✨ Postal Services Contracts
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33
[POSTAL DISTRICT OF THAMES—continued.
| Number of Service. | Service. | Mileage One Way. | Frequency. | How performed. | Name of Contractor. | Annual Subsidy. £ s. d. | Date of Termination of Contract. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Runaway Beach and Post-office | 600 yd. | As required .. | Foot | H. H. Burton .. | 19 10 0 | |
| 2 | Hikutai a Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Twice daily .. | Foot | Kate Courtney .. | 20 0 0 | |
| 3 | Hiwirau and Kutarere .. .. | 4 | Thrice weekly | Trap | J. A. Raethel .. | 15 0 0 | |
| 4 | Kopu and Turua .. .. | 5 | Daily .. | Launch | C. E. McCarthy | 10 0 0 | |
| 5 | Kopu Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily .. | Foot | D. McCarthy .. | 15 0 0 | |
| 6 | Kutarere and Waingarara .. .. | 6 | Weekly .. | Horse | A. R. Carter .. | 15 0 0 | |
| 7 | Mangaiti Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Twice daily .. | Horse | C. E. Mace .. | 10 0 0 | |
| 8 | Mount Maunganui Railway-station and steamers, and supervision of mails at wharf | ¼ | As required .. | Foot | D. Bain .. | 10 0 0 | |
| 9 | Omahu Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily .. | Foot | J. T. J. Tilsley .. | 20 0 0 | |
| 10 | Omaio Beach and Post-office .. | ¼ | As required .. | Foot | W. N. Coughlan | 3 0 0 | |
| 11 | Omokoroa Post-office and Junction, Tauranga Road | 1 | Daily .. | Horse | Vera Anderson .. | 14 0 0 | |
| 12 | Opotiki Post-office and Wharf .. | ½ | As required .. | Buggy | Dickey and Kelly | 12 10 0 | |
| 13 | Opotiki and Otara Road (rural delivery) | 14 | Weekly .. | Cart | Kelly and Dickey | 16 0 0 | |
| 14 | Paengaroa and Mount Maunganui .. | 20 | Four times daily | Train | Public Works Department | 160 0 0 | |
| 15 | Te Puke, along Te Matai Bush and Rangiuru Roads (rural delivery) | 14 | Twice weekly | Trap | R. King and J. Jamison | 10 0 0 | |
| 16 | Puketui and Hikuai .. .. | 5 | Fortnightly .. | Horse | Leslie Vieira .. | 20 0 0 | |
| 17 | Thames, Waiomio, and Tapu .. | 13 | Daily .. | Coach | Ann S. Hawkes | 20 0 0 | |
| 18 | Thames and Kauaeranga .. .. | 6 | Twice weekly | Horse | Violet Geary .. | 14 10 0 | |
| 19 | Waihau Bay and Raukokore .. .. | 3 | As required .. | Horse | W. Allison .. | 2s. 6d. per trip | |
| 20 | Waimana and Waimana Junction .. | 1¼ | Daily .. | Motor | Rotorua Motor Coaching Co. | 12 0 0 | |
| 21 | Wharepoa Post-office and Railway-station | 1 | Twice daily .. | Horse | E. K. Boswell .. | 20 0 0 |
PERFORMED BY POSTMASTERS (PAYMENT FOR WHICH INCLUDED IN SALARY).
| 1 | Kopuarahi Post-office and Wharf .. | 2ch. | As required .. | Foot | G. R. Booker .. | .. | |
| 2 | Matatoki Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | Twice daily .. | Foot | W. Dynes .. | .. | |
| 3 | Waihi and Maungapuke .. .. | 2 | Daily .. | Cycle | J. Robson .. | .. | |
PERFORMED BY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS.
| 1 | Karangahake Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | As required .. | Foot | .. | .. | |
| 2 | Paeroa and Komata .. .. | 7 | Thrice weekly.. | Cycle | .. | .. | |
| 3 | Te Aroha Post-office and Railway-station | ½ | As required .. | Foot | .. | .. | |
| 4 | Thames South Post-office, Railway-station, and Chief Office | ½ | As required .. | Cycle | .. | .. | |
| 5 | Waikino Post-office and Railway-station | ¾ | As required .. | Foot | .. | .. | |
| 6 | Whakatane Post-office and Wharf .. | ¼ | As required .. | Foot | .. | .. | |
POSTAL DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.
PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.
| 1 | Gisborne (delivery of parcels within boundaries of letter-carriers’ deliveries) | 2½ | Daily .. | Cart | W. J. M. Attwood | 200 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1921. |
| 2 | Gisborne wharves to Chief Post-office, railway-station, and delivery of letter-carriers’ bags | 5 | As required .. | Cart | M. B. Mahony .. | 350 0 0 | ,, |
| 3 | Gisborne wharves and vessels in roadstead | .. | As required .. | Steam-tender | Union Steamship Co. (Ltd.) | 220 0 0 | ,, |
| 4 | Gisborne and Mangapapa .. .. | 2½ | Daily .. | Motor-bus .. | R. M. Bell .. | 50 0 0 | ,, |
| 5 | Gisborne, Matawhero, Manutuke, and Muriwai | 19 | Daily .. | Motor-bus .. | G. M. Daulton .. | 200 0 0 | ,, |
| 6 | Gisborne and Patutahi .. .. | 10 | Daily .. | Trap or motor | Poverty Bay Herald Co. | 130 0 0 | ,, |
| 7 | Gisborne, Tamarau, Tatapouri, Whangara, Tolaga Bay, Arero, and Tokomaru Bay | 58 | Twice weekly | Coach .. | J. R. Redstone and Sons (Ltd.) | 1,500 0 0 | ,, |
| 8 | Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, Tiniroto, Te Reinga, Marumaru, Frasertown, and Wairoa | 72 | Weekly .. | Coach .. | J. R. Redstone and Sons (Ltd.) | 500 0 0 | ,, |
| 9 | Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, and Harris’s Corner. | 21 | Weekly .. | Motor-car | Francis and Lougher | 52 0 0 | ,, |
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NZ Gazette 1919, No 33
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Inland Mail-Services for 1919-1921
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsMail services, Inland, Thames, Gisborne, Contractors, Subsidies
32 names identified
- H. H. Burton, Contractor for Cape Runaway Beach mail service
- Kate Courtney, Contractor for Hikutai a mail service
- J. A. Raethel, Contractor for Hiwirau and Kutarere mail service
- C. E. McCarthy, Contractor for Kopu and Turua mail service
- D. McCarthy, Contractor for Kopu Post-office and Railway-station mail service
- A. R. Carter, Contractor for Kutarere and Waingarara mail service
- C. E. Mace, Contractor for Mangaiti Post-office and Railway-station mail service
- D. Bain, Contractor for Mount Maunganui Railway-station mail service
- J. T. J. Tilsley, Contractor for Omahu Post-office and Railway-station mail service
- W. N. Coughlan, Contractor for Omaio Beach and Post-office mail service
- Vera Anderson, Contractor for Omokoroa Post-office and Junction mail service
- Dickey, Contractor for Opotiki Post-office and Wharf mail service
- Kelly, Contractor for Opotiki Post-office and Wharf mail service
- Kelly, Contractor for Opotiki and Otara Road mail service
- Dickey, Contractor for Opotiki and Otara Road mail service
- R. King, Contractor for Te Puke rural delivery mail service
- J. Jamison, Contractor for Te Puke rural delivery mail service
- Leslie Vieira, Contractor for Puketui and Hikuai mail service
- Ann S. Hawkes, Contractor for Thames, Waiomio, and Tapu mail service
- Violet Geary, Contractor for Thames and Kauaeranga mail service
- W. Allison, Contractor for Waihau Bay and Raukokore mail service
- E. K. Boswell, Contractor for Wharepoa Post-office and Railway-station mail service
- G. R. Booker, Postmaster for Kopuarahi Post-office and Wharf mail service
- W. Dynes, Postmaster for Matatoki Post-office and Railway-station mail service
- J. Robson, Postmaster for Waihi and Maungapuke mail service
- W. J. M. Attwood, Contractor for Gisborne parcel delivery service
- M. B. Mahony, Contractor for Gisborne wharves mail service
- R. M. Bell, Contractor for Gisborne and Mangapapa mail service
- G. M. Daulton, Contractor for Gisborne, Matawhero, Manutuke, and Muriwai mail service
- J. R. Redstone, Contractor for Gisborne, Tamarau, Tatapouri, Whangara, Tolaga Bay, Arero, and Tokomaru Bay mail service
- Francis, Contractor for Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, and Harris’s Corner mail service
- Lougher, Contractor for Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, and Harris’s Corner mail service