LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

53. Motor Bicycles Accompanying Passengers

54. Addressing—Motor bicycles accompanying passengers by rail must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and the destination of the passenger, and be presented at the railway station for booking at least 15 minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to be carried. The department will not be responsible for the loss of motor bicycles unless this provision is complied with.

55. Rates—Motor bicycles accompanying passengers will be charged on the actual route to be travelled, i.e., the route covered by the passenger ticket held, at the following rates, owners to load and unload:

For every additional 85 km or part thereof

3. Motor bicycles or motor scooters with trailers or sidecars attached, also go-karts, will be charged at double parcels rates, section 55, and will be conveyed in guard's vans of passenger and mixed trains only at the convenience of the department. They will not be carried on express trains. Sidecars detached from motor bicycles will be charged on actual weight at rate and a quarter, parcels rates, section 55. Terminal charges will be additional.

4. Motor scooters will be charged as motor bicycles.

5. General Conditions—Each passenger will be allowed to take only one motor bicycle at the above rates, which in each case must be prepaid.

6. Motor bicycles when charged with petrol or any inflammable liquid will not be accepted for conveyance by rail. In addition, the battery leads must be disconnected from the battery and tied back in such a manner that they cannot touch the battery terminals while in transit.

7. The department will not be responsible for motor bicycles left about the premises of the railway and not duly delivered into the custody of the department. Any such bicycles found about the premises of the railway will be treated as lost luggage, and charged for as provided in section 49.

8. Storage—Motor bicycles not claimed immediately after arrival at destination station will be allowed free storage on the day of arrival; after that time they will be charged for storage as follows:

Per Day or Part Thereof
C
Per motor bicycle .. .. .. .. .. .. 14

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LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

54. Parcels Traffic, Conditions of Carriage, and Classification

55. Except as may be otherwise provided, parcels traffic specifically named or described in the following classification will be charged for carriage by railway at the rates and charges set forth in sections 55 to 63 inclusive, as indicated.

56. The charges on consignments forwarded under the provisions of sections 54 to 56 inclusive and 58 to 63 inclusive must be prepaid, provided that in the case of an unattended station, or of an attended station at a time when no employee is on duty, parcels traffic may, at the discretion of the department, be accepted without prepayment of freight subject to an additional charge of 25c per consignment.

57. The following goods shall unless a request is made in writing that such goods be received, held, and carried at the risk of the department, under and subject to the provisions of section 110, be received, held, and carried at the sole risk in all respects of the owner:

(a) All goods mentioned in the following classification and followed by the words "Owner’s risk".
(b) All goods received, held, and carried under the provisions of sections 56 to 61 inclusive. (For provisions regarding the carriage of “owner’s risk” goods at the risk of the department see section 110.)

4. (a) Except where otherwise provided, each parcel will be charged for separately.
   (b) Parcels Traffic, Consigned Inter Island—Except as provided in section 29 of the Local Rates Scale of Charges, the charges for the rail journey in each island will be computed separately.

5. The word “dangerous” used in relation to goods denotes that the goods will be conveyed under the regulations applicable to explosives and dangerous goods.

6. Parcels Charged on Grouped Weight—(a) Where the rate for commodities listed in the following classification is qualified by the words “grouped weight”, it is intended that when more parcels than one consisting of the commodity listed are consigned in one consignment, such parcels will be charged upon the total weight of each commodity at the appropriate rate. Each 102 kg or part thereof in excess of the first 102 kg, will be charged as a separate consignment.
   (b) The terminal charge as provided in section 55, paragraph 2, will be computed on the total weight of each commodity.

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