New Zealand Gazette – 1952 – No. 26

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✨ Railway Freight Regulations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 26

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

61. Corpses

  1. The charge for the conveyance of one or more corpses in the same wagon and included in one consignment will be as follows :—
By Trains Other Than Express, Passenger, or Express Goods. * By Express, Passenger, or Express Goods Trains.
Rate Per Mile. Minimum Charge. Rate Per Mile. Minimum Charge.
s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
First corpse .. .. .. 1 2 2 8 0 2 4 4 16 0
Second corpse .. .. .. 0 7 1 4 0 1 2 2 8 0
Each additional corpse .. .. 0 5 0 16 0 0 10 1 12 0
  • Consignments conveyed portion of the journey by express, passenger, or express goods trains and portion by other trains will be charged at these rates for the full journey.

The conveyance of corpses by express, passenger, or express goods train will be at the option of the Department.

  1. When the conveyance of a corpse by any express, passenger, or express goods train necessitates the running of an extra engine, the Department reserves the right to require the payment in respect of the running of such engine (additional to the charges provided for in this regulation) at the rate of 6s. 2d. per mile for the actual distance (both ways) run by such engine.

62. Newspapers and Stereotype Casts

  1. Newspapers (published at intervals not exceeding seven days), periodicals (published at intervals not exceeding one month), and stereotype casts and type set up for reproduction purposes (consigned by or to newspaper-proprietors) will be conveyed subject to the following provisions, viz. :—

(a) Packages of newspapers and periodicals must be open at both ends.

(b) No receipts will be given for the packages; they will be conveyed at owners’ risk, the Department not being liable for damage, delay, detention, or loss; and they must be brought to, and taken from, the railway by the owners. If owners desire them conveyed at the risk of the Department, the ordinary parcel rates will be charged.

(c) Charges on packages conveyed under this regulation, must, except as provided in paragraph 2 hereof, be prepaid by affixing stamps, obtainable from the Department. Packages insufficiently stamped will be charged the difference between the amount represented by the stamps affixed and the full ordinary parcel rates, and the Department will not be responsible for any delay which may arise in consequence.

(d) A declaration that the parcels do not contain other than the articles mentioned above must also be printed or plainly written on the address, thus : “Newspapers only,” “Stereotype Casts only,” as the case may be.

(e) The Department reserves the right to open and examine packages.

(f) Novels will not be accepted at newspaper rates.

(g) Rates for Stamped Parcels :—

Weight. Not Exceeding Over 150 Miles.
75 Miles. 150 Miles.
s. d. s. d. s. d.
3 lb. .. .. .. 0 6 0 9 0 9
7 lb. .. .. .. 0 9 0 9 1 0
14 lb. .. .. .. 1 0 1 0 1 3
28 lb. .. .. .. 1 3 1 6 1 9
42 lb. .. .. .. 1 9 2 0 2 0
56 lb. .. .. .. 2 0 2 3 2 6
84 lb. .. .. .. 2 6 3 3 4 0
112 lb. .. .. .. 3 0 4 3 5 0

The charges will be computed separately for each package.

(h) Single newspapers will be conveyed, irrespective of distance, at a uniform charge of 1d. per copy.



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🚂 Freight Charges for Corpses (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway Rates, Corpses, Freight Charges, Luggage, Parcels

🚂 Freight Charges for Newspapers and Stereotype Casts

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway Rates, Newspapers, Periodicals, Stereotype Casts, Freight Charges