NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

Taihape Daily Times, 28 July 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

COAL SAVING TIMETABLE. DON’T TRAVEL BY RAIL UNLESS YOUR JOURNEY IS IMPERATIVE AND FOR ESSENTIAL BUSINESS PURPOSES. STOP TRAVELLING FOR PLEASURE. By staying at home you can help us to save coal which can best be utilized to convey essential goods traffic. Stop home and consider, A SAVING OF HAULAGE OF ONE RAILWAY PASSENGER CAR WILL ENABLE OVER SIXTEEN TONS ESSENTIAL GOODS TO BE CONVEYED BY RAIL. A REDUCTION OP SIX PASSENGER CARS MAKES ROOM FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF 100 TONS OF ESSENTIAL GOODS' BY TRAIN. 1 | The conveyance by Railway of sup-: plies for essential 'lndustries. such as. Dairy Factories', Sawmills, etc., is nec-1 essary to keep the Industries going. The conveyance to the markets of the products of Essential Industries of the Dominion is of vital importance to the whole community whether producers or consumers. Tens of thousands of workers are dependant for their livelihood on Sawmills, Factories ’ Ji and Manufactories continuing their operations at the present time. It is incumbent on you to do your pari in assisting to maintain the Indus-

tries and by every means in Volll‘ your power help to obviate unemployment, therefore stay at home and make room on trains for the carriage of essential goods. From and after FRIDAY, lst ‘AUGUST, 1919 every person desirous of "travelling by rail beyond the limits of the suburban area will require to satisfy the Railway officials that the journey ‘isimperative -and -being undertaken for essential business purposes, the bone. fides, of which the Railway oflicers shall deteriiiinel No persons Will be booked or permitted to join any {rain for travel beyond the suburban area unless and until the Railway Authorities are satified as to bonafides of the Cil‘ClllllSiall.CeS and that the journey. is necessary. Single tickets will ‘i be ‘issued [within 15 minutes of the time of departure of the train. No person except passengers who are in posses~ sion of tickets will be permitted to enter on the platform. Return tickets will not be issued except within suburban area. The number of c-arriafas to be run on any train will be stri‘ Ky limited. Persons who desire to travel are recommended to apply to the Railway Authorities the day before that on which they propose to make their journey.

I Tickets will in all cases be issued subject to their being room on the train. No understanding implied or otherwise can be given to carry any passenger by any particular train or 'on any particular date. i I Passengers who are unable. to travel 011 any one day will as far as passible 3133 taken in turn on subsequent dates, ‘but no guarantee can be given as to [the "i'i‘iTerval that may necessarily !‘(‘lflD-\‘e before the accommodation can :be provided. . 3 ‘Any persons who purchase tickets {for journeys which they are unable to Eundertake owing to lack of train ac{coniniodation may obtain a. refund of itheir fares on presenting the fic_l;Ct3 ‘to the office of issue. i The ‘Restrictions on passenger traffic iare being imposed Wholly for the pm-_ IDOSE of conserving coal and to provide as far as possible for the conveyance of essential goods traffic which can» }not be dealt with under the existing I aranrgements owing to the-large num.4 ,bel‘ Of Passengers who have continued [to travel since the Coal Saving Timeltable was inaugurated on 2nd JULY, 1919. Investigation has shown that linearly 50 per cent of the passengers z:(tmpi'esent time travelling by train ,’ 5133 Of Women and children. This Cg}a__ss.of travel in the great majority of leases is not essential and must; be lstf3PDed while coal famine continues; _