The Timaru Herald MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1926. EXCURSIONS TO THE EXHIBITION.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 12 April 1926, Page 8

The Timaru Herald MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1926. EXCURSIONS TO THE EXHIBITION.

Dxeur.sionists who wore templed lo avail themselves of the oppmfcunity to visit the Exhibition afforded .by the special train on Saturday morning, pro generally in agreement that tliero is still ample scope for tho introdueiino of uioio business' in (lovcrnmcnb U. is admitted that the railway officials Avere taken by surprise, but the' excursion served to demonstrate' the magnetic! influence tit” tko Big Show in Outiodin; all that remains is for the railway authorities to rise to the' occasion during the. next twenty days and tho mneh-eoveied three' million mark should be reached on the attendance regis(cr al. the Exhibition. Already the Department announces further excursion trains ;it the end of the present week at ordinary excursion, fares. Wo suggest, however, that several organisations in the district should combine and claim IliC' railway privileges the Department undertakes lo provide under ils own regulalions. The fairs, on Saturday last (and indeed for Saturday next) were. 25s ,‘hl lirst class and 1.7 s -id second. Strangely enough, when the Department organises an. excursion, the vales are invariably maintained. at the highest loYcl. But when a. local organisation or eomhinatiou of organisations or unions organise a railway excursion the fares are fixed on an attractively low scale. Doubtless the people of South Canterbury "uill marvel at the vagaries of the Departmental mind which difi'erenliafe so vastly in determining the rales to ' charged for different excursions. Compare lhe followingannouncements : Now Zealand Railways. New Zealand ami Smith Seas Kxhibition al. Dunedin. On 17tli April an excursion train (ox Oliristelnireli 16tb) leaves Orari LA2 a.m., Temuka lalli, Timaru 2.1 A n.m., arriving Dunedin, G.AI a.m. Special cheap tickets will be issued by these trains a.s follows: From. Ist class. 2nd class. s. d. s. d. Orari . . . 28 9 H) (i Temaka • . 27 (i JS 1) Timaru. . 2o A 17 ,'J It is in teres ting to mention It at Timaru is 17.5 J miles from Dunedin and so far only one excursion and that at the usual excursion Kites, has been organised for the' convenience of the people of Timaru and district. In other parts of the South Island, specially a time five inducement s, by way of greatly reduced fares, are being provided. The following announcement speaks fer itself: ,

Excursion to Exhibition. Allied lTuilding Trades of Southland. Saturday, April 17. “Your last chance.'’ 'tickets : Adults 9s Gil. Children ox Ad. (Invercargill to Dunedin, IA9 miles. ) We anticipate, of course, that the DopuiTmouUil rejoinder will he that the Invercargill excursion is really a. picnic party guaranteed by some local, organisation, hut the point we desire to stress is that the Departmental regulations imovide Unit

Excursion tickets available for one (speeilieil) day in each year, will be issued to picnic parties, numbering not less than 20 persons travelling together lor recreation and not for business purposes, and organised by any friendly, society, school committee, trade or industrial union, or any other body approved by the JDepartment.

The charges (a.s shown above), Invercargill to Dunedin (IA9 miles) are 9s Gd for adults and a.s Ad for children. - EirsL class accommodation will be provided for picnic parties at double above rates.

The Department does not undertake to carry parlies at the above rates by mail or express trains. Jt will therefore bo .seen that any friendly .society, school committee, trade' or industrial union may organise picnic parlies numbering- noli less than 20 persons ti a veiling together for recreation purposes, and under the Departmental regulations claim lo be carried in Dunedin (J.MI. miles)

at a fraction less Ilian the rales fixed for the Invercargill excursion (IAD mile*;) adults its (id, children As lid; (second class), or first-class accommodation at double Mieso lales. That is lo say the fare for picnic parlies would, be 18s hist class, ami lbsecond class, compared with the. excursion faro paid by tho trippers last week end of 25s .‘ld and I.7s..'id. In oilier winds, tie picnickers may demand excursion facilities providing first class accommodation at a tow pence morn than tho second class fare now being charged. Wo suggest that fsouth Can ferbliry organisations.—such as schools., facloiies, business houses, fiiendly societies or trade' unions—should lake lull advantage of the privileges provided by Dcparf mental regulations, and arrange picnic, parties during tin* remaining days of the Exhibition, and thus enable' hundreds of residents of this district to visit the Big Show, at a very nominal cost, before it closes on Ilnv I.