New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 36

Page 945

✨ Postal Services Contracts



APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 945

POSTAL DISTRICT OF HOKITIKA.

Number of Service. Service. Mileage One Way. Frequency How performed. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT. £ s. d.
1 Awatuna Railway-station, Goldsborough, and Stafford 5 Twice daily .. Horse and trap S. Stewart .. 85 0 0 31 Dec., 1921.
2 Hokitika Railway-station, Wharf, and Chief Post-office 4 As required .. Horse and trap J. Cameron .. 52 0 0 ,,
3 Hokitika, Ho Ho, and Humphrey’s .. 11 Twice weekly.. Horse and trap J. Cameron .. 40 0 0 ,,
4 Hokitika, Kanieri, Woodstock, and Rimu 5 Daily .. Coach .. M. Keenan .. 50 0 0 ,,
5 Hokitika, Lower Kokatahi, and Koite-rangi 15 Thrice weekly to Lower Kokatahi; twice weekly to Koiterangi Motor .. W. O’Brien .. 70 0 0 ,,
6 Kaihinu Railway-station and Arahura 2 Thrice weekly.. Horse and trap R. A. Cropper .. 22 0 0 ,,
7 Kumara Railway-station and Post-office 4 As required .. Motor .. A. B. Spiers .. 100 0 0 ,,
8 Okarito and The Forks .. .. 5 Twice weekly.. Horse and trap G. J. Friend .. 40 0 0 ,,
9 Otira to Wainihinihi and Hokitika .. 42 Thrice weekly Motor .. S. E. Clements .. 49 0 0 ,,
10 Pukekura and Waitaha .. .. 3½ Twice weekly.. Horse and trap W. J. Wright .. 25 0 0 ,,
11 Ross Railway-station and Post-office .. 1½ As required .. Coach .. J. P. Hansbury 30 0 0 ,,
12 Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Harihari, Te Taho, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tare, Waiho Gorge, Waikukupa, and Weheka 107 Weekly .. Coach to Waiho Gorge; packhorse to Weheka J. P. Hansbury .. 650 0 0 ,,
13 Ross, Ferguson’s, Pukekura, Harihari, Te Taho, Wataroa, Matainui, The Forks, Tare, and Waiho Gorge .. 91 Weekly .. Coach .. J. P. Hansbury 250 0 0 ,,
14 Weheka, Karangarua, Bruce Bay, Mahitahi, Haast, and Okuru 90 Weekly to Mahitahi; fortnightly to Okuru Packhorse .. R. C. Trevathan 275 0 0 ,,

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.

| 1 | Goldsborough and Callaghan’s .. | 5½ | Twice weekly .. | Horse and trap | S. Stewart .. | 7 16 0 | |
| 2 | Harihari and Herepo .. .. | 2 | Twice weekly.. | Horse and trap | T. E. White .. | 15 0 0 | |
| 3 | Kumara, Greenstone, and Hohonu .. | 13 | Weekly .. | Horse and trap | M. Nicholas .. | 20 0 0 | |

POSTAL DISTRICT OF INVERCARGILL.

PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT.

| | | | | | | £ s. d. | |
| 1 | Centre Bush Railway-station, Matai, and Otapiri Gorge | 7 | Twice weekly.. | Vehicle .. | R. L. Lockerbie.. | 40 0 0 | 31 Dec., 1921. |
| 2 | Chasland’s, Tautuku, and Papatowai .. | 10 | Twice weekly.. | Vehicle .. | J. T. Gutsell .. | 70 0 0 | ,, |
| 3 | Clifden and Wairoto (rural delivery) .. | 8 | Twice weekly.. | Vehicle .. | C. A. Hardy .. | 30 0 0 | ,, |
| 4 | Colac Bay and Round Hill .. .. | 3 | Thrice weekly.. | Horse .. | H. J. Heal .. | 35 0 0 | ,, |
| 5 | Freshford Railway-station and Wendonside | 3 | Daily .. | Motor-cycle | J. Stevenson .. | 40 0 0 | ,, |
| 6 | Gore, East Chatton, Chatton, Otama, and Knapdale | 29 | 5 times weekly | Motor .. | N. Greaves .. | 175 0 0 | ,, |
| 7 | Half-moon Bay and Paterson’s Inlet, and delivering correspondence to and collecting correspondence from The Neck and North Arm Settlements | 16 | Weekly .. | Launch .. | H. Nilsen .. | 60 0 0 | ,, |
| 8 | Hedgehope Railway-station and Glencoe | 10 | Twice weekly.. | Horse .. | E. G. Munnings.. | 26 0 0 | ,, |
| 9 | Hokonui Railway-station and Hokonui | 3½ | Thrice weekly.. | Horse .. | J. Galt .. | 35 0 0 | ,, |
| 10 | Invercargill (clearing receiving-boxes in town and suburbs) | 14 | Twice daily .. | Motor-cycle | E. C. Crisp .. | 240 0 0 | ,, |
| 11 | Invercargill (delivery of parcels in town and suburbs) | .. | Daily .. | Vehicle .. | N.Z. Express Co. | 3d. per parcel | ,, |
| 12 | Invercargill, Isla Bank, Otahuti, and Drummond | 26 | Daily .. | Motor .. | Melvin and Hazlett | 140 0 0 | ,, |
| 13 | Invercargill Chief Post-office and Railway-station | 110 yd. | As required .. | Vehicle .. | H. T. Selwood .. | 290 0 0 | ,, |
| 14 | Invercargill, Lorne, and Wallacetown .. | 7 | Daily .. | Coach .. | Heads and McNie | 35 0 0 | ,, |
| 15 | Invercargill, New River Ferry, and Ota-tara | 10 | Twice weekly.. | Vehicle .. | A. D. Derbie .. | 25 0 0 | ,, |
| 16 | Invercargill, Waikiwi, and West Plains (rural delivery, also clearing receivers en route) | 16½ | Daily .. | Motor-cycle | E. C. Crisp .. | 200 0 0 | ,, |
| 17 | Kapuka and Waituna .. .. | 4 | Thrice weekly | Horse .. | P. M. Kelly .. | 30 0 0 | ,, |
| 18 | Kennington, Myross Bush, Roslyn Bush, Grove Bush, and Mabel School | 12 | Thrice weekly.. | Vehicle .. | T. Tilson .. | 72 0 0 | ,, |



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🚂 Inland Mail-services, 1921 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Mail services, Inland, Contracts, Hokitika, Invercargill, Postal District
26 names identified
  • S. Stewart, Contractor for mail service
  • J. Cameron, Contractor for mail service
  • M. Keenan, Contractor for mail service
  • W. O’Brien, Contractor for mail service
  • R. A. Cropper, Contractor for mail service
  • A. B. Spiers, Contractor for mail service
  • G. J. Friend, Contractor for mail service
  • S. E. Clements, Contractor for mail service
  • W. J. Wright, Contractor for mail service
  • J. P. Hansbury, Contractor for mail service
  • R. C. Trevathan, Contractor for mail service
  • T. E. White, Contractor for mail service
  • M. Nicholas, Contractor for mail service
  • R. L. Lockerbie, Contractor for mail service
  • J. T. Gutsell, Contractor for mail service
  • C. A. Hardy, Contractor for mail service
  • H. J. Heal, Contractor for mail service
  • J. Stevenson, Contractor for mail service
  • N. Greaves, Contractor for mail service
  • H. Nilsen, Contractor for mail service
  • E. G. Munnings, Contractor for mail service
  • J. Galt, Contractor for mail service
  • E. C. Crisp, Contractor for mail service
  • A. D. Derbie, Contractor for mail service
  • P. M. Kelly, Contractor for mail service
  • T. Tilson, Contractor for mail service