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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 82

By-laws under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the Government Railways Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby amend or further amend the by-laws made under the said Act on the 29th day of May, 1909, by making the following alterations therein:—

By omitting from By-law No. 1 the definition of “General Manager,” and substituting therefor the following:—
“‘Board’ means the Government Railways Board established under the Government Railways Act, 1908.”

By omitting from the said by-laws the words “General Manager” in the places in which such words occur, and substituting therefor the word “Board.”

By omitting By-law No. 27, and substituting therefor the following:—
“27. (1.) No person who shall not have been duly authorized or licensed thereto by the Manager shall come in or upon any carriage, vehicle, or premises of the railway for the purpose of removing any passenger’s luggage, unless such person shall have been engaged by such passenger for such purpose.

“(2.) No person shall ply for hire within the precincts of any railway as a porter, unless such person shall be the holder of a license from the Manager.

“(3.) Applications for a porter’s license shall be in the handwriting of, and signed by, the applicant, and addressed to the Manager, and shall give particulars of the candidate’s age and previous employment, with any references or copies of testimonials as to character and fitness that the applicant may think fit to supply or submit.

“(4.) Applicants for a license shall be persons of sober habits and good moral character and address, and able to read and write with facility.

“(5.) If the Manager approve of any candidate’s application he may issue to him, upon payment of a sum of ten shillings (10s.), being a deposit as security for the due and faithful performance by him of his duties, a license in such form as the Manager thinks fit, available for a period of twelve calendar months from the date thereof (unless sooner determined or revoked as hereinafter provided) at the station therein mentioned: Provided that upon the expiry or sooner determination of a license, otherwise than by revocation for misconduct, the person named in the license or his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall be entitled on demand to have returned the deposit money paid in connection with the issue of such license.

“(6.) No licensed porter shall be deemed to be in the employ of the Railway Department, and His Majesty the King shall not be in any way liable for the acts or defaults of any porter to any person, whether an employer of such porter or not.

“(7.) On application being made by a porter the Manager may, in his discretion, transfer such porter’s license to another person, who shall hold the same subject to the provisions of this by-law.

“(8.) Every porter shall, during the time he is on duty in connection with his calling, wear the cap, with the badge as lettered and numbered, supplied to him by the Manager, and shall be clean in his person and tidily and suitably dressed.

“(9.) Every porter shall observe, obey, and be bound by all general by-laws for the time being in force applicable to the conduct of persons while on railway premises not inconsistent with this present by-law, as well as any instructions for the time being in force issued generally to porters by the Stationmaster and any instructions given to him specially by the Stationmaster, and shall observe, obey, and be bound by any directions that he may from time to time receive from the officers of the Railway Department authorized to give same.

“(10.) Every porter for a single payment in respect of each trip or article carried, on being engaged by the person having control of luggage intended to be despatched by train or placed in the parcels office, shall forthwith take such luggage from the vehicle by which it was brought to the station, or from the person engaging him, as the case may require, and place the same in the railway carriage or on such part of the station as his employer may indicate, or take such luggage to the luggage-office or cloak-room if so directed by such employer, subject, nevertheless, so far as