11.Af.8. \KW ZEALAND

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 April 1913, Page 2

11.Af.8. \KW ZEALAND

U.'lboi nto arrangements liaVO 1)0011 made by the T?ailway I)<'p;iil nicnt. (in connection wi!.h the imminent visit to ellintcfon of the battle ctmir-cr Now Zeala nd) for conveying school children and their parents 1o and From those districts and "Wellington ,s ,!1 satisfactory a rranaoment that allows of members of the public travelling at oKcursion rates, .mid though the restriction of their travelling "i 0 ordinary trains" may I cause some dissatisfaction, it wiil boscamo obvious nn calm thought that there could J lot be room 011 the special trains for parents as well as pupils. There is so extensive a district to !,o served from Wellington City, and so p;roat a number of people desirous of making the trips, that 0:1 1 ni'e.'ts have to lie served by the trains on each of the available days to enable all districts to parti, cipato. This coast, for instance, will l,e given Iflfch April. ,and the places to be served on that day range from Longburn and Fox ton on the north to .lohnsoiiville and Ngaio on the south. Then- will be over one J thousand four hundred people on the train even under present arrange. men(,s: so the impossibility of accommodating parents on this train becomes clearly apparent in race of these figures. Levin's quota, wc note, is 250. Ohau's f,O. Manakau's -10 and Koputaroa's 30. Shannon school is not mentioned in the list Polish April now before us; probably Shannon will go on a. different daywith Palinerston Xorth schools, 'no doubt. The special train timetable for 19th April is as follows:Leave Longburn for "Wellington 6.40 a.m., Koputaroa 7.30, Levin 7.50, Oban 7.55 -tfanakau 8.10, Ofcaki 8.30, "Wellington 1.1.15 a.m. The return journey will commence at 1.50 p.m.. and Levin will be reached it 8.10 p.m. Tt is specifically laid Town by the Railway Department ihat holiday excursion fares will be ssiied to members of the public vailahfe Tiy ordinary trains only; ' dso that adults other (ban teachers ind committeemen will not be per- 1 littod to travel by special train." *