New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 83

Page 2407

✨ Railway Freight Rates



Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2407

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

  1. Miscellaneous.

By omitting the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Lyttelton Inangahua Fuel oil in drums 71s. 7d. per ton, including cartage from Inangahua to Murchison. Minimum quantity 4 tons per consignment.

By adding the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Rewanui Port Chalmers Coal 24s. 6d. per ton, which includes weighing and delivery to the service siding at Mussel Bay.

By adding the following new regulation :—

34A. Through Booking of Artificial Manures from Islington to Picton Section.

Artificial manures as described in Regulation 86, paragraphs 1 and 6, General Scale of Charges, booked through from Islington to stations on the Picton Section via Lyttelton and Picton will be charged at the following through rates for conveyance by rail and steamer, including wharfages and handling charges to and from ship :—

Station to Rate per Ton.
Minimum Quantity 6 Tons per Consignment. Minimum Quantity 1 Ton per Consignment.
s. d. s. d.
*Picton 32 6 ..
Elevation 33 0 33 7
Mount Pleasant 33 0 33 7
Koromiko 33 0 33 7
Para 33 0 33 7
Tuamarina 33 2 33 9
Spring Creek 33 3 34 1
Grove Town 33 3 34 3
Blenheim 33 3 33 3
Riverlands 34 1 35 0
Dashwood 35 4 36 5
Seddon 35 6 36 7
Blind River 35 8 36 10
Kaparu 35 10 37 1
Huawai 36 0 37 4
Tainmate 36 2 37 6
Ward 36 5 37 10
Mirza 36 9 38 2
Wharanui 37 0 38 7

*This rate also includes haulage, sorting, and unloading charges at Picton. Where sorting and unloading is not incurred the rate will be reduced by 1s. 3d. per ton.

  1. Cartage Charges between Inangahua Junction and Burleys, Berlins, Tiroroa, or Westport.

By adding the following :—

Classes of Goods. From or to Inangahua Junction to or from Westport (30 Miles).
s. d.
Fuel oil—
In drums (per ton) 9 0
Drums, empty returns (per ton) 15 0

As witness my hand this 10th day of November, 1938.

D. G. SULLIVAN, Minister of Railways.



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
10 November 1938
Railways, Fares, Regulations, Freight Rates, Goods Classification
  • D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Railways