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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

  1. Tickets, whether single or return, shall be used
    by passengers only to convey them to the station
    named thereon, orto 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 ten pounds.

  2. 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 ten pounds.

  3. 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 ten pounds.

  4. 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 ten pounds.

  5. Any person entering a carriage or compart-
    ment of a carriage containing the full number of
    persons which it is constructed to convey, except with
    the consent of the persons in such carriage or com-
    partment, and refusing to go out when requested by
    the Guard or other officer of the railway to do so,
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two pounds.

  6. 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 truck, 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 ten pounds.

  7. 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 ten pounds.

  8. Loaded firearms are on no account to be taken
    into or placed upon any carriage, wagon, truck, or
    other vehicle forming or intended to form a train, or
    any portion of a train, on the railway; and every
    person so offending shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding ten pounds.

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

  10. 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
    ten pounds, and may be removed from the carriage
    by any railway servant.

  11. 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
    ten pounds.

  12. 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 ten pounds.

  13. Any person writing any indecent words on
    any part of a railway, or the premises thereof, shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

  14. Any person making use of insulting or abusive
    language to any railway officer or servant while in
    the execution of his duty, or obstructing any such
    officer 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 ten pounds.

  15. If any person omit to shut and fasten any gate
    or slip panel set up at either side of the railway for
    the accommodation of the owners or occupiers of the
    adjoining lands, as soon as he and the carriage, cattle,
    or other animals under his care have passed through
    the same, he shall forfeit for every such offence any
    sum not exceeding ten pounds.

  16. Any person throwing stones, gravel, timber,
    or any rubbish on a railway, or at any engine, car-
    riage, or wagon thereon; or causing or allowing any
    animal to wander on a railway which is fenced on
    both sides; or doing any act which may obstruct the
    working of a railway, or may endanger the lives of
    persons travelling thereon; or driving or attempting
    to drive any vehicle or animal across a level crossing
    or elsewhere on a railway when an engine or any
    carriages or wagons on the railway are approaching
    and within a mile from such crossing; or moving
    any part of the rolling stock on any railway, or leav-
    ing the same on any part of a railway, not having
    lawful authority so to do; or attempting to do, or
    counselling or aiding any other person in doing, any
    of the things mentioned in this section, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, in
    addition to any penalty to which he may otherwise
    be liable for doing any of the said things.

  17. If any person deface the writings on any boards,
    or any notices authorized to be maintained on a rail-
    way or any station thereof, or any rolling stock
    thereon, he shall forfeit for every such offence a sum
    not exceeding ten pounds, and an additional sum
    equal to the cost incurred in repairing any such
    damage.

  18. Any person trespassing upon any part of a
    railway, not being a station platform or crossing, or
    other part to which the public are allowed access by
    law, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
    pounds.

  19. The General Manager shall publish the short
    particulars of the several offences for which any
    penalty is imposed by these or any other by-laws of
    the railway, and of the amount of every such
    penalty, and shall cause such particulars to be
    painted on a board, or printed upon paper and pasted
    thereon, and shall cause such board to be hung up or
    affixed on some conspicuous part of the principal
    station of the railway; and, where any such
    penalties are of local application, shall cause such
    boards to be affixed in some conspicuous place in
    the immediate neighbourhood to which such penalties
    are applicable or have reference; and such particu-
    lars shall be renewed as often as the same or any
    part thereof is obliterated or destroyed.

  20. 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 ten pounds, and to re-
    moval from such carriage or station as soon as shall
    be practicable.

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

  22. No person will be allowed to come upon any rail-
    way platform for the purpose of removing any pas-



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πŸš‚ By-laws and Regulations for Passenger Traffic on New Zealand Railways (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
16 November 1876
Ticket usage, journey breaking, smoking restrictions, dog carriage, gratuities, trespassing, passenger conduct, penalties