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1310
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GREYMOUTH—continued.

Number of Service. Service. Mileage One Way. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
£ s. d.
1 Ahaura and Orwell Creek .. 7 Twice weekly .. Horse or bi-cycle Kate Cressey .. 9 0 0
2 Ahaura Post-office and Railway-station ¾ As required .. 1 - horse conveyance James F. Whyte 15 0 0
3 Blackball and Roa.. 4 Daily Horse or trap David Armstrong 6 10 0
4 Blackball and Atarua .. 14 Twice weekly .. Horse John Turner .. 15 0 0
And Upper Moonlight .. Once weekly }
5 Kamaka and No Town .. 4 Twice weekly.. Horse John Mullins .. 15 0 0
6 Kokiri and Arnold .. 2 Twice weekly.. Foot John· Hinnegan 5 0 0
7 Paroa Post-office and Railway-station
Daily .. Foot Clarinda M. Gilbert 5 0 0
8 Reef ton, Black’s Point, and Crushington 3 Daily .. Spring-cart John Dick .. 10 0 0
9 Reef ton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River 18 Twice weekly.. 1 - horse conveyance John Dick .. 20 0 0
10 Roa, Soldier’s Creek, and Middle Camp (rural delivery) 2½ Thrice weekly.. Horse .. David Armstrong 12 0 0
11 Rotomana Post - office and Railway-station ¾ 4 times weekly Horse or trap W. A. Lindop .. 5 0 0
12 Totara Flat and Granville .. 3 Twice weekly.. Horse or trap James Baybutt 12 0 0
13 Totara Flat and Noble’s .. 9 Weekly .. Horse .. Alice A. Methven 20 0 0

PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS, PAYMENT FOR WHICH INCLUDED IN SALARY.

1 Kotuku Post-office and Kotuku Railway-station 1¼ Thrice weekly.. Foot .. F. W. Boyland .. ..
2 Rewanui and No. 2 State Collieries .. 4 Twice weekly.. Horse or trolley W. J. Dennehy .. ..

POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

£ s. d.
1 Goldsborough and Stafford .. 5 Twice daily .. Spring-cart Samuel Stewart.. 50 0 0 31 Dec., 1915.
2 Hokitika Chief Post - office, Railway-station, and Wharf ½ As required .. Spring-cart John Cameron .. 52 0 0
3 Hokitika, Ho Ho, and Humphrey’s .. 11 Twice weekly Horse and trap John Olson .. 30 0 0
4 Hokitika, Kanieri, Woodstock, and Rimu 5 Daily .. Coach .. David Spence. jun. 30 0 0
5 Hokitika, Koiterangi, and Lower Kokatahi 21 Twice weekly .. Coach .. Cooper and Webster 60 0 0
And Hokitika and Upper Kokatahi Once weekly ..
6 Kumara Post - office and Railway-station 4 As required .. Motor-car and bus Thomas Kennedy 98 0 0
7 Kumara and Wainihinihi .. 13 Once weekly .. Horse and trap Walter James Benyon 20 10 0
8 Kumara, Westbrook, Greenstone, and Hohonu 13 Once weekly .. Horse and trap Phillip Ryan Nicholas 20 0 0
9 Okarito and The Forks .. 5 Twice weekly .. Spring-cart John Adamson .. 50 0 0
10 Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Hende’s Ferry, Harihari, Tetaho, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tataro, Waiho Gorge, and Weheka 92 Once weekly .. Coach and packhorses Foster Bros. .. 170 0 0
11 Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Hende’s Ferry, and Harihari 33 Once weekly .. Coach .. Foster Bros. .. 50 0 0
12 Ross Post-office and Railway-station .. 1 As required .. Coach .. Emanuel Olsen .. 30 0 0
13 Weheka, Karangarua, Bruce Bay, and Mahitahi 75 Weekly .. Packhorses.. John Joseph Mulvaney 115 0 0
And Haast and Okura .. .. Fortnightly ..

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.

1 Hokitika and Arahura .. 2 Twice weekly .. Horse .. Henry Hearn .. 13 0 0
2 Hokitika, Arahura, and Fox’s .. 14 Once weekly .. Spring-cart Agnes Newton .. 15 0 0
3 Kumara and Callaghan’s .. 6 Twice weekly .. Spring-cart R. B. Foster .. 7 16 0
4 Kumara and Dillmanstown .. 1½ Once daily .. Spring-cart Thomas McGrath 8 0 0

SEA SERVICES.

1 Hokitika and Okarito .. 48 Monthly .. Steamer .. W. Duncan .. 750 0 0 31 Mar., 1913.
And Hokitika, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson’s Bay 135 Once every two months


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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Contracts, Greymouth, Mail routes, Contractors, Subsidies
15 names identified
  • Kate Cressey, Contractor for Ahaura and Orwell Creek service
  • James F. Whyte, Contractor for Ahaura Post-office and Railway-station service
  • David Armstrong, Contractor for Blackball and Roa service
  • John Turner, Contractor for Blackball and Atarua service
  • John Mullins, Contractor for Kamaka and No Town service
  • John Hinnegan, Contractor for Kokiri and Arnold service
  • Clarinda M. Gilbert, Contractor for Paroa Post-office and Railway-station service
  • John Dick, Contractor for Reefton, Black’s Point, and Crushington service
  • John Dick, Contractor for Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River service
  • David Armstrong, Contractor for Roa, Soldier’s Creek, and Middle Camp service
  • W. A. Lindop, Contractor for Rotomana Post-office and Railway-station service
  • James Baybutt, Contractor for Totara Flat and Granville service
  • Alice A. Methven, Contractor for Totara Flat and Noble’s service
  • F. W. Boyland, Contractor for Kotuku Post-office and Kotuku Railway-station service
  • W. J. Dennehy, Contractor for Rewanui and No. 2 State Collieries service

🚂 Postal Service Contracts for Hokitika District

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Contracts, Hokitika, Mail routes, Contractors, Subsidies
19 names identified
  • Samuel Stewart, Contractor for Goldsborough and Stafford service
  • John Cameron, Contractor for Hokitika Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharf service
  • John Olson, Contractor for Hokitika, Ho Ho, and Humphrey’s service
  • David Spence (junior), Contractor for Hokitika, Kanieri, Woodstock, and Rimu service
  • Cooper, Contractor for Hokitika, Koiterangi, and Lower Kokatahi service
  • Webster, Contractor for Hokitika, Koiterangi, and Lower Kokatahi service
  • Thomas Kennedy, Contractor for Kumara Post-office and Railway-station service
  • Walter James Benyon, Contractor for Kumara and Wainihinihi service
  • Phillip Ryan Nicholas, Contractor for Kumara, Westbrook, Greenstone, and Hohonu service
  • John Adamson, Contractor for Okarito and The Forks service
  • Foster (Bros.), Contractor for Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Hende’s Ferry, Harihari, Tetaho, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tataro, Waiho Gorge, and Weheka service
  • Foster (Bros.), Contractor for Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Hende’s Ferry, and Harihari service
  • Emanuel Olsen, Contractor for Ross Post-office and Railway-station service
  • John Joseph Mulvaney, Contractor for Weheka, Karangarua, Bruce Bay, and Mahitahi service
  • Henry Hearn, Contractor for Hokitika and Arahura service
  • Agnes Newton, Contractor for Hokitika, Arahura, and Fox’s service
  • R. B. Foster, Contractor for Kumara and Callaghan’s service
  • Thomas McGrath, Contractor for Kumara and Dillmanstown service
  • W. Duncan, Contractor for Hokitika and Okarito, and Hokitika, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson’s Bay service