MIDLAND TRAINS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1924, Page 1

MIDLAND TRAINS.

THAI' EIC EAST AND WEST. (TllilSTCiiniCTi. Aug. Hh Only twenty-tour pas-oiigor.x left Christchurch on Monday morning b\ the special mixed train lor (•reyiiiouih. u hich the llailv.ay Department nut oil to suit the convenience ol We.-t Coasters who wished to get hack alter the races. Officials expressed themselves as greatly disappointed with the result ol the experiment the Depart incut Inal made in running the train. Monday train was scheduled to take approximately n"i hours on the .i uirney. compared' with 7 hours 10 minutes taken bv the ordinary express train. H'c poor patronage il received is not • I'arded as .sufficient to justify putting on a similar train on future On Eridav. Aug. Sth.. tin- Department put on a passenger carriage <•» «■ good's train from Oreymoiuh to t hrist-hill-ell for the convenience <>l race visitors, but there were only twentylive passengers. On Monday. Augn.it. 11th.. a mixed train was put on and was better patronised, there being S- 1 passengers when the train left Arthur s The ordinary trains to and from the We-t Coast have been well patronised during the pa-l fortnight The following table shows the numbers ol passengers to and from the Most Coa-t on the date* mentioned: From lo West We-t Coast. Coast. Tuesday. Aug. >"< Thursday. Aug. . ... f * Saturday. Aug. 0 . }‘ ‘ Tuesday. Aug- 1- ‘ Thursday. Aug. 14 ... PSf }<" Saturday. Aug. K> u r!‘.~ The goods traffic iroin the West CV-ast has averaged over l'- 11 * , l “" s "ross dailv during the past fortnight. For the week ended on Saturday Aug jjth. the total tonnage brought through the Otira timqel wns'(>7lS. and for the week ended on Saturday. Aug. Kith, it was 01 GO. The traffic consisted mainly of coal ami timber.