✨ Railway Charges Alterations
Alterations to the Scales of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government Railways
P URSUANT to the Government Railways Act 1949, I, William Stanley Goosman,
Minister of Railways, hereby make the following alterations to the General
Scale of Charges made on the 26th day of March 1952, and published in the Supplement
dated the 9th day of April 1952 to the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd day
of April 1952, and to the Local Rates Scale of Charges made on the 11th day of
February 1952, and published in the Supplement dated the 18th day of February
1952 to the New Zealand Gazette of the 14th day of February 1952, in force on the
New Zealand Government Railways.
GENERAL SCALE OF CHARGES
The following alterations to the General Scale of Charges shall come into force on
the 15th day of September 1952
LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.
54. Parcels Traffic, Conditions of Carriage, and Classification
Paragraph 3 : Add the following proviso :
Provided that in the case of an unattended station, or of an attended station at a time when no
employee is on duty, parcels traffic may, at the discretion of the Department, be accepted without
prepayment of freight subject to an additional charge of 2s. 6d. per consignment.
GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE
68. Classification of Goods, Live-stock, &c.
Omit :-
Cement, not otherwise specified—
Up to 200 miles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. E plus 25%
Over 200 miles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C less 50%.
(If packed in paper bags, owners to load and unload.)
Insert :—
Cement, not otherwise specified—
Up to 200 miles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. E plus 25%
Over 200 miles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C less 50%
Small lots will be charged at the scale for Class E plus 50%. Quantities
exceeding 5 cwt. will be subject to a minimum charge as for 5 cwt. at
the small lots scale.
(If packed in paper bags, owners to load and unload.)
GOODS
70. Computation of Charges
Para 1, subparas (c) and (d) : Omit these subparagraphs and substitute the following :-
(c) Except where otherwise specified any consignment consisting of two or more commodities
chargeable at different rates will be charged separately provided that where goods chargeable at
class D are in the same consignment with goods chargeable at classes C plus 20% or C, and the total
weight of such goods does not exceed 5 cwt., they will be charged on grouped weight at the class “ C ”
scale as per Regulation 71.
(d) Small lots of goods of classes C, D, E, or G, including goods chargeable at such rates subject
to a percentage increase or decrease, will be charged as per Regulation 71. Such classes of goods, in
quantities exceeding 5 cwt., will be subject to a minimum charge as for 5 cwt. as per Regulation 71.
Regulation 71 : Omit this regulation and substitute the following—
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- William Stanley Goosman, Minister of Railways