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WELLINGTON RAILWAY PAS SENGER RETURNS.
The central bureau of the Railwav D* Dartraent in Willis Street for tho "issvo of railwav tickets, etc., has just completed the most successful period 'im-fl its incention. For the Christmas peiiiyi all previous records dwindle into insignificance beside the return for the Inst one. ■Dunne the four weeks, including Christ-' mas and the New Year, the sum of .£17.500 was taken over the counter, tho urevious best for .a corresponding period ■beintr .£7OOO. For tho sixteen weeks piklcd February 28, tho sum of ,£39,500 was taken at the counter. Tho traffic was such' that long queues were of daily occurrence diirins: rush times, and the time is not far distant when -an, excision of tlie present office accomm'odation will be imperative.
Owine to ibis big accession of businre* it has been decided that tickets and reserved seats for South Island travel <it Easter will be sold at the Lambton Station as well as at the city bureau.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 7
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165BIG FIGURES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 7
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