New Zealand Gazette – 1948 – No. 27

Page 539

✨ Railway Freight Rates



May 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 539

  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Wellington Auckland Imported fruit by goods or mixed train 72s. 4d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Aramoho, St. John’s, or Wanganui Honey, extracted, packed.. Classes C and D, n.o.s. 57s. 11d. per ton. Class D, including delivery at Wanganui as per Reg. 7.
Hessian and stockinette, in bales 43s. 6d. per ton.
Hoop steel 37s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Salt, not agricultural salt 34s. 2d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Wanganui Hessian bags for use as meat coverings Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent., and empty returns (excepting benzine in bulk, explosives, and motor-cars in cases). Owner’s risk 43s. 6d. per ton. 39s. per ton. Minimum quantity 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 50 tons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Feilding, Aorangi, Taonui, Bunnythorpe, and Terrace End Class C .. 56s. 1d. per ton, including delivery at Feilding as per Reg. 7.
Class D.. 54s. per ton, including delivery at Feilding as per Reg. 7.
Terrace End Oil, Diesel, crude and fuel, in owners’ tank wagons Classes C and D, n.o.s. 46s. 10d. per ton. 54s. per ton, including delivery as per Reg. 7.
Palmerston N.. Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent., and empty returns (explosives excepted). Owner’s risk 20s. 1d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Minimum, 10 four-wheeled wagons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse. direction. Owners to load and unload.
Wellington Petone Motor-vehicles, in cases 11s. 1d. per ton. Cranage or cartage charges, where incurred, additional.
Ava Motor-vehicles, in cases 12s. per ton. Cranage or cartage charges, where incurred, additional.
Hastings, Napier, or Port Ahuriri Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent. (excepting benzine in bulk, explosives, and motor-cars in cases). Owner’s risk 39s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 50 tons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload
Port Ahuriri Tobacco-leaf, packed Class E. Minimum load, 2 tons 13 cwt. per four-wheeled wagon.


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🚂 Local Rates Scale of Charges for New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 May 1948
Railways, Local Rates, Charges, Regulations, Government Railways Act, Freight Rates, Pipes, Honey, Cheese-crate shooks, Soap, Soda crystals, Sheep-skins, Calf-skins, Tails, Horns, Horse-hair, Wool, Pelts, Tallow