THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 40

GOODS

3. Consignment notes for empty cases, crates containing empty punnets, and shooks carried under this regulation are to be endorsed by senders as follows:

I hereby certify that these cases (or crates containing empty punnets, or shooks) are consigned direct to a *........., and are to be used solely for packing New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit to be conveyed by rail.

• Insert fruitgrowers’ agent, fruitgrowers’ association, or bona fide fruitgrower, as the case may be.

4. All loading and unloading must be performed by the owners.

92. Exhibits Forwarded to and from Shows, etc.

1. Outward Journey—Livestock 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.

   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.

   Forwarded to—
   Agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, dog, poultry, or cage-bird shows; or egg-laying competitions conducted by the Department of Agriculture.

2. 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 prescribed form signed by the secretary of the show must be tendered with the consignment note.

3. Postponements—When a show is postponed owing to weather conditions, the concession will be allowed in respect of exhibits returned to forwarding stations.

4. Parcels Traffic—Exhibits returned free will not be conveyed through Parcels Department unless they were conveyed through Parcels Department on the outward journey.

5. Exhibits on Circuit—All goods specified in paragraph 1 of this regulation not coming within the provisions of paragraph 2 of this regulation, and which are entered to compete at two or more shows or competitions within the period between their departure from the original forwarding station and their return thereto, will be charged full rates for all journeys made. On the return of such exhibits to the original forwarding station and on production of a certificate on the prescribed form obtainable at any officered railway station, a refund will be made of 25 per cent of the total amount of railage paid for all exhibits which have completed a circuit of journeys. The return journey to the original forwarding station must be completed within one month from the conclusion of the last show, or competition, at which such exhibits were entered to compete.

6. Livestock—Owners of livestock proceeding to agricultural and pastoral shows may combine and have their exhibits forwarded as one consignment under the following provisions:

   (a) Livestock to be consigned in the name of one consignor to one consignee.
   (b) The railage charges are to be paid by the consignor.
   (c) The number of wagons used on the return journey must not exceed the number used on the outward journey.

   If an owner whose stock on the outward journey was charged as part of a combined consignment desires to return his stock separately, necessitating the use of an extra wagon or wagons, such stock will be charged ordinary rates.

7. Conditions—Full rates will be charged on the following:

   (a) All goods or livestock returned to the original forwarding station in excess of the number forwarded from that station. No refund will be made of the railage charges paid for such exhibits.