REAL SUMMER.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 661, 14 January 1933, Page 9

REAL SUMMER.

City Swelters Under a Burning Sun. BEACHES CROWDED. A clear sky and burning sun this morning made people look forward to another day as hot as yesterday, the hottest day of the summer. A southerly breeze to-day, however, took the edge off the heat, but it was hot enough to make the office a place to be left as soon as possible. Christchurch had a real taste of slimmer yesterday and last evening, when breathless heat made the city S^ re^er ‘ Thousands were driven to the beaches in the evening. About ten o clock, however, a southerly sprang an d made the heat less unbearable. The wind held till this morning, and continued to blow. It was not cold enough to deter people from seeking more coolness in the sea, and from early in the morning trams were crowded with people armed with swimming gear, heading for the surf. In the afternoon the beaches were crowded with people. All who were able to do so made for the surf, and those who were engaged in sport were inclined to envy them.