New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 58

Page 2368

✨ Freight Rates and Charges



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 58

The charges for haulage, handling, and sorting goods ex ship for local delivery at Picton will be as follows :-

Per Ton.
Handling at wharf (minimum charge, 6d.) s. d.
Haulage (minimum charge, 6d.) l 0
Unloading, sorting, and delivery (minimum charge, 9d.) 1 0
1 6

Charges will be computed on weight or measurement at the option of the Department.

The maximum rate on chaff, green flax, flax-straw, hay, lime, limestone, or straw consigned from Blenheim, Tuamarina, and intermediate stations to Picton for shipment will be 28s. per truck, including wharfage and unloading and the use of tarpaulins.

Goods of class H consigned from Blenheim and intermediate stations to Picton for shipment will be charged ls. 5d. per bale for undumped, and 2s. 5d. per bale for double-dumped, including wharfage and handling at Picton. An extra charge of 4d. per undumped bale and 8d. per double-dumped bale will be made for loading by the Department at Blenheim. Double-dumped bales must be in truck-loads of not less than 13 double-dumped full-sized bales, or 14 double- dumped small-sized bales. Undumped bales must be in truck-loads of not less than 23 bales. Any less quantities will be charged at these minima or at ordinary rates, whichever are the cheaper.

Flax, native, dressed, screw-pressed, will be charged as follows :-

From Blenheim and intermediate stations to ship at Picton, including wharfage and labour at ship's side, Picton Per Ton.
If consigned to Picton "for shipment," and delivered to store at Picton for grading and subsequently hauled from store to ship (including wharfage and labour at ship's side, Picton) 7 6
8 11

Tow, native, dressed, pressed, will be charged as follows :-

From Blenheim and intermediate stations to ship at Picton, including wharfage and labour at ship's side, Picton 10 6
If consigned to Picton "for shipment," and delivered to store at Picton for grading, and subsequently hauled from store to ship (including wharfage and labour at ship's side, Picton) 10 10

Goods of Class P will be charged as Class N, except otherwise specified.

New Zealand coals, ex ship, Picton to Grovetown or Blenheim, will be charged 7s. per ton, including wharfage; owners to load and unload.

Storage at Blenheim on goods of Classes E, F, and Q consigned for conveyance by rail only will be charged as follows :

s. d.
For the first month or fraction of a month, at per ton ...
For each week or fraction of a week after the first month, at per ton

The Department does not guarantee storage room.

THROUGH BOOKING OF WOOL AND BINDER TWINE.

Wool in bales, undumped, booked through by rail and steamer from Blenheim via Picton and Lyttelton to Woolston, Christchurch, or Addington, will be charged 8s. 9d. per bale, including all charges at forwarding and destination stations and at Picton and Lyttelton, and steamer freight by the vessels of shipping companies approved by the Department.

Binder-twine booked through by steamer and rail from Lyttelton to Blenheim and intermediate stations via Picton by the vessels of shipping companies approved by the Department will be charged 27s. per ton measure- ment, including wharfage and handling at Picton.

THROUGH BOOKING BETWEEN WELLINGTON AND STATIONS ON THE PICTON SECTION.

Goods booked through between Wellington and stations between Picton and Blenheim inclusive, landed at or shipped from Picton, will be charged at the following through rates for conveyance by rail and steamer, including wharfage at Picton, loading or unloading, and use of tarpaulins :-

WELLINGTON-BLENHEIM FREIGHT RATES.

General Cargo.

General cargo n.o.s., per ton s. d.
Small lots not exceeding 2 cwt., each 22 6
Films, (value to be declared), per cent 3 6
,, minimum, per package 33 6
Fruit, per ton 7 6
Lime (builders'), per 20 cwt. 20 0
Manures (including basic slag and agricultural lime), per 20 cwt... 32 6
Plate glass (up to 20 ft.), 40 cub. ft. 24 0
,, (up to 40 ft.), 40 cub. ft. 45 0
55 0

Dangerous Cargo.

Acids, bisulphide, carbide of calcium, phosphorous, per ton s. d.
Minimum charge for foregoing 50 0
Benzine, distillate, gasolene, gasogen, per case 10 0
Methylated spirit, motor-spirit, naphtha, per ton 1 9
Dynamite, detonators, gelignite, package up to 50 lb. 35 0
Powder, 25 lb. package 10 0
,, 50 lb. package 7 6
10 0


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Freight Rates for Picton Section (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight rates, Goods, Picton, Blenheim, Charges, Haulage, Handling, Sorting

🚂 Through Booking of Wool and Binder Twine

🚂 Transport & Communications
Wool, Binder twine, Freight rates, Blenheim, Picton, Lyttelton, Woolston, Christchurch, Addington

🚂 Through Booking Between Wellington and Stations on the Picton Section

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight rates, General cargo, Dangerous cargo, Wellington, Picton, Blenheim