Postal Service Contracts




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON—continued.

No. of Service. Service. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
£ s. d.
1 Brighton, St. Kilda, and Charleston Weekly Horse W. L. Price 9 0 0
2 Burnett’s Face (letter-delivery) Daily Foot W. Hotchkiss 18 0 0
3 Capleston, Cronadon, and Reefton Daily 2-horse trap F. A. G. Archer.. 35 0 0
4 Denniston and Burnett’s Face Daily Tram Westport Coal Company ..
5 Denniston and Conn’s Creek Twice daily Incline Westport Coal Company ..
6 Denniston and Burnett’s Face As required Cart D. J. Mettrick 5s. per trip
7 Granity and Breakhead, Millerton Daily Incline Westport Coal Company ..
8 Granity and Millerton As required Horse D. Kerr 5s. per trip
9 Karamea and Little Wanganui Monthly Horse J. Elford 6 0 0
10 Karamea Post Office and steamers As required Spring-cart J. Elford 7 0 0
11 Longford and Murchison Thrice weekly 2-horse trap R. McNee 10 0 0
12 Millerton and Mine Creek Thrice weekly Horse J. Brown 7 0 0
13 Waimangaroa and Denniston As required Horse H. A. Richards.. 5s. per trip
14 Waimangaroa Letter-delivery Daily Foot H. A. Richards.. 20 0 0

PERFORMED BY POSTMASTER.

1 | Karamea and Kongahu | Thrice monthly | Boat | Meyrick Jones | .. |

SEA SERVICES.

1 | Westport and Karamea
Westport and Little Wanganui | Thrice monthly
Monthly | Steamer | Karamea Steam-ship Company (Limited) | 450 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1909.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GREYMOUTH.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

| 1 | Ahaura and Orwell Creek | Twice weekly.. | 1-horse coach | Thomas Bennett Cressey | 15 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1909. |
| 2 | Ahaura Post Office and Railway Station | As required | 2-horse coach | James F. White.. | 5 0 0 | ,, |
| 3 | Blackball and Ngahere | Twice daily | 3-horse coach | Robert Crawford | 40 0 0 | ,, |
| 4 | Chief Post Office, Railway Station, and Wharves | As required | 1-horse express | Wm. Hanrahan | 95 0 0 | ,, |
| 5 | Greymouth, Rapahoe, Ten-Mile Creek, and Barrytown | Once weekly | 4-horse wagon | John Ryall | 40 0 0 | ,, |
| 6 | Greymouth, Ruther Glen, Marsden, and Dunganville | Thrice weekly | 2-horse coach | R. E. Larcombe and W. Larcombe | 65 0 0 | ,, |
| 7 | Ikamatua and Little Grey Junction | Daily | Horseback or foot | E. J. McInroe | 20 0 0 | ,, |
| 8 | Main Road, Blackwater, and Upper Blackwater | Daily | 1-horse trap or bicycle | John McLennan | 30 0 0 | ,, |
| 9 | Ngahere and Nelson Creek | 8 times weekly | 2-horse coach | John H. Williams | 50 0 0 | ,, |
| 10 | Reefton and Globe Mine | Thrice weekly | 1-horse vehicle | R. G. Morrison | 34 0 0 | ,, |
| 11 | Reefton Post Office and Railway Station | As required | 3-horse coach | R. G. Morrison | 22 0 0 | ,, |
| 12 | Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River | Twice weekly.. | 1-horse vehicle | John Dick | 4 15 0 | ,, |
| 13 | Totara Flat, Granville, and Noble’s | Twice weekly.. | 1-horse trap | William Young | 30 0 0 | ,, |
| 14 | Twelve-Mile Landing and No Town | Thrice weekly | Horse | Timothy Mullins | 18 0 0 | ,, |

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.

| 1 | Ahaura and Upper Moonlight | Weekly | Horse | Thomas Lees | 8 0 0 | |
| 2 | Blackball and Minerva | Weekly | Pack-horse | Charles Goodwin | 12 0 0 | |
| 3 | Kokiri and Arnold | Twice weekly.. | Foot | John Hinnegan | 5 0 0 | |
| 4 | Mawheraiti and Antonio’s Flat | Weekly | Foot | Annie Furness | 11 0 0 | |
| 5 | Paroa Post Office and Railway Station | Daily | Foot | Martha Gilbert | 5 0 0 | |
| 6 | Poerua and Rotomana | Twice weekly.. | Horse or trap | Ada Woods | 5 0 0 | |
| 7 | Reefton, Black’s Point, and Crushington | Daily | Spring-cart | R. G. Morrison | 10 0 0 | |
| 8 | Teremakau Post Office and Railway Station | Twice weekly.. | Foot | Metta Bruhn | 5 0 0 | |
| 9 | Black’s Point and Awatea | Twice weekly.. | Saddle-horse | Annie Harvey | 10 0 0 | |

PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS, PAYMENT INCLUDED IN SALARY.

| 1 | Ahaura and Atarau | Weekly | Horse or foot | John Turner | .. | |
| 2 | Upper Blackwater and Waiuta | Twice weekly.. | Pack-horse | W. A. Meates | .. | |



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🚂 Wellington Postal District Service Contracts (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Contracts, Wellington, Brighton, Burnett’s Face, Reefton, Karamea, Millerton, Denniston, Granity, Waimangaroa, Conn’s Creek, Longford, Murchison, Mine Creek
14 names identified
  • W. L. Price, Contractor for Brighton, St. Kilda, and Charleston service
  • W. Hotchkiss, Contractor for Burnett’s Face letter-delivery
  • F. A. G. Archer, Contractor for Capleston, Cronadon, and Reefton service
  • D. J. Mettrick, Contractor for Denniston and Burnett’s Face cart service
  • D. Kerr, Contractor for Granity and Millerton horse service
  • J. Elford, Contractor for Karamea and Little Wanganui service
  • J. Elford, Contractor for Karamea Post Office and steamers service
  • R. McNee, Contractor for Longford and Murchison service
  • J. Brown, Contractor for Millerton and Mine Creek service
  • H. A. Richards, Contractor for Waimangaroa and Denniston horse service
  • H. A. Richards, Contractor for Waimangaroa letter-delivery
  • Meyrick Jones, Contractor for Karamea and Kongahu boat service
  • Karamea Steam-ship Company, Contractor for Westport and Karamea steamer service
  • Karamea Steam-ship Company, Contractor for Westport and Little Wanganui steamer service

🚂 Greymouth Postal District Service Contracts

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Contracts, Greymouth, Ahaura, Blackball, Ngahere, Reefton, Ikamatua, Main Road, Upper Blackwater, Totara Flat, Twelve-Mile Landing, No Town, Paroa, Poerua, Teremakau, Kokiri, Arnold, Mawheraiti, Antonio’s Flat, Black’s Point, Awatea, Atarau, Waiuta
26 names identified
  • Thomas Bennett Cressey, Contractor for Ahaura and Orwell Creek service
  • James F. White, Contractor for Ahaura Post Office and Railway Station service
  • Robert Crawford, Contractor for Blackball and Ngahere service
  • Wm. Hanrahan, Contractor for Chief Post Office, Railway Station, and Wharves service
  • John Ryall, Contractor for Greymouth, Rapahoe, Ten-Mile Creek, and Barrytown service
  • R. E. Larcombe, Contractor for Greymouth, Ruther Glen, Marsden, and Dunganville service
  • W. Larcombe, Contractor for Greymouth, Ruther Glen, Marsden, and Dunganville service
  • E. J. McInroe, Contractor for Ikamatua and Little Grey Junction service
  • John McLennan, Contractor for Main Road, Blackwater, and Upper Blackwater service
  • John H. Williams, Contractor for Ngahere and Nelson Creek service
  • R. G. Morrison, Contractor for Reefton and Globe Mine service
  • R. G. Morrison, Contractor for Reefton Post Office and Railway Station service
  • John Dick, Contractor for Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River service
  • William Young, Contractor for Totara Flat, Granville, and Noble’s service
  • Timothy Mullins, Contractor for Twelve-Mile Landing and No Town service
  • Thomas Lees, Contractor for Ahaura and Upper Moonlight service
  • Charles Goodwin, Contractor for Blackball and Minerva service
  • John Hinnegan, Contractor for Kokiri and Arnold service
  • Annie Furness, Contractor for Mawheraiti and Antonio’s Flat service
  • Martha Gilbert, Contractor for Paroa Post Office and Railway Station service
  • Ada Woods, Contractor for Poerua and Rotomana service
  • R. G. Morrison, Contractor for Reefton, Black’s Point, and Crushington service
  • Metta Bruhn, Contractor for Teremakau Post Office and Railway Station service
  • Annie Harvey, Contractor for Black’s Point and Awatea service
  • John Turner, Contractor for Ahaura and Atarau service
  • W. A. Meates, Contractor for Upper Blackwater and Waiuta service