[ [38] Grande Vitesse goods are not always carried by passenger train. They can be carried by any train the railway company may determine, provided the time allowed by law, which is half the time for ordinary goods, is not exceeded.
[ [39] The first class in France corresponds with the highest or fifth class in England.
[ [40] Mr. Justice Manisty delivered a separate Judgment. See note at foot of page 99.
[ [41] Wills, J., in Hall v. London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, p. 536. See also Field J. in Brown v. Great Western Railway Company, L. R. 9 Q. B. D., p. 751.
[ [42] Mr. William Pierssene, Manager to Messrs. Pickford & Co., stated in his evidence before the Railway Commissioners in the case of Kempson v. The G. W. R. (4 N & M 426), that in addition to the amount of the railway companies’ tolls, a sum varying from twelve to eighteen shillings a ton was paid by the customer for the services which now form the subject of terminal and cartage charges.
[ [43] Hall v. L. B. & S. C. Railway. Manisty, J., L. R., 15 Q. B. D. p. 544.
[ [44] Report to Associated Chambers of Commerce.
[ [45] “The claim of railways to charge terminals would have to be considered if mileage rates are adopted in principle. That charge could in no wise be left to the discretion of the railways themselves, as was proposed in the Bills of last Session.”—Sir B. Samuelson.
[ [46] Note.—The terminals authorised and charged in these countries will be found fully set out in a tabular form in the Appendix III.
[ [47] There are some cases in Ireland in which Baronial Guarantees in respect of portions of the capital of railways have been given.