Alterations to the Scales of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government Railways—Amendment
No. 12

LOCAL RATES SCALE OF CHARGES

Pursuant to the Government Railways Act 1949, the Minister of Railways hereby makes
the following alterations to the Local Rates Scale of Charges published in the Supplement,
dated the 30th day of August 1971, to the New Zealand Gazette of the 26th day of August 1971,
and hereby declares that such alterations shall come into force on the 28th day of May 1973.

SOUTH ISLAND

Insert new section 29.

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

30. (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 mileage 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.

2. 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).
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.
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.
Earthenware products, including products made of china, structural clay, or pottery.
Electrical equipment and appliances.
Farm implements and machinery and attachments for same.
Fibreglass products.
Fish products, processed.
Food products—fully processed, including tinned and bottled foods, food spreads, frozen
foods, freeze-dried foods, dehydrated foods, breakfast foods, spaghetti, macaroni
vermicelli, and other farinaceous foods (excluding flour, bran, pollard, and wholemeal),
biscuits and confectionery.
Footwear.
Fruit—juice.
Furniture, built up and in kits sets, metal and wooden (including sink-bench units and cup-
boards).
Gases, in bulk or cylinders.
Gelatine.
Glassware including new bottles.
Glue, gelatine, and rennet.
Insecticides.
Insulating materials.
Jewellery.
Lawn mowers.
Life-jackets.
Linoleum.
Machinery, including farm implements and machinery and attachments for same.
Metal and alloy products, manufactured (excluding primary aluminium, aluminium alloys
in ingot, billet or similar forms and aluminium re-draw rod).