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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
end of the following Monday. All return tickets used
for return later than the day of issue must be presented
at the ticket window, and re-dated before the pas-
senger enters the train. Any person neglecting to
get such ticket re-dated will have to pay the ordinary
fare.
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Every passenger, on arriving at the station for
which a ticket has been taken by such passenger, or
to or from which such passenger may hold a periodical
ticket, shall quit the station and premises of the rail-
way; 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 Clerk or any
servant attached to the railway or wharf, such pas-
senger or person may be expelled by such Station
Clerk or other servant as aforesaid from the rail-
way premises. -
No gunpowder or other explosive or dangerous
material shall be carried by any passenger train. -
Each passenger, on paying the fare, will be fur-
nished with a ticket, which shall be produced when-
ever required by any Station Clerk or authorized
Porter, or by the Guard in charge of the train; and if
it be a return ticket, it must be given up to be marked
when required; and every ticket 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 (except as specified in clause 7 hereof) or a
return ticket not used within the prescribed time,
shall be deemed to be cancelled. Any passenger
travelling under ary circumstances without a ticket
shall pay the fare from the station whence the train
originally started to the end of his journey. Any
person offending against the provisions of this regu-
lation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
pounds. -
Tickets are not transferable; and any person
transferring any ticket, or 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 ten pounds. -
Any person knowingly, and with intent to de-
fraud, travelling upon the railway in a carriage of a
superior class to that for which such person is pro-
vided with a ticket, or altering a return or other ticket,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. -
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. -
No person will be allowed to break a 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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 open any carriage or
truck, or attempt to do so, at any station or at any
time during the journey, by means of a private key
or other instrument, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding ten pounds. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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
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Proclamation of By-laws for New Zealand Railways
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ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works17 April 1877
Railways, By-laws, Passenger conduct, Tickets, Penalties, Smoking, Dogs, Property damage
NZ Gazette 1877, No 34