New Zealand Gazette – 1934 – No. 57

Page 2285

✨ Railway Charges and Rates



JULY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2285

GOODS—LOCAL RATES SCALE OF CHARGES—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES—continued.

  1. Miscellaneous—continued.

Scale for Small Lots, Dunedin, Caversham, and Burnside to Invercargill and Invercargill to Dunedin.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D from Dunedin, Caversham, and Burnside, to Invercargill, and from Invercargill to Dunedin, in quantities of less than 5 cwt., will be charged as follow :—

Consignments not exceeding Charge. Consignments not exceeding Charge.
s. d. s. d.
1 cwt. .. .. .. .. 2 0 3 cwt. .. .. .. .. 6 0
1¼ cwt. .. .. .. .. 2 6 3¼ cwt. .. .. .. .. 6 7
1½ cwt. .. .. .. .. 3 0 3½ cwt. .. .. .. .. 7 3
1¾ cwt. .. .. .. .. 3 6 3¾ cwt. .. .. .. .. 7 10
2 cwt. .. .. .. .. 4 0 4 cwt. .. .. .. .. 8 6
2¼ cwt. .. .. .. .. 4 6 4¼ cwt. .. .. .. .. 9 1
2½ cwt. .. .. .. .. 5 0 4½ cwt. .. .. .. .. 9 9
2¾ cwt. .. .. .. .. 5 6 4¾ cwt. .. .. .. .. 10 4

By adding the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Dunedin Lorneville Beer in bulk 11s. per hogshead, including delivery at Lorneville within such areas as may be determined by the Department in that behalf. Minimum quantity, 12 hogsheads per consignment.
Beer and stout, bottled, in crates 1s. 8d. per crate, including delivery at Lorneville within such area as may be determined by the Department in that behalf. Minimum quantity, 10 cwt. per consignment.
Wyndham Dunedin Sheep-skins, calf-skins, hides, tallow, and horse-hair 37s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 1 ton per consignment.
Rabbit-skins, in bales 7s. per bale.
Invercargill or Waikiwi Green Island, Dunedin, or Sawyer’s Bay Hides, calf-skins, sheep-skins, pelts, and tallow 35s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Lorneville Dunedin Returned empty hogsheads 1s. 8d. per hogshead.
Bluff Dunedin Returned empty hogsheads 1s. 10d. per hogshead.
Thornbury Dunedin Rabbits, dead, in cases. (Consignments may be conveyed by express train from Invercargill to Dunedin at the option of the Department.) 50s. per ton.
  1. Wool, &c.

By adding the following :—

From To Timaru.
Albury .. .. .. 2s. 6d.

By adding the following new regulation :—

35A. Through Booking by Rail and Steamer to Portobello.

  1. Coal, through-booked by rail and steamer from Stirling to Portobello, will be charged at the rate of 13s. 9d. per ton. Minimum quantity per wagon as prescribed by Regulation 80 of the General Scale of Charges.

  2. Rate on Silver-beech Timber for Export.

By adding the following paragraph :—

(2) Second-grade silver-beech timber railed from stations on the Catlins River Branch line and stations south of Balclutha to Kew, and subsequently from Kew to Bluff or from any of such stations to Bluff direct, for export to Australia, to be used exclusively for boxmaking or other purposes for which second-grade timber is customarily used, if certified accordingly by the consignor, will be charged Class K, less 20 per cent.

In witness whereof the official seal of the Government Railways Board was hereunto affixed this 25th day of July, 1934, in the presence of—

[L.S.] H. H. STERLING, Chairman.

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

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 July 1934
Government Railways Act, Scale of Charges, Passenger Fares, Luggage Rates, Goods Classification, Wharf Charges
  • H. H. Sterling, Chairman