✨ Postal Services Contracts
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31
POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER—continued.
| Number of Service. | Service. | Mileage One Way. | Frequency | How performed. | Name of Contractor. | Annual Subsidy. | Date of Termination of Contract. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Hastings and Pukahu | 5 | Daily | Motor-bicycle | Ditto .. | £ s. d. | |
| 6 | Hastings and Pakowhai | 4 | Daily | Motor-bicycle | " .. | .. | |
| 7 | Matamau Post-office and Railway-station | 7 | Twice daily | Foot | Thomas Page .. | 15 0 0 | |
| 8 | Mohaka Post-office and coach on main road | ½ | Twice weekly.. | Handcart .. | J. F. Frost .. | 10 0 0 | |
| 9 | Napier and Wairoa | 80 | When running | Special coach | Hawke’s Bay Motor Company (Limited) | 10s. per trip | |
| 10 | Naier Breakwater (landing and shipping mails) | ¼ | As required .. | Truck or trolley | Napier Harbour Board | 26 0 0 | |
| 11 | Norsewood and Ngamoko | 4 | Daily | Express .. | B. E. Cooper .. | 10 0 0 | |
| 12 | O ane, Patangata, and Elsthorpe And Mangakuri and Te Apiti | 28 | Thrice weekly Once weekly | Coach .. | John Halpin .. | 20 0 0 | |
| 13 | Pakipaki Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily .. | Foot .. | William Moroney | 7 10 0 | |
| 14 | Wairoa Post-office and beach | ½ | As required .. | Surf-boat .. | Wairoa and Mohaka Steamship Company (Limited) | £1 10s. per trip | |
| 15 | Whakatu Railway-station and Mangateretere | ½ | Daily | Foot .. | M. Cunningham.. | 6 0 0 | |
| 16 | Elsthorpe and the Valley Road (rural mail delivery) | 5½ | Twice weekly.. | Trap .. | T. J. Haycock .. | 30 0 0 |
PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS, PAYMENT FOR WHICH INCLUDED IN SALARY.
| 1 | Mangatera Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily .. | Foot .. | W. A. Watson .. | .. |
| 2 | Matatera Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Daily | Foot .. | O. Thoresen .. | .. |
| 3 | Pukehou Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily .. | Foot .. | A. D. Priest .. | .. |
POSTAL DISTRICT OF NEW PLYMOUTH.
PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.
| 1 | Kaponga, Rowan, Mahoe, Cardiff, and Stratford | 17 | Daily | Coach .. | A. O. Williams .. | £ s. d. 99 0 0 | 31 Dec.. 1915. |
| 2 | Kohuratahi, Hurimoana, and Tahora.. | 8 | Thrice weekly.. | Horse or cart | E. J. R. Hill .. | 65 0 0 | " |
| 3 | Mokau and Pariwaro (open delivery to settlers on both banks of Mokau River) | 25 | Thrice weekly.. | Launch .. | Jacob and Black | 7 10 0 | " |
| 4 | New Plymouth Chief Post-office and Railway-station | ¼ | As required .. | 2-horse lorry or express | H. Sparkes .. | 100 0 0 | " |
| 5 | New Plymouth: Delivery of parcels over area covered by letter-carriers | .. | Daily | Express-van, horse, or bicycle | New Zealand Express Company | 2d. per parcel | " |
| 6 | New Plymouth, Omata, Oakura, Tata- raimaka, Okato, Puniho, Warea, Pungarehu, Rahotu, Oaonui, and Opunake | 40 | Daily | 4- and 5-horse coach | W. A. Jury .. | 300 0 0 | " |
| 7 | Puniwhakau, Tututawa, Douglas | 14 | Thrice weekly.. | Express .. | W. E. Davies .. | 75 0 0 | " |
| 8 | Purangi, Taramauku, Tarata, Kaimata, and Inglewood | 24 | Daily | 3-horse coach | G. Hanover .. | 200 0 0 | " |
| 9 | Strathmore, Huiakama, and Te Wera | 4 | Daily | Wagon .. | J. Levandouski .. | 50 0 0 | " |
| 10 | Urenui and Pukearuhe | 12 | Twice weekly.. | Horse .. | A. R. Davis .. | 40 0 0 | " |
| 11 | Waitara, Onaero, Urenui, Uruti, Tonga- porutu, Mokau, Awakino | 50 | Daily, and twice on Saturday between Waitara and Urenui | 4- and 5-horse coach | W. A. Jury .. | 500 0 0 | " |
| 12 | Waitara Post-office, Beach, Railway-station, and wharves | .. | As required .. | Cart .. | L. Clare .. | 47 0 0 | " |
PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.
| 1 | Bell Block Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Daily | Horse .. | J. W. Downs .. | 14 0 0 |
| 2 | Douglas Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | As required .. | Foot .. | T. Young .. | 10 0 0 |
| 3 | Egmont Village and Inglewood | 3 | Thrice weekly.. | Horse .. | R. Burrows .. | 12 0 0 |
| 4 | Hillsborough and Bell Block | 5 | Daily, 1st Sept. to 30th April: thrice weekly, 1st May to 31st Aug. | Horse .. | H. C. Marr .. | 10 0 0 |
| 5 | Huatoki and New Plymouth | 6 | Twice weekly.. | Cart .. | S. M. Englefield | 12 0 0 |
| 6 | Huinga and Toko .. | 3 | Daily | Cart .. | T. A. Boock .. | 15 0 0 |
| 7 | Huiroa Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Daily | Horse .. | J. A. Stanford .. | 20 0 0 |
| 8 | Inglewood and Kaimiro | 5 | Twice weekly.. | Horse .. | Nicholls and Son | 10 0 0 |
| 9 | Kiore Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Thrice weekly.. | Foot .. | A. J. Stockley .. | 3 0 0 |
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 31
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 31
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Inland Mail-Services for 1913-1915
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMail services, Contracts, Napier, New Plymouth, Postal routes, Contractors, Subsidies
30 names identified
- Thomas Page, Contractor for Matamau Post-office and Railway-station
- J. F. Frost, Contractor for Mohaka Post-office and coach on main road
- B. E. Cooper, Contractor for Norsewood and Ngamoko
- John Halpin, Contractor for O ane, Patangata, and Elsthorpe And Mangakuri and Te Apiti
- William Moroney, Contractor for Pakipaki Post-office and Railway-station
- M. Cunningham, Contractor for Whakatu Railway-station and Mangateretere
- T. J. Haycock, Contractor for Elsthorpe and the Valley Road
- W. A. Watson, Postmaster for Mangatera Post-office and Railway-station
- O. Thoresen, Postmaster for Matatera Post-office and Railway-station
- A. D. Priest, Postmaster for Pukehou Post-office and Railway-station
- A. O. Williams, Contractor for Kaponga, Rowan, Mahoe, Cardiff, and Stratford
- E. J. R. Hill, Contractor for Kohuratahi, Hurimoana, and Tahora
- Jacob, Contractor for Mokau and Pariwaro
- Black, Contractor for Mokau and Pariwaro
- H. Sparkes, Contractor for New Plymouth Chief Post-office and Railway-station
- W. A. Jury, Contractor for New Plymouth, Omata, Oakura, Tataraimaka, Okato, Puniho, Warea, Pungarehu, Rahotu, Oaonui, and Opunake
- W. E. Davies, Contractor for Puniwhakau, Tututawa, Douglas
- G. Hanover, Contractor for Purangi, Taramauku, Tarata, Kaimata, and Inglewood
- J. Levandouski, Contractor for Strathmore, Huiakama, and Te Wera
- A. R. Davis, Contractor for Urenui and Pukearuhe
- L. Clare, Contractor for Waitara Post-office, Beach, Railway-station, and wharves
- J. W. Downs, Contractor for Bell Block Post-office and Railway-station
- T. Young, Contractor for Douglas Post-office and Railway-station
- R. Burrows, Contractor for Egmont Village and Inglewood
- H. C. Marr, Contractor for Hillsborough and Bell Block
- S. M. Englefield, Contractor for Huatoki and New Plymouth
- T. A. Boock, Contractor for Huinga and Toko
- J. A. Stanford, Contractor for Huiroa Post-office and Railway-station
- Nicholls, Contractor for Inglewood and Kaimiro
- A. J. Stockley, Contractor for Kiore Post-office and Railway-station