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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 40

PASSENGERS

23. Technical-school Season Tickets

24. General—Second-class technical school season tickets, available for any distance not exceeding sixty miles, and for three months from date of commencement of their availability for travel, will be issued to bona fide students attending technical schools or classes registered with the Minister of Education, or schools or classes conducted by music teachers registered under the Music Teachers Registration Act 1928, or such other classes as may be approved by the General Manager, but not to students attending Universities or colleges, subject to the following conditions:

(a) The tickets will be available for use only when the holder is proceeding from home to the technical school, or vice versa, for the purpose of receiving or returning from tuition; if used for any other purpose the ticket will be forfeited.

(b) The days upon which tuition will be received must be the same in each week, and must be stated on the certificate. Certificate of attendance at foot of ticket must be signed by certifying teacher on each day that a holder of such ticket attends the school.

(c) The tickets are not transferable.

(d) Technical school season tickets will be issued conditionally on a roll of attendance being kept at each technical school or class, such roll to be open for inspection by any officer of the Railway Department deputed for that purpose.

2. Fares—The tickets will be charged as follows:

£ s. d.
For students and scholars not exceeding 16 years of age .... 1 2 0
For students and scholars over 16 but not exceeding 20 years of age .... 2 4 0
For students and scholars over 20 years of age, half the rate for second-class three-monthly season tickets (regulation 14) will be charged. Minimum charge—£3 6s.

3. Certificates—Each application for a technical school season ticket must be accompanied by a certificate in the following form, signed by the director of the technical school or class:

I hereby certify that …………, residing at …………, whose age is ………… years ………… months, is a bona fide student or scholar in attendance at ………… Technical School (class) registered with the Minister of Education, class conducted by a music teacher registered under the Music Teachers Registration Act 1928, or class approved by the General Manager; and request that a technical school season ticket, available for use on …………, be issued to enable him (her) to attend the technical school (class), and I undertake to keep a roll of the attendance at the school (class), and such roll to be open for inspection by any officer of the Railway Department. The attendance of ………… at the school (class) will be certified by …………, whose signature appears in the margin hereon.

Date: …………
Signature of teacher: ……………………

Insert day or days of week on which tuition will be received.

I hereby certify that I am the scholar (student) mentioned in the foregoing certificate, and that my age is ………… years ………… months.

Date: …………
Signature of scholar or student: ……………………

The latter certificate is not required in the case of scholars or students not exceeding 16 years of age.

24. Reserved Seats

General—1. Passengers holding rail tickets and travelling by the undermentioned trains, may reserve seats free of charge subject to the provisions of regulation 30:

(a) By the night “Limited” express trains between Auckland and Wellington: Provided that seats will not be reserved for a journey of less than one hundred miles except between Auckland and Frankton and between Palmerston North and Wellington.

(b) By all other express trains.

(c) By such other passenger trains and railcar services as the General Manager may determine.

2. Seats will not be reserved for holders of tickets issued under the provisions of regulations 4, 5, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36.

3. Not more than one seat will be reserved for each passenger.

4. Reserved-seat tickets are not transferable and are not available for break of journey.

5. Seats may be reserved at any station where there is an officer in charge, or at duly authorised booking agencies. The Department reserves the right to cancel trains or alter train timetables without notice, and reservations of seats will be made subject to such cancellation or alteration.

6. Time of Application—Applications for the reservations of seats will be received as under:

(a) At the station from which the train commences its journey — not later than one hour before the timetable time of departure of the train.

(b) At other stations or offices — not later than two hours and a half before the timetable time of departure of the train from the original starting station.