MOTOR EXODUS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 5

MOTOR EXODUS

-Press Association. )

25,000 VISITORS TO WELLINGTON A Tremendoiis Infiux Overnight QUEUE BEFORE MlONIGf'I

(By Telegrauh-

WELLINGTON, This Dny. Railway arrivals for the Rugby Test numbered 10,000, of wli-om 7000 are from well.beyon^ Wellington. The remainder are by local trains. The Auckland expresse's brought 387, 450, 433, 400 and 242. Over 1000 people had breakfast in the railway Tefreshment room. Steamers carried the following number of passengers: Maori 526, Tamahine 100, Matangi and Arahura combined (from Nelson) , 350. Aeroplanes have made five trips from Blenheim, and six from Nelson with a total of 60 passengers. When the tremendous influx by road is taken into considera» tion, the accretion to Wellington 's pop- , ulation mnst- he well over 25,000. The gates at Athletic Park were Opened at nine o'clock this morning, hy which tiine there were some 3000 people outside the turnstiles in Rintoul street and another crowd at the turnstiles at the top of the western bank*.' Bome had waited in a queue outside M'nee before midnight, and in the early hours of this morning the number hal grown till at seven o'clo.ek there; were about 150. THE TEAMS FOR TO-DAL NEW ZEALAND. SOUTH AFRICA J. M. Taylor. F, G. Tnrner. J. Dick. D. O, Williami. J. L. Sullivan, P. J. Lyster. D. G. Cobden. L, BaBrow* J. A. Hooper. J. White. D. Trevathan. D. H. Craven H. Simon. (capt.) D. G. Dalton. P. de Villiers. A. Lambourn. T. A. Harria. E. Jackson. J* W. Lotz. - R. M. McKenzie, O. B. Jennjngi. T. S. Reid. W. E. Bastard. G. R. King M. van den Berg (capt.) W. F. Bergh. A. Parkhill. L. C. Strachan. R. H. Ward. G. van Reenan. The Rintoul street qufeue increased rapidly after seven o'clock, and from eight onwards people wefe arriving in droves hy a continuous stream of trams , laden with men, women and children, while hnndreds more wefe passing along tlie streets on foot laden with rugs, cushiong and food. A strong southerly wind set in last night, with sharp rain squallg. The Wind ii still in the sottth, but it has lightened. Rain showers still keep coniing up, but they are not UeaVy, and, in the maih, overhead conditicns are clear. These conditions proroise to continue. The ciowd will find it cold but not otherwise -very unpleasant. At 25: NEW ZEALAND * 3 SOUTH AFRICA 0 Trevathan kieked a penalty. At Half-time:— - NEW ZEALAND 6 SOUTH AFRICA 3 Williams seored for South Africa and Trevathan kicked. another penalty. At 3.5 p.m.:— NEW ZEALAND ........ 6 4 SOUTH AFRICA 3 Dick scored. - . At 3.30 p.m.: — NEW ZEALAND ——13 SOUTH AFBlCA 3 Trevathan kicked a field goal, At 3.33 p.m.: — NEW ZEALAND ........ 13 ■ SOUTH AFRICA .. White kicked a field goaL • i