A WASH-OUT.
In most parts of New Zealand Labour Day was what the soldiers call a li wash-out.” In Wairarapa heavy rain set in during the night, and with the morning the wind turned southerly, thus filling the cup of sorrow to the brim. As a consequence the procession and sports in Masterton had to be abandoned, and most sensible people spent their holiday by their own firesides. There was some consolation in the knowledge that Wellington also had had to abandon the race meeting, that the Wavcrley-Waitotara meeting was held in ‘‘atrocious weather” with heavy rain and bitter wind, and that places as far north as Hamilton bad to cancel the fixture. It is only from the far south that glorious weather is reported. Dunedin revelled in sunshine, and had an ideal holiday. This is the second Labour Day in succession that has been too bad for Masterton to celebrate the holiday in thb proposed manner.
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Wairarapa Age, 25 October 1921, Page 4
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157A WASH-OUT. Wairarapa Age, 25 October 1921, Page 4
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