New Zealand Gazette – 1948 – No. 27

Page 546

✨ Railway Freight Charges



546 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 27

  1. Private Sidings at Kaiwarra

  2. The following charges will be made for the haulage of wool, sheep-skins, rabbit-skins, hemp, and tow between Wellington and Levin and Co.'s, Ltd., private siding at Kaiwarra :—

— Per Undumped or Single-dumped Bale. Per Double-dumped Bale.
Wool .. .. .. .. d. 6½ d. 11½
Sheep-skins .. .. .. .. 7½ 11½
Rabbit-skins .. .. .. .. 7½ 11½
Hemp and tow .. .. .. .. 7½ 11½

  1. Traffic between the Emulsified Asphalt Co.'s, Ltd., private siding at Kaiwarra and Wellington will be charged 3s. 7d. per ton.

  2. Haulage Charges, Napier—Breakwater Line

  3. Goods hauled between the Napier Harbour Board’s line at Port Ahuriri and the railway-station, or private stores and sidings, at Port Ahuriri will be charged 1s. 11d. per ton; minimum charge per truck, 3s. 8d.

  4. Except as otherwise provided, goods from or for Napier and stations beyond, will be charged as follows for haulage between the Napier Harbour Board’s line at Port Ahuriri and the Port Ahuriri Railway-station :—

  • Wool, 1½d. per bale.

  • Timber, 2d. per 100 superficial feet.
    Live-stock, 3s. 8d. per four-wheeled truck.

  • Other goods, 4d. per ton.

  • Minimum charge, 5d.

  1. Live-stock loaded into trucks at the stock-yards, Port Ahuriri, and hauled to the ship’s side at the breastwork, Inner Harbour, or to the Breakwater, will be charged 13s. 11d. per four-wheeled truck. Bogie trucks double rates.

  2. Nelson Section

  3. Except where otherwise specified, goods of Classes C and D will be charged as Class C, plus 20 per cent.

  4. Goods of Class P will be charged as Class N; minimum weights as provided in Reg. 77, General Scale of Charges will apply.

  5. Goods which are conveyed between Nelson Station and Port will be charged at the rates specified in Reg. 96, General Scale of Charges, and the charges on ship’s goods will be computed in accordance with the provisions of Reg. 127, General Scale of Charges.

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Glenhope, Stoke and intermediate stations Nelson .. Hops, in bales .. Class H.
Glenhope Stations on the Nelson Section Coal .. .. Class R.
Nelson .. Butter and cheese 34s. 4d. per ton.
Stations Hope to Nelson inclusive Sawn timber, dry .. 2s. 7d. per 100 super. ft.
Stations Hope to Nelson inclusive Sawn timber, green 3s. 4d. per 100 super. ft.


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

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Railways, Freight Rates, Haulage Charges, Wool, Sheep-skins, Rabbit-skins, Hemp, Tow, Wellington, Levin, Kaiwarra, Napier, Port Ahuriri, Nelson, Glenhope, Stoke, Coal, Butter, Cheese, Timber