New Zealand Gazette – 1948 – No. 27

Page 563

✨ Railway Freight Rates



MAY 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 563

  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Methven .. Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Classes C and D.. 39s. 7d. per ton.
Ashburton .. Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Class C, n.o.s. .. 39s. 7d. per ton.
Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent. (excepting explosives and dairy-produce). Owner’s risk 21s. 7d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 20 tons each and every week, including ton-nage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Tinwald, Valetta, and Hinds Christchurch .. Shooks .. Class C less 50 per cent.
Stations Heath-cote - Rangiora, inclusive Classes C and D.. 39s. 7d. per ton.
Winslow .. Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Shooks .. Class C less 50 per cent.
Windermere .. Classes C and D.. 39s. 7d. per ton.
Hinds ..
Ealing .. Timaru .. Shooks ..
Ealing .. Stations Christ-church, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Classes C and D.. 42s. 11d. per ton.
Rangitata Island ..
Rangitata .. Stations Christ-church, Horn-by, Papanui, inclusive Classes C and D.. 46s. 2d. per ton.
Orari ..
Geraldine ..
Winchester ..
Temuka ..
Arowhenua ..
Seadown .. ,, Classes C and D.. 48s. 11d. per ton.
Washdyke ..
Smithfield ..
Orari .. Smithfield .. Butter and cheese 9s. 11d. per ton.
Washdyke .. Dunedin .. Tallow, packed .. 52s. 10d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Smithfield .. Timaru .. Butter and cheese 4s. 7d. per ton.
*Timaru and stations north there-of and east of Arthur’s Pass Stations west of Arthur’s Pass Pressed hay in bales, straw chaff, and lucerne chaff Class Q. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Pressed straw, in bales Class F. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Stations Christ-church, Horn-by, Papanui, inclusive Classes C and D, n.o.s. 48s. 11d. per ton.
Timaru .. Christchurch .. Rabbits, packed, by passenger or express trains when accommodation is available in the Guards’ vans or roadside wagons of such trains 62s. 4d. per ton.
Ashburton .. Beer, bottled, packed or in bulk 18s. per ton. Minimum, 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
  • Tarpaulins to be charged for at the rates provided in the General Scale of Charges. Consignor will require to certify on the consignment note as to the contents of each wagon carried under these provisions, and also that the pressed hay or straw chaff or pressed straw, as the case may be, is consigned to a bona fide farmer or for distribution to bona fide poultry-keepers.


Next Page →

PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)

View this page online at:


VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1948, No 27


NZLII — PDF NZ Gazette 1948, No 27




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Freight Rates, Haulage Charges, Methven, Ashburton, Tinwald, Valetta, Hinds, Winslow, Windermere, Ealing, Timaru, Rangitata Island, Rangitata, Orari, Geraldine, Winchester, Temuka, Arowhenua, Seadown, Washdyke, Smithfield, Dunedin, Arthur’s Pass, Christchurch