13 SEPTEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1859

23. Season Tickets for Special Classes

24. General—Second-class season tickets, available for any distance not exceeding 60 miles, and for 3 months from date of commencement of their availability for travel, will be issued to bona fide students attending classes conducted by music teachers registered under the Music Teachers Registration Act 1928, or such other classes (including business college classes) as may be approved by the General Manager.

(a) The tickets will be available for use only when the holder is proceeding from home to the class 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 stated on the certificate.

(c) The tickets are not transferable.

(d) Season tickets will be issued conditionally on a roll of attendance being kept at each school or class, such roll to be open for inspection by any officer of the Railways Department.

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

For pupils under 17 years of age .. .. .. .. $ 3.55
For pupils 17 years of age or more but under 21 years of age .. 7.10

3. Certificates—Certificates in the appropriate form, signed by the teacher, must be produced when applications are made for tickets under this section.

4. Reserved Seats

5. General—(a) Passengers holding rail tickets and travelling by the undermentioned trains, may reserve seats free of charge subject to the provisions of section 30:

(i) By all express trains.

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

(b) Seats will not be reserved for any journey to be made between any two stations within a suburban area for holders of tickets issued under the provisions of sections 5 or 32.

(c) Not more than one seat will be reserved for each passenger.

(d) Seats may be reserved at any station where there is an officer in charge, or at 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.

(e) The reservation of a whole or half carriage will be by special arrangement.

2. 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 and a half hours before the timetable time of departure of the train from the original starting station.

3. Surcharges—Any person failing to occupy a seat reserved in accordance with his application or failing to give notification to a railway booking office or agency not later than 6 working hours (calculated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.) prior to the scheduled departure of the train from its starting station of his intention not to occupy such seat, shall pay a surcharge on the following basis:

Length of Journey Surcharge
c
Up to 100 miles .. .. .. .. .. 30
Over 100 miles .. .. .. .. .. 50

In the case of a seat reserved for a child under 15 years of age the full surcharge will be payable.

A deduction of 30 miles will be made on bulk travel vouchers in respect of any seat reservation surcharges.

4. Special Conditions—Notwithstanding anything contained in these provisions, the department shall have the right to reserve any railway carriage, compartment, or seat on any train for any person or persons for any distance.

5. Sleeping-berths

6. General—Sleeping berth tickets will be issued only to passengers travelling by the ordinary night express trains between Auckland and Wellington. Passengers travelling by the Silver Star sleeper train service will be charged under the provisions of section 29. Except as provided hereafter not more than one person will be allowed to occupy any one berth. In no case will more than two children be permitted to occupy the same berth.

7. Charges—Sleeping-berths: One full sleeping-berth ticket at a charge of $3.85 must be held for each berth occupied.

In the case of bulk travel vouchers, a deduction of 200 miles will be made for each sleeping-berth ticket issued.

Rail Tickets—In addition to the sleeping-berth charge referred to above, passengers will require to hold first-class rail tickets as follows:

One adult .. .. .. .. .. }
One child 15 years of age and over .. }
Parent or guardian occupying one berth with a child }
under 4 years of age }
Parent or guardian occupying one berth with a child }
over 4 years and under 15 years of age }
A child 4 years and under 15 years of age (sole }
occupant) }
A child under 4 years of age (sole occupant) }
Two children, one under 4 years, and one 15 years of age }
or over (in one berth) }
Two children, each over 4 years and under 15 years of age }
(in one berth) }
Two children, one under 4 years, and one under 15 }
years of age (in one berth) }
Two children, each under 4 years of age (in one berth) }
One adult requiring exclusive use of a two-berth cabin }

One full rail ticket.
One full and one half rail tickets.
Half rail ticket.
One full rail ticket (equivalent to half fare for each child).
Half rail ticket (equivalent to quarter fare for each child).
Two full rail tickets (plus additional sleeping berth ticket).

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