BOOKING FOR VANCOUVEP.
I DISSATISFACTION. AUCKAND, March 9. Considerable dissatisfaction exists in Auckland and the Dominion generally concerning the booking arrangements in connection with the Vancouver i;tearner scrvico. says a "Post" rorre pondent. One particular case brought under the • notice ' f .* "Star" n porter was that of r. f_i.nily in Auckland desiring to reserve a cabin in the first-clare passenger accommodation for Vancouver. The same familv tried to secure a passage in February by the Makura. but failed. Thrre weeks ago another attempt ws : made to book passages bv the Zealandia, i which leaves Auckland on the 15th of ! th month. Cables sent to Sydney re- ' putted in an announcement that there j was no accommodation of the kind left. • Th? result is that these paas-egers have ■ mv to wait for th» Mnrama, to sail in April. Admittediv February. March, and April are the three "season" months en tin's route, b.ing the most popular rr-r'od for tra velliti'r across America, but it i 6 urged that- thv-ro should be seme more satisfactory system for the accommodation of New Zealrtnd passengers in r> refer" nee to Australian, seeing thit , N«w 7calar.d bears the brunt of the subsidy.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 March 1912, Page 3
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196BOOKING FOR VANCOUVEP. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 March 1912, Page 3
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