New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 12

Page 243

✨ Railway Freight Rates



Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 243

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

  1. Miscellaneous.

By omitting the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Christchurch .. Balmoral, Pahau, and Culverden Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent., except explosives and benzine and similar oils in owners’ tank-wagons. Owners’ risk £4 8s. per 8-ton four-wheeled wagon. Any weight in excess of 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the rate of 11s. per ton. Owners to load and unload. Minimum, three four-wheeled wagons per week. Participation in this rate is subject to the conclusion of a special agreement with the Department.
Christchurch .. Ashburton .. Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent., excepting explosives, benzine, kerosene, and similar oils 44s. per each 8-ton four-wheeled wagon. Minimum quantity, four wagons per week. Owners to load and unload.
Port Chalmers { Gore .. .. Motor-cars on wheels loaded on four-wheeled wagons 60s. 6d. per car, including the cost of cranage.
{ Invercargill .. Motor-cars loaded on four-wheeled wagons 61s. 6d. per car, including the cost of cranage.
Dunedin { Gore .. .. Motor-cars on wheels loaded on four-wheeled wagons 55s. per car, including the cost of cranage.
{ Invercargill .. Motor-cars loaded on four-wheeled wagons 55s. per car, including the cost of cranage.

By adding the following :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Christchurch .. Balmoral, Pahau, and Culverden Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent., except explosives and benzine and similar oils in owners’ tank-wagons. Owners’ risk £3 10s. per 6-ton four-wheeled wagon. Any weight in excess of 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the rate of 11s. 8d. per ton. Owners to load and unload. Minimum, five four-wheeled wagons per week. Participation in this rate is subject to the conclusion of a special agreement with the Department.
Rapahoe .. Oamaru .. Coal .. .. .. 26s. 11d. per ton, which includes weighing and delivery to private sidings at Oamaru.
Rapahoe .. Port Chalmers .. Coal .. .. .. 26s. 11d. per ton, which includes weighing and delivery to the service siding at Mussel Bay.
  1. Through Booking to and from Kaikoura.

Paragraph 2: By adding to the schedule of rates under the heading “From or to Stations Christchurch–Papanui–Hornby inclusive” the following :—

Description of Goods. Rate.
Class C plus 20 per cent. .. .. .. .. 66s. 2d. per ton.
Class C plus 50 per cent., n.o.s. .. .. .. 77s. 9d. per ton.
Furniture, packed .. .. .. .. .. 95s. 3d. per ton.
Class C double rate, n.o.s. .. .. .. 97s. per ton.
Furniture, unpacked .. .. .. .. .. 114s. 6d. per ton.


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