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Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 48 (Supplement)

I l\I<PY)l/ we* i £*51l51firi Government Railways. Tourist Excursion Tickets (FIRST CUASS) vSi)^Are issued Daily (Sundays excepted), throughout the year, as under : 1 (a) Available over lines of BOTH /d €% \ \ <h) Available over NORTH ISLAND /d IT ' i (c > Available over MIDDLE ISLAND g^ r% \ \ ISLANDS for SIX WEEKS Jt JJ I I lines for FOUR WEEKS from JF 1% I I lines for FOUR WEEKS from *ij ( j from date of issue - - Lm *^^* ( j date of issue - I j date of issue - j These Tickets arc available over Government lines only, and are obtainable as follows . — a and bat Auckland, Onehunga, Kotorua, Thames, Napier, Hastings, Woodville, Masterton, Wanganui, New Plymouth, and Wellington ; a and c at Lyttelton, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Palmerston, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Mosgiel, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, Invercargill, and Bluff" Eailway Stations. TOURIST EXCURSION TICKETS may be extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension fee of £1 lOs. 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.

Th erma l Springs & ... of the NORTH ISLAND. ROTORUA HOT LAKES, WAITOMO CAVES, TE AROHA AND OKOROIRE HOT SPRINGS. ROUND-TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS are issued throughout the year as under :— 1. From Auckland to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice versa. 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. ROUND TRIP — First-class, 325. 6d. ; Second-class, 21s. 3. Auckland to Hangatiki, Hangatiki 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 ten 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 ths Waitomo Caves, and staying 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. T^ M^ T^ 'Zfc The SOUTHERN ALPS T %^^S^ f 1 iip>^> And AORANGI, "The Cloud-Piercer." THROUGH . . l\fir\i TVJT rnO!^ RETURN EXCURSION TICKETS for the booking TO J-T«.V>J *-J I^l 1 Vv/\/IV« through journey by rail to Fairlie, thence by — — —^—————^— — —^— coacii to Mount Cook Hermitage, returning via Kurpw or Fairlie, or by lail to Kurow, thence by coacii to Mount Cook Hermitage, returning via JFairlie, wilibe issued between the Ist No\ ember and 31st March, available for return for three months (subject to the coach portion of the journey being completed on or before 30th Apiil). RETURN FARES (including: Coach Fares) : From Dunedin ... First cla^s, £$ 17 6 ... Second-class, £3 5 0 Fiom Christchuich ... „ i 40 0 „ 4 2 6 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 Grandeur of the Scenery of this District has no parallel outside the Polar Regions. Hanmer Plains Hot Springs. THROUGH BOOKING BY RAIL AND COACH TO THE SPRINGS. RETURN EXCURSION TICKETS to Hanmer Plains, available for return for three months, will Ji be issued daily throughout the year from Invercargill and Dunedin, and fivin Christchurch, Papanui, and fj Kaiapoi daily, between Ist October and 30th April (and thereafter thiice weekly, \iz., on Tuesdays, J, Thursdays, and Saturdays). /J RETURN THROUGH FARE, by Rail and Coach, FIRST-CLASS: /J From Chi istclmich and Papanui -£1 8 0 | Fiom Dunedin - - - -£3 5 0 \l From Kaiapoi 16 0 | From Invercargill - - - - 4 5 0 \ 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, piovided the specified time for which the tickets are available \ is not exceeded.