New Zealand Gazette – 1962 – No. 72

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✨ Railway Freight Rates



12 NOVEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1987

  1. Miscellaneous—continued
From To Description of Goods Rate
Ashburton .. Christchurch .. Classes C, D, E, and E plus 50 per cent (excepting explosives and dairy produce). Owner’s risk £1 17s. per ton. Minimum quantity, 20 tons each and every week, including tonnage railed in the reverse direction. Owners to load and unload.
Smithfield .. Timaru .. Class H .. ..
Pressed hay in bales, and chaff 2s. 2d. per undumped bale. Class Q. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., and 5 tons per LC wagon.
Timaru and stations north thereof and east of Arthur’s Pass Stations west of Arthur’s Pass Pressed straw, in bales .. Class F. Minimum quantity, 4 tons per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., and 5 tons per LC wagon.
Makareao
Port Chalmers .. Burnside
Dunedin .. Limestone .. ..
Classes C, D, E plus 25 per cent, E plus 50 per cent, and G, ex-ship. Owner’s risk 18s. 1d. per ton.

19s. 10d. per ton, including handling at ship’s side. The charges for goods of classes C, D, and G will 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 1 8
1 or 2 2 0
1½ or 3 2 3
2 or 4 2 6
2½ or 5 2 9
3 or 6 3 6
3½ or 7 3 9
4 or 8 4 0
4½ or 9 4 6
5 or 10 5 0
Classified C rate. |
| Dunedin .. | 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 | |
| Dunedin | Blenheim | Beer in bulk .. .. | £6 14s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 5 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload. |
| | | Beer or stout, bottled. Packed | £6 12s. per ton. Minimum load, 8 tons 15 cwt per LA wagon and full loading for other types of wagons. Owners to load and unload. |
| | Picton .. | Beer in bulk .. .. | £6 14s. 6d. per ton. Owners to load and unload. |
| Burnside .. | Islington .. | Pelts .. .. | £5 13s. 3d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 6 tons per consignment. Owners to load and unload. |
| Burnside .. | Invercargill .. | Gas, oxygen, and acetylene, in cylinders | £4 4s. 6d. per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon. Owners to load and unload. |



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🚂 Railway Freight Rates from various locations including Ashburton, Smithfield, Timaru, and Dunedin (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 November 1962
Railway freight, Ashburton, Smithfield, Timaru, Dunedin, Makareao, Port Chalmers, Burnside, Class C, Class H, Pressed hay, Limestone, Ice cream, Beer, Pelts, Gas, oxygen, acetylene