New Zealand Gazette – 1966 – No. 48

Page 1291

✨ Railway Regulations Amendments



  1. Rates—

Add the following new sentence to subparagraph (a).

Where goods are classified class “G”, storage will be charged at the rate of 2s. 6d. per 40 cu. ft. per day or part of a day.

  1. Storage

  2. Livestock

Omit paragraphs (15) and (16) and substitute:

  1. Livestock received by rail at stations must be removed within three working hours after their arrival, otherwise such stock will be unloaded and held at the sole risk and expense of the owner. A charge of 9s. 6d. per four-wheeled wagon and 19s. per bogie wagon will be made for unloading such stock.

  2. Special Rate of Charges for Understatements

  3. Where in any consignment note, waybill, or other document required to be delivered in respect of any goods delivered upon a railway there is any understatement of the quantity, weight, measurement, or value of the goods, or any misdescription of their nature, which, if undetected, might lead to their being charged for at less than the proper rate; then in lieu of charges at the ordinary rate, and whether the understatement or misdescription is wilful or not, there shall be payable in respect of all the goods referred to in such document double the ordinary rate of charges on the whole consignment, and these charges shall be payable irrespective of any fine that may be incurred under subsection (1) of section 25 of the Government Railways Act 1949.

  4. Light and Bulky Articles

Omit paragraph 1 and substitute:

  1. Except where otherwise provided, the charges for consignments of goods which by reason of their bulk in relation to weight or other circumstances connected with the nature of the goods, require the sole use of a wagon for their carriage, and which goods if properly loaded will not permit of other goods being loaded in the same wagon, will be computed at the appropriate rate for the commodity on the following minimum weights:

Per four-wheeled wagon, n.o.s., 1 ton 10 cwt.

Per Kc, Kp, Lc, Mc, Nc, or Xc wagon, 1 ton 15 cwt.

Per bogie wagon, 4 ton 10 cwt.

The minimum weight will not apply to consignments which do not require the sole use of a wagon and which, if properly loaded, permit of other goods being loaded in the same wagon, even though in the particular case the consignment may in fact have the sole use of a wagon.

  1. Charges on Ships’ Goods

Insert new paragraph 4.

  1. Ships’ goods railed from Cashin Quay berth, Lyttelton to Christchurch will not be charged under the provisions of this section (such goods will be charged at classified rates).


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Amendment to Storage Rates for Class 'G' Goods

🚂 Transport & Communications
Storage rates, Class G goods, Storage charges

🚂 Revised Livestock Removal and Unloading Charges

🚂 Transport & Communications
Livestock, Rail, Removal time, Unloading charges, Owner risk

🚂 Special Rates for Understatements in Consignments

🚂 Transport & Communications
Consignment notes, Understatement, Double charges, Government Railways Act 1949

🚂 Revised Charges for Light and Bulky Articles

🚂 Transport & Communications
Light articles, Bulky articles, Wagon usage, Minimum weights, Commodity rates

🚂 Exemption for Ships' Goods from Lyttelton to Christchurch

🚂 Transport & Communications
Ships' goods, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Cashin Quay, Classified rates