New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 54

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✨ Inland Mail Services



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Inland Mail-services, 1917–1918.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 19th March, 1917.

THE following list of inland mail-services within the Dominion in operation on 1st January, 1917, is published for general information.

By order,
W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Number of Service. Service. Mileage One Way. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Aratapu and Mititai 1½ As required Ferry A. Keane £ 25 0 0 31 Dec., 1918.
2 Aria, Rira, and Kaeaea 7 Weekly Gig in summer; pack-horse in winter D. Finnigan 60 0 0 ,,
3 Auckland, Bayswater, and Takapuna.. 6 Daily to and from Bayswater; twice daily to Takapuna; thrice daily from Takapuna Ferry - boat and steam-tram Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Company (Limited) 100 0 0 ,,
4 Auckland landing-service (landing and shipping mails to and from vessels in stream) .. As required Steamer or launch E. C. Binns 250 0 0 ,,
5 Awanui Landing, Awanui, and Kaitaia 5 Thrice weekly Coach G. Cochrane 45 0 0 ,,
6 Awhitu Wharf, Awhitu, and Awhitu Central 5½ 4 times weekly Coach H. Anderson 75 0 0 ,,
7 Bickerstaffe Railway-station, Maungaturoto, and Rowsell’s 4 Thrice weekly Coach G. Taylor 150 0 0 ,,
8 Birkenhead, Glenfield, Albany, and Dairy Flat 15 Thrice weekly to Dairy Flat; 5 times weekly to Glenfield and Albany Wagonette W. Goodall 200 0 0 ,,
9 Cabbage Bay, Moehau, Poihakene 21 Weekly Horse C. Goudie 39 0 0 ,,
10 Cabbage Bay and Port Charles 10 Weekly Horse F. E. G. Story 30 0 0 ,,
11 Cambridge, Fencourt, Goodwood, Victoria, and Thornton Roads (rural delivery) 13 Daily Motor-cycle and side-car F. Bartlett 90 0 0 ,,
12 Cambridge and Frankton Junction Railway-station (to connect with south-bound Main Trunk Express) 15½ 5 times weekly Coach or motor-car Crowther and Bell 140 0 0 ,,
13 Cambridge, Hautapu, and Bruntwood (rural delivery) 12 Daily Motor-cycle F. Bartlett 80 0 0 ,,
14 Cambridge, Karapiro, and Taotaoroa (rural delivery, and delivery of correspondence to settlers’ boxes erected at both places) 9½ Daily Gig Nora Bruce 70 0 0 ,,
15 Cambridge and Maungatautari 12 Thrice weekly Horse Rau Huraputu 40 0 0 ,,
16 Cambridge, Monovale, Rotoorangi, and along Pukekura, Redoubt, Patrol, and Flat Park Roads, and Cambridge, Pukerimu, and Kaipaki (rural delivery) 32½ Daily Vehicle E. E. Faulkner 277 0 0 ,,
17 Cambridge Post-office and Railway-station ½ As required Cart Crowther and Bell 40 0 0 ,,
18 Cambridge and Whitehall (correspondence to be delivered into settlers’ boxes) 11 Thrice weekly Vehicle or motor-car F. Bartlett 35 10 0 ,,
19 Clevedon, Ness Valley, Mounoukai 15 Twice weekly.. Horse G. J. Murtagh 34 0 0 ,,
20 Clevedon, Ness Valley Road, and Maraetai Road (rural delivery) 14 Thrice weekly to Ness Valley; thrice weekly in summer and twice weekly in winter along Maraetai Road Packhorse A. Smith 46 0 0 ,,
21 Coromandel, Amodeo Bay, and Cabbage Bay 13 Weekly Horse Denize Bros. 65 0 0 ,,
22 Coromandel Post-office and Wharf 1½ As required Vehicle Denize Bros. 45 0 0 ,,
23 Coromandel, Te Rerenga, and Whangapoua 11 Weekly Horse Denize Bros 26 0 0 ,,
24 Coromandel and Whitianga 23 Weekly Coach R. Hoy 65 0 0 ,,
25 Devonport, Takapuna, Redvale, Silverdale, Orewa, Waiwera, and Puhoi 35 Weekly Coach Bogue and Sons.. 161 0 0 ,,
26 Drury, Ramarama, and Bombay 8 Twice daily Coach or motor-car J. H. Carter 230 0 0 ,,
27 Ellerslie, Panmure, Pakuranga, and Howick 9½ Twice daily Coach J. Crawford 150 0 0 ,,


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🚂 Inland Mail Services for 1917-1918 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 March 1917
Mail services, Inland, 1917-1918, Auckland
20 names identified
  • A. Keane, Contractor for Aratapu and Mititai mail service
  • D. Finnigan, Contractor for Aria, Rira, and Kaeaea mail service
  • E. C. Binns, Contractor for Auckland landing-service
  • G. Cochrane, Contractor for Awanui Landing, Awanui, and Kaitaia mail service
  • H. Anderson, Contractor for Awhitu Wharf, Awhitu, and Awhitu Central mail service
  • G. Taylor, Contractor for Bickerstaffe Railway-station, Maungaturoto, and Rowsell’s mail service
  • W. Goodall, Contractor for Birkenhead, Glenfield, Albany, and Dairy Flat mail service
  • C. Goudie, Contractor for Cabbage Bay, Moehau, Poihakene mail service
  • F. E. G. Story, Contractor for Cabbage Bay and Port Charles mail service
  • F. Bartlett, Contractor for Cambridge, Fencourt, Goodwood, Victoria, and Thornton Roads mail service
  • Nora Bruce, Contractor for Cambridge, Karapiro, and Taotaoroa mail service
  • Rau Huraputu, Contractor for Cambridge and Maungatautari mail service
  • E. E. Faulkner, Contractor for Cambridge, Monovale, Rotoorangi, and along Pukekura, Redoubt, Patrol, and Flat Park Roads, and Cambridge, Pukerimu, and Kaipaki mail service
  • G. J. Murtagh, Contractor for Clevedon, Ness Valley, Mounoukai mail service
  • A. Smith, Contractor for Clevedon, Ness Valley Road, and Maraetai Road mail service
  • Denize, Contractor for Coromandel, Amodeo Bay, and Cabbage Bay mail service
  • R. Hoy, Contractor for Coromandel and Whitianga mail service
  • Bogue, Contractor for Devonport, Takapuna, Redvale, Silverdale, Orewa, Waiwera, and Puhoi mail service
  • J. H. Carter, Contractor for Drury, Ramarama, and Bombay mail service
  • J. Crawford, Contractor for Ellerslie, Panmure, Pakuranga, and Howick mail service

  • W. R. Morris, Secretary