NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

Taihape Daily Times, 29 July 1919, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

_ ' COAL SAVING TIMETABLE. DON'T TRAVEL BY RAIL UNLESS -‘SOUR JOURNEY IS TMPER.-yuvE {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 (V-~_—;:,.: 115.131 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 OF SIX. PASSENGER CARS ‘MAKES ROOM FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF 100 TONS OF ESSENTIAL GOODS BY TRAIN.

The conveyance by Railway or”: supplies for essential Industries such as Dairy Factories, Sawmills, etc., is necessary 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 ofworkers are dependant for their livelihood on Sawmills, Factories’. and Manufactories continuing their operations at the pres"nt time. It is incumbent on you to do your part in assisting to maintain the Industries and by every means in ‘your your power help to obviate unemployment, therefore stay at home and make room on trains for the carriage -of essential goods. From and after

person desirous of travelling by rail ' {be}-'ond the limits -of’ the sfiburban‘ area will require to satisfy the Railway oflicials that the journey is ‘ imperative and being. undertaken for essential business purposes, the bona fides, of which the Railway ofiicers shall determine_ No persons will be booked or permitted to join any train I for travel beyond the suburban area‘ unless and until the Railway Authorities are satified as to bonafides of the circumstances and that the journey is necessary. Single tickets will be issued within 15 minutes of the time of departure of the train. No person except passengers who are in possession of ticketswill be permitted to ' enter on the platform. 1 Return tickets will not be issued. ‘except Within suburban area. The number of carriages to be run ‘ on any train will ‘be strictly limited. Persons‘ who desire to travel are! recommended to apply to the Railway l Authorities the day before that on[ which they propose to make their‘ journey. ‘ ' Tickets will in all cases be issued I 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. ' ; Passengers who are unable to travel on any one day will as far as passible I he-talren in turn on subsequent dates, but no guarantee can be given as to the interval that may necessarily V elapse before the accommodationican be provided. ‘Any persons who purchase tickets; . for journeys which they are unable to ‘ undertake owing to lack of train accommodationemay obtain a refund of i their fares on presenting the tickets to the ofiice of issue. ' The Restrictions on passenger traffic I are being imposed wholly for the pur- ‘I pose of conserving coaliand to provide i as far as possible for the conveyance of essential goods traffic which can--not be dealt with under the existing aranrgoments owing to the large number of passengers who have continued to travel since the Coal Saving Timetable was inaugurated on 2nd JULY, 1919. Investigation has shown that nearly 50 per cent of the passengers at present time travelling by ‘train consist of ‘women and children. This class of travel in the great majority of cases is not essential and must be stopped while coal famine continues. - I BY ORDER.