CHRISTMAS RAIL TRAFFIC
w w" n'1 ■ 1 1 Heavy Bookings for the Holiday Feriod 1 - An indication that yaiiway passenger traffiq is going to be exceptionally ylieavy this coming Christmas holiday neriod is given by the fact that already 10 tfains from Wellington to Auckland have been booked out completely, and that it is ex'tremely difficult now t0 obtain berths on ,the ferry service acr.oss Cook Strait for several da.ys before Christmas. - Hawke'g Bayv is to have its share of patronage apparently, for already tlxe ordinary express from Wellington tg Napier on Christmas Rve lxas been completely reserved and the relief train is rapidly filling. Bookings from Hastings are good for the three days preceding Christmas, and antieipations are that tlxere will be more than the usual number of people leaving Hastings to spend the festive period away, The most popnlar day so far, lxowever, is December 18, the day following tlxe breaking-up of the schQols, and bookings for this day are exceptionally heavy,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 64, 8 December 1937, Page 4
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164CHRISTMAS RAIL TRAFFIC Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 64, 8 December 1937, Page 4
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