918
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 33

10.3.1 Articles not accepted as free baggage: The following articles shall not be included in a passenger’s free baggage allowance and shall be treated as excess baggage:
Any package exceeding 100 kilograms in weight or 0.5 cubic metres in measurement,
Bedsteads, mattresses and stretchers,
Bicycles and power cycles,
Bulky musical instruments,
Carpets,
Dogs (tethered or in boxes) other than guide dogs (refer to clause 2.10.3),
Furniture,
Glassware,
House fittings,
Kerosene and similar mineral oils,
Linoleum,
Liquor,
Live poultry or livestock,
Motor cycles,
Sewing machines,
Surfboards,
Tents and poles.

10.3.2 Baggage to be personal property: No person shall send or carry as baggage any packages containing goods that are for sale or are other than his own bona fide property.

10.3.3 Dangerous goods: Packages of a dangerous character or liable to cause damage to other goods shall not be accepted for storage or carriage as baggage.

10.4 Employees’ responsibilities
Corporation employees are not permitted to act as agents or to undertake the charge of or accept responsibility in respect of baggage left temporarily on Corporation premises, unless the baggage has been delivered to the custody of the Corporation at the baggage room.

10.5 Corporation’s responsibilities
The Corporation does not undertake to forward baggage of any description by any particular Corporation service and will not be responsible for any baggage or parcels left about Corporation premises and not duly delivered to the custody of the Corporation at the baggage room.

10.6 Baggage taken into passenger compartment
No hand baggage shall be allowed to be taken into the passenger compartment of a Corporation service unless it can be placed in a rack without inconvenience to other passengers, nor shall any person take into or carry in a Corporation service any baggage which the guard may deem to be inconvenient or objectionable.

10.7 Destination
Except as otherwise provided no person shall send any baggage to any station beyond the destination station for which his ticket is available.

10.8 Packaging and addressing
Each package must be in good order and, when presented for carriage, be distinctly addressed with the name of the passenger and the destination station to which the passenger is travelling. All old labels must have been removed and each package locked or otherwise properly secured. The Corporation may refuse to accept for carriage any package of baggage that does not comply with the foregoing conditions. Trunks, suitcases, bags, and other baggage containers must be such as, in the opinion of the Corporation, will enable the packages to withstand the ordinary incidence of transport without sustaining damage.

10.9 Liability of passengers
Passengers shall make good all damage to Corporation property or other goods arising from baggage unfit for carriage or storage being handed to the Corporation.

10.10 Insurance
For insurance of baggage to be carried at “declared value risk” within the meaning of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979, see clause 20.

10.11 Hand baggage on Cook Strait rail ferries
Passengers embarking at Wellington or Picton for journeys by rail ferry only shall, when required to do so by the Corporation, deposit unchecked baggage on special baggage trailers or other vehicles situated at the wharf terminals for the conveyance of passengers’ baggage. Unclaimed baggage shall be treated as lost baggage.

11. CHECKED BAGGAGE

11.1 Conditions
Passengers may have their baggage checked for carriage from and to attended stations where facilities for checking baggage are provided to the extent of the rail, road and rail ferry tickets held as follows:

Between And Route
Any Station ... Any other station on the same Rail
... section of railway
Stations in the North Island ... Stations in the South Island Rail and Cook Strait rail ferry
... service.
Kaitaia, Mangakino, Roto- ... Stations in the North Island Rail and railway road services.
rua, Whakatane Opotiki, ... Stations in the South Rail, railway road services,
or Foxton ... Island ... Cook Strait rail ferry service.
Gisborne ... Stations in the North Island Rail and/or railway road ser-
... vices via Rotorua or Taneatua

11.2 Liability
Subject to the Carriage of Goods Act 1979 the Corporation will not be liable for loss of or damage or delay to any checked baggage, if such loss, damage, or delay occurs after the same has been placed in the possession, custody, or control of any carrier other than the Corporation