New Zealand Gazette – 1954 – No. 29

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✨ Railway Luggage Regulations



LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

  1. Checked Luggage

Paragraph 1: Omit this paragraph, and substitute the following:

  1. Passengers may, at their option, have their luggage checked as follows at the charges shown:
    Luggage will be accepted for checking for inter-Island journeys by sea, subject to the provisions of
    paragraphs 13, 14, and 15 of this regulation. The charge for inter-Island checks includes the cost of
    cartage between rail and steamer at Wellington. See paragraph 16 of this regulation for the checking
    of luggage by passengers travelling by air between North Island stations and stations on the Nelson
    section. See also Regulation 46 for excess luggage charges.
Between And Route Checking Fee Per Package
(a) Any station Any other station on the same section of railway Rail s. d. 1 0
(b) Stations in the North Island Stations in the South Island (except stations on the Nelson section) Rail and inter-Island steamers 2 0
(c) Kaitaia, Whakatane, or Opotiki Stations in the North Island
Stations in the South Island (except stations on the Nelson section)		 Rail and railway road services
Rail, railway road services, and inter-Island steamers		 1 0
2 0
(d) Gisborne Stations in the North Island
Stations in the North Island		 Rail and railway road services
via Rotorua or Taneatua		 1 0
2 3
(e) Stewart Island Stations in the South Island (except Bluff and stations on the Nelson section) Steamer and rail
Steamer and rail		 1 3
From To Overseas Vessels (Operated by Such Companies as may be Approved by the General Manager) Berthed at Checking Fee Per Package
(f) Officered stations in the North Island Auckland, Napier, or Wellington
Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, or Bluff		 s.d. 2 6
3 0
(g) Officered stations in the South Island (except stations on the Nelson section) Auckland, Napier, or Wellington
Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, or Bluff		 3 0
2 6
From To Checking Fee Per Package
(h) Department’s Wharf Booking offices at Auckland or Wellington North Island stations
South Island stations (except stations on the Nelson section)		 s. d. 2 0
2 6

(i) Exceptions.—Luggage will not be checked for journeys to be made exclusively between the
following points:
Wellington and Picton.
Wellington and Lyttelton (by sea direct).
Picton and Lyttelton (by sea).
Nelson section stations and stations on the South Island Main Lines and Branches.
Nelson section stations and stations in the North Island (except by air as provided in paragraph 16).
Bluff and Stewart Island.

Paragraph 15: Omit this paragraph, and substitute the following:

  1. The following provisions of this paragraph apply to luggage which requires to be transported
    by the steamer services between Wellington and Lyttelton or Wellington and Picton:

(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 or motor), sewing-machines, also fruit or other merchandise packed in suitable
containers, accompanying passengers, may be checked subject to payment of the charges
provided in paragraph 13 of Regulation 46. A motor cycle with sidecar attached will not
be accepted for checking.



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