RAILWAYS’ CHARGES
Reduction On Publication (NJZ. Press WELLINGTON. June 14. [ The Railways Department I need no longer publish [special freight concessions or agreements with customers, in 'terms of a Government Rail* [ways Amendment Bill, intro[duced into Parliament today. I The Minister of Railways I (Mr McAlpine) said the believed it should not be required to publicise its business methods. Common carriers were not bound to publicise such agreements. i The bill also confines the liability for damage to goods in transit to £2O a packet. !unless it is otherwise specified or insured. Compensation for damage to freight carried on the Cook Strait rail ferry will be at a shipping rate of £lO a cubic foot. A further clause embodies a recent Court of Appeal ruling that liability for damage on Railways Department employees shall be no greater than the extent to which the department itself lis Liable, representing an effort to pro'.ect employees from being sued individually for their share of liability for damage.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29849, 15 June 1962, Page 10
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