RACEGOERS AND RAILWAYS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11443, 24 January 1918, Page 2

RACEGOERS AND RAILWAYS.

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SCENES AT LAMBTON AND TRENTHAM STATIONS.

The Sport of Kings lias a IftEgdf* ■ following iu the Empire City, and Tuesday’s golden sunshine, joined vwtth the dure of the “totes* !j,qy& dpiw FfcriiWds sfc#ports’ ’ to lEant|tou station'af an etlrly hour of si|i@p)ruing, says the New Zealand Times. •Some of ,%). ..keenest,,. ‘ ‘sports,’.’ . got ■‘ddwu ; td : the stktioi'r wdveil the •* clock Wiis a long ([none at Lambton, waiting pifightly ‘Jor the.the .first trdn," which was timed 1 to after 8 o’cJdqlf.itHyss.Hiinpunced tint the train ' w/s There were, about - -iO,OOI. mj about the saih'e number left" ji ii gS ieir ‘ill -1 iacic _ thjer'“ pi a fcxorTii. ■ They >' vva'itdd 1 ;“ \V’itit' ‘/dimhiMt&lj 1- pafibhce'for ; tlid 9/l8 4 trlin;:;tn^ v hßSfe to leave for the racecourse; 1 ' Every; train hfdught a Jokl/ ’ ’j. 'yvh'&se 1 (lost!nation wa’s r - ;,fhfe Totirsbi - and ‘ wlien !;l 'the :? gite9 were, .Opened at‘ : '9 mVd'o fot'tlib carriages; TheS'e \Vete‘ ,crowded in. almost.thfi^tlmaTtiliKb^ ,to,(cell-, pong (Taefpre - tlfp train,,left -.the; s 'tie of ti > qhets':,',waa‘.sto.npod, and over 1000'people hM f$ , jriVe xm. flip idea of petting'.iQ Tretithiim by rallj (jljrgct.- 1 Tlie, only hopfi.wPiMo.^ted train, or mbtpE-d|U3|. pr. uSe \Sbam%d pony.-’ ’- Mauy :i taim6il- :: -the t ir ’ heads :a^ayffrGiA:nTireiit-li' l imuf : itbesh'' wherS[ l/horaesflifodS f * ■‘■totes’ ’ iwmr o .•not;;->: en t j iby>motOKAbus,ip3ying, lflisj,/emh.h - for the privilege, and the driterS'jm*vdo iimhcffcds f «f '■»'” f a!%| , • ’Spp&lWed? J afi(l remarks ; about the Kail ■ mm a| l t Eambtp« Jjl fgffei ? • ; ’M wi tli; 1 tfi ,* -j nut before.-the cae. and-.pffiy ; : s tfaiii. : „ief t.'tbe ’ joljijnpyi),:^©,' j-jlrly® ? beatefyti fpftlie of sidie .r,ace.:; - and but one for' lhe‘ li...sj^g':pco.plpi 1 i ...sj^g':pco.plpi who had- taken-returii--tickets,'.'ahd j tii»tnfaUljtl<*i^!ed i.iWellixigton lagafaa byitrUiw.*:; , lloshTb: say,i:u.thjor.ft(■•w.aa.'.oiHQ icarthly : hope of.-flbeommbdatiilg the l ,nnmb.pj!' • ;!.Li J p.: i ss,enge.E§YPt' • ‘oonraet rthp .'spaSHengfirs^fttheSlsolyo^ . .werb weliihvvhre: of;,ii thisftoh ~#xjd : >,tliai;iit? iw’ss a'cauei'.ofui > -‘«Sf§»s , u,-.TOii , il’or llinjself land dey.il;ta'ke thethiudj most. ” Foinoitwenty,,: minutes /before- the hour of departure, -ofihq isolitary'>( train,.... 4,47 v ig-ilsvay gatealWq>rq;rlmsqigedyaud,blockod;by a- swaying .■moea.-mf .humfuity .frying 'tp'*' get access- to - the- platform. , ‘&tt'a'ira a;fa.« min- ; nitesi i tnib> •When the wicketigafces worP suddenly -closed,.'and-lmndreds.were ■slvut.-oiit.; ~ r> A Whisper i'’wentrrouhd;;'.th3fc: ; ; there would b'e' sn'other btruiii! Had-this proved correct, all the tiouhlo xvonld ?hhVe ! be6h;saved,Vbn;t M it was a- ..hope not realised/audlfeftb pushing, - -add te/ring,. and,, scrambling,., on; "’CV’omeii’snd ■cirih(ren '-were- - huajiled "aihh; crushed,and the’, scene was lamentable; ' * Evehtußlly the tfain ■‘dVoW'ifito,' tlxe-'blhtTdp. 'f'A ;! ee l fWiii hnmbev lbf people? passed tlirp'tfgh’ ;: 'tlio! wickets;;: Biiif 1 wiia; so ’ great' tl>at tirosc at'‘ the back Hid Plot cffe, .tb.risk oT TieTfig Sshult add 'took - what' ' might' l bojctiliefl 'Te'nce leave. ’’ The/fonge at'-'Tfentham station iajnado .of corrugited iron; , dd't ;high, andftlii.s whs s.uylpßiided-by ’ .th'rb’e. tiers' of,,bai’b.pu wUC. ,?Q,,th' H -t/t. retinired, some, .agil Ity, I and' ,! cat;p;.;,tp ’ piogQtif-.te. it .safply.,,’ Mji Th9se .iaththb' ’ .tjaclh seeiug’b o > pp/siblp, changiq/.of . getting to the wfckefc,lb, took, to The ‘ fence,' and in eh, 'Women, and cli ildrpu? were seen scaling-aud being ’pushed [ ,-:over,tho hartier ■ endr.tJirpugm thje; ,-baybed .wire oiitaiiglenieht; Wohien’|s-:: , ■ hl.buses.:i were torn, . sleeves -and/ bodices damaged., and, mon’<% j.coatSalso bore the marks of the .scxamhlio. i oyer, the, fence.,/"Spvprab --rMlsyay : ; piiipipls; :u g,ttemptpd; - ;tpstem/ tThe ; .hunmn,, tide< but,,tbey, were ,so,;,|ew- : that; \yheu,' they .passed 'one point ~ and . went .(jo another . the,crowd,,sim-r ply kept on scalingsthe fencerib'ftbe effort to get into the train,' their ;p,uly hope, of, reaching -town, j- Xintho .! ■me.antim.e/ tiie, wioke.ts: land those who had patiently waited to gain eccess to t]je : .platlcrm the proper way,, had the gallhg ex- - p.erionce of peeing the^morejadytiEpt; l *" roua spirits, virile I they werp3left^beltind. 2J: T.liey had I tb:. wait, „hpt; aijci ,iijingry, for,the ,evenng train, ■ apd.doubtless - all;of them reached town by some convey •_ , ; .§xtce or t) pther„ but the..eujoymeutpf lAniiiversgry Bay would bo’ marred iiy, . the , experiences./ they went . through yesterday.! I . ■;