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1867 Reading Mercury 28 Dec. 6/5 14 Unions in Gloucestershire and five in Oxfordshire have adopted the way ticket system, compelling a certain distance to be travelled, or a certain amount of work done.

1893 Times 28 Sept. 3/5 I agree with your correspondent..that the way-ticket system is a good one.

1906 Board of Trade Labour Gaz. Mar. 68/2 For the way-ticket man there should be practically no detention.

1912 Machinists' Monthly Jrnl. Nov. 1055/1 The tramp problem in the British Isles is gradually being solved. The ‘way ticket’ method of dealing with vagrancy is accomplishing a revolution.

1932 Western Morning News 4 Mar. 5/2 The present ration of 8oz. of bread and 1oz. of margarine for breakfast, and 8oz. of bread and 2oz. of cheese at midday (way-ticket system) is quite inadequate.

1977 Eng. Hist. Rev. 92 71 The way-ticket system never secured the unqualified approval of the Local Government Board though it continued to attract voluminous public support into the early twentieth century.