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Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 181, 19 December 1903, Page 31 (Supplement)

HEW ZEfIhAHD GOVEHHIHENT HAIbWAYS.

QETURN TICKETS are issued on the Gov1\ ernment Railways DAILY, and are available for return as follows: — Distances Issued. Available foi Return. 1 1 to 10 miles (Daih ... | Up to and including the day after issue. lOn Saturdays Fiom batuiday till following Monday. Over 10 miles . . Daily . . For three calendar months. * That is 10 say, fiom the loth of one month to the loth, inclus,i\ c, of the thud succeeding month But in all cases letuin tickets l^ned on the la«t da of am month are ava lable only up to and including the last day of the thud succeeding momh-thus a ticket for CO miles ■s-ued on <s<>th Member is a\aiKble onlj up to and including the 28th, 01 in leap-jean, the 29th ibeim/ the last daj), of Febiuiry, and a ticket foi 200 miles issued on 31st Januaiy is available only up to and including the 30th Apul RETURN TICKETS.— The jouiney must be commenced on the day of issue and completed on or befoie the date on which the ticket expues Should iheie be no train running on the date of expny which would enable the haveller to complete his journey he may use his ticket by the fiist available train thereafter. SINGLE TICKETS are available for the day of issue only. BREAK OF JOURNEY. — Single or leturn tickets foi distances of 10 miles and under are not available for break of journey Passengeis holding single or return tickets for distances over 10 miles may break the jouinev at any station at which the tiain is timed to stop after travelling 10 miles fiom the onginal staiting station. In the case of single tickets, the journey must be completed on the day the ticket is taken out

TOURIST EXCURSION TICKETS ¥? (FIRST CMBS ' ) 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 over Go\ ernment line* only, and aie obtainable as follows -a and b at Auckland Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, Napier, Hastings, Wood\ille, Masteiton, Wanganui, New Ph mouth, and Wellington a and c at L\ttelton, Chnstchuich, Ashbmton, Timaiu, Oamaiu, Palmeibton, Foit Chalmers Dunedin, Mo=<riel, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, Inveicaigill, and Bluff Rail\\a\ Station" Tourist Exclusion Tickets may be extended for anj penod not; exceeding foui weeks on payment of an extension-fee of £1 10s per week, or portion of a week, on application to the Stationmaster at an\ of the abo\e mentioned stations before the expiration of oiiginal ticket

{Thermal Springs . > . jft of tbc IRortb frslanb, ROTORUA HOT LAKES, WAITOMO CAVES, TE AROHA AND OKOROIRE HOT SPRINGS. li 'l|i 111 ill "OP 'IF 'll' 111 'II 'll' 'II 'IP 111 H ill' 1 ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS aie issued throughout the year, as undei — 1. From Auckland to Thames by iail, Thames to Auckland by steamei, or nee veisa. ROUND TRIP: First Class, 215.; Second Class, 15s 2. From Auckland to Eotorua, thence to Thames by iail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice lersa. ROUND TRIP : First Class, 32s 6d. ; Second Class, 21s. 3 Auckland to Hangatiki, Hangatiki to Rotoiua, and Eotoiua to Thames by iail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice veisa. ROUND TRIP: First Class, 395.; Second Class, 245. 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 after travelling ten miles from the original starting-station, prowded the specified time for which the tickets aie available is not exceeded Foi convenience of lailway pas=eng-eis dcs-nous of wsiting the Waitomo Caves, and staying ovei night, a cottage with a caretakei in chaige has been prowded at Hangatiki The caietaker will provide hotwatei and furnish stretchers at a charge of la foi each perbon \ lsitors lequire to piovide their own food and blankets -%.-%^%. ■%.-%.-%. ■%.^.^'^'%^%.-%^%^%.'%/%.'%^%. •%•■%.-%. Sto Soultotv JUys, THE ICE REGION •. AND « AORANGI," •. .• OF NEW ZEALAND THE CLOUD PIERCER. THROUGH BOOKING TO MOUNT COOK. Return Excursion Tickets for the through journe\ b\ iail to Faulie, thence b\ coach to Mount Cook Hermitage, returning via Huron or Faulie, 01 b\ rail to Kurow , thence bj coach to Mount Cook Heimitage, returning via Fairhe, will he issued between the Ist No\embei and 31st Maich, axiilable foi letum foi three months (subject to the coach portion of the journey being completed on or befoie 30th April). RETURN FARES (including Coach Fares) : First Class Second Clas-, Fiom Dunedin . . . . . . . . £4 17 6 £4 5 0 From Chnstchuich .. .. .. 4 10 0 4 2 6 The journej may be broken at any station it nhuh the train is timed to c top aftei tra\ellmg t\\ent\ fi\e miles from the original starting station, pio\ ided the spe< lfied time for which the tickets aie a\ailable is not exceeded. ■v^x^^^v^'N^v^'v^^^ THE GRANDEUR OF THE SCENERY OF THIS DISTRICT HAS NO PARALLEL OUTSIDE THE POLAR REGIONS.

On occasions of public holidays, races, agricultural and pastoial shows, etc., special concessions are made in fares, and additional travelling facilities are provided. For particulars, see advei-tisements in 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 Railway Department is not responsible for tho coach or steamer services, and is not answerable for their fulfilment. Head Office, Wellington, 1903. BY ORDER.