New Zealand Gazette – 1942 – No. 89

Page 2445

✨ Railways Goods Rates Alterations



OCT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2445

GOODS—LOCAL RATES SCALE OF CHARGES—continued.
NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES—continued.

12. Cartage Charges between Taneatua and Whakatane, Opotiki, Matawai, Te Karaka, Gisborne, and Points beyond Gisborne.

By adding:—

Household removals .. Subject to special arrangement.
Radios .. .. At the rates for goods and parcels, not otherwise specified, plus 50 per cent.

15. Haulage and Storage Charges, New Plymouth-Breakwater Line.

By omitting paragraph 6 and substituting the following:—

  1. Small lots of goods for shipment, stored at New Plymouth, will be charged at the rate of 10d. per ton per day or part of a day (minimum charge, 3½d. per day): Provided that after receipt of notification from ship's owner or agent of acceptance of cargo for the ship no charge will be made for the day of loading in railway wagon, the following day, and the day of shipment.

22. Westport Section.

By omitting paragraph 1.

23. Nelson Section.

By adding to paragraph 4:—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Nelson or Port Nelson All stations on the Nelson Section Fuel oil, packed Class D. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per consignment.

24. Picton Section.

Paragraph 18: By adding to the schedule of rates under the heading "Wellington-Blenheim Freight Rates" the following:—

Class of Goods. Per Ton of or Charge as indicated. Rate.
GENERAL CARGO. s. d.
$^d$Soap and soap extract .. 40 cub. ft. or 20 cwt. (whichever is greater) 36 7
DANGEROUS CARGO. s. d.
Ammunition, gun; bombs .. 20 cwt. .. .. .. 225 0
Fuses, cordite charges .. 50 lb. package .. .. 14 0

$^d$ This rate includes (in addition to wharfage, loading, and unloading at Picton and the use of tarpaulins) wharfage and harbour-improvement rate at Wellington and sorting at Blenheim, but does not include cartage at Wellington.

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

26. Miscellaneous.

By omitting the following:—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Lyttelton .. Inangahua Jn. .. Benzine, kerosene, and lubricating oils, packed 69s. 2d. per ton.
Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Nonoti, Mina, Phoebe, Spotswood, Parnassus Classes C and D .. .. 41s. 3d. per ton, including delivery at Mina as per Regulation 34.
Inangahua Jn. .. Lyttelton or Christchurch Butter .. .. .. 54s. 6d. per ton, including cartage from Westport to Inangahua Jn.
Inangahua Jn. .. Addington Butter .. .. .. 54s. 6d. per ton, including cartage from Westport to Inangahua Jn.
Dunedin .. Inangahua Beer, in bulk .. .. 75s. per ton.

By adding the following:—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Woolston .. Dunedin .. Empty tins .. .. Class C. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Christchurch .. Any station on the South Island Main Line and Branches Ammonia, baking-powder, coffee, custard-powder, icing-sugar, jelly crystals, lime-juice, methylated spirits, sauces, pickles, soups, spreads, starch, packed, direct ex factory Class D.


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🚂 Alterations to the Scale of Charges upon the New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

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Railways, Goods Rates, Charges, Tariff Amendments, Local Rates, North Island, South Island