AUCKLAND CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC .

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 19

AUCKLAND CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC .

SOAPING ■ THE GEYSER.- r (By ToloßrnDh.-ProM 4i»nelnilo<>.i !W. ii Auckland, Docembcr 22. dftrfrl- K^W° n tle r^' lwa T, s °, f tho Auckland district .has. been exceptionally: heavy, this year, and very largo numbers of Soath : lsland people aro taking advantage of tho facility of the T to visit Auckland. At any notir .of the day one, may moot . 'Dunedin sl™?f -"Jn! ' n , nd Wellington people, in Queon PLf ,™ expresses arriving, daily h Jt?♦ Blllnßton Bro . b »ngmg big crowds, and the Kotorua oxpress is carrying a lietivy com■pl«mont;:«Mili way,, while crowds aro arriving and departing by the scores of coastal steamers tradings m : and out of Auckland. Business is .reported,as brisk on.all handstand it appears . ■m <u ' csmcil \, steamers,railways, and the post offico aro all In have a record Christmas season.:, * -v. v It is expected that large crowds ; will take advantage of the excursion rates to. visit the Hot .Lakes district during tho holiday season, and intending excursionists will bo glad to' hear that , tho Government has granted/permission fit the soaping of : the great Wairoa Gevser at Whaka-' ■rewarowa on Christmas Day. This is a cflm.parativply raro occurrence A good "shot" :by the geyser is a.sight to be..remembered, and it is worth going a long way to see, ■