New Zealand Gazette – 1953 – No. 18

Page 561

✨ Railway Freight Rates



  1. Miscellaneous—continued

Insert :-

From To Description of Goods. Rate.
Auckland or Mount Eden Messrs. N.Z. Wall-boards, Ltd.'s, private siding near Woburn Plaster, direct ex-factory . . 90s. 8d. per ton, including the cost of tarpaulins.
Minimum quantities :-
Class of Wagon. Tons.
L (8 ton) 8
L (10 ton) 10
LA 10
Lo 12½
M 6
Mo 8
Owners to load and unload.
Hamilton Wellington Beer or stout bottled ... 112s. 3d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 9 tons per LA wagon, and full loading for other types of wagons.
Edgecumbe Any station in the North Island Impregnated sawn timber (previously conveyed as sawn timber by rail direct to the treatment plant at Edgecumbe from Omokoroa and Te Puke) Class K less 1s. per 100 super. ft.
Auckland or New-market Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned, and sauces, bottled, direct ex-factory 124s. per ton.
Hastings or Napier Wellington Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned, and sauces, bottled, direct ex-factory Class D.

The following rates will be amended as indicated :-

From To Description of Goods. Omit Insert
Auckland, Mount Eden, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and intermediate stations Stations Tauranga to Mount Mau-nganui inclusive Classes C and D, n.o.s. .. s. d.
88 0		 s. d.
92 2
Stations Kairua to Te Puke inclusive Class C .. 95 0 100 0
Auckland or New-market Wellington Beer or stout, bottled .. 108 6
115 6		 112 3
120 0
Auckland or Mount Eden Wellington Plaster, direct ex-factory .. 79 0 85 6
Auckland Wellington Honey, in bulk, packed, direct from blending store 78 6 81 6
Honey, in cartons, packed direct from blending store 98 0 101 9
Vinegar, bottled, packed, or in bulk, direct from factory 111 0 114 9
Auckland or Onehunga Wellington Roofing materials (bituminous compounds) in rolls, and related adhesive preparation in tins or drums, also building-paper in rolls direct ex-factory in full wagon loads 132 0 140 0


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🚂 Alterations to the Scales of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 March 1953
Railway Charges, Freight Classification, Goods, Plaster, Beer, Timber, Fruit, Vegetables, Canned Goods, Bottled Goods, Honey, Vinegar, Roofing Materials, Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Edgecumbe, Hastings, Napier