New Zealand Gazette – 1895 – No. 10

Page 259

✨ Railway Timber Contracts, Post Office Appointments

Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 259

Section of Railway.	Place of Delivery.	Contractor.
Greymouth .. .. ..	Greymouth and Kumara .. .. ..	Butler Bros., for white-pine, silver-pine, and wrought all-heart red-pine; W. Morris, for sawn red-pine and wrought red-pine, ordinary; Stratford and Blair, for black-birch.

Sawn Timber.—White-pine, 5s.; black-birch, 9s. 6d.; silver-pine, 12s.; red-pine, all heart, 5s.; red-pine, ordinary building, 4s.

Wrought Timber.—White-pine, 7s.; silver-pine, 14s.; red-pine, all heart, 7s. 6d.; red-pine, ordinary building, 6s. 6d.

Section of Railway.	Place of Delivery.	Contractor.
Hurunui – Bluff (Northern Division) (a)	Christchurch and Addington .. .. ..	R. W. England.
Hurunui – Bluff (Southern Division) (b)	Colac Bay, Woodend, and Lady Barkly .. .. ..	New Zealand Pine Company (Limited).

(a) Sawn timber: Rimu, 9s. 2d.; white-pine, 8s. 11d.; black-pine, 12s. 8d. Wrought timber: Rimu, 12s. 4d.; white-pine, 11s. 10d.; black-pine, 13s. 10d.

(b) All heart: Rimu, 6s. 9d.; white-pine, 6s. 9d. Ordinary building: Rimu, 5s. 11d.; white-pine, 5s. 11d. Wrought timber: Rimu, 9s.; white-pine, 9s.

Officers appointed.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 30th January, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post Office and Telegraph Department.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Name.	Place.	District.	Date.

PERMANENT.
POSTMASTER AND LINEMAN.

Edmonds, William John .. .. .. | Tophouse .. .. | Nelson .. .. | 16 Nov., 1894.

NON-PERMANENT.
POSTMASTERS.

POSTMASTERS AND TELEPHONISTS.

TELEPHONISTS.

*Now Postmaster and Telephonist.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1895, No 10

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Railway Timber Contracts

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated7 February 1895
KeywordsRailway, Timber, Contracts, Delivery, Contractors, Prices
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

Bros. Butler, Contractors for Greymouth and Kumara
W. Morris, Contractor for Greymouth and Kumara
Stratford, Contractors for Greymouth and Kumara
Blair, Contractors for Greymouth and Kumara
R. W. England, Contractor for Christchurch and Addington
Limited New Zealand Pine Company, Contractor for Colac Bay, Woodend, and Lady Barkly

🚂 Post Office and Telegraph Department Appointments

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated30 January 1895
KeywordsPost Office, Telegraph, Appointments, Postmasters, Linemen, Telephonists
👱🏽 Names

39 names identified

William John Edmonds, Appointed Postmaster and Lineman at Tophouse
David Baybutt, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Granville
Patrick Delaney, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Newstead
Matthew Dellavedova, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Three-channel Flat
Henry Farnsworth, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at East Tamaki
Henry Field, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Port Levy
George Edward Goldsmith, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Staveley
David Gordon (Railway officer), Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Kumara Railway-station
George Edward Hall, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Waikanae
Christina Higgie, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Okoia
John Close Hobbs, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Tawhere
Robert Jackson, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Molesworth
Priscilla Jeffcoat, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Cabbage Bay
Richard Jones, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Glenroy
Janet Labrun, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Tarukenga
Thomas Le Comte, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Barry's Bay
William Lory, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Tahakopa
James Miller, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Gebbie's Flat
John Mills, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Brightlands
Robert Sparke Perrett, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Noble's
Alfred Henry Quartier, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Kaiwera
Christen Lauritz Rasmussen, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Little Wanganui
Christina Ritchie, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Fairview
George William Wilton, Appointed Non-Permanent Postmaster at Adelaide Road
John Mitchell Jefferson, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Newmarket
Thomas McWhirter, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Tarras
William George Morgan, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Inangahua Junction
Charles Frederick Somerfield (Railway officer), Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Papakura
Dugald Thomson, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Pakarae
Frederick Woods, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Ngawha
Samuel Ferguson, Appointed Telephonist at Ferguson's
Peter Hende, Appointed Telephonist at Hende's Ferry
Charles Holly, Appointed Telephonist at Mikonui
Benjamin Jeffery, Appointed Telephonist at Wedderburn
Marcus Neil, Appointed Telephonist at Aramoho
Frederick Thomas, Appointed Telephonist at Canvastown
Alexander Urquhart, Appointed Telephonist at Waitaha Ferry
George William Wilton, Appointed Telephonist at Adelaide Road
Thomas Warden, Appointed Telephonist at Ramarama

👩‍💼 Officials

W. P. Reeves, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner

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