Maoris Fail To Catch Train
The rather incongruous sight of a passenger train running with two carriages vacant at the peak of the big Easter rail movement when seats were at a premium caused comment jesterday It was not through any fault of the Railways Department however, as the seats were allotted to aboiu iuo Hastings Maoris who. after, attending the Roman Catholic Maori conferee at Wairoa. failed to catch the train home They were then scheduled to return today. “Though the demands made upon rail facilities were great, we were able to satisfy the needs of travellers,” said a member ot the booking office staff of the Gisborne railway station today.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVXI, Issue 22925, 19 April 1949, Page 4
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112Maoris Fail To Catch Train Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVXI, Issue 22925, 19 April 1949, Page 4
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