New Zealand Gazette – 1954 – No. 29

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✨ Freight rates



  1. Miscellaneous--continued
From To Description of Goods Rate
Palmerston North Wellington Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent, and empty returns (excepting explosives). Owner's risk 37s. 4d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Quantities of less than 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon will be charged as for 8 tons or at 46s. 10d. per ton, small lots, pro rata, minimum charge, 2s. 6d., whichever is cheaper. Minimum, 10 four-wheeled wagons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Foxton Wellington Woolpacks or woolpack fragments, in bales, n.o.s.
Woolpacks or woolpack fragments, in bales		 54s. 10d. per ton.
£14 12s. 7d. per four-wheeled wagon containing not more than 8 tons. Any tonnage in excess of 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon will be charged at 24s. 4d. per ton.
Wellington Auckland Imported fruit 130s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload. Any less quantity will be charged at such minimum, or at Class D.
Aramoho, St. John's, or Wanganui Classes C and D, n.o.s. 87s. per ton. Small lots will be charged at the No. 6 Zone rates as per reg. 71, General Scale of Charges.
Wellington Wanganui Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent, and empty returns (excepting benzine in bulk, explosives, and motor cars in cases). Owner's risk 64s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 150 tons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Palmerston North Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent, and empty returns (excepting explosives). Owner's risk 37s. 4d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Minimum, 10 four-wheeled wagons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Hastings or Napier Wellington Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent (excepting benzine in bulk, explosives, and motor cars in cases). Owner's risk 75s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 150 tons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Stratford Petone, Lower Hutt, or Gracefield Siding Gas, oxygen and acetylene, in cylinders 106s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Palmerston North Gas, oxygen and acetylene, in cylinders 63s. 7d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.


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rail freight rates, miscellaneous goods, Palmerston North, Foxton, Wellington, Auckland, minimum wagon loads, owner's risk