AORANGTS PASSENGERS
' RECORD BOOKINGS FOR AUSTRALIA 575 FROM AUCKLAND When the Royal Mail liner Aorangi sailed from Auckland yesterday afternoon she took the [orgeat number of passengers that "as ever left New Zealand in one vessel for Australia. The Aorangi had on board 770 travelers, of whom 575 embarked at Auekland. , heavy bookings were djie to the fact that the Huddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa has been laid up at ‘■ydney since March 2 owing to crew trouble. The passenger traffic l;e----'*een Sydney and New Zealand is sow carried by the Union Company's -ntercolonial steamers Marama and “Uunganui, and also the Pacific mail steamers. This week there are four vessels in ue service—the Marama, Maunganui -Vlakura, besides the Aorangi. ~ yie dispatching of the Aorangi for ayaney yesterday caused exceptional “Otivity at the Union Company's office. * number of passengers were waiting t 8.30 o’clock for the doors to open, t° r about three hours afterwards * «*«*» were kept busy issuing c *ets to passengers.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 314, 27 March 1928, Page 1
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160AORANGTS PASSENGERS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 314, 27 March 1928, Page 1
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