New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 54

Page 1087

✨ Postal Service Contracts



Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1087

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.
6 Paroa Post-office and Railway-station 1½ Daily Foot Agnes Dowling .. 5 0 0
7 Reefton, Crushington, and Black’s Point 3 Daily Vehicle John Dick .. 10 0 0
8 Reefton and Murray Creek .. 6 Twice weekly.. Vehicle Leggoe Bros. .. 5 0 0
9 Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River 18 Twice weekly.. Vehicle 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 and trap William A. Lindop 5 0 0
12 Totara Flat and Granville .. 3 Twice weekly.. Vehicle Daniel 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 Railway-station | 1¼ | Thrice weekly | Foot | W. J. Thomson .. | .. | |
| 2 | Poerua Post-office and Railway-station | ¾ | 8 times weekly | Foot | Rose Buttola .. | .. | |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

| | | | | | | £ s. d. | |
| 1 | Goldsborough, Stafford, and Awatuna Railway-station | 5 | Twice daily .. | Horse and trap | Samuel Stewart.. | 75 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1918. |
| 2 | Hokitika Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharf | ¼ | As required .. | Horse and trap | John Cameron .. | 38 0 0 | ” |
| 3 | Hokitika, Hoho, and Humphrey’s .. | 11 | Twice weekly.. | Horse and trap | Francis Wakefield Fane | 40 0 0 | ” |
| 4 | Hokitika, Kanieri, Woodstock, and Rimu | 5 | Daily | Coach | Michael Keenan.. | 50 0 0 | ” |
| 5 | Hokitika and Lower Kokatahi .. | 11 | Thrice weekly } | Motor-bus .. | Ralph Mackley .. | 70 0 0 | ” |
| | Hokitika and Koiterangi .. | .. | Twice weekly } | | | | |
| 6 | Kaihinu Railway-station and Arahura.. | 2 | Thrice weekly.. | Horse and trap | Robert Ashworth Cropper | 22 0 0 | ” |
| 7 | Kumara Post-office and Railway-station | 4 | As required .. | Motor-car .. | Alexander Barnett Speirs | 80 0 0 | ” |
| 8 | Kumara, Wainihinihi, and Tuhua .. | 13 | Twice weekly.. | Horse and trap | Fitzgerald Bros.. | 30 0 0 | ” |
| 9 | Okarito and The Forks .. | 5 | Twice weekly.. | Horse and trap | George Jeffrey Friend | 40 0 0 | ” |
| 10 | Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Hende’s Ferry, Harihari, Tetaho, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tatare, and Waiho Gorge | 92 | Twice weekly | Coach and pack-horses | Hansbury and Haddock | 435 0 0 | ” |
| | Waikukupa and Weheka .. | .. | Weekly | | | | |
| 11 | Ross Post-office and Railway-station .. | 1½ | As required .. | Coach | Hansbury and Haddock | 45 0 0 | ” |
| 12 | Weheka, Karangarua, Bruce Bay, and Mahitahi | 90 | Weekly | Pack-horses | John Joseph Mulvaney | 175 0 0 | ” |
| | And Haast and Okuru .. | .. | Fortnightly | | | | |

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.

| 1 | Goldsborough and Callaghan’s .. | 5½ | Twice weekly .. | Horse and trap | Samuel Stewart.. | 7 16 0 | |
| 2 | Harihari and Herepo .. | 2 | Twice weekly .. | Horse and trap | John Adamson .. | 15 0 0 | |
| 3 | Kumara, Greenstone, and Hohonu .. | 13 | Weekly | Horse and trap | Phillip Ryan Nicholas | 20 0 0 | |
| 4 | Waitaha and Junction of Main South Road | 3½ | Twice weekly .. | Horse and trap | Elizabeth Jane Chinn | 20 0 0 | |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

| | | | | | | £ s. d. | |
| 1 | Akaroa : Clearing posting-box on Summit Road and Le Bon’s Bay | 9½ | 4 times weekly | Motor vehicle | William Andrew Eno Elliott and John Robert Gracia | 110 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1918. |
| 2 | Alford Forest, Staveley, Springburn, Post-office, and Railway-station | 7½ | Daily | Horse vehicle | Thomas Sutton .. | 90 0 0 | ” |
| 3 | Amberley and Broomfield (rural delivery) | 20 | Daily | Motor-cycle | Douglas Jones .. | 117 0 0 | ” |
| 4 | Anama Post-office and Railway-station | 3½ | Thrice weekly | Horse vehicle | Alexander Allan | 24 0 0 | ” |



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Greymouth, Contracts, Mail delivery, Rural delivery
10 names identified
  • Agnes Dowling, Contractor for Paroa Post-office and Railway-station
  • John Dick, Contractor for Reefton, Crushington, and Black’s Point
  • Leggoe, Contractor for Reefton and Murray Creek
  • John Dick, Contractor for Reefton, Progress Junction, Merrijigs, and Big River
  • David Armstrong, Contractor for Roa, Soldier’s Creek, and Middle Camp
  • William A. Lindop, Contractor for Rotomana Post-office and Railway-station
  • Daniel Baybutt, Contractor for Totara Flat and Granville
  • Alice A. Methven, Contractor for Totara Flat and Noble’s
  • W. J. Thomson, Postmaster for Kotuku Post-office and Railway-station
  • Rose Buttola, Postmaster for Poerua Post-office and Railway-station

🚂 Postal service contracts in Hokitika district

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Hokitika, Contracts, Mail delivery, Rural delivery
16 names identified
  • Samuel Stewart, Contractor for Goldsborough, Stafford, and Awatuna Railway-station
  • John Cameron, Contractor for Hokitika Chief Post-office, Railway-station, and Wharf
  • Francis Wakefield Fane, Contractor for Hokitika, Hoho, and Humphrey’s
  • Michael Keenan, Contractor for Hokitika, Kanieri, Woodstock, and Rimu
  • Ralph Mackley, Contractor for Hokitika and Lower Kokatahi, Hokitika and Koiterangi
  • Robert Ashworth Cropper, Contractor for Kaihinu Railway-station and Arahura
  • Alexander Barnett Speirs, Contractor for Kumara Post-office and Railway-station
  • Fitzgerald, Contractor for Kumara, Wainihinihi, and Tuhua
  • George Jeffrey Friend, Contractor for Okarito and The Forks
  • Hansbury, Contractor for Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Hende’s Ferry, Harihari, Tetaho, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tatare, and Waiho Gorge
  • Haddock, Contractor for Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Hende’s Ferry, Harihari, Tetaho, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tatare, and Waiho Gorge
  • John Joseph Mulvaney, Contractor for Weheka, Karangarua, Bruce Bay, and Mahitahi
  • Samuel Stewart, Contractor for Goldsborough and Callaghan’s
  • John Adamson, Contractor for Harihari and Herepo
  • Phillip Ryan Nicholas, Contractor for Kumara, Greenstone, and Hohonu
  • Elizabeth Jane Chinn, Contractor for Waitaha and Junction of Main South Road

🚂 Postal service contracts in Christchurch district

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Christchurch, Contracts, Mail delivery, Rural delivery
  • William Andrew Eno Elliott, Contractor for Akaroa: Clearing posting-box on Summit Road and Le Bon’s Bay
  • John Robert Gracia, Contractor for Akaroa: Clearing posting-box on Summit Road and Le Bon’s Bay
  • Thomas Sutton, Contractor for Alford Forest, Staveley, Springburn, Post-office, and Railway-station
  • Douglas Jones, Contractor for Amberley and Broomfield
  • Alexander Allan, Contractor for Anama Post-office and Railway-station