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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
the several Acts amending the same, and other Acts, and the fare will be returned, on application to the
the lines of railway mentioned and described in the Station Clerk, to the holders of such return and
Second Schedule hereto have been constructed by single tickets as shall be unable to obtain seats.
by the Colony of New Zealand:
5. If any person travel or attempt to travel in any
And whereas under the provisions of the said herein- carriage on the Railway without having previously
before mentioned Acts and the enactments incor- paid his fare, and with intent to evade payment
porated therewith, the Governor in Council is thereof; or if any person, having paid his fare for a
empowered to make Regulations and By-laws for certain distance, knowingly and wilfully proceed beyond
the following purposes, that is to say,— such distance, and with intent to evade payment thereof;
or if any person knowingly and wilfully refuse or
For regulating the mode by which, and the speed neglect; on arriving at the point to which he has paid
at which, carriages using the said rail- his fare, to quit such carriage, every such person
ways are to be moved or propelled.
shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not
For regulating the times of the arrival and exceeding forty shillings.
departure of any such carriages.
6. If any person be discovered either in or after
For regulating the loading or unloading of such committing or attempting to commit such offence as
carriages, and the weights which they are in the preceding clause mentioned, all officers and
respectively to carry.
servants and other persons on behalf of the General
For regulating the receipt and delivery of goods Manager, and all constables, gaolers, and peace
and other things which are to be conveyed officers, may lawfully apprehend and detain such
upon such carriages.
person until he can be conveniently taken before
For preventing the smoking of tobacco and the some Justice, or until he be otherwise discharged by
commission of any other nuisance in or upon due course of law.
such carriages, or in any of the stations or
7. No return or periodical ticket will be available
premises occupied by the Superintendent in for special trains.
connection with the said railways.
8. Every passenger, on arriving at the station for
And generally for regulating the travelling upon which he or she may have taken a ticket, or to or
or using and working of the said railways.
from which he or she may hold a periodical ticket,
And whereas it is expedient that the Regulations shall quit the station and premises of the Railway ;
and By-laws as contained and set forth in the First and no person shall be allowed to loiter about the
Schedule hereto should be made in respect of the stations, wharf, or premises, or any part thereof; and
said railways:
if any passenger or other person shall refuse to quit
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the station, wharf, or premises aforesaid, on being
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the requested so to do by any Station Clerk or other
Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pur- servant attached to the Railway or wharf, such pas-
suance of all powers and authorities enabling him in senger or person may be expelled by such Station
this behalf, doth hereby make the By-laws, Rules, and Clerk or other servant as aforesaid from the Railway
Regulations set forth in the First Schedule hereto, premises.
as the By-laws, Rules, and Regulations to be in 9. No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous
force with regard to all the said railways so made material shall be carried by any passenger train.
and constructed by the Governor as aforesaid, and 10. Each passenger, on paying his fare, will be fur-
which are more particularly mentioned in the Second nished with a ticket, which he is to show whenever
Schedule hereto annexed.
required by any Station Clerk or authorized Porter,
EDWARD RICHARDSON.
or by the Guard in charge of the train; and if it be
a return ticket, he must allow it to be marked when
FIRST SCHEDULE.
required; and every ticket (whether single, return,
BY-LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS for regulating or periodical) must be delivered up on the demand
the travelling upon and using of the New Zealand of any porter or servant authorized to collect tickets.
Railways.
Single tickets not used on the day of issue, or a
Passenger Traffic.
return ticket not used within the prescribed time,
- In the interpretation of these Regulations, the shall be deemed to be cancelled. Any person offend-
term “General Manager” shall mean the person who ing against the provisions of this regulation shall be
shall be General Manager of the Railway, in accord- liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.
ance with the provisions of “The Railways Regu- 11. Tickets are not transferable; and any person
lation and Inspection Act, 1873.” The word “Rail- using or attempting to use a transferred ticket, or a
way” shall mean and include each of the lines of ticket the time for the proper use of which has
Railway described in the Second Schedule hereto.
expired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding - No person will be admitted to the booking office five pounds.
at any station whilst the door is closed for making 12. Any person knowingly, and with intent to
up and despatching any train; and no passenger will defraud, travelling upon the Railway in a carriage of a
be allowed to take his or her seat in or upon any superior class to that for which he is provided with as
carriage used on the Railway, or to travel therein ticket, or altering a return or other ticket, shall be
upon the Railway, without first having paid his or her liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.
fare, and obtained a ticket. - Tickets, whether single or return, shall be used
- Any person wilfully altering or defacing his by passengers only to convey them to the station
ticket, so as to render the date, number, or any named thereon, or to a station short of that destination.
material portion thereof, illegible, shall be liable to a In no case, however, shall any “cheap excursion”
penalty not exceeding two pounds, and shall, in ticket be used for any other station than that for
addition, be liable to pay the fare from the station which such ticket is issued. Any person using or
whence the train originally started.
attempting to use a ticket in violation of the provi- - Tickets will be issued conditionally—that is to say, sions of this section, shall be liable to a penalty not
in case there shall be room in the train for all the exceeding two pounds.
passengers to whom tickets shall have been 14. No person will be allowed to break his journey
issued. If there shall not be room for all such pas- by stopping at any intermediate station, and thereafter
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Confirmation of By-Laws and Regulations for Passenger Traffic on NZ Railways
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🚂 Transport & Communications20 October 1874
Railway regulations, By-Laws, Passenger traffic, Fares, Penalties, Tickets, Explosives
- Edward Richardson
NZ Gazette 1874, No 55