TOURIST TRAFFIC.
GREAT BOOM IN BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 31. The railway companies in Britain are making extensive preparations to deal with the exceptionally heavy holiday traffic anticipated at the end of the week and in the August bank holiday period. The Great Western Company expects to carry 3,000,000 passengers between August 2 and 28. The London and North-Eastern Company will run 42 additional trains from Liverpool Street station and 10 from King's Cross. Special arrangements are being made by the Southern Company for visits to Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth for Navy Week. This is to be formally opened "at Portsmouth next Saturday by the Duke of York, who will perform the ceremony from the starboard cathead of Nelson's old ship Victory.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 180, 1 August 1935, Page 7
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124TOURIST TRAFFIC. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 180, 1 August 1935, Page 7
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