New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 73

Page 1965

✨ Railway Ticket and Luggage Regulations



Sept. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1965

PASSENGERS; LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

Cold Lakes and the Glacial District of Otago.

Return excursion tickets, available for three months from date of issue, will be issued between 1st November and 31st March, as under:—
To Kingston, Lake Wakatipu (including saloon steamer-passage, Kingston to Queenstown and back) :—

From First Class. Second Class.
Christchurch (via Waimea line) £ s. d. £ s. d.
3 16 0 2 2 6
Christchurch (via Waimea line or Invercargill) 4 2 6 2 7 0
Dunedin (via Waimea line only) 1 17 6 1 3 0
Dunedin (via Waimea line or Invercargill) 2 5 0 1 7 6
Invercargill (via Kingston line only) 1 2 6 0 16 6
Invercargill (via either Kingston, or Gore and Waimea line) 1 7 6 0 18 0

To Pembroke, Lake Wanaka (including saloon steamer-passage, Kingston to Queenstown and back, and coach, Queenstown to Pembroke and back) :—
From Dunedin (via Waimea line only), 62s. 6d. (first class).
The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling twenty-five miles from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded.

Round-trip Tours through Central Otago.

Round-trip tickets, available for three months from date of issue, will be issued between 1st November and 31st March, as under :—

No. Route. First-class Fare.* £ s. d.
1. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Kingston); return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Lawrence; or vice versa 4 7 0
2. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Kingston); return to Dunedin via Arrow and Lawrence; or vice versa 3 12 0
3. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Kingston); return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Ida Valley; or vice versa 4 16 0
4. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Kingston); return to Dunedin via Arrow and Ida Valley; or vice versa 3 16
  • Including steamer and coach fares.

These tickets are available via Waimea line only.
The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling twenty-five miles from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded.

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, &c.

Passengers’ Luggage.

Passengers’ luggage received, held, or conveyed by railway will be subject to the following conditions :—

  1. Luggage shall be designated as follows :—
    (a.) Unchecked luggage—i.e., packages of every description which are conveyed as passengers’ luggage, and which are not checked as hereinafter provided ;
    (b.) Checked luggage—i.e., packages of every description for which the passenger holds a luggage-check as hereinafter provided.

  2. Passengers may, at their option, have luggage checked between any two stations on a continuous line of railway, and such checked luggage will thereafter be held and conveyed at the risk of the Department, subject to the following regulations :—

  3. Each package must be distinctly addressed with the name of the passenger and the station to which he is proceeding ; and if it is desired to check the luggage, the person delivering it must obtain a check for each package delivered. The Department will not check luggage that is not fully and legibly addressed.

  4. Luggage to be checked must, if being forwarded from an officered station, be delivered at the railway-station from which the passenger is proceeding at least fifteen minutes, and luggage not required to be checked at least ten minutes, before the advertised time of departure of the train by



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