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.

(b) Rates on Bicycles, &c.—The following, when accompanying passengers, will be charged at the rates set out in the regulations specified:—

Bicycles, pedal .. .. .. .. .. Regulation 52.
Bicycles, motor (with or without side-cars) .. .. .. Regulation 53.
Dogs, tethered .. .. .. .. .. Regulation 60.
Dogs or pups in crates, &c. .. .. .. .. Regulation 60.
Fruit and vegetables, New Zealand fresh grown for domestic use,
in excess of passenger’s free luggage allowance .. .. Regulation 56.
*Side-cars, motor-bicycle, detached .. .. .. Regulation 53.

Terminal charges as provided in Regulation 55, paragraph 2, will be additional.

(c) Road Rates.—Luggage checked for combined journeys, vide Regulation 45, paragraph 1, will be charged at the following rates for the conveyance of excess luggage (if any) on the road portion of the journey:—

Between	And	Excess Luggage Not Exceeding.
		28 lb.
		s. d.
Kaitaia ..	Otiria Junction ..	2 0
Whakatane ..	Whakatane West ..	0 6
Whakatane ..	Rotorua ..	1 0
Opotiki ..	Taneatua	1 0
Opotiki ..	Rotorua ..	1 9
Gisborne ..	Rotorua or Taneatua	3 6

Bicycles, and dogs on chain or in boxes, accompanying passengers by rail and railway road service will be charged for the road journey at the road rates applicable to through-booked traffic.

Luggage from or to Stewart Island.—A free allowance of 1 cwt. of bona fide personal luggage per adult passenger (children over 4 years and under 15 years of age, 56 lb.) will be allowed in respect of luggage checked from and to Stewart Island. Where the free allowance is exceeded, the shipping company will collect wharfage and excess-luggage charges in respect of the sea journey between Bluff and Stewart Island.
Inter-Island Excess.—When excess charges are payable on inter-Island checked luggage, such charges will be computed separately for the mileage to be travelled by rail on each separate section of railway and at the rates for the sea journey prescribed in paragraphs 13 and 14 of this regulation. Inter-Island luggage (whether excessed or otherwise) must be checked.
Definition of Luggage (Shipping Companies).—(a) For the purpose of paragraphs 13 and 14, of this regulation, the following articles, being the property of passengers, may be conveyed as portion of a passenger’s free allowance:—

Bona fide articles of necessity and convenience carried as personal luggage for passenger’s personal use, comfort, or convenience in connection with a journey.

Artists’ gear.
Children’s tricycles.
Invalid chair (motor or hand propelled) accompanying an invalid will be conveyed free of shipping and wharfage charges.
Perambulators and push chairs.
Sportsmen’s gear.
Tourists’ gear.

(b) The following articles will not be included in the passenger’s free allowance:—

Any package exceeding 2 cwt. in weight.
Bulky musical instruments
Fruit
Furniture
House fittings
Kerosene
Liquor
Poultry, live
Vegetables

} and articles of a similar nature.

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