New Zealand Gazette – 1980 – No. 61

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✨ Railway Freight Rates

No. 61
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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GOODS

The following rates or scales, terms, and conditions may be cited as the Local Rates Scale of Charges, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the scales, terms, and conditions prescribed in the General Scale of Charges. Except as expressly provided hereinafter the following rates or scales shall be charged upon the portions of the railway hereinafter specified instead of the classified rates set forth in the General Scale of Charges.

(i) The terms and conditions prescribed by the General Scale of Charges with respect to goods (which expression means goods, baggage, and chattels of any description, and includes animals and plants and also includes money, documents, and all other things of value) shall apply to goods charged at or according to the following rates or scales.

(ii) The following rates or scales shall not apply to goods conveyed through the parcels departments.

(iii) The following rates or scales shall apply only between the stations named and cannot be combined with other local rates or with standard rates for the purpose of computing freight charges.

(iv) The rates set out in sections 1 to 6 hereof provide for carriage at “owner’s risk” pursuant to the Carriage of Goods Act 1979 and classified rates set forth in the General Scale of Charges shall apply where consignors request that goods be carried at “limited carrier’s risk”.

(v) The rates set out in sections 7 and 8 hereof provide for carriage at “limited carrier’s risk” pursuant to the Carriage of Goods Act 1979 and these rates will be reduced by 2 percent where consignors request that the goods be carried at “owner’s risk”.

Petrol, Kerosene, etc., in Rail Tank Wagons

The charges for the conveyance of petrol, kerosene, and similar mineral oils, also crude, residual, lubricating, transformer, or fuel oils in UC and MCP tank wagons are:

From	To	Petrol, Kerosene, and Similar Mineral Oils Rate per Tonne $	D.P.C. Code	*Crude, Residual, Lubricating, Transformer, or Fuel Oils Rate per Tonne $	D.P.C. Code
*Auckland	Whangarei	34.33	63	34.33	63
	Kinleith	45.17	48	40.80	55
	Koutu	46.07	48	42.50	55
	Tirohia	17.19	78	43.64	62
	Paeroa (Std. dist. 202 km)	17.19	78	17.19	78
	Tauranga	40.14	54	38.23	55
	Kawerau	50.80	53	46.18	55
	Awakeri	49.71	60	46.47	62
	Taumarunui	46.07	48	49.12	61
	Oil companies’ private sidings near Gracefield	52.52	74	43.64	62
Mt. Maunganui	Paeroa (Std. dist. 82 km)	13.68	69	13.68	69
	Kawerau (Std. dist. 82 km)	13.68	69	13.68	69
	Murupara	18.53	63	21.31	66
	Edgecumbe (Std. dist. 82 km)	13.68	69	13.68	69
	Awakeri (Std. dist. 82 km)	13.68	69	13.68	69
	Taneatua (Std. dist. 82 km)	13.68	69	13.68	69
Moturoa	Taumarunui	35.89	62	34.33	63
	Manunui	38.81	48	35.16	63
	Hawera	18.53	63
	Wanganui (Std. dist. 175 km)	32.18	54	29.12	56
Wellington	Private sidings on the Castlecliff Branch (Std. dist. 175 km)	32.18	54	29.12	56
	Taihape	43.35	48	43.35	48
	New Plymouth	54.90	48	54.26	54
	Wanganui (Std. dist. 242 km)	39.33	62	37.62	63
	Masterton	18.16	66	18.16	66
	Hastings	47.46	61	47.46	61
	Oil companies’ private sidings near Ahuriri	49.12	61	39.77	58
Oil companies’ private sidings near Gracefield	†Auckland	52.52	74	52.52	74
	Penrose	50.02	75	50.02	75
	Taihape	45.53	61	45.53	61
	Masterton (Std. dist. 93 km)	17.21	66	17.21	66
	Hastings	43.51	63	43.51	63
	Oil companies’ private sidings near Ahuriri	49.71	48	39.77	58
	Wairoa	54.88	55	54.88	55
	Gisborne	68.95	47	67.42	53
	Wellington			9.05	77
Oil companies’ private sidings near Ahuriri	Waipukurau	13.25	70	13.25	70
	Gisborne	31.96	65	24.65	72

*Oils having a specific gravity of 800 grams or more per litre. (Fuel or crude oils having a specific gravity of less than 800 grams per litre will be charged as kerosene.)

†Includes haulage to Western Viaduct at Auckland and consignments to Polymers N.Z. Pty. Limited siding at Westfield.

The foregoing rates are at “owner’s risk”. Classified rates will apply where consignors require that the consignment be carried at “limited carrier’s risk”.

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