PICNICS BY TRAIN
CHEAP AND CONVENIENT The popularity of trains for the conveyance of picnic parties can be gauged from the fact that during the quarter ended March, 1928, 172,336 picnickers were carried by ordinary and special trains throughout the Dominion and notwithstanding the exceptionally cheap rates the revenue from this source amounted to £19,119 Is 7d. Undoubtedly the principal reasons for the preference accorded the picnic trains is the low cost and the convenient service given. Picnic organisations find it very convenient to make use of the system which permits of the inclusion in the fare of additional money for disbursement in prizes, fruit and sweets. In the past schools, friendly societies. Trade unions and other organised bodies were restricted to one cheap fare excursion annually, but this has now been removed and the resultant increase in business has fully justified the extension of the privilege.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 547, 27 December 1928, Page 1
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147PICNICS BY TRAIN Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 547, 27 December 1928, Page 1
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