New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 86

Page 3701

✨ Railway Freight Rates and Goods Classification



Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3701

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

From To Description of Goods. Rate per Ton.
Lyttelton .. Greymouth .. Newsprint in rolls or bales 46s. dead weight.
Christchurch .. Dunedin or Invercargill New-Zealand-grown fresh fruit or vegetables by express or mail trains 65s.
Breakwater (Oamaru) Dunedin or Port Chalmers Tallow .. .. 32s.; owners to load and unload.
Dunedin .. Lyttelton .. Beer in bulk .. .. 56s.; minimum quantity, 4 tons per “L” wagon, 5 tons per “LA” wagon.
Dunedin .. Greymouth .. Beer, bottled; packed in cases 68s. 7d. per ton; minimum quantity, 4 tons per 4-wheeled wagon; owners to load and unload.

Goods.—Lyttelton from Christchurch to Addington.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D landed ex ship at Lyttelton for Addington, and such goods not required to be sorted at Christchurch, will be charged 3s. per ton from Christchurch to Addington. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per consignment.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

By omitting the following :—

Battens, fencing, hewn or sawn, New Zealand timber .. .. Q
Battens, fencing, hewn or sawn, not otherwise specified. Rate and a half .. .. .. .. Q
Coffins, empty. Double rate .. .. .. .. A
Cordials. Packed or in jars. Owner’s risk .. .. B
Fencing posts, stakes, battens, rails, or droppers, hewn or sawn, New Zealand timber .. .. .. .. Q
Fencing posts, stakes, battens, rails, or droppers, hewn or sawn, not otherwise specified. Rate and a half .. .. .. Q
Fencing timber, hewn, sawn, or slabs, rough (New Zealand) timber in lengths not exceeding 6 ft. for bona fide fencing purposes.. Q
Hematite, packed. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. B
Iron, oxide of .. .. .. .. N
Iron, oxide of, spent .. .. .. .. F
Lead, red and white .. .. .. .. D
Leather. Bookbinders’ or fancy .. .. .. .. A
Leather. Not otherwise specified, in bales or bundles .. .. B
Oxide of iron .. .. .. .. N
Oxide of iron, paste or powder, packed.. .. .. .. D
Oxide of iron, spent.. .. .. .. F
Posts, rails, stakes, battens, or droppers, fencing. (If imported, rate and a half.) Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. Q
Rails, fencing. (If of imported timber, rate and a half.) Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. Q
Seeds, garden and agricultural, not otherwise specified .. .. B
Sheep-dip, not otherwise specified, packed. Owner’s risk .. .. B
Sheep-dip. New Zealand manufacture. Owner’s risk .. .. D
Soap, fancy .. .. .. .. A
Soap, not otherwise specified, in cases or casks .. .. C
Stakes, fencing, hewn or sawn, not otherwise specified. Rate and a half .. .. .. .. Q
Stakes, fencing, hewn or sawn (New Zealand timber) .. .. Q
Sugar, loaf. Owner’s risk .. .. .. .. A
Sugar, packed, not otherwise specified .. .. .. .. C
Timber, hewn, sawn, or rough slab, New Zealand, in lengths not exceeding 6 ft. for bona fide fencing purposes .. .. Q
Wire, not otherwise specified .. .. .. .. C
Zinc, white in oil .. .. .. .. D
Zinox .. .. .. .. D



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