THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE EXPRESS.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 17 July 1919, Page 3

THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE EXPRESS.

People here are growling like the proverbial sore-headed bear anent the cancellation of the through Auckland to Wellington express, and the WellingtonAuckland ditto. Most people will shrink from the idea of a three-days journey to the Empire City, and the prospect of having to put up with very indifferent accommodation at the stoppingplaces, en route, or with no accommodation at all. What is to happen to the unfortunates who are " crowded out ?" Will they be compelled to walk the streets in the different towns all night, or will the railway authorities take pity on them and permit them to camp in the trains at the platforms ? Of course the new order of things is going to make a pretty considerable difference tc Auckland and the other centres in the way of trade. The Government holds out some hopes, it is true, of normal conditions being restored by August. But " you never can tell," and it may be summer ere thejexpresses are running again. Meantime, it is, of course, highly gratifying to know there's plenty of "coal available for the Peace illuminations, and our city shops are still, nearly all of them, brilliantly illuminated in the evenings, after business hours, for advertising purposes.