New Zealand Gazette – 1958 – No. 24

Page 517

✨ Railway Regulations Amendments



17 APRIL
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
517

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES—continued

Insert new regulation:

20a. Haulage Charges, Lyttelton to Woolston, Heathcote, and for Local Delivery at Lyttelton

  1. Goods ex-ship of Classes C, D, G (including Classes C, D, and G, subject to a percentage or other reduction), E, E plus 25 per cent, E plus 50 per cent, N, P, and empty returns (regulation 88) railed direct from ship’s side to Heathcote or Woolston, will be charged 19s. 9d. per ton, including handling at ship’s side and cost of tarpaulins, and will be conveyed at owner’s risk.

  2. Goods ex-ship hauled direct from ship’s side to public or private sidings at Lyttelton will be charged under the provisions of regulation 96, General Scale of Charges.

  3. Goods ex-ship of Classes C, D, G (including Classes C, D, and G, subject to a percentage or other reduction) and glue pieces, railed to Christchurch for sorting and returned to Woolston, Heathcote, or Lyttelton, will be charged at £1 5s. 0d. per ton, including handling at ship’s side and sorting, and will be conveyed at owner’s risk.

  4. Goods ex-ship of Classes E, E plus 25 per cent, E plus 50 per cent, N (n.o.s.), P, Q, and empty returns (regulation 88) railed to Christchurch for sorting and returned to Woolston, Heathcote, or Lyttelton, will be charged at £1 10s. 9d. per ton including handling at ship’s side, sorting, all shed handling charges, and cost of tarpaulins, and will be conveyed at owner’s risk.

  5. Small lots of goods chargeable at the rates specified in paragraphs 1, 3, and 4, will be charged as follows:

Not Exceeding:
Cwt. Cub. ft. s. d.
1 or 2 .. .. .. 2 0
2 or 4 .. .. .. 3 0
3 or 6 .. .. .. 4 6
4 or 8 .. .. .. 5 6
5 or 10 .. .. .. 6 6

  1. Timber, wool in bales, and skins in bales, ex-ship, railed to Christchurch for sorting and returned to Woolston, will be charged as follows, including handling at ship’s side, sorting and all shed handling charges, and cost of tarpaulins:

Wool and skins in bales .. .. 6s. 8d. per bale undumped.
Timber n.o.s. .. .. 8s. 9d. per 100 sup. ft.
Timber, hardwood (charged at K plus
50%) .. .. 10s. 9d. per 100 sup. ft.

  1. The charges for ship’s goods, Classes C, D, and G will be computed in accordance with regulation 127, General Scale of Charges.

23. Haulage and Shunting Charges, Christchurch, Riccarton, and Addington

Omit this regulation.

28. Hydraulic Cranes, Greymouth

Omit this regulation.

As witness my hand this 15th day of April 1958.

M. MOOHAN, Minister of Railways.



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🚂 Revised Railway Freight Rates for South Island Routes (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
15 April 1958
Freight rates, South Island, Railway, Haulage charges, Lyttelton, Woolston, Heathcote
  • M. Moohan, Minister of Railways