New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 54

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✨ Postal Service Contracts



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON—continued.

Number of Service. Service. Mileage One Way. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
17 Makowhai and Rongotea Tram-line Junction 1½ Daily Foot W. H. Gimblett.. £ s. d. 12 0 0
18 Manakau and Kuku Creamery (rural delivery) 3 4 times weekly Cart A. V. Hornig 10 0 0
19 Palmerston North and Aokautere 5½ Daily Horse R. R. Scott 16 0 0
20 Palmerston North and Fitzherbert West (part rural delivery) 4½ Daily Trap H. R. Smith 18 0 0
21 Palmerston North and Terrace End 1 Thrice daily Trap J. Knights 20 0 0
22 Paraparaumu Post-office and Railway-station ¼ As required Foot T. P. Dunne 10 0 0
23 Pemberton and Hinau 3 Thrice weekly Horse J. Deroles 12 0 0
24 Rangiwahia and Karewarewa 4 Thrice weekly Trap E. F. Thompson 20 0 0
25 Silverstream Post-office and Railway-station ½ Daily Trap S. Menzies 15 0 0
26 Tawa Flat Post-office and Railway-station ½ Daily Foot D. M. Cole 10 0 0
27 Te Wharau, Kaiwhata, and Kummerstein (rural delivery) 8 Twice weekly.. Brake E. C. S. Vennell.. 15 0 0
28 Tiakitahuna Post-office and Railway-station ½ Twice daily Foot J. R. Lock 5 0 0
29 Upper Hutt and Wallaceville 4½ Twice weekly.. Horse L. Downing 12 10 0
30 Waikanae and Reikorangi 3 Daily Bicycle M. A. Stubbings 20 0 0
31 Wainuiomata and Lower Hutt 8 Thrice weekly Horse J. Burrow 60 0 0
32 Waitangi, Kaingaroa, Te Whakuru, Wharekauri, Matarakau (Chatham Islands) 40 11 trips per annum Foot and horse T. Tuutere £2 per trip
33 Waitangi, Manakau, Owenga Station, Owenga Fishing Company (Chatham Islands) 14 11 trips per annum Foot and horse C. Murphy 15s. per trip
34 Wellington Anchorage to Wharf .. As required {Steamer .. Oil-launch.. Defence Department Defence Department £2 10s. per trip 17s. 6d. per trip
35 Wellington: Conveyance of mails by tram between Chief Post Office and suburbs of Adelaide Road, Wellington South, Kilbirnie, Seatoun, Miramar, Hataitai, Karori, and Karori East .. As required Electric tram Wellington City Council 248 19 0
36 Wellington and Eastbourne 7 Twice daily Ferry steamer Eastbourne Boro’h Council 50 0 0
37 Wellington: Deposit of mail-bags at Champion Company’s Shop, corner Lambton Quay and Kelburn Avenue .. As required .. Champion Company (Limited), Wellington 10 0 0
38 Wellington: Conveyance of letter-carriers and telegraph messengers in uniform, and mails in charge of postal officials over Karori section of tramways 4 As required Tram Karori Borough Council 30 0 0
39 Wellington: (a) Conveyance of letter-carriers and telegraph message-boys in uniform, and mails in charge of postal officials over Miramar section of trams; (b) conveyance of mails to Seatoun 6 {(a) As required (b) Twice daily Tram Miramar Borough Council 40 0 0
40 Woodville and Mangarawa 2 Daily Horse J. B. Cunningham 14 0 0
41 Woodville and Ngawaapurua 3 Daily Trap G. D. MacFarlane 10 0 0

PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS, PAYMENT FOR WHICH INCLUDED IN SALARY.

| 1 | Hautere Cross and Te Horo | 3 | Thrice weekly | Horse | W. Hayward | .. |
| 2 | Himatanga Post-office and Railway-Station | 4ch. | Daily | Foot | M. I. Duffin | .. |
| 3 | Khandallah Post-office and Railway-station | 2ch. | Daily | Foot | W. G. Allingham | .. |
| 4 | Kopikopiko and Marima (rural delivery) | 4½ | Weekly | Horse | A. D. Bryant | .. |
| 5 | Mangamaire Post-office and Railway-station | ¼ | Daily | Foot | G. T. Cole | .. |
| 6 | Puketoi and Cross Road | 1 | Twice weekly.. | Foot | Dorothy Leighton | .. |
| 7 | Titahi Bay and Porirua | 3½ | Daily | Coach | C. E. Hook | .. |

PERFORMED BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS.

| 1 | Bunnythorpe and Hiwinui (rural delivery) | 5 | Daily | Bicycle | .. | .. |
| 2 | Featherston and Featherston Military Camp | 2 | Twice daily | Motor-car | .. | .. |
| 3 | Feilding, Halcombe, Stanway, and Feilding (rural delivery) | 60 | Daily | Motor-car | .. | .. |
| 4 | Greytown and The Knoll | 8 | Daily | Bicycle | .. | .. |



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Postal service contracts in Wellington district (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Wellington, Contracts, Mail delivery, Rural delivery
26 names identified
  • W. H. Gimblett, Contractor for Makowhai and Rongotea Tram-line Junction
  • A. V. Hornig, Contractor for Manakau and Kuku Creamery
  • R. R. Scott, Contractor for Palmerston North and Aokautere
  • H. R. Smith, Contractor for Palmerston North and Fitzherbert West
  • J. Knights, Contractor for Palmerston North and Terrace End
  • T. P. Dunne, Contractor for Paraparaumu Post-office and Railway-station
  • J. Deroles, Contractor for Pemberton and Hinau
  • E. F. Thompson, Contractor for Rangiwahia and Karewarewa
  • S. Menzies, Contractor for Silverstream Post-office and Railway-station
  • D. M. Cole, Contractor for Tawa Flat Post-office and Railway-station
  • E. C. S. Vennell, Contractor for Te Wharau, Kaiwhata, and Kummerstein
  • J. R. Lock, Contractor for Tiakitahuna Post-office and Railway-station
  • L. Downing, Contractor for Upper Hutt and Wallaceville
  • M. A. Stubbings, Contractor for Waikanae and Reikorangi
  • J. Burrow, Contractor for Wainuiomata and Lower Hutt
  • T. Tuutere, Contractor for Waitangi, Kaingaroa, Te Whakuru, Wharekauri, Matarakau
  • C. Murphy, Contractor for Waitangi, Manakau, Owenga Station, Owenga Fishing Company
  • W. Hayward, Contractor for Hautere Cross and Te Horo
  • M. I. Duffin, Contractor for Himatanga Post-office and Railway-Station
  • W. G. Allingham, Contractor for Khandallah Post-office and Railway-station
  • A. D. Bryant, Contractor for Kopikopiko and Marima
  • G. T. Cole, Contractor for Mangamaire Post-office and Railway-station
  • Dorothy Leighton, Contractor for Puketoi and Cross Road
  • C. E. Hook, Contractor for Titahi Bay and Porirua
  • J. B. Cunningham, Contractor for Woodville and Mangarawa
  • G. D. MacFarlane, Contractor for Woodville and Ngawaapurua