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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

8A. Motor-vehicle equipment recognized as the ordinary equipment of the vehicle, and comprising such articles as spare parts, wheels, tools, cushions, attached to or contained in a motor-vehicle received for transit by rail, will be carried at the sole risk of the owner, and no liability for loss or damage thereto will be accepted by the Department, unless particulars of such equipment are entered on the consignment-note.

9. The Department reserves the right to decline to convey any motor-vehicle unless all the petrol is removed therefrom.

10. Carriages and Motor-vehicles.

And substituting the following:—

1. Carriages or motor-vehicles which can be loaded on a four-wheeled wagon will be charged as follows:—

2. Where two or more carriages and/or motor-vehicles are consigned by one consignor from one originating station to one consignee at one destination station and are loaded together in one four-wheeled wagon full rate will be charged for the first carriage or motor-vehicle and half-rate for each additional one: Provided that where any such consignment comprises two-wheeled carriages and four-wheeled carriages and/or motor-vehicles, a four-wheeled carriage or motor-vehicle shall be deemed to be the first vehicle, for which full rate will be charged, and the remainder will be charged half the rate applicable to the class of carriage or motor-vehicle in each case.

3. Where an “R” or a “U” wagon is required, owing to the length of the carriage or motor-vehicle, rate and half will be charged.

4. Where an “Rb” or a “Ub” wagon is required owing to the length of the carriage or motor-vehicle double rate will be charged.

5. Where two carriages or motor-vehicles, or a carriage and a motor-vehicle consigned from one originating station are each too long to be loaded on a four-wheeled wagon and are loaded together on a bogie wagon they will be charged as follows:—

(a) To the same destination station Ordinary rate for each.
(whether same consignee or not)

(b) To different destination stations on a direct route—

(i) Carriage or motor-vehicle to the nearer destination station Ordinary rate.

(ii) Carriage or motor-vehicle to the farther destination station Ordinary rate to the nearer destination and 9d. per mile thence to the farther destination.

6. The Department may require loading, unloading, roping, and covering of carriages, or motor-vehicles to be performed by owner.

7. Where covers are supplied for carriages or motor-vehicles, a charge as per Regulation 31, Part III, will be made. If consignors or owners supply their own covers the covers will be conveyed free of charge on the outward journey, also when being returned from the original destination station to the original forwarding station.

8. Motor-vehicles charged with petrol or other motor-spirit will be accepted for conveyance by rail only if the petrol-connections are tight and the petrol is cut off between the vacuum-tank and the carburettor. Motor-vehicles which are not fitted with “cut-off” cocks between the tank and the carburettor will not be accepted for conveyance unless all motor-spirit has been removed from the tank.

9. The Department reserves the right to decline to convey any motor-vehicle unless all the petrol is removed therefrom.

10. It shall be a condition of every contract of carriage of a motor-vehicle that any liability to which the Department might according to its by-laws or regulations ordinarily be subject shall not attach to it in respect of damage to or loss of any equipment recognized as the ordinary equipment of a motor-vehicle, including such articles as spare parts, wheels, tires, tools and cushions, attached to or contained in a motor-vehicle received for carriage unless particulars of such equipment are entered on the consignment-note.

PART III.—GOODS.

8. Live Stock.

By omitting the following:—

12. Valuable cattle, stud sheep, and pigs consigned for breeding purposes only will, if returned within three months, and stallions and brood mares consigned for breeding purposes if returned within five months, from the original consignee and receiving station to the original consignor and sending station, be conveyed back free of charge, provided that certificates in the following form, signed by the consignor, are endorsed on the consignment-note.