Railway Transport Regulations




Aug. 2.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC. 33

To the Stationmaster,

I HEREBY certify that the racehorses(a)
(b)
entered and accepted for the
race-meeting, and that they are returning from the races unsold.

$\text { , Secretary }{(Jockey)$
$Racing}$ Club.

I hereby certify that the racehorses($a$)
are kept and used for racing pur-
poses only, that they were, on the outward journey, conveyed by rail from
Station to Station, on , for the purpose of competing at the(b)
race-meeting, and are now returning from the meeting unsold, and that I am entitled
to have them conveyed by rail from Station to Station free of
charge.

(a) Insert names of racehorses. (b) Name of meeting.

The return journey must be made within two months of the date of the journey
to the town where the race-meeting was held, and not later than fourteen days from
the last day of the race-meeting.
When racehorses for one consignee are booked two in a box going to the race-
meeting, they must be returned together loaded in one box, otherwise freight at
ordinary rates will be charged for the additional box used for the return journey.
Racehorses which on the outward journey have been conveyed in U.G. trucks by
express or mail trains will, when returning from the races, be conveyed free, under
the same conditions as racehorses conveyed by other than express and mail trains.

Hunters and Polo Ponies, the property of members of hunt and polo
clubs, and Volunteers' Horses taking part in military sports, conveyed on the
outward journey by rail, will be returned free of charge from the original destination-
station to the original forwarding-station, on production of a certificate in the
following form, signed by the master of the hunt, the secretary of the polo club or
military sports, certifying that the hunters, polo ponies, or Volunteers' horses, took
part in the hunt, polo, or military sports meeting, as the case may be:

I HEREBY certify that the($a$)
the(b)
, the property of Mr. , took part in

$\begin{aligned}& , \left{\text { Master of Hunt. }\right.$\& $\left(\text { Secretary Polo Meeting. }\right.$\& $\left.\text { Secretary of Military Sports. }\right)\end{aligned}$

I hereby certify that the($a$)
were on the outward journey conveyed by rail from to
on , and that I am entitled to have them carried back free on return journey.

, Owner.

(a) Insert number of horses, and whether hunters, polo ponies, or Volunteers' horses.
(b) Name of hunt, polo meeting, or military sports.

The return journey must be made within two weeks of date of outward journey.
When hunters, polo ponies, or Volunteers' horses are booked two or more in a
truck or horse-box going to the hunt or polo meeting, or military sports, they must
be returned together loaded in one truck or box, otherwise ordinary rates will be
charged for the additional truck or box used for the return journey.
The Department reserves to itself the right to load horse-boxes to their full
carrying capacity.

Carriages will be charged as follows:

For any Distance not For every
exceeding Mile after the
10 Miles. first 10 Miles.

Two-wheeled carriages, either set up or in pieces, each s. d. s. d.
Four-wheeled ,, ,, ,, ,, $10 \quad 0$ $0 \quad 3$
$10 \quad 0$ $0 \quad 4$

When two or more carriages, either set up or in pieces, consigned from one
consignor to one consignee, are loaded together in one four-wheeled truck they will
be charged full rates for the first carriage and half rates for each additional carriage.
Where carriages loaded in a four-wheeled truck comprise four-wheeled and two-
wheeled vehicles, a four-wheeled carriage must be considered to be the first carriage,
and full rates charged thereon, the remaining carriages being charged half rates
for four-wheeled or two-wheeled carriages respectively.
A double-bogie truck will be treated as two four-wheeled trucks.

5—Tariff.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1907, No 69





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Horses, Carriages, Dogs, Railway Transport, Charges, Racehorses, Hunters, Polo Ponies, Volunteers' Horses, Certificates, Freight Rates