Freight Charges and Exhibits




24 Nov.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1851

GOODS—continued

  1. Motor Vehicles

Paragraph 2 :

Omit this paragraph, and substitute the following :

  1. Charges.—The charges shown in paragraph 1 hereof will be varied as follows when motor vehicles are loaded as shown :

*Two or more motor vehicles in one consignment loaded together in one four-wheeled wagon (for the purpose of this provision a bogie wagon will be treated as two four-wheeled wagons)

Full rate for first vehicle ; half rate for each additional vehicle.

Where an Mc wagon ordered is not available and a bogie wagon is used at consignor’s request

Charge as for the bogie wagon used.

*One vehicle loaded on an R or U wagon owing to its length

Rate and half.

*One vehicle loaded on an R8 or U8 wagon owing to its length.

Double rate.

Two motor vehicles (either or both of which is too long to be loaded on a four-wheeled wagon) consigned from one station loaded together on a bogie wagon to the same destination station.

Ordinary rate for each.

  • These provisions will not apply to motor-vehicles when charged at the local rates provided in the Local Rates Scale of Charges.
  1. Exhibits Forwarded to and from Shows, etc.

Omit this regulation, and substitute the following :

  1. Exhibits Forwarded to and from Shows

  2. Outward Journey.—Live-stock or goods of the following or similar classes consigned for exhibition at shows listed hereunder and to be returned subsequently to the owner at the original forwarding station are to be charged at full rates plus 50 per cent on the outward journey :

Livestock, dogs, poultry, and birds (excluding those for exhibition at side shows).

Implements (including tractors, but excluding motor bicycles, motor cars, motor lorries, or motor buses).

Produce and any other commodities catalogued for exhibition at shows.

Food troughs, buckets, poultry pens, and coops.

Tents to be used for covering the foregoing exhibits.

Trade displays comprising samples of manufactured goods, and relative advertising matter.

Forwarded to—

Agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, dog, poultry, and cage-bird shows, also egg-laying competitions conducted by the Department of Agriculture.

Livestock or articles which are not to be returned after exhibition are to be charged at full rates on the outward journey.

All freight charges due under this paragraph must be prepaid.

  1. Homeward Journey.—Any exhibits specified in paragraph 1 (whether forming the whole or only portion of the original consignment) will be conveyed back to the original consignor and forwarding station free under the following conditions :

(a) They will be conveyed at owner’s risk.

(b) They must be returned unsold as one consignment within one month from the closing of the show, or competition.

(c) The outward or homeward journey must not have been broken to compete at a show or competition.

(d) When the returned exhibits are consigned, a certificate in the following form must be handed to the Department :



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