BOATS AND BUSES CROWDED YESTERDAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 242, 3 January 1928, Page 9

BOATS AND BUSES CROWDED YESTERDAY

POPULAR NORTH SHORE Exceptionally heavy traffic was handled yesterday by the buses and ferries, the estimate being in excess of those carried on Boxing Day. The usual harbour excursions were run by th ® ferry companies, the the islands ana bays in the various parts of the Oulf were extremely popular, the sight of the gaily decorated steamers going down the harbour in the morning being witnessed by many hundreds. The Takapuna bus traffic is reported to have been particularly heavy, and the manner in which the big rush was handled is considered by the people in that vicinity to be an effective answer to critics of the transfer from the old steam tram to the modern and up-to-date buses which now convey the people from the boat to the beaches along" the North Shore. Although the greater portion of the traffic was handled through Devonport, the Takapuna end also was well served, and it was reported this morning that about 7,000 people spent the day at Milford Beach. Thirty-one buses kept a steady stream all day long, and no hitch occurred. The volume of traffic handled by these buses may be gauged from the returns from 3£ busy days last week, when 24,000 fares, excluding concession tickets (estimated at another 5,000) were collected.