New Zealand Gazette – 1973 – No. 114

Page 2676

✨ Railway Freight Rates

28. Bulk Tonnage

Goods of Classes C, C plus percentages (except explosives), D, E, E plus percentages, G, P, P plus percentages, and section 85 General Scale of Charges will be conveyed at the rates specified in paragraph 2 hereof subject to the following conditions:

(a) The minimum quantity forwarded each and every week shall be the weight specified in paragraph 2 which shall include goods railed in the reverse direction and an average of 5 tonnes per four-wheeled wagon and 10 tonnes per bogie wagon based on each week’s outward loadings. In no case will the quantity of goods consigned under the provisions of this section be less than 1 tonne per four-wheeled and 3 tonnes per bogie wagon.

(b) Cranage—Cranage will be charged on the daily aggregate weight of lifts at 35c per tonne.

(d) Participation in the rate is subject to written agreement with the department.

(e) All loading and unloading is to be performed by owners.

Rates:

Station		Rate	Minimum Weekly Total (Includes Goods Railed in the Reverse Direction)
Between	And
Christchurch, Belfast, Hornby, Woolston, and intermediate stations	Blenheim	$14.07	25 Tonnes
	Greymouth	$11.06	20
	Westport	$14.94	20
	Ashburton	$4.26	20
	Timaru	$8.27	25
	Oamaru	$11.68	20
	*Dunedin	$15.37	40
	Invercargill	$21.39	25
*Dunedin	Oamaru	$6.73	20
	Alexandra	$10.75	20
	Balclutha or Benhar	$4.26	20
	Gore	$8.27	20
	Invercargill	$10.75	25

*May also include goods railed to or from Wingatui.

29. Through Booking of Parcels and Goods from the South Island to the North Island via Cook Strait Rail Ferries or Rail/Air

(a) Products and commodities (new), as prescribed in paragraph 2 hereof, manufactured or processed in the South Island and consigned direct ex factory, (or by recognised distributors), from South Island stations to North Island destinations beyond Wellington, via the Cook Strait rail ferries or the Railways Blenheim–Wellington rail/air service, will be charged railage computed on the total distance conveyed by rail in both Islands (as though a single rail journey was involved) in accordance with the relative rates and conditions as prescribed in the General Scale of Charges or Local Rates Scale of Charges.

(b) In addition to railage as prescribed above, separate charges for conveyance from Picton to Wellington by the rail ferries or from Blenheim to Wellington by rail/air (as the case may be), based at the rates applicable to such transport will be applied.

The provisions of this section will apply only to the products and commodities set out hereunder—

Agricultural equipment and attachments for same.

Asbestos-cement products.

Baking powder.

Basketware.

Batteries.

Bedding and bedding materials (including sleeping bags).

Beekeepers’ woodware and comb foundations (honey frames).

Beverages, including wine, cider, fruit juice, cordials, and whisky but excluding beer, stout, and aerated waters.

Beverage powders.

Bicycles and parts and accessories for same.

Biscuits.

Bituminous paving and roofing products.

Boats.

Bottles, new.

Brushes and brooms, including mops.

Buildings, pre-cut or prefabricated.

Cable and wire for electrical or communication purposes.

Candles.

Canoes.

Canvas goods.

Caravans and components.

Carpets, underfelts, linoleum, and other floor-coverings.

Charcoal.

Cider.

Cigarettes and cigars.

Clothing.

Coke.

Confectionery.

Cordials.

Cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and toilet goods.

Concrete products.

Custard powder.

Detergents and household and industrial cleaners.

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