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ALMOST DESERTED
Quiet Day-in the Suburbs
A "Newcastle Morning Herald" repor
tel toured the district yesterday, but
everywhere he met alhost deserted
slblrbs.
Evens the popnlar Wickham waterfront
was completely deserted. The usual at
tractions-lwharrves, dolphins and old craft
-were bare. In the' morning a few chil
dren played around the sand and fished,
but in the afternoon they either staved
it home or wept somewhere else. Car
rington bridge, another favourite spot
for amateur fishermen, was evidently tfor
gotten, for not one person was there
during tihe day: About 8.30 o'clock there
was not even a dog in sight right olong
the waterfront. At night, however, a
cool breeze enticed mansy parents and
their chislren to the grassy foreshores in
front of Wiekham Soeool and the post
office.
Few people sought the welcome shade
of the grove of Moreton Bay fig trees in
Islington Park. Ustlally the park seats
are fall oni hot days, bsut yesterday pro
ed to be anl exception to the rule, Six
boys represented tile usual large band
of cjuveeileo wlho freqieet tllce stqrnswater
drasi. TIhey dli not swim; instead, they
railed a few ssmall boats. This deserted
Iclplrnlcnce of tile park seemed strange to
loeal resicellt e.
Proof of the exodlus from the sauburbs
yestordcy was given last night. Froc E
o'clock onwarsds ears laden with campslss
and spuaring eqllh plsent made their way
homewards tlhoclli the varltns sciburhb.
People of il1 ages diaembhaking froem
tranms with baskets and bags told the
story of a day having been a eat t fa t
beach or some ptcaie groundp
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