New Zealand Gazette – 1973 – No. 112

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✨ Luggage Regulations



LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.91

49. Lost Luggage

  1. 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 For First For Each
Fee Which Covers Storage for One Week Excluding Date Found Day or Part Thereof Additional Day or Part Thereof
c c c
(a) Per package or article, except a motor cycle or motor cycle with sidecar attached 29 14
(b) Per motor cycle 55 29

  1. 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.

  2. Luggage or other packages or articles left in a train or left unclaimed on railway premises and not claimed within 3 months after the time when first placed in storage as lost luggage may be sold.

  3. Any liability which the department may have in respect of any package or article under this section is hereby limited to $40.

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.92

50. Left Luggage

  1. Except as otherwise provided, luggage, packages, or articles may be accepted for storage at the following rates and charges, subject to the conditions specified in this section:
Fee Which Covers Storage for One Week Excluding Date of Deposit Next Three Weeks per Week or Part Thereof For Each Additional Week or Part Thereof
c c c
Per package or article, n.o.s. 7 29
Per bicycle (pedal) 7 29
*Per bicycle (pedal), motor-propelled 14 29
Per package or article tendered at the Department's wharf booking offices at Auckland for transport to and storage at the local station +7 8
*Per motor cycle, n.o.s. 29 14
*Per motor cycle with sidecar attached 55 29

*Motor-cycles or motor-propelled pedal bicycles will not be accepted for storage when charged with petrol, or any inflammable liquid.

†In addition to the storage charge a cartage charge of 10c per package or article is to be levied.

  1. Bicycle Season Tickets—Season tickets for the storage of bicycles (pedal) will be issued at the following rates:
$
For 1 calendar month . . . . 0.80
For 3 calendar months . . . . 1.60

The currency of bicycle-storage tickets issued under the provisions of this paragraph will commence on the first and expire on the last day of a calendar month only, provided that season tickets for the storage of bicycles (pedal) issued to scholars or students who hold tickets issued under the provisions of sections 28 or 29 will be charged at the rate of $1.60 each, and will be made available for 14 weeks from date of commencement.

  1. Season tickets for the storage of motor-propelled pedal bicycles will be issued at double the rates shown in paragraph 2 hereof.

  2. General Conditions—The department reserves the right to decline to accept any article or package under this section. The following will not be accepted:

Articles of an inflammable, explosive, or dangerous nature.

Articles which are wet or leaking.

Articles emitting an offensive smell.

Live animals or birds.

Loaded firearms.

Should any such articles be inadvertently accepted they may, on being found to be within the categories mentioned, be removed and stored, or otherwise suitably dealt with as the department may determine, at the sole risk and cost of the depositor or owner.



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