Nov. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3283

regards luggage intended to be despatched by train, to the following proviso—that is to say, if the luggage is intended to be carried in the luggage-van of any train, or if the luggage is not of a kind, or is in quantity in excess of that permitted to be carried free by the passenger or passengers concerned, having regard to the class and train by which such passenger or passengers propose to travel, the porter shall take such luggage into the place appointed and hand the same over to the proper officer of the Railway Department to be dealt with by such officer. If any such luggage, after being weighed or checked and the charges or excess fare (if any) paid, is intended to be carried in the carriage with a passenger, the porter, if the proper officer sanction his so doing, shall, without claim for further fee or payment, at the request of his employer, place the same in the carriage selected, or on such part of the station indicated by the employer.

“Save as in this clause expressly provided, no porter shall further or otherwise interfere with or handle any luggage that may be intended to be conveyed in a luggage-van.

“(11.) Every porter for a single payment in respect of each trip or article carried, on being engaged by the person having the control of luggage arriving by passenger train, shall take charge of all such luggage entrusted to his care carried in the carriage with a passenger or handed to him by his employer or for which checks have been handed to him to claim at the van or elsewhere on the station, and shall forthwith convey and place such luggage in the vehicle indicated by his employer, or, if so directed, in the cloak-room, or place it on such part of the station as the employer may direct.

“(12.) Each porter shall be entitled to claim and be paid by the person employing him in respect of his services at the following rates and no more :—

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“(a.) When a single article of luggage only has to be transported 0 6
“(b.) When there are more articles than one to be transported: for each necessary trip on which the porter transports more than one of such articles to or from the cab, tram, vehicle, railway-carriage, parcels-office, or part of station directed or appointed, as the case may be .. 1 0

“(13.) Any porter into whose hands any luggage or other property may come which is not duly claimed, or any porter finding or noticing any luggage in a railway-carriage or on the station apparently overlooked by the owner, shall forthwith convey the same to the lost-luggage office, and hand it over to the officer there in charge.

“(14.) Any porter may surrender, or the Manager may withdraw, any license issued under this by-law by giving one calendar month’s written notice, and after the expiration of one calendar month from the receipt of such notice by the person for whom it was intended the license to which it applies shall cease to be in force.

“(15.) If it appear at any time that any porter has been guilty of a breach of this or any other by-law made under the Government Railways Act, or of any of the instructions referred to in clause (9) hereof, or is otherwise unfit to hold a license, the Manager may suspend for a stated time or revoke, as may seem fit, the license of such porter, and no license while so suspended or when so revoked shall be deemed to be of any force or virtue hereunder, and the cap and badge of any person whose license is revoked shall be delivered up to the Stationmaster.

“(16.) In this by-law the following words and expressions, unless repugnant to or inconsistent with the context, shall include the meanings hereby assigned to them :—

“‘Luggage’ includes any goods, articles, or things belonging to or over which any passenger, or intending passenger, by any train has any control, carried or intended to be carried on the railway :

“‘Porter’ means a luggage-porter duly licensed under this by-law :

“‘Stationmaster,’ when used without words of limitation, includes in addition to the officer appointed Stationmaster, or Acting-Stationmaster, the officer for the time being on duty in charge of the station in the absence of the Stationmaster or Acting-Stationmaster.”

Given under my hand this 21st day of November, 1925.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.