974

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 24

PASSENGERS—continued.

2. Suburban weekly twelve-trip tickets will be subject to the conditions specified below, and charged as follows:—

Miles. Fare.
s. d.
1 .. .. 1 11
2 .. .. 1 11
3 .. .. 2 6
4 .. .. 3 0
5 .. .. 3 4
6 .. .. 3 7
7 .. .. 3 10
8 .. .. 4 2
9 .. .. 4 5
10 .. .. 4 8

Miles. Fare.
s. d.
11 .. .. 4 11
12 .. .. 5 3
13 .. .. 5 6
14 .. .. 5 8
15 .. .. 5 9
16 .. .. 6 0
17 .. .. 6 1
18 .. .. 6 3
19 .. .. 6 5
20 .. .. 6 6

3. The tickets will be issued at any station on any one of the suburban lines specified to any station on the same line except on the Napier–Hastings line where they will be issued only from or to the stations enumerated in paragraph 1 of this regulation. The tickets will not be issued between stations situated on different suburban lines.

4. Suburban weekly twelve-trip tickets will expire on Saturday of the week for which they are issued in each case, and will be available for six outward and six homeward trips per week. They will not be available for use on mail and express trains.

5. The tickets will be available for use only between the stations specified thereon, and for use by the purchaser when travelling second class only. They are not available for break of journey, nor for use on Sundays, nor for rebooking, nor for use in conjunction with any other ticket, and are not transferable. No reduction in charge will be made for children.

6. Holders of suburban weekly twelve-trip tickets will be charged the first-class fare (Regulation 2 or, where applicable, Regulations 40, 41, or 43) when found travelling in first-class carriages.

7. At stations where the suburban weekly twelve-trip tickets required in each case are sold, such tickets must be purchased at least ten minutes before the time-table time of departure of the train by which the ticket is intended to be used. In the case of tickets not held in stock at the station at which they are to be purchased, at least twenty-four hours’ notice that the ticket is required must be given in each case. In the computation of this period of notice no account will be taken of Sunday. Tickets from stations where there is no officer in charge should be obtained from the guard of train, provided that twenty-four hours’ notice as hereinbefore specified should be given for any ticket not carried in stock by the Guard.

8. Suburban Fares.

9. Single tickets at suburban fares are available for one day only, being the date shown on the ticket.

10. Single tickets at suburban fares issued between two stations on separate sections of railway and which necessitate a sea journey are available for one calendar month.

11. Return tickets at suburban fares are available for three calendar months.

12. In each case under the last two preceding paragraphs the period of availability shall begin with the day of the date immediately following the date shown on the ticket.

13. 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.

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

15. In no case shall the fare between any two stations in a suburban area be greater than the lowest fare chargeable between any two other stations in such suburban area the journey between which latter stations wholly covers the journey between the two first-mentioned stations.

16. Suburban fares will be charged according to the following scale:—