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4.2 Owner's risk

The foregoing rates are at "owner's risk". General Scale of Charges clause 50.1 rates shall apply where consignors require that the consignment be carried at "limited carriers risk".

5. CASTLECLIFF BRANCH

Consignments in wagon lots (subject to a minimum of 3.5 tonnes as for a private siding) shall be accepted for transit to and from the public siding at Castlecliff. Freight charges will be computed for the distance to or from Wanganui plus six kilometres.

6. WELLINGTON AND MASTERTON AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS

6.1 Goods charge

Goods of classes A, B and C consigned between Wellington and Masterton and intermediate stations shall be charged as under:

Class A ... ... ... at class D plus 100 percent
Class B ... ... ... at class D plus 50 percent
Class C ... ... ... at class D

6.2 Small lots

Small lots of goods classified as classes A, B, C and D will be charged at the No. 1 zone rates as prescribed in General Scale of Charges clause 37.

6.3 Inter-island traffic between Wellington and Masterton

Consignments railed from stations Wellington—Masterton inclusive to South Island stations or vice versa are to be charged in accordance with clauses 6.1 and 6.2 for the North Island portion of the journey.

7. TRAFFIC TO OR FROM BLENHEIM AND SPRING CREEK

7.1 Distance

Except as provided below the charges for goods or livestock conveyed to or from Blenheim or Spring Creek shall be computed on the Blenheim distance.

7.2 Charges

Local traffic hauled solely between Blenheim (including private sidings) and Spring Creek will be charged under the provisions of clause 61.7.1 of the General Scale of Charges.

8. SOUTH ISLAND TO NORTH ISLAND GOODS

8.1 Goods traffic

New products and commodities, as prescribed in clause 8.3 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, shall be charged railage computed on the total distance conveyed by rail in both Islands (as though a single rail journey was involved). In addition to railage as prescribed above, the appropriate separate charges shall be made for carriage from Picton to Wellington by rail ferry or from Blenheim to Wellington by rail air (as the case may be).

8.2 Parcels traffic

The railway charges on new products and commodities, as prescribed in clause 8.3 when consigned as parcels traffic shall be computed at parcels rates less ten percent.

8.3 Commodity list

The provisions of clause 8 shall apply only to the following commodities:

Agricultural equipment and attachments for same.
Asbestos—cement products.
Aerated waters (soft drinks), canned.
Baking powder.
Basketware.
Batteries.
Bedding and bedding materials (including sleeping bags).
Beekeepers' woodware and comb foundations (honey frames).
Bentonite.
Beverages, including wine, cider, fruit juice, cordials, and whisky but excluding beer, stout, and bottled aerated waters.
Beverage powders.
Bicycles and parts and accessories for same.
Biscuits.
Biscuits, dog.
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.
Calcite—coarse, fine, and micronised (coated) whitings.
Candles.
Canoes.
Canvas goods.
Caravans and components.
Carpets, underfelts, linoleum, and other floor-coverings.
Chalk, school also raddle.
Charcoal.
Cider.
Cigarettes and cigars.
Clay, body product.
Clay, potters.
Clothing.
Coke.
Confectionery.
Cordials.