Railway Ticket Regulations




1636

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 74

PASSSENGERS.

Family Commutation Tickets will be charged as follows:—

Miles. First Class. Second Class. Miles. First Class. Second Class.
2 0 10 0 0 7 6 12 2 5 0 1 14 0
3 0 14 0 0 10 6 13 2 8 6 1 16 6
4 0 18 0 0 13 6 14 2 12 0 1 19 0
5 1 1 6 0 16 6 15 2 15 6 2 1 6
6 1 4 0 0 19 0 16 2 19 0 2 4 0
7 1 7 6 1 1 6 17 3 2 6 2 6 6
8 1 11 0 1 4 0 18 3 6 0 2 9 0
9 1 14 6 1 6 6 19 3 9 6 2 11 6
10 1 18 0 1 9 0 20 3 13 0 2 14 0
11 2 1 6 1 11 6

Workers' Commutation Tickets.

  1. Twelve-trip Tickets are issued for distances not over twenty miles.
    They will be sold only to persons resident in the neighbourhood of the issuing station.
    They are available only for the purchaser, whose name must be inscribed thereon.
    They are available for a fortnight from date of issue.
    Portions not used on or before the date on which the ticket expires and portions punched or detached are not available for use.
    No reduction in charge is made for children.
    The tickets are not transferable, and will be charged as follows:—
Miles. Second Class. Miles. Second Class. Miles. Second Class.
2 1 6 9 5 0 15 8 0
3 2 0 10 5 6 16 8 6
4 2 6 11 6 0 17 9 0
5 3 0 12 6 6 18 9 6
6 3 6 13 7 0 19 10 0
7 4 0 14 7 6 20 10 6
8 4 6

Newspaper Reporters' Season Tickets.

  1. Season Tickets will be issued at half rates to newspaper reporters, upon application from the proprietor or manager of the newspaper, certifying that the ticket is to be used only for the purpose of reporting, by a bonâ fide reporter, permanently and wholly engaged on the staff of the newspaper, and not following any other profession or occupation.
    The maximum charge for either Island will be £10.

Newsboys' Season Tickets.

  1. Season Tickets at half the rate of ordinary Season Tickets will be issued to newsboys upon the production of a certificate from the proprietor or manager of the newspaper certifying that the ticket is to be used only for the purpose of selling newspapers on the trains by a bonâ fide newsboy wholly engaged on the staff of the newspaper, and not following any other profession or occupation. Newsboys are allowed to take not more than 56lb. of newspapers for distribution along the line. They are not allowed to sell newspapers, periodicals, or books on the station platforms, or in trains whilst same are standing at bookstall stations.

Apprentices, Pupil-teachers, Articled Clerks, and Young Persons in Employment.

  1. Season Tickets at half the rate of ordinary Season Tickets will be issued to persons in employment whose age does not exceed 21 years, upon production of certificates in the following form from their masters or employers that the applicants are actually in their employ, and that their age is within the prescribed limit. The tickets will be issued only to persons resident in the neighbourhood of the issuing station, and for the purpose of enabling them to travel between their homes and places of employment:—


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