✨ Railway Freight Rate Amendments
22 MARCH THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 403
SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES
- Coal
| From | To | Rate Per Ton |
|---|---|---|
| Omit: | s. d. | |
| Glentunnel | Sockburn | 17 7 (coal dross only). |
| †Cascade | Invercargill | }70 8 |
| Bluff | ||
| †bWaimangaroa Junction | Invercargill | }72 8 |
| and Conn’s Creek | Bluff | |
| †Granity | Invercargill | }72 8 |
| Bluff | ||
| Stations Lyttelton, Christchurch— | }55 3 | |
| Hornby—Papanui inclusive | ||
| †Ngakawau | Invercargill | }72 8 |
| Bluff | ||
| †Seddonville and Mokihinui Mine | Invercargill | }73 9 |
| Bluff | ||
| †Wallsend | Invercargill | 68 5 |
| †Dobson | Invercargill | 68 5 |
| Insert: | ||
| †Ngakawau | Stations Lyttelton, Christchurch— | 55 3 |
| Islington—Papanui inclusive |
- Miscellaneous
| From | To | Description of Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omit: | |||
| Blenheim | Invercargill | Hops in bales | *49s. 10d. per bale. |
| Coalgate | Rangiora | Shooks | Class C less 50 per cent. |
| Tinwald, Valetta, | Stations Heath— | Shooks | Class C less 50 per cent. |
| or Hinds | cote—Rangiora inclusive | ||
| Insert: | |||
| Blenheim | Invercargill | Jams and preserves, packed. | 167s. per ton. Minimum per |
| Owner’s risk | consignment, 8 tons. | ||
| Owners to load and unload. | |||
| Ashburton | Christchurch or Addington | Building laths | Class Q. Minimum |
| quantities, 5 tons per L | |||
| wagon and 7 tons per LA | |||
| wagon. Owners to load | |||
| and unload. | |||
| Dunedin | Christchurch | Gas-water in drums | 75s. 9d. per ton. Minimum |
| quantity, 6 tons per four- | |||
| wheeled wagon. Owners to | |||
| load and unload. |
- Port Traffic, Picton
Paragraph 1: Amend the minimum charges shown in this paragraph as follows:
| Handling at wharf | s. d. | s. d. |
|---|---|---|
| Haulage | 0 11 | 0 8 |
| Unloading, sorting, and delivery | 1 3 | 1 0 |
In witness whereof the official seal of the New Zealand Railways Commission was hereunto affixed this 14th day of March 1956 in the presence of—
[L.S.] W. E. HODGES, Chairman.
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Amendments to Railway Freight Rates
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🚂 Transport & Communications14 March 1956
Railway freight, Tariffs, Coal, Miscellaneous goods, Port traffic, Picton, South Island
- W. E. Hodges, Chairman, New Zealand Railways Commission