New Zealand Gazette – 1957 – No. 40

Page 948

✨ Parcels Traffic Rates



948

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 40

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

Commodity Rate
Tinware Parcels rates plus 25%.
Toheroas, fresh Parcels rates.
Toys, irrespective of packing Parcels rates plus 25%.
Tricycles, children’s Parcels rates plus 25%.
Tricycles, motor At the rate for two-wheeled carriages (regulation 84).
Tricycles, not otherwise specified See regulation 52.
Typewriters, not packed in wooden cases Parcels rates plus 25%.
Vegetables, fresh, produce of New Zealand, Cook Islands, or Niue, as under—Certified for domestic use of consignee Regulation 56. Grouped weight.
Not certified as above Parcels rates. Grouped weight.
Washing-machines, not packed in cases, crates, or heavy packing paper Parcels rates plus 25%.
Wheel-barrows, assembled (other than toys) Double parcels rates.
Wickerware Parcels rates plus 25%.
Wreaths and other similar articles made up of cut flowers or plants. Owner’s risk Parcels rates plus 25%.
Wreaths, glass. Owner’s risk Parcels rates plus 25%.

  1. Parcels Rates

  2. Parcels will be conveyed at the following rates:

Weight Not Exceeding Over 450 Miles
30 Miles 50 Miles 100 Miles 200 Miles 300 Miles 450 Miles
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
3 lb. 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
7 lb. 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 6
14 lb. 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 9 3 0 3 6 4 3
28 lb. 1 6 2 0 2 9 3 6 4 6 5 6 7 3
56 lb. 2 9 3 6 4 6 7 0 8 9 10 9 13 9
84 lb. 3 6 5 0 6 3 10 0 13 6 16 3 19 3
112 lb. 4 6 5 9 7 3 11 6 17 6 21 6 24 0
140 lb. 5 6 7 0 8 0 13 6 21 6 27 0 31 3
168 lb. 6 3 7 9 8 9 15 3 25 0 32 0 36 0
196 lb. 7 3 8 6 10 0 16 9 28 9 37 3 43 3
224 lb. 8 0 9 6 10 9 19 0 32 0 42 6 48 0
  1. Terminal Charge—In addition to the above rates, a charge of 1s. for each 56 lb. or part thereof will be made upon all parcels consigned to the following stations:

North Island
Auckland
Hamilton.
New Plymouth.
Hawera.
Wanganui.

Palmerston North.
Wellington.
Petone.
Lower Hutt.
Naenae.

South Island
Christchurch.
Dunedin.
Invercargill.

  1. Local Rate—Parcels conveyed between Wellington and Hawera will be charged as for 200 miles.

  2. Conditions—(a) The Department does not undertake to convey packages exceeding 2 cwt. in weight or 20 cubic feet in measurement at parcel rates, but where any such package is tendered for transit it may be accepted provided the dimensions or weight of the package are such as will not cause inconvenience in handling the same. Where any such parcel is accepted for transit the charges for the weight in excess of 2 cwt. will in all respects be treated as a separate consignment.

(b) Parcels must be at the station at least thirty minutes before the due time of departure of the train by which they are to be forwarded.



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