RUSH TO ENGLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 January 1920, Page 8

RUSH TO ENGLAND.

UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR HISTORY Despite tlic many warnings by recent arrivals from Homo that the present is the worst possible time to visit the Old Country, the rush to bool; passages is, according to Mr. H. Dosborough, Wellington manager for Messrs. T. Cook and .'•'on, unprecedented in our history. All the steamers up till May are fully booked, and save for bookings "falling in" through people not b&'mg able to carry out their intended programme, no further passages by direct liners can be booked in any class before May. Information front Australia is to the same effect, indeed, the rush to London for the English spring is said to be even greater in Sydney and Melbourne than it is in New Zealand, and all the berths by the Australian lines are practically taken up till March. This means that between now and May next these people who have neglected to book well ahead may expect to be disappointed. There have been busy times before in the New Zealand-England service, but the present season has established a record. There may be chances, in the meantime, of getting through by way of San Francesco from Wellington, but even those boats; are well booked up already.