New Zealand Gazette – 1946 – No. 83

Page 1781

✨ Railway Freight Rates



Nov. 21.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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GOODS—LOCAL RATES SCALE OF CHARGES—continued
24. Picton Section—continued
Paragraph 18: By adding the following—continued
WELLINGTON—BLENHEIM FREIGHT RATES—continued

Homing Pigeons.
Empty Return
Crates or
Baskets.

Homing pigeons in crates or baskets—
Not exceeding 1 cubic foot
.. .. 2 6
2 6
,, 2 cubic feet
.. .. 3 5
3 4
,, 3 ,,
.. .. 4 2
3 4
,, 4 ,,
.. .. 4 11
3 5
,, 5 ,,
.. .. 5 8
3 9
,, 6 ,,
.. .. 6 5
4 2
,, 7 ,,
.. .. 7 3
4 7
,, 8 ,,
.. .. 8 2
5 3
,, 9 ,,
.. .. 9 0
5 8
,, 10 ,,
.. .. 9 10
6 1
,, 11 ,,
.. .. 10 9
6 6
,, 12 ,,
.. .. 11 8
7 0
,, 13 ,,
.. .. 12 8
7 5
,, 14 ,,
.. .. 13 8
8 1
,, 15 ,,
.. .. 14 8
8 6

  • The rates for consignments measuring up to and including 15 cubic feet include (in addition
    to wharfage, loading, or unloading at Picton) cartage, wharfage, and harbour-improvement rate
    at Wellington, and sorting at Blenheim.
    Consignments of homing pigeons and empty return crates or baskets exceeding 15 cubic feet
    will be charged at rates of 28s. 9d. and 14s. 5d. respectively per ton of 40 cubic feet plus the
    appropriate charges for cartage, wharfage, and harbour-improvement rate at Wellington, and
    sorting at Blenheim.
Class of Goods. Per Ton of or Charge as indicated. Rate.
Produce s. d.
Barley, beans, maize, oats, ryecorn .. 20 cwt. 28 0
Bran .. 2 000 lb. 26 6
Chaff, not otherwise specified Sack .. 2 1
Chaff. lucerne .. Sack .. 2 1
Flour .. 2,000 lb. 21 6
Hay and straw—
Ordinary bales, hand-pressed .. 20 cwt. 56 6
Machine-pressed .. 20 cwt. 52 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
Malt .. 20 cwt. 33 0
Meal, lucerne, not exceeding 22 sacks per 20 cwt. 20 cwt. 43 6
Oatmeal 2,000 lb. 25 0
Onions, in sacks .. 20 cwt. 33 0
Onions, in small bags and cases 40 cubic feet 33 0
Peas .. 20 cwt. 28 6
Pollard .. 2,000 lb. 25 0
Potatoes—
In sacks .. 20 cwt. 31 0
New, in small bags .. 20 cwt. 33 0
Vegetables, not otherwise specified, including beet, cabbages, carrots, cauliflowers, marrows, parsnips, pumpkins—
In sacks with mouths closely sewn .. Sack .. 2 4
In sacks with mouths not closely sewn .. Sack .. 3 6½
In packages other than above .. 40 cubic feet 33 0
Walnuts .. 40 cubic feet 33 0
Wheat, in sacks .. 20 cwt. 24 0
Seeds—
Browntop, dogstail, fescue, ryegrass .. 20 cwt. 59 0
Cabbage, clover (N.Z.), cow-grass, lucerne, swede, turnip 20 cwt. 52 6
Carrot .. 20 cwt. 40 0
Clover (Australian), in sacks not exceeding 140 lb. each 20 cwt. 60 0
Cocksfoot, not exceeding 27 sacks to 20 cwt. 20 cwt. 67 6
Lupin .. 20 cwt. 28 0
Mangold (beet), parsnip .. 20 cwt. 61 6
Onion .. 20 cwt. 65 6
Poa Pratensis .. 20 cwt. 67 6
Rape .. 20 cwt. 35 0
Seed heads (unthreshed) 20 cwt. 67 6
Tares, in sacks .. 20 cwt. 35 0

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES
26. Miscellaneous

By omitting the word “Picton” from the following footnotes wherever they appear :—

  • 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 Greymouth, and include all railway
    charges.

d These rates are applicable only to coal for shipment to Nelson, Onakaka, Picton, or Tarakohe,
or ports outside the South Island, and include all railway charges.

By omitting :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Inangahua Jn. .. Classes C and D as approved by the Department. Owner’s risk 55s. 9d. per ton. Minimum quantity (including tonnage railed in the reverse direction), 10 tons per week.
Inangahua Jn. .. Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Classes C and D as approved by the Department. Owner’s risk 55s. 9d. per ton. Minimum quantity (including tonnage in the reverse direction), 10 tons per week.
Dunedin .. Anderson’s Bay Goods from stations beyond Dunedin 1s. 1d. per ton. Minimum charge, 1s. 8d.


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

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21 November 1946
Railway charges, freight classification, goods, live-stock, parcels, luggage