New Zealand Gazette – 1957 – No. 40

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✨ Railway Freight Regulations



1022 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 40

GOODS

87. Food Products and Clothing for Charitable Purposes

  1. Food products, coal, firewood, and clothing donated to charitable institutions, other than orphanages and Maori mission fields, will be conveyed as parcels or goods traffic (at the option of the Department) at owner’s risk at half the appropriate rates, on the authority of the General Manager. Written application for the concession must be made to the General Manager at least fourteen days before the goods are presented for carriage.

  2. 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”.

88. Returned Empties

  1. 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.

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

Miles Not Exceeding Rate per Ton Minimum Charge
£ s. d. s. d.
24 *1 4 0 1 3
50 1 16 3 1 9
100 2 13 6 1 9
150 3 10 6 1 9
200 4 7 9 2 6
250 5 4 9 2 6
300 6 2 0 3 0
350 6 19 0 3 6
400 7 16 3 3 9
450 8 13 3 4 3
495 9 12 3 4 9

For each additional 45 miles or portion thereof in excess of 495 miles, will be added 0 15 6

  • 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, etc.—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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🏭 Freight Rates for Charitable Donations

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Freight, Food Products, Clothing, Charitable Institutions, Half Rates

🏭 Freight Rates for Returned Empties

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Freight, Returned Empties, Rates, Railway