✨ Luggage and Parcel Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 40
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.
(b) Excess Luggage—The following articles shall not be included in a passenger’s free luggage allowance:
Bedsteads, mattresses of all kinds, and stretchers.
Bulky musical instruments.
Carpets.
Crockery ornaments.
Crystalware.
Furniture.
Glassware.
House fittings.
Kerosene and similar mineral oils.
Linoleum.
Live poultry or livestock.
Liquor.
Oilstoves.
Playpens.
Sewing machines.
Tents and poles.
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The Department reserves the right to determine whether any package or article (other than bona fide personal luggage) may be carried free as luggage under the provisions of this regulation.
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(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. 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.
(b) Rates on Bicycles, etc.—The following, when accompanying passengers, will be charged at the rates set out in the regulations specified:
Bicycles, pedal ........................ Regulation 52.
Bicycles, motor (with or without sidecars) ...... Regulation 53.
Dogs, tethered ........................ Regulation 60.
*Fruit and vegetables, New Zealand fresh grown for domestic use, in excess of passenger’s free luggage allowance .... Regulation 56.
*Sidecars, motor bicycle, detached ............ Regulation 53.
- Terminal charges as provided in regulation 55, paragraph 2, will be additional.
(c) Road Rates—Luggage checked for combined journeys, vide regulation 45, paragraph 1, will be charged at the following rates for the conveyance of excess luggage (if any) on the road portion of the journey:
| Between | And | Excess Luggage Not Exceeding | |||
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| 28 lb. | 56 lb. | 84 lb. | 112 lb. | ||
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | ||
| Kaitaia | Otiria Junction | 3 6 | 5 0 | 8 6 | 10 0 |
| Mangakino | Putaruru | 3 0 | 4 0 | 7 0 | 8 0 |
| Whakatane | Whakatane West | 2 0 | 3 0 | 5 0 | 6 0 |
| Whakatane | Rotorua | 3 6 | 5 0 | 8 6 | 10 0 |
| Opotiki | Taneatua | 3 0 | 4 0 | 7 0 | 8 0 |
| Opotiki | Rotorua | 4 0 | 6 0 | 10 0 | 12 0 |
| Gisborne | Rotorua | 6 0 | 10 0 | 16 0 | 20 0 |
| Gisborne | Taneatua | 5 0 | 8 0 | 13 0 | 16 0 |
Bicycles, and dogs on chain or in boxes, accompanying passengers by rail and railway road service, will be charged for the road journey at the road rates applicable to through-booked traffic.
- Luggage from or to Stewart Island—A free allowance of 1 cwt. of bona fide personal luggage per adult passenger (children over 4 years and under 15 years of age, 56 lb.) will be allowed in respect of luggage checked from and to Stewart Island. Where the free allowance is exceeded, the shipping company will collect wharfage and excess-luggage charges in respect of the sea journey between Bluff and Stewart Island.
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