EXTENDING FACILITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 829, 25 November 1929, Page 1

EXTENDING FACILITIES

RAILWAY to open more booking agencies

gaining tourist business

a pursuance of Mr. if. H. Sterling's Policy of extending railway booking acuities wherever required, railway 'coking agencies have been opened in wnangarei, Whakatane. Hamilton, if r t e Lam P s - Ponsonby; also in three Pt the suburbs- of Christchurch. The agents will issue tickets and cserve seats and sleeping berths, and of-ady the patronage accorded these l® c . es shows that they arc filling a Public want

.central railway booking office is r? , b ® opened in the main street, of rua e nrly in December. This ~; ee **'l be in charge of a permanent officer of the department. P 1 . railway agents on the San rancisco and Vancouver steamers meeting with great success, their nssistauce beln S much appreciated by . fists. The agents supply information. give lectures, distribute literarh * *°. best advantage, and radio ® railwa ? depar'inent for reserved ..***, s *®eping berths and cruising cars is required. h„ B . y their activities much tourist stness has been diverted to this nonunion and all classes of the corahave benefited thereby. Renin- ki rom sources indicate a favorable influx of tourists this season. '* understood that the departp„* ha * decided to make National r-n*. tht! "jumping oft '■ station for ■ a eau Tongariro. an official stop for e Limited expresses iu future.