New Zealand Gazette – 1952 – No. 14

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✨ Freight Rates



  1. Miscellaneous---continued
From To Description of Goods Rate.
Lyttelton Oamaru Imported fruit or vegetables 8ls. 5d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per consignment.
Lyttelton Dunedin Imported fruit or vegetables 8ls. 5d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment.
Lyttelton Invercargill Imported fruit or vegetables 10ls. 4d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per consignment.
Woolston Dunedin Empty tins ... Class C. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., and 3 tons 15 cwt. per LcorXowagon.
Lyttelton Classes C and D ... lls. 6d. per ton.
Lyttelton Class E ... Maximum charge, including handling, lls. 6d. per ton.
Addington Classes E plus 25 per cent and F plus 50 per cent lls. 6d. per ton.
Addington Classes C and D, ex-ship at Lyttelton for Addington, and such goods not required to be sorted at Christchurch 5s. 7d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per consignment.
Papanui, for private sidings Classes C and D, ex-ship at Lyttelton 6s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 30 cwt. per consignment.
Waikari or Hawarden Classes C, D, E, and F plus 50 per cent (excepting explosives, benzine and similar oils in owner's tank-wagons). Owner's risk £5 per four-wheeled wagon containing not more than 4 tons. Any tonnage in excess of 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the rate of 25s. per ton. Minimum, five four-wheeled wagons each and every week. Owners to load and unload.
Christchurch Balmoral, Pahau, or Culverden Classes C, D, E, and F plus 50 per cent (excepting explosives, benzine, and similar oils in owner's tank-wagons). Owner's risk £6 5s. per four-wheeled wagon containing not more than 5 tons. Any tonnage in excess of 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the rate of 25s. per ton. Owners to load and unload. Minimum, five four-wheeled wagons per week. Participation in this rate is subject to the conclusion of a special agreement with the Department.
Stations Christ-church, Hornby Papanui inclusive Waiau Benzine, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils and greases, packed. Owner's risk 44s. 7d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Christchurch Kaikoura Classes C, D, E, and F plus 50 per cent (excepting explosives, benzine, kero-sene, and similar oils in owner's tank wagons). Owner's risk 57s. 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 Benzine, kerosene, fuel oil lubricating oils, and greases, packed. Owner's risk


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Freight Rates, Imported Fruit, Vegetables, Empty Tins, Classes C, D, E, F, Lyttelton, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, Woolston, Addington, Papanui, Waikari, Hawarden, Balmoral, Pahau, Culverden, Waiau, Kaikoura