LONG DISTANCE FARES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 8

LONG DISTANCE FARES.

TO BE RAISED NEXT MONTH. A Gazette; supplement;issued yesterday. sets out ■ alterations to. the scalo of railway fares, to take effect on January; -9. v Tho, passenger fares will be'as at present, ljd. por mile fist class, and Id. per mile second class for ordinary tickets, with one penny, added to each, fare,: but the reductions now inado on long distances will ; be discontinued. The tourist extension tickets available over the lines of both islands will. be raised from .£8 to <£10,. but tho period: for which they may bo used will be extended -from six itfeeks to seven weeks. . The tourist tickets for the lines of either island exclusively for four weeks, will bo .increased , from JES to '■JtS.- Tickots for intermediate stations between Wellington and Palmorston,North will not be available for travel by the'north or southbound.'Main,'Trunk'express trains. The following are examples of. the present and tho . future fares, placed side by side for comparison Present.. Future..' ' : First. Second. First. Second. ' ' s. d. s. d. s. d: s. d. Wellington to— * . Palmerston N.. 10 2 G 7. 11 0 7 4 Marion 12 11 ,8,1. 11 ? .00 . Auckland 3!) 1 2/.,' 2 -53 10 33 11 Wanganui 15 9 / 9 6 18 10 ]2 7 New Plymouth 21 2 II) 8 32 3 21 0 : Masterton 8 1 5 1 8 G S 8 Woodville 12 H 8 1 14 7-, 9 9 Napier 20 10 12 0 26 6 17 8 Christchurch to— " ■; .' . Timaru 11 7 7 5. 12 7 8 8 Dunedin 22 5 12 10 28 10 10 3