New Zealand Gazette – 1962 – No. 72

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✨ Railway Freight Rates



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 72

  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods Rate
Lyttelton Dunedin .. Imported fruit or vegetables in crates, cases, or sacks £6 2s. 4d. per ton, including handling at ship’s side and sorting at Christchurch. Minimum quantity, 10 tons per consignment.
Invercargill .. Imported fruit or vegetables in crates, cases, or sacks £7 10s. 1d. per ton, including handling at ship’s side and sorting at Christchurch. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per consignment.
Woolston .. Stations in the South Island Plaster, direct ex factory, in minimum wagon loads as per reg. 77, General Scale of Charges Class N, including the use of tarpaulins, but excluding the cost of sheeting. Quantities in less than prescribed minimum wagon loads will be charged at such minimum or on actual weight at classified rates, whichever is cheaper.
Woolston .. Dunedin .. Empty tins .. .. Class C. Minimum quantity, 3 tons per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., and 3 tons 15 cwt. per Lc or Xc wagon.
Christchurch .. Any station in the South Island Ice cream conveyed by express or passenger trains when accommodation is available in the Guards’ vans of such trains Classified C rate.
Stations Christchurch, Hornby, Papanui, inclusive Culverden .. Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent (excepting explosives, benzine, and similar oils in owner’s tank-wagons). Owner’s risk £6 per four-wheeled wagon containing not more than 4 tons. Any tonnage in excess of 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the rate of £1 10s. per ton. Owners to load and unload. Minimum, five four-wheeled wagons per week.
Waiau .. Benzine, kerosene, fuel oil, lubricating oils and greases, packed. Owner’s risk £2 19s. 9d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Christchurch .. Greymouth .. Class C, C plus percentages, D, E, E plus percentages, G and reg. 85 (except explosives). Owner’s risk £3 17s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity 20 tons each and every week including tonnage railed in the reverse direction and an average of 5 tons per four - wheeled wagon, based on each week’s outward loadings. Owners to load and unload. Participation in this rate is subject to written agreement with the Department.


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🚂 Railway Freight Rates for various goods from Christchurch and Lyttelton (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 November 1962
Railway freight, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Goods rates, Owner's risk, Handling charges, Small lots, Imported fruit, Vegetables, Plaster, Empty tins, Ice cream, Benzine, Kerosene, Fuel oil, Lubricating oils, Greases