New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 12

Page 240

✨ Railway Freight Rates



240
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

By adding :-

From To Rate.
Hikurangi Auckland or Southdown £9 7s. per 8-ton W wagon. The rate for other classes of wagons will be pro rata of the rate for an 8-ton W wagon, based on the weight capacity of the wagon used. Smaller quantities to be charged 26s. per ton with a minimum of 30 cwt. per consignment, provided the charge when computed at this rate shall not be more than for a fully loaded wagon.
Whangarei " £8 5s. per four-wheeled 8-ton wagon.
Katikati " £10 per 8-ton W wagon. The rate for other classes of wagons will be pro rata of the rate for an 8-ton W wagon, based on the weight capacity of the wagon used. Smaller quantities to be charged 30s. per ton, provided the charge when so computed shall not be more than for a fully loaded wagon.
*Stratford Moturoa 14s. 9d. per ton.
Greatford Wellington 28s. per ton.

By adding :-

  1. Miscellaneous.
From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Stratford Opunake and Wai-tara Cheese-crate shocks Class D, less 25 per cent.
Wanganui Opunake Cheese-crate shocks Class D, less 25 per cent.
Feilding Wellington Sheep-skins, calf-skins, hides, horse-hair 36s. per ton.
  1. Cartage Charges between Taneatua, and Whakatane, Opotiki, Matawai, Te Karaka, Gisborne, and Points beyond Gisborne.

Gisborne, Matawai, Whakatane, Opotiki. Te Karaka

By omitting :-

Each additional 28 lb. .. .. .. s. d. s. d. s. d.
*Fruit, per case .. .. .. 1 11 0 8 0 8

*Fruit may be charged at the scale for goods and parcels not otherwise specified, if cheaper than at the special case rate.

By adding :-

For each additional 28 lb. up to 2 cwt. 3 qr. .. .. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Consignments exceeding 2 cwt. 3 qr., at the rate of, per ton .. .. .. 10 0 25 0
(Minimum charge 8s. 1d.)

Chaff, lime, meatmeal, manure, per ton .. .. .. 35 9 .. ..
Corpses, each .. .. .. 88 0 .. ..
Dogs, n.o.s., each .. .. .. 7 0 .. ..
Dogs, drovers', in lots of four or more, each animal .. .. 5 6 .. ..
Fruit and vegetables, per ton (minimum charge as for 3 qr.) .. .. .. 50 0 .. ..
Seed, grass, per ton .. .. .. 65 4 .. ..
Timber, per 100 sup. ft. .. .. .. 6 1 .. ..
Tobacco, per cwt. .. .. .. 3 10 .. ..
Returned show exhibits \ Charge to be based on half the appropriate road Empty return traffic } rates.

Tins of films consigned to Wairoa are to be charged on actual weight to Gisborne plus the following charges for conveyance from Gisborne to Wairoa :-

Not exceeding 28 lb. .. .. .. s. d.
Over 28 lb. .. .. .. 2 6

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

By omitting :-

Furniture .. .. .. .. Rate and a half.

By adding :-

Furniture (exclusive of household removals), in lots up to 10 cwt. .. .. .. Rate and a half.
Furniture (exclusive of household removals) in excess of 10 cwt. .. .. .. By special arrangement,



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