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New Zealand Graphic, 25 December 1903, Page II

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. TOURIST EXCURSION TICKETS (FIRST-CLASS) Are issued daily (Sundays excepted) throughout the yetr, as under: (a) DO <b) £ vailable ovctNMTH ISLAND AF (e) Available over MIDDLE ISLAND Art ISLANDS f° p SIX WEEKS from 4- X lines for FOUR WEEKS from 4- K lines for FOUR WEEKS from -P K date of issue .... CMv date of issue .... CUV date of issue .... GwU These Tickets are available over Governmenrlines only, and are obtainable follows:—a and bat Auckland. Onehunga. Rotorua. Thames. Napier Hasting Woodville Wanganui. New Plymouth and Wellington; a and cat Lyttelton. Christchurch. Ashburton. Titnaru. Oamaru. Palmerston. P<n Cbalmer® Dunedin 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 a box e-mentioned stations before the expiration of original ticket. ' Thermal Springs I THE CO .H? LAKES NORTH ISLAND. GLACIAL DISTRICT OF OTAGO WAKATIPU, WANAKA, HAWEA, MANAPOURI, TE ANAU. ROTORUA HOT LAKES, WAITOMO CAVES, TE AROHA SUTHERLAND FALLS. Etc. AND OKOROIRE HOT SPRINGS. RETURN EXCURSION TICKETS, avaitable for three months, will be issued between Ist Nov and 31st March, as under * * ROLND-TRIP EXCL RsION TICKETS are issued throughout the year, as under:— 1. From Auckland to Thames by rail. Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice TO KINGSTON, LAKE WAKATIPU terra. ROUND TRlP—First—lass, 215.; Second-class, 15s. Including Saloon Steamer Passage. Kingston to Queenstown and back). ■2. From Auckland to Rotorua, thence to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by From Ist class. 2nd Class. steamer, or riee reran. Christchurch (ria Waimea line onlv) £3 13 g jgo 0 0 ROUND TRlP—First—lass, 325. 6d.; Second-class 21s. Christchurch (round trip m Waimea line or Invercargilli - 4 0 0 2 4 6 3. Auckland to Hangatiki, Hangatiki to Rotorua, and Rotorua to Thames by rail, Dunedin via Waimea line <>nlv) - - - - - . 115 0 106 Thames to Auckland by steamer, or rere reran. ’ Dunedin .round trip via Waimea line or Inverearhll - . 9 9 g 15 0 ROUND TRlP—First—lass, 395.; Second-lass, 24s Invercargill (via Kingston line orlyi . . ’ . . 10 0 014 0 These tickets are available for three months from date of issue. Invercargill (via either Kingston or Gore and Waimea line 1 5 0 0 15 6 The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling ten hides starting station, provided the specified time for which the tickets are TO PEMBROKE, LAKE WANAKA For convenience of railway passengers desirous of visiting the Waitomo Caves, and to dav , . ~ , , , T , over night a cottage with a caretaker in charge has been provided at Hangitiki. The caretaker Including >a:,«jn steamer Passage, Kingston to Queenstown nd hack, and coach, will provide hot water and furnish stretchers at a charge of Is. for each person. Visitors require Queenstown to Pembroke and It-.-k) to provide their own food and blankets. *' From Dunedin { via Waimea line onlv) - 60 s: (First class 1 The journey may be broken at any -tadon at which the traiu is timed to stop after travelling 1 | AB THE ICE-REGION twenty-nve nines from the original st irting station, provided the specified time for which the •° Southern Alps AORANGI, -The Cloud-plercer.” TOURS.... THROUGH MATTNT fnn¥ RETURN EXCURSION TICKETS ! v •• • . BOOKING TO 111 UU I'll vUvIY, for the through journey by rail to ■ , h h h jW. • THROUGH CENTRAL OTAGO row or Fairlie. or by rail to Kurow. thence by coach to Mount Cook Hermitage, returning ria * a » v lairlie, will be between the Ist November and 31st March, available for return for three months tsubject to the coach portion of the journey being completed on or before S..»th April*. ROUND-TRIP TICKETS, available for three months, will be issued from 31st March, as under to RETURN FARES (including Coach Fares): ~ , No Route First-class From Dunedin First-class, £4 17 6 Second-class, £4 5 0 1. ' From Dunedin to Queenstown (“rtdWaimea line to Kingston); return From ( hrv*tchurcn ~ 4 10 0 „ 4 2 6 Dunedin via W anaka and Lawrence; or vice tersa - - - £4 4 g The journey may be broken at an; station at which the train is timed to stop after travelling Dnnedin to Queenstown (via aimea line to Kingston); return twenty-five mile-* from the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the 10 Dunedin via Arrow and Lawrence: or vice versa - - - . Q q c uckets are available i> not exceeded. .» v ta j- * ... . » o 3. From Dunedin to Queenstown (via Waimea line to Kingston); return THE GRANDEUR OF THE SCENERY OF THIS DISTRICT a f ’ Dan ! d i D "'anaka and Idal Valley; or rirererau - - - 413 6 uac ND PAPA! TFT nTTTCinr Tur nm in nrrrnvr t rom Dunedin to Queenstown (via W aimea line to Kingston); return HAS NO PARALLEL OUTSIDE THE POLAR REGIONS. J to Dunedin via Arrow and Ida \ alley; or vice versa 313 6 . _ ■ * Including steamer and coach fares. The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is timed to stop after travelline Hanmer Plains Hot Springs. Lake Wakatipu steamer service is run by the railway department iu cooiunction with the THROUGH BOOKING BY RAIL AND COACH TO THE SPRINGS. by"^’^l h n ?X h <^ n RETJ ' :v FXt I RSIOX TICKETS to Hanmer Plains, available for return for thre» months, will be 1-U.-I daily throughout the year from Invercargill and Dunedin, and from Christchurch " ~~~~~~ Ihtpanut and Kauipoi dailv. between Ist October and Unh April land thereafter thrice weekly' viz., on Tuesdays. Thur-days and Saturdarsh •' . . ... . , On occasions of public holidays, races, agricultural and pastoral shows, etc., special cones. RETURN THROUGH FARE, by Rail and Coach, FIRST-CLASS* stons are made in fares, and additional travelling facilities are provided. For particulars 2e 1 —advertisements in local papers, and posters exhibited at railway stations. •« pane mars see li» l » . Itristcliiin-h and I apanui £lB 0 For further particulars of trains and coach and steamer sendees in connection with tourist From Kaia|«l • 16 0 excursions, see Official Pocket Time table issued by the Railway Department which can 12 From Dunedin - . - 3 5 0 obtained at railway stattons, price one penny. • ' h.ch can be From Invercargill 4 5 0 • T ? e Railway Department is not responsible for the coach or steamer services conducted nv " tom private enterprise, and is not answerable for their fulfilment. vonaucieu oy The journey may be broken at any station at which the train is limed to stop after travelling ten BY ORDER miles front the original starting station, provided the specified time for which the ticket! are Head Office, Wetting-ton, available is not exceeded. September. 1903.