Updated Freight Rates




  1. Miscellaneous—continued
Commodity Code From To Description of Goods Rate
636 Petone, Lower Hutt, or Gracefield Palmerston North Gas, oxygen, acetylene, in cylinders $9.24 per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons per four-wheeled wagon and 10 tons per R8 wagon. Owners to load and unload.
637 Hastings .. Auckland or Newmarket Beer or stout, bottled, canned, or in bulk (unpalletised) $23.10 per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons 15 cwt per LA wagon and full loading for other types of wagons.
636 Hastings or Napier Auckland or Newmarket Fruit pulp in naked tins or packed in cases, direct ex-factory $22.11 per ton.
637 Hastings or Ahuriri Frankton or Claudelands Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned; and sauces, bottled, direct ex-factory $20.39 per ton. Minimum quantity, 7½ tons per four-wheeled wagon n.o.s., 10 tons per Lc, Kp, or V wagon and 16 tons per bogie wagon n.o.s. Owners to load and unload.
636 or 637 Hastings, Napier, or Ahuriri Auckland, Tamaki, Penrose, or Onehunga Wellington .. Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned; and sauces, bottled, direct ex-factory $23.65 per ton.
Class D.
637 Hastings .. Lower Hutt or Gracefield Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned; and sauces, bottled, direct ex-factory Class D.
637 Hastings .. Gisborne .. Beer, bottled or canned (unpalletised) $11.64 per ton. Minimum quantity, 8 tons 15 cwt per LA wagon and full loading for other types of wagons. Minimum quantity, 10 cwt per consignment.
637 Ahuriri .. Lower Hutt Fruit and vegetables, soups, foods, and jams, canned; and sauces, bottled, direct ex-factory Class D.
613 Whakatu .. Napier Port Tallow or pelts in drums or casks $3.08 per ton.
636 Gisborne .. Auckland or Penrose Foodstuffs and sauces canned, direct ex-factory. Owners' risk $22.51 per ton. Owners to load and unload.


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Freight rates, Railways, Commodities, Gas cylinders, Beer, Fruit pulp, Foodstuffs, Tallow, Pelts