NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.
Picturesque New Zealand CHEAP FARES to Hot Lakes, Cold Lakes and Hot Springs
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 £7
- (b) Available over North Island Lines for Four Weeks from date of issue £4
- (e) Available over Middle Island Lines for Four Weeks from date of issue £5
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, Palmerston North, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Wellington, and Te Aro; (a) and (c) at Nelson, Greymouth, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Palmerston, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Mosgiel, Omakau, Milton, Lawrence, Clinton, Invercargill, and Bluff Railway Stations; (a) and (c) series are available for travel over Lake Wakatipu.
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 Station Master at any of the above-mentioned stations, before the expiration of original tickets.
The COLD LAKES and the GLACIAL DISTRICT of Otago
Wakatipu, Wanaka, Hawea, Manapouri, Te Anau, Sutherland Falls; etc.
RETURN EXCURSION TICKETS, available for Three Months, will be issued between 1st NOVEMBER and 31st MARCH, as under:—
To KINGSTON, LAKE WAKATIPU
(Including saloon steamer passage Kingston to Queenstown and back).
FROM |
First Class | Second Class | ||||||
| Christchurch (via Waimea Line only) | ... ... | £3 | 13 | 6 | £2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christchurch (round trip via Waimea Line or Invercargill) | ... ... | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Dunedin (via Waimea Line only) | ... ... | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Dunedin (round trip via Waimea Line or Invercargill) | ... ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Invercargill (via Kingston Line only) | ... ... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Invercargill (via either Kingston or Gore and Waimea Line) | ... ... | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
To PEMBROKE, LAKE WANAKA
(Including saloon steamer passage, Kingston to Queenstown and back, and coach, Queenstown to Pembroke and back).
- From Dunedin (via Waimea Line only) ... ... 60s. (first class)
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.
THERMAL 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, 32s. 6d.; Second Class, 21s.
- 3. From Auckland to Hangatiki, Hangatiki to Rotorua, and Rotorua to Thames by rail, Thames to Auckland by steamer, or vice versa.
ROUND TRIP: First Class, 39s.; Second Class, 24s.
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.
