916

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 40

PASSENGERS

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", etc., 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 Saturdays or Sundays.

3. Newsagents’ Season Tickets

Conditions—1. Season tickets at half the rates for season tickets (regulation 14) or annual season tickets (regulation 18) will be issued to newsagents 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 newsagent wholly engaged on the staff of such newspaper and not following any other profession or occupation.

2. Newsagents are not allowed to sell newspapers, periodicals, or books on the station platforms, or in trains whilst standing at bookstall stations.

3. The Department reserves the right to decline any application for a newsagent’s ticket.

4. Newsagents 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 newsagent. Newsagents shall not offer for sale any newspaper, picture, print, literature, or publication that the General Manager forbids.

5. In the event of any breach of the regulations or the bylaws the Department may withdraw the right of any newsagent to sell newspapers and other literature on any train, and may order the forfeiture of such newsagent’s railway ticket.

6. Free Allowance—The maximum weight of books, periodicals, and newspapers which newsagents issued with tickets at half the season ticket rate are allowed to carry free is 56 lb. Newsagents who pay full season-ticket rates are allowed to carry free of charge 1 cwt. of newspapers, books, and periodicals. The free allowance includes newspapers for sale to passengers on trains, for delivery to subscribers along the line, and parcels for agents at wayside stations.

7. Excess Weight—Where the weight of books, periodicals, and papers carried by a newsagent exceeds the allowance referred to above, the excess weight will be charged for at the newspaper rate (vide regulation 62), freight stamps being purchased and affixed to the parcels in excess of such weight.

8. Annual Season Tickets

Fares—1. Annual season tickets, first class, available for use for one year in each case, will be issued at the following fares, viz.: