Railway Regulations




23 MARCH

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

463

GOODS—continued

  1. Lime for Manuring Farm Lands—continued

  2. Handling—The Department may require all loading, unloading, or tallying to be performed by the owners. Where any such service is performed by the Department, charges as provided in Regulation 122 will be made.

Paragraph 2: Omit from the Schedule the words “MA or”.

  1. Empty Cases for Carriage of Fruit, and Shooks for Manufacture of Fruit Cases

Omit this regulation, and substitute the following:

  1. Empty cases, and crates containing empty punnets—not “returned empties”; but to be re-consigned full by rail and, when so reconsigned, to contain only New Zealand grown fresh fruit—consigned direct to fruitgrowers’ agents or associations approved by the General Manager, and bona fide fruitgrowers, will be charged at the rate for returned empties (paragraph 2, Regulation 88).

  2. Consignment notes for empty cases or crates containing empty punnets carried under this regulation are to be endorsed by senders as follows:

I hereby certify that these cases (or crates containing empty punnets) are consigned direct to a*...and are to be used solely for packing New Zealand grown fresh fruit to be conveyed by rail.

*Insert fruitgrowers’ agent, fruitgrowers’ association, or bona fide fruitgrower, as the case may be.

  1. All loading and unloading must be performed by the owners.

  2. Exhibits Forwarded to and from Shows, etc.

Paragraph 1: Omit from this paragraph the words “conducted by the Department of Agriculture”.

  1. Tarpaulins

Paragraph 2: Omit this paragraph, and substitute the following:

  1. Demurrage—For demurrage on tarpaulins refer to Regulation 103.

  2. Cranage

Omit this regulation, and substitute the following:

  1. Charges—Except as otherwise specified, cranage will be charged for the use of the Department’s cranes, forklifts, and similar mechanical lifting appliances, at the following rates, based on the aggregate weight of the craned goods in each consignment. No cranage charge will, however, be made for the lifting of packages up to 1 ton each, unless the goods are those for which a loading or unloading charge is prescribed.
Charge for Cranage In Addition to Cranage the Following Loading or Unloading Charge Will be Made in Respect of Goods for Which Such a Charge is Prescribed, When Labour in Addition to Crane Operator is Provided
Goods
(a) Any package or article not exceeding 30 cwt 2s. 6d. per ton. Minimum charge, 2s. 6d. per consignment
(b) Any package or article exceeding 30 cwt 7s. 6d. per ton. (See also regulation 125, paragraph 3 (b), for unusual lifts)
Timber—(c) All types of timber 8d. per 100 superficial feet. Minimum charge, 2s. per consignment

*See Regulation 122 for cranage and handling charges on scrap iron and scrap steel.

  1. Shed Cranes—Where a shed crane is used for a lift from shed floor to lorry, or vice versa, charges as specified in paragraph 1 hereof will be made, except that where the traffic would normally be handled direct from wagon to lorry, or vice versa, without cranage (as in the case of drums of cable) and the use of a crane is necessitated solely by the working of the wagon through the shed for the Department’s convenience, cranage charges will not be made.


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Goods Classification (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway Regulations, Goods Classification, Transport Rates

🌾 Lime for Manuring Farm Lands

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Lime, Farm Lands, Manuring

🌾 Empty Cases for Carriage of Fruit

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Fruit, Empty Cases, Carriage

🎓 Exhibits Forwarded to and from Shows

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Exhibits, Shows, Events

🚂 Tarpaulins

🚂 Transport & Communications
Tarpaulins, Demurrage, Regulations

🚂 Cranage

🚂 Transport & Communications
Cranage, Charges, Regulations