New Zealand Gazette – 1952 – No. 26

Page 630

✨ Railway Freight Regulations



630

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 26

GOODS.

  1. In the case of food and clothing donated to orphanages and Maori Mission Fields, the concession of half-rates will be granted subject to a certificate in the following form being endorsed on the consignment-note :-

I hereby certify that the goods entered hereon are a free donation to the *..., to which they are consigned.

Signature of Sender :.........

  • Insert "Orphanage" or "Maori Mission Field."

  1. Returned Empties

  2. Returned empties are packages which have on the outward journey been carried full by rail and are being consigned from the original consignee and the original receiving-station to the original consignor and the original sending-station. They must be certified by consignors to have been conveyed full by rail.

  3. Except as provided in paragraphs 4 to 7 inclusive, the charges for returned empties will be as follows :-

Miles Not Exceeding Returned Empties Not Otherwise Specified. Returned Empty Butter, Cheese, Egg, Fish, Fresh Meat, Cooked Ham, Fruit, Ice-cream, Ice-cream Mix, Synthetic Cream, Nut, Vegetable, Carbon-dioxide Snow (Dry Ice), and Casein Curd Packages.
Rate Per Ton. Minimum Charge. Rate Per Ton. Minimum Charge.
£ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
25 .. . . . *1 1 0 1 0 0 10 8
50 .. . . . 1 11 8 1 6 0 15 11
100 .. . . . 2 6 8 1 6 1 3 4
150 .. . . . 3 1 7 1 6 1 18 4
200 .. . . . 3 16 8 1 11 2 13 4
250 .. . . . 4 11 6 2 3 3 8 1
300 .. . . . 5 6 6 2 8 4 3 2
350 .. . . . 6 1 6 3 0 4 18 1
400 .. . . . 6 16 6 3 5 5 13 1
450 .. . . . 7 11 4 3 9 6 8 0
500 .. . . . 8 8 0 4 2 7 3 1
For each additional 50 miles or portion thereof in excess of 500 miles, will be added 0 15 0 0 4½ 0 15 0

*Or Class C plus 50 per cent. if cheaper.

Quantities of less than 1 ton will be charged pro rata of the tonnage rates, subject to the minimum charge specified.

  1. The following will be accepted as returned empties, subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 being complied with, and will be charged as returned empties, not otherwise specified :-

Cardboard bottle-protectors.

Fish-ova and fish-liver tins.

Iron bands or slings for securing crates of asbestos-cement sheets.

Photographic-film spools.

Wooden cores used in packing paper.

Wooden trays used for packing asbestos-cement products.

  1. Sacks, Scrim, &c.-Returned empty sacks, bags (including lime-bags), scrim and canvas furniture coverings, also scrim and sacking used by nurserymen, will not be granted the rate applicable to returned empties unless packed in bundles, bags, or bales.

  2. Furniture Containers returning empty after having been conveyed loaded by rail, or when being forwarded empty to be returned loaded by rail, will be charged under the provisions of Regulation 94, paragraph 3.



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🚂 Concessional Rates for Charitable Purposes (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Charitable Institutions, Concessional Rates, Food Products, Clothing, Transportation

🚂 Returned Empties Regulations

🚂 Transport & Communications
Returned Empties, Freight Rates, Railway Regulations, Packaging