Freight Rates




  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods Rate
Burnside Islington Pelts £5 13s. 3d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload.
Burnside Invercargill Gas, oxygen and acetylene, in cylinders £4 4s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Milburn Burnside Limestone 14s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 11½ tons per LA wagon.
Gore Any station in the South Island Class E Class E goods, which by reason of their weight are charged Class E plus 50 per cent, will be charged Class E with the small-lots scale as a minimum, provided the aggregate weight of all the consignments in the wagon is not less than 5 tons 10 cwt.
Classified C rate.
Invercargill Dunedin and stations south thereof Ice cream conveyed by express or passenger trains when accommodation is available in the Guards’ vans of such trains £1 10s. per ton. Minimum quantities as per regulation 77. Owners to load and unload.
Invercargill Orawia Coke or breeze £1 7s. 4d. per ton, including handling at ship’s side. The charges will be computed in accordance with reg. 127, General Scale of Charges. Small lots will be charged as follows:
Not Exceeding:
Cwt cu. ft. s. d.
½ or 1 1 8
1 or 2 2 3
1½ or 3 2 9
2 or 4 3 3
2½ or 5 4 4
3 or 6 4 9
3½ or 7 5 0
4 or 8 5 3
4½ or 9 6 3
5 or 10 7 0
Bluff Invercargill Classes C, D, and G, n.o.s., ex-ship. Owner’s risk £1 17s. 10d. per ton dead-weight, including handling at ship's side and sorting as provided in reg. 96, General Scale of Charges.
Newsprint, ex-ship. Owner’s risk £2 2s. 4d. per ton dead-weight, including handling at ship's side and sorting as provided in reg. 96, General Scale of Charges.
Plaster-board, wallboard, fibreboard, and celotex, ex-ship. Owner’s risk


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🚂 Freight rates for various goods and destinations (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight rates, Pelts, Gas, Limestone, Class E goods, Ice cream, Coke, Breeze, Classes C, D, and G, Newsprint, Plaster-board, Wallboard, Fibreboard, Celotex