New Zealand Gazette – 1929 – No. 45

Page 1670

✨ Railway Freight Rates



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Wellington .. Wanganui .. Class A goods ex overseas vessels at Wellington 69s. 9d. per ton dead weight. This rate is exclusive of the Wellington Harbour Board’s shipment charges and such other charges as may be incurred in respect of the delivery of such goods into railway wagons at Wellington.
Tamaki Siding Hastings .. Wellington Wellington .. Butter and cheese .. Salted sheepskins, loose 36s. 11d. per ton. 60s. 2d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per L wagon, 4 tons per LA wagon. Owners to load and unload.

PICKTON SECTION.

By omitting the following :—

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

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

And substituting the following :—

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

Per Ton.
s. d.
Handling at wharf (minimum charge 3d.) .. .. .. 1 0
Haulage (minimum charge 3d.) .. .. .. 1 0
Unloading, sorting, and delivery (minimum charge 5d.) .. 1 6

South Island Main Line and Branches.

By omitting the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Woolston or Christchurch Dunedin .. Dunedin .. Christchurch .. Leather, New Zealand manufacture, in bales Cement, New Zealand manufacture 67s. 6d. per ton. 29s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheel truck.
Dunedin .. Greymouth .. Cement, New Zealand manufacture 33s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled truck.
Dunedin or Sawyer’s Bay Christchurch .. Leather, New Zealand manufacture, in bales 67s. 6d. per ton.

By inserting the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
*Lyttelton .. Greymouth .. Kerosene, in owner’s tank-wagons 56s. 3d. per ton.
*Lyttelton .. Oamaru .. Kerosene, in owner’s tank-wagons 50s. 1d. per ton.
*Lyttelton .. Dunedin .. Kerosene, in owner’s tank-wagons 58s. 8d. per ton.
*Lyttelton .. Gore .. Kerosene, in owner’s tank-wagons 70s. 7d. per ton.
*Lyttelton .. Invercargill .. Kerosene, in owner’s tank-wagons 74s. 11d. per ton.
*Dunedin .. Timaru .. Benzine, in owner’s tank-wagons 52s. 7d. per ton.
Woolston or Christchurch Dunedin .. Leather, New Zealand manufacture, in bags, bales, or bundles 67s. 6d. per ton.
  • The quantity of kerosene or benzine per tank-wagon on which these rates are chargeable will be the full carrying capacity of the tank-wagon.


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

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Railway Charges, Fare Regulations, Freight Rates, Picton, South Island