APRIL 9]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

649

GENERAL

120. Traffic to or from Stations or Sidings Where There is No Stationmaster

1. Goods tendered for transport from or to a station or siding where there is no Stationmaster
   in charge will be accepted for transport and will be left at the station or siding only at the risk of the
   owner, who will be responsible for loading or unloading the goods. Such goods will not be accepted at
   railway risk, nor insured, under the provisions of Regulation 110.

2. Freight on goods consigned to a station or a siding where there is no Stationmaster in charge
   must be prepaid unless the consignee has a ledger account with the Department.

3. Explosive goods will not be accepted at, or delivered to, a station or a siding where there is no
   Stationmaster in charge unless by special arrangement with the Department.

121. Packing of Goods

1. Where goods are described as “packed” it is intended that they shall be properly and
   securely packed in cases, casks, bags, crates, or otherwise, for safe transit by rail, in the manner in
   which such goods are usually packed in the trade, and that they shall not be carried loose or in bulk.
   A number of articles tied together by string or wire will be treated as not packed. The Department
   reserves the right to decide whether any goods are packed within the meaning of this regulation.

2. Poisonous or injurious substances will not be received on the railways unless securely packed.

3. The Department may decline to receive broken, damaged, insecurely packed, or leaky packages.

4. The Department will not be responsible for any loss of or damage or delay to any goods
   caused by or arising from the absence of or from insufficient or improper protection or packing, or if
   articles liable by breakage or leakage to damage one another are packed in the same package.

5. Fibreboard Containers.—Goods packed in fibreboard containers may be accepted as sufficiently
   packed for carriage under the conditions provided in the classification for the particular class of
   goods so packed, provided, however, that in the case of fibreboard containers not fitted with corrugated-
   card or fibreboard divisions the gross weight of the package does not exceed 65 lb. The term “fibre-
   board” includes cardboard, leatherboard, millboard, strawboard, or other material of a similar nature.

Goods packed in fibreboard containers fitted with corrugated-card or fibreboard divisions may
be accepted as sufficiently packed for carriage under the conditions provided in the classification for
the particular class of goods so packed, regardless of the weight limit of 65 lb.

122. Loading, Unloading, Covering, or Tallying of Goods

1. Tallying.—Except where otherwise specified, when senders who do their own loading, or
   consignees who do their own unloading, desire the Department to check and give receipts for goods
   in respect of which loading or unloading charges are prescribed, a charge at ls. 6d. per ton will be made
   for tallying. Minimum charge, ls. 6d. The Department reserves the right to decline to undertake
   the tallying of goods.

2. Loading and Unloading.—Where in respect of any goods it is specified that loading and/or
   unloading is to be performed by consignors and/or consignees and the loading and/or unloading for any
   such goods performed by the Department, the charge for such loading and/or unloading will, unless
   otherwise provided, be at the rate of 3s. per ton, with a minimum charge of ls. 6d.

3. Additional Charges.—Except as otherwise provided, in cases where the nature or condition of
   any goods (or the containers in which such goods are packed) is such that additional charges are
   incurred in the handling of such goods from railway wagons into ships, or in any handling incidental
   thereto, such additional charges will require to be borne by the consignor or consignee as the case
   may be.

4. Liability.—The Department will not be responsible for loss of or damage or delay to goods
   where loading or unloading or covering or securing or tallying of same is not performed by the
   Department.

5. Covering.—For the use of tarpaulins and sheeting charge, see Regulation 98, paragraph 1.

123. Light and Bulky Articles

1. Except where otherwise provided, the charges for consignments of goods which, by reason
   of their bulk in relation to weight or other circumstances connected with the nature of the goods,
   require the sole use of a wagon for their carriage, and which goods if properly loaded will not permit
   of other goods being loaded in the same wagon, will be computed on the following minimum weights:

Per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., 1 ton.

Per Kc, Lc, Mc, or Xc wagon, 1 ton 5 cwt.

The minimum weight will not apply to consignments which do not require the sole use of a
wagon and which, if properly loaded, permit of other goods being loaded in the same wagon, even
though in the particular case the consignment may in fact have the sole use of a wagon.