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✨ Luggage and Parcels Regulations

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 40

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

LUGGAGE OF PASSENGERS TRAVELLING BY AIR, OR BY RAIL AND AIR

(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)	s. d. 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.

(b) A passenger may forward his luggage as ordinary parcels or goods traffic.

LUGGAGE OF PASSENGERS TRAVELLING BY ROAD OR BY RAIL AND ROAD

(a) Passengers travelling by motor may, on production of rail and/or railway road service tickets (as applicable), have their luggage checked and conveyed by rail as under:

Passenger Travels by	Charges
Rail and railway road service or exclusively by railway road service (also see paragraph 1 (c) and (d) of this regulation)	Subject to the provisions of regulation 46, paragraph 7, luggage will be checked by rail from the original starting station to the final destination station on payment of the prescribed checking fee. (The term “station” means the nearest railway station to the point at which a passenger may join or alight from the road vehicle at the commencement or completion of his journey.)
Rail and motor transport not controlled by the Railway Department	Luggage may be checked from the original starting station to the final destination station on payment of checking fees, plus excess luggage charges (if any) for the total distance travelled by rail, and freight charges at parcels rates, based on the total quantity of luggage, for any distance in excess of that covered by the rail ticket held. The terminal charge provided for in regulation 55, paragraph 2, will not apply, and luggage will not be delivered by the Department.
Exclusively by motor transport not controlled by the Railway Department	Luggage will not be accepted for checking, but may be consigned as parcels or goods traffic at the option of the owner.

(b) Passengers travelling by railway road services may forward bicycles and motor cycles by rail, at the charges applicable to such articles accompanying rail passengers.

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