TEST VISITORS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 3, 27 September 1937, Page 8

TEST VISITORS

-Presa Association.)

in i ■ m Every Mode of Transport Used

TRAMS HANDLE 15,000

(By Telejrraph-

AUCKLAND, Last Night Every mode of travel was ntilised by visitors to Auckland for the week-end. The transport services experienced, a phenomenally busy period, which did not slacken appreciably until late at night. Apart from those who ' travel* led by private cars and taxis, approximately 12,000 visitors made use of the raiiways,' service cars aud aeroplanes, all b'ut 1000 being train passeugera. Fourteen special trains arrived at intervals from early morniug on Saturday. All were loaded, inciuding five long trains from Wellington. Tho 11,000 passengera were expeditiously handled at the Auckland railway station, both on arrival and egain when departing late on Saturday night and this afternoonService cars eovering long-diatance routes came in for their measufe. of football loadings — nearly 500 persons chose these services— and in many iastances, where single cars ordinarily suffice, two, three and even four ▼•* hicles were necessary to cope with traveilers ' , demands. Seldom has Mangere aerodrome presented greater scenes of actmty than on this occasion. Eleven private aeroplanes from Southland, Christchurch, . Wellington, New Plymouth and Hastings arrived on Saturday, bringing 25 passengers, inciuding the pilots. Most of the aerial traveilers made early starts on their homeward journeys today. Within the city itself, the traaiwayp catered for the largest number of traveilers ou record in Auckland. For football alone there were 192 packed loadings, and the 132 tramcars assigned to the Eden Park routes thxoughout tho day conveyed about 15,000 persous. The despatch of trams after the match was admirable, about 100 being lined along Sandringham road to move directly. toward the city. They proved insufficient to carry everybody, and large crowds waited until a number of trams returned^ to the Park within half an hour. Auckland 's fleet of about 300 taxis wa3 quite insufficient to respond to all calls. The drivers of the main taxi companies worked right through Friday night and up until 3 o'clock this morning, when there was a lull of abont two hours before business started agaim. Constant demands were made all day today, until- after the departure of the Limited express to-night.