New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 86

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✨ Railway Charges Alterations



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\section*{THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.}

No. 86

\textit{Alterations to Scale of Charges in force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.}

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1926, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic made on the 10th day of August, 1925, and published in the Gazette of 11th August, 1925.

PART III.-GOODS.

By omitting from paragraph 3 of Regulation 11 the words :—

“Fencing-rails (New Zealand timber).”

By adding to paragraph 4, Regulation 22, the following :—

“Where loading or unloading is performed by the Department a charge of ls. 5d. per ton will be made for each service.”

PART IV.-GOODS : LOCAL RATES.

By omitting the following :-

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

From To Description of Goods. Rate per Ton.
Wharepoa ... Auckland ... Butter and cheese ... 30s.
Wharepoa ... Southdown ... Butter and cheese ... 30s.
Utiku ... Wanganui ... Butter and cheese ... 29s. 11d.
Wanganui ... Onehunga ... Pipes, steel, spiral or lockbar, New Zealand manufacture 58s. 4d.; owners to load and unload.
Ball Road ... Patea ... Butter and cheese ... 6s. 3d.
Auroa Road ... Patea ... Butter and cheese ... 19s. 2d.
Stratford ... Moturoa ... Butter and cheese ... 16s. 10d.
Douglas ... Moturoa ... Butter and cheese ... 20s. 4d.

And inserting the following :-

From To Description of Goods. Rate per Ton.
Whangarei ... Newmarket ... Butter and cheese ... 28s. 8d.
Auckland ... Hamilton ... Agricultural machinery packed in cases or crates, also poles or shafts accompanying same, packed or in bundles 44s. 1d.
Auckland ... Palmerston North Sugar, treacle, and golden syrup 67s. 5d.; minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment.
Waitoa ... Auckland ... Condensed milk, New Zealand manufacture 25s.; minimum quantity, 5 tons per 4-wheeled wagon.
Utiku ... Wanganui ... Butter and cheese ... 27s. 7d.
Utiku ... Wellington ... Butter and cheese ... 39s. 10d.
Ball Road ... Patea ... Butter and cheese ... 5s. 6d.
*Port Ahuriri or Napier Otane ... Classes A, B, C, and D ... 21s. 3d.
*Port Ahuriri or Napier Waipawa ... Classes A, B, C, and D ... 21s. 3d.
*Port Ahuriri or Napier Waipukurau ... Classes A, B, C, and D ... 25s.
Bainesse ... Wanganui ... Butter and cheese ... 23s. 6d.
Linton ... Wellington or Kaiwarra New Zealand dressed hemp, in bales, pressed 21s. 11d.; owners to load and unload.
Tokomaru ... Wellington or Kaiwarra New Zealand dressed hemp, in bales, pressed 21s. 3d.; owners to load and unload.
Makerua ... Wellington or Kaiwarra New Zealand dressed hemp, in bales, pressed 20s. 7d.; owners to load and unload.
Koputaroa ... Wellington or Kaiwarra New Zealand dressed hemp, in bales, pressed 19s.; owners to load and unload.
Wellington ... Palmerston N. Newsprint in rolls or bales 40s.

  • Small lots of goods of Classes A, B, C, and D from Port Ahuriri or Napier to Otane, Waipawa, or Waipukurau will be charged pro rata at the local rates instead of under Regulation 3, Part 3, of tariff. Minimum charge, ls.

  • The charge for small lots of goods from Port Ahuriri or Napier to Otane, Waipawa, or Waipukurau, charged at Class E rate is not to exceed the charge for small lots of goods of Classes A, B, C, and D from Port Ahuriri or Napier to these stations.



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Railways, Charges, Goods, Local Rates, Regulations
  • Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways