THE RAIL STRIKE AND WHAKATANE
EFFECT NOT SERIOUS YESTERDAY
Auckland’s rail strike had had little effect in Whakatane yesterday except to create suspense in the minds of those who wondered how it would affect their holidays if if continued.
Buses were running no further than Hamilton, where passengers were left to their own devices. It was those who intended to travel north from Frankton who expected trouble. Mail services have not been affected. Outward mails passed their peak yesterday, when the Post Office was able to make adequate arrangements for fast delivery to Auckland. Inward mails were at their heaviest but it was understood that arrangements were complete for deliveries from the north. A chief worry concerns the delivery of foodstuffs expected by rail at Whakatane West but the town’s stdcks appear to be adequate. A bigger worry might yet be the non-delivery of beer. One merchapt is said to be running short.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 36, 22 December 1950, Page 5
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153THE RAIL STRIKE AND WHAKATANE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 36, 22 December 1950, Page 5
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