Postal Services Contracts




MAR. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER--continued.

Number Service. Total Mileage. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
28 Ormondville to junction of Waikopiro and Maunga Roads 12 Daily ... Motor-lorry and car E. N. Borlase .. £124 0 0 31/12/27
And to Pedersen's Gate (rural delivery) 28 Thrice weekly..
29 Otane along Weber Street to Wai-pawa-Patangata Road, along Wai-pawa-Patangata Road via Te Kura Settlement and Miller Road to Patangata, along Patangata Main Road via Tod's Corner to Otane (rural delivery) 20 Daily ... A. R. Waldin .. £295 0 0 "
30 Patangatata, Elsthorpe and Kairakau Otane, Argyll East, Anaroa, Pukehou, and Otane (rural delivery) 32 Thrice weekly Motor-lorry.. G. W. Thorpe & Co. £105 0 0 "
31 Porangahau and Manawaangiangi Settlement (rural delivery) 31 Twice weekly.. Motor-car .. T. A. Glenny .. £80 0 0 "
32 Puketapu and Waihau Settlement (private-bag delivery) 22 Twice weekly Coach & horse E. Hayes .. £55 0 0 "
33 Takapau, Ashley-Clinton, Makaretu, and Takapau 30 Weekly ... Motor-car .. F. D. Gray .. £175 0 0 "
34 Takapau and Otawhao Block, past cheese-factory to Takapau-Norsewood Road, along Takapau-Norsewood Road, thence by back road to Takapau-Kopua Road and along Takapau-Kopua Road to Takapau (rural delivery) 15 Thrice weekly.. F. H. Sherry .. £104 0 0 "
35 Takapau and South Makaretu : Con-tractor to cross river at Thomson's and return through the Rakautatahi District (rural delivery) 22 Twice weekly.. Motor-car .. F. D. Gray .. £75 0 0 "
36 Titree Point and Akitio 40 Thrice weekly.. Buggy and Pack-horse T. McKain .. £100 0 0 "
37 Waione, Waimiro, Eastons' Wool-shed, and Ellingham's 25 Thrice weekly.. Gig and horse W. Holdem .. £120 0 0 "
38 Waipawa, Omakere, Pourere, and Blackhead 66 Twice weekly.. Motor-bus.. H. J. Kirkham .. £193 0 0 "
39 Waipawa and Clareinch 46 Weekly ... Motor-lorry.. C. Rose .. £120 0 0 "
Waipawa Railway-station and Post-office 1 As required ..
40 Waipawa, Ruataniwha, and Ongaonga, via Direct Road 20 Daily ... Motor-bus.. A. D. Stewart .. £150 0 0 "
Waipawa and Ongaonga, via the Middle Road 23 Daily ...
41 Waipawa and Tikokino 26 Daily ... Motor-bus .. R. J. Brown .. £150 0 0 "
42 Waipukurau Railway-station and Post-office ½ As required .. Express .. Gallagher & Cooper £120 0 0 "
43 Waipukurau, Wanstead, Wallingford, and Porangahau 60 Daily ... Motor-car .. T. A. Glenny .. £248 0 0 "
44 Wairoa and Frasertown 10 Twice daily .. Motor-bus .. G. Beckett .. £45 0 0 "
45 Wairoa, Frasertown, Omahanui, Terapatiki, and Waikaremoana 84 Twice weekly.. Motor-car .. A. M. Gray .. £150 0 0 "
46 Wairoa, Marumaru, Te Reinga, and Ruakituri 64 Twice weekly.. Motor-car .. Banks & Jones .. £300 0 0 "
47 Wairoa, Turiroa, and Wahanui 50 Weekly ... Motor-car or buggy Hawke's Bay Motor Co. Ltd. £100 0 0 "
48 Wairoa, vessels in the river, and Post-office ¼ As required .. Motor-lorry.. W. Mogridge .. £50 0 0 "
49 Weber, Waione, and Pongaroa 34 Thrice weekly.. Motor-car .. G. F. Johnson .. £50 0 0 "

PERFORMED UNDER ARRANGEMENT.

Number Service. Total Mileage. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Dannevirke and Raumati 10 Daily ... Horse or bicycle Dannevirke Publishing Co. Ltd. £30 0 0 Nil.
2 Dannevirke and Tiratu 12 Thrice weekly Trap W. J. Delahunty
3 Elsthorpe and Valley Road (rural delivery) 11 Twice weekly Trap J. Macaulay .. £30 0 0
4 Eskdale Railway-station and Post-office Daily ... Motor-lorry.. W. E. Saunders £30 0 0
5 Hatuma and Flemington and to School-house (rural delivery) 26 Weekly ... Motor-car .. J. Gordon .. £38 0 0
6 Havelock North, along Middle Road to motor-shed on bank of Tukituki River (private-bag delivery) 20 Twice weekly.. Motor-car .. W. Taylor .. £40 0 0
7 Matamau Railway-station and Post-office Twice daily .. Foot Mrs. O. E. Sole .. £35 0 0
8 Matamau and Tataramoa 3 Daily ... Bicycle .. J. A. Stratford, jun. £32 0 0
9 Napier and Port Ahuriri Daily ... Electric tram-car Napier Borough Council Tramway and Electricity Dept. 1s. 6d. per week.
10 Napier and Wairoa 164 As required .. Motor-car .. A. J. Olsen .. Gratuity rate.
11 Norsewood and Ngamoko 6 Daily ... Express .. T. E. Taylor .. £20 0 0
12 Nuhaka and Tangitere 18 Weekly ... Horse T. Horton .. £40 0 0
13 Pakipaki Railway-station and Post-office ½ Twice daily .. Foot A. G. Thompson £12 0 0
14 Port Ahuriri : Shipping mails for Wairoa As required .. 3s. each occasion


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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Mail services, Napier, Contracts, Subsidies, Rural delivery
29 names identified
  • E. N. Borlase, Contractor for postal service
  • A. R. Waldin, Contractor for postal service
  • G. W. Thorpe, Contractor for postal service
  • T. A. Glenny, Contractor for postal service
  • E. Hayes, Contractor for postal service
  • F. D. Gray, Contractor for postal service
  • F. H. Sherry, Contractor for postal service
  • T. McKain, Contractor for postal service
  • W. Holdem, Contractor for postal service
  • H. J. Kirkham, Contractor for postal service
  • C. Rose, Contractor for postal service
  • A. D. Stewart, Contractor for postal service
  • R. J. Brown, Contractor for postal service
  • T. A. Glenny, Contractor for postal service
  • G. Beckett, Contractor for postal service
  • A. M. Gray, Contractor for postal service
  • W. Mogridge, Contractor for postal service
  • G. F. Johnson, Contractor for postal service
  • W. J. Delahunty, Contractor for postal service
  • J. Macaulay, Contractor for postal service
  • W. E. Saunders, Contractor for postal service
  • J. Gordon, Contractor for postal service
  • W. Taylor, Contractor for postal service
  • O. E. Sole (Mrs.), Contractor for postal service
  • J. A. Stratford (jun.), Contractor for postal service
  • A. J. Olsen, Contractor for postal service
  • T. E. Taylor, Contractor for postal service
  • T. Horton, Contractor for postal service
  • A. G. Thompson, Contractor for postal service