New Zealand Gazette – 1957 – No. 40

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✨ Miscellaneous Railway Concession Fares

28 MAY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

PASSENGERS

Miscellaneous Concession Fares—continued

Concession Granted to—	Minimum Number to Whom the Concession Will be Granted	Conditions
St. John Ambulance Brigade Cadets	..	Invercargill, upon application. Parties travelling under this regulation must travel by the trains arranged. Members of a team or club under fifteen years of age included in a party or forming a party will be charged half the adult concession fare. In such cases the minimum number travelling will require to be equivalent to six adult passengers. See Boy Scouts (paragraph 4).
11. Summer Schools, etc.—Persons travelling to attend summer schools for instructional and recreational purposes Persons travelling to attend camps organised by religious bodies Members of Young Farmers’ Clubs travelling to attend educational courses Choirs travelling to attend competitions	20	Tickets will be available for use on the outward journey within seven days previous to and at any time during the meeting, provided the person to whom the ticket is issued can reach the place of meeting in time to take part in its business. This concession will not be granted unless a total of twenty persons travel by rail to the school, camp, etc. (See paragraph 1 (c) hereof). Each application for tickets must be accompanied by a certificate as per pro forma C (see paragraph 13).
12. Theatrical Companies, etc.—Bands of musicians; theatrical, concert, and circus companies travelling together in companies of not less than six adults	6 adults	Tickets will be issued at the following fares: Single tickets – at the ordinary single fare (regulation 2) less 10 per cent. Minimum charge per passenger 3s. 6d. Return tickets – at the special excursion fare (regulation 6). Application for these concessions must first be made to the District Manager. Advance agents of companies entitled to this concession, travelling apart from the company they represent, will be granted the same concession as the company. Advance agents must pay ordinary fares (regulation 2) in the first instance; rebate of difference will be allowed when the company purchases the remainder of the tickets. The total number of tickets required, exclusive of the advance agents, must be taken out at the same time and for the same date. Professional athletic combinations and other showmen who perform in tents or buildings at agricultural shows, sports meetings, etc., are not entitled to this concession. Persons not connected with the theatrical profession will not be permitted to travel at concession rate as members of the company, and in the event of any person found so travelling the full fare will be charged.
Young Farmers’ Clubs Travelling to Attend Educational Courses	..	See Summer Schools (paragraph 11).

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🚂 General Scale of Charges for New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

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Dated21 May 1957
KeywordsRailway, Charges, Government, Scale, Transport, Regulations, Passenger Fares, Concessions, St. John Ambulance Brigade Cadets, Summer Schools, Theatrical Companies, Young Farmers’ Clubs, Choirs

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