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New Zealand Mail, 3 December 1896, Page 5

■v. UIIJU n n TOURIST EXCURSION TICKETS IPIBST-CLASS) Will bo isssed on any day (Sundays exeepted) beiwaan ihe lat November, 18S6, and 31st Marsh, 1897, undor : (*) Availabl# ever lino# of BOTH ISLANDS for SIX WEEKS from data of Isaus - - <£B (b) ATailabU oror NORTH ISLAND liaos for TOUR WEEKS from date of issue - - £5 (#) Arailablt OT®r MIDDLE ISLAND Haas for FOUR WEEKS from data of issno - - £B Theio ticksis are available over Government lines only, and are obtainable ag follows : a and at Auckland, Napier, Wanganui and Wellington; « and a at Lyttelton, Christchurch, 1 ort Chalmers, Dunedin, Invercargill and Bluff Bailway Station#. THERMAL SPRINGS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THE WONDERLAND OF NEW ZEALAND. Return Excursion Tickets, available for three months, are issued from Auekland, Newmarket, aiid Onehunga to Rotorua throughout the year. FARES : 45s First Class; SOs Second Class. The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling ten Miloe from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets we available Is not exoeeded. Te Aroha Hot Springs Return Excursion Tickets, available for two months, are issued from Auckland, Newmarket aud Onehunga to Te Aroha or Paeroa (and vice vertec) throughout the year. FARES ; 30s First Class; 20s Second Class. Round-trip Tickets are also issued from Auckland to Te Aroha or Paeroa by rail, Te Aroha or Paeroa to Thames by ooaoh, Thameß to Auekland by steamer (or viee vtrta). Available for two Months. FARES : 34s Eirst Class; 28s Second Class. Holders of above tickets may break the journey at any station at whioh the train is timed to stop alter travelling ten miles from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded. OKOROIRE * HOT * SPRINGS. S Beturn Excursion Tickets, available for two months, are issued from Auekland and Newmarket to Okoroire throughout the year. FARES : 35s First Class; 22s 6)d Second Class. The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling ten miles from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded. Midland %nda4%vial ts 96. Cheap Excursion Tiokets to Wellington will be issued from stations on the Napier-Tar&naki and Wellington Sections at intervals during the ourrency of the Exhibition. THE SOUTHERN ALPS, THE ICE REGION OF NEW ZEALAND And AORANGI, “The Cloud-Piercer THROUGH BOOKING TO MOUNT COOK. Return Excursion Tickets for the through journey by rail to Fairlie, thence by eoaoh to Mount Gook Hermitage, will be issued between the Ist November, 1896, and 31st March, 1897, available for return for two months (subject to the coach portion of the journey being completed on or befora 30th April, 1897). Return Fare* (including Coach fares). First Clat£. Second Class. From Dunedin • • • • • • £5 15 0 £5 2 6 From Christchurch.. .. £5 5 0 £4 17 0 The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling twenty-five miles from the original starting station, provided the specified time for whioh the tiokets are available is not exceeded. The Grandeur of the Scenery of this District has Ho Parallel outside the Polar Regions* HANMER PLAINS HOT SPRINGS. THROUGH BOOKING BY RAIL AND COACH TO THE SPRINGS. Return Exeursion Tiokets for the through journey by rail and coach to Hanmer Plains will be issued at Christchurch, Papanui, and Kaiapoi daily until the end of April, 1897 (and thereafter twiao weekly, vix., on Wednesdays and Saturdays), available for return for two months. RETURN THROUGH FARE, FIRST CLASS - -80 s. m (SSfBM m 'CS-133 (SS©W£?(2£ * WAKATIPU, WANAKA, HAWEA, MANAPOURI, TE ANAU, SUTHERLAND FALLS, &C. Return Excursion Tickets, available for two months, will be issued between Ist November, 1896, and 31st March, 1897, as under: TO EZTISrCGSTOISr, LAKE WAKATIPIJ. (Including saloon steamer passage, Kingston to Queenstown and back)* Prom Christchurch. (> t<t Wiamea Line or Invercarg-ill) Dunedin (via Waimea Line 0n1y)... Dunedin (via Waimea Line or Invercarg’ill) Invercargill (via Kingston Line only) ... ... _ Invercargill (via either Kingston or Gore and Waimea Line) LAKE -WAH^KA, TO PEMBROKE, (Including saloon steamer passage, Kingston to Queenstown and back, and coach, Queenstown to Pembroke and back.) 70s First Class From Dunedin (via "Waimea Line only) The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is .timed, to stop, after travelling twenty-five miles from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded. The steamer service is conducted by the Lake Wakatipu Steamship Company. The coach service is conducted by Messrs Craig and Co. On occasions of Christmas, New Year, Easter and other public holidays, Races, Agricultural and Pastoral Shows, &c., Special Concessions are made in fares, and additional travelling facilities are provided. For particulars, see advertisements in local papers, and posters exhibited at railway stations. For further particulars of trains and coach and steamer services in connection with tourist excursions, see Official Pocket Time-table issued by the Railway Department, wbiah can be obtained at railway stations, price one penny. The Railway Department is not responsible for the coach or steamer services, and is not answerable for their fulfilment, Head Office, Wellington, Ho vemher, 1B9& BY ORDER,