VICTORIAN CENTENARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22257, 9 May 1934, Page 13

VICTORIAN CENTENARY

RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS. The railways of the Commonwealth have now issued a schedule of reduced fares for visitors to Victoria from all States during the centenary celebrations and the visit of the Duke of Gloucester. The Victorian Commissioners have announced that return tickets at holiday excursion fare rates will be issued from Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide to Melbourne from October 15 to November 10, and at suitable dates prior to and during the Eucharistic Congress, which is to be held from December 2 to December 9. Prom Perth to Melbourne such tickets will be obtainable at any date during the three months from October 1 to January 1. The holiday excursion fare will be a reduction of 16 2-3 per cent, below the ordinary fare, and the tickets will be available for three months. The usual break of journey privileges will apply, and sleeping berths may be booked on trains for which the tickets are available. For special events, such as the arrival of the Duke of Gloucester, the finish of the air race, Melbourne Cup and the Royal Agricultural Show, special trains will run from Sydney, Adelaide, and, if required, from Perth at cheap excursion fares, whicli will be considerably lower than the holiday excursion rate. These cheap excursion fares will be on the liberal basis charged in connection with the opening of the Sydney bridge, while in the case of Perth a 50 per cent, reduction will be made. It should be noted that these tickets will be available by special train on the forward journey, and will be good for return for one month by ordinary express trains.

Cheap excursion fares will be charged for special trains from Sydney and Adelaide to the Eueharistic Congress. Special delegates' fares for ecclesiastics will also be available from all the mainland capitals. The Commonwealth Railway Commissioner (Mr G. A. Gahau), in a similar statement, added that as illustrating reductions offered, he would point out that while* the cost of a return journey from Melbourne to Perth in ordinary circumstances was £BO 6s Gd first class, or £l9 2s second class, the. cost to the passengers taking advantage of the special centenary fares would be £l9 16s 6d first class, or £l2 2s second class.