New Zealand Gazette – 1971 – No. 68

Page 1871

✨ Transport Regulations



  1. Inter-Island Excess Rates—In addition to the checking fee, the following are the charges
    between Wellington and Lyttelton (including sea freight, wharfage, and cartage) for luggage,
    etc., not entitled to the free allowance:
    Luggage and merchandise:
    $½ cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.90
    1 cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.50
    1½ cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.15
    2 cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.75
    2½ cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.40
    3 cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.00
    3½ cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.65
    4 cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.30
    4½ cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.10
    5 cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.75
    Each additional ½ cwt ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.70
    Bicycles, pedal, each . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.30
    Bicycles, tandem, each ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.75
    Bicycles, pedal, powered (including “Mopeds”), each ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.55
    Bicycles, motor, each ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.10
    Bicycles, motor, with sidecar (attached), each ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.00
    Motor scooters, each ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .As motor bicycles.
  2. Reserved for Future Use
  3. Theatrical Companies’ Luggage and Effects
  4. The provisions of this section will apply to the luggage and effects of theatrical companies.
  5. Theatrical companies comprising not less than six adult members who travel by rail or
    railway road services will be entitled to a free luggage allowance of 2 cwt for each adult ticket
    held.
    All luggage in excess of the free allowance will, if loaded in the guard’s van, be charged at the
    rates for excess luggage vide section 46, paragraph 9.
    “Luggage” for the purpose of this paragraph will be confined to the wardrobe and other
    articles incidental thereto. The department reserves the right to decline to accept any articles as
    luggage under this section.
  6. Where the members of a theatrical company do not travel by railway services or where
    the number travelling by rail services is less than 6 adult members, the luggage, if conveyed
    in the guard’s van, will be dealt with in all respects as an ordinary consignment and charged
    at parcels rates, section 55.
  7. Luggage and effects conveyed in wagons other than guard’s van will be charged as
    follows:
    (a) Where exclusive use of the wagon is provided:
    Per Mile
    c
    Bogie wagons on express passenger trains ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
    Bogie wagons on goods, mixed, or passenger trains ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
    Kc, Kp, Ks, Xc and XP wagons ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
    Four-wheeled wagons, n.o.s. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
    (b) Where exclusive use of the wagon is not provided, charges will be based on actual weight
    at Class C plus 50% rates or at the wagon rates provided in subparagraph (a) hereof,
    whichever is cheaper.
    (c) All loading and unloading must be performed by owners at their own risk and
    responsibility.
  8. Lost Luggage
  9. Luggage or other packages or articles left in a train or left unclaimed on railway premises
    will be charged storage at the rates provided hereunder:
    Lost Property
    Fee Which
    Covers Storage
    For Next
    Additional Week
    For Each
    Three Weeks
    or Part
    Excluding
    Thereof
    Date Found
    (a) Per package or article, except a motor
    cycle or motor cycle with sidecar attached
    (b) Per motor cycle ...
    (c) Per motor cycle with sidecar attached ...
    c
    7
    per week or part thereof
    For First
    Day or
    Part Thereof
    For Each
    Additional Day
    or Part Thereof
    c
    7
    24
    46
    24
    per week or part thereof
  10. The station platform will be cleared after the arrival or departure of each train, and all
    luggage or other packages or articles found and not immediately claimed will be treated as
    coming within this section.


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🚂 Inter-Island Luggage and Merchandise Excess Rates (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Luggage, Merchandise, Inter-island freight, Rail charges, Excess rates, Bicycles, Motor scooters

🚂 Theatrical Companies' Luggage and Effects Regulations

🚂 Transport & Communications
Theatrical companies, Luggage, Railway services, Free allowance, Excess luggage, Parcels rates, Wagon hire

🚂 Lost Luggage and Unclaimed Property Storage Rates

🚂 Transport & Communications
Lost luggage, Unclaimed property, Storage fees, Railway premises, Motor cycles, Motor cycles with sidecars