HOLIDAY TIME
TRAINS HEAVILY LADEN MANY VISITORS ARRIVE Holiday time set in in earnest a' the railway station this mofning. The first express, packed to capacity, arrived at 8.10 a.m., instead o£ her schedule time, 6.40 o'clock. There was not an empty seat on the Limited when the train reached Franktou Junction, and nearly every seat was occupied when the train reached Auckland. Extra carriages were necessary l , carry the passengers for Whangarei. The train was 10 minutes late in leaving, due to the necessity for more carriages. The Rotorua train at 10.30 o’clock carried a record crowd of holidaymakers. Bookings on the South-bound trains for next week are exceptionally heavi Sheaves of telegrams reach the booling office every day for berths, and it will be necessary to put on extra trains for the few days before Chris •- mas.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 13
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139HOLIDAY TIME Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 13
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