✨ Railway Luggage and Parcels Regulations
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.—continued
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Pedal Bicycles or Tricycles—continued
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Bicycles, pedal, packed in cases or crates will be charged at parcels rates, Regulation 55.
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Terminal charges as per Regulation 55, paragraph 2, will apply to bicycles not accompanying passengers. The terminal charge will not apply to bicycles accompanying passengers.
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Conditions.—The charges on bicycles or tricycles (pedal) accompanying passengers must be prepaid in all cases.
The charges on bicycles not accompanying passengers must be prepaid, provided that in the case of an unattended station, or of an attended station at a time when no employee is on duty, bicycles may, at the discretion of the Department, be accepted without prepayment of freight subject to an additional charge of 2s. 6d. per consignment.
Bicycles or tricycles, pedal, accompanying passengers by rail must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and destination of passenger, and be presented at the railway-station for booking at least ten minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to be carried. The Department will not be responsible for loss of bicycles or tricycles unless this regulation is complied with. Bicycles not accompanying passengers must be presented at least thirty minutes before the due departure time of the train by which they are to be forwarded.
The Department will not be responsible for bicycles or tricycles left about the premises of the railway and not duly delivered into the custody of the Department. Any such articles found about the premises on the railway will be treated as lost luggage and charged for as provided in Regulation 49.
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Storage.—Bicycles or tricycles, unchecked, accompanying passengers, not claimed immediately after arrival at destination station will be allowed free storage until midnight of the day of arrival; after that time they will be treated as lost luggage and charged for as provided in Regulation 49.
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Bicycles not claimed within six months may be sold.
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Parcels, Traffic, Conditions of Carriage, and Classification
Paragraph 7:
Omit:
Bath chairs ... Parcels rates plus 25%.
Bicycles, pedal, assembled, not packed in cases or crates, as under—
To seat one rider, not otherwise specified ... Parcels rates plus 25% (each machine will be charged as 28 lb.).
To seat more than one rider ... Parcels rates plus 50% (on actual weight).
To seat one rider and fitted with parcels delivery carriers ... Parcels rates plus 25% (on actual weight).
Bicycles, pedal, assembled, packed in cases or crates ... Parcels rates plus 25% (on actual weight).
Bicycles, pedal, unassembled, as under—
Bicycles otherwise specified ... Parcels rates. (Each machine will be charged as 28 lb. Consignors to certify as to the number of machines in each package.)
Fitted with parcels delivery carriers ... Parcels rates plus 25% (on actual weight).
Bicycles or scooters, motor, or bicycles with motor propelling attachment, packed or unpacked, to seat one rider ... Parcels rates plus 50%. Charges on the weight in excess of 2 cwt. will be treated as a separate consignment. Motor bicycles will not be delivered by the Department and will not be subject to the terminal charge, vide Regulation 55, paragraph 2.
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NZ Gazette 1954, No 29
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NZ Gazette 1954, No 29
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