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Otago Witness, Issue 2545, 24 December 1902, Page 52 (Supplement)

Thermal Springs OF THE North Island, ROTORUA HOT LAKES, WAITOMO CAVES, TE AROHA AND OKOROIRE HOT SPRINGS. 1 ".-■--- x ■...—■-. - - - - * - - ■ - ~"~ ' ! ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS aro issued throughout tbe year as under : 1. From Auckland to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice versa j Round Trip : First Class, 21s ; Second Class, 15s. 2. From Auckland to Rotorua, thence to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice versa. i Round Trip : First Class, 32s 6d ; Second Class, Sis. I 3. Auckland to Hang-atiki, Hangutiki to Rotorua, and Rotorua to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice versa. Round Trip : First Class, 395 ; Second Class, 245. These Tickets are available for three months from date of issue. The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling 10 miles from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded. For convenience of railway passengers desirous of visiting the Waitomo Caves, and to stay over night, a cottage with a caretaker in charge has been provided at Hangatiki. The caretaker will provide hot water and furnish stretchers at a charge of Is for each 'person. Visitors require to provide their own food and blankets. _ CNf ' '■■* '■-■i— ■-_ - _■ - - .-'"■;" .' * - -- — _*»-^> CVI» • ~ -~~.- - JV3 Tourist Excursion Tickets (FIRST CLASS) Are issued daily (Sundays excepted) throughout the year as under : (a) Available over lines of BOTH ISLANDS for SIX WEEKS from date of issue ... ... ... ... £8 (A) Available over NORTH ISLAND lines for FOUR WEEKS from date of issue ... ... ... — £5 (V) Available over MIDDLE ISLAND lines for FOUR WEEKS from date of issue ... ... ... _ £6 v These tickets are available over Government lines only, and are obtainable as follows : (a) and (b) at Auckland, Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, Napier, Hastings, Woodville, Masterton, Wanganui, New Plymouth and Wellington ; (a) and (r) at Lyttelton, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru Palmerston, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Mosgiel, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, Invercargill and Bluff railway stations. Tourist Excursion Tickets may be extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension fee of £1 10s per week, or portion of a week, on application to the Stationmaster at any of the above-mentioned stations before the expiration of original ticket. GSU>> - ■ - - - ' -' -■•*' "" " ■■-— '.*-.--.-.-,'■.■■" ■ - -■■-- — -■■■.■■ -IS?> Round Trip Tours Through Central Otago. ROUND TRIP TICKETS, available for three months, will be issued from Ist November to 31st March as under : First-class No. Route. Fare.* 1. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea Line to Kingston), return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Lawrence, or vice versa ... £4 7 q j 2. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea Line to Kingston), return \ to Dunedin via Arrow and Lawrence, or vice verm ... 3 12 0 I 3. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea Line to Kingston), return to Dunedin via Wanaka and Ida Valley, or vice versa ... 416 0 4. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea Line to Kingston), return to Dunedin da Arrow and Ida Valley, or vice versa ... 316 0 I * Including steamer and coach fare^. The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling 25 miles from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded. Lake Wakatipu steamer service is conducted by the Lake Wakatipu Steamship Co. • Lake I Wanaka service by li. S. MacDougall. The coach service is conducted by Messrs. Craig &Co On occasions of 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, which can be obtained at railway stations, price one penny. The Railway Department is not responsible for the coach or steamer services, and is not J answerable for their fulfilment. Heail Office, Wellington, September, 190, i. BY ORDER.