Transport Charges and Regulations




  1. Haulage and Storage Charges, New Plymouth-Breakwater Line—continued.

  2. The charges on ships' goods, Classes C and D, will be computed in accordance with Regulation No. 127, General Scale of Charges.

  3. Cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs carried between the Moturoa Cattle-yards and the New Plymouth Breakwater will be charged 11s. 7d. per four-wheeled truck; bogie trucks double rate.

  4. Carriages and motor-vehicles not packed in cases or crates conveyed in four-wheeled wagons between New Plymouth Breakwater and New Plymouth will be charged as follows:-

Two-wheeled vehicle
Four-wheeled vehicle

s. d.
7 8
11 0

  1. Goods of Classes C and D conveyed between New Plymouth Station and the Taranaki Freezing-works Company's Siding at Moturoa will be charged 3s. 10d. per ton.

  2. Goods for shipment stored at New Plymouth will be charged 3s. 1d. per ton per week or fraction of a week. Minimum charge, 1s. 7d.

16. Haulage Charges, Napier-Breakwater Line.

Goods hauled between the Napier Harbour Board's line at Port Ahuriri and the railway-station, or private stores and sidings, at Port Ahuriri will be charged 1s. 7d. per ton; minimum charge per truck, 3s. 1d.

Except as otherwise provided, goods from or for Napier and stations south thereof, will be charged as follows for haulage between the Napier Harbour Board's line at Port Ahuriri and the Port Ahuriri Railway-station :-

Wool, 1½d. per bale.
Timber, 1¼d. per 100 superficial feet.
Live-stock, 3s. 1d. per four-wheeled truck.
Other goods, 3½d. per ton.

Minimum charge, 4d.

Live-stock loaded into trucks at the stock-yards, Port Ahuriri, and hauled to the ship's side at the breastwork, Inner Harbour, or to the Breakwater, will be charged 11s. 7d. per four-wheeled truck. Bogie trucks double rates.

17. Through Booking of Goods, via Wairoa, to and from Gisborne and Intermediate Points beyond Wairoa.

Parcels and goods traffic (Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent.), except fish and oysters, will be accepted for conveyance from any station by rail to Wairoa, thence by road to Wharerata, Bartletts, Kopua, Muriwai, Manutuke, Matawhero, Morere, and Gisborne, or vice versa, at the appropriate rail rates to or from Wairoa, plus cartage charges between Wairoa and the specified towns as scheduled hereunder:-

Consignments not exceeding 3 lb.
Over 3 lb. and not exceeding 7 lb.
Over 7 lb. and not exceeding 14 lb.
Over 14 lb. and not exceeding 28 lb.
Over 28 lb. and not exceeding 56 lb.
Over 56 lb. and not exceeding 84 lb.
Over 84 lb. and not exceeding 112 lb.
Over 112 lb. at the rate of 50s. per ton.

s. d.
0 6
0 9
1 0
1 6
2 0
2 6
3 0

Unless otherwise provided, charges will be assessed on the grouped weight of all packages in each consignment.

Films, each package to be charged separately on weight.
Furniture, small lots up to 4 cwt.
Bicycles
Dogs (on chain)
Motor-bicycles
Motor-tires (irrespective of size)
Perambulators
Push-chairs
Wicker chairs
Wicker chairs, in nests of 3 or more

Rate and a half.
2s. 6d. each.
3s. 6d. each.
10s. each.
1s. 3d. per tire.
3s. each.
2s. each.
1s. each.
9d. per chair.

The cartage charges on articles specified in Regulation 55, General Scale of Charges, as being chargeable at rate and a quarter or rate and a half by rail will be based on the individual weight of each package.



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🚂 Haulage and Storage Charges, New Plymouth-Breakwater Line (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Haulage Charges, Storage Charges, New Plymouth, Breakwater Line, Moturoa, Taranaki Freezing-works

🚂 Haulage Charges, Napier-Breakwater Line

🚂 Transport & Communications
Haulage Charges, Napier, Port Ahuriri, Wool, Timber, Live-stock

🚂 Through Booking of Goods, via Wairoa, to and from Gisborne and Intermediate Points

🚂 Transport & Communications
Goods Traffic, Wairoa, Gisborne, Wharerata, Bartletts, Kopua, Muriwai, Manutuke, Matawhero, Morere, Cartage Charges