New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 31

Page 1307

✨ Postal Service Contracts



APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1307

POSTAL DISTRICT OF BLENHEIM—continued.

Number of Service. Service. Mileage One Way. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
£ s. d.
1 Picton and Grove Wharf ..

Picton, Hitaua, Onapua, Te Weka, and Te Awaii
Picton, Pukekoikoi, Punaruawhiti, Endeavour Inlet, and Resolution Bay | 44
..
.. | Thrice weekly
Weekly
Weekly | Steamboat and oil-launch | Bowden Bros. .. | 185 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1915. |
| 2 | Picton, Wharehunga, Otaneran, Onauku, Ravenscliffe, Anakakata Bay, Hikoe-koea, Okoha, Te Puru, Bulwer, Waitata Bay, Waihohonu, Pohuenui, Elaine Bay, Brightlands, Manaroa, Hopai, Crail Bay, Homewood, Tira Ora, Nydia Bay, Maori Bay, Pinohia, Mahau, Whatanii, and Havelock | 165 | Fortnightly .. | Steam-launch | E. C. Perano .. | 320 0 0 | ,, |
| 3 | Ngakuta, Whangakoko, Haka Haka, Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim | 43 | Weekly .. | Oil-launch .. | G. J. W. Harvey | 75 0 0 | ,, |
| 4 | Picton and Portage | .. | Daily .. | Motor-launch | McCormick and Dawkins | 60 0 0 | ,, |
| 5 | Portage, Te Mehia, St. Omer, Mahau, Whatanii, Pinohia, Maori Bay, Nydia Bay, Yncyca Bay, Tira Ora, Te Rawa, Homewood, Manaroa, Hopai, and Crail Bay | 53 | Weekly .. | Oil-launch .. | J. W. Taylor .. | 130 0 0 | ,, |
| 6 | Portage, St. Omer, Waitaria, and Kene-puru Head | 23 | Twice weekly .. | Launch .. | J. W. Taylor .. | 70 0 0 | ,, |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

£ s. d.
1 Baton and Thorpe .. 12 Weekly .. Horse and sulky Albert William Wray 25 0 0 31 Dec., 1915.
2 Belgrove, Golden Downs, and Tophouse 27 Weekly .. Horse .. John Banks .. 55 0 0 ,,
3 Cable Bay, Atawhai, Wakapuaka Suburban, and Nelson 15 Thrice weekly 2-horse express William Rayner 65 0 0 ,,
4 Collingwood Post-office and Collingwood Wharf ⅓ As required .. Foot .. James Alfred Miles 35 0 0 31 Dec., 1913.
5 Collingwood and Mangarakau .. 23 Weekly .. Vehicle and horse Ernest Walter Scott 45 0 0 31 Dec., 1915.
6 Collingwood, Pakawan, and Puponga .. 14 Twice weekly .. Coach or horse Ernest Walter Scott 45 0 0 ,,
7 Collingwood and Rockville ..
Collingwood, Rockville, Aorere, and Bainham 6
10 4 times weekly
Twice weekly .. Coach or horse
Coach or horse Ernest Walter Scott 65 0 0 ,,
8 French Pass Post-office, and vessels going through Pass 1 Twice weekly .. Motor-launch Wallace Thomas Webber 50 0 0 ,,
9 Glenhope, Owen Junction, Murchison, Fern Flat, Newton Flat, Lyell, Three-channel Flat, and Inangahua Junction 60 Twice weekly .. 4-horse coach Henry Newman and Thomas Newman 700 0 0 ,,
10 Kohatu, Motupiko, and Korere .. 7 Thrice weekly 1-horse vehicle Walter Cecil Campbell Pahl 52 0 0 ,,
11 Motueka Post-office and Motueka Wharf 3 As required .. Coach .. Richard Fry .. 75 0 0 ,,
12 Nelson Chief Post-office and Railway-station, Chief Post-office and the Port wharves; delivery of parcels and carriers’ bags within the Nelson carriers’ delivery as required 3 As required .. Express and lorries William McLennan 350 0 0 ,,
13 Nelson, Atawhai, Wakapuaka Suburban, Whangamoa, Flat Creek, Rai Falls, Canvastown, Havelock, Havelock Suburban, Okaramio, Kaituna, Renwicktown, Springlands, and Blenheim 78 Thrice weekly 4-horse coach Henry Newman and Thomas Newman 700 0 0 ,,
14 Nelson, Wakatu, Stoke, Richmond, Appleby, Redwood’s Valley, Upper Moutere, Braeburn, Lower Moutere, Hau, Motueka, and Riwaka 37 Daily .. Motor-car .. Henry Newman and Thomas Newman 600 0 0 ,,
15 Motueka, Riwaka, Upper Takaka, East Takaka, Takaka 38 Twice weekly .. 2-horse coach Richard Fry .. 150 0 0 31 Dec., 1913.
16 Pokororo, Orinoco, Ngatimote, Neudorf, and Upper Moutere 17 Thrice weekly Coach .. Charles Green .. 160 0 0 31 Dec., 1915.
17 Stanley-Brook, Thorpe, Awa, Dovedale, and Wakefield, via Woodstock 24 Thrice weekly 2-horse coach Henry James Wells 138 0 0 ,,
18 Tadmor, Sherry River, Mataraki .. 4 Thrice weekly Horse and sulky John Pahl .. 38 0 0 ,,
19 Takaka and Motupipi .. 3 Daily (single trip) Horse and sulky David Oliver Winter 42 0 0 ,,


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🚂 Postal Service Contracts for Blenheim District (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Contracts, Blenheim, Mail routes, Contractors, Subsidies
6 names identified
  • Bowden (Bros.), Contractor for Picton and Grove Wharf service
  • E. C. Perano, Contractor for Picton to Havelock service
  • G. J. W. Harvey, Contractor for Ngakuta to Blenheim service
  • McCormick, Contractor for Picton and Portage service
  • Dawkins, Contractor for Picton and Portage service
  • J. W. Taylor, Contractor for Portage to Crail Bay service

🚂 Postal Service Contracts for Nelson District

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Contracts, Nelson, Mail routes, Contractors, Subsidies
15 names identified
  • Albert William Wray, Contractor for Baton and Thorpe service
  • John Banks, Contractor for Belgrove to Tophouse service
  • William Rayner, Contractor for Cable Bay to Nelson service
  • James Alfred Miles, Contractor for Collingwood Post-office and Wharf service
  • Ernest Walter Scott, Contractor for Collingwood to Mangarakau service
  • Wallace Thomas Webber, Contractor for French Pass Post-office service
  • Henry Newman, Contractor for Glenhope to Inangahua Junction service
  • Thomas Newman, Contractor for Glenhope to Inangahua Junction service
  • Walter Cecil Campbell Pahl, Contractor for Kohatu to Korere service
  • Richard Fry, Contractor for Motueka Post-office and Wharf service
  • William McLennan, Contractor for Nelson Chief Post-office services
  • Charles Green, Contractor for Pokororo to Upper Moutere service
  • Henry James Wells, Contractor for Stanley-Brook to Wakefield service
  • John Pahl, Contractor for Tadmor to Mataraki service
  • David Oliver Winter, Contractor for Takaka and Motupipi service