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 TIMARU—continued.

Number of Service. Service. Mileage One Way. Frequency. How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
32 Waihao Forks and Allanholm Settlement (delivering correspondence along Allanholm and Waihaorunga Roads) 6 Thrice weekly Horse E. Carr £ s. d. 40 0 0 31st Dec., 1918.
33 Waimate Post-office and Railway-station ¼ As required Motor-lorry Price Bros. 35 0 0 ,,
34 Waimate, Arno, Waihao Forks, and Waihao Downs 8 Daily Motor-car Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited) 100 0 0 ,,
35 Waitawa Railway-station and Kerry Town 1½ Daily Horse or bicycle Hugh Hoare 32 0 0 ,,
36 Woodbury and Orari Gorge Station (rural delivery) 5½ Daily Motor-car Timaru Herald Company (Limited) 40 0 0 ,,

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT—continued.

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.

| 1 | Fairlie, Kimbell, and Burke’s Pass (1st May – 31st October) | 15 | Once weekly | Motor-cycle | Pilkington & Close (Limited) | 12s. 6d. per trip | |
| 2 | Levels Post-office, Lower Rosewill, and Papaka Settlements (rural delivery) | 7½ | Twice weekly | Delivery-van | J. Y. Moir | 5 0 0 | |
| 3 | Morven Post-office and Waikakahi Settlement (rural delivery) | 17½ | Twice weekly | Delivery-van | Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Limited) | 10 0 0 | |
| 4 | Otipua and Adair | 1½ | Thrice weekly | Trap | Letitia Cumberland | 7 10 0 | |
| 5 | Rangitata and Rangitata Island | 7 | Twice weekly | Horse | Joseph Buck | 12 10 0 | |

PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS, PAYMENT FOR WHICH INCLUDED IN SALARY.

| 1 | Cave Post-office and Railway-station | 3ch. | Thrice daily | Foot | R. Garden | .. | |
| 2 | Cricklewood Post-office and Railway-station | 3ch. | Twice daily | Foot | A. Sinclair | .. | |
| 3 | Levels Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily | Foot | J. Y. Moir | .. | • |
| 4 | Ma-waro Post-office and Railway-station | 1½ | Twice daily | Foot | K. M. Scannell | .. | |
| 5 | Otaio Post-office and Railway-station | 5ch. | 4 times daily | Foot | G. Irwin | .. | |
| 6 | Pareora Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily | Foot | R. J. Pugh | .. | |
| 7 | Sutherland’s Post-office and Railway-station | 12 ch. | Twice daily | Foot | A. Sams | .. | |
| 8 | Washdyke Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | 3 times daily | Foot | D. Kellahan | .. | |
| 9 | Willowbridge Post-office and Railway-station | 4½ ch. | 3 times daily | Foot | N. Park | .. | |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF OAMARU.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

| 1 | Borton’s and Kokoamo (rural delivery) | 9 | Daily | Trap | James B. Taylor | £ s. d. 40 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1918. |
| 2 | { Hakataramea and Kaukau
Hakataramea and Kowhatu
Hakataramea and Station Creek } | 24 | { Weekly
Twice weekly
Thrice weekly } | { Motor or trap } | James Barclay | 120 0 0 | ,, |
| 3 | Hakataramea, Station Peak, Clarksfield, and Mount Parker | 12 | Twice weekly | Motor or trap | James Barclay | 35 0 0 | ,, |
| 4 | Kurow, Wharekuri, and Oamarama | 30 | Twice weekly | Motor | Thomas A. Munro | 150 0 0 | ,, |
| 5 | Maheno, Inchohme, and Kauru Hill | 10 | Thrice weekly | Trap | Walter Douglas | 50 0 0 | ,, |
| 6 | Maheno and Kakanui | 4 | Daily | Trap | George and Jessie Southgate | 70 0 0 | ,, |
| 7 | Oamaru Post-office, Railway-station, and Breakwater | ¾ | As required | Trap | R. Jamieson | 150 0 0 | ,, |
| 8 | Oamarama and Clearburn | 11 | Twice weekly | Motor | Thomas A. Munro | 50 0 0 | ,, |
| 9 | Tokarahi and Livingstone | 13 | Daily | Motor | Robert McQuade | 125 0 0 | ,, |

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.

| 1 | Alma Post-office and Deborah Railway-station | 1 | Twice daily | Foot | Mary Robinson | 20 0 0 | |
| 2 | Awamoko Post-office and Aitcheson’s Railway-station | 2 | Twice daily | Horse | W. Fricker | 15 0 0 | |
| 3 | Enfield and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily | Horse | Thomas Common | 15 0 0 | |
| 4 | Georgetown and Uxbridge Railway-station | 2 | Twice daily | Horse | Ethel Shadwell | 13 0 0 | |
| 5 | Kurow and Hakataramea | 1 | Twice daily | Foot | William Barclay | -20 0 0 | |
| 6 | Oamaru and Maruakoa (rural delivery through Kauru Hill and Marakerake Districts) | 17 | Daily | Motor | North Otago Times Company | 10 0 0 | |
| 7 | Oamaru and Ardgowan | 3 | Daily | Trap | J. G. Kirton | 5 0 0 | |
| 8 | Otiake Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Twice daily | Foot | J. K. Richardson | 5 0 0 | |
| 9 | Waianakarua Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Twice daily | Foot | Henry W. Stringer | 8 0 0 | |
| 10 | Weston Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily | Foot | M. J. Paterson | 15 0 0 | |
| 11 | Windsor Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily | Foot | R. Taylor | 5 0 0 | |
| 12 | Whitstone Post-office and Lorne Railway-station | ½ | Daily | Foot | Joseph Hunt | 5 0 0 | |



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Timaru, Contracts, Mail delivery, Rural delivery
13 names identified
  • E. Carr, Contractor for Waihao Forks and Allanholm Settlement
  • Hugh Hoare, Contractor for Waitawa Railway-station and Kerry Town
  • J. Y. Moir, Contractor for Levels Post-office, Lower Rosewill, and Papaka Settlements
  • Letitia Cumberland, Contractor for Otipua and Adair
  • Joseph Buck, Contractor for Rangitata and Rangitata Island
  • R. Garden, Postmaster for Cave Post-office and Railway-station
  • A. Sinclair, Postmaster for Cricklewood Post-office and Railway-station
  • K. M. Scannell, Postmaster for Ma-waro Post-office and Railway-station
  • G. Irwin, Postmaster for Otaio Post-office and Railway-station
  • R. J. Pugh, Postmaster for Pareora Post-office and Railway-station
  • A. Sams, Postmaster for Sutherland’s Post-office and Railway-station
  • D. Kellahan, Postmaster for Washdyke Post-office and Railway-station
  • N. Park, Postmaster for Willowbridge Post-office and Railway-station

🚂 Postal service contracts in Oamaru district

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Oamaru, Contracts, Mail delivery, Rural delivery
18 names identified
  • James B. Taylor, Contractor for Borton’s and Kokoamo
  • James Barclay, Contractor for Hakataramea and Kaukau, Hakataramea and Kowhatu, Hakataramea and Station Creek
  • Thomas A. Munro, Contractor for Kurow, Wharekuri, and Oamarama
  • Walter Douglas, Contractor for Maheno, Inchohme, and Kauru Hill
  • George and Jessie Southgate, Contractor for Maheno and Kakanui
  • R. Jamieson, Contractor for Oamaru Post-office, Railway-station, and Breakwater
  • Robert McQuade, Contractor for Tokarahi and Livingstone
  • Mary Robinson, Postmaster for Alma Post-office and Deborah Railway-station
  • W. Fricker, Postmaster for Awamoko Post-office and Aitcheson’s Railway-station
  • Thomas Common, Postmaster for Enfield and Railway-station
  • Ethel Shadwell, Postmaster for Georgetown and Uxbridge Railway-station
  • William Barclay, Postmaster for Kurow and Hakataramea
  • J. G. Kirton, Postmaster for Oamaru and Ardgowan
  • J. K. Richardson, Postmaster for Otiake Post-office and Railway-station
  • Henry W. Stringer, Postmaster for Waianakarua Post-office and Railway-station
  • M. J. Paterson, Postmaster for Weston Post-office and Railway-station
  • R. Taylor, Postmaster for Windsor Post-office and Railway-station
  • Joseph Hunt, Postmaster for Whitstone Post-office and Lorne Railway-station