New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 24

Page 1057

✨ Railway Freight Rates



APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

GOODS—continued.

Miles. Minimum, 6 Tons per Consignment : Rate per Ton. Minimum, 1 Ton per Consignment : Rate per Ton. Miles. Minimum, 6 Tons per Consignment : Rate per Ton. Minimum, 1 Ton per Consignment : Rate per Ton.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
225 13 10 17 3 480 23 7 29 5
230 13 11 17 5 485 23 9 29 8
235 14 3 17 9 490 23 11 29 11
240 14 4 17 11 495 24 2 30 2
245 14 6 18 1 500 24 4 30 5
250 14 8 18 4 505 24 7 30 9
255 14 10 18 7 510 24 9 30 11
260 15 2 18 11 515 24 11 31 2
265 15 3 19 1 520 25 1 31 4
270 15 6 19 4 525 25 4 31 8
275 15 8 19 6 530 25 6 31 10
280 15 10 19 10 535 25 8 32 1
285 16 1 20 0 540 25 10 32 4
290 16 3 20 3 545 26 2 32 8
295 16 5 20 6 550 26 3 32 10
300 16 6 20 10 555 26 6 33 0
305 16 9 21 0 560 26 8 33 3
310 17 1 21 3 565 26 10 33 7
315 17 2 21 5 570 27 1 33 9
320 17 5 21 9 575 27 3 34 0
325 17 7 21 11 580 27 5 34 3
330 17 9 22 2 585 27 7 34 7
335 18 0 22 6 590 27 9 34 9
340 18 2 22 9 595 28 1 35 0
345 18 5 23 0 600 28 2 35 2
350 18 7 23 2 605 28 5 35 6
355 18 10 23 7 610 28 8 35 8
360 19 0 23 8 615 28 9 35 11
365 19 3 24 0 620 29 0 36 3
370 19 4 24 1 625 29 2 36 6
375 19 7 24 6 630 29 4 36 8
380 19 9 24 8 635 29 6 36 11
385 20 0 24 11 640 29 8 37 2
390 20 1 25 1 645 29 11 37 4
395 20 4 25 6 650 30 1 37 7
400 20 5 25 7 655 30 4 37 10
405 20 9 25 10 660 30 6 38 2
410 20 11 26 0 665 30 9 38 5
415 21 1 26 4 670 30 11 38 7
420 21 3 26 7 675 31 1 38 10
425 21 5 26 10 680 31 3 39 1
430 21 8 27 1 685 31 5 39 4
435 21 10 27 4 690 31 8 39 6
440 22 0 27 6 695 31 11 39 9
445 22 3 27 9 700 32 0 40 1
450 22 4 28 0
455 22 8 28 3
460 22 10 28 6
465 23 0 28 9 For each additional five miles or
470 23 2 29 0 fraction thereof beyond 700 miles will
475 23 5 29 3 be added 2½d. 2¾d.

  1. Food Products and Clothing for Charitable Purposes.

  2. Food-products, coal, firewood, and clothing donated to charitable institutions, other than orphanages and Maori Mission Fields, will be conveyed as goods traffic at owner’s risk at half the appropriate rates, on the authority of the General Manager. Written application for the concession must be made to the General Manager at least fourteen days before the goods are presented for carriage.

  3. In the case of food and clothing donated to orphanages and Maori Mission Fields, the concession of half-rates will be granted subject to a certificate in the following form being endorsed on the consignment-note :—

    “I hereby certify that the goods entered hereon are a free donation to the* . . . . . . . . . ., to which they are consigned.”

    . . . . . . . . . .
    [Signature of Sender.]

    • Insert “Orphanage” or “Maori Mission Field.”

  4. Returned Empties.

  5. Returned empties are packages which have on the outward journey been carried over the railways full and are being consigned from the original consignee and the original receiving-station to the original consignor and the original sending-station.

  6. Furniture-coverings such as scrim or canvas used for covering furniture, scrim and sacking used by nurserymen in packing plants and seedlings, also cardboard bottle protectors which have been conveyed by rail may, when being returned, be carried as returned empties under the provisions of this regulation.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Classification of Goods for Railway Carriage (continued) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight, Classification, Railway, Goods, Rates, Charges, Regulations

🚂 Food Products and Clothing for Charitable Purposes

🚂 Transport & Communications
Charitable donations, Food products, Clothing, Railway freight, Half-rates

🚂 Returned Empties

🚂 Transport & Communications
Returned empties, Railway freight, Packaging, Furniture coverings