New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 89

Page 1813

✨ Passenger Fares

Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1813

                          PASSENGERS. 17

The Single Tickets are available only by the New Zealand Midland Railway Com-
pany's trains.
The Return Tickets are available as follows :—On the outward journey, by the
New Zealand Midland Railway Company's trains only ; on the return journey, by
either the New Zealand Midland Railway Company's trains or the New Zealand
Government Railway trains.

WESTPORT SECTION.

Fares between stations on the Government railway (Waimangaroa Junction
excepted) and stations on the Waimangaroa Branch-line will be charged 2d. on
each single and 3d. on each return fare in addition to the through ordinary fare.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

For the purpose of charging fares between the stations below the distances will
be counted as follows :—
Ashburton and Tinwald, 2 miles.
Oamaru and Waiareka, 2 miles.
Dunedin and Ravensbourne, 2 miles.
,, Burke's, 4 miles.
,, Sawyer's Bay, 7 miles.
,, Port Chalmers Lower, 8 miles.
,, Caversham, 2 miles.
,, Burnside, 4 miles.
,, Abbotsford, 5 miles.

The following fares will be charged between Pelichet Bay and the stations
named :—

Stations.	Single.		Return.
	First.	Second.	First.	Second.
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
Ravensbourne ...	0 5	0 3	0 6	0 4
Burke's ...	0 9	0 6	1 0	0 8
St. Leonard's ...	1 0	0 8	1 3	0 10
Sawyer's Bay ...	1 4	0 11	1 9	1 2
Port Chalmers ...	1 6	1 0	2 0	1 4

For the purpose of charging season and commutation tickets the distance between
Pelichet Bay and Burke's will be counted as three miles, between Pelichet Bay and
St. Leonard's as four miles, and between Pelichet Bay and Port Chalmers as seven
miles.
The following fares will be charged between Cattle-yards and the stations
named :—

Stations.	Single.		Return.
	First.	Second.	First.	Second.
	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
Dunedin ...	0 8	0 5	1 0	0 7
Caversham ...	0 6	0 3	0 9	0 4

For the purpose of charging season and commutation tickets the distance between
Dunedin and Cattle-yards will be counted as three miles.
The following fares will be charged between Bluff, or Ocean Beach, and Inver-
cargill, or Clyde Street, viz. :—

                    First.      Second.
                    s. d.       s. d.

Single ... ... ... ... 3 0 2 0
Return ... ... ... ... 3 6 2 6

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1897, No 89

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Passenger Fares and Ticket Availability

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsPassenger fares, New Zealand Midland Railway, Government Railway, Single tickets, Return tickets

🚂 Westport Section Fares

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsWestport Section, Waimangaroa Branch-line, Additional fares

🚂 Hurunui-Bluff Section Fares

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsHurunui-Bluff Section, Distance calculation, Fares, Pelichet Bay, Cattle-yards, Bluff, Invercargill

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