Railway Fares and Excursion Tickets




Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3371

HANMER PLAINS HOT SPRINGS.

Return through fare (by rail and motor), first class: Issued throughout the year from Christchurch and Papanui, £1 6s.; from Kaiapoi, £1 4s.; from Timaru, £2 7s. 6d.; from Oamaru, £2 17s. 6d.; from Dunedin, £3 10s.; from Invercargill, £5.

THROUGH BOOKING BY RAIL AND STEAMER TO QUEENSTOWN.

From Via Waimea. Via Invercargill.
Single. Return. Single. Return.
First. Second. First. Second. First. Second. First. Second.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Lyttelton .. .. 2 15 4 1 16 9 5 10 8 3 13 6 3 2 10 2 1 9 6 5 8 4 3 6
Christchurch .. .. 2 15 4 1 16 9 5 10 8 3 13 6 3 1 7 2 0 11 6 3 2 4 1 10
Dunedin .. .. 1 5 10 0 17 1 2 11 8 1 14 2 1 12 4 1 1 5 3 4 8 2 2 10
Invercargill .. .. 0 18 4 0 12 1 1 16 8 1 4 2 0 15 0 0 9 10 1 10 0 0 19 8
Bluff .. .. 1 0 6 0 13 6 2 1 0 1 7 0 0 17 1 0 11 3 1 14 2 1 2 6

First-class tickets include saloon steamer-passage, second-class tickets include steerage steamer-passage, on Lake Wakatipu.
Single tickets are available for one month from date of issue.
Return tickets available for three months.

COLD LAKES.

Return excursion tickets (available for three months) 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Christchurch (via Waimea) .. .. .. .. 4 12 0 3 7 6
Christchurch (round trip via Waimea Line or Invercargill) .. .. 5 7 6 3 15 0
Dunedin (via Waimea Line only) .. .. .. .. 2 5 0 1 13 6
Dunedin (round trip via Waimea Line or Invercargill) .. .. 2 12 6 2 0 0
Invercargill (via Kingston Line only) .. .. .. .. 1 6 6 1 0 0
Invercargill (via either Kingston or Gore and Waimea Line) .. .. 1 12 6 1 3 6

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), 67s. 6d. (first class).

CENTRAL OTAGO ROUND TRIP.

FIRST-CLASS FARES, INCLUDING STEAMER AND COACH FARES.

  1. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea line to Kingston), return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Lawrence; or vice versâ: £4 5s.
  2. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea line to Kingston), return to Dunedin via Arrow and Lawrence; or vice versâ: £3 10s.
  3. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea line to Kingston), return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Clyde; or vice versâ: £4 1s. 6d.
  4. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea line to Kingston), return to Dunedin via Arrow and Clyde; or vice versâ: £3 1s. 6d.

SCHEDULE B.

HOLIDAY EXCURSION TICKETS.

First-class return fare, 2d. per mile, minimum 4s.; second-class return fare, 1d. per mile, minimum 2s.; when advertised as being issuable to the general public, and provided that the coupon is presented during the period in which the tickets are issuable.

Upon application at the railway booking-office or, in the case of flag-stations, to the guard of train, tourists may obtain in exchange for Messrs. Cook and Son’s coupon orders separate railway tickets for any journey specified in the foregoing Schedule. Each coupon shall be in the form approved by the General Manager of the New Zealand Government Railways, and shall specify the name and address of the person to whom issued, the journey to be made, class of ticket required, and must, except as may otherwise be arranged, be date-stamped and signed by local agent, showing date issued to holder.
Tickets from any starting-station will be issued only at that station.
The coupon orders must be presented in the block. Detached coupons will not be honoured. The coupon will be detached by the station clerk or guard of train, as the case may require.
The tickets are not transferable.
Holders of sectional tickets may stop over at any intermediate station within the time for which the tickets are available.
Coupons issued under this agreement will not be available unless used within three months from date of issue.

As witness my hand, this twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1909, No 108





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🚂 Hanmer Plains Hot Springs Return Through Fare Schedule (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Hanmer Plains, Hot Springs, Rail fares, Motor fares, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin

🚂 Through Booking by Rail and Steamer to Queenstown Fares Table

🚂 Transport & Communications
Queenstown, Rail, Steamer, Fares, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Bluff

🚂 Cold Lakes Return Excursion Tickets Schedule

🚂 Transport & Communications
31 March 1909
Cold Lakes, Excursion tickets, Kingston, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill

🚂 Cold Lakes Pembroke Return Excursion Ticket Schedule

🚂 Transport & Communications
Pembroke, Lake Wanaka, Queenstown, Dunedin

🚂 Central Otago Round Trip First-Class Fares Schedule

🚂 Transport & Communications
Central Otago, Round Trip, Fares, Dunedin, Queenstown, Wanaka, Lawrence, Arrow, Clyde

🚂 Schedule B: Holiday Excursion Tickets and Conditions

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 December 1909
Holiday excursion tickets, Fares, Railway, Messrs. Cook and Son, Coupons, Tourists
  • J. A. Millar, Minister of Railways