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New Zealand Graphic, 25 December 1901, Page 24

New Zealand Government Railways.

TOURIST EXCURSION TICKETS (FIRST CLASS) Are issued daily (Sundays excepted) throughout the year as uuder : Available ••ver linv< of Both islands f»r Six Weeks from date of issue £3 Available ever North Island lines lor Four Weeks from date of issue £5 ic/ Available over Middle Island lines for Four Weeks from date of issue £3 These tickets are available over Government lines only, and are obtainable as iollows: —<i and b at .Auckland. Napier. Wanganui. New Plymouth and Wellington: a and c at Lyttelton. Christchurch, Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Invercargill, and Bluff Kail way-stations. Tourist Excursion Tickets may be extended for any period not exceeding four weeks on payment of an extension-fee of 30s. per week, or portion of a week, on application to Traffic Manager at Auckland. Wanganui. Wellington. Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill, or to the Station-masters at New Plymouth or Napier before the expiration of original ticket.

Thefmal of the Jloftb Inland. ROTORUA HOT LAKES, WAITOMO CAVES, TH AROHA AND OKOROIRE HOT SPRINGS. Round-trip Excursion Tickets are issued throughout the year as under:— 1 Fr..m Auckland to Thames by rail. Thames to Auckland by steamer, or ruv Round t rip: Eirst Class. 245. 6d.; Second Class. 18s. 6a. 2. From Auckland to Rotorua, thence to Thames by rail. Thames to Auckland bv steamer, or renra. Round Trip: First Class, 41s. 6d.: Second Class. 3Os. v Auckland to Hangatiki. Hangatiki to Rotorua, ami Rotorua to Thames by rail. Thames to Auckland by steamer, or fire rensa. Round Trip: First Class. sOs. 6d.; Second Class. 355. Od. 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 rail wav-passengers desirous of visiting the 1 Waitomo Caves, and to stav 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. SOUTHERN ALPS (THE ICE REGION OF NEW ZEALAND) and AORANGI, “THE CLOUD PIERCER/’ THROUGH BOOKING TO MOUNT COOK.—Return Excursion Tickets f<»r the through journey by rail to Fairlie. thence by coach to Mount Cook Hermitage, returning z iu Kurou <»r Fairlie. or by rail to Kurow. thence by coach to Mount Cook Hermitage, returning uni Fairlie. will be issued between the Ist November and 31st March, available for return f< »r three month" (subject to the coach portion of the journey being completed «»n or before 30th April). RETURN FARES . including coach fares ) —From Dunedin. £0 os. first class. £4 12s. 6d. sec >nd class. From Christchurch. £4 15s. first class. £4 7s. 6d. second clas< 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 "pecified 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 iby rail and coach ) TO THE SPRINGS.—Return Excursion Ticket- t I Limner Plains, available for return for three months, will be issued daily through 'tit the year from Invercargill and Dunedin, and from Christchurch. I’apanui and Ka.apoi daily, between Ist October and 30th April (and thereafter thrice weekly, viz., on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays). RETURN THROUGH FARE Iby rail and coach > first das From Christchurch and I’apamt £1 lOs. From Kaiapoi. £1 Bs. From Dunedin. £4 2s. 6d. From Invercargill. £5 15s. The iournev may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling ten mile- from the original starting-station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are available is not exceeded.

On of publn holiday-, races, agricultural ami pastoral -hows. etc. special concessions are made in fares, and additional travelling facilities are provided. For particular-. -ie a<herti-ement- tn local paper-, and poster- exhibited at railway -tations. For further particulars of trains and coach r.nd steamer services in connection w th totiri-t excursions, -ee Official Pocket Time-table issued by the Railway Department which can be obtained at railway stations, price one penny. The Railway Department is n t re-pon-ible for the coach or steamer service-, and is not answerable for their fulfilment. Hem»Office. Wellisgtox. September. 1901 ORDER.