NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.
RECORD HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. WELLINGTON. January 11. The Prime Minister has made the following statement: —“The Christmas and New Year holiday traffic for 1920-1921 constituted a record. The number of passengers carried on the North Island iinoe was 482.000. and on the South Island and Westland sections 407,000 —a total of 859,000. The long-distance traffic has been the feature of the business, and it is pleasing to report that all demands on the department were satisfactorily met. Generally speaking, the trains maintained punctuality, and the onlv accident recorded occurred to a passenger who attempted to board a moving train at Bluff, with fatal results. “The heaviest passenger traffic was in the Wellington district, Auckland coming; next, and Christchurch and Dunedin districts following. A large number of special passenger trains were run to meet local requirements, and additional express trains were run on all lines of the North and South Islands. T congratulate all hands in the railway service for tlie satisfactory manner in which the Christmas and New Year business was dealt with.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 7
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