CARTAGE RATES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 35, 12 July 1939, Page 5

CARTAGE RATES

FIXED BY AUTHORITY i " BAY f CHARGES i Tariff schedules for cartage in the : Opotiki, Taupo Taurang* . and Whakatane counties have been • fixed by the No. 1 Licensing Auth- ■ ority, Mr E. H. Phelan. They take effect from July 17, 1939, and cover the cartage of fertilisers and general merchandise sheep, pigs, wool, timber, furniture, sand and metal, small goods and miscellaneous items. The general conditions provide that a discount of 5 per cent is to be aL lowed for payment on or before l»ie 20th of the month following the month of service. A rebate of 25 per cent is to be allowed where the hirer also provides a backload, such rebate to apply to the smaller load. This rebate shall not apply to livestock cartage, or t-> cartage on any of the nine routes listed herem over distances exceeding 15 miles. This rebate shall pofc applv unless payment is made on o» before the 20th of the month following the month of service. Where haulage of truck by bullocks or horses is necessitated, an post of 10s per haul is to be distri_» buted over th« charges for the whole load. CONTRACTS. .The right of contract is to be preserved to Government departments, local authorities and dairy companies or dairy associations, subject onlv to the proviso that where the price is considered unsatisfactory by either party to the contract or by the local transport association; then it shall be optional for any of these parties to request that the contract be ic-. viewed by the''licensing authority. Other p&rties haviftg l&rge quart* tities of goods £o be carted, or >e-» gular deliveries to be may en- . ter int<H contracts ' witfe v the price to be approved * bjr the transport association,, subject to the .right of any of these partiesto .request that any such corr_ . tract be reviewed by the licensing authority. Contracts entered into prior to Ist March, 1939, shall not be subject to review 1940..;. A copy of each boht.ract iftust he held by the Carriers' Association for the artea in which the goods are to be picked up. ; The price t«» be charged fpr; the cartage of livestock" shall be determined by the rates existing in the area to which the stock Is carried. The p?ice to be charged for thtf cartage of all other goods sh|dl be determined bv the rates existing in the area in which the goods are picket! up. ' •••'•"* MILEAGES. . Auy part of. a mile over threetenths shall be charged as an extra mile. Unless otherwise the mileage shall be calculated as from the point at which the goods are lobe picked up, to the point at which they are to be delivered. Where "per vehicle mile" is specified, e.g. as for furniture, the mileage is to be ca!_ culated from and back to the carrier's depot. Time is to be calculated to th«> nearest half hour. Where a truck is kept waiting bv the customer 1 or his agent, any wait-* ing time in excess of half an hour is to be charged at hourly rates. HOLIDAY WORK. Work done on Sundays or on Statutory holidays as set out in the Driv ers' Award (Part II) shall be charged- - at scheduled rates plus 33 1.3 per cent. This shall not apply to crenn* i/or (^er iS s§nju',acts. A daily record of the operations of each of his trucks shall be kept by each licensee, and a waybill in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Amendment 1938, ohall be kept in respect of each trip on which livestock is carried.