31 MAY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1943

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 Employee’s 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 on 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 or 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 the Interislander service

Passengers embarking at Wellington or Picton for journeys by the Interislander 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 the Interislander tickets held as follows: