Freight Rates




12 NOVEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1977

  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods Rate
Hastings or Napier Auckland or Newmarket Fruit pulp in naked tins or packed in cases, direct ex factory £7 11s. per ton.
Wellington Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent (excepting benzine in bulk, explosives, dairy produce, and frozen meat). Owner’s risk £3 16s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 150 tons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Auckland, Tamaki, or Penrose Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned; and sauces, bottled, direct ex factory £8 1s. per ton.
Hastings, Napier, or Ahuriri Wellington Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned; and sauces, bottled, direct ex factory Class D.
Hastings Lower Hutt Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned; and sauces, bottled, direct ex factory Class D.
Ahuriri Lower Hutt Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned, and sauces, bottled, direct ex factory £5 11s. 8d. per ton.
Whakatu Napier Port Tallow or pelts 16s. 4d. per ton.
Gisborne Auckland or Penrose Foodstuffs and sauces canned, direct ex factory. Owner’s risk £7 13s. 3d. per ton. Owners to load and unload.
  1. Bulk Tonnage

  2. Goods of Classes C, C plus percentages, D, E, E plus percentages, G, and regulation 85 (except explosives) will be conveyed at the rates specified in paragraph 2 hereof subject to the following conditions:

(a) The minimum quantity forwarded each and every week shall be the tonnage specified in paragraph 2 which shall include tonnage railed in the reverse direction and an average of 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 10 tons per bogie wagon based on each week’s outward loadings.

(b) The goods carried as bulk tonnage will be conveyed at owner’s risk.

(c) Participation in the rate is subject to written agreement with the Department.

  1. Rates:
Station Rate Minimum Weekly Tonnage (Includes Tonnage Railed in the Reverse Direction)
Between And £ s. d.
Auckland, Mt. Eden, Tamaki, Onehunga, and intermediate stations Whangarei 3 12 0
Te Rapa, Frankton, and Claudelands 2 16 0
Matamata 3 6 0
Tokoroa 4 3 0
Rotorua 4 15 0
* Te Aroha 2 5 0
Tauranga 4 15 0
Kawerau 5 14 0
Taumarunui 4 15 0
New Plymouth 6 5 0
Palmerston North 6 17 6
Wellington and Ngauranga 8 0 0
Petone 8 2 0
Hastings and Napier 8 4 0
Wellington and Ngauranga New Plymouth 6 0 0
Hastings, Napier, and Ahuriri Palmerston North 3 7 0

*May include tonnage also railed from Otahuhu.



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🚂 Freight Rates for Various Goods between Stations (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight rates, Railway, Goods, Transport, Fruit pulp, Tallow, Pelts, Foodstuffs, Sauces

🚂 Bulk Tonnage Rates and Conditions

🚂 Transport & Communications
Bulk tonnage, Railway rates, Goods, Transport, Owner's risk, Agreements, Auckland, Whangarei, Wellington, New Plymouth, Hastings, Napier