ON THE MOVE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 70, 23 March 1940, Page 13

ON THE MOVE.

THOUSANDS TRAVEL HEAVY EASTER TRAFFIC. With rain falling until well into the afternoon of Thursday, the outlook for a line Kaster was not. promising, but, to the great relief of those people who made plans to go holidaying the rain eased off and vesterdav' was line, so also to-tlav.

With the majority work ceased on Thursday until Tuesday next- ami the also steamers . making for harbour resorts in the Cult', saw tbonsands of Anoklaiiders getting awav from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis.

-is thousands moved ma almost as many moved in and from country districts .and outside provinces tucv'enino. Petrol restrictions nppareullv did not have any great clfeet upon Kaster travel and there appeared to be no diminution from past years. Hotel bookings generally were perhaps not quite so Ileavv. The. Auckland Racing Club's Kaster

meeting:, which opened 10-<l:iv at Ellorslio and concludes on Monday, is the main attraction for visitors.

The four days' break provided a lint- 1 opportunity to visit Wellington ami the | Exhibition and the opportunitv was not allowed to pass. Hailway bookings were heavy and the outward trek saw eonsiderable tmflic going south. Because of the damaged section or the To Kuiti-Xew Plymouth highway the majority of motorists travelling south 'look the alternative routes via Tamiianinin or Tanpo.

An Auckland railwav official described Thursday as "the busiest .lay of outlives," eleven expresses, carrvin™ more than o.'lOO holiday-makers, leaving the city for Wellington. Four expresses. including two week-end excursion trains left for' the south yesterday, and by lat-t night railway traflic was normal. There were more than 120 ears, in use on the express travelling to Wellington, twice the number used last Faster, and the highest total ever recorded in one day at Auckland. Seven north-bound trains arrived later than their scheduled time yesterday. The Limited express reached Auckland yesterday morning 1-1 minutes late, and other trains arrived from half an hour to an hour late. The. duplicated line as far as Frankton Junction proved its value in allowing I rains to make up minutes which had been lost on the single track through the centre'of the island.