THE RAILWAYS.
RECORD HOLIDAY TRAFFIC, By Telegraph.—lyess Association. Wellington, Jan. 11. Mr. Massey hat.- made the following statement regarding Christmas and New Year holiday traffic for 1920-1921. It constituted, he said, a record. The number of passengers carried on fhe North Island lines was 482,000, and on the South Island and Westland sections 407,000, a total of 889,000. Long distance traffic has been a feature of the business, and it is pleasing to report that all demands on the department were satisfactorily met. Generally speaking, the trains maintained punctuality, and the only accident recorded’ occurred to a passenger who attempted to board a moving train at Bluff, with fatal results. The heaviest passenger traffic was in the Wellington district, : Auckland coming next Christchurch j and Dunedin districts following. A! : large number of special passenger trains' ■ were run to meet local requirements and ; additional express trains Were run on ; all lines in the North and South Is-» t lands. He congratulated all ranks of - the railway service for the satisfactory : manner in which the Christmas and New : Year business was dealt with,
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 January 1921, Page 6
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181THE RAILWAYS. Taranaki Daily News, 12 January 1921, Page 6
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