New Zealand Gazette – 1957 – No. 40

Page 947

✨ Parcels Traffic Rates



28 MAY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

947

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

Commodity Rate
Mouldings, picture Parcels rates plus 25%.
Moss See “Flowers, foliage, etc.”
Mushrooms, New Zealand produce, as under—
Certified for domestic use of consignee See regulation 56. Grouped weight.
Not certified as above, packed in cardboard boxes Parcels rates plus 25%.
Not certified as above, packed in wooden boxes or other non-crushable containers Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Musical instruments, not packed in cases or in their own rigid containers Parcels rates plus 25%.
Newspapers See regulation 62.
Nuts, produce of New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue, as under—
Certified for domestic use of consignee See regulation 56. Grouped weight.
Not certified as above Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Oysters, fresh, as under—
In shell Parcels rates.
Without shell, packed in tins Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Paper caps for toy pistols. Dangerous Double parcels rates. The maximum weight conveyed as parcels traffic by any one train will be 14 lb.
Perambulators and push-chairs Parcels rates plus 25%.
Periodicals See regulation 62.
Picture frames and picture mouldings Parcels rates plus 25%.
Pictures, not packed in cases or crates Parcels rates plus 25%.
Pies As “Cake and baker’s small goods.”
Pigeons, homing See regulation 59. Parcels rates plus 25%.
Pillows, mattresses, bolsters, and other manufactured packages containing kapok, flock, wool, tow, sponge rubber, or similar materials Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Plants, seedlings, and bulbs, not packed in soil Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Poultry, fresh, frozen, or chilled Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Poultry, live, in crates, baskets, or other suitable receptacles so as to prevent damage to other goods. Owner’s risk—
Per container not exceeding 1½ cwt. Parcels rates plus 25%.
Per container exceeding 1½ cwt. Parcels rates plus 25%.
Push-chairs Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Rabbits, fresh, frozen, or chilled Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Rabbits, live, in crates, baskets, or other suitable receptacle so as to prevent damage to other goods. Owner’s risk—
Per container not exceeding 1½ cwt. Parcels rates.
Per container exceeding 1½ cwt. Parcels rates plus 25%.
Radio sets and parts not securely packed in crates, cases, or strong cardboard cartons with corrugated cardboard lining Parcels rates plus 25%.
Rocking-horses As “Bicycles, motor”.
Scooters, motor Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Seedlings, not packed in soil Parcels rates.
Shellfish (except oysters) Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Shrubs Parcels rates plus 25%.
Sidecars for motor cycles Parcels rates plus 25%.
Sponge rubber sheets and products Parcels rates plus 25%.
Stags’ heads, mounted or unmounted Parcels rates plus 25%.
Stereotype casts See regulation 62.
Stretchers, canvas, camp, folded Parcels rates.
Stretchers, wire Parcels rates plus 25%.
Stuffed birds, animals, or fish Parcels rates plus 25%.
Suitcases, empty Parcels rates.
Sulkies, racing, to seat one person Parcels rates plus 50%. Each machine will be charged as 48 lb. The Department may require owners to remove wheels. When owners decline to remove wheels when requested to do so, charges will be computed as for a two-wheeled carriage (regulation 84).


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