New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 70

Page 1875

✨ Mail Service Tenders



SEPT. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1875

Tenders for Inland Mail-services for 1903.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1902.

SEALED tenders will be received at the several Chief Post Offices in the colony until Monday, the 6th October, 1902, for the conveyance of mails between the under-mentioned places, for a period of ONE year, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1903.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

  1. Auckland Chief Post Office, Railway Station, and Wharves, as required.

  2. Auckland, clearing receivers within a radius of three miles by two vans, twice daily.

  3. Auckland, St. John’s College, and St. Heliers, daily.

  4. Coromandel and Cabbage Bay, weekly.

  5. Coromandel, Tererenga, Opitonui, and Whangapoua, weekly.

  6. Devonport, Oneroa, Redvale, Wade, Orewa, Waiwera, Puhoi, Warkworth, Wayby, and Wellsford, thrice weekly to Warkworth, and twice weekly Warkworth to Wellsford.

  7. Fairburn’s, Victoria Valley, Takahue, and Herekino, weekly.

24A. Fairburn’s, Victoria Valley, and Takahue, weekly (alternative).

24B. Ahipara and Herekino, weekly (alternative).

  1. Galatea and Te Whaiti, weekly.

*146. Hukerenui, Towai, Kawakawa, Ohaeawai, Ngawha, and Kaikohe, weekly.

*26A. Kaihu and Taheke, weekly.

*44. Makarau Railway Station and Post Office, weekly.

  1. Manurewa, Alfriston, and Brookby, thrice weekly.

  2. Marsden Point and Waipu, thrice weekly.

  3. Ngaruawahia and Te Kowhai, daily.

54A. Ngawha and Kaikohe, weekly.

  1. Ohaupo and Paterangi, daily.

63A. Paemako and Mahoenui, weekly.

  1. Papakura, Ponga, Hunua, and Otau, twice weekly.

  2. Rangiriri Railway Station, Rangiriri, Churchill, and Glen Murray, twice weekly.

*44A. Tahekerora, Komokoriki, and Glorit, weekly.

  1. Te Awamutu Post Office, Railway Station, and Pirongia, daily.

  2. Te Kopuru and Red Hill, weekly.

  3. Te Mata, Raglan, and Hamilton Road, weekly.

  4. Waiotapu and Galatea, weekly.

  5. Waiuku, Waipipi, Kohekohe, and Pollok Settlement, thrice weekly.

  6. Warkworth, Matakana, Leigh, and Pakiri, weekly.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF THAMES.

3A. Matata, Whakatane, Ohiwa, and Opotiki, twice weekly (alternative).

3C. Opotiki and Ohiwa, as required.

*4. Paeroa and Waitekauri, daily.

*4A. Paeroa and Waitekauri, twice daily (alternative).

†4B. Raukokore, Cape Runaway, and Hicks Bay, fortnightly.

4C. Rotorua, Te Teko, Whakatane, and Opotiki, twice weekly.

  1. Te Aroha and Waiorongomai, daily.

  2. Te Aroha, Manawaru, Aratiatia, Shaftesbury, and Gordon, twice weekly.

  3. Te Aroha Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

  4. Te Puke, Pongakawa, Matata, Whakatane, Ohiwa, and Opotiki, twice weekly (alternative).

17A. Te Puke, Pongakawa, and Matata, twice weekly (alternative).

†20. Thames, Kaiaua, and Miranda, weekly.

  1. Waihi. Athenree, Katikati, Aongatete, and Tauranga, thrice weekly.

21A. Waihi, Athenree, Katikati, Aongatete, and Tauranga, daily (alternative).

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

  1. Port Awanui and Hicks Bay, via Kahukura and Te Araroa, weekly.

  2. Gisborne Post Office and Wharves, as required.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER.

  1. Napier, Puketapu, Waikonini, Kuripapango, and Moawhango, weekly.

  2. Napier, Mohaka, Turiroa, and Wairoa, weekly.

26A. Petane and Te Kuta. (For this service no fee is paid for carriage of private bags.)

  1. Wairoa, Turiroa, and Wahanui, weekly.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

  1. Waitara Post Office, Railway Station, Wharves, and Beach, all mails as required.

11A. Stratford, Cardiff, Mahoe, and Rowan, thrice weekly.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WANGANUI.

  1. Hawera, Inaha, Mania, twice daily; and Otakeho, Pihama, and Opunake, daily.

  2. Hawera Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

  3. Marton, Tutaenui, and Newman’s Gate (delivering correspondence, &c.), thrice weekly.

  4. Scott’s Ferry, Parewanui, Mahi, and Bull’s, daily.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

  1. Carnarvon, Rongotea, Sanson, Awahuri, and Feilding, daily (alternative).

8A. Carnarvon, Rongotea, Sanson, Awahuri, and Feilding, twice daily (alternative).

8B. Carterton and Belvedere, daily.

  1. Carterton Post Office and Railway Station, as required, including clearing Carterton South receiving-box every morning.

  2. Eketahuna Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

  3. Greytown North Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

  4. Halcombe and Stanway, daily.

  5. Otaki Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

45A. Palmerston North and Rongotea, daily.

  1. Parematā and Pahautanui, daily; and Judgeford, thrice weekly.

52A. Petone Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

52B. Te Whiti and Masterton, twice weekly.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF BLENHEIM.

  1. Blenheim Post Office, Railway Station, and Vessels in River, as required.

*11. Blenheim, Awatere, and Molesworth, weekly.

  1. Havelock, Mahau, Maori Bay, Tira Ora, Homewood, Brightlands, Ketu Bay, Bulwer, and Te Puru, fortnightly.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.

  1. Nelson Chief Post Office and Railway Station, as required.

  2. Nelson Chief Post Office and the Port (Wharves), as required.

  3. Richmond, Appleby, Redwood’s Valley, Upper Moutere, Lower Moutere, Motueka, and Riwaka, daily.

*16. Stanley Brook, Thorpe, Dovedale, and Wakefield, twice weekly.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

  1. Goldsborough and Railway Station Stafford, daily.

  2. Kumara Post Office and Railway Station, Kumara Junction, as required.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.

  1. Ashburton, Greenstreet, and Ashburton Forks, thrice weekly.

  2. Cheviot and Port Robinson, weekly, and to connect with steamers as required.

  3. Courtenay and Kirwee, daily.

  4. Darfield, Greendale, and Kimberley, daily; and Charing Cross, four times weekly.

  5. Glentunnel, Glenroy, Windwhistle House, twice weekly; and Lake Coleridge, weekly.

  6. Irwell Post Office, Irwell Railway Station, and Brookside, daily.

  7. Little River and Pigeon Bay Saddle, twice weekly.

  8. Mayfield and Ruapuna, twice weekly; Valetta Railway Station and Mayfield, daily.

  9. Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge, twice weekly.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF TIMARU.

  1. Fairlie, Kimbell, Burke’s Pass, Lake Tekapo, and Lake Pukaki, twice weekly from the 1st November to the 30th April, weekly from the 1st May to the 31st October; also Fairlie and Burke’s Pass, weekly from the 1st May to the 31st October.

  2. Geraldine, Pleasant Valley, Te Moana, Gapes Valley, and Burborough (Wahimomona), thrice weekly.

5A. Geraldine, Pleasant Valley, Te Moana, Gapes Valley, Burborough (Wahimomona), Kakahu Bush, Kakahu School, and Hilton, thrice weekly (alternative).

5B. Geraldine, Pleasant Valley, Te Moana, Gapes Valley, Burborough (Wahimomona), Kakahu Bush, Kakahu School, and Hilton, daily (alternative).

  1. Lake Pukaki and Hermitage, twice weekly from the 1st November to the 30th April.

  2. Orari, Belfield, Rangitata, Rangitata Island, and Orton, twice weekly.



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22 August 1902
Mail services, Tenders, Postal districts, Contracts, 1903