964

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 24

PASSENGERS—continued.

REQUISITION FOR REPORTER’S SEASON TICKET.

(c) To Stationmaster,

Please issue to a reporter of the __ newspaper a reporter’s* -class season ticket, available between __ and __.

I hereby certify that such ticket will be used only by a reporter engaged on Press work when travelling for the purpose of reporting to the newspaper, as provided in the Railway regulations regarding such tickets.

Date: __

[Signature of Proprietor, Editor, or other duly authorized person.]

• Insert “monthly,” “quarterly,” “half-yearly,” or “yearly,” as the case may be, and class of ticket required.

10. Newspaper-proprietors must furnish the Department with a list giving names and signatures of the persons on the staff of their respective papers who are authorized to sign certificates (b) or (c) of paragraph 9 of this regulation. Certificates signed by persons other than those so notified to the Department will not be recognized. The Department reserves the right to decline any application.

11. “Newspaper,” for the purposes of this regulation, means a news-sheet in which the principal matter published is news of general public interest and of which the primary purpose is the publication of such news. The Department reserves to itself the right to decide whether any publication is a newspaper within the meaning of this regulation.

12. News Agents’ Season Tickets.

13. Season tickets at half the rates for season tickets (Regulation 12) or annual season tickets (Regulation 13) will be issued to news agents upon the production of a certificate from the proprietor or manager of a newspaper certifying that the ticket is to be used only for the purpose of selling newspapers or reading-matter on the trains by a bona fide news agent wholly engaged on the staff of such newspaper and not following any other profession or occupation.

14. The maximum weight of books, periodicals, and newspapers which news agents are allowed to carry free of charge is 56 lb. News agents are not allowed to sell newspapers, periodicals, or books on the station-platforms, or in trains whilst standing at bookstall stations.

15. The Department reserves the right to decline any application for a news agent’s ticket.

16. News agents shall conduct their business in an orderly and courteous manner, and shall not keep or expose for sale, or have in any portion of a railway-train or elsewhere on the railway, any newspapers, pictures, prints, literature, or publications whatever of an immoral, indecent, lewd, vicious, obscene, or doubtful character or nature. Should any question arise as to the nature of any newspaper, picture, print, literature, or publication, the matter shall be submitted to the General Manager, whose decision shall be final and binding on the news agent. News agents shall not offer for sale any newspaper, picture, print, literature, or publication that the General Manager forbids.

17. In the event of any breach of the regulations or the by-laws the Department may withdraw the right of any news agent to sell newspapers and other literature on any train, and may order the forfeiture of such news agent’s railway-ticket.

18. Season Tickets for Young People not exceeding Twenty-one Years of Age.

19. Season tickets at half the rate for season tickets (Regulation 12) will be issued to persons whose age does not exceed twenty-one years, subject to the following conditions:—

Application in the following form shall be lodged within a reasonable period prior to the time the ticket is required for use and the certificate of birth or certificate of date of birth duly endorsed with the applicant’s signature produced for inspection:—

I, (a) hereby certify that I reside at(b), and that my present age is(c) years months.

I hereby request that a(d) class(e) season ticket at half-rates available between(f) and(f) be issued to me in pursuance of the provision in that behalf contained in the General Scale of Charges.

I attach my birth-certificate in support of this application.

Date: ___

Signature of applicant.

(a) Insert full name of applicant.

(b) Insert place of residence.

(c) Insert age of applicant.

(d) Insert “first” or “second.”

(e) Insert “monthly,” “quarterly,” &c., as case may be.

(f) Insert station name.

2. Season tickets issued under the provisions of this regulation will not be available for use on Sundays.

3. School Season Tickets.

4. Season tickets, available for each standard school term as notified by the Education Department, will be issued to scholars and students exclusively