New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 67

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✨ Postal Contracts Tables



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH—continued.
855

Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
28 Prebbleton and Broadfield Thrice weekly... Spring-cart W. Hazlehurst £ 15 s. d. 0 0 31 Dec., 1880
29 Irwell Railway Station and Brookside Thrice weekly... Foot J. Baldwin 40 0 0 "
30 Irwell Post Office and Railway Station As required Foot J. Lawrence 26 0 0 "
31 Leeston and Lakeside Thrice weekly... Horse H. Palmer 30 0 0 "
32 Sheffield and Kowai Pass Daily Coach Fredk. Benham 100 0 0 "
33 Malvern Post Office and Russell's Flat Twice weekly Horse Thomas Henry 22 0 0 "
34 Horndon Junction and Kimberley Twice weekly Dog-cart B. Revely 30 0 0 "
35 Horndon Junction and Greendale Twice weekly Dog-cart B. Revely 32 10 0 "
36 Coalgate, Hororata, and Windwhistle Twice weekly Coach J. Cresswell 66 0 0 "
House
37 Coalgate and Lake Coleridge Weekly Coach J. Cresswell 64 0 0 "
38 Coalgate and Hororata Daily Coach Thomas Napier 59 0 0 "
39 Dunsandel and Killinchy Thrice weekly... Horse H. J. Unwin 42 10 0 "
40 Rakaia and Alford Forest Thrice weekly... Coach Charles Lake 225 0 0 "
41 Rakaia and Kyle Twice weekly Horse John Lambie 35 0 0 "
42 Ashburton and Mount Somers Twice weekly Coach E. Cookson 45 0 0 "
43 Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge Weekly Horse D. Syme 35 0 0 "
44 Ashburton and Seafield via Wakanui... Twice weekly Horse Charles Dixon... 40 0 0 "
45 Ashley and Loburn Thrice weekly... Horse Frank Croft 17 11 0 "
46 Ashburton Railway Station and Long- Daily Coach T. H. Brewer 75 0 0 31 Dec., 1879
beach
47 Christchurch Post Office and Railway Daily, as required Mail-cart Etherington and 17/6 per day *
Station (providing drivers, horses, &c.) Co.
48 Upper Riccarton Post Office and Rail- Daily Foot J. G. Hanson ... 10 0 0 *
way Station, Middleton
49 East Oxford Post Office and Railway Daily Foot C. A. Thompson 15 0 0 *
Station

POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Peel Forest and Rangitata South Thrice weekly... Coach James Watkins 70 0 0 31 Dec., 1880
2 Orari and Waihi Bush via Geraldine... Daily Coach Kennedy & Mun- 50 0 0 "
dell
3 Geraldine and Hilton via Pleasant Val- Thrice weekly... Horse David Denoon... 60 0 0 "
ley and Gapes Valley
4 Temuka and Waitohi Flat Twice weekly Horse A. Mahon 19 10 0 "
5 Albury, Burke's Pass, and Lake Tekapo Thrice weekly... Coach John Hinkley ... 200 0 0 "
6 Tekapo and Pukaki Ferry Weekly Horse D. McLeod 98 0 0 "
7 Burke's Pass and Dr. Fisher's Station Weekly Horse John Burgess ... 40 0 0 "
8 Pleasant Point and Raincliff Station Twice weekly Horse J. Worthington 62 0 0 "
9 Timaru and Pareora Thrice weekly... Horse J. C. Knight ... 95 0 0 "
10 St. Andrew and Blue Cliffs ... Thrice weekly... Horse Thomas Hurt.. 74 2 0 "
11 Temuka and Milford Twice weekly Horse D. B. Craig 15 0 0 31 Dec., 1879
12 Rangitata Island, Badham's, &c. Twice weekly Horse Kennedy & Mun- 65 0 0 "
dell
13 Waimate and Hakaterama Twice weekly Express James Vining ... 170 0 0 "
14 Waitohi Flat Railway Station and Post Twice weekly Foot James Riordan 20 0 0 *
Office, Kerry Town

POSTAL DISTRICT OF OAMARU.

Service. Frequency. How Performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Maheno and Kakanui Daily Horse A. Thompson ... 45 0 0 31 Dec., 1880
2 Aitchison's Siding and Awamoko Twice weekly Foot T. King 20 0 0 "
3 Duntroon and Maerewhenua Railway Twice daily Horse G. A. Harris 10 0 0 "
Station
4 Duntroon and Omarama Weekly Coach G. A. Harris ... 135 0 0 "
5 Duntroon and Maerewhenua Diggings Twice weekly Express J. L. Grant 24 0 0 "
6 Hampden Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot J. Ryan 20 0 0 "
7 Otepopo Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot J. Young 25 0 0 "
8 Maheno Post Office and Railway Station Thrice daily Foot J. Newlands 10 0 0 "


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🚂 Inland Mail Services Contracts for Christchurch District (Continued) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 June 1879
Postal contracts, Mail routes, Christchurch, Contractors
21 names identified
  • W. Hazlehurst, Contractor for Prebbleton mail service
  • J. Baldwin, Contractor for Irwell mail service
  • J. Lawrence, Contractor for Irwell mail service
  • H. Palmer, Contractor for Leeston mail service
  • Fredk. Benham, Contractor for Sheffield mail service
  • Thomas Henry, Contractor for Malvern mail service
  • B. Revely, Contractor for Horndon Junction mail service
  • B. Revely, Contractor for Horndon Junction mail service
  • J. Cresswell, Contractor for Coalgate mail service
  • J. Cresswell, Contractor for Coalgate mail service
  • Thomas Napier, Contractor for Coalgate mail service
  • H. J. Unwin, Contractor for Dunsandel mail service
  • Charles Lake, Contractor for Rakaia mail service
  • John Lambie, Contractor for Rakaia mail service
  • E. Cookson, Contractor for Ashburton mail service
  • D. Syme, Contractor for Mount Somers mail service
  • Charles Dixon, Contractor for Ashburton mail service
  • Frank Croft, Contractor for Ashley mail service
  • T. H. Brewer, Contractor for Christchurch mail service
  • J. G. Hanson, Contractor for Riccarton mail service
  • C. A. Thompson, Contractor for East Oxford mail service

🚂 Inland Mail Services Contracts for Timaru District

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 June 1879
Postal contracts, Mail routes, Timaru, Contractors
12 names identified
  • James Watkins, Contractor for Peel Forest mail service
  • David Denoon, Contractor for Geraldine mail service
  • A. Mahon, Contractor for Temuka mail service
  • John Hinkley, Contractor for Albury mail service
  • D. McLeod, Contractor for Tekapo mail service
  • John Burgess, Contractor for Burke's Pass mail service
  • J. Worthington, Contractor for Pleasant Point mail service
  • J. C. Knight, Contractor for Timaru mail service
  • Thomas Hurt, Contractor for St. Andrew mail service
  • D. B. Craig, Contractor for Temuka mail service
  • James Vining, Contractor for Waimate mail service
  • James Riordan, Contractor for Waitohi Flat mail service

🚂 Inland Mail Services Contracts for Oamaru District

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 June 1879
Postal contracts, Mail routes, Oamaru, Contractors
8 names identified
  • A. Thompson, Contractor for Maheno mail service
  • T. King, Contractor for Aitchison's Siding mail service
  • G. A. Harris, Contractor for Duntroon mail service
  • G. A. Harris, Contractor for Duntroon mail service
  • J. L. Grant, Contractor for Duntroon mail service
  • J. Ryan, Contractor for Hampden mail service
  • J. Young, Contractor for Otepopo mail service
  • J. Newlands, Contractor for Maheno mail service