956
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

PASSENGERS—continued.

2. Except as may be specially provided, tickets at ordinary fares (Regulation 2) will be available as follows:—

(a) Single tickets for journeys not exceeding 20 miles—for one day only, being the date shown on the ticket.

(b) Single tickets for journeys exceeding 20 miles—for one calendar month.

(c) Single tickets issued between two stations on separate sections of railway and which necessitate a sea journey—for one calendar month.

(d) Return tickets for three calendar months.

(e) In each case under the last three preceding subparagraphs the period of availability shall begin with the day of the date immediately following the date shown on the ticket.

(f) The journey may be commenced on the date shown on the ticket or at any time within the period of the availability of the ticket, and must be completed before the expiry of such period.

3. Except in cases where break of journey is necessitated by the train service and as provided in paragraph 4, single or return tickets for distances of 10 miles and under will not be available for break of journey. Passengers holding such 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.

4. In the case of intersection bookings which necessitate a sea journey between the North and South Islands, the rail journey may, after the completion of the sea journey, be broken at Christchurch, and/or Wellington.

3. Reserved Seats.

1. Except as otherwise provided passengers travelling by express or mail trains and by such other trains as may be determined by the General Manager, may reserve seats for the journey upon payment of 1s. 1d. for each seat so reserved: Provided that seats will not be reserved for a journey of less than 100 miles on the 7.15 p.m. Auckland–Wellington or the 7.15 p.m. Wellington–Auckland, Limited Express trains, except between Wellington and Palmerston North and between Auckland and Frankton Junction, and vice versa in each case.

2. Applications for the reservation of seats will be received as under:—

(a) At the station from which the train commences its journey, not later than one hour before the time-table time of departure of the train.

(b) At any station other than that from which the train commences its journey, not later than two hours and a half before the time-table time of departure of the train from the original starting-station.

(c) The departure times of trains as shown in this regulation may be changed, and in the event of any such change the provisions of this regulation shall apply to the corresponding train (if any) in each case, as determined by the General Manager.

3. Not more than one seat will be reserved for each passenger.

4. Seats may be reserved on the day or in advance of the day the passenger desires to travel, at any station where there is an officer in charge, the City Booking-offices at Courtenay Place (Wellington), or Christchurch, or duly authorized booking agencies. The Department reserves the right to cancel trains or alter train time-tables without notice, and reservations of seats will be made subject to such cancellation or alteration.

5. Reserved-seat tickets are not transferable and are not available for break of journey.

6. Notwithstanding anything contained in these provisions, the Department shall have the right, subject to such conditions as it may think fit, to reserve on any train, for any distance, any railway-carriage, or any compartment or seat in a railway-carriage (for any particular reason), for any person or class of persons.

4. Sleeping-berths.

1. Application for the reservation of sleeping-berths will be received as under:—

(a) At the station from which the train commences its journey: Not later than one hour before the time-table time of departure of the train from the starting-station.

(b) At any station other than that from which the train commences its journey: Not later than two hours and a half before the time-table time of departure of the train from the original starting-station.