New Zealand Gazette – 1943 – No. 18

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✨ Railway Freight Rates



MAB. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

GOODS—LOCAL RATES SCALE OF CHARGES—continued.

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES—continued.

  1. Picton Section—continued.

WELLINGTON-BLENHEIM FREIGHT RATES—continued.

Class of Goods. Per Ton of or Charge as indicated. Rate.
Produce—continued.
Hay and straw—
Ordinary bales, hand-pressed 20 cwt. 56 6
Machine-pressed 20 cwt. 52 0
Malt Sack 2 9
Onions, in 48 in. sacks 20 cwt. 33 0
Onions, in small bags and cases 40 cubic feet 33 0
Potatoes—
In 48 in. sacks Sack 2 6
New, in small bags 20 cwt. 33 0
Vegetables, not otherwise specified, including beet, cabbages, carrots, cauliflowers, marrows, parsnips, pumpkins—
In 48 in. sacks with mouths closely sewn Sack 2 4
In 48 in. sacks with mouths not closely sewn, or in sacks exceeding 48 in. Sack 3 6
In packages other than above 40 cubic feet 33 0
Walnuts 40 cubic feet 33 0
Linseed meal, linmeal (linseed offal meal)—
In sacks not exceeding 120 lb. each 20 cwt. 33 0
In sacks exceeding 120 lb. each 20 cwt. 26 6
Seeds—
Carrot, mangold, parsnip, lupin, seed-heads (unthreshed), in 48 in. sacks Sack 2 6
Clover, Australian, in sacks not exceeding 140 lb. each (Wellington to Blenheim) Sack 3 9
Clover, New Zealand, in sacks exceeding 100 lb. each Sack 4 9
Clover, New Zealand, in part sacks not exceeding 100 lb. each Part sack 3 0
Brown-top, cocksfoot,* dogstail, fescue, poa pratensis, rye-grass—
In full-sized sacks Sack 3 9
In part sacks not exceeding 100 lb. each Part sack 2 4
Cabbage, cow-grass, lucerne, onion, rape, swede, sweet pea, tree lucerne, turnip Sack 4 9
  • Not exceeding twenty-seven sacks per ton.

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES.

  1. Miscellaneous.

By omitting :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Methven Classes C and D 33s. per ton, including delivery as per Reg. 34.
Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Geraldine Classes C and D 35s. 9d. per ton.

By adding :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Methven Classes C and D 33s. per ton.
Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Geraldine via Orari Classes C and D 38s. 9d. per ton, including delivery as per Reg. 34.
*Cronadun Westport Coal (slack) 6s. 1d. per ton.
*Inangahua Jun. Westport Coal 7s. 2d. per ton.
*Rahui .. Westport Coal 5s. 6d. per ton.
Waimahaka .. Appleby, Invercargill, Waikiwi Coal 4s. 6d. per ton.
Timber 1s 11d. per 100 sup. feet.
  • These rates are applicable only to coal for shipment to Nelson, Onakaka, Picton, or Tarakohe, or ports outside the South Island, or for bunkering ships at Westport, and include all railway charges.
  1. Through Booking to and from Kaikoura.

Paragraph 1 : By adding :—

The rate and conditions prescribed by this paragraph will also apply to petrol, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils and greases, packed, booked from Addington to Kaikoura.

  1. Delivery of Goods and Minimum Charges, South Island Main Line and Branches.

Paragraph 1 : By omitting under the heading “Station to” the place names “East Oxford” and “Methven.”

As witness my hand this 11th day of March, 1943.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Railways.



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
11 March 1943
Railway Charges, Scale Alterations, Government Railways, Freight Rates, Local Rates
  • R. Semple, Minister of Railways