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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 16

Alterations to the Scales of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government Railways

PURSUANT to the Government Railways Act 1949, the Minister of Railways hereby makes the following alterations to the General Scale of Charges made on the 21st day of May 1957 and published in the Supplement dated the 28th day of May 1957 to the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd day of May 1957, in force on the New Zealand Government Railways.

GENERAL SCALE OF CHARGES

The following alterations to the General Scale of Charges shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1964.

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

54. Parcels Traffic, Conditions of Carriage, and Classification

Commodity Rate

Paragraph 8:
Omit:
“Dunlopillo” (a sponge-rubber product) . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Hairlok . . . . . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Ice cream cones . . . . . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Mattresses, bolsters, pillows, or other manufactured packages containing kapoc, flock, wool, tow, sponge rubber, or similar materials . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Motor vehicle body parts . . . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Pillows, mattresses, bolsters, and other manufactured packages containing kapok, flock, wool, tow, sponge rubber, or similar materials . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Sponge rubber sheets and products . . . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.

Insert:
Cork slabs . . . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Cotton-wool . . . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
“Dunlopillo” (a sponge-rubber product) . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Felt, laundry, plumbing, slipper, or sole . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Hair-lok (upholstery material) . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Ice-cream cones . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.

Insulating materials, as under—
Asbestos slag, asbestos wool, “Bradford Insulation”, cork, corkboard, glass-wool, “Insulite”, “Insulwool”, “Isolite”, mineral wool, “Onazote”, “Perlite”, “Rockwool”, slag-wool, “Salmac” products (except asbestos meal or magnesia plastic in bags – Parcels rates), “Styrolite” and “Vermiculite” . . . . . . Double parcels rates.

Latex, foamed, products . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.

Mattresses, and pillows as under—
Containing flock, kapok, tow, or wool . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Containing plastic foam or sponge rubber . . . . . . Double parcels rates.

Motor vehicle body components, as under—
Cabs . . . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Mudguards, front (also known as front fenders or front wings) . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Roofs . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Roof luggage racks, set up . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Not otherwise specified . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.

Motor vehicle fuel tanks . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.

Motor vehicle windscreens and rear-window glasses—
Securely packed in crates or cases . . . . . . Parcels rates plus 25%.
Not otherwise specified . . . . . . Double parcels rates.

Plastic foam products . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Polystyrene products . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
“Reidoprene” products . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Shoulder pads (as used in clothing manufacture) . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Sponge rubber products . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Underfelt . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Upholstery padding . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.
Wadding, glazed . . . . . . . . Double parcels rates.

As witness my hand this 13th day of March 1964.

JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Railways.