RECORD CROWD

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24304, 19 June 1942, Page 2

RECORD CROWD

VAST THRONG IN CITY

200 TRAMCARS USED

TRAINS AND BUSES FULL In the opinion of those able to judge, yesterday's military display brought larger crowds into Queen Street than ever before in the history of Auckland, not excepting the last three visits of Royalty. Well before the middle of the morning, thousands of people began streaming into the city by train, bus and tram. Two special trains were run from Papakura and Otalnihu respectively and all the suburban buses were packed to capacity. In spite of petrol rationing, a very fair number of motorists brought their cars out and parked them, where possible, in side streets overlooking the processional roulo

Efficient Women Conductors To meet the occasion the Transport Board mobilised every tramear that it could put on the road and the whole of its running staff. By 10 a.m. traffic was reaching its peak and more than 200 cars were in use. After the Queen Street lines were closed an hour later the modified service was still delivering people at the nearest available points. The newly-initiated women conductors had a harder morning than they might expect for a long time, but faced the task gamely and proved most efficient. Good-humoured and orderly crowds lined the whole route from the Grafton Bridge almost to the waterfront and overflowed into Customs Street East and all side streets which sloped enough to provide natural grandstands. Windows everywhere were full. School children enjoving an evermemorable holiday made up a respectable fraction of the throngs and a larger one than the casual onlooker might have thought until the troops arrived. Then their shrill cheers rose above the blare of the bands and encouraged older folk to shout as New Zealanders rarely do a.s a procession passes. Whole Street Filled

One ot the most remarkable scenes occurred when the last of the tanks had gone by. In a few seconds, it seemed, the' people on the footpaths and under the verandahs surged into tho rondwnv and crowds from the side streets reinforced them. Looking toward Karangahape Road, the whole street was filled from the top of the hill downward with an apparently solid mass of hum anity. When the shops reopened and office workers resumed their jobs there was some thinning of the crowds. All eating places were soon packed_ out and only the lucky and the patient were able to cet anything in the way of lunch. All tho afternoon full tramcars were taking people home. In the opinion of the manager of the Transport Board, Mr. A. F. Ford, the traffic carried by the tramway system had definitely broken all local records.

TUBERCULOSIS CASES INCREASE IN INCIDENCE (0.C.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday The X-ray examination of recruits from so many classes of the population has proved a most effective means of detecting latent tuberculosis, according to the annual report presented to the Taranaki Hospital Board by the medical superintendent of the New Plymouth Hospital, Dr. C. A. Taylor. "It is fell that the tuberculosis clinic is one of the most important of the functions of the hospital," added Dr. Taylor. "As a result of war conditions, an increase in the incidence of tuberculosis is noticed in every country, and it can be predicted that many soldiers on active service will return to civil life partially incapacitated because of pulmonary infection. The number of discharged Army cases steadily inreases, and further increases are expected."

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AUCKLAND PILOT KILLED .Advice of the death of her son, PilotOfficer Milan R. Scansie, in an aircraft accident in England, has been received by Mrs. C. A. Scansie, of 23 Momona Road, One Tree Hill.

Pilot-Officer Scansie, who was aged 25, was educated at the Dilworth School and was a graduate of Auckland University College as well as of the Auckland Teachers' Training College. He was head boy at Dilworth in 1933 and 1934 and after leaving school was on the editorial staff of the New Zealand Hkkat.d for a time and did other journalistic work. Ho joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force and was commissioned before leaving direct for England in September last year. For some time he had been flying Wellington bombers on operations over the Continent.

APPEALS FOR GIRLS (O C.) HAMILTON, Thursday Tine first appeals made by employees of Hamilton girls on the aped 20 to 21 group called up for essential Government work were heard before the Auckland Manpower (Industrial) Committee to-dav. In most eases evidence was given that (lie girls had had several years' experience in clerical work of a technical character, and that it would lie difficult to replace them. In each of these cases decision was deferred, which meant that the girls would remain in their present employment in the meantime. An appeal for a girl employed in a eako shop was dismissed.

£2950 FOR R.S.A. (0.c.) WHANGAREI, Thursday Donations and a bequest, totalling about £2f>;">o, from two district settlers, were notified to the annual meeting of the Whangarei Returned Services' Assoeiat ion. The president, Mr C. J. Malloy, said that during tlio year Mr. John McLennon had given a donation of | C2OO and subsequently, before Ins death, lie had made a will leaving to tho association a large proportion of liis estate This bequest was expected to amount to about -C2OOO. Mr. E. INI. Kllin, of Kiripaka, had made a donalion of (JSO and had transferred to the association a mortgage valued at (J7OO. in his annual report, the president recorded an increase of 49 in the membership to bring (he total to 566. New members included 10 of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Eighteen members had been serving overseas, but four had returned, while one was a prisoner in Italy* i