BOXING DAY
Early morning yesterday was most uninviting to holiday-makers, but towards noon conditions brightened somewhat, and full advantage of the suMliino was taken by picnickers. The ferry service to Kastbourne was finite well patronised, although the figures were not quite up to pre-war standard. Approximately 2-1(10 visited Day's Bay, ltona Bay, and Muritai yesterday. Anticipations were not realised as far as train traffic was concerned. Preparations had been made to accommodate a' holiday crowd, but the railway officials found I'lieir task quite an easy one. Tho patronage on the Hutt line was very poor —in fact, well below normal pre-war days. On Ihe Manawatu line the traffic was somewhat heavier, but with the exception of tho Palmerstoii North trains the traffic was not above normal.
The uncertainty of the weather kept many in town, but the trams were uoftoo well patronised. The combined Catholic picnic at Seatoun drew quite a largo assemblage, and consequently the traffic on this route was fairly heavy. Otherwise the traffic generally was light.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 78, 27 December 1918, Page 4
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169BOXING DAY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 78, 27 December 1918, Page 4
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