Possible Clues:

• To go round Thailand's capital, we get on a rickety carriage
• Vehicle payment brings in zero after tax
• Engineer collecting missing base for carriage
• Carriage departed before time during endless floods, perhaps
• Footballer's mate with note after note scrawled in carriage
• Small vehicle moving to Newgate
• Small vehicle engineer has travelled in last to arrive
• Engineer has departed inside oriental vehicle
• Pay packet contains nothing after deduction for tax and transport
• In a storm, get wet on a horse-drawn vehicle