THE RUGBY TEST.
INFLUX TO WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 14. Tiie railway arrivals numbered 10,000, 7000 of whom are from well beyond Wellington and the remainder i >v local trains. The Auckland expresses brought 387, 450, 433, 400, and 242 persons. Over a thousand people had breakfast in the refreshment room. ' . , ~ r ,, . The. steamers carried the following passengers: Maori, 526; Janiahine, 100; Matangi and Arahura combined from Nelson 350. Cook Strait Airways have made five trips from Blenheim and six from Nelson with a total of 60 passengers. When the tremendous influx by road is taken into consideration the accretion to Wellington population must bo well over 20,000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 14 August 1937, Page 10
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110THE RUGBY TEST. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 14 August 1937, Page 10
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