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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 26

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

Passengers will be granted free conveyance of their bona fide personal luggage as follows:—
Free Allowance.

(a) Passengers other than those specified hereafter
Adults: 112 lb.
Children travelling at half rates: 56 lb.

(b) Visitors from overseas undertaking bona fide tourist travel in New Zealand (any class or type of ticket may be held)
Adults: 224 lb.
Children travelling at half rates: 112 lb.

(c) Families travelling on family excursion tickets Total: 336 lb.
(Regulation 3)

(d) Excursionists by day trips, except as provided in subparagraph (e) hereof
No luggage other than baskets and hampers containing refreshments, band instruments for use of bands taking part in the excursion, perambulators or push-chairs.

(e) Excursionists with tickets available for more than one day, and passengers travelling by Sunday excursion trains at special zone or ordinary fares
Adults: 112 lb.
Children travelling at half rates: 56 lb.

(f) School-children travelling on school season tickets issued under the provisions of Regulations 21, 22, and 23
No luggage, foodstuffs, merchandise, or goods other than those required in connection with their studies.

(g) Workpeople proceeding from one place to another in search of or to take up employment within the Dominion. (This provision does not apply to workpeople who are in employment and are travelling on their employer’s business)
112 lb. of luggage and up to 112 lb. of tools or material on which they have done work at their homes. The tools must be packed separately from other luggage, and the passenger must satisfy the Department that the tools are his bona fide property, necessary for the trade followed and for use only by himself. The Department reserves the right to define the articles which may be conveyed under the provisions of this subparagraph.

(h) Rabbiters
Rabbit-traps and trapping gear will be accepted under the provisions of subparagraph (g) when accompanying a rabbiter in search of or proceeding to take up employment.

(i) Hawkers
112 lb. (total weight) of luggage and goods for sale.

(j) Calibrators
112 lb. (total weight) of luggage and tools of trade.

(k) Invalids accompanied by invalid chairs, (motor or hand propelled)
112 lb. of luggage in addition to the weight of the chair. The Department will not, except at its convenience, convey invalid chairs by express or passenger trains.

(l) Theatrical companies
See Regulation 48.

7. (a) Articles Accepted Free as Luggage.—The following articles, being the property of passengers and bona fide for their own domestic use, may be conveyed as portion of a passenger’s free allowance:—
   Bassinettes.
   Books or a typewriter used in connection with a passenger’s occupation or studies.
   Children’s scooters and tricycles.
   Crockery (other than ornaments).
   Doll’s perambulators.
   Folding deck-chairs.
   Foodstuffs.
   Perambulators and push-chairs, children’s, one per adult passenger accompanied by a child.
   Safety small-arm cartridges (not more than 1,000 per passenger) provided all due precautions are taken for the prevention of accident by fire or explosion.
   Small musical instruments.
   Sportsmen’s gear (such as rifles and fishing-rods).

(b) Excess Luggage.—The following articles shall not be included in a passenger’s free luggage allowance:—
Bedsteads, mattresses of all kinds, and stretchers.
Bulky musical instruments.
Carpets.
Crockery ornaments.
Crystalware.
Furniture.
Glassware.
House fittings.
Kerosene and similar mineral oils.