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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Alterations to Scale of Charges upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1926, and its amendments, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, William Burgoyne Taverner, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic, made on the 10th day of August, 1925, and published in the Gazette of 11th August, 1925.

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

By omitting Regulation 31a :—

31a. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.

Boy scouts and/or girl guides, not exceeding sixteen years of age, in parties of not less than six in number, travelling to attend parades or instruction camps, will be issued second-class return tickets at (a) one-half of the ordinary fare (Regulation 2), (b) holiday excursion fare (Regulation 5) when the same are issuable, or (c) where applicable, at suburban fare (Regulation 40) : Minimum charge, 9d., on production of a certificate in the following form :—

I hereby certify that girl guides are travelling in uniform
boy scouts
from to to attend a parade or instruction
camp at , on .

Authorized Officer.

And substitute the following :—

31a. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.

Boy scouts and/or girl guides, not exceeding sixteen years of age, in parties of not less than six in number, travelling to attend parades or instruction camps, will be issued second-class return tickets at one-half of the ordinary fare (Regulation 2), or one-half of the holiday excursion fare (Regulation 5) when the same are issuable, or where applicable, at one-half of the suburban fare (Regulation 40) : Minimum charge, 9d., on production of a certificate in the following form :—

I hereby certify that girl guides are travelling in uniform
boy scouts
from to to attend a parade or instruction
camp at , on .

Authorized Officer.

LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

40. Suburban Fares.

By omitting from paragraph 5 the following :—
Dunedin . . . . Kensington-Mosgiel and all intermediate stations and stopping-places.

And substituting—
Dunedin . . . . Kensington-Otokia and all intermediate stations and stopping-places.

41. North Island Main Line and Branches.

By omitting from paragraph 4 :—
(g) Tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 28, 39, and 40, available between Khandallah or Ngaio and Wellington (Thorndon) will be available for travel between Kaiwarra and Wellington (Lambton).

And substituting :—
(g) Tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 39, and 40, available between Khandallah or Ngaio and Wellington (Thorndon) will be available for travel between Kaiwarra and Wellington (Lambton).

43. South Island Main Line and Branches.

By adding the following :—
1a. Annual platform season tickets for admission to the platform at Timaru Railway-station will be issued at a charge of 5s. each. These tickets will be subject to the same conditions as platform season tickets issued under the provisions of Regulation 32, Part I.
8. The following fares will be charged between the stations named here-under :—

Single. Return.
First Class. Second Class. First Class. Second Class.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Dunedin-Warrington . . 3 3 2 1 5 0 3 3
Dunedin-Omimi . . 3 4 2 2 5 2 3 5
Dunedin-Seacliff . . 3 8 2 4 5 8 3 9

PART III.—GOODS.

(8.) Live-stock.

By omitting the following :—
8. Calves (six months old and under), sheep, goats, and pigs, such as are ordinarily sent to market for consumption, properly secured in crates so as to prevent injury to other goods, may be sent as goods, Class A, provided the total weight of each package does not exceed 2¼ cwt. Crates with their contents weighing over 2¼ cwt. will be charged rate and a half, Class A, or at the rate