RESTRICTED TRAIN SERVICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1919, Page 4

RESTRICTED TRAIN SERVICE.

THE By Telegrapk—Press Association. Wellington, June 28. The Railway Department notifies that under the- curtailed railway services *U the express and mail trains will be sag* pended. Travel between Wellington and And* land will occupy three days, the nights being spent at Taumaranui and xalnieraton North, en route. The journey from Wellington to New Plymouth will take two days, and the * journey to Napier several hours longer, while on the Wairarapa ,the through mail trains have been cut out. In view of the curtailment the department has had to limit the commodities which will be accepted for con* vcyance. These will be confined .to food stuffs, fuel and necessary household requisites. , • •

AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON.;IN, THREE DAYS, Travel between Wellington and AdSk« land will occupy three days. The first; stage will be by 2 pjn,' train from Wellington to Palmerston North, where the traveller will remain overnight The second stage will be 7 a.m. from Palmerston Nor,th to Taumarunui, arriving at the latter station about 8 tun., and then from Taumaranui at 7.16 AJtt. Ott the following (third) day. The down Journey, Auckland to Wellington, will ■occupy a similar period. A train for Wanganui will leave Wellington at 8.4 p.m. Posengers for its.- 1 tions beyond Wanganui to New My* mouth will have to stay overnight at Wanganui, leaving there at 7.85 fSdty next day. The Wellington-Napier joursft Is served by a train leaving Wellington at 6.4 a.m. and arriving at Natter at 9>lfi p.m. A train will leave Napitr at It M 4& and reach Wellington at 9 pjn. The Wanganui and Napier train fftnfl Wellington at 84 a.m. Serves Palmerston (forth. There is also a later -train; «$ 2 p.m. for Palmerston North. Trains leave Palmerston NortK floa Wellington at 7 a.m. and 3.80 pjfcOn the Wairarapa line the t&Otgii (nail trains have been Out out. Irf Opt; place has been substituted & tram m Wellington at &5 a.m. tot Masfcerlcnv and another train at 3.30 p.m. from Ma** terton for Wellington. There connection between Woodville and iMsa* terton with these trains pn Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. In place et.the) morning service from Masterton to Web lington there wIU be a fhik JS|s3g Masterton at 8 a.m. on three days 9 week—Tuesday, Thursday, land Sate* day—and there will be an evening tzaU from Wellington at 4-28 pjn, on th#|*inif days for Masterton. , The suburban train service hafc ats9 suffered some curtailment, but a m?s£er of the regular workers,' trains. Kfftslty

CHBISTCHUECH-DUNEDIN SBBVKEj

ChristcliQrdb, JunesL Under the curtailed service thela wSt be no express train to Dunedin. ajUi vtt journey from Christch.urcb v to uw n *M&* era city will occupy mo gays, The WW, train will leave Christchunih each day at 11.15 a.m. and will travel as itxM Timaru, arriving there at 045. fi»t sengers for Dunedin will Jsmain ths night at Timaru, and will depar| bjr the" train leaving about 7.30 next monifng* arriving at Dunedin about {he sama Jwur in ,the evening. There will be a Mnula* service from Dunedin, the train arriving at Timaru at 8 p.m. and leaving jSpr Christchurch at 7.15 next ing in Christchurch at 3 fM,

I THE TAEANAKI SERVICES^ The Railway Departmsnfc «dwejtiies to-day the restricted tedn service Detween New Plymouth, Hawera, «nd ■ Wanganui. Except on Wednesdays ud Saturdays, when a second train ltston New Plymouth for Hawera at 250 pja, there will be only one train for Mmth daily, leaving New PTymoutii at JM3 a.m. On Mondays and Thursdays wotti will be a wait at Hawera until WApK the train to Wanganui, but oft th&wwt four days the train will irun'ijjiraljbttf Wanganui. On Tuesday* and. jfirt§|jF» an extra train loavas Saitrwft 'to! ! Wanganui at 7 ajn., and an extra fobs' leaves Wanganui for Haweta at klO pan. There is a train front Wangannf for New Plymouth every .day MUS a.m., Tmt on Mondays and Thursday*' this train is delayed to leave HfcWWfc at 2.20 p.m. On Wednesdays and Sibr* days a train will leave Hawera forTISOT? Plymouth at 7.23 a.m. ■ •*

Waitara trains will connect On the Toko branch trains wfll only run on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and SatßTdays.

Foodstuffs and other 4riQ be the only goods carried. - * "•;