New Zealand Gazette – 1948 – No. 27

Page 565

✨ Railway Freight Rates



MAY 19] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 565

  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Dunedin, Caversham, or Burnside Oamaru .. Classes C and D, n.o.s. .. 40s. 5d. per ton.
Dunedin .. Port Chalmers Upper Port Chalmers .. Classes C and D.. .. 8s. 5d. per ton.
Burnside, for private sidings Classes C and D.. .. 8s. 5d. per ton.
Sulphuric, muriatic, and nitric acid, and raw materials used in the manufacture of acids 4s. 7d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Burnside, for private sidings Artificial manures and raw materials (except lime) for the manufacture of artificial manures, ex ship 4s. 8d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Where the Department provides labour for loading a charge of 1s. 5d. per ton will be made for such loading.
Green Island .. Steel billets .. .. Class N.
Gore .. Petrol, kerosene, and fuel oil in drums. Owner’s risk 45s. 7d. per ton, net rail. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Dunedin, Caversham, or Burnside Gore or East Gore Classes C and D, n.o.s. .. 52s. 10d. per ton, including delivery at Gore as per Reg. 21.
Dunedin .. Invercargill .. Class C, n.o.s. .. .. 57s. 11d. per ton.
Invercargill .. Soap, packed .. .. 56s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 cwt. per consignment.
Islington .. Pelts .. .. 60s. 3d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Burnside .. Dunedin .. Sulphuric, muriatic, and nitric acid, and raw materials used in the manufacture of acids 5s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon.
Christchurch .. Unmanufactured iron and steel 67s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon, 4 tons per bogie wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Green Island .. Greymouth .. Unmanufactured iron and steel, including bolts, nuts, rivets, and patterns 80s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 2 tons per four-wheeled wagon, 4 tons per bogie wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Any station on the Otago Central Branch Alexandra .. Rabbits or hares, dead .. All consignments from the same station on the same train to be charged as one consignment.
Gore .. Any station on the South Island Main Line and Branches Class E .. .. Class E goods, which by reason of their weight are charged Class E rate and a half, will be charged Class E with the small-lots scale as a minimum, provided the aggregate weight of all the consignments in the wagon is not less than 5 tons 10 cwt.


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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, Dunedin, Caversham, Burnside, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Upper Port Chalmers, Green Island, Gore, East Gore, Invercargill, Islington, Christchurch, Greymouth, Otago Central Branch, Alexandra