EASTER HOLIDAYS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 104, 1 April 1926, Page 6

EASTER HOLIDAYS

brisk RAILWAY traffic.

PASSENGERS FOR DUNEDIN.

„ the prominent features ot One of tue P cldod is the stimuthe Easter 10^ 1 1 ? ra ffir. and the prelus lent.to raih J excep |j on . During sent season is t £e Limited cxtho past tew “J trains generpresses and | lled w jth holiday ally have beei through Palmerston rSV'T direction!, while there North m c+omary exodus ot 10-5“ 5“ Sente to outoiJo centres and seaside resorts. railway bookAn officer ot the J « ca dg talld re _ ing office , inf °™ ®ing that it was yet porter this m vo lume of traffic, early "to gauge e over tho last the Limited ejpresbw of kW > nu ns !rin e | trains too, he stated, wore The special t .* ■• unf Via was 3ot liberally traffic tdis Easter would be in excess of that tor fife corresponding period of 1025.

GENERAL BUSINESS MODERATE

A tour of several representative tion that s y p o i n ted out that it Ss'Sriy yet to definitely gauge the was euiiy j generally anticitrade although not likely T S in excess of that of last Easter, would nevertheless he s ”k®j;“ tla *- lo “The number of countiy P coming into this centre from outside SB. is ever increMu®” stated *‘;Lrr p iVto , erZ„ fl N«r.f.to oto 0 to finely, cut that tve are assured of very fair business.” POSTAL AFFAIRS. Tho volume of business hand ed by the postal officials has not shown a very marked increase, although,* of course, the running of so many special trains makes a deal of extra work. CHURCH SERVICES. In many of the local churches special services will be conducted over Easter. At All Saints’ to-morrow evening the music of the Passion will be sung to Dr. Charles Woods’ setting. On Easter Day offertories at AH Saints and St Peter’s will be handed to the vicars. There will be special jservices at the local Methodist Churches on Good Friday. i