Railway Freight Rates




  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods Rate
Sockburn Timaru, Dunedin, Coke Class P.
or Invercargill Sulphur to be used in the £5 0s. 7d. per ton. Minimum quantities, 5 tons per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., and 6½ tons per Lc wagon. Owners to load and unload.
Hornby Nelson Motorcars requiring the exclusive use of bogie wagons, conveyed by express, passenger, goods, or mixed trains £7 10s. per car.
Motorcars, not otherwise specified, conveyed by express, passenger, goods, or mixed trains £5 per car.
Springfield Otira Motor trailers accompanying motorcars conveyed by express or passenger trains At the rate for motor trailers conveyed by goods trains.
Otira Springfield The appropriate charges for the homeward journey will be reduced by 25 per cent.
N.Z. Cement Co.'s private siding near Westport Greymouth Cement, bagged £1 16s. 6d. per ton. Owners to load and unload.
Hokitika Cement bagged £2 6s. 6d. per ton. Owners to load and unload.
Greymouth Hokitika and stations between Greymouth and Hokitika Classes C, D, and G consigned direct ex- ship at Greymouth. Owner's risk £1 16s. 5d. per ton, including handling at ship's side. Charges to 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 2 0 1 or 2 2 9 1½ or 3 3 9 2 or 4 4 6 2½ or 5 5 6 3 or 6 6 0 3½ or 7 6 9 4 or 8 7 0 4½ or 9 8 0 5 or 10 9 3
Hokitika and all stations between Hokitika and Greymouth Greymouth Classes C, D, and G for shipment at Grey-mouth 7s. 5d. per 100 sup. ft., subject to the following minimum loads: Class of Min. Load Wagon Sup. Ft. L (10 ton) 4,250 LA 5,100 LC 6,400 U (16 ton) 6,800 U (20 ton) 8,500 RB, UB, or UR 10,600
Ashburton Lyttelton Sawn poplar timber


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🚂 Railway Freight Rates for various goods from Sockburn, Hornby, Springfield, N.Z. Cement Co.'s siding, Greymouth, Hokitika and Ashburton (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 November 1962
Railway freight, Sockburn, Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, Coke, Sulphur, Motorcars, Motor trailers, Cement, Classes C, D, G, Sawn poplar timber