NEXT-OF-KIN
PLEA FOR MODERATION
P.A. AUCKLAND, September 5. Army transport and other officials have recently experienced considerable difficulty in handling next-of-kin meeting returning servicemen. On occasions, as many as 14 members of one family have been at the station, and the job of returning these people to their homes has strained the transport system to the breaking point. An appeal is now made to next-of-kin to restrict parties wanting transport to four or five. The Auckland R.S.A. has received many protests from next-of-kin of returning servicemen concerning the early hour of arrival of the trains. The President of the association, Mr. ostlewaite, has taken the matter up with the Minister of Railways, pointing out that many elderly people living in the outer suburbs find it almost impossible to be at the station at 6.30 a.m. to greet their returning menfolk. The association feels it is most undesirable that such people should be deprived of the thrill fhey have been patiently awaiting for years.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 8
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163NEXT-OF-KIN Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 8
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