✨ Postal Service Contracts
APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1321
POSTAL DISTRICT OF INVERCARGILL—continued.
| Number of Service. | Service. | Mileage One Way. | Frequency. | How performed. | Name of Contractor. | Annual Subsidy. | Date of Termination of Contract. |
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PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT—continued.
16 | Otatau and Gladfield (rural delivery) | 8 | Twice weekly.. | Spring-cart | John James Boyd | £ s. d. |
17 | Pahia Post-office and Railway-station | 9ch. | Daily | Foot | William Connor | 12 0 0 |
18 | Papatotara and Tuatapere .. | 3 | Weekly | Horse | William John Erskine | 8 0 0 |
19 | Parawa and Nokomai .. | 11 | Weekly | Buggy | John Butson .. | 12 0 0 |
20 | Queenstown, Glenorchy, Kinloch, and Creighton | 38 | Thrice weekly in summer; twice weekly in winter | Steamer | N.Z. Government Railways | 20 0 0 |
21 | Queenstown and Moke Creek .. | 9 | Weekly | Horse | John Seffer .. | 55 0 0 |
22 | Queenstown Wharf and Post-office .. | 37ch | Daily | Cart | Richard Jones .. | 20 0 0 |
23 | Queenstown, Arthur’s Point, and Wharehuanui | 7 | Twice weekly.. | Trap | Grant and McCaulay (Alexander Adam Grant, Robert John McCauley) | 18 0 0 |
24 | Riversdale and Kaweku .. | 4 | Twice weekly.. | Trap | Michael Shea .. | 20 0 0 |
25 | Skipper’s and Upper Shotover .. | 7 | Weekly | Packhorse | Julien Bordeau .. | 19 0 0 |
26 | Springhills Railway-siding and Post-office | 1 | Thrice weekly | Foot | Frederick George Henry Tubb .. | 15 0 0 |
27 | Te Anau and Glade House .. | 46 | Twice weekly.. | Steamer | Dept. of Agriculture and Tourists | 10 0 0 |
28 | Titiroa and Pine Bush .. | 2 | Thrice weekly | Horse | James Watson .. | £2 per trip |
29 | Tussock Creek and Wilson’s Crossing | 4 | Twice weekly.. | Horse | Henry Cox .. | 15 0 0 |
30 | Waianiwa and Spar Bush .. | 5 | Thrice weekly | Motor-cycle | Robert Ellis Stevenson | 12 0 0 |
31 | Waianiwa and Taramoa .. | 3 | Twice weekly.. | Horse | John Nunn .. | 14 0 0 |
32 | Waikaka and Greenvale .. | 4 | Twice weekly.. | Horse | Peter McCarthy | 12 0 0 |
33 | Waikaka Valley Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily .. | Foot | Peter McCarthy | 20 0 0 |
34 | Waikawa Valley and Main Road .. | 2 | Thrice weekly | Horse | George James Williamson | 20 0 0 |
35 | Waipounamu Post-office and Railway-station | 2½ | Daily .. | Horse | James Pollock .. | 7 0 0 |
36 | Wright’s Bush Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Daily .. | Foot | Mrs. Jeanie White Ramsay Burt | 20 0 0 |
PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS, PAYMENT FOR WHICH INCLUDED IN SALARY.
1 | Benmore Post-office and Railway-station | 2ch. | Daily | Foot | Edward Thomas Matthews | .. |
2 | Brown’s Post-office and Railway-station | 2ch. | Daily | Foot | Robert Jenkins .. | .. |
3 | Gorge Road Post-office and Railway-station | ¼ | Daily | Foot | Thomas Monteath | .. |
4 | Harrington’s Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Twice weekly.. | Foot | Frederick William Lokan | .. |
5 | Kapuka Post-office and Railway-station | 15ch | Daily | Foot | Charles Robinson | .. |
6 | Limehills Post-office and Ord’s Crossing Railway-station | 1 | Daily | Foot | William Stewart | .. |
7 | Lower Shotover Post-office and Main Road | 2ch. | Daily | Foot | William John Churstain | .. |
8 | Makarewa Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Daily | Foot or cycle | George Tomlinson | .. |
9 | Mossburn Post-office and Railway-station | 6ch. | Weekly | Foot | Thomas Parker Dyer | .. |
10 | Ocean Beach Post-office and Railway-station | 2ch. | Twice daily .. | Foot | David Mitchell .. | .. |
11 | Parawa Post-office and Railway-station | ¾ | Daily | Foot | Thomas Shirley.. | .. |
12 | Te Tua Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Thrice weekly | Foot | Miss Mary McKenzie | .. |
13 | Tisbury Post-office and Railway-station | ¼ | Daily | Foot | James Carruthers Murphy | .. |
14 | Titiroa Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Daily | Foot | James Watson .. | .. |
15 | Tokonui Gorge Post-office and Railway-station | 5ch. | Daily | Foot | Robert Archibald Elliot | .. |
16 | Waihoaka Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice weekly.. | Foot | Sarah Ann Armstrong | .. |
17 | Waimatua Post-office and Railway-station | 3ch. | Twice weekly.. | Foot | Matthew Lindsay | .. |
SEA SERVICES.
1 | Bluff and Half-moon Bay .. | 22 | Weekly | Tug | The Bluff Harbour Board | 300 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1915. |
2 | Invercargill (or Bluff), Te Oneroa, and Cromarty | 95 | Once every two months | Steamer | Invercargill Shipping Co. (Ltd.) | 22 18 4 (per trip) | 30 June, 1913. |
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 31
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NZ Gazette 1913, No 31
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Postal Service Contracts for Invercargill District
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35 names identified
- John James Boyd, Contractor for Otatau and Gladfield rural delivery
- William Connor, Contractor for Pahia Post-office and Railway-station
- William John Erskine, Contractor for Papatotara and Tuatapere
- John Butson, Contractor for Parawa and Nokomai
- John Seffer, Contractor for Queenstown and Moke Creek
- Richard Jones, Contractor for Queenstown Wharf and Post-office
- Alexander Adam Grant, Contractor for Queenstown, Arthur’s Point, and Wharehuanui
- Robert John McCauley, Contractor for Queenstown, Arthur’s Point, and Wharehuanui
- Michael Shea, Contractor for Riversdale and Kaweku
- Julien Bordeau, Contractor for Skipper’s and Upper Shotover
- Frederick George Henry Tubb, Contractor for Springhills Railway-siding and Post-office
- James Watson, Contractor for Titiroa and Pine Bush
- Henry Cox, Contractor for Tussock Creek and Wilson’s Crossing
- Robert Ellis Stevenson, Contractor for Waianiwa and Spar Bush
- John Nunn, Contractor for Waianiwa and Taramoa
- Peter McCarthy, Contractor for Waikaka and Greenvale
- George James Williamson, Contractor for Waikawa Valley and Main Road
- James Pollock, Contractor for Waipounamu Post-office and Railway-station
- Jeanie White Ramsay Burt (Mrs), Contractor for Wright’s Bush Post-office and Railway-station
- Edward Thomas Matthews, Postmaster for Benmore Post-office and Railway-station
- Robert Jenkins, Postmaster for Brown’s Post-office and Railway-station
- Thomas Monteath, Postmaster for Gorge Road Post-office and Railway-station
- Frederick William Lokan, Postmaster for Harrington’s Post-office and Railway-station
- Charles Robinson, Postmaster for Kapuka Post-office and Railway-station
- William Stewart, Postmaster for Limehills Post-office and Ord’s Crossing Railway-station
- William John Churstain, Postmaster for Lower Shotover Post-office and Main Road
- George Tomlinson, Postmaster for Makarewa Post-office and Railway-station
- Thomas Parker Dyer, Postmaster for Mossburn Post-office and Railway-station
- David Mitchell, Postmaster for Ocean Beach Post-office and Railway-station
- Thomas Shirley, Postmaster for Parawa Post-office and Railway-station
- Mary McKenzie (Miss), Postmaster for Te Tua Post-office and Railway-station
- James Carruthers Murphy, Postmaster for Tisbury Post-office and Railway-station
- Robert Archibald Elliot, Postmaster for Tokonui Gorge Post-office and Railway-station
- Sarah Ann Armstrong, Postmaster for Waihoaka Post-office and Railway-station
- Matthew Lindsay, Postmaster for Waimatua Post-office and Railway-station