β¨ Railway By-laws Continuation
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
servant attached to the railway or wharf, such pas-
senger or person may be expelled by such Station
Master or other servant as aforesaid from the railway
premises.
7. No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous
material shall be carried by any passenger train.
8. 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 offending against the
provisions of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding five pounds.
9. 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 ex-
pired, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five
pounds.
10. Any person knowingly, and with intent to de-
fraud, 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.
11. 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 destina-
tion. In no case, however, shall any "cheap excur-
sion" 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 pro-
vision of this section, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding two pounds.
12. No person will be allowed to break his journey
by stopping at any intermediate station, and there-
after proceeding by a subsequent train with the same
ticket, under a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
13. Any person, not duly authorized by the Super-
intendent, 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.
14. 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 exceeding
two pounds.
15. 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.
16. No person shall, without the consent of the
Superintendent or other authorized officer, travel
outside a carriage on any railway under any cir-
cumstances, 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.
17. 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.
18. 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 exceeding
two pounds, and may be removed from the carriage
by any railway servant.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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 re-
moval from such carriage or station as soon as shall
be practicable.
23. Any person driving or attempting to drive
sheep, horses, cattle, or other animals across the rail-
way, either at an authorized crossing-place or else-
where, when an approaching train is in sight, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.
24. No driver or conductor of any hackney car-
riage, omnibus, 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 con-
trary to this section shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds.
25. 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 that 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.
26. Any person, unless authorized by the Superin-
tendent, who shall post or stick any placard or bill
within or on any of the property or premises, shall be
subject to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.
27. Any person who shall wilfully injure, wholly
or in part, any of the linings or blinds, or break or
deface any of the windows, or remove or injure any
number plate or advertisement, or remove or extin-
guish any of the lamps, or otherwise damage any
railway carriage, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds, in addition to the payment of
the amount of damage done.
28. No article shall be sold on any railway pre-
mises without the consent of the Superintendent; and
every person offending against the provisions of this
section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.
Merchandise.
- The railway will not be accountable for any
articles unless the same be signed for as received by
their clerks or agents; nor will they be responsible
for the loss of or damage to money in cash, or bills, or
promissory, notes, or securities for money or jewellery,
trinkets, rings, precious stones, bullion, gold and
silver plate, clocks, watches, mirrors, marbles, lace,
furs, silks, writings, title deeds, prints, paintings,
maps, or other valuables; nor for damage done to
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Continuation of Railway By-laws regarding passenger conduct, tickets, and merchandise liability.
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ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works15 December 1874
Railway regulations, passenger conduct, tickets, smoking, dogs, merchandise liability, penalties
NZ Gazette 1874, No 68