New Zealand Gazette – 1933 – No. 73

Page 2633

✨ Freight Charges



Oct. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2633

  1. Miscellaneous—continued.
From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Green Island Christchurch .. Unmanufactured iron and steel 37s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon, 4 tons per bogie wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Greymouth .. Unmanufactured iron and steel, including bolts, nuts, rivets, and patterns 45s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon, 4 tons per bogie wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Green Island or Dunedin Invercargill .. Unmanufactured iron and steel 35s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon, 4 tons per bogie wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Any station on the Otago Central Branch Alexandra .. Rabbits or hares, dead .. All consignments from the same station on the same train to be charged as one consignment.
Milburn .. Burnside .. Limestone .. .. 5s. 2d. per ton. Minimum quantity per wagon as per Regulation 79, General Scale of Charges.
Milton .. Dunedin .. Woollen goods, packed .. 25s. per ton. Small lots pro rata. Minimum charge, 1s. 6d.
Stirling .. Dunedin .. Cheese, loose or in bags .. 24s. 5d. per ton.
Otanomomo .. Dunedin .. Flax fibre, stripped, in bundles for the manufacture of sacks, wool-packs, and similar articles 13s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to unload.
Cheese, loose .. .. 26s. 10d. per ton.
Owaka .. Dunedin .. Cheese, loose or in bags .. 31s. 9d. per ton.
Riccarton .. Creamota, milk oaties, heart o’ wheat, and oatie nuts 45s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons 10 cwt. per four-wheeled wagon.
Gore .. Any station on the South Island Main Line and Branches Goods of Class E .. Class E goods which by reason of their weight are charged Class E rate and a half will be charged Class E with the small-lots scale as a minimum, provided the aggregate weight of all the consignments in the wagon is not less than 5 tons 10 cwt.
Dunedin .. Creamota, milk oaties, oatie nuts, and heart o’ wheat 20s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons 10 cwt. per four-wheeled wagon.
Rabbit-skins, in bales .. 7s. per bale.
Bluff .. Creamota, milk oaties, oatie nuts, and heart o’ wheat 15s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons 10 cwt. per four-wheeled wagon.
Mataura Dunedin .. Rabbit-skins, in bales .. 7s. 6d. per bale.
Edendale Bluff .. Sugar of milk, crude, for shipment by overseas vessels at Bluff 12s. 5d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 20 tons per consignment. Owners to load.
Wyndham Dunedin .. Sheep-skins, hides, and tallow 40s. 7d. per ton.
Woodlands Bluff .. Rabbits, dead, in crates .. 17s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 1 ton per four-wheeled wagon.
*Invercargill Dunedin .. Goods of Classes A, B, and C, n.o.s., in quantities of 5 cwt. and over 43s. 10d. per ton.
Threshing-machines, reapers-and-binders, winnowing-machines, bulky machinery, carriages and gigs in pieces (unpainted and in the rough), motor-cars in cases, and furniture (packed), also mattresses (packed), in quantities of 5 cwt. and over 54s. per ton.
Furniture and wire mattresses unpacked 67s. 6d. per ton.

Scale for Small Lots, Dunedin-Invercargill.

Goods of Classes A, B, and C, not otherwise specified, from Dunedin, Caversham, or Burnside, to Invercargill, and from Invercargill to Dunedin, in quantities of less than 5 cwt. will be charged as follows: Consignments not exceeding 28 lb., 56 lb., and 84 lb. respectively, at the small-lots rate (Regulation 71, General Scale of Charges), computed on the basis of the classified rates; maximum charge, 5s. 3d. Consignments exceeding 84 lb., at 5s. 3d. for the first hundredweight and 4½d. for each additional quarter or fraction of a quarter, or classified rates if cheaper.

Bulky machinery, carriages and gigs in pieces (unpainted and in the rough), mattresses unpacked, and furniture unpacked, between Dunedin and Invercargill, in quantities of less than 5 cwt. will be charged 8s. 1d. for the first hundredweight and 4½d. for each additional quarter or fraction of a quarter, or classified rates if cheaper.

The charges hereinbefore prescribed for quantities of less than 5 cwt. and which provide for local rates on goods of Classes A, B, and C, between Dunedin and Invercargill will in respect of consignments of biscuits in tins, loose, in consignments of more than twenty tins or parcels, and of confectionery in tins or boxes, loose, in consignments of more than twenty tins. or parcels, be increased as follows:—

Weight. Amount.
Not exceeding 2 cwt. .. .. .. .. 2d. per consignment.
" 3 cwt. .. .. .. .. 4d. "
" 4 cwt. .. .. .. .. 5d. "
" 5 cwt. .. .. .. .. 6d. "



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🚂 Freight Charges for South Island Main Line and Branches (continued from previous page)

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Freight Charges, Rates, Goods, South Island, Dunedin, Caversham, Burnside, Stirling, Kaitangata, Balclutha, Romahapa, Owaka, Clinton, Waipahi, Conical Hills, Edievale, Gore, East Gore, Mataura, Invercargill, Green Island, Greymouth, Alexandra, Milburn, Milton, Otanomomo, Riccarton, Bluff, Edendale, Wyndham, Woodlands