FIFTY YEARS AGO
BOXING DAY HOLIDAY With no motor-cars and buses in»cxistence and no tor railway excursions, ' pleasure steamers hau practically monopoly in catering the holiday-making public of Auckland on Boxing Day 50 years ago. In a comprehensive account of Boxing Bay activities, the Nkw Zkai.anu Hkkai.o ot December 28, 1886, describes steaincl trips to St. Heliers. Kawau, Vi aiwt'ra, Motutapu, Man-o'-War Hay, lania'ki. Motuihi, Mahurangi Heads, Devon peltTakapuna, Birkenhead and Onehunga Heads. . "The excursion to'Kawau proved t e greatest attraction of the day for t e s.s. Clansman went away crowded * 1 1 people," the report states. "The run down was done in good time and arrival the passengers were reoen<in person by Sir George Grey. noon tea was supplied at Sir Georg ■ direction. The band, while the steaiue was lying at the island, perform" number of selections on the lawn. All the excursions were- J re< L I ■_ accidents. For the whole of the 1 "" ion during Boxing Day and the 1 \ e lowing, the Hkrald recorded only t accidents, although each was ».
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22612, 28 December 1936, Page 6
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