EASTER HOLIDAYS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13724, 14 April 1908, Page 5

EASTER HOLIDAYS.

I \':i LIST OF EVENTS. I TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS. |j The usual arrangements are being made in Auckland for the Easter holidays this year. J, As usual, Good Friday and Easter Monday ; •will be observed by tradespeople as clone holidays, while the majority of other busi- „ ness and professional places will also be j •' ■* closed on Saturday. ' Cheap excursion tickets will be issued on ■ '. the railways from any station to any sta- • • ; tion from to-day to Monday, the 20th, and ■will ex- available for return up to and including Wednesday, the 20th prox. In ' view of the heavy traffic anticipated, the Railway Department have made special ar- . rangements to cope with it. From to-mor-'i row, the 15th, until Tuesday, the 28tb, an . . extra express tram will leave Auckland at 10.35 a.m. daily for Thames, Waihi, and Tattmarunui. During this period the JO a.m. express will also be run, but will take \& f passengers only for the Rotorua and Cambridge lines. From to-morrow until the .5-. 28th an extra express train will also be run y: from Thames to Auckland, leaving the former station at 9.40 a.m. daily. On H Thursday night, for the convenience of : " . those who wish to spend their holidays in the thermal districts, a special train will / he run from Auckland to Rotorua, leaving "yi*- • here at 10 p.m., and will return on Monday, leaving Rotorua at 7.15 p.m. The other train arrangements, involving numerous alterations to the time-table, were advertised in Saturday's Hkkald. On Good Friday the usual services will 'bo held in the city and suburban churches. The tram wit v service will be suspended, in order to enable the company's employees to ■ ',' w hold their annual picnic, which will take f ■ place at Motutapu. ' On Easter Saturday the Auckland Racing . j Club will open its autumn meeting at f ; • Hilars!it. The Foresters will hold a united I■ ;' picnic at Motutapu on the same day. In the evening the Julius Knight Company C;' fi will open its season at His Majesty's ' Theatre, while at the Opera House a comV/* plete change of programme will be subs'" : r mitted. The Auckland Racing Club's meeting will foe continued on Monday and Tuesday. } Special marine excursions will be run y, ' •throughout the holidays by the Devonport Ferry, Northern Steamship, and Settlers' 'Steamship Companies. The local volunteers will carry out their .KySSiiFiaster manoeuvres at Castor Oil Ray.