RACE DAY TRAFFIC.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 142, 15 June 1920, Page 4

RACE DAY TRAFFIC.

OX SUBURBAN LDTB, Recently the New Lynn Town Board, °? : supported by other local bodies, pjj, tested to the Right Hon. W. F. iiattej, aa Minister of Railways, against the<Dfcpartment'o action in making alteratioiii ' I to the regular time-taible on race daj«. The Prime Minister ha 3 replied aa follows: —"Cnder ordinary circumstance; there is very little interference with the usual passenger traffic on the Kajpan \ line on account of rzwe traffic The com'; plaint under review was the outcome of i the unprecedented occurrence on April 7, when the jockeys refused to continue the Avondale meeting in the rein, lmmt- Q djately the racee were interanpted Etiie public rushed to the railway station, I and ac there ie no shelter there to jj| : accommodate several thousand peqplt tthe local authorities decided to dispatch f•the race trains "with all speed. I regret : to learn that suburban residents an aggrieved with the action of the Dβ- , , partment, but would point out that the I convenience .of the large number of tie | public who ftttend the race meeting! it ft entitled to some consideration. Iμ the j£ f nture the running of the ordinary thujj ft f services will be interfered -with as little, lias possible." The Board decided to reply that tha | inconvenience had been experienced for f. years on these particular race days, and I that 'workers resident in the district were strongly opposed to being delayefl m from reaching their homes purely convenience of people who attended rates s for pleasure. • s?1