New Zealand Gazette – 1952 – No. 26

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✨ Luggage and Parcel Regulations

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 26

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

	Day of Arrival.	For Each Additional Day of Part Thereof.
(b) Per motor-cycle	Free	s. d. 1 0
(c) Per motor-cycle with side-car attached	Free	2 0

INTER-ISLAND LUGGAGE ACCOMPANYING PASSENGERS TRAVELLING BY RAIL AND STEAMER

Passengers presenting luggage for checking by sea and rail must produce their steamer tickets in addition to rail tickets.
Only passenger’s bona fide personal luggage will be accepted for checking to Stewart Island. Cases of fruit, stores, live animals, cardboard boxes, and suchlike articles will not be accepted.
The following provisions of this paragraph apply to luggage which requires to be transported by the steamer services between Wellington and Lyttelton, Wellington and Picton, and Wellington and Nelson :—

(a) Checked luggage may comprise ordinary luggage, including perambulators or push-chairs, and children’s tricycles accompanying passengers, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this regulation.

(b) Bicycles (Pedal) and Sewing-machines accompanying passengers may be checked subject to payment of the charges provided in paragraphs 13 and 14 of Regulation 46.

(c) Fruit or Other Merchandise packed in suitable containers accompanying passengers may be checked, subject to payment of the charges at the “goods” rates provided in paragraphs 13 and 14 of Regulation 46.

(d) Cardboard Boxes and Fragile Packages will not be accepted for checking between the North and South Islands.

(e) Live Animals and Poultry will not be accepted for checking between the North and South Islands, but may be consigned as parcels or goods traffic.

(f) Motor-bicycles accompanying passengers may be checked subject to the provisions of Regulation 53. In addition to the shipping companies’ charges and wharfage at ports, as provided in paragraphs 13 and 14 of Regulation 46, a charge of 3s. 9d. per motor-cycle or 7s. 6d. per motor-cycle with side-car detached will be made for cartage between Wellington wharf and station. A motor-cycle with side-car attached will not be accepted for checking under the provisions of this regulation.

LUGGAGE OF PASSENGERS TRAVELLING BY AIR, OR BY RAIL AND AIR

(a) Passengers travelling by air services may, on production of rail and/or airway tickets, have their luggage checked and conveyed by rail, or, in the case of an inter-Island journey, by rail and sea between Wellington and Lyttelton, Picton, or Nelson.

The following charges will be payable, and in this connection, when charges at parcels rates are levied, the terminal charge provided for in Regulation 55, paragraph 2, will not apply, and the luggage will not be delivered by the Department :—

Passenger Travels By	Charges In Addition to Checking Fee.
Rail and air (other than inter-Island)	Parcels rates for the distance in excess of that covered by the rail ticket held*.
Exclusively by air (other than inter-Island	Parcels rates for the full distance. No free allowance will be granted.
Rail and air (inter-Island)	Parcels rates for the distance in excess of that covered by the rail tickets held*. Sea and wharfage charges will be computed as provided in Regulation 46, paragraphs 13 and 14. The free luggage allowance provided therein will not, however, be granted.
Exclusively by air (inter-Island)	Parcels rates for the rail journey plus sea and wharfage charges as provided in Regulation 46, paragraphs 13 and 14. No free luggage allowance will be granted.
Rail, sea, and air	Parcels rates for the distance in excess of that covered by the rail tickets held*. Sea and wharfage charges will be computed as provided in Regulation 46, paragraphs 13 and 14. The free luggage allowance as provided therein will not be granted unless the passenger holds a steamer ticket for the sea route by which his luggage is forwarded.

*Plus excess luggage charges (if any) for the distance travelled by rail.

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