New Zealand Gazette – 1929 – No. 45

Page 1669

✨ Railway Freight Regulations



JUNE 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1669

for calves, sheep, goats, and pigs, in small lots, if cheaper. In all such cases the Department reserves to itself the right to load such stock in a truck with other goods.
9. Valuable stud and show calves (six months old and under), sheep, goats, and pigs, properly secured in crates (the total weight of package not exceeding 2¼ cwt.), will be charged rate and a half, Class A ; in crates weighing over 2¼ cwt., double rate, Class A. If loose they will be charged at the rate for calves sheep, goats, and pigs, in small lots.

And inserting the following :—
8. Live-stock properly secured in crates so as to prevent damage to other goods will be charged as follows : Calves (not exceeding six months old), sheep, pigs, or goats, provided the gross weight of each crate does not exceed 3 cwt., will be charged Class A, minimum charge 2s. 6d. per crate. Where the gross weight of a crate exceeds 3 cwt. the charge will be computed at Class A rate and a half; minimum charge 3s. 9d. per crate.
9. Where the owner desires that live-stock in crates be forwarded in a live-stock wagon the railage charges on the consignment must not be less than the appropriate charges for such live-stock had the same been forwarded loose in the wagon.

(11.) Class Q.
By omitting from the first line in paragraph 3 the word “ bones.”

PART IV.—GOODS.—LOCAL RATES.
North Island Main Line and Branches.

By omitting the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate per Ton.
Auckland Matangi Sugar 41s. 6d. Minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment.
Penrose Mangatainoka Bottles, N.Z. manufacture 62s. 9d. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Penrose Wellington Bottles, N.Z. manufacture 69s. 1d. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.

By inserting the following—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Auckland Matangi Sugar 37s. 4d. per ton.
Auckland Taneatua Wool for scouring 9s. per bale.
Penrose Any station on the North Island Main Line and Branches Bottles or jars, glass, New Zealand manufacture Class D. The charges at this rate will be reduced by 12½ per cent. In cases where the charges are computed on a combination of a local and the classified rate the 12½ per cent. reduction will not be made.
Frankton Junction Auckland Condensed milk, New Zealand manufacture 25s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon
Bruntwood Auckland or Southdown Butter and cheese 31s. 6d. per ton.
Hautapu Auckland or Southdown Butter and cheese 31s. 9d. per ton.
Papamoa Tauranga Hemp, New Zealand produce 6s. per ton.
Papamoa Tauranga Tow, New Zealand produce 4s. 8d. per ton.
Auroa Road Patea Butter and Cheese 19s. 2d. per ton.
Patea Wanganui Tallow for shipment 21s. 3d. per ton.


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🚂 Alterations to Scale of Charges upon the New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway Charges, Fare Regulations, Live-stock, Freight Rates