✨ Luggage and Parcels Regulations




LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

  1. Storage--Parcels traffic not delivered within the periods indicated will be charged storage
    as follows:
Day of Arrival Per Week or Part of a
and Seven Week Thereafter
Consecutive Days
Thereafter
Articles and packages conveyed at parcels Free
rates, not otherwise specified.
Two or more articles or packages charged on Free
grouped weight

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  1. Parcels Not Claimed within six months may be sold.

  2. Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Mushrooms, and Nuts

  3. Charges--Except as provided in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables,
    fresh mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including Cook Islands or
    Niue) in consignments not exceeding 102 kg in weight, whether conveyed as excess luggage or
    consigned, will be charged as follows:

Zone No. Kilometres Weight Not Exceeding (Kilograms)
Not
Exceeding
13
1 35 $0.25
2 65 $0.25
3 98 $0.35
4 146 $0.35
5 194 $0.35
6 242 $0.45
7 290 $0.45
8 358 $0.50
9 438 $0.50
10 518 $0.50
11 598 $0.60
12 678 $0.60
13 774 $0.65
14 870 $0.65
15 Over 870 $0.65

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

  1. The charges for fruit, tomatoes, and mushrooms conveyed under the provisions of paragraph 1 hereof and packed in cardboard boxes or paper parcels will be increased by 25 percent.

  2. For the purposes of this section artichokes, beetroot, carrots, garlic, kumaras, marrows,
    melons, onions, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn on cobs, and turnips are deemed
    to be fresh vegetables and will be charged accordingly.

Fresh fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, or nuts contained in suit-cases or similar containers
are not considered "packed" in accordance with trade usage, and will be charged parcels rates
as per section 55.

  1. Grapefruit--Fresh New Zealand grown grapefruit certified for the domestic use of the
    consignee, packed in cases, cartons, sacks or hessian bags, not exceeding 26 kg in weight, will
    be charged 60c per package on rail in each island, irrespective of distance. Packages of grape-
    fruit exceeding 26 kg in weight will be charged 60c per 26 kg or part thereof.

In addition to the certificate prescribed in paragraph 7 hereof, the consignor in every
instance will endorse the face of the consignment note "Certified New Zealand grapefruit".

  1. Terminal Charge--In addition to the foregoing charges, a charge of 15c for each 26 kg
    or part thereof will be made for fresh fruit (including grapefruit), vegetables, mushrooms, or
    nuts consigned as parcels to the following stations:
North Island South Island
Auckland. Wanganui.
Frankton. Palmerston North.
Hamilton. Wellington.
New Plymouth. Petone.
Hawera. Lower Hutt.
Gracefield.
  1. Grouped Weight--When more packages than one consisting of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables,
    fresh mushrooms, and nuts are consigned from one consignor to one consignee at the same
    destination station, such packages will be charged upon the total weight of each consignment.

  2. Conditions--(a) The provisions of this section will be applicable only to fresh fruit, fresh
    vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts forwarded for the domestic use of the consignee,
    with a maximum weight per consignment of 102 kg, and will not apply to fresh fruit, fresh
    vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts forwarded for sale or to be used or dealt with by the
    consignee for any purpose other than that mentioned. In every case the consignor shall
    endorse on the face of the consignment-note, "Certified for domestic use of consignee only".
    (b) The department reserves the right to decline to carry fresh fruit (including grapefruit),
    fresh vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts at these rates on any express or passenger train.

  3. Consignments Exceeding 102 kg--With the exception of consignments of grapefruit con-
    veyed under the provisions of paragraph 4 (for which there will be no limit), each 102 kg or
    part thereof in excess of the first 102 kg will be charged as a separate consignment at parcels
    rates on grouped weight.



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πŸš‚ Parcels Rates and Zones (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Parcels Rates, Distance Zones, Weight Limits, Terminal Charges

πŸš‚ Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, and Nuts Charges

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Fresh Produce, Charges, Zones, Weight Limits, Grapefruit, Terminal Charges