New Zealand Gazette – 1954 – No. 29

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✨ Railway Luggage Regulations



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.-continued

  1. Checked Luggage—continued

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

Paragraph 16, subparagraph (a): Omit this subparagraph, and substitute the following:

  1. (a) Passengers travelling by air services may have their luggage checked and conveyed by rail and (in the case of an inter-Island journey) by (a) the Department’s Wellington-Blenheim or Wellington-Nelson air services, or (b) the Wellington-Lyttelton or Wellington-Picton shipping services. 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.
Passenger Travels by Checking Fee Per Package Charges in Addition to Checking Fee
Rail and air (other than inter-Island) 1 0 Parcels rates for the distance in excess of that covered by the rail ticket held*.
Exclusively by air (other than inter-Island) 1 0 Parcels rates for the full distance. No free allowance will be granted.
Rail and air (inter-Island) 2 0 Parcels rates for the distance in excess of that covered by the rail tickets held* plus: (i) Parcels air rates between Wellington and Blenheim or between Wellington and Nelson; or (ii) Sea and wharfage charges in accordance with Regulation 46, paragraph 13. The free luggage allowance as provided therein will not be granted.
Exclusively by air (inter-Island) 2 0 Parcels rates for the rail journey plus: (i) Parcels air rates between Wellington and Blenheim or between Wellington and Nelson; or (ii) Sea and wharfage charges in accordance with Regulation 46, paragraph 13. The free luggage allowance as provided therein will not be granted.
Rail, sea, and air 2 0 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, paragraph 13. 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.

Subparagraph (c): Omit this subparagraph.

  1. Excess Luggage

Paragraph 6: Subparagraphs (g) and (j): Omit these subparagraphs.

Paragraph 7: Subparagraph (a): Articles accepted Free as Luggage—Add to the list in this subparagraph the following: Workmen's tools.

Paragraph 9: Subparagraph (a): Omit this subparagraph and substitute the following: 9. (a) Rates: Excess luggage will be charged at the ordinary rates for parcels provided in Regulation 55, paragraph 1, computed on the actual mileage for the route covered by the ticket held. Charges will be based on grouped weights, except that each 2 cwt. or part thereof in excess of the first 2 cwt. will be charged as a separate consignment. Terminal charges as per Regulation 55, paragraph 2, will not apply.

Excess luggage charges will be payable in respect of the following:

(i) Articles not entitled to be carried free as portion of a passenger's luggage allowance.
(ii) The weight, in excess of the free allowance, of articles entitled to be carried free as luggage.



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🚂 Alterations to the Scales of Charges for New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway, Luggage, Checking Fees, Inter-Island Travel, Air Services, Shipping Services, Excess Luggage, Parcels Rates