New Zealand Gazette – 1893 – No. 17

Page 323

✨ Postal Service Contract Tables



Mar. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 323

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH—continued.

No. of Route. Service. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
8 Ashburton and Longbeach Daily Coach J. C. N. Grigg £ s. d. 40 0 0 31 Dec., 1894.
9 Ashley Bank and North Loburn Thrice weekly Horse T. Croft 30 0 0 "
10 Balcairn and Leithfield Daily Cart G. Caske 14 19 0 "
11 Burwood and New Brighton Daily Cart E. Sefton 10 0 0 "
12 Christchurch and Halswell Outwards daily, inwards twice daily Coach R. McAllister 25 0 0 "
13 Christchurch and Marshland Daily Cart T. Henshall 12 10 0 "
14 Christchurch and New Brighton Twice daily Tram-car New Brighton Tramway Co. 30 0 0 "
15 Christchurch Post Office and Railway Station As required Mail-cart S. Dick 130 0 0 "
16 Conveyance by tram of all Letter-carriers in uniform between hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. As required Tram-car Canterbury Tramway Company 18 0 0 "
17 Christchurch and Sumner Twice daily Tram-car Canterbury Tramway Company 42 10 0 "
18 Clearing Christchurch and Sydenham Receivers Daily Mail-cart S. Dick 50 0 0 "
19 Christchurch and Sydenham Five times daily Tram-car Canterbury Tramway Company 15 0 0 "
20 Clearing Christchurch, Sydenham, Phillipstown, Linwood, and St. Albans Receivers On Saturday afternoon Mail-cart S. Dick 20 0 0 "
21 Coalgate and Hororata Daily Cart S. F. Nelson 49 16 0 "
22 Courtenay and Kirwee Daily Horse G. Grant 27 0 0 "
23 Culverden and Hanmer Plain Daily, Nov. 1 to April 30; twice weekly, May 1 to Oct. 31 4-horse coach T. Derrett 104 0 0 "
24 Culverden and Waiau Daily 2-horse coach T. Derrett 70 0 0 "
25 Darfield and Kimberley and Greendale via Charing Cross Four times weekly Horse G. Ward 57 10 0 "
26 Doyleston and Taumutu Thrice weekly Coach W. J. Doyle 40 0 0 "
27 Dunsandel and Killinchy Thrice weekly Horse and trap J. Yates 30 0 0 "
28 Duvauchelle and Little Akaloa Thrice weekly Horse W. Henderson 76 0 0 "
29 Flaxton Post Office and Railway Station Daily Cart G. T. Hopkins 21 0 0 "
30 Flaxton and Ohoka 5 times weekly Foot G. T. Hopkins 6 10 0 "
31 Flemington and Longbeach Road Thrice weekly Foot W. Dakers 11 0 0 "
32 Glentunnel and Lake Coleridge Weekly Cart A. H. Burkitt 28 0 0 "
33 Glentunnel and Windwhistle House Weekly Horse A. H. Burkitt 11 0 0 "
34 Governor's Bay and Gebbie's Flat Twice weekly Horse W. H. Teape 20 0 0 "
35 Greenpark and Lincoln Thrice weekly Horse R. Macartney 12 0 0 "
36 Halkett and Weedon's via West Melton Daily Horse F. B. Frith 40 0 0 "
37 Hilltop and Barry's Bay Thrice weekly Foot S. Woodill 10 0 0 "
38 Hurunui and Medbury Thrice weekly Horse D. Coakley 19 0 0 "
39 Irwell Post Office, Railway Station, and Brookside Daily Horse F. Oliver 55 0 0 "
40 Kaiapoi, Coutts Island, Clarkville, and Eyreton Thrice weekly Cart P. J. Fowler 35 0 0 "
41 Kaiapoi and Saltwater Creek Daily Cart J. Bradley 44 10 0 "
42 Little River and Akaroa Thrice weekly Coach S. Lee 175 0 0 "
43 Lyttelton and Governor's Bay Daily Coach W. H. Teape 32 10 0 "
44 Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay 3 times weekly Steamer Lyttelton & Peninsula S.S. Co. 50 0 0 "
45 Lyttelton Post Office, Railway Station, and Vessels in Harbour As required Steam-launch and cart D. J. Williams and G. Dimond 90 0 0 "
46 Lyttelton and Port Levy Weekly Steamer J. Stinson 25 0 0 "
47 Medbury and The Peaks Twice weekly Horse W. Hewett 16 0 0 "
48 Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge Twice weekly Horse T. Hix 35 0 0 "
49 Oxford and View Hill Thrice weekly Cart G. A. White 15 0 0 "
50 Papanui and Harewood Road Daily Horse E. H. Ford 10 0 0 "
51 Pigeon Bay and Barry's Bay Saddle Weekly Horse R. D. Kelly 14 0 0 "
52 Pigeon Bay and Akaroa Thrice weekly Coach S. Lee 125 0 0 "
53 Prebbleton and Broadfield Thrice weekly Cart W. Hazlehurst 16 0 0 "
54 Rakaia and Barr Hill Thrice weekly Horse W. Shannon 22 0 0 "
55 Rakaia and Dorie Thrice weekly Horse W. Shannon 22 0 0 "
56 South Malvern Post Office and Railway Station Daily Foot N. Grindrod 5 0 0 "
57 Springfield and Hokitika Twice weekly Coach Cassidy & Young 1,250 0 0 "
58 Taitapu and Lincoln Daily Horse R. Macartney 12 0 0 "
59 Valetta and Ruapuna Twice weekly Cart W. Dellow 22 0 0 "
60 Waiau and Claverley Weekly Coach W. R. Creed 37 0 0 "
61 Waiau and Kaikoura Weekly Coach W. R. Creed 87 0 0 "
62 Waipara and Cheviot Weekly Coach A. Francis 37 10 0 "
63 Winslow and Eiffelton Thrice weekly Horse W. Aitken 25 0 0 "
64 Winslow and Lismore via Hackthorne Thrice weekly Horse H. Rainey 35 0 0 "
65 Yaldhurst and Hornby Daily Cart R. J. Ratcliff 23 0 0 "

POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

No. Service. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Burke's Pass and Grampians Station Weekly Horse J. Keeffe £ s. d. 26 0 0 31 Dec., 1894.
2 Fairlie and Lake Pukaki via Lake Tekapo Weekly and twice weekly† Coach T. D. Shaw 55 0 0 "
3 Geraldine and Gapes Valley via Pleasant Valley Thrice weekly Horse W. S. Maslin 25 0 0 "
4 Orari and Woodbury Daily to Woodbury and four times daily to Geraldine Coach J. Mundell 100 0 0 "

† Weekly in winter, twice-weekly in summer.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Mail Services, Christchurch, Contracts, Subsidies, Contractors
53 names identified
  • J. C. N. Grigg, Contractor for Ashburton and Longbeach route
  • T. Croft, Contractor for Ashley Bank and North Loburn route
  • G. Caske, Contractor for Balcairn and Leithfield route
  • E. Sefton, Contractor for Burwood and New Brighton route
  • R. McAllister, Contractor for Christchurch and Halswell route
  • T. Henshall, Contractor for Christchurch and Marshland route
  • S. Dick, Contractor for Christchurch Post Office and Railway Station route
  • S. F. Nelson, Contractor for Coalgate and Hororata route
  • G. Grant, Contractor for Courtenay and Kirwee route
  • T. Derrett, Contractor for Culverden and Hanmer Plain route
  • T. Derrett, Contractor for Culverden and Waiau route
  • G. Ward, Contractor for Darfield and Kimberley and Greendale route
  • W. J. Doyle, Contractor for Doyleston and Taumutu route
  • J. Yates, Contractor for Dunsandel and Killinchy route
  • W. Henderson, Contractor for Duvauchelle and Little Akaloa route
  • G. T. Hopkins, Contractor for Flaxton Post Office and Railway Station route
  • G. T. Hopkins, Contractor for Flaxton and Ohoka route
  • W. Dakers, Contractor for Flemington and Longbeach Road route
  • A. H. Burkitt, Contractor for Glentunnel and Lake Coleridge route
  • A. H. Burkitt, Contractor for Glentunnel and Windwhistle House route
  • W. H. Teape, Contractor for Governor's Bay and Gebbie's Flat route
  • R. Macartney, Contractor for Greenpark and Lincoln route
  • F. B. Frith, Contractor for Halkett and Weedon's route
  • S. Woodill, Contractor for Hilltop and Barry's Bay route
  • D. Coakley, Contractor for Hurunui and Medbury route
  • F. Oliver, Contractor for Irwell Post Office, Railway Station, and Brookside route
  • P. J. Fowler, Contractor for Kaiapoi, Coutts Island, Clarkville, and Eyreton route
  • J. Bradley, Contractor for Kaiapoi and Saltwater Creek route
  • S. Lee, Contractor for Little River and Akaroa route
  • W. H. Teape, Contractor for Lyttelton and Governor's Bay route
  • D. J. Williams, Contractor for Lyttelton Post Office, Railway Station, and Vessels in Harbour route
  • G. Dimond, Contractor for Lyttelton Post Office, Railway Station, and Vessels in Harbour route
  • J. Stinson, Contractor for Lyttelton and Port Levy route
  • W. Hewett, Contractor for Medbury and The Peaks route
  • T. Hix, Contractor for Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge route
  • G. A. White, Contractor for Oxford and View Hill route
  • E. H. Ford, Contractor for Papanui and Harewood Road route
  • R. D. Kelly, Contractor for Pigeon Bay and Barry's Bay Saddle route
  • S. Lee, Contractor for Pigeon Bay and Akaroa route
  • W. Hazlehurst, Contractor for Prebbleton and Broadfield route
  • W. Shannon, Contractor for Rakaia and Barr Hill route
  • W. Shannon, Contractor for Rakaia and Dorie route
  • N. Grindrod, Contractor for South Malvern Post Office and Railway Station route
  • Cassidy, Contractor for Springfield and Hokitika route
  • Young, Contractor for Springfield and Hokitika route
  • R. Macartney, Contractor for Taitapu and Lincoln route
  • W. Dellow, Contractor for Valetta and Ruapuna route
  • W. R. Creed, Contractor for Waiau and Claverley route
  • W. R. Creed, Contractor for Waiau and Kaikoura route
  • A. Francis, Contractor for Waipara and Cheviot route
  • W. Aitken, Contractor for Winslow and Eiffelton route
  • H. Rainey, Contractor for Winslow and Lismore route
  • R. J. Ratcliff, Contractor for Yaldhurst and Hornby route

🚂 Postal District of Timaru Mail Services

🚂 Transport & Communications
Mail Services, Timaru, Contracts, Subsidies, Contractors
  • J. Keeffe, Contractor for Burke's Pass and Grampians Station route
  • T. D. Shaw, Contractor for Fairlie and Lake Pukaki route
  • W. S. Maslin, Contractor for Geraldine and Gapes Valley route
  • J. Mundell, Contractor for Orari and Woodbury route