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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

OHAi RAILWAY BOARD BY-LAW No. 4.

IN pursuance of the powers, provisions, and authorities contained in the Local Railways Act, 1914, and all amendments thereof, and of all other enabling powers, provisions, and authorities contained in any other Acts or otherwise vested in it, the Ohai Railway Board doth hereby, by this special order, make and ordain the following by-law :—

BY-LAW.

1. This by-law may be cited or referred to as the Ohai Railway Board By-law No. 4, and shall be read together with the by-laws passed by the Board on the 11th day of July, 1924.

2. The Ohai Railway Board By-law No. 3 passed on the 13th day of March, 1935, is hereby repealed excepting clause 2 thereof.

3. “Booking station” means a station on the Board’s line where there is a booking office in charge of an officer of the Board.

4. Passengers may obtain tickets, other than free tickets, at any booking station, and passengers boarding a train at at any station other than a booking station may obtain tickets, other than free tickets, from the guard of the train.

5. Milk, cream, and milk or cream cans will be carried at the owner’s risk in all respects, and the owner of any milk or cream or any milk or cream cans being carried on the Board’s railway shall be responsible for all the loading and unloading of the same.

6. The Board hereby fixes the fares and rates of freight set out in the following Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

FARES AND RATES OF FREIGHT FOR THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS ON THE OHAi RAILWAY BOARD’S RAILWAY.

1. Ordinary Passenger Tickets.

Single.
s. d.
For distances not exceeding four miles .. .. 0 3
For distances over four miles and not exceeding eight miles .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Children not exceeding three years of age, travel free.
Children over three years of age and not exceeding twelve years of age, travel at half rates.
Single tickets for local journeys at ordinary fares will be available for day of issue only.
Ordinary tickets for local journeys will not be available for break of journey.
Through tickets which entitle the holders to travel over specified portions of the New Zealand Government lines in addition to the Board’s line will, on the Board’s line, be subject to the Department’s regulations applicable to break of journey and period of availability.

2. Mine-workers’ Tickets.

Any bona fide worker employed at any of the mines which use the Board’s line for the transport of coal, will, while so employed and while it is necessary for him to travel each working-day to and from his work, be conveyed free of charge on any train provided for workers to and from any stations on the Board’s line between and including Wairio and Reeds, provided he is in possession of a free ticket issued by the Board and having thereon his full name, address, and signature, and the signature of the Traffic Manager or other officer of the Board authorized to sign the same.

3. Workers’ Twelve-trip Tickets.

Workers, other than the workers mentioned in the last preceding paragraph, shall be entitled to twelve-trip tickets, which will be charged for as follows :—

For distances not exceeding four miles .. .. 1 3
For distances over four miles and not exceeding eight miles .. .. .. .. .. 2 6
Such twelve-trip tickets are available for a fortnight, including day of issue, and are not transferable or available for break of journey.

4. School Season Tickets.

Any scholar or student holding a school season ticket to and from Wairio upon the New Zealand Government Railways, is entitled to travel free on the Board’s railway upon any journey in which such season ticket has been or will be used.

5. Parcels.

(1) “Parcels” means consignments which under the New Zealand Government Railways Scale of Charges are carried as parcels.

(2) All parcels consigned from any station on the Government Railways to any station on the Board’s railway, and vice versa, and all fruit which has been carried by the Government Railways under the provisions of clause 1 of regulation 85 of the New Zealand Government Railways Scale of Charges will be carried free on the Board’s line.

(3) All parcels consigned in each case both from and to stations on the Board’s line will be charged for at the rate of 6d. for each 56 lb. or fraction of 56 lb. up to 224 lb.

6. Dogs, Bicycles.

Dogs and bicycles will be conveyed free over the Board’s line.

7. Corpses.

The charge for the conveyance of corpses will be 5s. 4d. each.

8. Goods.

Goods will be classified according to the classification set out from time to time in the Scale of Charges of the New Zealand Government Railways :—

(1) Goods of all classes, except wool and New Zealand brown coal, if consigned from stations on the New Zealand Government Railways to stations on the Board’s line, or vice versa, will be charged at the difference between the classified rate for the distance to or from Wairio on the New Zealand Government Railways and the classified rate for an additional eight miles. Where it is prescribed in the New Zealand Government Railways Scale of Charges that the classified rate per ton for any class of goods is subject to a specified minimum weight, such minimum weight shall also apply when computing the Board’s charges.

(2) Goods of all classes, except wool and New Zealand brown coal, consigned in each case both from and to stations on the Board’s line, will be charged at the difference between the classified rate upon the New Zealand Government Railways for 42 miles and the classified rate for 50 miles, with a minimum charge of 1s.

(3) Wool will be charged at 6d. per bale.

(4) New Zealand brown coal will be charged for at rates fixed or arranged by the Board from time to time.

(5) Lime for manuring land: Lime booked through to stations on the Board’s line and conveyed free of charge for any distance on the New Zealand Government railways, will be charged 3d. per ton, only, to cover the wagon-hire payable to the Government.

9. Road Vehicles.

Carriages, motor-vehicles, carts, drays, express wagons, and wagons, will be charged 3s. per vehicle. Bogie-trucks will be charged for at double rates.

10. Weighing.

When weights are supplied to any persons requiring them, the charge will be 3d. per ton. Minimum charge, 6d.

11. General.

Fraction of less than 1 cwt. in the tonnage will be taken as follows :—

Under ¼ cwt. as ¼ cwt.
Over ¼ cwt. but not over ½ cwt., as ½ cwt.
Over ½ cwt. but not over ¾ cwt., as ¾ cwt.
Over ¾ cwt. but not over 1 cwt., as 1 cwt.

Except where otherwise specified, in computing rates and charges, any fraction less than ½d. in the result will be omitted ; ½d. or more will be taken as 1d.

In computing rates and charges, odd fractions of a mile amounting to 5 chains and over will be taken as an additional mile ; less than 5 chains will be omitted.

The Common Seal of the Ohai Railway Board was affixed to this by-law on the 21st day of August, 1940, in the presence of—

WILLIAM CRAWFORD, Chairman.
L. S. EDMOND, Member.
A. W. RODGER, Clerk.

The foregoing by-law was duly made by special order passed at a meeting of the Ohai Railway Board held on the 17th day of July, 1940, and confirmed (with amendments) at a meeting of the said Board held this day, at which last-mentioned meeting Monday, the 2nd day of September, 1940, was fixed as the day on which the said by-law should come into force.

WILLIAM CRAWFORD, Chairman.
A. W. RODGER, General Manager and Clerk.
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