✨ Railway Regulations Updates
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 45
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, Etc.
- Checked Luggage
Paragraph 1:—
Subparagraph (c): Omit the words “including City Booking-office, Christchurch,”
Subparagraph (e): Omit the words “including City Booking-office, Christchurch,”
Subparagraph (h): Omit this subparagraph, and substitute the following:—
(h) From any officered station on the North or South Island Main Line and Branches, including the City Booking-office at Courtenay Place, Wellington, to overseas vessels, operated by such companies as may be approved by the General Manager, at the following ports: Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff.
Paragraph 14: Insert after “Auckland” the word “Napier.”
- Excess Luggage
Insert new paragraph:—
2A. Invalids travelling by rail will be allowed free conveyance of their invalid chairs (motor or hand propelled) provided that the Department will not (except at its convenience) convey invalid chairs by express or passenger trains.
Paragraph 3: Omit “Invalid chairs (when accompanying invalids).”
Paragraph 16: Add the following:—
An invalid chair (motor or hand propelled) accompanying an invalid passenger, will be conveyed free of shipping and wharfage charges.
- Parcels Rates
Paragraph 3: Insert after “Wellington” the words “Petone, Lower Hutt.”
Paragraph 11: Add to the list of articles charged at rate and a quarter:—
Aluminium-ware (except nails and washers).
Ice-cream cones.
Tinware.
Paragraph 13:—
Omit: Cake.
Insert: Cake and bakers’ small goods.
Paragraph 22: Add to the list of articles charged at double rate:—
Wheelbarrows, assembled (other than toys).
- Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Mushrooms, and Nuts
Paragraph 1A: Omit this paragraph, and substitute the following:
1A. The maximum charges for fruit, tomatoes, and mushrooms conveyed under the provisions of paragraph 1 of this regulation and packed in cardboard or strawboard boxes will be rate and a quarter of the maximum charges specified in paragraph 1 hereof.
Paragraph 2: Insert after “Wellington” the words “Petone, Lower Hutt.”
- Dead Game, Dead Hares, Dead Rabbits, and Fresh Fish
Paragraph 2: Insert after “Wellington” the words “Petone, Lower Hutt.”
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Alterations to the Scale of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government Railways
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🚂 Transport & Communications4 August 1949
Railway Charges, Luggage, Parcels, Fresh Produce, Dead Game