho auspices of tho Canterbury Band of Hope Union, way bold in 1-h.» NorLh Park, and was attenrind by ova--2000 children. Niuubeis of families spent the holiday in tho Part, which . bore a very gay appearance. Thiß evening, at 'eight, o'clock, the St Pa( rick's Branch of tho Hibernian Society will hold a St Patrick's Day celebration at the Hibtrnion Hall, Barbadoes Street; the Hcwe-Spoog Company will repeat True as Steel at the Theatra Royal, and the Payne Family will occupy the Tuatn Street Hall.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4908, 26 March 1894, Page 3
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217THE HOLIDAY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4908, 26 March 1894, Page 3
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