New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 16

Page 291

✨ Postal Service Contracts



Feb. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 291

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH—continued.

Service. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
Coalgate and Hororata .. .. Daily .. Cart or horse S. F. Nelson .. £ s. d. 49 16 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Courtenay and Kirwee .. .. Daily .. Mail-cart or horse Gregor Grant .. 27 0 0 "
Culverden and Hanmer Plain .. Daily, Nov. 1 to April 30; twice weekly, May 1 to Oct. 31 Coach or buggy Thomas Derrett.. 90 0 0 "
Culverden and Waiau .. .. Daily .. Coach & buggy Thomas Derrett.. 74 0 0 "
Darfield and Kimberley and Greendale via Charing Cross Four times weekly Horse .. C. McCausland .. 58 10 0 "
Doyleston and Taumutu via Lakeside .. Thrice weekly Coach or horse J. H. Doyle .. 40 0 0 "
Dunsandel and Killinchy.. .. Thrice weekly Conveyance William Woods.. 30 0 0 "
Duvauchelle and Little Akaloa via Okain's Bay Thrice weekly Horse .. Frank Priest .. 80 0 0 "
Flaxton Post Office and Railway Station .. Daily .. Conveyance Jane Prior .. 21 0 0 "
Flaxton and Ohoka .. .. 5 times weekly Foot .. Jane Prior .. 6 10 0 "
Flemington and Longbeach Road .. Thrice weekly Horse .. S. Anderson .. 11 10 0 "
Glentunnel and Lake Coleridge .. Weekly .. Coach .. A. H. Burkitt .. 29 6 8 "
Glentunnel and Windwhistle House .. Weekly .. Horse .. A. H. Burkitt .. 14 13 4 "
Governor's Bay and Gebbie's Flat .. Twice weekly .. Horse .. W. H. Teape .. 22 10 0 "
Halkett and Weedon's via West Melton .. Daily .. Horse .. F. B. Frith .. 35 0 0 "
Hawkeswood and Claverley .. Weekly .. Horse .. Thomas Derrett.. 12 0 0 "
Hilltop and Barry's Bay .. .. Daily .. Foot .. Susan Woodill .. 10 0 0 "
Hinds and Lismore .. .. Twice weekly .. Horse .. Thomas Patersen 23 0 0 "
Hurunui and Medbury .. .. Thrice weekly Horse .. Denis Coakley .. 19 0 0 "
Irwell Post Office, Railway Station, and Brookside Daily .. Horse .. George Heslop .. 59 0 0 "
Kaiapoi and Coutts Island .. .. Thrice weekly Horse .. P. J. Fowler .. 15 0 0 "
Kaiapoi and Eyreton via Clarkville .. Thrice weekly Horse .. P. J. Fowler .. 20 0 0 "
Kaiapoi and Saltwater Creek .. .. Daily .. Conveyance P. J. Fowler .. 43 10 0 "
Lincoln and Taitapu .. .. Daily .. Horse .. Robert Patton .. 10 0 0 "
Little River and Akaroa .. .. Thrice weekly Coach .. Samuel Lee .. 175 0 0 "
Lyttelton and Chatham Islands .. Quarterly .. Steamer .. Kinsey and Co. .. 200 0 0 31 March, 1893.
Lyttelton and Governor's Bay .. .. Daily .. Coach .. W. H. Teape .. 30 0 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay .. .. Thrice weekly Steamer .. Cuff and Graham 148 0 0 "
Lyttelton Post Office, Railway Station, and Vessels in Harbour As required .. Steam-launch and cart Agar, Roberts, and Thomas 125 0 0 "
Lyttelton and Port Levy .. .. Weekly .. Steam-launch Agar, Roberts, and Thomas 40 0 0 "
Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge .. Twice weekly .. Horse .. Thomas Hix .. 30 0 0 "
Oxford and View Hill .. .. Thrice weekly Mail-cart .. Robert Fisher .. 16 0 0 "
Pigeon Bay and Barry's Bay Saddle .. Weekly .. Mail-cart .. R. D. Kelly .. 15 0 0 "
Pigeon Bay and Akaroa .. .. Thrice weekly Coach .. Samuel Lee .. 125 0 0 "
Prebbleton and Broadfield .. .. Thrice weekly Conveyance Samuel Fleming 16 0 0 "
Rakaia and Barr Hill .. .. Thrice weekly Horse .. William Shannon 19 0 0 "
Rakaia and Dorie .. .. Thrice weekly Horse .. William Shannon 19 0 0 "
South Malvern Post Office and Railway Station Daily .. Foot .. N. Grindrod .. 5 0 0 "
Upper Riccarton Post Office and Middleton Railway Station Daily .. Horse .. J. E. Hansen .. 10 0 0 "
Valetta and Ruapuna via Mayfield .. Twice weekly .. Mail-cart .. J. Trethewey .. 30 0 0 "
Waiau and Hawkeswood .. .. Weekly .. Horse .. Thomas Derrett.. 26 0 0 "
Waiau and Kaikoura .. .. Weekly .. Coach & buggy Thomas Derrett.. 89 0 0 "
Waipara and Cheviot .. .. Weekly .. Coach .. John Boyce .. 90 0 0 "
Winslow and Eiffelton .. .. Thrice weekly Horse .. William Aitken.. 22 0 0 "
Yaldhurst and Hornby .. .. Daily .. Horse .. John Hall .. 25 0 0 "

POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

Service. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
Burke's Pass and Grampians .. .. Weekly .. Horse .. Malcolm McLeod 25 0 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Fairlie Creek and Lake Pukaki .. Weekly and twice weekly Coach .. Thomas D. Shaw 65 0 0 "
Geraldine and Gapes Valley .. .. Thrice weekly Horse .. W. Stephen Maslin 22 0 0 "
Hilton and Kakahu Bush .. .. Twice weekly .. Cart .. O. G. Bradley .. 5 0 0 "
Hunter and Makikihi .. .. Twice weekly .. Trap .. John Dodd .. 13 0 0 On notice.
Orari Railway and Woodbury .. Four times daily Coach .. John Mundell .. 75 0 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Otipua and Adair .. .. Thrice weekly Foot .. William Shepherd .. 1 month's notice.
Peel Forest and Rangitata .. .. Thrice weekly Coach .. G. F. Newman .. 50 0 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Pleasant Point and Raincliff .. Thrice weekly Trap .. John Leitch .. 48 0 0 "
Rangitata and Orari .. .. Twice weekly .. Horse .. William Ellery .. 40 0 0 "
St. Andrew and Bluecliff .. .. Twice weekly .. Horse .. George Emery .. 40 0 0 "
Temuka and Hilton .. .. Thrice weekly Trap .. Cornelius Leary.. 34 13 8 "
Temuka and Waitohi Flat .. .. Twice weekly .. Horse .. Michael Moore .. 20 0 0 "
Timaru and Pareora .. .. Thrice weekly Trap .. James Toner .. 44 0 0 "
Timaru and Sandietown .. .. Daily .. Foot .. Joseph Howey .. Paid as P.M. *
Waitaki and Redcliff .. .. Twice weekly .. Trap .. Solomon Smart .. 25 0 0 31 Dec., 1892.
Waitohi Railway Station and Kerrytown Thrice weekly Foot .. Hugh Brosnahan 18 0 0 "
Waihao Forks and Railway .. .. Twice weekly .. Foot .. D. Macpherson .. Paid as P.M. *


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🚂 List of Postal Services - Christchurch District (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 February 1891
Postal Services, Contracts, Christchurch, Subsidy, Contractors
32 names identified
  • S. F. Nelson, Contractor for Coalgate and Hororata
  • Gregor Grant, Contractor for Courtenay and Kirwee
  • Thomas Derrett, Contractor for Culverden and Hanmer Plain, Culverden and Waiau, Hawkeswood and Claverley, Waiau and Hawkeswood, Waiau and Kaikoura
  • C. McCausland, Contractor for Darfield and Kimberley and Greendale via Charing Cross
  • J. H. Doyle, Contractor for Doyleston and Taumutu via Lakeside
  • William Woods, Contractor for Dunsandel and Killinchy
  • Frank Priest, Contractor for Duvauchelle and Little Akaloa via Okain's Bay
  • Jane Prior, Contractor for Flaxton Post Office and Railway Station, Flaxton and Ohoka
  • S. Anderson, Contractor for Flemington and Longbeach Road
  • A. H. Burkitt, Contractor for Glentunnel and Lake Coleridge, Glentunnel and Windwhistle House
  • W. H. Teape, Contractor for Governor's Bay and Gebbie's Flat, Lyttelton and Governor's Bay
  • F. B. Frith, Contractor for Halkett and Weedon's via West Melton
  • Thomas Patersen, Contractor for Hinds and Lismore
  • Denis Coakley, Contractor for Hurunui and Medbury
  • George Heslop, Contractor for Irwell Post Office, Railway Station, and Brookside
  • P. J. Fowler, Contractor for Kaiapoi and Coutts Island, Kaiapoi and Eyreton via Clarkville, Kaiapoi and Saltwater Creek
  • Robert Patton, Contractor for Lincoln and Taitapu
  • Samuel Lee, Contractor for Little River and Akaroa, Pigeon Bay and Akaroa
  • Kinsey and Co., Contractor for Lyttelton and Chatham Islands
  • Cuff and Graham, Contractor for Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay
  • Agar, Roberts, and Thomas, Contractor for Lyttelton Post Office, Railway Station, and Vessels in Harbour, Lyttelton and Port Levy
  • Thomas Hix, Contractor for Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge
  • Robert Fisher, Contractor for Oxford and View Hill
  • R. D. Kelly, Contractor for Pigeon Bay and Barry's Bay Saddle
  • Samuel Fleming, Contractor for Prebbleton and Broadfield
  • William Shannon, Contractor for Rakaia and Barr Hill, Rakaia and Dorie
  • N. Grindrod, Contractor for South Malvern Post Office and Railway Station
  • J. E. Hansen, Contractor for Upper Riccarton Post Office and Middleton Railway Station
  • J. Trethewey, Contractor for Valetta and Ruapuna via Mayfield
  • John Boyce, Contractor for Waipara and Cheviot
  • William Aitken, Contractor for Winslow and Eiffelton
  • John Hall, Contractor for Yaldhurst and Hornby

🚂 List of Postal Services - Timaru District

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 February 1891
Postal Services, Contracts, Timaru, Subsidy, Contractors
18 names identified
  • Malcolm McLeod, Contractor for Burke's Pass and Grampians
  • Thomas D. Shaw, Contractor for Fairlie Creek and Lake Pukaki
  • W. Stephen Maslin, Contractor for Geraldine and Gapes Valley
  • O. G. Bradley, Contractor for Hilton and Kakahu Bush
  • John Dodd, Contractor for Hunter and Makikihi
  • John Mundell, Contractor for Orari Railway and Woodbury
  • William Shepherd, Contractor for Otipua and Adair
  • G. F. Newman, Contractor for Peel Forest and Rangitata
  • John Leitch, Contractor for Pleasant Point and Raincliff
  • William Ellery, Contractor for Rangitata and Orari
  • George Emery, Contractor for St. Andrew and Bluecliff
  • Cornelius Leary, Contractor for Temuka and Hilton
  • Michael Moore, Contractor for Temuka and Waitohi Flat
  • James Toner, Contractor for Timaru and Pareora
  • Joseph Howey, Contractor for Timaru and Sandietown
  • Solomon Smart, Contractor for Waitaki and Redcliff
  • Hugh Brosnahan, Contractor for Waitohi Railway Station and Kerrytown
  • D. Macpherson, Contractor for Waihao Forks and Railway