New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 18

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✨ Postal Services Contracts



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POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH—continued.

Number of Service. Service. Total Mileage. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
27 Leeston, along Southbridge-Leeston Road to junction Lower Killinchy Road, thence along Lower Killinchy Road to junction Drain Road, turning to left along Drain Road to junction Main Dunsandel Road, thence turning to left along Main Dunsandel Road (South) for distance of one mile and retracing to junction of Drain Road, turning to left along Drain Road, to junction of Bankside Road, turning to right (facing north) along Hesleton Road to junction of Rakaia-Irwell Road, along Rakaia-Irwell Road to junction of lower Killinchy Road, turning to right along Lower Killinchy Road to junction of Drain Road, to left (east) along Drain Road to junction of Branch Drain Road, retracing one mile Branch Drain Road (until Graham’s Road is fit for motor traffic), thence along Drain Road to junction of Harman’s Road, Harman’s Road to junction of Hanmer Road (Chamberlain’s Corner), along Hanmer Road to junction Lincoln–Leeston Road, turning to left along Lincoln–Leeston Road to junction Brookside–Irwell Road, along Brookside–Irwell Road to junction Brookside–Burnham Road, along Brookside–Burnham Road half a mile (to Church of England), and retracing Brookside–Irwell Road to junction of Stewart’s Road, along Stewart’s Road to junction Dunsandel–Brookside Road, along Dunsandel–Brookside Road to junction Selwyn-Rakaia Road, thence about a mile along Selwyn–Rakaia Road, retracing to Dunsandel (or commencing at Boundary Creek Road and retracing one mile to Boundary Creek Road), Brookside Road, along Brookside–Dunsandel Road to Dunsandel Post-office, thence along Railway Road to Sheat’s wool-shed, turning to right along Cemetery Road, to junction Great South Road (Wright’s gate) to junction Wright’s Road, along Wright’s Road to junction McWhas Road, to junction Dunsandel Road (Brown’s gate) turning to right along Dunsandel Road, to junction Lills Road, to junction Boundary Creek Road, thence to Wright’s gate on Railway Road, thence via Boundary Creek Road to junction Selwyn–Rakaia Road, along Selwyn–Rakaia Road to junction Selwyn–Lake Road, along Selwyn Lake Road to junction Selwyn–Lake Road South, along Selwyn Lake Road South to junction Lincoln–Leeston Road, thence to Leeston (rural delivery) 60 Daily ... Motor-car ... C. I. Chidgey ... £385 0 0 31/12/28
28 Lowcliffe and Coldstream Settlement via Lowcliffe, Crows, Dowdings, Terrace, and Wrenn’s Roads (rural delivery) 14 Daily ... Gig ... G. McTague ... 5s. per diem Temp. service.
29 Lyttelton, Rapaki, Governor’s Bay, Allandale, and Teddington 26 Daily ... Motor-car ... C. P. Jones ... £150 0 0 31/12/28
30 Mayfield and Porateko, via Moorehouse, Montalto, Morrows, and South Hinds Roads (rural delivery) 20 Thrice weekly ... Motor-car ... J. A. Lilley ... £75 0 0 ""
31 Mount Somers and Hakatere Hakatere and Ashburton Gorge (rural delivery) 32 12 Thrice weekly Weekly ... Motor-lorry T. W. Hix ... £110 0 0 ""
32 Oxford and Glentui Station (rural delivery) 20 Daily ... Gig ... J. W. Thomson ... £97 10 0 ""
33 Oxford to Cooper’s Creek, via Main Street and Main Bush Road, thence along Mounsey’s and View Hill Roads to Barry’s Corner, Woodstock Road to Kiri Kiri School, thence along School Road to Wotherspoon’s Corner, along Esperanto and Depot Gorge Roads to Oxford (rural delivery) 24 Daily ... Motor-cycle G. G. Harbidge ... £125 0 0 ""
34 Rakaia, Barr Hill, and Highbank ... 36 Daily ... Gig ... J. J. Cronin ... £1 5s. per trip Temp. service.
35 Rakaia, Overdale, via Mainwarings, Dobbin’s Ford and River Roads, and Dorie 33 Daily ... Motor-cycle J. Crossley ... £155 0 0 Ditto.
36 Rakaia and Te Pirita ... 16 Thrice weekly ... Motor-car ... R. H. Fagan ... £50 0 0 31/12/28
37 Rangiora, along Southbrook, No. 3, Drain, and Ashworth’s Roads to Oxford–Ohoka Road, turn to right along Oxford–Ohoka Road to McRobert Road, thence to right along Patterson’s and Cust–Eyre Roads, thence to left along West Eyreton Road to Oxford Tram Road, thence to Burgen’s and White’s on Oxford Tram Road, back to West Eyreton Road, turn to left along West Eyreton Road to Eyre River, back to Eyre Road, thence along Eyre Road, School, Pester’s Roads to Eyre River and back to Eyre Road, thence to Horrelville, along Poynter’s Road half-way to Eyre River, back to Eyre Road, thence along Boyds, Harewood, and Steffen’s Roads to Tram Road, thence to Eyre Road and Boys Tram Road, thence along Early’s, Ohoka–Oxford, West Eyreton, and Rangiora–Oxford Roads to Rangiora (rural delivery) 52 Daily ... Motor-car C. C. Weavers ... £325 0 0 ""
38 Rangiora, Okuku, Hayland, Birch Hill, and Rakahuri 43 Thrice weekly ... Motor-lorry ... F. Elderton ... £50 0 0 ""
39 Rangiora Railway-station and Post-office 1 As required ... Motor-lorry Hendy Bros. ... £100 0 0 ""
40 Rangiora, Loburn, North Loburn, and White Rook Station (part rural delivery) 30 Daily ... Motor-lorry H. C. Cox ... £155 0 0 ""
41 Springburn Railway-station, Spring-burn, Staveley, and Alford Forest 10½ Daily ... Motor-car ... T. M. Hutt ... £5 0 0 Temp. per week service.


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🚂 Postal Services in the District of Christchurch (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Mail services, Christchurch, Contracts, Subsidies, Rural delivery
15 names identified
  • C. I. Chidgey, Contractor for postal service
  • G. McTague, Contractor for postal service
  • C. P. Jones, Contractor for postal service
  • J. A. Lilley, Contractor for postal service
  • T. W. Hix, Contractor for postal service
  • J. W. Thomson, Contractor for postal service
  • G. G. Harbidge, Contractor for postal service
  • J. J. Cronin, Contractor for postal service
  • J. Crossley, Contractor for postal service
  • R. H. Fagan, Contractor for postal service
  • C. C. Weavers, Contractor for postal service
  • F. Elderton, Contractor for postal service
  • Hendy, Contractor for postal service
  • H. C. Cox, Contractor for postal service
  • T. M. Hutt, Contractor for postal service