Page II Advertisements Column 1

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 104, 28 June 1902, Page II (Supplement)

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

Hanmer Plains Jlot Springs. (~s§^^ THROUGH BOOKING BY RAIL .• ""—' AND COACH TO THE SPRINGS. Return Excuision Tickets to Hanmer Plains, available for return for three months will be issued daily throughout the year, from Invercargill and Dunedin, and from ChristchurTh Papanai, and Kampoi daily betweep Ist October and 30th Apul (and thereafter thrice weekly, w?., on Tuesdays, Thuisdays, and Satuidays). ance RETURN THROUGH FARE (by Rail and Coach): FIRST CLASS. Fiom Chustchuich and Papanui .. .. .. .. £1 10 0 From Kaiapoi .. .. .. .. lso Fiom Dunedin.. .. „ ## ># 4 2 fi From Invercargill .. „ „ _ 5150 The journey may be bioken at any station at which the tiam is timed to stop after nuelhng ten miles from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded. wmcn

TOURIST EXCURSION TICKETS te "^^w *~ (FIRST CLASS.) Are issued daily (Sunday excepted) throughout the year, as undei • — ( a.) Available over lines of BOTH ISLANDS for SIX WEEKS from date of issue - - £8 (b.) Available over NORTH ISLAND lines for FOUR WEEKS from date of issue - - £5 (c.) Available over MIDDLE ISLAND lines for FOUR WEEKS from date of issue - ■ £6 These tickets are available o\er Government lines only, and are obtainable as follows —a and b at Auckland, Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, Napier Hastings, Woodville, Masteiton, Wanganui, New Ph mouth, and Wellington; a and c at Ljttelton, Christchurch, Ashbuiton, Timaru, Oama.ru Palmeiston, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Mopgiel, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, 1m ercargill, and Bluff Railway Station? These tickets may be extended for an\. period not exceeding 1 four weeks on payment of an extension-fee of £1 10s. per week, or portion of a week Application must be made to the Stationmaster at Auckland, Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Napier, Hastings, Woodville, Ma&terton, Wellington, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamani, Palmerston, Dunedin, Mosgiel, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, or Invercargill before expiration of original ticket.

QUICKEST ROUTE BETWEEN 'K§r> gv^X WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND. RAIL AND SEA VIA WEST COAST. OVERLAND BETWEEN WELLINGTON AND NEW PLYMOUTH. By RAIL DIRECT between Wellington and New Plymouth, and per Union Steamship Company's or Northern Steamship Company's Steamers between New Plymouth and Onehung-a. BY RAIL (DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY). ] SUNDAY, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, Leave Wellington Manawatu '. THURSDAY. Eailway Co.'s Station .. 7.25 am. ,*, Rail Auckland to Onehunga, steamer Arrive New Plymouth .. 815 p m U Onehunga to New Plymouth. Thence pei Steamer from New Ply- I BY RAIL (DAILY > E*CEPT SUNDAY.) mouth to Onehunga (Mondays, Tuesdays, Leave New Plymouth .. 7 25 am. Thursdays, and Fndays), and rail One )£ Anive Wellington, Manawatu hunga and Auckland. | Railway Co.'s Station .. 8.15 p.m.

The Cold Lakes-S^-and the GLACIAL DISTRICT OF OTAGO. WAKATIPU, WANAKA, HAWEA, MANAPOURI, TB ANAU, SUTHERLAND FALLS, ETC.

Return Excuision Tickets, available foi thiee months, will be issued between Ist November and 31st Maieh, as under. — "uveiuuei Go IRingston, Xafee Wlafeatipiu (Including saloon steamei passage, Kingston to Queenstown and back.) From Fust Class. Second Class Chnstehmch (round trip na Waimea Line and Invercaigill) .. 5 7 6 315 0 Dunedin (via Waimea L.ne only) .. .. .. ..250 ll^fi Dunedin (round tiip via Waimea Line and Inveicaigill) 212 6 2 0 In\ercaigill (; la Kingston Line only) .. .. .!166 100 Inveicaigill (i ia either Kingston or Gore and Waimea Line) .'. 112 6 13 _ Go Pembroke, Xafce HOlanaka. (Including saloon steamer passage, Kingston to Queenstown and back, and coach Queenstown to Pembroke and back.) ' From Dunedin (via Waimea Line only) 675. 6d. (Fast Class). The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop aftei 1 travelling twenty-five miles from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded.

Springs . ♦ . #"~7^c mortb sslan6. * ROTORUA HOT LAKES, >^ WAITOMO CAVES, TE AROHA AND OKOROIRE HOT SPRINGS. ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS are issued throughout the year, as undei .—. — 1. Faom Auckland to Thames by lail, Thames to Auckland by steamei, or (ue rasa ROUND TRIP: First Class, 245. 6d.; Second Class, 18s 6d. 2. From Auckland to Rotorua, thence to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice vei^a. ROUND TRIP: First Class, 4is. 6d.; Second Class, 30s. 3. Auckland to Hangatiki, Hangatiki to Rotorua, and Rotoiua to Thames by lail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or nee versa. ROUND TRIP: First Class, 50s. 6d,; Second Class, 355. 9d. These tickets are available for three months from date of issue The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop aftei travelling ten miles from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets aie available is not For convenience of railvay-passengeis desirous of \isiting the Waitomo Caves, and to sta,> ovei night, a cottage with a caretaker in chaige has been proA ided at Hangatiki. The caretakei will provide hot water and famish stretchers at a chaige of Is for each person Visitors lequire to provide their own food and blankets 5k Soutiwra JUps,

Round=trip Tours . . THROUGH . . r^\l§r Central Otago = = jj Round-trip Tickets, available foi thiee months, will be issued from Ist November to 31s t Maich as undei .—. — XT FIRST-CLAbS No. Route. Fabe.* 1. From Dunedin to Queenstown (t ia Waimea Line to Kingston); return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Lawrence; or vice veiba .. .. £4 io 0 2. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea Line to Kingston); leturn to Dunedin via Arrow and Lawrence ; or vice versa .. .. £3 15 0 6. Fiom Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea Line to Kingston) ; return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Ida Valley; or vice versa .. ..£540 4. Fiom Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea Line to Kingston) ; return to Dunedin via Arrow and Ida Valley ; or vice veisa .. ..£440 ■> Including steamei and coach fares. The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after tiavelling twenty-rive miles from the oiiginal starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets aie available is not exceeded. Lake Wakatipu steamer service is conducted by the Lake Wakatipu Steamship Company, Lake Wanaka seivice by R. S. MacDougall. The coach service is conducted by Messis Ciaig and Co.

THE ICE-REGION . . . AND " AORAHGI," OF NEW ZEALAND. ~#^ THE CLOUD PIERCER. THROUGH BOOKING TO MOUNT COOK. Return Excuision Tickets foi the through journey b> lail to Fairlie, thence by coach to Mount Cook Hermitage, returning ma Kurow or Fairrhe, or bS rail to Kurow, thence bj coach to Mount Cook Heinntagei returning via Fairlie, will be issued between the Ist Novembei and 31st Maich, available for return foi thiee months (subject to the coach portion of the journey being completed on or before 30th RETURN FARES (including Coach Fares): First Class Second Cla^s Fiom Dunedin .. .. .. .. £5 5 0 £4 12 b From Chnstchureh .. .. .. 4 15 0 476 The journej may be broken at anj station at which the tiain is timed to stop aftei travelling U\ent\-h\e miles from the original starting station, pro\ ided the spe< lfied time for which the tickets aie available is not exceeded. THE GRANDEUR OF THE SCENERY OF THIS DISTRICT HAS NO PARALLEL OUTSIDE THE POLAR REGIONS.

On occasions of public holidays, races, agricultural and pastoral shows, etc., special concessions are made in fares, and additional travelling facilities are provided. For particulars, see advertisements ki local papers, and posters exhibited at railway stations. For further particulars of trains and coach and steamer services in connection with tourist excursions, see Official Pocket Time-table issued by the Eailway Department, which can be obtained at railway stations, price one penny. The Eailway Department is not responsible for the coach or steamer services, and is not answerable for their fulfilment. BY ORDER.