Railway Bus Record.

A record has been established by Messrs. M. Pettifer and A. Rowell, of Napier, who made the longest railway bus trip ever undertaken in New Zealand in driving buses which carried 25 Maoris each from Ruatoria, East Coast, to Waitara, Taranaki, and back for the unveiling of the memorial to Sir Maui Pomare.

The trip took 13 days and covered nearly 1500 miles. “We slept in all sorts of queer places during the journey,” said one of the drivers. “One of them was the verandah of a Maori meeting-house out of Dannevirke. We slept on bales of straw there. There was only one family living there, and they had to cater suddenly for 250 visitors at one time. In spite of the early hour of the morning and the large number of guests, a wonderful breakfast was served.”