972

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 24

PASSENGERS—continued.

33. Bandsmen in Uniform travelling to Band Contests.

1. Bandsmen in uniform, travelling to participate in band contests, and the wives and families of such bandsmen when accompanying the bandsmen may be granted tickets at the fares and subject to the conditions as set out in Regulation 26 on production of certificates in the following form:—

I hereby certify that Mr.
will participate in the
to be held at
from
to
.

Secretary [or other duly authorized person].

I hereby certify that I am the person referred to above and that I am proceeding from
Station to
Station for the purpose of participating in the above contest, and that I am entitled to a -class ticket at the concession fare from
to
.

Signature :

I also certify that the following members of my family are accompanying me and are entitled to
-class tickets at the concession fares.

Wife :

Daughter (name and age) :

Son (name and age) :

Signature :

2. Tickets granted under this regulation will be available for use on the outward journey within seven days previous to, and at any time during the contest, provided the person to whom the ticket is issued tenders the necessary certificate and can reach the destination in time to take part in the contest.

3. Written applications, specifying dates over which the contests will extend, the stations between which the journeys will be made, and the name of person who will sign certificates on behalf of the controlling body, should be made to the General Manager not less than two months before the date of commencement of the meeting. Certificates signed by any other than the person named in such application will not be recognized.

4. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline any application.

34. Excursion Trains.

1. Excursion trains may be run by special request upon payment of a deposit, as a guarantee, returnable if the special revenue accruing from the running of such excursion train exceeds the amount of the deposit, equivalent to the charge or eighty second-class return tickets (Regulation 2), suburban (Regulation 40), or local (Regulation 41 or Regulation 43) as the case may be. Minimum charge, £13 15s.

2. The distance which a special excursion train has to run empty to commence a run will be charged at the rate of 8s. 3d. per mile, and the amount so charged will be added to the deposit specified in the last preceding paragraph.

3. Where a deposit, demanded by the Department, is paid as a guarantee in respect of the running of an excursion train, and the special revenue from the running of such excursion train exceeds the amount of the deposit, the guarantor will be paid 20 per cent. of the special revenue received in excess of the amount of the guarantee.

4. The Department reserves the right to decline any application.

35. Special Trains.

1. Special trains will be charged as follow :—

£ s. d.
For one carriage, per mile up to 30 miles .. 0 16 6
For every additional mile .. 0 13 2
For every additional carriage, per mile .. 0 8 3
Minimum charge .. 13 15 0

2. The mileage will be counted one way only.

3. When engine is ordered and not used, half the minimum charge will be made.

4. The charge will in no case be less than for the total number of passengers carried charged at fares computed at rate and a quarter of the ordinary (Regulation 2), suburban (Regulation 40), or local (Regulation 41 or Regulation 43), single or return fares, as the case may be, according to the journey made by the train in each case.

5. Special trains will be permitted to wait five hours at the station of destination, after which period and until seven hours’ detention from time of arrival half special train rates will be charged for the return journey; after seven hours detention at the destination station full special-train rates will be charged for the return journey.

6. The distance which a train has to run empty to commence a service will be charged at the rate of 8s. 3d. per mile.

7. Special trains will be run only at the option of the Department. The Department reserves to itself the right to forward any of its ordinary traffic by any special train, provided that no traffic for which the special train was ordered is thereby prevented from being carried by such train, but no reduction of the special-train rates shall be made on account of the train being so utilized by the Department.

36. Restrictions on Travel by Specified Trains.

1. Whenever any person shall make by any train any journey which, according to the Department’s time-tables or other public notice, he is not entitled to make by that train, such person shall, without prejudice to any other penalty to which he may be liable, pay the appropriate fare for the shortest journey which he is entitled to make by such train and which shall wholly include the journey actually made by him as aforesaid.