New Zealand Gazette – 1933 – No. 73

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✨ Railway Freight Charges



  1. Port Traffic, Wellington Station.

Tallying wool, hemp, or tow at Harbour Board sheds or at ships, per bale 0 1½
Tallying goods, other than wool, hemp, or tow, at Harbour Board sheds or at ships, per ton, weight or measurement at the option of the Department. Minimum charge, 9d.... 0 9
Basic slag and tobacco-leaf ex ship at Wellington wharves, loaded direct into railway wagons, will be charged 1s. per ton for haulage from wharves to railway yard. This haulage charge when applied to tobacco-leaf will be computed on measurement.

  1. Levin and Company's, Limited, Private Siding at Kaiwarra.

The following charges will be made for the haulage of wool, sheep-skins, rabbit-skins, hemp, and tow between Wellington and Levin and Co.'s, Ltd., private siding at Kaiwarra:

Per Undumped Per
Bale. Double-dumped
Bale.
Wool 5d. 8½d.
Sheep-skins 6d. 8½d.
Rabbit-skins 6d. 8½d.
Hemp and tow 6d. 8½d.

Minimum load, twenty undumped or double-dumped bales per four-wheeled truck.

  1. Emulsified Asphalt Company's, Limited, Private Siding at Kaiwarra.

Traffic between the Emulsified Asphalt Company's, Limited, private siding at Kaiwarra and Wellington will be charged 3s. per ton.

  1. Gisborne Section.
From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Any station on Gisborne Pro rata of the classified rates. Minimum charges as follow:—
the Gisborne Park Racecourse to Puha (inclusive) to or from Gisborne, 1s. Waikohu to Motuhora (inclusive) to or from Gisborne, 1s. 6d.
Section Classes A, B, C, and D
Gisborne Any station on
the Gisborne
Section

  1. Westport Section.

  2. Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D will be charged as Class A.

  3. Except as otherwise provided, coal and coal-dross consigned to Westport for shipment will be charged at the following rates, which include weighing and discharging by cranes into ships. Minimum quantity, 7 tons per four-wheeled wagon, except in the case of wagons passing over the Denniston incline in which case the minimum quantity will be 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon:

From Rate
Per Ton.
s. d.
Cascade Siding 3 0
Waimangaroa Junction 3 0
*Conn's Creek 3 2½
Westport-Granity Coal-mines 3 7
Granity 3 9
Ngakawau 3 10
St. Helens 4 8
Seddonville 4 9
Mokihinui 5 0
  1. Coal consigned to Westport for bunkering overseas vessels at Westport will be charged the following rates:
From Rate
Per Ton
s. d.
Cascade Siding 2 9
*Conn's Creek 2 11½
Westport-Granity Coal-mines 3 3
Granity 3 5
Ngakawau 3 6
St. Helens 4 3
Seddonville 4 4
Mokihinui Mine 4 6
  1. Coke consigned from Granity to Westport for shipment will be charged 7s. per ton; minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon. This charge includes weighing and (when in bulk) delivery to ship. For bagged coke 8d. per ton additional will be charged for delivery to ship.
  2. Timber loaded at Westport for shipment at Westport wharf will be charged 3d. per 100 superficial feet for haulage from sidings to ships.
  3. Coal and coal-dross consigned from Conn's Creek to Waimangaroa will be charged 3s. 10d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
  4. Goods and sheep booked through between stations on the Government railway (Waimangaroa Junction excepted) and stations on the Waimangaroa Branch line will be charged upon the branch, in addition to the classified or local rates on the Government railway, as follows:
    (a) Between Waimangaroa Junction and Conn's Creek: Sheep, 4d. per head; timber, 4½d. per 100 superficial feet; coal and minerals, minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon, 1½d. per ton; other goods, ls. 9d. per ton. Minimum charge, 5d.
  • Includes 1½d. per ton for working traffic between Waimangaroa Junction and Conn's Creek, and 1d. per ton wagon-hire.


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🚂 Port Traffic Charges at Wellington Station

🚂 Transport & Communications
Port Traffic, Tallying, Wool, Hemp, Tow, Haulage, Wellington

🚂 Freight Charges for Levin and Company's Private Siding at Kaiwarra

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight Charges, Wool, Sheep-skins, Rabbit-skins, Hemp, Tow, Kaiwarra

🚂 Freight Charges for Emulsified Asphalt Company's Private Siding at Kaiwarra

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight Charges, Emulsified Asphalt, Kaiwarra

🚂 Freight Rates for Gisborne Section

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight Rates, Gisborne, Pro Rata, Minimum Charges

🚂 Freight Charges for Westport Section

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight Charges, Coal, Coke, Timber, Westport, Shipment