LABOUR WEEK-END

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26904, 16 October 1948, Page 6

LABOUR WEEK-END

MANY TO TRAVEL

EXTRA TRAINS AND BUSES BOOKINGS ARE HEAVY As in past years, the public will again be travelling in large numbers on the Labour Day week-end. Extra trains and buses are being provided by the Railways Department, and the support accorded these since bookings opened indicates that traffic will be equally as heavy as it was last year. All trains and buses are already well booked, and only a few seats remain available. ...

On Friday, October 22, an additional express will leave Dunedin at 5.45 p.m. for Invercargill. This train, and the usual Invercargill-Christchurch express, which leaves Dunedin at 11.20 p.m., are both fully booked. The usual express leaving Dunedin at 8.45 a.m., for Christchurch is heavily booked. Although the express leaving Dunedin at 8.30 a.m. for Invercargill is also heavily booked, there are still a few seats available.

Arrangements have also been made for a train to run from Timaru to Christchurch and return on Friday. It will leave Timaru at 4.34 p.m., and will leave Christchurch on.the return journey at 10.15 p.m. On Friday night, the usual Bal-clutha-Tahakopa train will be delayed to leave Balclutha at 7.50 p.m. so that connections may be made with the Clinton train (which \ leaves Dunedin at 4.43 p.m.) and the south express leaving Dunedin at 5.45 p.m. The normal railway time table will operate on Saturday. On Sunday, October 24, the usual Sunday evening seaside train from Palmerston to Dunedin, will not run. In its place, an extra train will be provided on Monday (Labour Day) to cater for those returning from the seaside. It will leave Palmerston at 4.30 p.m. on the Monday for Dunedin. In addition to the usual trains on Monday, there will be two additional ones from Invercargill. The first will arrive at Dunedin at 10.7’ p.m. The second, which will arrive at Dunedin at 11.9 p.m., will continue to Christchurch, departing from Dunedin at 11.20 p.m. An extra express will also leave Dunedin at 5.45 p.m. for Invercargill. In addition to the .usual through expresses on Tuesday, October 26, an extra express will leave Dunedin at 8.45 a.m. for Christchurch, and one will arrive at Dunedin at 5.1 p.m. from Christchurch.

Extra buses operated by the department will run from and to Dunedin on the Friday, Saturday and Monday. These will include five extra buses to Central Otago.