New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 29

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✨ Post and Telegraph Department Notices



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 13th April, 1896.

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

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

PERMANENT.

Name. Position. Office. Date.
Grant, Andrew Johnston Letter-carrier Auckland 1 Aug., 1895.
Ingram, Charles Richard " Gore 7 Feb., "
McLean, John Murdoch Cadet Masterton 23 Feb., "
Stevenson, Isabella Ritchie* Postmistress and Tele- Ross 1 Jan., 1896.
phonist

*Non-permanent appointment made permanent.

NON-PERMANENT.

Name. Place. District. Date.
POSTMASTERS.
Bilzon, Elizabeth Otarai'a Invercargill 11 Feb., 1896.
Brown, William Mangamahu Wanganui 15 Feb., "
Carter, John William Ruakaka Auckland 1 Mar., "
Erskine, Hugh Papatoetara Invercargill 1 April, "
Gillies, Solomon Waikawa Invercargill 1 Jan., "
Grant, John Buchanan Bendigo Dunedin 1 Jan., "
*Hanson, John Edward Upper Riccarton Christchurch 1 Mar., "
McLay, James Makarora Dunedin 15 Feb., "
McMaster, Catherine Arundel Timaru 27 Feb., "
McVicar, Catherine Western Spit Napier .. 23 Mar., "
Murrell, Alexander Mararoa Invercargill 18 Feb., "
Pemberton, Helen Sophia Pemberton Wellington 12 Mar., "
Roulston, Clara Whenuakura Wanganui 16 Mar., "
Smith, Elizabeth Flat Creek Blenheim 19 Feb., "
Thomson, James Gordon Jackson's Bay Hokitika 1 April, "
Wykes, Frederick Read Te Kao Auckland 1 Mar., "

| | POSTMASTERS AND TELEPHONISTS. | | |
| Collard, Matilda | Hikutai'a | Thames | 25 Feb., 1896.|
| Cooksey, Edith Catherine | Matakohe | Auckland | 1 Mar., " |
| Doolan, John Edward | Totara Flat | Greymouth | 13 Dec., 1895.|
| Evans, John | St. Albans | Christchurch| 1 Mar., 1896. |
| Frost, Amy Isabel | Wakapuaka Suburban | Nelson | 1 Jan., " |
| Harwood, John Livesey | Kaponga | Wanganui | 24 Feb., " |
| Lees, John | Wade | Auckland | 1 Mar., " |
| Melling, W. | Taupiri | Auckland | 1 Mar., " |

| | TELEPHONISTS. | | |
| Cameron, Ewen Alexander | Closeburn | Invercargill| 16 Feb., 1896.|
| *French, Henry | Driving Creek | Auckland | 24 Feb., " |
| Johnson, James William | Farewell Spit | Nelson | 7 Feb., " |
| McNeil, Donald | Cape Saunders | Dunedin | 30 Jan., " |
| Mooney, Margaret | St. Clair | Dunedin | 11 Feb., " |
| Scaife, Willis Ashton | Mount Pisa | Dunedin | 2 Mar., " |

*Now Postmaster and Telephonist.

Offices opened and closed; Designations changed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 13th April, 1896.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of designations changed, are published for general information.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Office. District. Date.
POST-OFFICES OPENED.
Flat Creek Blenheim 19 February, 1896.
Ruakaka Auckland 1 March, "
St. Albans Christchurch 1 March, "
Te Kao (reopened) Auckland 1 March, "
Upper Riccarton (reopened) Christchurch 1 March, "
Western Spit Napier 23 March, "
Whenuakura Wanganui 16 March, "
MONEY-ORDER OFFICES AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS OPENED.
Upper Riccarton Christchurch 1 March, 1896.
St. Albans " 16 March, "
MONEY-ORDER OFFICE OPENED.
Mangamahu Wanganui 1 April, 1896.
POST-OFFICE CLOSED.
Waikawa Invercargill 31 March, 1896.


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🚂 Post and Telegraph Department Appointments

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 April 1896
Appointments, Post Office, Telecommunications, Staff, Wellington, 1896
34 names identified
  • Andrew Johnston Grant, Appointed Letter-carrier in Auckland
  • Charles Richard Ingram, Appointed Letter-carrier in Gore
  • John Murdoch McLean, Appointed Cadet in Masterton
  • Isabella Ritchie Stevenson, Non-permanent appointment made permanent as Postmistress and Telephonist
  • Elizabeth Bilzon, Appointed Postmaster in Otarai'a
  • William Brown, Appointed Postmaster in Mangamahu
  • John William Carter, Appointed Postmaster in Ruakaka
  • Hugh Erskine, Appointed Postmaster in Papatoetara
  • Solomon Gillies, Appointed Postmaster in Waikawa
  • John Buchanan Grant, Appointed Postmaster in Bendigo
  • John Edward Hanson, Appointed Postmaster in Upper Riccarton
  • James McLay, Appointed Postmaster in Makarora
  • Catherine McMaster, Appointed Postmaster in Arundel
  • Catherine McVicar, Appointed Postmaster in Western Spit
  • Alexander Murrell, Appointed Postmaster in Mararoa
  • Helen Sophia Pemberton, Appointed Postmaster in Pemberton
  • Clara Roulston, Appointed Postmaster in Whenuakura
  • Elizabeth Smith, Appointed Postmaster in Flat Creek
  • James Gordon Thomson, Appointed Postmaster in Jackson's Bay
  • Frederick Read Wykes, Appointed Postmaster in Te Kao
  • Matilda Collard, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in Hikutai'a
  • Edith Catherine Cooksey, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in Matakohe
  • John Edward Doolan, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in Totara Flat
  • John Evans, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in St. Albans
  • Amy Isabel Frost, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in Wakapuaka Suburban
  • John Livesey Harwood, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in Kaponga
  • John Lees, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in Wade
  • W. Melling, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist in Taupiri
  • Ewen Alexander Cameron, Appointed Telephonist in Closeburn
  • Henry French, Appointed Telephonist in Driving Creek
  • James William Johnson, Appointed Telephonist in Farewell Spit
  • Donald McNeil, Appointed Telephonist in Cape Saunders
  • Margaret Mooney, Appointed Telephonist in St. Clair
  • Willis Ashton Scaife, Appointed Telephonist in Mount Pisa

  • J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner

🚂 Post Office Openings and Closures

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 April 1896
Post offices, Openings, Closures, Designation changes, 1896
  • J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner