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VTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WELLINGTON-NAPIER-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION. NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, 1897-98. CHEAP EXCURSION FARES. First Class, 2d per mile ; Second Class, Id per mile— minimum, 4s and 2s respectively. Mileage counted one way only. Tiokets at these rates will be obtainable from any station to any station from MONDAY, 20th December, 1897, to TUESDAY, 4th January, 1898, and will be available for return up to and inqluding Ist February, 1898. These tickets niay be extended to make them available for return for a further period of 14 days under the jiaual conditions. First Second Class. Class. Wellington to Napier, via Wairarapa 33s 2d 16s 7d Wellington to Wauganui, via Wairavapa ... 25s Od 12s 6d Wellington to Woodville, via Wairarapa ... 17s 6d 8s 9d DAY EXCURSION FARES. New Year's Day being Saturday, the usual oheap day return tickets from and to stations Te Aro to Upper Hutt will be obtainable. NEW YEAR'S DAY. WAIRARAPA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S SPORTS AT MASTERTON. WELLINGTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S SPORTS at WELLINGTON. RACES' AT , TAUHEEENIKAU. Rail to Feather s'tori. Train leaves Te Aro at 7.55, and Wellington at 8.10 a.m. Return train leaves" FeathecSton at 6.55 p.m. THORNDON CATHOLIC PICNIC AT BELMONT. Return Fares (second class or seated trucks), including admission to grounds — From Te Aro or Wellington to Belmont, 2s ; Children under 15 years of age, half-fare. Trains leave Te Aro at 9.8 and 9.40 a.m., and Wellington 9,20 and 9.55 a.m. Return trains leave Belmont at 5.50 and 6.40 p.m. CATHOLIC PICNIC AT LOWER HUTT. Fares (second class or seated trucks), including .admission to grounds — Adults, 2s; Children under 15 years of age, 6d. Train leaves Te Aro at 8.40 a.m., and Wellington 8.52 a.m. ; return train leaves Lower Hutt at 5.35 P)in. j TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS. On FRIDAY, 31&tDecember, the 10.5 p.m. train, Te Aro to Lower Hutt. will not run, but trains will run between- those stations as on Saturday nights. On NEW YEAR'S DAY the ordinary timetable between Te Aro and Woodvillo will be suspended, with the exception of mail trains, Te Aro to Napier and Napier to Te Aro, whioh will run as usual, but excursion tickets will NOT be issued from Te Aro, Lower Hutt, or intermediate stations, to Featherston, Fernside, Woodside, Greytoivn, Mataraiva, Dalefield, Carterton, Clareville, Kurupuni, or Masterlon, by the North mail train, nor will excursion tickets be available from the above stations by the South mail train. Excursionists wishing to travel to or from these stations will use the train leaving Te Aro at 7.55 a.m., Wellington ! 8.10, Lower Hutt 8.41 ,0.111., arriving at Featherston at 11.16 a.m., Qreytown, 11.44, Cartertbn 12 noon, and Masterton 12.30, and the return train leaving Masterton at 5.10 p.m., Uarterton 5.40, Qreytown 5.50, Feathertton 6.25 p.m., arriving at Wellington at 9.48 and Te Aro 10.0 p m. In addition to above, trains will run as under : — For Woodville. — Featherston dep., 5.50 I p.m. ; Masterton, 7.0 a.m. and 7.5 p.m. ; Woodville arrive, 9.40 a.m. and 9.45 pirn. Notb.— The 7.0 a.m. Masterton to Woodville connects with train to Palmerston. For Featherston. — Woodville dep. , 7.0 a.m. ; Masterton, 9.40 ; Featherston arrive, 10.48 a.m. ' ' . For Masterton. — Woodville ddp., 7.0 p.m. (connects With train from 1 Palmerston) ; »I»sterton arrive, '9.40 p.m. 1 For Upper Hutt. — Te Aro dep., 9.40 a.m., 1.20 p.m., and 7.50 p.m. ; Wellington dep., 9.55 a.m., 1.30 and 8.2 p.m. For Wellington and Te Aro. — Upper Hutt I dap., 7.55 and 11.45 a.m., and 6.5 p.m. Traias will run between Te Aro and Lower Hutt at frequent intervals, For further particulars see Handbills. BY ORDER. District Traffic Office, Wellington, 28th December, 1897. WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU - RAILWAY COMPANY (Ltd.) NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, 1897-8. SPECIAL TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS. On New Year's Day the ordinary timetable will be suspended, and trains will run as follows :— - NEW YEAR'S DAY. Leave Wellington — For Palmeraton, 6.30 a.m., 1.20 p.m. For Otaki. 6.30, 7.10 a.m., 1.20 p.m. For Paikakariki, 6.30, 7.10, 10.0, 11.0 a.m., 1.20,6.0 p.m. For Plimmerton, Johnsonville, <kc, 6.30, 7.10, 9.40, 10.0, 11.0 a.m., 1.20, 6.0 p.m. For Khandallah, 6.30, 9.40, 10.0, 11.0 a.m,, 1.20, 6.0 p.m. For Crofton, 7.10, 9.40, 10.0, 11.0 *.m., 1,20, 6.0 p.m. Leave for "Wellington—" " '• Palmerston, 6.30 a.m., 4.53, p.m. Ohau, 8.30 a.m., 5.35, 6.35 p:m. Otaki, 9.22 a.m., 6.10, 7.10 p.m. " ' Paikakariki, 6.45, 10.45 a.m., 3.50, 5.0, 7.10, 8.5 p.m. Plimmerton, 7.15, 11.27 a.m., 4.20, 5.0, 5.40, 7.45, 8.35 p.m. Khandallah, 8.29, 10.30 a.m.,' 12.35, 4.50, 5.23, 6.0, 6.40, 8.40, 9.30 p.m. The 6.30 a.m. train from Wellington will not stop at Crofton, Tawa Flat, Otaihanga, Hadfield, Hautere, Ohauj Makerua, Tokomaru, or Linton. The 7.10 a.m. Train from Wellington will not stop at Khandallah, Pukerua, Otaihanga, Waikanae, Hadfieldj.or Te Horo. The 5.15- p.m. train from Longbum will not atop at Makerua, Hautere, Hadfield, Otaihanga, Tawa Flat,' or Crofton. The 7.10 a.m. train from Wellington will run as far as Ohau only-, and the train arriving in Wellington at 9.0 p.m. will start from Ohau, stopping at Ransfield's Crossing both ways, DAY RETURN TICKETS, Available for Ist January, 1898, will be issued from Wellington to stations on Company's line-as- far as Paikakariki. The same fares from Paikakariki and intermediate stations to Wellington. Holiday Excursion Tiokets will be issued from the 20th December, 1897, to the 4th January, 1898, both days inolusive, over the Company's line and the Napier-Taranaki Railways (with liberty to break the journey after the passenger has travelled 25 miles from the original starting station), available for return till Ist February, 1898. Vide posters for fares. Notb. — Those tickets may be extended to make them available for tho return journey for a further period of a fortnight in terms of Tariff Regulation. , Holiday Excursion Tiokets will also be issued between Wellington and Johnsonville and the following stations during same dates, and may be extended : — First Second Class. Class. Paraparaumu 6/- 4/Otaihauga and stations to Otaki 8/- 5/Manakau and Ohau 10/6 6/Lerin 12/- 6/Kereru and stations to Longt burn 14/- 7/Betwaan all other stations on the Company's ■

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Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 30 December 1897, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 30 December 1897, Page 2

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