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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

distance, and with intent to evade payment thereof;
or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuse or
neglect, on arriving at the point to which he has paid
his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person shall
for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
exceeding forty shillings.

  1. If any person be discovered either in or after
    committing or attempting to commit such offence as
    in the preceding clause mentioned, all officers and
    servants and other persons on behalf of the General
    Manager, and all constables, gaolers, and peace officers,
    may lawfully apprehend and detain such person until
    he can be conveniently taken before some Justice, or
    until he be otherwise discharged by due course of
    law.

  2. No return or periodical ticket will be available
    for special trains.

  3. Every passenger, on arriving at the station for
    which he or she may have taken a ticket, or to or
    from which he or she may hold a periodical ticket,
    shall quit the station and premises of the railway;
    and no person shall be allowed to loiter about the
    stations, wharf, or premises, or any part thereof; and
    if any passenger or other person shall refuse to quit
    the station, wharf, or premises aforesaid, on being
    requested so to do by any Station Master or any
    servant attached to the railway or wharf, such
    passenger or person may be expelled by such Station
    Master or other servant as aforesaid from the railway
    premises.

  4. No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous
    material shall be carried by any passenger train.

  5. Each passenger, on paying his fare, will be fur-
    nished with a ticket, which he is to show whenever
    required by any Station Master or authorized Porter,
    or by the Guard in charge of the train; and if it be
    a return ticket, he must allow it to be marked when
    required; and every ticket (whether single, return,
    or periodical) must be delivered up on the demand
    of any porter or servant authorized to collect tickets.
    Single tickets not used on the day of issue, or a
    return ticket not used within the prescribed time,
    shall be deemed to be cancelled. Any person offend-
    ing against the provisions of this regulation shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  6. Tickets are not transferable, and any person
    using or attempting to use a transferred ticket, or a
    ticket the time for the proper use of which has
    expired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
    pounds.

  7. Any person knowingly, and with intent to
    defraud, travelling upon the railway in a carriage of a
    superior class to that for which he is provided with a
    ticket, or altering a return or other ticket, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

  8. Tickets, whether single or return, shall be used
    by passengers only to convey them to the station
    named thereon, or to a station short of that destination.
    In no case, however, shall any "cheap excursion"
    ticket be used for any other station than that for
    which such ticket is issued. Any person using or
    attempting to use a ticket in violation of the provi-
    sions of this section, shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding two pounds.

  9. No person will be allowed to break his journey
    by stopping at any intermediate station, and thereafter
    proceeding by a subsequent train with the same
    ticket, under a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

  10. Any person, not duly authorized by the General
    Manager, who shall sell or offer for sale any free pass
    ticket or portion of a return ticket, shall be liable to
    a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

  11. No male passenger shall be allowed to enter
    any waiting-room or carriage set apart for the accom-
    modation of females; and any person remaining in
    any such room or carriage after being warned to
    leave the same, shall be liable to a penalty not ex-
    ceeding two pounds.

  12. Any person, not being a railway servant, who
    shall open any carriage for the purpose of entering the
    same after the tickets have been examined and the
    carriage doors locked by the person appointed for
    that purpose, or who shall let himself out of any
    carriage, or attempt to do so, at any station or at any
    time during the journey, by the use of a private key
    or other instrument, shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding two pounds.

  13. No person shall, without the consent of the
    General Manager or other authorized officer, travel
    outside a carriage on any railway under any circum-
    stances, or get into or upon or quit any railway
    carriage when the train is in motion; and any person
    doing so, or attempting to do so, shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding two pounds.

  14. Smoking is strictly prohibited in any of the
    railway sheds, offices, or waiting-rooms; and any
    person found so smoking shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding two pounds.

  15. Smoking is strictly prohibited in any railway
    carriage except those set apart for the purpose; and
    any person found smoking in a carriage not set
    apart for the purpose, shall forfeit a penalty not ex-
    ceeding two pounds, and may be removed from the
    carriage by any railway servant.

  16. Dogs will be conveyed and charged for accord-
    ing to printed conditions, but will not on any account
    be allowed to accompany passengers in the carriages.
    Any person persisting in taking a dog into a passenger
    carriage shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    two pounds.

  17. No gratuity shall be, under any circumstances,
    allowed to be received by a railway servant on pain
    of dismissal. Any person giving or offering a gratuity
    to any such servant shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding two pounds.

  18. Any person making use of insulting or abusive
    language to any railway officer or servant while in
    the execution of his duty, or making use of indecent
    or blasphemous language in any carriage or upon
    any railway platform or premises, shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding five pounds.

  19. Any person in or upon any railway carriage or
    station, being in a state of intoxication, or committing
    any nuisance, or gambling, or wilfully interfering
    with the comfort of any passenger, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to
    removal from such carriage or station as soon as
    shall be practicable.

  20. Any person driving or attempting to drive
    sheep, horses, cattle, or other animals across the
    railway, either at an authorized crossing-place or
    elsewhere, when an approaching train is in sight,
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

  21. No driver or conductor of any cab, hackney
    carriage, omnibus, express, or other public vehicle,
    shall ply for hire within the railway premises without
    a license in writing from the Superintendent or other
    authorized officer; and any person offending contrary
    to this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceed-
    ing five pounds.

  22. No person will be allowed to come upon any
    railway platform for the purpose of removing any
    passenger or luggage, unless required by a passenger
    and engaged by him for such purpose; and no person
    will be allowed to come upon any railway premises
    for the purpose of soliciting custom or hire. Any
    person attempting to evade or being guilty of a
    breach of this section, or not quitting the premises
    when required by a Station Master or other railway
    servant, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    two pounds.

  23. Any person, unless authorized by the Superin-



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πŸš‚ Making and confirming By-laws for Auckland to Onehunga Railway (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
19 February 1874
Railway, By-laws, Passenger conduct, Tickets, Penalties, Smoking, Dogs, Intoxication, Fares