New Zealand Gazette – 1961 – No. 66

Page 1616

✨ Railway Regulations Amendments



GOODS, LIVESTOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE—continued

  1. Classification of Goods, Livestock, etc.—continued

Paragraph 4—continued

Insert:

Tanks, beer or milk, stainless steel—
Not exceeding 30 gallons capacity – charge on actual weight
Exceeding 30 gallons, but not exceeding 50 gallons capacity, as 2 cwt each
Tanks, steel for storage of petroleum products
Tiles, as under—
Parquet, wooden
Tins, garbage, metal, loose or nested
Trailers, other than caravans, not completely unassembled—

Class
C Double rate
C plus 50%
C plus 50%
C
C plus 50%

Charges to be
Based on

Not Exceeding
10 cwt in weight or 11 ft 6 in. in overall length
Vermicelli
Wall-board, manufactured from fibrous cement, fibrous plaster, composition
plaster or wood-pulp as under:
“Lamiwall” (a hardboard base covered with laminex)
“Hammerglaze” (a permanently coloured hardboard face, finished in baked
enamel)
Wire as under—
Steel, plain, galvanised or reinforcing

Class
15 cwt per trailer C plus 20%
C
C
C
C
D
  1. Computation of Charges

Paragraph 1 subparagraph (d): Omit this subparagraph, and substitute the following:

(d) Except where otherwise provided, the weights of two or more commodities in any consignment
chargeable at the same rate may be grouped for charging purposes but two or more commodities
chargeable at different rates must be charged separately, provided that goods of classes C, C plus 20%,
or D not exceeding 5 cwt in total weight may be grouped for charging purposes.

  1. Class E

Paragraph 3: Omit the last two lines of this paragraph, and substitute the following:

Exceptions—No charge will be made for loading, unloading, or tallying when goods are charged
at Class E plus 25 or 50 per cent except in the case of handling at ship’s side or where in regulation 68
it is provided that the loading and unloading be performed by the owners.

  1. Class K

Paragraph 1 subparagraph (b): Omit the first two lines of this subparagraph, and substitute the
following:

(b) Timber of the following species, and in the minimum quantities specified below, railed for
distances exceeding 85 miles, but not exceeding 105 miles, will be charged 9s. 9d. per 100 super feet.
Similar consignments railed over 105 miles will be charged at Class K rate less 1s. per 100 super feet.
Add the following new subparagraph to this regulation.

5 (a) Separate consignments of timber loaded in the same wagon from one consignor to various
consignees at the same destination station may be grouped for the purpose of calculating the minimum
load as provided in paragraph 1 hereof. Where the total quantity so loaded is less than the prescribed
minimum the deficiency in measurement will be shared proportionately by each consignment.

  1. Livestock

Paragraph 1: Omit this paragraph, and substitute the following:

  1. Wagon Rates—The following wagon rates will be charged for the conveyance of livestock:
H and J wagons Class M.
Hc and Jc wagons Class M plus one-third.
S and T wagons Class M double-rate.
LA wagons for the conveyance of calves not exceeding
14 days old Class M less one-third.

Except in the case of calves not exceeding 14 days conveyed in LA wagons, live stock conveyed in
wagons other than H, Hc, J, Jc, S, or T will be charged as for the number of stock wagons of the
appropriate type that would have been required to transport the consignment.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Classification of Goods, Livestock, Parcels, and Luggage Amendments (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway regulations, Goods classification, Livestock transport, Parcels, Luggage

🚂 Computation of Charges Amendment

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway charges, Consignment weights, Commodity grouping

🚂 Class E Charges Amendment

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway charges, Class E, Loading and unloading

🚂 Class K Timber Railage Regulations Amendment

🚂 Transport & Communications
Timber railage, Class K, Minimum load, Consignment grouping

🚂 Livestock Wagon Rates Amendments

🚂 Transport & Communications
Livestock transport, Wagon rates, Calf conveyance