New Zealand Gazette – 1946 – No. 83

Page 1782

✨ Railway Charges and Regulations



SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES—continued
26. Miscellaneous—continued

By omitting—continued

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Dunedin .. Invercargill .. Ships’ goods of Classes C and D 36s. per ton dead-weight. Minimum quantity, 1 ton per consignment. Sorting where necessary will be charged for under the provisions of Reg. 96, General Scale of Charges.
Kelso .. Lyttelton .. Shooks for the manufacture of fruit-cases 53s. 3d. per ton.
Mataura .. Lyttelton .. Shooks for the manufacture of fruit-cases 54s. per ton.
Gorge Road .. Appleby, Invercargill, and Waikiwi Timber .. .. .. 1s. 6d. per 100 super. ft.
Bush Siding .. Appleby, Invercargill, and Waikiwi Timber .. .. .. 1s. 5d. per 100 super. ft.
Waihoaka .. Appleby, Invercargill, and Waikiwi Timber .. .. .. 2s. 9d. per 100 super. ft.
Piko Piko .. Appleby, Invercargill, and Waikiwi Timber .. .. .. 3s. 3d. per 100 super. ft.

By adding :—

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Christchurch .. Kaikoura .. Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50% (excepting explosives, benzine, kerosene, and similar oils in owner’s tank wagons). Owner’s risk 50s. 11d. per ton. Minimum quantities, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 36 tons per four-weekly period, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload. Participation in this rate is subject to the conclusion of a special agreement with the Department.
Addington .. Kaikoura .. Petrol, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils, and greases, packed. Owner’s risk 60s. per ton. Minimum quantity (including tonnage railed in the reverse direction), 10 tons per week and 500 tons per annum. Owners to load and unload.
Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Blenheim .. Classes C and D as approved by the Department. Owner’s risk 12s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Lake Road, Irwell, Doyleston, Leeston, and Dunsandel Petrol, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils, and greases, packed. Owner’s risk 15s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Southbridge .. Petrol, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils, and greases, packed. Owner’s risk 15s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Coalgate .. Petrol, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils, and greases, packed. Owner’s risk 65s. 9d. per ton.
Christchurch, Addington, and Middleton Westport .. Petrol and kerosene in drums, lubricating oils, and greases, packed 50s. 11d. per ton. Minimum quantity, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction, 36 tons per four-weekly period. Owners to load and unload. Participation in this rate is subject to the conclusion of a special agreement with the Department.
Kaikoura .. Christchurch .. Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50%, excepting explosives. Owner’s risk 60s. per ton. Minimum quantity (including tonnage in the reverse direction), 10 tons per week and 500 tons per annum. Owners to load and unload.
Blenheim .. Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Classes C and D as approved by the Department. Owner’s risk 65s. per ton, including cartage from Nelson to Blenheim.
Blenheim .. Christchurch .. Jams and preserves, packed 1s. 1d. per ton. Minimum charge, 1s. 8d.
Dunedin .. Anderson’s Bay Goods from stations beyond Dunedin from which local rates to Dunedin apply 36s. per ton dead-weight. Minimum quantity, 1 ton per consignment. Sorting where necessary will be charged for under the provisions of Reg. 96, General Scale of Charges.
Dunedin .. Invercargill .. Goods of Classes C and D ex overseas ships Classified C Rate. This rate does not include delivery at any station.
Invercargill .. Dunedin and stations south thereof Ice-cream conveyed by express or mail trains when accommodation is available in the Guard’s vans of such trains

  1. Through Booking to and from Kaikoura
    By omitting this regulation.

  2. Through Booking of Artificial Manures from Hornby to Picton Section
    By omitting this regulation.

  3. Through Booking of Artificial Manures from Islington to Picton Section
    By omitting this regulation.

As witness my hand, this 19th day of November, 1946.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Railways.



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 November 1946
Railway charges, freight classification, goods, live-stock, parcels, luggage
  • R. Semple, Minister of Railways