New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 24

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✨ Railway Freight Rates



  1. Motor-vehicles.

Motor-cars or motor-lorries will be charged as follow from and to the undermentioned stations.
Unless otherwise provided the rates shown apply only to unpacked motor-cars or motor-lorries on
wheels, and include the cost of cranage and tarpaulins:

From To Rate, per Vehicle.
One Car or Lorry loaded on a Four-wheeled Wagon or Two or more Cars or Lorries loaded on a Bogie Wagon.
Auckland or New-market Hawera .. .. .. 6 1 0 £ s. d.
†New Plymouth.. .. 6 1 0
Auckland, Newmarket 8 11 3
Frankton Jn., Hamilton 8 16 0
*Cambridge.. .. .. 9 7 0
*Morrisville.. .. .. 9 1 6
Te Aroha, Thames, *Paeroa 9 7 0
Wellington *Tauranga.. .. 11 11 0
*Whakatane West.. .. 12 11 0
†New Plymouth.. .. 5 10 0
†Stratford.. .. 5 4 6
†Hawera.. .. .. 4 19 0
Wanganui.. .. 3 17 0
Feilding.. .. .. 2 1 3
Palmerston North.. .. 1 13 0
Hastings, Napier.. .. 4 19 0
Petone or Ford Motor Co. of New Zealand, Ltd.'s, private siding, near Woburn Auckland, Newmarket 8 11 3
*Hamilton.. .. .. 9 0 6
*Morrisville.. .. .. 9 6 0
Te Aroha, Thames, *Paeroa 9 11 6
*Tauranga.. .. 11 15 6
*Whakatane West.. .. 12 15 3
New Plymouth.. .. 5 14 6
Stratford.. .. 5 9 0
Hawera.. .. .. 5 3 6
Wanganui.. .. 4 1 6
Feilding .. .. .. 2 5 9
Palmerston North.. .. 1 17 6
Hastings, Napier.. .. 5 3 6
  • Charge for cranage and tarpaulins additional. † These rates apply also to motor-cars in cases. For such consignments additional charges will be enforced for cranage or labour.
  1. Sugar, Golden Syrup, and Treacle.
From To Rate, per Ton
Auckland or Newmarket Karangahake, Waihi, and intermediate stations 31 0 s. d.
Te Puke.. .. .. .. 49 6
†Raetihi, †Ohakune.. .. 57 9
Rangataua, Karioi, Hihihai, Mataroa, Taihape 57 9
Ohingaiti.. .. .. .. 51 3
Rata.. .. .. .. .. 50 9
†Marton.. .. .. .. 49 6
New Plymouth.. .. 41 9
Waitara.. .. .. .. 47 3
Inglewood.. .. .. 48 6
Tariki, Midhirst, Ngaere, Eltham 52 9
†Stratford.. .. .. 63 3
Opunake.. .. .. .. 58 3
Normanby, †Hawera, †Patea 48 6
Waverley.. .. .. .. $44 0
†Wanganui.. .. .. 55 0
†Feilding.. .. .. ..
  • These rates include tallying at Auckland. † These rates include delivery as per Regulation 11. † Minimum quantity 10 tons per consignment.


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🚂 Transport & Communications
13 April 1939
Railway, Goods, Local Rates, Charges, Regulations, Motor-vehicles, Sugar, Golden Syrup, Treacle