New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 18

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 18

POSTAL DISTRICT OF INVERCARGILL.

| No. of
Route. | Service. | Frequency. | How performed. | Name of Contractor. | Annual
Subsidy. | Date of
Termination of
Contract. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT. | | | £ s. d. | |
| 1 | Arrowtown and Macetown | Twice weekly .. | Spring-cart .. | William Reid .. | 30 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1906. |
| 2 | Arrowtown, Lower Shotover, Frankton, and Queenstown | Four times weekly | Coach .. | John L. Jopp .. | 75 0 0 | " |
| 3 | Athol and Nokomai | Weekly .. | Horse .. | George Garrett .. | 25 0 0 | " |
| 4 | Bluff and Ruapuke Island | Weekly .. | Cutter .. | George Newton .. | 36 0 0 | 11 Sept., 1904. |
| 5 | Brown's, Hokonui, and Springhills | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Robert Davidson | 23 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1906. |
| 6 | Centre Bush Railway Siding and Otapiri Gorge | Weekly .. | Horse .. | Lawrence Cody .. | 10 8 0 | " |
| 7 | Colac Bay and Round Hill | Thrice weekly | Trolly .. | W. Jones and W.T. McEwan | 22 0 0 | " |
| 8 | Edendale and Seaward Downs | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | John Dempster .. | 25 0 0 | " |
| 9 | Edendale and Wyndham | As required .. | Coach .. | Sarah Richardson | 50 17 6 | " |
| 10 | Fortrose, Otara, and Haldane | Twice weekly .. | Trap .. | John Anderson .. | 39 15 0 | " |
| 11 | Fortrose, Tokonui Gorge, Quarry Hills, Niagara, and Waikawa | Thrice weekly | Trap .. | A. W. McIntosh | 90 0 0 | " |
| 12 | Fortrose and Waimahaka Railway Station.. | Daily .. | Trap .. | John Templeton.. | 35 0 0 | " |
| 13 | Garston and Upper Nevis | Weekly .. | Horse .. | Robert Seator .. | 1 5 0* | 18 May, 1904. |
| 14 | Glencoe and Hedgehope Railway Station .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Thomas Helm .. | 15 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1906. |
| 15 | Gore and Croydon Bush .. | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | Daniel Sullivan.. | 16 0 0 | " |
| 16 | Gore, East Chatton, Chatton, and Otama .. | Thrice weekly | Trap .. | Edward Brennan | 60 0 0 | " |
| 17 | Gore, Waikaka Valley, and Waikaka | Daily .. | Coach .. | John Lamb .. | 27 0 0 | " |
| 18 | Invercargill Post Office and Railway Station | As required .. | Express .. | Frederick W. Pope | 8d. per load | " |
| 19 | Invercargill and Otatara .. | Twice weekly .. | Baker's van.. | Andrew Anderson | 12 0 0 | " |
| 20 | Invercargill, Waikiwi, Lorne, and Wallace-town | Daily .. | Coach .. | J. and R. Jopp .. | 12 0 0 | " |
| 21 | Kapuka and Waituna .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | James B. Walsh | 10 0 0 | " |
| 22 | Lumsden, Mossburn, The Key, and Te Anau—From 1st November to 30th April | Twice weekly } | Coach .. | Joseph M. Crosbie | 350 0 0 | " |
| | From 1st May to 31st October .. | Weekly } | | | | |
| 23 | Manapouri and Hillside Creek—From 1st November to 30th April | Twice weekly } | Coach .. | John B. C. Dore.. | 48 0 0 | " |
| | From 1st May to 31st October .. | Weekly } | | | | |
| 24 | Mataura and Ferndale .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | William Carter .. | 20 0 0 | " |
| 25 | Merino Downs and Dickie's Bridge | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Mary Cumming.. | 18 4 0 | " |
| 26 | Mill Road, Myross Bush, Roslyn Bush, Grove Bush, and Mabel Bush | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Thomas Hughes.. | 40 0 0 | " |
| 27 | Mossburn and Matuku .. | Weekly .. | Horse .. | Thomas Kearney | 15 9 0 | " |
| 28 | Muddy Creek and Wendonside .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | John Maher .. | 25 0 0 | " |
| 29 | Niagara and Chasland's .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Joseph Gourley.. | 51 10 0 | " |
| 30 | Nightcaps, Opio, and Annandale .. | Thrice weekly.. | Horse .. | Thomas Robertson | 34 0 0 | " |
| 31 | Ord's Crossing and South Hillend .. | Thrice weekly.. | Horse .. | Alexander Diack | 19 0 0 | " |
| 32 | Orepuki, Waihoaka, Te Tua, and Tuatapere | Twice weekly .. | Trap .. | W. H. Alexander | 45 0 0 | " |
| 33 | Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, Clifden, Belmont, and Blackmount | Weekly .. | Trap .. | Daniel Lynch .. | 82 0 0 | " |
| 34 | Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, and Clifden | Weekly .. | Trap .. | N. Kelly .. | 35 0 0 | " |
| 35 | Otautau and Scott's Gap .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Daniel Lynch .. | 18 0 0 | " |
| 36 | Papatotara and Tuatapere | Weekly .. | Horse .. | W. J. Erskine | 12 0 0 | " |
| 37 | Paterson's Inlet and Half-moon Bay, and delivering and collecting correspondence at settlements in Paterson's Inlet and South-west Bay (Glory Harbour) | Weekly .. | Steam-launch | J. Joss .. | 85 0 0 | " |
| 38 | Pukerau, Kaiwera, and Otaraia .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | J. McKenzie .. | 28 0 0 | " |
| 39 | Queenstown, Arthur's Point, and Malaghan's | Thrice weekly | Cart .. | Edward Monson | 26 0 0 | " |
| 40 | Queenstown and Moke Creek .. | Weekly .. | Pack-horse .. | Vasilio Seffer .. | 20 0 0 | " |
| 41 | Queenstown, Arthur's Point, Maori Point, and Skipper's (coach in summer and horse in winter) | Twice weekly .. | Coach and pack-horse | Julien Bourdeau | 70 0 0 | " |
| 42 | Riversdale and Waikaia .. | Daily .. | Coach .. | J. and R. Jopp .. | 70 0 0 | " |
| 43 | Riversdale and Wendon .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Michael Shea .. | 24 10 0 | " |
| 44 | Riverton, Gummie's Bush, and Groper's Bush | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | James Pratt .. | 40 0 0 | " |
| 45 | Riverton Post Office and Railway Station .. | As required .. | Foot .. | James Pratt .. | 16 0 0 | " |
| 46 | Skipper's and Upper Shotover .. | Weekly .. | Horse .. | Cotter Bros. .. | 12 0 0 | " |
| 47 | Te Anau and Glade House (from 1st January to 30th April) | Twice weekly .. | Steamer .. | D. Ross and Co... | £2 per trip | 30 April, 1904. |
| 48 | Thornbury, Isla Bank, and Drummond .. | Daily .. | Trap .. | William Sandars | 100 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1906. |
| 49 | Tussock Creek and Wilson's Crossing .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | James Cox .. | 9 0 0 | " |
| 50 | Waianiwa and Otahuti .. | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | James McCrostie | 20 0 0 | " |
| 51 | Waianiwa and Spar Bush .. | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | W. Cartright, jun. | 16 0 0 | " |
| 52 | Waikaka and Greenvale .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | John Lamb .. | 20 0 0 | " |
| 53 | Waikaka and Wendon Valley .. | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | John Lamb .. | 20 0 0 | " |
| 54 | Wairo and Aparima .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | John Blomfield .. | 26 0 0 | " |
| 55 | West Plains Post Office and Waikiwi .. | Daily .. | Horse .. | John Macpherson | 18 0 0 | " |
| 56 | Wild Bush and Main Road .. | Twice weekly .. | Horse .. | Jane Anderson .. | 6 0 0 | " |
| 57 | Winton, Oreti Plains, and Heddon Bush .. | Thrice weekly | Trap .. | Alexander Agnew | 55 0 0 | " |
| 58 | Woodlands and Dacre .. | Twice weekly .. | Trap .. | Margaret Butler | 18 0 0 | " |
| 59 | Wyndham, Glenham, and Pine Bush .. | Thrice weekly | Coach .. | Sarah Richardson | 58 10 0 | " |
| 60 | Wyndham and Mimihau .. | Twice weekly .. | Trap .. | T. A. Dawson .. | 20 0 0 | " |
| 61 | Wyndham and Mokoreta.. | Twice weekly .. | Trap .. | Peter Ferguson .. | 44 0 0 | " |

  • Per trip. Maximum annual subsidy, £40.


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🚂 Postal Contracts for Invercargill District (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
postal contracts, Invercargill, mail routes, contractors, horse, trap, coach, cutter, steam-launch, subsidy
62 names identified
  • William Reid, Contractor for Arrowtown and Macetown route
  • John L. Jopp, Contractor for Arrowtown, Lower Shotover, Frankton, and Queenstown route
  • George Garrett, Contractor for Athol and Nokomai route
  • George Newton, Contractor for Bluff and Ruapuke Island route
  • Robert Davidson, Contractor for Brown's, Hokonui, and Springhills route
  • Lawrence Cody, Contractor for Centre Bush Railway Siding and Otapiri Gorge route
  • W. Jones, Contractor for Colac Bay and Round Hill route
  • W.T. McEwan, Contractor for Colac Bay and Round Hill route
  • John Dempster, Contractor for Edendale and Seaward Downs route
  • Sarah Richardson, Contractor for Edendale and Wyndham route
  • John Anderson, Contractor for Fortrose, Otara, and Haldane route
  • A. W. McIntosh, Contractor for Fortrose, Tokonui Gorge, Quarry Hills, Niagara, and Waikawa route
  • John Templeton, Contractor for Fortrose and Waimahaka Railway Station route
  • Robert Seator, Contractor for Garston and Upper Nevis route
  • Thomas Helm, Contractor for Glencoe and Hedgehope Railway Station route
  • Daniel Sullivan, Contractor for Gore and Croydon Bush route
  • Edward Brennan, Contractor for Gore, East Chatton, Chatton, and Otama route
  • John Lamb, Contractor for Gore, Waikaka Valley, and Waikaka route
  • Frederick W. Pope, Contractor for Invercargill Post Office and Railway Station route
  • Andrew Anderson, Contractor for Invercargill and Otatara route
  • J. and R. Jopp, Contractor for Invercargill, Waikiwi, Lorne, and Wallace-town route
  • James B. Walsh, Contractor for Kapuka and Waituna route
  • Joseph M. Crosbie, Contractor for Lumsden, Mossburn, The Key, and Te Anau route
  • John B. C. Dore, Contractor for Manapouri and Hillside Creek route
  • William Carter, Contractor for Mataura and Ferndale route
  • Mary Cumming, Contractor for Merino Downs and Dickie's Bridge route
  • Thomas Hughes, Contractor for Mill Road, Myross Bush, Roslyn Bush, Grove Bush, and Mabel Bush route
  • Thomas Kearney, Contractor for Mossburn and Matuku route
  • John Maher, Contractor for Muddy Creek and Wendonside route
  • Joseph Gourley, Contractor for Niagara and Chasland's route
  • Thomas Robertson, Contractor for Nightcaps, Opio, and Annandale route
  • Alexander Diack, Contractor for Ord's Crossing and South Hillend route
  • W. H. Alexander, Contractor for Orepuki, Waihoaka, Te Tua, and Tuatapere route
  • Daniel Lynch, Contractor for Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, Clifden, Belmont, and Blackmount route
  • N. Kelly, Contractor for Otautau, Orawia, Eastern Bush, and Clifden route
  • Daniel Lynch, Contractor for Otautau and Scott's Gap route
  • W. J. Erskine, Contractor for Papatotara and Tuatapere route
  • J. Joss, Contractor for Paterson's Inlet and Half-moon Bay route
  • J. McKenzie, Contractor for Pukerau, Kaiwera, and Otaraia route
  • Edward Monson, Contractor for Queenstown, Arthur's Point, and Malaghan's route
  • Vasilio Seffer, Contractor for Queenstown and Moke Creek route
  • Julien Bourdeau, Contractor for Queenstown, Arthur's Point, Maori Point, and Skipper's route
  • J. and R. Jopp, Contractor for Riversdale and Waikaia route
  • Michael Shea, Contractor for Riversdale and Wendon route
  • James Pratt, Contractor for Riverton, Gummie's Bush, and Groper's Bush route
  • James Pratt, Contractor for Riverton Post Office and Railway Station route
  • Cotter Bros., Contractor for Skipper's and Upper Shotover route
  • D. Ross, Contractor for Te Anau and Glade House route
  • William Sandars, Contractor for Thornbury, Isla Bank, and Drummond route
  • James Cox, Contractor for Tussock Creek and Wilson's Crossing route
  • James McCrostie, Contractor for Waianiwa and Otahuti route
  • W. Cartright, Contractor for Waianiwa and Spar Bush route
  • John Lamb, Contractor for Waikaka and Greenvale route
  • John Lamb, Contractor for Waikaka and Wendon Valley route
  • John Blomfield, Contractor for Wairo and Aparima route
  • John Macpherson, Contractor for West Plains Post Office and Waikiwi route
  • Jane Anderson, Contractor for Wild Bush and Main Road route
  • Alexander Agnew, Contractor for Winton, Oreti Plains, and Heddon Bush route
  • Margaret Butler, Contractor for Woodlands and Dacre route
  • Sarah Richardson, Contractor for Wyndham, Glenham, and Pine Bush route
  • T. A. Dawson, Contractor for Wyndham and Mimihau route
  • Peter Ferguson, Contractor for Wyndham and Mokoreta route