New Zealand Fruit.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 24, 10 January 1913, Page 2

New Zealand Fruit.

y Arrangements have been made . e by the railway department for 0 the through booking of New n Zealand grown fruit bv rail to e <>r from any station where there . is a station master rge i,» I"’ any station ' d or | tlage 4 ' -a----l --uge„iu prove an iacility to the genpublic : —Freight and other y i charges must in all cases be prepaid, and will be computed separately for each] rail and sea r | journey as follows : —For each e * rail journey, not exceeding 561 b. ir 6d ; over 56lbs, but not exceed|s ing 1121b5., Is; for every addin tional 561 b. or fraction thereof, a ;6d ; for each sea journey, onee seventh of a penny ‘per lb., with a minimun of 6d per consign--4 ment. For each transhipment e from one steamer to another, one twenty-eighth of a penny per lb., a ! with a minimum of 3d per consign ment. Wharfage will he at the ordinary wharfr. age rates for fruit rulingat the n various ports. Minimum , i per consignment, 3d: charge-'" p between Wellington wharf and ( Thorndon and Lambton railway station. 3d per case; delivery from Wellington wharf to .Wele ; lington city and suburbs (includv ing Morrington and Melrose), will be quarter-case, 3d; halfcase, 4d ; full-case 6d. A charge j ; of 3d per cwt., or part of a cwt., j will be made upon all fruit conr) s igned to Auckland, Wellington, s I Te Aro, Christchurch, Dunedin, ‘ | and Invercargill railway staA j tions ; in all other cases consignees will require to take ! delivery at railway stations. y ; Persons desirous of ordering fruit ’ , and availing themselves of this t arrangement can obtain ooui pons from the postal departJ ment for transmission to the 1 fruit-grower, and pay to the j officer in charge of the postr | office, the full amount rei qufred to cover the price of the ’ j fruit and the freight charges from the origfnai station to the ] ! final destination station.