New Zealand Gazette – 1971 – No. 83

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✨ Railway Freight Regulations



LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.
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  1. Storage—Parcels traffic not delivered within the periods indicated will be charged storage as follows:
Day of Arrival and Seven Consecutive Days Thereafter Per Week or Part of a Week Thereafter
Articles and packages conveyed at parcels rates, not otherwise specified. Free 10c per package.
Two or more articles or packages charged on grouped weight Free Computed on total weight of each consignment at a rate of 14c per cwt or fraction of a cwt.

Motor cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Day of Arrival and Day Thereafter Per Day or Part of a Day Thereafter
Free c 14

  1. Parcels Not Claimed within six months may be sold.

  2. Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Mushrooms, and Nuts

  3. Charges—Except as provided in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including Cook Islands or Niue) in consignments not exceeding 2 cwt in weight, whether conveyed as excess luggage or consigned, will be charged as follows:

Zone No. Miles Not Exceeding Weight Not Exceeding
1 qr
1 20 $ 0.25
2 40 0.25
3 60 0.35
4 90 0.35
5 120 0.35
6 150 0.45
7 180 0.45
8 220 0.50
9 270 0.50
10 320 0.50
11 370 0.60
12 420 0.60
13 480 0.65
14 540 0.65
.. Over 540 0.65

REPRINT No. 1, 8/11/7I
SERIAL No. 19

LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.
68

  1. Milk and Cream

  2. Rates—The charges for milk and cream will be computed on the capacity of cans at the following rates:

Miles Not Exceeding Milk and Cream Consigned to Dairy Factories Milk and Cream Not Otherwise Specified
Per Gallon Capacity Per Gallon Capacity
15 1.2 11
30 1.8 21
60 2.4 31
90 2.7 61
For each additional 30 miles or fraction thereof 0.6 91
For each additional 30 miles or fraction thereof

The minimum railage charge for each consignment will be 14c.

  1. Cans of milk and cream collected direct from farmers by dairy companies or carters employed by the dairy companies and forwarded by rail to factories may be dispatched as one consignment.

  2. Marking of Cans—Each can must be legibly marked with the capacity thereof (in gallons), and the name of the owner, and the station from which he consigns the can.

  3. Empty Cans—Empty milk or cream cans being returned from the original consignee and receiving station to the original consignor and forwarding station will be conveyed free: provided that the Department reserves the right to refuse such free conveyance in the case of any dairy factory which utilises means other than the railway for the carriage of the output of such factory, when the railway is available for the transport of such output.

  4. Test Samples—Test boxes containing samples of milk or cream sent to central offices for testing purposes will be conveyed at the rate applicable to milk and cream consigned to factories. When returning empty they will be conveyed free.

  5. Skim-milk—Where milk is sent by rail to factories, and the consignors of the milk have their skim-milk returned to them, such skim-milk will be carried under the provisions of paragraph 5 of this section.

  6. Humanised Milk—Humanised milk will be charged the rates applicable to milk not otherwise specified, and carried under the same conditions.

REPRINT No. 1, 8/11/7I
SERIAL No. 20



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🚂 Storage charges for parcels and motor cycles

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Milk, Cream, Dairy products, Railway rates, Cans, Factories