✨ Railway Regulations




PASSENGERS.

Season Tickets, School Season Tickets, Free Passes, &c.

  1. Free Passes, Season or School Tickets, do not entitle the holders thereof to travel by Special or Excursion Trains, except the ordinary trains are suspended.
    Scholars and students holding School Season Tickets, Free School Season Tickets, or School-boarders' Tickets will be required to travel in the carriages set apart for them; and tickets must be indorsed as available only for such carriages when so set apart.

Tourist Excursion Tickets.

  1. Tourist Excursion Tickets (first class) will be issued at the following rates:
    (a.) Available over lines of both Islands for seven weeks from Β£
    date of issue ... ... ... ... ... 10
    (b.) Available over North Island lines for four weeks from
    date of issue ... ... ... ... ... 6
    (c.) Available over Middle Island lines for four weeks from
    date of issue ... ... ... ... ... 6

These tickets are not transferable. They are available over Government lines only, and are obtainable as follow: (a), (b), and (c) at Wellington (Lambton), Wellington (Thorndon), and Christchurch; (a) and (b) at Auckland, Onehunga, Frankton Junction, Hamilton, Rotorua, Thames, New Plymouth, Hawera, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Te Aro, Masterton, Woodville, Waipawa, Hastings, and Napier; (a) and (c) at Nelson, Greymouth, Lyttelton, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Palmerston, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Alexandra, Clyde, Mosgiel, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, Gore, Invercargill, and Bluff Railway-stations.
Tourist excursion tickets (a) and (c) series are available for travel over Lake Wakatipu.
Tourist excursion tickets may be extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension fee of Β£1 10s. per week or portion of a week. Persons desiring an extension of time must apply to the Stationmaster at any of the above-mentioned stations or the officer in charge, Queenstown, before the expiration of the original ticket, and deliver up the original ticket, together with the proper extension fee; the extension ticket will then be issued.

Judges of Exhibits proceeding to Shows.

  1. Judges proceeding to Agricultural, Horticultural, Dog, and Poultry Shows, Ploughing Matches, and Horse-parades, for the purpose of judging exhibits, may be granted first-class tickets at holiday-excursion fares, specified in Regulation 12, on production of Judge's ticket, and certificates in the following form:

"I hereby certify that Mr. is a duly-appointed Judge of Exhibits at (a)
Show to be held at (b) on (c)", Secretary (a) Show.

"I hereby certify that I am the Judge of Exhibits referred to above, and that I am proceeding from Station to Station for the purpose of judging exhibits, and that I am entitled to a first-class ticket at holiday-excursion fare.", Judge, Show.

(a) Insert name of show. (b) Insert place where held. (c) Insert date of show

Tickets under this regulation will be granted for seven days previous to and not later than the first day of the show or parade, and will be available for return for one month from date of issue. The Department reserves the right to decline any application.

Delegates to Meetings of Religious Bodies and Friendly Societies.

  1. Delegates travelling to attend annual meetings of religious bodies and friendly societies may be granted first-class tickets, available for return for one month from date of issue, at holiday-excursion fares, specified in Regulation 12, on production of certificates in the following form:

"I hereby certify that Rev. (Mr.) is a duly-appointed delegate to (a)
meeting to be held at (b) , from (c) to (c)", Secretary (a)



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1912, No 91





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Railway tickets, Season tickets, School tickets, Free passes, Tourist excursion tickets, Judges, Delegates, Fares