3490

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 91]

PASSENGERS.

Return tickets are issued daily, and are available for return as follows:—

*That is to say, from the 15th of one month to the 15th, inclusive, of the third succeeding month. But in all cases return tickets issued on the last day of any month are available only up to and including the last day of the third succeeding month. Thus, a ticket for 50 miles issued on 30th November is available only up to and including the 28th (or in leap years the 29th)—being the last day—of February, and a ticket for 250 miles issued on 31st January is available only up to and including the 30th April.

4. The journey must be commenced on the day of issue and completed on or before the date on which the ticket expires.

5. Except in cases where break of journey is necessitated by the train service, single or return tickets for distances of 10 miles and under will not be available for break of journey. Passengers holding single or return tickets for distances over 10 miles may break the journey at any station at which the train is timed to stop, after travelling 10 miles from the original starting-station. In the case of single tickets for distances under 21 miles the journey must be completed on the day the ticket is taken out.

6. Passengers holding ordinary, season (except sectional season tickets, Regulation 19), commutation, or excursion tickets between stations where there are alternative routes will, if they pay fares for the shorter route, be allowed to travel by that route only, but, if fare is paid for the longer route, passengers may travel by either route.

7. Children not exceeding 3 years of age travel free; children over 3 and not exceeding 12 years of age at half-rates.

8. Flag-station tickets will be issued only to the next rebooking station.

9. When tickets are issued in the train to passengers entering at any station where there is an officer in charge, instead of being issued from the booking-office at such station, a booking fee of 6d. will be charged in addition to the ordinary fare. In the case of children under 12 years of age half the additional fee (3d.) only is to be charged.

10. Passengers holding return tickets must, on the outward journey, present them whole; if torn, both halves must be shown to the guard.

11. Passengers travelling first class by mail and express trains running between Wellington (Thorndon) and Auckland and Christchurch and Invercargill, and holding tickets for a journey not less than a hundred miles to be made by such trains, may, if they so desire, reserve seats for the journey on production of their ticket and payment of a charge of 6d. for each seat so reserved.

First-class passengers joining train at stations other than Wellington (Thorndon), Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill and who desire to reserve seats must apply to the Stationmaster at the station from which they commence their journey, and on arrival of the train at that station they will be allotted any vacant seat that is available on payment of a fee of 6d., but no guarantee can be given that seats will then be available for reservation.

Seats will not be reserved for journeys of less than a hundred miles.

Sleeping-berths: Fares and Regulations.

11a. Sleeping-berth tickets will be issued at Auckland and Wellington to passengers by the Auckland–Wellington express trains who hold first-class tickets, and a charge of 10s. each will be made therefor.

Passengers joining trains at intermediate stopping-stations and who desire to reserve sleeping-berths should make application to the local Stationmaster before the time-table time of departure of the train from the starting-station, and deposit the amount chargeable for the berths, 10s., and, where necessary, 6d. for telegraphing.

Berths will be allotted in the order of priority of application, the requirements of through passengers being given first consideration.

The Department does not undertake to provide sleeping accommodation to meet all applications.