RAILWAY TICKETS.
In asking the Minister for Public [ Works, the other day in the House of Representatives, whether \vs would give instructions for the repeal of the t by-law which makes the transfer of a railway ticket to anyone other than tho person who had purchased it an illegal practice, now punishable by fine, Mr Sutton alluded t® a recent prosecution in which a person was fined £l for transferring a return ticket to his sister, who in her turn was fined 10s for having used the ticket. The lion member expressed his belief that it mattered little who used a return ticket so long as the department had previously received payment for it. The Hon Mr Johnston, in reply, stated that the existing by-law had been used for the express purpose of preventing the possibility of return tickets being utilised as two single tickets. In Victoria, the system of return tickets had been abolished altogether ; there were now only single rates. When the system 'was idopted in New Zealand, it might be possible to allow single tickets to be be sold and transferred to different person?.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TEML18820718.2.12
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Temuka Leader, Issue 978, 18 July 1882, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
187RAILWAY TICKETS. Temuka Leader, Issue 978, 18 July 1882, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in