STRATFORD RAILWAY.
NEW PASSENGER SERVICE. INAUGURATION"". TO-MORROW. The first -train* to be run, through to New Plymouth on the-new passenger service" will leave Auckland to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. By mid-day today the reservations on the New Plymouth cars to t)e attached to the Limited express were encouraging, being well , up; to .the of the Main Trunk express bookings. ... The - second.-, class is more heavily booked' than the first, but considering the number of people' usually travelling at thie time of-the year, the new service promises well. The cars for Taranaki are dropped at Taumarunui from the Limited, and taken over the new line via Okahukura and Stratford, arriving at New> Plymouth shortly after 7 o'clock of the morning after they leave Auckland, making the whole journey in 12 hours.
A married"' man with three young children, Mr. Anthon Anning Roy King, aged 44, residing at Massey Road, Mangere; died suddenly at his home early yesterday morning. He was recently employed on relief work. He retired to bed early on Thursday night, but got up - at 4 o'clock' yesterday morning and: had a drink of soda. Shortly afterwards he .died. ;'An inquest was opened yesterday afternoon, and adjourned- sine die, after.evidence of identification had been taken. ,
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Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 10
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