New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 24

Page 1103

✨ Railway Goods Rates



APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1103

6.: Miscellaneous--continued.

From To Description of Goods Rate.
Foxton .. Wellington Wool packs, in bales, n.o.s. 25s. per ton.
Wool packs, in bales .. £6 12s. per four-wheeled wagon containing not more than 8 tons. Any tonnage in excess of 8 tons to be charged at the rate of 11s. per ton.
Any station North Island Main Line and Branches except Wellington Wool packs, in bales .. Class D, less 10 per cent. (This rate will also apply to small consignments chargeable under the provisions of Regulation 71.)
Wellington or Kaiwarra Hemp and tow, in bales, dressed, pressed 22s. 9d. per ton.
Auckland .. Fruit or vegetables (produce of New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue, or imported) by express or passenger train ; also imported fruit by goods or mixed train. Fruit or vegetables will be carried by express or passenger trains only at the convenience of the Department 60s. 3d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment. Any less quantity will be charged at this minimum or at Class D rate, with a minimum of 6 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Wellington Aramoho Manure sacks, in bales .. 26s. 6d. per ton, including wharfage, tallying, and cartage wharf to rail at Wellington, and tallying at Aramoho.
Wanganui, Aramoho, or St. John's Classes C and D, n.o.s. .. Class D, including delivery at Wanganui as per Reg. 11.
Wanganui Hessian and stockinette, in bales 30s. per ton.
Hoop steel .. 26s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Salt, not agricultural salt .. 26s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Feilding, Aorangi, Taonui, Bunnythorpe, and Terrace End Class C .. 46s. 9d. per ton, including delivery at Feilding as per Reg. 11.
Class D .. 45s. per ton, including delivery at Feilding as per Reg. 11.
Palmerston N. .. Ice-cream conveyed by express, mail, or passenger trains (other than the Wellington-Auckland "Limited" express train) when accommodation is available in the guards' vans of such trains 55s. per ton, including delivery as per Reg. 11.


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🚂 Goods Local Rates Scale of Charges (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 April 1939
Railway, Goods, Local Rates, Charges, Foxton, Wellington, Wool packs, Hemp, Tow, Fruit, Vegetables, Manure sacks, Hessian, Stockinette, Hoop steel, Salt, Ice-cream