THE BANK HOLIDAY.
HEAVY TRAFFIC EXPECTED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 30. The railways are making extensive preparations to deal with the exceptionally heavy holiday traffic anticipated for next week-end and the August Bank Holiday period. The' Great Western Railway expects to carry some 3,000.000 passengers between August 2 and 8. The London and North-Eastern Railway will run 42 additional trains from Liverpool Street, and 16 from King’s Cross. Special arrangements are being made by the Southern Railway for visits to Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth for Navy "Week, which will be formally opened, at Portsmouth next Saturday by the Duke of York, who will perform the ceremony from the starboard cathead of Nelson’s Victory.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 208, 1 August 1935, Page 7
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114THE BANK HOLIDAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 208, 1 August 1935, Page 7
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