RESOLD TICKET.
ON RAILWAY PLATFORM. "DON'T DO IT AGAIN." An unusual charge, that of selling a partly used railway ticket, was brought against H. Butler, on summons, in the Police .Court this morning, defendant pleading guilty.
Detective-Sergeant O'Sullivan said that for some time past the railway authorities had received complaints about men going to the Auckland railway station on Sunday mornings, meeting the excursion train from Hamilton and canvassing passengers for tickets which they no longer required, and then reselling the tickets on the evening of the return of the excursion train. Excursion rates, it was explained, were about one-half less than the ordinary fare and a profit of 2/6 on each ticket could be made. Defendant sold a ticket to a railway official who specially visited the station to detect the offence. The Railway Department took a serious view of the matter. Butler was a casual wharf labourer.
"You are not allowed to make money that way. The regulations do not allow it," Mr. P. K. Hunt, S.M., told Butler. "Don't do it again. As you are only a casual labourer, I won't impose a fine that you cannot pay. You will be fined 10/."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 290, 8 December 1933, Page 8
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196RESOLD TICKET. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 290, 8 December 1933, Page 8
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