New Zealand Gazette – 1934 – No. 57

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✨ Railway Freight Rates



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

GOODS—LOCAL RATES SCALE OF CHARGES—continued.
NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES—continued.

  1. Gisborne Section.

By adding the following :—

From To Description. Rate.
Motuhora Stations Makaraka to Road-metal 5s. 2d. per ton.
Gisborne inclusive

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

  1. Picton Section.

By omitting from paragraph 19 the following :—

Tanks, iron, not exceeding 60 cubic feet measurement, each .. 25 0

And inserting in lieu thereof the following :—

Tanks, iron, not exceeding 35 cubic feet measurement, each .. 12 6
Tanks, iron, over 35 cubic feet and not exceeding 60 cubic feet
measurement, each .. .. .. .. .. 25 0

  1. Miscellaneous.

By omitting the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Rewanui Oamaru Coal 26s. 6d. per ton, which includes weighing and delivery to private sidings at Oamaru.
Dunedin Timaru Hides and sheep-skins, loose or in bundles 50s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 1 ton 15 cwt. per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
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.

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. ,,

By adding the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Christchurch Timaru Classes A, B, C, D, E, and E½ (except explosives and benzine and similar oils in owner’s tank wagons) 30s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon and four four-wheeled wagons per week. Any quantity in excess of 4 tons in one four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the rate of 22s. 6d. per ton.
Wallsend Dunedin Coal 24s. 6d. per ton.
Rewanui Oamaru Coal 24s. 6d. per ton, which includes weighing and delivery to private sidings at Oamaru.
Timaru Christchurch Classes A, B, C, D, E, and E½ (except explosives and benzine and similar oils in owner’s tank wagons) 30s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon and four four-wheeled wagons per week. Any quantity in excess of 4 tons in one four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the rate of 22s. 6d. per ton.
Dunedin Anderson’s Bay Goods from stations beyond Dunedin 1s. per ton. Minimum charge, 1s. 6d.


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

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 July 1934
Government Railways Act, Scale of Charges, Passenger Fares, Luggage Rates, Goods Classification, Wharf Charges