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Canterbury mystery tramping excursion
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TitleCanterbury mystery tramping excursion
DescriptionMystery tramping excursions were held in the 1930s by New Zealand Railways. Trampers would be carried by train from Ōtautahi Christchurch to a mystery stop in Canterbury from where they would go on a tramp together before returning by train. This tramp on the 4th of October 1936 was between Sheffield and Homebush.
One image of people tramping, the other of people resting.Date1936SourceSupplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 14 October 1936, p.48
DescriptionMystery tramping excursions were held in the 1930s by New Zealand Railways. Trampers would be carried by train from Ōtautahi Christchurch to a mystery stop in Canterbury from where they would go on a tramp together before returning by train. This tramp on the 4th of October 1936 was between Sheffield and Homebush. One image of people tramping, the other of people resting.
Date1936SourceSupplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 14 October 1936, p.48Connections
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Taken FromAuckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19361014-48-03
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Canterbury mystery tramping excursion (1936). Selwyn Stories, accessed 15/06/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/7061